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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A classic Doctor Who story! One for the fans!, 12 Dec 2002
Don't listen to anybody who rates this film as been bad just because of some dodgy special effects! The reason for this was because it was a story where the budget available was very very low, but I think they did a very good job getting the Concorde and Heathrow Airport for location shots!The story is entertaining, the acting is very good especially from the Doctor yet again, Peter Davision was a very good Doctor Who, funny, vulnerable, exciting, and kept Doctor Who as a more British TV series!
The special effects arent top notch, but the budget was very low so its understanding, but then again this is an 80's BBC series, since when was special effects ever apparent? If you like Doctor Who, this is a quality video to get, take it from me, a Doctor Who Fan!!
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
sheer enjoyment, 21 May 2004
By A Customer
Isn't it funny how the stories which seemed over complicated and inferior all those years ago now seem to be the most entertaining, largely because of the humour content and the fact they they were something different to the norm. Also, time has levelled all Dr.Who stories in terms of SFX, even the flashy ones seem scarcely more impressive than the cheap ones, nowadays. This story holds up better than most because the plot is highly unusual and similar to "The Langoliers", with the Concord time travelling to a fake air port which evaoporates to reveal Earth during the ice age, and because the dialog is witty and quirky and endearingly old fashioned by today's standards.
And what about the Master? A lot of people complained it made no sense for him to dress up and put on a false persona for no reason, in this story, but I think it just goes to show the Master has gone completely round the bend! He was a gentlemanly super villain in the Pertwee days, but that skull faced version Tom baker met was psychotic, and that's what Anthony Ainley portrays, the Master is completely loony and demented! I love it. Even the cheesy CSO FX of the characters superimposed onto a still photograph of the air port seems eerie, because it is SUPPOSED to be UNREALITY, and when it vanishes it all makes sense. This is a well-paced, witty and intriguingly different story which really does hold the attention and could do with a special edition with upgraded SFX for DVD. Overall, a much underrated and neglected little gem!
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Peter Davison is the best Doctor Who ever!, 19 May 2004
As Davison's defender and champion, what can I say? This has a reputation as a prize dud, but...it's actually very witty and charming and amusing, even if it lacks the atmosphere and glossy look of many others. Davison is on particularly good form, parking the Tardis mid-air in the path of Jumbo jets, then hopping the ship into an Air Port terminal, getting busted by the guards while checking the Cricket scores, gleefully name dropping UNIT and the Brig (as a foreshadow of the Brig's return in the next season?) and generally coming out with funny lines. He startles a top level meeting and says Concord flew into a time contour "and we can't have a navigational hazard like that hanging about the galaxy!" He runs a scientist up the wrong way, too. "Scientifically speaking..." The Doctor interrupts with, "Scientifically speaking, I think it's time we found the others!" I love when he tilts the Tardis, pops his hands behind his head and says "So much better when you want to maintain a dignified attitude!" Very Doctorish! The Master has a nice set for his control room, too. All in all, this is fun on a budget, not terrible by any means, just cheaply done. The main thing is the story is well paced and entertains. To be honest, I've seen plenty of Dr.Who stories with better production values and better plots, but which were far less entertaining. Enjoy it for what it is, a story which gets by on the energy of the cast and the wit of the dialog, rather than money. The scientist dude's advice for combatting alien mind control is a big winner in the dialog department. "Focus on something you're really sure of...like fish and chips!" Fish and Chips!! ONLY in Dr.Who!!!
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