November 29, 2011

Doctor Who #60: Day of the Daleks



Data
Title: Doctor Who: "Day of the Daleks"
Year: 1972
Network: BBC
Episodes: 4, at 25 minutes each; the first story (of five) from season nine
Creators: Sydney Newman, C.E. Webber, Donald Wilson
Director: Paul Bernard
Writer: Louis Marks
Starring: Jon Pertwee
With: Nicholas Courtney, Katy Manning, Aubrey Woods, Anna Barry, Jimmy Winston, Scott Fredericks, Wilfred Carter
Music: Ron Grainer (theme); Dudley Simpson
I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), yesterday
Synopsis: time travelers from a dystopian future want to change history

My reaction
Concept: 4/4 (Great)
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Characters: 1/4 (Bad)
Dialog: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Pacing: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 1/4 (Bad)
Acting: 1/4 (Bad)
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay, 2/4). It could have been a really good story, but the execution is terrible. The "action" is unintentionally funny, the villain can't act, and the Daleks have no business being there at all.
Objective Rating (Average): 1.9/4 (Eh)

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