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Summary: Best of Peter Davison
Review: This story might be the best 5th Doctor story, it marks the end of the Davison era and the beginning of the Colin Baker era. Very good!
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Summary: utterly pathetic
Review: Unlike others who have reviewed this story, I find the Caves of Androzani to be the absolute worst Dr. Who I have ever seen. The masked villian is soooo boring and unrealistic, it almost makes me gag. I have enjoyed every Dr. Who episode I have seen up until this one. I'm really suprised because the regeneration stories are often the most interesting. I think my main gripe is with Peri. I think this story would have been much better if it had been companionless. She whines way too much in this one. Hopefully this one will grow on me in time. I suppose anything is possible.
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Summary: Goodbye to the Fifth Doctor
Review: What can you really say about this? This was Peter Davison's finest hour as the Doctor, and is possibly the best story of the entire series. The plot is somewhat similiar to Phantom of the Opera, but the resemblance is only superficial. The desperate heroics of the Doctor as he tries to save his life and Peri on a machiavellian mining world are almost unmatched in the series. The only real disappointment is that the episode is Davison's last. Probably the high water mark of the series; the show would never be this good again.
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Summary: A Must-Have for Every Sci-Fi Fan
Review: What's not to like? A compelling plot, excellent acting, beautifully designed sets and lighting, terrific location work, lots of terrific bad guys, plenty of shooting, and suspense, suspense, suspense--what more could anyone want? OK, the Magma Creature is cheaply done, but considering the shoestring budget, this is a masterpiece of television production. Peter Davison has finally grown into his characterization of the Doctor in this, his final episode. He shows a full range of emotion, and demonstrates what a fine actor he is capable of being. Nicola Bryant is very strong as Peri and her stammering in terror makes a nice change from the more usual Doctor Who "screamer" female companion. The masked, psychotic Sharaz Jek is convincingly portrayed as is the evil corporate chief Morgus. Morgus' occasional, almost Shakespearean asides to the camera are a nice touch. The gun runners are well played and Salateen is just perfectly done. Peter Davison's final scene as the Doctor is one of the truly memorable moments in the series' incredible 26-year run. Except for the afore-mentioned silly-looking Magma Creature, "Caves of Androzani" is the perfect episode of Doctor Who. "Caves of Androzani" is as necessary to the sci-fi fan as the first episode of "Star Trek" or the latest "Farscape." Even if you've never seen Doctor Who before, you should see this episode. Buy it!!!
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Summary: Doctor Who - Caves of Androzani
Review: Will someone PLEASE fix the dates on these Doctor Who titles! They didn't all come out in 1975!! Caves of Androzani came out in 1984. Rememberance of the Daleks came out in 1988, Spearhead from Space is 1970, Tomb of the Cybermen is 1967... and so on... Please fix these!!Anyway, my "caves" review... Great DVD with lots of wonderful extras for a 20yo TV show. Commentary, Trailers, Behind the scenes, News Interviews and much more. I never thought we would see so much care and work go into Doctor Who DVD's, by far and miles away the best TV series on DVD, blows away even new shows like Trek, Buffy and Farscape. The picture quality is amazing.
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Summary: "I might regenerate, I don't know."
Review: Without a doubt, this is the best regeneration episode I have ever seen. To provide my main bit of criteria, let it be known that I watched the Doctor Who pledge drive on KTEH. Peter Davison himself was there when they showed Episode 4 of this adventure. That was Febuary 27, 2000. On that day, Peter Davison said that Caves of Androzani was his favorite episode, followed by Earthshock, even though that would be rather suicidal. Who knows better which episode are good ones than the Doctor himself? If you agree with my question then go ahead and buy this video. It is well worth the price.
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