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Doctor Who: K9 Tales Box Set (Invisible Enemy/K9 and Co) [1977]
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£29.99 |
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| Can't this kind of thing be prevented? | |
|  | By which I mean: people reviewing a product that hasn't been released yet? I've gone for three stars because I have to enter a score in order to post this. But I haven't seen this DVD, and neither has anybody else who's 'reviewed' it.
| | | Many people tend to criticise this release. It is still a Doctor who release. Are we not Doctor Who fans who write these comments?? I can remember in the 80s we would be happy with just a new Doctor Who novel or toy.
In reality its a matter of perspective. We have become spoiled over the years with cutting edge special effects, CGI and whatnot. We are talking about a 1978 story, before Windows, mobile phones and fast cars that we take for granted.
These special effects look hideous today, granted. But surely, the imagination that went into this story counts for something. Its not easy writing Dalek Master Plan scripts every week. Also consider the budget for these episodes.
But K9 is a fun release for the series. I loved the character when I was a kid. Lets not be too eager to criticise and grow up too fast. Sure, ARK IN SPACE and TALONS are better storylines from a point of view. But INVISIBLE ENEMY is Doctor Who nevertheless . Keep up the great work Entertain
| | Bring on the giant prawn! | |
| | The Invisible Enemy is a very typical example of Dr who in the late 70's - an imaginative, bizarre outer space romp with Tom Baker at his wacky best, people being taken over by an alien inteligence, K-9 (in his first ever appearance) zapping people with his nose laser, wobbly sets and a monster that has to be seen to be believed (it looks like a giant prawn!). K-9 & company is less essential, an undemanding 50 minutes but worth it just for the prescence of Elisabeth Sladen and the fact that it's supposed to be aimed at kids but is about devil worship and human sacrifice. Overall, these two stories are a delight to watch, if you can suspend your disbelief.
| | K9 and Co is so bad it can only be sold in a box set | |
| | The Invisible Enemy is an average story at best - stealing ideas from several movie & TV sources. But K9 & Co. starts off with a terrible title song and gets worse. I will buy this set for completeness of my collection but will begrudge paying for it.
| | 2 more stinkers from 2Entertain | |
| | The bottom of the barrel has been scraped by 2Entertain so often in search for Doctor Who stories that will still sell while it comfortably rides the zeitgeist, we are in danger of going through to the other side! Two more offerings here, released under the banner of K9. Firstly we have the Invisible Enemy, a Tom Baker tale and shows the character of K9 for the first time. A mediocre 'Base under seige' plot, not unlike some of the late 60s Troughton era. The enemy looks like huge prawn and given this is the late 70s, it isn't very well realised. A tale that just about reaches the heady levels of average. We then have K9 and Company, which is for my money one of the worst things associated with Doctor Who ever. It's naff title sequence, naff signiture tune and frankly naff reason for existing makes it a product for completeists only. It's explaination for why Sarah Jane Smith has a K9, a character that didn't enter into the series until well after she left is not great, it has some nods in the direction of 70s thrillers, which is its only saving grace, this is not a piece of television drama you will get getting out to watch on a regular basis, believe me! One hopes the extras will be up to the usual high standards, but their subject matter, unless you are a K9 enthusiast (cue for everyone to awkwardly look down at their shoes) they too may be something of a disappointment.
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