Face of Evil - Very Powerful & Very Stupid

[Larry]

seems to be confirmed in this months DWM.

[Rob McCow]

Excellent stuff! But Who Am I?

[Stuart Wallis]

Answers on a postcard...

[Rob McCow]

...addressed to: The Horda Pit, Jungle, NE3 VA1.

[Dave Tudor]

Hmm, am I imagining it, or does this story never conjure up much enthusiasm? It's a good story, with some interesting concepts, but it never seems to, shall we say, 'stand out from the crowd'? I seem to remember it wasn't even greeted with much cheer when it was released on VHS. Why do you think this might be? Or am I completely wrong?

[Stuart Wallis]

It is rather underrated isn't it? I wish I knew why.

[Dirk Gently]

I think it suffers similarly to Masque' in that there's not a lot really wrong with it, but neither is there anything to shout about. It's just a fairly average story....although I'm quite fond of this where as I'm not fond of Masque.

[Simon R]

I've never been overly fond of it and can't remember when I last watched it. It suffers from "Planet of Evil" syndrome of being all alien planet meets dull corridors meets dull characters. Leela is the best thing by miles.

[SiHart]

General Face of Evil comments might be better placed here: http://www.planetskaro.org.uk/forums...ead.php?t=6719

[Dave Tudor]

I'm sure they'll find plenty of extras to liven it up, and maybe there's scope for releasing it together with a special edition 'Robots of Death', as 'Boucher's Box' perhaps. Money in the baaaank!

(Edited to add: thanks for the link, Si.)

[SiHart]

Extras! Extras!

00:14:04:12 TOMORROW'S TIMES - THE FOURTH DOCTOR
00:09:02:00 THE FACE OF EVIL - FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR
00:05:40:02 THE FACE OF EVIL - PHOTO GALLERY
00:04:26:16 MULTI COLOURED SWAP SHOP
00:00:30:11 (DENYS FISHER TOYS ADVERT)
00:17:19:18 DOCTOR WHO STORIES - LOUISE JAMESON
00:25:09:22 INTO THE WILD - THE MAKING OF THE FACE OF EVIL

[Nyder]

Ooh wonder what Swap Shop clip will be shown?? I entered many Doctor Who competitions on Swap Shop - won nothing of course!!

[Jon Masters]

Ooh wonder what Swap Shop clip will be shown?? I entered many Doctor Who competitions on Swap Shop - won nothing of course!!

Wasn't there a SS clip on the Face of Evil video release ? An interview with Louise J, I think.

[Stuart Wallis]

D'you know, I believe there was! One of the few video extras.

[SiHart]

Cover:



Tom and Louise look fabulous- the mountain is wrong. Just wrong.

[Darren]

The mountain looks like a Cyberman with a wig. The whole cover looks awful though.

[Dino]

Doctor pic. Good. Pass.
Leela pic. Bit better. Pass.
Mountain pic... *AROGAH!AROGAH! Sensitive detectors self destruct! Fail.

And what the hell's that thing by it's eye? A giant slug? Wrong story!

Apart from that though, I'll still probably get it.

[Dave Tudor]

Hmm, I'm trying very hard to like that cover but it's not working.

[Matthew T]

Artwork? That's a first for a DVD cover isn't it? Tom's mountain looks like the watcher!

[Andrew Curnow]

If that's the best they can come up with, maybe they should just have used Jeff Cummins' brilliant Target cover instead.

[Larry]

Hmm, I'm trying very hard to like that cover but it's not working.

well I like it it's certainly a lot better then most of the covers we've had.

[Si Hunt]

Except, of course, that it isn't.

Si.

[brandynigma]

I'm guessing this is one of Lee Binding's, given the 'painting' style.

I don't mind the mountain- and I get the impression that Lee mostly gets the stories with little photographic reference (although I heard that when Destiny of the Daleks came out!).

[Stuart Wallis]

The face on the mountain still looks like my Aunt Dolly...

[SiHart]

R2 cover:


Released on 5th March according to Play.