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Review for Planet of The Daleks - not Revelation (2008-05-22)  Having enjoyed all of The Third Doctor's stories so far I found myself underwhelmed and disappointed by this one. The return of the show's iconic alien nasties should be a cause for celebration, but like the story as a whole it just feels a bit flat and lifeless. The first episode is unusual in that it follows on directly from the previous story - Frontier in Space. The Doctor and Joe flee The Ogrons' home world after The Master brings them there whilst attempting to manufacture a space war between Earth and Draconia. The Doctor is shot by an Ogron, and falls into a deep coma, after staggering into the TARDIS and taking off. The time machine arrives on the planet Spiridon and Jo sets out to explore, recording everything she sees on a cassette recorder and leaving The Doctor comatose in the vessel. She soon encounters venomous plants, invisible natives and a group of stranded humanoids who turn out to be a Thal scouting party investigating the presence of their mortal enemies The Daleks on the planet. The story has all the makings of a classic but to be honest I just found it dull. The Thals are drab and uninteresting, The Daleks seem to be there for the sake of it and even the planet itself lacks imagination. It also suffers from a case of padding - there is not nearly enough material for six episodes - surely it could have been edited more thoroughly. There are still some great moments, notably The Doctor's discovery of the invisible Dalek, as he and The Thals spray paint the air and the instantly recognizable pepperpot shimmers into existence. There is a pleasing sense of nostalgia too; especially when The Doctor recalls his first encounter with The Daleks, but overall it is a fairly lazy effort - The abysmal Dalek flying saucer epitomising this exactly.
A Dalek double bill. (2008-05-16)  Two stories from different eras of the show, with the Doctor pitted against his most famous foes - the Daleks. The first of these -Planet of the Daleks - sees the Third Doctor, Jon Pertwee following the Daleks to the planet Spirodon. There the Daleks are preparing a hidden army for conquest and it's up to the Doctor to thwart their plans. To help him, he has the assistance of his faithful sidekick, Jo Grant played by Katy Manning, a team of Thals who arrive from Skaro, and the invisible Spiradons. This story has often been criticised as being a re-write of the first Dalek story with William Hartnell in 1963. In addition, it has to be said that some of the Thals come across as rather wooden, with the exception of the excellent Bernard Horsfall, making one of his four appearances in the programme. It is also a little disappointing, in that since this is a direct sequel to the previous story, `Frontier in Space' it does not build upon the events of that story in any significant way. Nevertheless, it is a good action packed romp, and it brings a few moral issues, regarding war and violence to the forefront. Watch out also for an appearance by the Dalek Supreme in episode six. This was a prop left over from the Dalek films of the sixties and loaned to Terry Nation.The second story features the multi-colour Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker, and is perhaps the most unusal Dalek story of them all - Revelation of the Daleks. The story successfully mixes horror and black comedy, to produce a story which is one of the highlights of Doctor Who from the Eighties. It's quite remarkable how well this story works, considering how little the Doctor and his assistant Peri actually do. There is a fine all-star cast including William Gaunt, Elanor Bron and Alexi Sayle. Terry Molloy also returns as Davros and is much more impressive, portraying Davros as an intelligent schemer, rather than a mad ranter. There are two moments of horror, which stand out in this story. Watch for the scenes where the Doctor encounters a mutant at the beginning of the story, and when we see the head of Stengos inside the Dalek casing. Watch out also for a rare glimpse of a glass Dalek, which had originally been conceived as part of the original Dalek story, although never used. It is worth noting that this is the story, which introduces us to the idea of two warring Dalek factions. This concept would continue into the Seventh Doctor's era with `Remembrance of the Daleks.'Both of these adventures may have their flaws, but nevertheless, here we have two highly entertaining adventures.
Colin and Jon, a great pair of Doctors (2004-05-26) Colin Baker's era was one of black comedy, satire, and horror, an arty blend which would no doubt have gotten better over time, had the BEEB not interfered and replaced him. Revelation of the Daleks is the pinnacle of his first season, a masterful screenplay by Eric Saward is beautifully crafted by Graeme Harper into a unique story. Not as entertaining as Twin Dilemma or Time Lash, this story is notable for the sheer quality of its acting, production values and direction and for doing new and interesting things with the Daleks and Davros. Not as exciting as Resurrection of the Daleks, this is an impressive story in its own right.Planet of the Daleks, on the other hand, is more pantomimish than Colin's least impressive productions, with a recycled plot and one dimensional characters thrown in by Terry Nation and directed like its a bad game show. But Katy Manning holds the fort in a great first part where she is alone on screen much of the time and Jon Pertwee awakens from an icy coma to command the screen with his usual style and presence. They are definitely a miss matched pair to be released together, but viewed in thier own contexts, these are a pair of enjoyable Dalek stories which clearly demonstrate the wide range of styles and different leading men in the history of Dr.Who. Overall: great!
Two classic Dalek adventures from different eras. (2000-12-16) This package offers you a superb opportunity to watch how the series changed and, more specifically, how the Daleks changed over time. 'Planet Of The Daleks' is from 1973 and stars Jon Pertwee and Katy Manning. This was before Davros (the Dalek creator) was introduced to the series. The second story, 'Revelation Of The Daleks' was made 12 years later and stars Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant. The series had changed a great deal in the intervening years. The effects were much better, Davros had become a mandatory part of Dalek stories and Doctor Who had become awash with celebrity actors. 'Revelation' for example features well known comedy actors Alexei Sayle, Eleanor Bron, William Gaunt and future star of Keeping Up Appearances, Clive Swift. However, of these guest appearances, only Alexei Sayle plays a comic part.
Classic Who (2000-11-28)  This set includes previously unrealised epiosdes from the Jon Pertwee and Colin Baker era. Both storys are complete and focus on the mighty ememy the Daleks. The best adventure is planet of the daleks featuring Jon Pertwee. Due to episode three's colour version being lost many years ago it has been replaced with a black and white version. It was this or skip the story altogether. The fact it dips into balck and white in the middle for 25 minutes does not effect the quailty of the story. Revelation of the daleks starring Colin Baker is also a great story. Both storys are displayed in a great sliver collectors edition tin. This is a real collectors item. Other points of interest might be the new Doctor Who Cyberme box set. This Dalek tin set is a must more any Who fan.
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