We've had a few "Man in a suit" style monsters and aliens though, the Cybermen for one. Those aliens in The Doctor's Daughter (if they count), the space flies from The Planet of the Dead...
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We've had a few "Man in a suit" style monsters and aliens though, the Cybermen for one. Those aliens in The Doctor's Daughter (if they count), the space flies from The Planet of the Dead...
The Ood!
The Silurians pictured BTW are the ones from Davison's Warriors From The Deep, not the original Pertwee story. In the story, the Silurian design was altered a bit, having them wear an armored shell, having them 'speak' through their third eye, which lit up when they spoke (Like the Daleks 'ears'), having them have a goofy, high-pitched voice instead of the more reptilian ones they had. They even acted like 80's Cybermen: "Excellent!"
The Sea Devils in the serial fared a bit better. They were given samuraiesque armor that was from "Warrior's Gate" but it kind of worked out. Plus they kept their original raspy voices. It looks from the photos that they are keeping the Samurai asthetic, although they've made it less cumbersome. It'd be interesting if we get a CG Myrka. The Mill has proven they can make some of the larger TOS monsters look cool with the Macra.
However, there is the Myrka. Basically the whole thing was a giant pantomime horse which looked like an oversized sea devil. It's probably one of the worst Doctor Who monsters ever, and there's a hilarious scene where it has a karate fight with Ingrid Pitt. No, I'm not kidding.
"Warriors" has a bad reputation among fans, in case anybody was wondering
It did start a trend in Doctor Who of the Doctor NOT saving the day entirely; he managed to save the world, yes; but everybody on the base was dead despite the Doctor's best efforts to negotiate. "There should have been another way."
I'm curious as to what's going to happen this time. One of the interesting aspects of the novels is that eventually the Silurians and Sea Devils, like the Ice Warriors, do eventually become a peaceful race and co-habitate with men. Of course there's also the nifty novel "Blood Heat" where the Doctor visits an alternate timeline where he died during the events in Silurians.
The Sea Devils in the serial fared a bit better. They were given samuraiesque armor that was from "Warrior's Gate" but it kind of worked out. Plus they kept their original raspy voices. It looks from the photos that they are keeping the Samurai asthetic, although they've made it less cumbersome. It'd be interesting if we get a CG Myrka. The Mill has proven they can make some of the larger TOS monsters look cool with the Macra.
However, there is the Myrka. Basically the whole thing was a giant pantomime horse which looked like an oversized sea devil. It's probably one of the worst Doctor Who monsters ever, and there's a hilarious scene where it has a karate fight with Ingrid Pitt. No, I'm not kidding.
"Warriors" has a bad reputation among fans, in case anybody was wondering
It did start a trend in Doctor Who of the Doctor NOT saving the day entirely; he managed to save the world, yes; but everybody on the base was dead despite the Doctor's best efforts to negotiate. "There should have been another way."I'm curious as to what's going to happen this time. One of the interesting aspects of the novels is that eventually the Silurians and Sea Devils, like the Ice Warriors, do eventually become a peaceful race and co-habitate with men. Of course there's also the nifty novel "Blood Heat" where the Doctor visits an alternate timeline where he died during the events in Silurians.
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Warriors of the Deep would have worked a lot better if they'd just turned the lights down a bit, gloom would have hidden a multitude of sins and allowed the positives to be more prominant.
Five's "There should have been another way." is probably the real antithesis to Nine's "Everybody lives!"
Five's "There should have been another way." is probably the real antithesis to Nine's "Everybody lives!"
Funny thing about season twenty-one; it's one of the darker seasons story and tone-wise. But the monsters in the season were really awful.
Even the Daleks suffered, despite the story (Ressurection) being even darker than "Warriors". The Dalek costumes themselves were of really shoddy quality (Although Terry Molloy's Davros was OK), and you could see the molding rods on the top. And as a further indignity, there were the Dalek troopers, who looked like an unholy mix of a Dalek, the Star Wars Death Star troopers, and a mouseketeer:
http://www.drwhoexhibitions.co.uk/images/Blackpool/Derek-trooper85.jpg
Even the Daleks suffered, despite the story (Ressurection) being even darker than "Warriors". The Dalek costumes themselves were of really shoddy quality (Although Terry Molloy's Davros was OK), and you could see the molding rods on the top. And as a further indignity, there were the Dalek troopers, who looked like an unholy mix of a Dalek, the Star Wars Death Star troopers, and a mouseketeer:
http://www.drwhoexhibitions.co.uk/images/Blackpool/Derek-trooper85.jpg
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that does look stupid, still not the first time and not the last time the Daleks have turned humans into there slaves.