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Release Date: 01 July, 2003 Retail Price: $19.98 OUR Price: $17.99 You SAVE: $1.99! Cast: Complete Cast (10 total) |
Doctor Who - Resurrection of the Daleks Reviews
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I've never understood the appeal of the Daleks. They were interesting in the Hartnell era, but the later Dalek episodes were just awful. (And yes, that includes "Genesis.")
I'm not sure who is picking the stories to be released on DVD,but whoever it is, he has some weird tastes when it comes to the Davison stories. Most of the other Doctors' DVD releases, to date, have been top-of-the-line stuff. (I'm counting the days until "Inferno" comes out!) But for Davison we're mostly getting the dregs. When are we going to see "Enlightenment?" Or "Kinda?" Or "Snake Dance?" or "Mawdryn Undead?" or 'Black Orchid?" or "Terminus?"
Get with the program, guys!
Brave heart, Tegan
Resurrection of the Daleks marked the return of the Doctor's oldest enemies for the first time in four years. This story is set on two opposing ends of a time corridor generated by the Daleks. One end is in 1984 London, where the Daleks are keeping samples of the deadly Movellan virus that has wiped untold numbers of Daleks. The other end is aboard the Daleks' command ship many years into the future where their creator Davros has been imprisoned aboard a space station for the last 90 years. The Daleks' plan is to rescue Davros and free him from his cyogenic chamber, then force him to develop a cure for the Movellan virus. The Doctor's TARDIS gets caught in the time corridor and is dragged to London, where the Doctor begins to seek out what's being guarded in the warehouse nearby, and why it is so important. We see some great performances from several supporting cast members in this story, including Rula Lenska (as Styles) and Rodney Bewes (Stein), Lesley Grantham (Kiston) and, of course Terry Molloy as Davros. Resurrection is one of the stronger Dalek stories during the latter years of the classic Doctor Who series, and one of the best DW stories of the 80's. It also represents the beginning in the turnover in DW's cast which took place during the show's twenty-first season as Tegan Jovanka (played by Janet Fielding) leaves the series at the end of this story. The following story Planet of Fire included the introduction of Nicola Bryant as Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown as well as the departure of Mark Strickson as Turlough. And then of course, The Caves of Androzani sees the departure of Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and the introduction of Colin Baker as Doctor Number Six. Resurrection of the Daleks was one of the strongest stories of what was arguably the best season of Peter Davison's run as the Doctor.
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