Dr Who: The Dominators: DVD Review

Dr Who: The Dominators: DVD Review

Dr Who- The Dominators
Released by BBC and Roadshow Entertainment
Rating: PG
Back to the 1960s we go and the moptop ways of the second Doctor Patrick Troughton and his faithful crew of Jamie the highlander and Zoe the genius in this five part serial which screened in 1968.
The TARDIS lands on a planet called Dulkis; one which is supposed to be quiet and relaxed; but when the TARDIS trio arrive there, they find the native race has been enslaved by the ruthless Dominators (and their large tortoise shell like jackets) and their servants, the robotic Quarks.
Can the Doctor save the race?
A fairly average serial when compared to the later efforts of the series, this is starting to show some cracks in terms of the production values; but it's worth seeing for the very first introduction of the Quarks which were mooted as the next Daleks way back when.
Sure, they lumber and seem quaint, but it's nice to see the series try something a little different with the baddies. A deeper look into the story would see some satire of the hippy ways of the 1960s but Troughton et al give it their all in this.
Extras: Commentary from the surviving main cast, a look back on the making and a piece on how the show was covered in the media are all reliably informative. What's a little odd and doesn't do much for the continuing perception of nerdiness is a hidden extra in which two Scottish sock puppets (no I don't believe I'm typing this either) discuss the labeling of the serials back in the 1960s&.

Rating: 6/10