Doctor Who:
The Infinite Quest
By Alan Barnes
The Doctor and Martha are
tricked into finding the four data chips that hold the secret to the ship The Infinite.
The robotic bird Caw gives The Doctor
and Martha the first chip and also tells them that Baltazar has escaped from
prison and is hunting for them also. As
the TARDIS dematerializes it is revealed that Baltazar was standing behind it
listening to the whole thing and asks Caw if the homing signal is
operational. He said he it is and it is
in the pin he gave Martha.
The quest sends The Doctor
and Martha to the planet Boukon where oil barons are sucking up the last of the
oil and pirates are stealing it and selling it for their own gain. Then they head to the planet Myarr where the
humans and the insect race are at war against each other and finally to the
planet of Volag – Noc which is one of the coldest planets in the universe and
home to one of the biggest prisons.
Baltazar confronts them on
the planet Volag – Noc and forces The Doctor to cooperate by finding out where
the Infinite is by using the TARDIS. After The Doctor puts the coordinates in
Baltazar knocks The Doctor out and leaves him on Volag – Noc. The Doctor now must save Martha and prevent
Baltazar from getting his heart’s desire and using the Infinite to take over
the Universe.
The Infinite Quest is
actually a pretty decent story but more to the point it is more geared to
children than adults. It is a fun story
to watch with a simple story of The Doctor on the quest for the data chips and
then stopping the villain Baltazar voiced by Anthony Head of Buffy fame. It was originally broadcast as part of the
children’s Doctor Who program Totally Doctor Who which aired in 2007. You had to watch every week to catch the 3
minute shorts which was released on DVD as one eighty minute movie.
The animation is pretty
simple also and does not break the barriers for animation but it does not
really put a damper on the story at all.
Well for the most part anyway as it David Tennant seems to have the same
expression and well there is just something wrong with the eye brows that just
gets to be distracting at times. But
compared to the animation of Dreamland that comes a few years later it is just simpler
and looks more like a cartoon.
The thing about The
Infinite Quest is that it could easily fit in Series 3 but most people don’t
consider it a part of series 3 but hey it has Martha in it so to me it is part
of Series 3. I liked the simplicity of
the Infinite Quest and did like the way the different alien planets looked and how
they were able to do more with them in cartoon form than on a set. One of the advantages of doing a story in
animation is being able to do what you want without any restrictions from studios
and stuff being expensive.
The Infinite Quest is a
fun romp with some pretty good moments even if the animation is wooden at
times. So if you have kids and want to
watch a fun story to get them interested in the show or science fiction in
general then The Infinite Quest would be a good one to watch.
Grade B +
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