tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post5820811995858083690..comments2024-03-14T05:07:57.110-07:00Comments on Doc Oho Reviews...: Carnival of Monsters written by Robert Holmes and directed by Barry LettsDoc Ohohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01819922630249965949noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-69151160101962563292020-11-03T23:30:59.669-08:002020-11-03T23:30:59.669-08:00Watching all in order. Really enjoyed this. Great ...Watching all in order. Really enjoyed this. Great review as well. It's such a sharp, clever script, makes you wish Holmes wrote even more than he did, where was he in season 9? I love Bra-vo..., Shirna is a real hottie. Jo is great with her rings, boots and nodding the dialogue. Amazing cliffhangers, especially episode 2 which is one of the best ever surely, perfectly paced, very similar to Green Death 2. Terence Lodge was a very underrated actor, superb in this. Excellent story, one of Pertwee's best. Simpson's music starting to take shape into his peak years at last.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-11716394644805583062017-04-03T20:00:56.113-07:002017-04-03T20:00:56.113-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.David Pirtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00636601389899125100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-29250996430302444492015-06-24T02:53:59.246-07:002015-06-24T02:53:59.246-07:00I watched this one last night with my dad for the ...I watched this one last night with my dad for the first time ever. Even though like the three doctors it was one of the early books I read, I don't have the same attachment I do to the Three Doctors for some reason. <br /><br />On the one hand, I totally agree that the chalm and the performances really sell this, and the Drashig's do rank as a truly terrifying monster precisely because the Doctor (especially self assured number three), can't get rid of them. The chemistry between the Doctor and Joe is wonderful, I love his insistance that he's not on earth, and the way he doesn't actually admit he was wrong. My dad's comment upon hearing his "roll up" speech was "Oh, it's chief petty officer Pertwee?" referencing John's character from The navy Lark, which probably was correct (it's a real shame such an experienced radio actor as Pertwee never made it to Big finish). <br /><br />Actually i don't think there is a duff character performance here, from the Major's wonderful old colonial racism, Claire's "You wouldn't think of me as a silly flapper", to the snide tribunal. <br /><br />My only issue, is that for some reason, and I can't say what, the story seemed to get stuck half way through. Maybe it was the Doctor and Joe's run around the circuitry, maybe it was one too many bizantine politickings with the tribunal. I just felt that there was a point when things weren't moving forward. This is odd, I would usually much rather have a story that was too long than too short, but I just felt there was a stage in episode 2 or 3 when I'd seen everything, indeed half way through episode four my dad did comment "Well he better get on with sorting everything out" sinse quite honestly once the scope started to break down it felt like both plots stalled until an excuse could be found to separate joe and the Doctor and get the Doctor onto Inter minor to quickly come up with the last final solution. <br /><br />Indeed, while I do see the logic that patches of space time being grabbed from various planets and shoved in a little box should theoretically be fixable with a fast return from the Tardis, this really did feel like the instance of the new series Doctor's magic wand 30 years earlier, particularly off given that the political revolution story really also seemed to stall as well. <br /><br />I really want! to like Carnival of monsters more than I do, there was a lot I enjoyed, I just couldn't get over the feeling that there was something off in the way the story progressed over all that would stop it getting the perfect score from me. darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15526681809763999806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-34921004895176503822013-08-26T20:07:04.139-07:002013-08-26T20:07:04.139-07:00Cool!Cool!Chantalhttp://bestellipticalsmachine.us/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-20650855523413604722013-07-21T01:36:04.633-07:002013-07-21T01:36:04.633-07:00It's an era I have become increasingly fond of...It's an era I have become increasingly fond of. Some solid storytelling, plenty of drama and excitement, a controversial Doctor and three great companions. Dicks and Letts took a struggling show and turned it into a complete success story. There are stories I don't like (The Mutants, The Time Monster, The Three Doctors, Planet of the Daleks) but on the whole it is my ultimate comfort viewing era, and one I return to more than most others. Doc Ohohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819922630249965949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5386390949828958591.post-78435357161113847732013-07-21T00:15:32.748-07:002013-07-21T00:15:32.748-07:00You've given the Pertwee era vey high marks so...You've given the Pertwee era vey high marks so far Joe-is it a favorite era of yours? BSC SSCnoreply@blogger.com