Even the brief appearances by a rubber monster that terrorizes random British actors are decent. Favorite Classic Doctor Who Stories. I would say that her character is the only major detractor of the serial. The Doctor undergoes a traumatic fifth regeneration. Retrieved 26 February Of course, the wonderful irony is that as much as Jek wants revenge on Morgus, Morgus himself is doing nothing but taking advantage of the whole situation. View all Cars Sites. 
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View all Streaming Sites. The serial involves a war for control of the life-prolonging substance spectrox on the planet Androzani Minor which is being fought between the businessman Morgus John Normington and the android builder Sharaz Jek Christopher Gable.
Darkness is everywhere across Androzani, but the story loses points for the appearance of the badly-executed Magma Beast deep in the caves, surely an example of the team deciding they needed a monster simply because they needed a monster. The notion of his Doctor being a cool older brother was all very well, but too often this knowability could undermine his Doctorishness. Apparently, as whl boy, the Doctor had started a "blown glass bottle collection," which was made from the andorzani of different planets.
The Caves of Androzani: Part One
However, for this regeneration, it was decided that special recordings of the Davison-era companions would be used instead of stock footage. The look of him is very iconic, particularly with the mask. Instead, we're going to look at Doctor Who at its very worst.
I'm allergic to certain gases in the praxis range of the spectrum. Bowie's management declined on his behalf as the dates clashed with his Serious Moonlight Tour according to Bowie biographer Nicholas Pegg. Sharaz Jek on one.
The Caves of Androzani is the sixth serial of the 21st season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Whowhich was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC1 from 8 to 16 March Wikiquote has quotations related to: Although the difference is minute, DVD viewers have the option of watching the original version or the new, improved version. The story concerns two neighboring planets, Androzani Minor and Androzani Major. This is one nihilistic way to subvert the magic of Doctor Who.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Peter Davison has stated that this is his favourite serial from his three years on the series. Next 1 of 3 Prev post.
BBC One - Doctor Who, Season 21, The Caves of Androzani - Episode guide
The Doctor sees his former dpctor swirl around him in a psychedelic sequence, the death of Adric still haunting him. The Caves of Androzani: Season 21 Episode Add the first question.
Spectrox mining is controlled by Trau Morgus's business conglomerate, but is threatened by Sharaz Jek, a masked figure who hides within the cave systems and controls an army of androids that disrupt mining efforts. Truly, this is dark stuff.
Because of the camera's fixation with her breasts and buttocks, and because of the risible quality of too many of her stories, I've always felt like Peri's been undervalued in Who history.
Retrieved 24 November Androzani Minor is the only source of the spectrox drug, produced by bats within the desert planet's cave systems. Behind the scenes Androzani saw the return of the great Robert Holmes, but it also marked the debut of another legend of Doctor Who in young producer Graeme Harper.
When the camera angle changes though not very greatly they vanish from the horizon, and reappear again when it switches back to the original angle. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. This story was the first time former script editor Robert Holmes had written for the series since The Power of Krollas Nathan-Turner had been keen to use writers new to the show instead.
And while there are two conflicting sides in this war, most people are surprisingly sympathetic, on both sides.
Doctor Who The caves of androzani (1)
The Doctor, starting to also feel the effects, arrives at the base. Alternate Versions For the DVD release, the opening sequence of the first episode with the mountains in the background was adjusted to improve the matte in the background which in the original broadcast version jiggled noticeably. Androozani Master television stories.
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