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Davison's best, and one of the best Doctor Who episodes ever...
This is one of the best Doctor Who stories EVER. It is fitting that it is Peter Davison's last one. He gives a great final performance as the Doctor, but the villian of this serial, stellarly played by John Normington, is outstanding. He is so chilling and soulless, yet, he has that sheen that makes you like him despite yourself. The story is also written by the great Robert Holmes, who wrote many of the great Doctor Who stories of the past (Pyramids of Mars and The Time Warrior, for starters). The actual regeneration scene is probably the best or the 2nd best (Tom Baker's is pretty outstanding as well). As we well know, Doctor Who crumbled after Davison left. John Nathan Turner, the producer of the Davison years, didn't leave with Davison. Many producers would leave along with the Doctor that they produced (Barry Letts stopped producing after Jon Pertwee quit, even though Letts did come back years later as executive producer). The idea was to bring fresh blood into the series. Unfortunately, Nathan Turner didn't adhere to this gentleman's agreement, and stayed around too long. But Androzani was one of the greatest Doctor Who stories ever written, and was well directed and stunningly performed. Excellent all around...



Must have for all Doctor Who fans
This is the last story of the 5th Doctor (Peter Davison) and hence the brief introduction of the 6th Doctor (Colin Baker). Not only is it important due to the regeneration it is also one of the better Doctor Who stories of the 1980's.

The story is well done and the extra's (as on almost all Doctor Who DVD's) are quite a few. Never underestimate the special features on a Doctor Who dvd.

Style over substance
Androzani has a reputation with Doctor Who "fandom" and critics as being a near-perfect story . In reality, this is a good story, not great, but probably the most overrated of the 80s (unless anyone rates that McCoy story, The Crappiness Patrol, at all, which would make that one most overrated just for being rated!). Stories such as Terminus and Time Flight, which fans consider turkeys, were better than Caves of Androzani.

So what do we have here. One of the few stories where the Doctor finds no allies among the guest characters. Everyone is out to kill him. It's ironic that he can evade a firing squad and machine gun fire from the gun-peddlers but eventually succumbs to an incurable disease. A story where all the important guest cast is killed off, with the exception of one minor character. Ressurection Of The Daleks is criticized for its undue violence. It boggles the mind that Androzani gets a pardon in this respect. It contains the same violence. To top it off, even the Doctor "dies" in this one.

Bottom line: Caves of Androzani is a good story that keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout, but so does Earthshock. Earthshock is not considered a classic, and neither should this one. That said, it's still a far better story than anything McCoy could put out.

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