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Vintage Who
Top capers ensue when the Tardis winds up at a stately home in the early 20th century.

There's much sneaking around the outside of the house, straight-armed robo-mummies, Michael 'Bronson' Sheard as Marcus Scarman's brother, the ubiquitious poacher done in by the mummies hug, everyone running about inside to suspensful strings and a whole lot else that makes this one of the best in the Baker canon.

An appearance by K-9 or the Brigadier would have enabled me to give it 5 stars!

Some of TVs finest...
Due to great story, writing, and acting, this still holds up as great TV.

Need more be said?
Oh yeah, the DVD is wonderful. There is a brilliant documentary about the Hinchcliffe-Holmes era of Doctor Who titled 'Serial Thrillers' that frames and defines the golden era of Doctor Who. Also a silly featurette called 'Hello Mummy!' with Sutek, and what he is up to now in the world of British arts.

Fantastic!
This is a classic, and one of most Doctor Who fans' favorites. It was, according to Tom Baker, loosely based on or inspired by Hammer Horror films, and was filmed in Mick Jagger's house! Doctor Who has always been about overcoming adversity, not with might or force, but with cleverness and sheer intellect and the know how that results from being educated. Everything has a natural explanation. In Doctor Who, Gods are usually ancient aliens, or time travelers, the supernatural always turns out to be some hitherto unexplained but perfectly natural phenomenon, and reason can, when properly applied, overcome just about any obstacle. No wonder so many teachers ("educationalists") in England thought that having your children watch Doctor Who was a great thing! Here we are presented with mummies that turn out to be wrapped-up service robots, and a brilliant story about Egyptian gods, who turn out to be powerful, warring aliens from Mars. (This concept was also put to good use in the film Stargate.) Tom Baker and Elizabeth Sladen are in fine form, as always, the direction is top notch, and the story is fantastic. I will never forget the riddle at the end, a brilliant variation on the classic "village of liars" and "village of truth-tellers" riddle. Before Baker spits out the solution without even hesitating, pause it and see if you can solve it for yourself!

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