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Summary: The earth is hungry
Review: The TARDIS drifts too far into the future and despite the Doctor's plan to be away as soon as possible, Tegan convinces him to visit the last vestiges of humanity on the planet Frontios. Frontios is a planet under siege, with meteor showers occurring regularly - indeed, the TARDIS materialises during one, and some of those in authority wonder of the events are linked. While plainly not welcome, the travellers find themselves unable to leave when the TARDIS is destroyed in a second meteor shower. What is causing these? Why do bodies go missing? And how will the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough ever leave without the TARDIS?A return effort from Christopher Bidmead, probably best known for authoring the last Fourth and first Fifth Doctor stories 'Logopolis' and 'Castrovalva', adapts his own script of this Fifth Doctor serial. 'Frontios' is not up to his earlier work in terms of quality, but is still a decent enough story. This story also sheds a little more light on Turlough, which is welcome and long overdue. Of course, one cannot help but wonder what happened to Kamelion when the TARDIS was destroyed? There are a few niggling things like that which detract from the story.
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Summary: The earth is hungry
Review: The TARDIS drifts too far into the future and despite the Doctor's plan to be away as soon as possible, Tegan convinces him to visit the last vestiges of humanity on the planet Frontios. Frontios is a planet under siege, with meteor showers occurring regularly - indeed, the TARDIS materialises during one, and some of those in authority wonder of the events are linked. While plainly not welcome, the travellers find themselves unable to leave when the TARDIS is destroyed in a second meteor shower. What is causing these? Why do bodies go missing? And how will the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough ever leave without the TARDIS? A return effort from Christopher Bidmead, probably best known for authoring the last Fourth and first Fifth Doctor stories 'Logopolis' and 'Castrovalva', adapts his own script of this Fifth Doctor serial. 'Frontios' is not up to his earlier work in terms of quality, but is still a decent enough story. This story also sheds a little more light on Turlough, which is welcome and long overdue. Of course, one cannot help but wonder what happened to Kamelion when the TARDIS was destroyed? There are a few niggling things like that which detract from the story.
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