I
can’t even tell you guys how relieved I am to be talking about
classic Doctor
Who
again. It was with great joy that I put the “Carnival of Monsters”
disc into my player and settled in to watch some Jon Pertwee.
Unless
I’m mistaken, my local PBS station aired “Survival”, then went
back to Tom Baker stories for a bit, then went to Pertwee. I was
disappointed at losing Baker for a second time and took a hiatus that
likely lasted until the Paul McGann movie. So I really didn’t give
Pertwee a chance back then.
I
thoroughly enjoyed his run when I revisited it a few years ago. I was
enchanted by the idea of the Doctor as a James Bond-type. And the
stories tended to be very good coming from the likes of Malcolm Hulke
and the writer of this story, Robert Holmes. Every once in a while
there would be an overly-long clunker (“The Green Death”), but I
burned through Pertwee’s entire run in a little over a week.
“Carnival
of Monsters” is one that stood out to me. It’s a story with Jo,
it has a great supporting cast, and the monsters look awesome.
I mean, for the time they look great. Heck, the Drashig still
looks good. It’s one of my favorite monster designs from Doctor
Who.
Settle
in, wrap your inverness cloak around you, and listen in as me, the
Mikes, and Jennifer discuss “Carnival of Monsters”!:
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