Sixxy

As usual, the first trailer for Series 9 is meaningless marketing tease.

Some friends of mine were over last night and we watched “Revelation of The Daleks”.

I haven’t seen this one quite a few years.

My impression of it has not changed. It’s Script Editor/Writer Eric Saward’s attempt to mash together Stanley Kubrick and Robert Holmes.

Recap: The Doctor and Peri arrive on Necros to attend the funeral of an old friend of the Doctor who has recently died. However, Tranquil Repose is not all it seems and an attempt is made on the Doctor’s life. Soon the Doctor comes face to face with the Great Healer, only to discover it is none other than Davros, the creator of the Daleks, intent on rebuilding the Dalek race decimated by the Movellans.

And he’s not entirely successful. He has the Holmesian style characters but they still lack a spark. And Davros using people rejected for being Daleks as a protein source for the starving masses is very Soylent Green.

It’s not a bad episode (despite what one of my friends said), it’s just there yet. This was a problem with many of Colin’s scripts which is why if you want a real picture of “sixxy” as Colin calls him you need to go the Big Finish Audios where the Sixth Doctor has thrived under different management.

“The Unholy Terror” with The Sixth Doctor and Frobisher (shape changing penquin from Docgtor Who Magazine’s comic strip) is a beautiful thing.

Wanna see Sixxy and Holmes, watch “The Two Doctors” or “The Mysterious Planet” (Trial of a Time Lord 1-4).

I encourage people to revisit old episodes. They may or may not be the same as you remember it.