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Summary: Trial of A TimeLord - Doctor Who
Comment: This 3 videos boxed set is awesome! I highly recommend it to anyone who likes Doctor Who.
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Summary: So why was Colin Baker fired?
Comment: The 5-star rating encompasses the whole Colin Baker era, the most underrated in Dr Who history. Colin Baker has the distinction of being the only Doctor not to leave the show of his own will. In other words, he was fired. Michael Grade, BBC Controller at that time, took it upon himself to order John Nathan-Turner to replace Baker. This was most unfortunate, as Baker brought a fresh, energetic approach to the role. He relished playing the Doctor, even stating at one point that he intended to stick around long enough to break Tom Baker's record tenure. This is a departure from the previous Doctor, who intended to stay on for only three years so as not to become typecast in the role.
The Colin Baker era is unfairly criticized for its undue violence. While it has its violent moments, is it any more violent than the UNIT era (arguably the best era in Doctor Who history)? Or how about Genesis of the Daleks, which opens with a soldier in a gas mask? If you want non-violent Who, watch the first several Hartnell stories. But even those contain scenes such as cavemen clubbing each other to death and daleks who "EX-TER-MI-NATE".
It took the Doctor six incarnations to finally get it. He understood that showing compassion for someone who's trying to kill you is ridiculously stupid. He understood that it's kill or be killed. His "uncompassionate" nature has been targeted by clueless critics who can't distinguish between killing an innocent victim and killing a vicious killer. The doctor's killing of Shockeye in "The Two Doctors" is a favorite target of these boneheads. I say if a murderous letch with the "strength to snap you in half with one hand", as the Doctor states, is out to kill you and have you for dinner, you do what you can to survive. Maybe these aformentioned critics would have rather seen the Doctor confront Shockeye, offer him a joint and sing "Kumbaya" to him like the pot-smoking hippies that these critics are. Yet these are the same critics who hypocritically prefer the violent fabricated death of Peri than the true peaceful resolution devised for her.
So why was Colin Baker fired? That question baffled me, until I read somewhere that Michael Grade was dating Liza Goddard, Colin's ex-wife, at the time. I fully understand now. A professional vendetta is very unprofessional of you, Mr. Grade.
Consider who followed Baker, and what kind of stories we had to endure (i.e. Crappiness Patrol), it was only a matter of time before the series was killed off for good. Maybe they should have cancelled the show after Colin Baker was fired and spared us three years of 1-star stories, with a couple exceptions.
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Summary: Colin Baker: the maligned Time Lord. Why?
Comment: I have always thought Colin Baker was treated poorly during his life as Doctor Who. The Trial of a Time Lord was perhaps my favorite collection of his work. I like the idea of linking episodes in a arc - it certainly worked well for "The Key to Time" and "Babylon 5!"
I like this set. The music is among the best from the Doctor Who series and as far as I remember it was also one of the first to use synthesizer music. As a college graduate in music I understand the detractions of the synthesizer, chiefly many professional musicians are replaced with one thus added to the unemployment statistics. The advantage is a much more lush sound - a sound in approximation of a larger ensemble.
Finally, I liked the idea of the trial, Who the "Valyard" actually is, and the outcome.
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Summary: Absolutely Dreadfully BORING!
Comment: "Trial of a Time Lord" is the absolutely worst Dr Who I have ever seen and I like almost all of them. The script is inane and tedious. The plot is non-existent and the repartee between Colin Baker and Peri is monotonously repetitious. Words cannot express just how dreadful this long, 14 part torture really is.
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Summary: "DOCTOR WHO" - THE COMPLETE 23rd SEASON!
Comment: In September of 1986, after eighteen months of waiting, "Doctor Who" returned to television in the form of "The Trial of a Timelord." In this fourteen-part epic, the Doctor finds himself tried for meddling with time.
Most season-long story arcs tend to drag, but not this one. This entire six-hour season is exciting and emotional! Colin Baker gave a fine performance as The Doctor. It was sad that this was to be his last season as our favorite time lord from Gallifrey, as the BBC fired him from the role not long afterwards.
Peri and Mel make great (albeit slightly annoying) companions, and the villians are well-written and well-performed. "Doctor Who - The Trial of a Timelord" is one of the greatest "Doctor Who" adventures of all time, and this three-video set belongs in anyone's "Doctor Who" video collection! Grade: A+
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