Iāve heard all of the āLost Storiesā at least twice before, but recently decided to go through them all again in order and review them this timeā¦
And, oh boy, the range really gets off to a rocky start, doesnāt it?
Proper reviews to come soon, hereās just a summary of the first three.
āThe Nightmare Fairā ~ 5/10
A good concept thatās pretty much ruined by pacing with as much get-up-and-go as an OAP suffering from Parkinsonās. David Bailie is honestly the highlight of this whole thing - his portrayal of the Toymaker is incredibly underrated!
āMission to Magnusā ~ 3/10
Iāve always loved the third episode, so wasnāt surprised that my score remained virtually the sameā¦ but Jesus Christ, I mustāve mentally blocked out quite how awful āMagnusā was the past few times I heard it!
Like the Ice Warriors donāt appear until the half-way mark, there is barely any build up to their plan, and every character is just a sexist stereotype! Thereās even a joke during the epilogue about how the women of Magnus will āserveā the men from the neighbouring world when they become their wives.
Listening to the behind-the-scenes interviews, Philip Martin actually tried to say that heād written a pro-feminism pieceā¦ how drunk was he when this interview was conducted? Itās one of the most mysoginistic stories Iāve encountered - and Iāve heard āPrison in Spaceā!
āLeviathanā ~ 9/10
Imagine crossing the Truman Show with āThe Time Warriorā and āThe Holy Terrorā, and you essentially get this absolute hidden gem of a story.
I genuinely cannot understand why this one got rejected, because a lot of the set pieces couldāve quite easily been done on screen. Just a manificent outing.