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Post by mark687 on Oct 14, 2019 18:47:57 GMT
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Post by number13 on Oct 15, 2019 10:21:39 GMT
The Masters of Luxor sometimes gets a lot of dislike, but I'll strongly recommend it (again!) especially at this price.
In one sense, it’s a familiar and exciting adventure, another epic tale on a strange, alien world that might have been, if the Daleks and Skaro had not taken its place in the schedules (and made history in the process.)
But in other ways it's the most astonishing ‘Doctor Who’ story I’ve heard or seen in over 40 years. It’s an openly religious story, and classic series ‘Doctor Who’ didn’t really ‘do’ religion, apart from a few references to Greek myth and similar ancient beliefs, and the Buddhist parable that is ‘Planet of the Spiders’. Much of it can be read as a religious allegory, and around that is woven a dramatic and thought-provoking science fiction adventure, with other elements that (as in ‘The Daleks’) would have been all too familiar in 1963 to the generation that had so recently defeated Fascism.
Carole Ann Ford and William Russell are of course superb and Joseph Kloska is excellent as ‘The Perfect One’. It’s a triumph by all three actors to carry such a long production with such energy and style, with Lisa Bowerman’s excellent direction and Toby Hrycek-Robinson’s wonderful music and sound design.
Time and the TARDIS moved on and we would never see anything like this story reach the screen in the classic era. It is literally unique, and another truly great First Doctor Lost Story from this outstanding team.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2019 13:01:57 GMT
Can I also throw in mention of The Juggernauts at $3.00 as well?
From the pen of Scott Alan Woodard, who also wrote the final entry of I, Davros, it's a superb showing of Mel's ingenuity and Davros's cunning (or vice versa, as the story progresses).
Far from being an obligatory rehash of a familiar enemy, the Mechanoids Juggernauts are given a new, frankly rather ghoulish lease of life on Lethe. Something which Mel herself plays a pivotal role in creating. In fact, it's the first story in the Big Finish canon, chronologically speaking, where we really get to know her as a person. Downed from a burning spacecraft, separated from the Doctor, we get to see her become involved with the colony. Her computer expertise far from wasted. More than that, she develops friendships, even finds someone of whom she grows rather fond.
What happens next is down to Davros and the Daleks. It's a really strong run of stories and I can't recommend this entry enough. Dangerous, inventive with a bit of bite to its characterisation.
(And probably the closest thing we've seen to the Dalek-Mechanoid Wars of TV21 where they were hurling literal planets at one another.)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2019 20:04:52 GMT
I'm actually quite surprised that they're doing a special discount for a BF release (on both CD and digital). Well, The Masters of Luxor in particular is a true delight, since it was adapted from a script by the show's first writer and that it features two of the very original cast members.
And that reminds me. I wonder why the sixth and final part of Luxor ended up being the shortest episode in this release?
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Post by polly on Oct 15, 2019 21:42:18 GMT
I also really liked Masters of Luxor. It is distinctly different than anything else I can think of in Doctor Who. It doesn't even feel like 60s SF in general. It evokes, to me, a strong Metropolis sort of imagery. The 20-30s Art Deco feel and a grandiose epic about humanity and soul. Fascinating story. I can only imagine what the course of this franchise would have been.
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