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The Twin Dillemma is Colin Baker’s first story. It has never been a favourite among fans because the new Doctor is so erratic and uncertain in these episodes. The chief enemy is an ugly and unconvincing slug monster. But it does introduce us to Lord Azmael, one of The Doctor’s former teachers, an insight into his personal history, which is always fun. 8/10
Commentary Commentary is by Colin Baker (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri) and Kevin McNally (Hugo). Any commentary with Colin Baker in is brilliant. He is not only extremely knowledgeable about Doctor Who, but a great raconteur. He is humorous and enthusiastic about everything except for his dreadful costume, a subject about which he has much to say, none of it good. I really enjoy his commentaries on any episode. The best of them is Arc of Infinity, which is a laugh a minute, but this one is good, too. Kevin McNally talks very well, too. They tend to outtalk Nicola a lot of the time, but when she does talk she does well enough. 10/10
Extras
7/10 Look 100 Years Younger sees Colin Baker and Amy Lamé, self-sttyled comedian, style icon and knitter, discuss The Doctor’s costumes over the years, right up to David Tennant’s outfit. Colin’s feelings about his own outfit are legendary! 9/10
4/10 Breakfast Time is an interview with Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant on the morning TV magazine show at the start of Colin’s tenure. He is less caustic about the outfit at this point. Clearly he was under instructions not to be controversial during publicity interviews. Even stranger, they seem to be implying that Nicola is American born and she uses an American accent throughout the interview. 7/10
6/10 Continuities are, as usual, a waste of disc space. 0/10 Coming Soon introduces The Keys of Marinus with some atmospheric snippets that hint at the ambitious plot of that story. 5/10 There are a lot of extras on this disc, some more useful than others. There isn’t a Making Of documentary in the usual sense, but Colin’s piece about the costumes is interesting and amusing. 8 out of 10
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Star Man is an interview with Sid Sutton who designed the title sequences
with the rolling starfields that had been introduced at the end of
Tom Baker’s era and remained unchanged until Colin Baker came
along. Mostly of interest to diehard fans who care about the evolution
of the title sequences and graphic art students.
Stripped
for action is a series of documentaries about the history of Doctor
Who in comic strips. The only good thing about it is the really cool
version of the Doctor Who theme tune. The rest of it is a reminder
of why I rarely bother with comic strips. Not only are they wildly
off cannon but they are aimed at middle aged fan boys. Seventeen minutes
of the subject is at least fifteen minutes too long.
Blue
Peter – A surprisingly imaginative film sequence showing previous
regenerations is followed by an interview with Colin Baker which is
pretty much predictable in the sort of half-witted questions asked
to him about his new role.
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