Dr Who: Frontios: DVD Review
Dr Who - Frontios
Rating: PG
Released by BBC and Roadshow Home Ent
Heading back to 1984, this four part adventure from Peter Davison's
tenure in the TARDIS sees the Doc having to deal with the threat
facing the last surviving humans on a planet far far away.
But the TARDIS team soon find out there's more than just one threat
as a series of parasites known as the Gravis and the Tractators are
out for survival too.
Redolent of the blight of the scripts in the 1980s, this serial is
nothing sensational for the range - it's perfectly watchable if
you're a Who fan but it's not exactly welcoming to non fans of the
Time Lord.
The baddies are well realized (particularly the moments when the
good guys are pulled underground) and there's some good solid
acting on show from the likes of Peter Davison, Mark Strickson,
Janet Fielding and Jeff Rawle, but this tale isn't going to set the
world alight.
A reasonably light smattering of extras by the range's standard
complete the package, but there's a sense there's very little to
add to a story which doesn't stand out from the Classic
series.
Extras: Commentary, deleted scenes, isolated score and a making of
the story - about average for the range.
Rating: 5/10
