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Summary: My favorite Tom Baker episode
Comment: In a series about a character who can travel to any place in any time, it seems a little ironic that one of the best episodes ever produced takes place in the confinement of a light house. But when limited to four rooms and a staircase, with a wonky power supply and a cast of frustrated, scared and suspicious supporting characters, the good Doctor shines. In the midst of panic, plotting and death, the Doctor's own penchant for chaos seems the only really sane act in the place. One by one the mysterious horror picks off the supporting cast, and the Doctor and Leela race to solve the mystery. By the time we come face to face (so to speak) with with the perpetrator, it really doesn't matter that it looks like something the Doctor should be fending off with a box of Kleenex.
In the years between PBS broadcasting Doctor Who and the advent of Netflix most of the episodes had faded from my memory, but I always remembered this one. It was my favorite when I was five, and remains so nearly 30 years later.
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Summary: CLASSIC WHO!
Comment: The premiere story of season fifteen, "Horror of Fang Rock" is a fantastic four-parter from the classic era of "Doctor Who." The Doctor and his companion, Leela, land near a mysterious lighthouse, only to be plunged into a terrifying ordeal with a mysterious creature that the lighthouse keeper believes to be the returning beast of Fang Rock. Writer Terrance Dicks delivers a truly creepy and funny story that keeps you guessing as to the origin of the creature, while Tom Baker once again stands front and center as the Doctor, and is helped along with a fantastic supporting cast. Fans of "Doctor Who" will not be disappointed with this awesome serial!
Program/DVD Grade: A+
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Summary: The beginning of a new era
Comment: The first story of season 15 finds the show picking up a new producer and starting with another great story. This is without a doubt, one of my favorite Tom Baker stories. The story starts a strange light in the sky, the disappearence of one of the lighthouse keepers, The Doctor and Leela arriving around 1902 at the lighthouse on Fang Rock surrounded by fog and stormy weather. This is Who at it's moody best and full of suspence. the story is well written which is surprising given the fact that it was a last minute replacement. The original story was to be a vampire story but was sacked due to the fact that the BBC was getting ready to run it's own version of Count Dracula. The vampire story would be rewritten as State of Decay in the show's 18th season. This story was based partly on a poem which The Doctor reads at the very end.
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Summary: Another Great Dr. Who episode
Comment: This was another episode that only Tom Baker could have done when compared to the previous and future doctor. The story line is dark and meant to be scary like many other Doctor Who episodes, but it really wasn't. The acting was good and the story was great.
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Summary: Great Episode!
Comment: Three guys manning a lighthouse take shifts on the watch -- the youngest of them spots a strange light come down from the sky and enter into the sea. It's actually a Ruton Space Vessel, such creatures being a nemesis to Earth. Rutons are slime creatures (bright green blobs!) who are of superior intellect and who can morph into any form, including human form.
Well, it's not long before the Rutons begin messing with the lighthouse light and as the chief engineer goes to the lower level to inspect the generators, the Ruton snuffs him. It's at about this time that Doctor Who and his female sidekick show up and, from that point forward, it's the Time Lord and his human associates against the Ruton.
It sounds like there's not much here but this is a very good episode. You'll love how the Ruton yells everytime he gets temporarily zapped by The Doctor. It's a real hoot!
You won't get hurt by buying this one -- it's one of my personal favorites.
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