Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors: Five (unusually there's no 'Episode' prefix) starts as the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) tries to convince the Ice Warriors that he can help them leave Earth in their spaceship, they don't trust him & fear the Brittanicus Ice Base's Ioniser which they believe the scientists there want to use to destroy them. The Ice Warriors also learn from the Doctor that the energy used to power the Brittanicus Ice Base could be used to power their dead engines & prepare to storm the base & take what they need...
Episode 15 from season 5 this Doctor Who adventure originally aired here in the UK during December 1967, one of only four episodes currently know to exist from this story after many were destroyed by the BBC during the 70's this was directed by Derek Martinus & has been pretty good so far. The script by Brian Halyes has gone into anti-technology mode as it tries to demonstrate computers are untrustworthy & shouldn't be relied upon because logic isn't always the answer, sometime human intuition, instinct, imagination & risk-taking is needed in a situation. Unfortunately this is far less interesting than the plot involving the Ice Warriors & didn't make much of an impact on me. I also have to mention the resolution at the start of this episode to the cliffhanger ending from the previous one, it's surely one of the worst & most sloppily handled ever. For a start the entire cliffhanger was re-filmed as the camera angles are totally different, also Varga the Ice Warrior boss clearly counts to five & beyond at the end of episode four while at the start of episode five he barely reaches three before the Doctor cracks & simply tells Varga what he wants to know which was the most obvious & dull resolution to the cliffhanger possible. What I'm trying to say is besides being one of the worst cliffhanger endings ever the end of episode four & the beginning of episode five simply don't match each other, originally they were shown a full week apart but in the days of VHS & DVD where you can & almost certainly will see one episode straight after the other it's very noticeable & a bit sloppy.
There has been a real live bear in this episode which attacks Penley & Jamie which the production team probably borrowed from London Zoo. The acting is alright if nothing spectacular, Peter Sallis who appeared in over 250 episode of Last of the Summer Wine (1973 - 2007) & has provided the voice for Wallace in the Wallace & Gromit films plays a scientist here. Trivia note: apparently in his autobiography when Sallis recalls his time on Doctor Who he claims he played an Ice Warrior when he clearly plays a very human scientist!
The Ice Warriors: Five is an entertaining enough way to pass 25 minutes if your looking for for a bit of sci-fi or a fan of the series.
Episode 15 from season 5 this Doctor Who adventure originally aired here in the UK during December 1967, one of only four episodes currently know to exist from this story after many were destroyed by the BBC during the 70's this was directed by Derek Martinus & has been pretty good so far. The script by Brian Halyes has gone into anti-technology mode as it tries to demonstrate computers are untrustworthy & shouldn't be relied upon because logic isn't always the answer, sometime human intuition, instinct, imagination & risk-taking is needed in a situation. Unfortunately this is far less interesting than the plot involving the Ice Warriors & didn't make much of an impact on me. I also have to mention the resolution at the start of this episode to the cliffhanger ending from the previous one, it's surely one of the worst & most sloppily handled ever. For a start the entire cliffhanger was re-filmed as the camera angles are totally different, also Varga the Ice Warrior boss clearly counts to five & beyond at the end of episode four while at the start of episode five he barely reaches three before the Doctor cracks & simply tells Varga what he wants to know which was the most obvious & dull resolution to the cliffhanger possible. What I'm trying to say is besides being one of the worst cliffhanger endings ever the end of episode four & the beginning of episode five simply don't match each other, originally they were shown a full week apart but in the days of VHS & DVD where you can & almost certainly will see one episode straight after the other it's very noticeable & a bit sloppy.
There has been a real live bear in this episode which attacks Penley & Jamie which the production team probably borrowed from London Zoo. The acting is alright if nothing spectacular, Peter Sallis who appeared in over 250 episode of Last of the Summer Wine (1973 - 2007) & has provided the voice for Wallace in the Wallace & Gromit films plays a scientist here. Trivia note: apparently in his autobiography when Sallis recalls his time on Doctor Who he claims he played an Ice Warrior when he clearly plays a very human scientist!
The Ice Warriors: Five is an entertaining enough way to pass 25 minutes if your looking for for a bit of sci-fi or a fan of the series.
