Dr Who: UNIT Tales DVD Review

Dr Who – Unit Tales

Rating: PG
Released by the BBC and Roadshow Ent

Back to the 1970s for this hastily assembled double pack of adventures which has a tenuous connection to armed forces group UNIT at best.

In the first adventure, Jon Pertwee’s Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith encounter some terribly animated dinosaurs roaming the streets of London as part of an invasion force from environmentalists. In the second, Tom Baker’s teeth and curls (and scarf) Dr, once again along with Sarah Jane, finds a deserted village where nothing is as it seems and androids are ready to take over as part of an evil plan from outer space.

Suitably silly in places and redolent of the 70s attitude to Who (a smattering of science, a dollop of overacting and a soupcon of insane baddies) these are relatively watchable pieces.

Coupled with the brilliant collection of extras, (including commentaries, coloured episodes from Invasion of the dinosaurs and some nice docos) it’s not a bad set as we head towards the end of the Classic Dr Who range – but probably one for the Who fans rather than the mass market.

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