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UK Mall 1 - Doctor Who Terror of the Zygons [1963]
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Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
Starring: Tom Baker, Elizabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Nicholas Courtney
Directed By: John Gorrie, Richard Martin (IV)
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Audience Rating: Parental Guidance
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5014503418625
Format: HiFi Sound
Label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 2 Entertain Video
Release Date: 1999-08-02
Running Time: 91
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1975-09-29
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Summary: Classic Gothic Chiller
Comment: This is one of the best episodes from the Gothic Hinchcliffe/Holmes era. It features UNIT, the horrific Zygons and a rather embarrassing Loch Ness Monster (obviously not the idea of it, but how it turned out) which is the only let down in an otherwise faultless episode that should be regarded as a vintage slice of Doctor Who. This is directed by Douglas Camfield who also went on to direct the excellent 'The Seeds of Doom'. It is also worth mentioning that the music score by Dudley Simpson is magnificently eerie, especially when the nurse escapes through the woods.
Finally, aren't the Zygons brilliant? - no disrespect to Russell T Davies, who's new Doctor Who series is fast, thrilling, fun and entertaining to watch, but he ain't quite mastered how to do monster's & alien's just yet (at the time of writing), for example:- The Slitheen anyone?
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Summary: Welcome to the Bodysnatchers Who Style
Comment: This belongs to the 'gothic' era when Philip Hinchliffe was producer and a lot of tributes were done to hammer horror style films and if 'Pyramids of Mars' is 'Curse of the Mummy' then 'Terror of the Zygons' is 'The Bodysnatchers'. It does benefit though from being set in contemporary ish Britain which gives it a little 'reality' to ground it and the use of drilling for Oil off Scotland adds to this as I think this was something that had only recently started when the show was filmed in 1975. I still think it has one of the best Who effects in it, that of the Zygon space ship leaving Loch Ness, the filming of the model and the detail in it does almost fool you into thinking it's real until you see a little juddering of wires in the actual flying of the thing (mind this could be my video jumping it is rather old now), shame I can't say the same for the monster really but Tom Baker does his best in reacting to it to try and make it look like a threat. It is also nice to see the Brigadier as always and is Harry Sullivan's last regular story with him just deciding to take inter city as a nice understated departure. All the guests are good too. Definetly a must for the collection!
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Summary: terror of the zygons
Comment: the location filming is of great benefit, all the key performances are good (with the principals coming out especially well and the nurse and the gillie being quite effectively threatening), the rubber alien costumes and the model work are pretty good (even the skarasan is redeemed by being simply hilarious), but the clincher which puts it ahead of many dr who stories is a superb cliffhanger where... well, let's say you know it's going to happen, but it's still quite a shock. poor sarah.it has to be said, on the downside, that the ending is flat, unimaginative, weak and - even for a story with rubber monsters - unbelievable.
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Summary: Um it's okay but a classic? Nah.
Comment: This is typical of the Hinchcliffe/Holmes era. As such it drags quite badly alot of the time. There is a lot of running around moors and dark corridors for no real reason other than to eat up airtime and the villains are just a bunch of one-dimensional raving psychopathic megalomaniacs. Yeah, yeah Broton, you're gonna destroy everything. We heard you the first time, no need to say it again and again and again. And the ending? ... Wow! Took them ages to think of that one! The saving grace is the Loch Ness Monster. I was in hysterics for days. Not abysmal, just dull, cliched and repetitive.
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Summary: Excellent!
Comment: This is one of the best Doctor Who adventures. All the performances are excellent (although John Woodnutt's attempt at a Scottish accent is a bit iffy!). This was the last appearance by the Brigadier for a very long time (which was a bit of a shame because I thought that he worked well with the fourth Doctor in this adventure). Lillias Walker and Robert Russell are very sinister villains in this story even though they don't say too much. The brilliant incidental music and the contributions of Ian Marter, Nicholas Courtney and John Levene mean this is better than its sequel 'The Seeds of Doom'.
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Summary: Classic Gothic Chiller
Comment: This is one of the best episodes from the Gothic Hinchcliffe/Holmes era. It features UNIT, the horrific Zygons and a rather embarrassing Loch Ness Monster (obviously not the idea of it, but how it turned out) which is the only let down in an otherwise faultless episode that should be regarded as a vintage slice of Doctor Who. This is directed by Douglas Camfield who also went on to direct the excellent 'The Seeds of Doom'. It is also worth mentioning that the music score by Dudley Simpson is magnificently eerie, especially when the nurse escapes through the woods.
Finally, aren't the Zygons brilliant? - no disrespect to Russell T Davies, who's new Doctor Who series is fast, thrilling, fun and entertaining to watch, but he ain't quite mastered how to do monster's & alien's just yet (at the time of writing), for example:- The Slitheen anyone?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Welcome to the Bodysnatchers Who Style
Comment: This belongs to the 'gothic' era when Philip Hinchliffe was producer and a lot of tributes were done to hammer horror style films and if 'Pyramids of Mars' is 'Curse of the Mummy' then 'Terror of the Zygons' is 'The Bodysnatchers'. It does benefit though from being set in contemporary ish Britain which gives it a little 'reality' to ground it and the use of drilling for Oil off Scotland adds to this as I think this was something that had only recently started when the show was filmed in 1975. I still think it has one of the best Who effects in it, that of the Zygon space ship leaving Loch Ness, the filming of the model and the detail in it does almost fool you into thinking it's real until you see a little juddering of wires in the actual flying of the thing (mind this could be my video jumping it is rather old now), shame I can't say the same for the monster really but Tom Baker does his best in reacting to it to try and make it look like a threat. It is also nice to see the Brigadier as always and is Harry Sullivan's last regular story with him just deciding to take inter city as a nice understated departure. All the guests are good too. Definetly a must for the collection!
Customer Rating:
Summary: terror of the zygons
Comment: the location filming is of great benefit, all the key performances are good (with the principals coming out especially well and the nurse and the gillie being quite effectively threatening), the rubber alien costumes and the model work are pretty good (even the skarasan is redeemed by being simply hilarious), but the clincher which puts it ahead of many dr who stories is a superb cliffhanger where... well, let's say you know it's going to happen, but it's still quite a shock. poor sarah.it has to be said, on the downside, that the ending is flat, unimaginative, weak and - even for a story with rubber monsters - unbelievable.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Um it's okay but a classic? Nah.
Comment: This is typical of the Hinchcliffe/Holmes era. As such it drags quite badly alot of the time. There is a lot of running around moors and dark corridors for no real reason other than to eat up airtime and the villains are just a bunch of one-dimensional raving psychopathic megalomaniacs. Yeah, yeah Broton, you're gonna destroy everything. We heard you the first time, no need to say it again and again and again. And the ending? ... Wow! Took them ages to think of that one! The saving grace is the Loch Ness Monster. I was in hysterics for days. Not abysmal, just dull, cliched and repetitive.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent!
Comment: This is one of the best Doctor Who adventures. All the performances are excellent (although John Woodnutt's attempt at a Scottish accent is a bit iffy!). This was the last appearance by the Brigadier for a very long time (which was a bit of a shame because I thought that he worked well with the fourth Doctor in this adventure). Lillias Walker and Robert Russell are very sinister villains in this story even though they don't say too much. The brilliant incidental music and the contributions of Ian Marter, Nicholas Courtney and John Levene mean this is better than its sequel 'The Seeds of Doom'.
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