Doctor Who - The Claws of Axos (Episode 57)
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Actor: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney, Richard Franklin, Roger DelgadoBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
Movie Reviews of Doctor Who - The Claws of Axos (Episode 57)
Movie Review: Good extras
Summary: 3 Stars
The episode, Claws of Axos, hasn't aged well I think. In the voice over commentary the actors think the psychadelic overlays and so on have held up well. The story was a bit different than usual and the Master is present but plays no real role here. His scenes with the Doctor are brilliant as always, UNIT has some good stuff and the Making Of and Restoration extras were interesting but the monsters were not terribly strong until the end. The massacre in the lab chamber was excellent! I recommend it as a fan of the Master, and for the in depth look into what it was like to film Doctor Who in the old days.
Summary of Doctor Who - The Claws of Axos (Episode 57)
A podlike spacecraft is on an intercept course for Earth, and nervous humans' first instinct is to shoot first and ask questions later. Instead, they discover a race of golden, beautiful aliens asking for help and offering an unlimited source of energy--with a catch. Originally this 1971 adventure was to be called "The Vampire from Space," but that was too obvious, particularly when the villainous Master (Roger Delgado) is really behind this latest threat to Earth. Can the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) discover the awful truth about Axos in time, or will his desire to free himself from the planet overcome his better judgment?A fabulous sense of Englishness permeates this era of the series, with pretentious bureaucrats, overzealous army officers, and comic poachers among others reacting to aliens in their own backyard. And despite being the Doctor's main adversary at the time, the Master gets all the best lines, including his comment about the repairs to the TARDIS being a "botch up," and suggesting to the nervous Englishmen that "putting sticky tape on the windows" might be a good defense against a nuclear explosion. Watch for an early appearance by Tim Piggot-Smith (The Jewel in the Crown) as an army officer, as well as a sudden snowstorm during filming that is explained away as "freak weather conditions" caused by the aliens! Episodes 2 and 3 appear a bit murky due to the original British copies having to be remastered. With lots of monsters, action, and high-tech sets, stories like this were the backbone that Doctor Who's reputation in the 1970s rests on. --Ryan K. Johnson
The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and Jo grow suspicious when soft-spoken aliens arrive on Earth with the Master hidden aboard their craft.Running Time: 98 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/BBC UPC: 794051239822 Manufacturer No: E2398
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