Doctor Who - The Ice Warriors [VHS]

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Movie Review: Martian Ice Warriors have come to conquer the Earth!
Summary: 4 Stars

Movie Review: Good story, excellent reconstruction
Summary: 4 Stars

While the thought of watching an incomplete serial of a black and white TV show from the mid-60s might only appeal to fans, the Reconstruction Team did an amazingly good job. They took the still frames, telesnaps, existing audio and video clips and managed to re-create a coherent story line to fill in the gaps left by the destroyed episodes. The transition from the existing material to the new is handled very well and is not at all as jarring as one might expect. I was quite impressed by the quality of this and the obvious care that the team took to produce it.

The story itself is quite entertaining. The Ice Warriors themselves are wonderfully well realized and Troughton's Doctor is always fun to watch. Although the isolated-base-of-humans-under-siege-from-an-alien-menace became a bit of a Doctor Who clich? (especially during the Troughton years), this is probably the best example of it. The humans come across as understandably afraid for their lives and willing to do anything necessary to preserve themselves. The Ice Warriors are, of course, the evil alien menace and get to stomp around making huge threats about the future of humanity. Usually the budget requirements would make a mockery of the alien race of the week by having huge armies of soldiers being played by only three guys in the suits. However, the small cast of humans and aliens really works in the story's favour. There is a small group of humans cut off from the world and there is a small group of aliens cut off from their people; both sides need to use whatever limited resources they have to survive.

All in all this is recommended for fans of Doctor Who and for fans of science fiction in general. The production values are uniformly (and surprisingly) high, making this a very enjoyable piece of television viewing.

Note: This package comes with a CD of the audio from the missing two episodes and a short booklet.

Movie Review: A pleasure...
Summary: 5 Stars

Movie Review: A Better Troughton Serial
Summary: 3 Stars

To fill the gaps there is a narration with stills. I believe its one of the best narrations available and really does a very good job on summarizing the missing episodes. It also comes with the audio for these episodes which is a nice treat.

If you are a Troughton fan, you'll love this video. If you are like me and dig the colour episodes, you'll still love this episode. It is a great introduction to the Troughton era.

Movie Review: Zondal!
Summary: 5 Stars

Summary of Doctor Who - The Ice Warriors [VHS]

General Video

• Genres > Horror
• Television > TV Series > Doctor Who > All Titles
• Patrick Troughton