Doctor Who - Planet of the Daleks
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In Theaters : 29 September, 1975
Video Release : 07 November, 2000 |
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Doctor Who - Planet of the Daleks Customer Reviews
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cheesy, but tasty morsel!
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This story does an astonishing job of making a small studio set for a jungle planet (which has a studio sky and the plants are in visible pots!!) seem like it is enormous enough to run around in while Daleks chase after you. The whole production looks second rate by even the cheap standards of 70s Dr.Who and the script is just another Terry Nation recycling of his earlier stories. But it still manages to be a lot of fun and adventure, especially if watched as the second half of the epic which began with the Frontier in Space.
One thing Nation writes is great first episodes (makes me wonder how good his stories could have been if he'd left out the Daleks altogther once or twice!). This one is great (though Terrance Dicks apparently rewrote much of part one). With the Doctor out cold, Jo gets to be the lead actor for an episode, recoding her thoughts in the pocket sized recording machine that passes for the Tardis log (the prop's just an audio casset box!). Jo explores and records her thoughts and observations and gets into trouble with invisible aliens and killer plants. Katy Manning must have enjoyed this chance to use her acting skills and it is good, if a little stagey. Pertwee ultimately comes alive and strolls through the rest of the tale with customary class. There's a few dodgy bits, but plenty to enjoy. Ignore the plot about 10,000 Daleks off to conquer the Universe with one space ship, it would take an army of trillions to conquer even a small part of a galaxy, but what the hey, this is fun in a Buck Rogers sort of way, and should be enjoyed on that level. |
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