Patrick Troughton's "THE INVASION" on DVD

[Mikey]

I just finished watching Patrick Troughton's "THE INVASION" for the first time and I gotta say, i'm really impressed.

Never had I seen a Doctor Who story over 4 parts that I didn't think was CRAZY padded until I seen the Invasion.

I do think The Invasion was padded -- at 8 parts .... But for some reason, it didn't seem like a CHORE watching them, like so many other LONG WHO stories.

To me, it seems very Pertwee-ish ..... almost like a long lost Jon Pertwee story.

For a 60's story, i'm surprised how GOOD the Cybermen look.
They almost look like Tom Baker era "Revenge" Cybermen --- ie the MEGO Cyberman.

The animated lost episodes were cool too.
The animation reminded me of Max Fleischer style old-time animation with a lot of shadowing and backgrounds that almost look real-- but in haze.
The two animated episodes really didn't detract ones attention from the story itself.

All in all, a GREAT PACKAGE.....

Anybody else see this yet ?

[YANOULI]

I bought it when i came out in the UK.

It is a little padded and could've been cut down but it's not as bad as the first 2 Dalek stories, i find them hard to sit through.

The animated episodes are really well done.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I got the VHS a while back; and it's one of my faves. Like "The Web Planet" it's a little ambitious given their budget; but they pulled it off quite well. I actually like the older designs for the Cybermen. (These are Mk 3's I think....) I'd like to see them go back in time and use some of the older ones again... like the "guys in ski mask" Mk 1's.

I haven't seen the new animated bits; but I was concerned....

And I think one of the reasons a lot of the episodes seem padded is 'cos they were originally meant to be shown a week apart. So there's a lot of overlap and repetition of ideas and explanations in them. If you had some time between them it'd probably feel better.

Don C.

[phil]

"The Invasion" was considered by the production team to be a test run for the Doctor exiled to Earth format. This would have happened regardless of
Troughton leaving or staying.

I'm a big Troughton fan so I don't consider the story that padded. I'm just
grateful all but two episodes exist since there are so few complete Second
Doctor stories.

"The Invasion" is definetly worth watching. I really liked the animation and
hope that approach is used for other stories that a missing episodes.

[Bo8a_Fett]

What with Cosgrove Hall doing the recent animated Tennant adventure it seems like there is a good business relationship between Who and Hall. Hopefully this means that the animated missing episode idea could well continue(although none have been reported yet)...hopefully starting with "The Tenth Planet"