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Post by Dominic Smith on May 18, 2006 5:47:39 GMT -5
This has to be one of the all-time classic stories. So atmospheric and it holds up well for a six parter. Granted the giant rat was a bit naff but you can't have everything, every classic hasat least one problem  So, what does everyone else think of this story? |
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Post by The Thinker on May 18, 2006 14:51:13 GMT -5
'The Talons of Weng-Chiang' is my second favourite Doctor Who story. The first is 'Genesis'. This story is extremely well written and Robert Holmes handles that script better than I handle a light switch! I nearly wore the DVD player out watching this! ;D
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Post by Eryx on May 22, 2006 12:43:27 GMT -5
So, what does everyone else think of this story? An excellent story, definately one of the best. |
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Post by davisonera on May 23, 2006 11:33:27 GMT -5
Fantastic story and unlike most six parters I can happily watch it all in one go.
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Post by tractator on May 24, 2006 12:52:46 GMT -5
A true classic!
Henry Gordon Jago and Professor Litefoot were such well-rounded characters they could have carried the story even if the Doctor hadn't turned up!
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Post by The Thinker on Jun 2, 2006 5:17:48 GMT -5
Robert Holmes at his best, superb!
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Post by magnusgreel on Jun 7, 2006 18:04:22 GMT -5
My favorite. My first. I happened upon a scene in Lightfoot's drawing room (?), and thought it was some typical BBC costume period drama. It looked like one, and the dialogue didn't contradict this at first. Then gradually, various crazy elements crept into the conversation, like WW6, the Peking Homonculous, the 51st century, all the future history, all of it combined with elements that seemed to come from the past. Big things, little things, down to little details such as the time key being made out of something that can easile be shattered like glass, which didn't sound like a futuristic device or substance at all. No one, not on TV anyway, had rethought the future in such a way. Maybe the book Dune did something similar.
Anyway, all this stuff rushes at you in the dialogue and you can't keep up. there was a thrilling sort of sensation that was like being thrown in the deep end of the pool when you don't completely know how to swim yet.
Then Greel shows up and things get even weirder. Holmes is the best for comedy, and for hard-edged drama, and he's at his best when combining the two. this is the ultimate example.
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Post by The Thinker on Aug 17, 2006 14:23:01 GMT -5
Like davisonera said, this is one of the few 6 part stories that I think can be watched in one go. J
ust one piece of advice though, don't watch this at 10:00pm whilst eating a double cheese pizza unless you're on nightshift. ;D
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