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Title: Doctor Who: “The Masque of Mandragora”
Year: 1976
Network: BBC
Episodes: 4, at 25 minutes each; the first story (of 6) from season 14
Creators: Sydney Newman, C.E. Webber, Donald Wilson
Director: Rodney Bennett
Writer: Louis Marks
Starring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen
Music: Ron Grainer (theme); Dudley Simpson
My reaction
Synopsis: evil space energy invades 15th-Century Italy
How I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), a couple days ago
Concept: Indifferent. Space energy doesn't exactly make for a compelling antagonist.
Story: Indifferent.
Characters: Indifferent.
Dialog: Good.
Pacing: Indifferent.
Cinematography: Indifferent.
Special effects/design: Indifferent. Nice sets and costumes, but bad visual effects.
Acting: Good.
Music: Indifferent.
Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay). It's a pretty dull episode overall, but Tom Baker manages to save things (as usual).
Objective Rating: 2.2/4 (Okay).
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