

All in all, rather less stimulating than Horror ofįang Rock, the story written to replace this one when it was put into Special effects, and a surprising amount of horror for a Saturday teatime Realisation that this is just about as 'trad' as Doctor Who gets. Looking at State of Decay again now, one is struck by the Whether or not 'trad' was bad, how can this be? Given that the main bone of contention was basically
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Writer, but he's got his name on an awful lot of TV scripts, and most of Remain convinced his strengths are as a script-editor rather than a Was adopted by all concerned as a touchstone of 'trad'-ness. Help but notice the way that dear old Terrance Dicks, by common assent, The recent 'rad' vs 'trad' debate really passed me by, but I couldn't No, not Dracula, please! by Andrew Wixon 23/11/00 Watch on a summer afternoon, and I recommend it highly. K9 was just plain enjoyable, and I liked him veryĪltogther, I thought State of Decay was a great episode to Was intellegent enough to know what was going on, and to try and do And Romana wasĪbsolutely the perfect companion for that incarnation of the Doctor. To rally the villagers by loosely quoting Shakespeare. I was impressed with Tom Baker's performance, and I loved his speech Point, I was praying thay would kill him and have done with it. (And that's quite a twist.) Of course, having seen all ofĪdric's episodes with Davison, I knew that he came out still alive.Īdric is plain annoying with Romana: "One of my family's died for your The twist is that the vampires areįrom Earth originally, they are protecting the Great Vampire, and they The plot is simple: the backwards vilagers defeat the vampires with This was my first episode with Tomīaker, Romana and K9, and I liked what I saw. I watched State of Decay for the first time a few weeks ago,Īnd I was rather impressed overall. "Stake in the ground" by Thomas CooksonĪ Story to Sink Your Teeth Into.The Great One Rises by Jonathan Middleton.The Girlfriend Experiment Pt 2 by Cainim Truax.No, not Dracula, please! by Andrew Wixon.Synopsis: The Doctor, Romana, and Adric land on a planet where the rulers hold strange powers over their subjects, and are the key to the mystery of "the wasting". With Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Matthew Waterhouse,


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