See buying choices for this item to see if it's one of the millions that are eligible for Amazon Prime.

6 used & new from £2.99
See All Buying Options
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Dr Who - Meglos [VHS] [1980]
 
 
Share your own customer images

Dr Who - Meglos [VHS] [1980]

VHS ~ Tom Baker
3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.


1 new from £12.99 5 used from £2.99

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Doctor Who - Horns Of Nimon [VHS] [1979]

Doctor Who - Horns Of Nimon [VHS] [1979]

VHS ~ Tom Baker
3.2 out of 5 stars (9) 
Doctor Who - Underworld [VHS] [1977]

Doctor Who - Underworld [VHS] [1977]

VHS ~ Tom Baker
3.8 out of 5 stars (4) 
Doctor Who - The Creature From The Pit [VHS] [1979]

Doctor Who - The Creature From The Pit [VHS] [1979]

VHS ~ Tom Baker
3.2 out of 5 stars (6) 
Doctor Who - Nightmare Of Eden [VHS]

Doctor Who - Nightmare Of Eden [VHS]

VHS ~ Tom Baker
3.8 out of 5 stars (4) 
Doctor Who - The Sun Makers [VHS] [1977]

Doctor Who - The Sun Makers [VHS] [1977]

VHS ~ Tom Baker
4.8 out of 5 stars (4) 
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Actors: Tom Baker
  • Format: PAL
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • VHS Release Date: 10 Mar 2003
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000087LOP
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,281 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

    Popular in this category:

    #93 in  Video > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Video Description
Starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.

The Doctor is invited to visit the planet Tigella by its leader, Zastor, who has become concerned about disputes between his people’s two opposing factions, the religious Deons and the scientist Savants. The TARDIS is intercepted by the megalomaniacal xerophyte Meglos, last survivor of the planet Zolfa-Thura, and trapped in a chronic hysteresis – a time loop – but the Doctor and Romana manage to free it. Meglos, using the body of a kidnapped Earthling, transforms himself into a duplicate of the Doctor and steals the Tigellans’ power source – a mysterious dodecahedron. He plans to use this to power an apocalyptic device with which he intends to destroy Tigella. The Doctor, although hindered by the activities of a group of Gaztak mercenaries hired by Meglos, ultimately brings about the xerophyte’s destruction by tampering with the dodecahedron’s controlling computers.

Synopsis
The villain Meglos, who has changed his appearance to look like the Doctor, steals a power source from the inhabitants of the planet Tigella in order to destroy their own planet...

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
Check a corresponding box or enter your own tags in the field below
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Dr Who - Meglos [VHS] [1980]
57% buy the item featured on this page:
Dr Who - Meglos [VHS] [1980] 3.3 out of 5 stars (3)
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive [DVD] [1980]
13% buy
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive [DVD] [1980] 3.6 out of 5 stars (14)
£6.98
Doctor Who - The Invisible Enemy [VHS] [1977]
11% buy
Doctor Who - The Invisible Enemy [VHS] [1977] 3.6 out of 5 stars (7)
Doctor Who: The E Space Trilogy [DVD]
11% buy
Doctor Who: The E Space Trilogy [DVD] 4.2 out of 5 stars (19)
£17.98
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

3 Reviews
5 star:    (0)
4 star:
 (2)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:
 (1)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
3.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars See the cactus Tom Baker!!!, 1 May 2003
This is an interesting story, and is very good in my personal opinion. Tom Baker is brilliant in his portrayal of Meglos (although covered in green spikes half the time). Also very good to see Jaquiline Hill playing a role other than original assistant Barbara. Her role as Lexa is outstanding and is definately benificial to the story. On the downside, there are a few questions that may be left unanswered, but all in all a truly anjoyable Doctor Who adventure!
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Spiky, 28 April 2009
By Binro The Heretic "mattieboyz" (Hillsborough, Sheffield) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)      
Meglos has gone down in Doctor Who history as one of the worst stories and fans' least favourite Tom Baker story. This is probably because it is 70s Doctor Who by numbers, and despite being a great writer of comic sci-fi, then script editor Douglas Adams surely wouldn't have tried to claim that his Doctor Who contributions were his best work. The double-act perpetuated by thugs Grugger and Brotadac is silly, and many of the ideas are all too similar to recent serial 'The Creature from the Pit'. The best bits involve Meglos' imitation of The Doctor's form, and the makeup is pretty impressive.
I have to concede that it's not one of the best ever Doctor Who (or even Tom Baker period) stories, but it has a certain charm and is worth seeing for the spiky Doctor alone.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
2 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars My God, Tom Baker was awful!, 22 May 2004
Tom's gargantuan reputation cannot conceal the fact that so many of his stories were terrible. aided and abetted by the smug Romana who cannot act to save her life and has to be put with comic buffoon males to make her look smart (ANYONE would be smarter than Brotodac and Gurgger!), Tom can barely hold the attention of the audience in this disposable outing.
The main gripes are that this is basically a giant pantomime, like a lot of other stories after the end of the Hinchcliffe era, Invisible Enemy, Horns of Nimon, TimeLash, etc. But I think Dr.Who does pantomime very cleverly and the panto episodes are some of the show's most entertaining. twin Dilemma is a pantomime with a black heart and an unhinged Doctor, but this is just pointless and shallow. Even for a pantomime, Meglos is not very good. It has a couple of nice FX scenes in the beginning with the screens of Zolpha Thura and Meglos makes a great boo-hiss alien villain (the guy's a talking cactus! Brilliant!) and Tom does some good work when covered in cactus spines, but unlike other Dr.Who pantos this one is lacking the substance in the middle to make it worth it. Overall, very average!
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

 Beta (What's this?)
This product's forum (0 discussions)
  Discussion Replies Latest Post
  No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
  [Cancel]


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Feedback

Fun for Everyone

Christmas Gifts
Achieve over 15,000 RPM with our great range of Powerballs.

›Shop the Powerball store

  

Beauty without the Beast

Olay Regenerist Daily 3 Point Treatment Cream
From au naturel to party glam, we have all the best names in cosmetics and skincare.

›Discover Beauty at Amazon.co.uk

  

Boys Smell

Lynx Africa Body Spray and After Shave Gift set
But we make sure they smell good...

›Discover male grooming at Amazon.co.uk

  

Treat Someone

Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificates--available in any amount from £5 to £500 With an Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate, you can get them what they want (even if you don't know what that is).

›Learn more about Gift Certificates

  
Ad

Where's My Stuff?

Delivery and Returns

Need Help?

Your Recent History

  (What's this?)
You have no recently viewed items or searches.

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.

Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.
Continue Shopping: Top Sellers

amazon.co.uk Amazon Home
International Sites:  United States  |  Germany  |  France  |  Japan  |  Canada  |  China
Business Programs: Sell on Amazon  |  Fulfilment by Amazon  |  Join Associates  |  Join Advantage
Customer Service  |  Help  |  View Basket  |  Your Account
About Amazon.co.uk  |  Careers at Amazon
Conditions of Use & Sale |  Privacy Notice  © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates