Doctor Who - The Daemons [VHS]

Doctor Who - The Daemons [VHS]

Doctor Who - The Daemons [VHS]

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Actor: Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, Peter Davison, Tom Baker, William Hartnell
Editor: Glenn Hyde
Editor: John Dunstan
Producer: Peter Bryant
Writer: Sydney Newman
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 123 minutes
Release Date: 1995-05-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox

VHS Movie Reviews of Doctor Who - The Daemons [VHS]

Movie Review: Five star plot with a four star script.
Summary: 4 Stars

A good Pertwee adventure. The plot is excellent, but the story suffers badly from a lot of technobabble and a confusing ending. Half the time you don't know what the hell the Doctor is talking about - even with explanation. The Doctor's distinction between science and magic is very confusing. The Doctor states that the Daemons' powers are scientific, not magical. But when he describes how their powers work, it sounds exactly like magic with absolutely no scientific explanation. And the defeat of Azal at the end is very confusing.

On the positive side, the acting and directing are both very well done. The story keeps you hooked throughout the entire thing. All of the cliffhangers are excellent. It has a very good plot - especially when there were no other Dr. Who stories like this at the time. The Daemons are fantastic looking creatures. It's action-packed with even a few scary parts here and there. This is a must-have for any Doctor Who fan!

P.S.
On the David Tennant episode "The Satan Pit" listen for the name Daemos. It's mentioned in that episode.

Movie Review: Very dark and very good
Summary: 5 Stars

This is the best Jon Pertwee Doctor Who series you can can buy. Some of the special effects look dated now, but the brooding atmosphere and demonic creatures left an indelible mark on me as a 10 year old. Another reason for its excellence was one of the earliest appearances of the Master, who was marvellously played by Roger Delgado.

Sadly this still isn't available on DVD. However when it is eventually released it will hopefully include a documentary that was made in the early 1990's when the cast revisted the location the series was filmed at.
If you can get the video at a decent price its definetly worth getting, but I'm waiting for the DVD which will undoubtably be remastered and include the usual quota of commentaries and extras.

Movie Review: Daemons of the mind
Summary: 4 Stars

After purchasing "the Daemons" from Amozon, I had my doubts, but that soon all changed when I watched the tape the entire way.
Roger Delago (who plays the Master) gives it his best in this 5 part half fantasy/ half science fiction story from the Dr. Who archive.
It starts out like any Dr. Who story with something odd happening,like a man walking a dog dissapearing in a gravevard in a small town called Devil's End, meanwhile BBC 3 is making a documentary about a tomb on a hill called the devil's hump, which a archiologist has suddenly discovered, which he thinks hold treasures of a warrior's tomb.
The Doctor of corse races to the digging with Jo to stop what he thinks is the returning of something evil.
The story gos on from there, with concepts of demons, devils, wiches, living gagoyle servents, and a Master all decked out in demon summoning clothes with a town of hypnotised followers to summon a great evil.
Delago does great scenes like the summoning of the Daemon Azal, and his mis-fired escape in the Doctor's car.
In all i believe this is a must for all Pertwee and Delago fans.

Movie Review: A Devilish Tale courtesy of Quatermass and Wheatley
Summary: 5 Stars

One of my favourite Jon Pertwee era stories originall broadcast May 22 through June 19 1971, this adventure was extremely controversial in the UK at the time with campaigner Mary Whitehouse calling for it not to be broadcast.

Full of references to withcraft and mysticism the story combines ancient English practices of Morris Dancing and the Maypole with Dridic and Celtic legends. Throw in some witchcraft, black and white and Satanism and you have all the makings of a good science fiction story.

Actually the story links the magical elements more with superior science than with devil worship and clearly attempts to show that the representations of the horned demons owes more to early visits from aliens than satanism. The rites and rituals thus evolved as ways of communication with the aliens and ways to cope with their powers.

This story owes a lot to the earlier Quatermass movie where a strange spaceship is discovered in a London Undergound station in an area dominated by streets with devilish names. It is soon discovered to contain elements of Martian life which have a devilish appearance and which cause the local inhabitants to indulge in group killing and other alien behaviours.

There is also a strong undercurrent of the writings of Dennis Wheatly in the script as the devil worshipping practices are measure and correspondent to Christian ones, with the Master assuming the role of the High Priest.

Towards the end of the story the portrayal of the Daemon as being intelligent armed with superior science but with a simplistic moral code is a dramatic scary affair but which makes a good point.

Highly recommended.

Movie Review: Quiet fun
Summary: 4 Stars

This one is a good example of why dr who is so good. One thing i like about it is it strays a bit. usually toward the end of every episode te doctor is in danger. Well in this one our old frind the Master ends up on the short end of the stick at the end off one. I thought that was neat as the master almost always has everything under control. Good show even if the brigadier wasnt in the action like you know he would like to be.

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