Doctor Who - Frontier in Space

Buy This Item Doctor Who - Frontier in Space by BBC Warner  Available from Amazon  $4.98  on 11-2-2008     In the 26th century, the Doctor and Jo strive to preserve the fragile peace which exists between the great intergalactic empires of Earth and Draconia. Reader Reviews This is the last adventure featuring Roger Delgado as The Master before his death in a car accident in Turkey. He doesn't appear until episode 4. And knowing that he was involved, I found myself waiting for his eventual appearance and as a result the story seemed to drag until he turned up. This was in part because I have always been disappointed with 6 episode stories. They usually seem to be 4 episode stories with two extra episodes tacked on at some point or another. This story could probably have been made with one less episode, especially since the Doctor and Jo spend most of the story being captured and escaping and then being re-incarcerated again. While being a complete story in itself, Frontier in Space is actually part one of a two-story arc (the second part being the story "The Planet of the Daleks") and it feels it too, especially since the ending is a cliff-hanger which is resolved in Planet of the Daleks. So if you don't have Planet of the Daleks already, you should get it from Amazon to see how the cliff-hanger is resolved and how the events in Frontier lead into the next part of the saga. I recommend this story. It is well written in spite of its length. It is suspenseful as it is not clear who is behind the events that the Doctor and Jo find themselves embroiled in, and this keeps the story going. Jo is pleasantly resorceful and less of a screamer than in others of her stories. The Master is his usual cunning self and his belated appearance in the second half of the story is used to good effect - thickening the plot and causing the viewer to wonder what is actually going on. Frontier in Space would be an excellent addition to the video collection of any fan of the classic series of Doctor Who, but especially for those fans of the Pertwee era Doctor.

Doctor Who - Frontier in Space Available from Amazon Price: $4.98 Updated on 11-2-2008.

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