Doctor Who:
Warriors of the Deep
By Johnny Bryne
“There should have been
another way.”
The TARDIS materializes in
an underwater base after escaping being shot at it in orbit by a defense satellite
Sentinel Six. It appears to be the year
2084 and the super powers appear to be on the brink of war. This event makes it a perfect time for a
group of Silurians with their elite group of Sea Devil warriors to attack the
sea base.
The Silurians plan on
launching the missiles from the sea base and start a world war that would kill
all the humans on the surface. The thing
about the missiles is that they destroy
all life but leave all the buildings which would make it ideal for the
Silurians and Sea Devils to reoccupy the Earth.
The dilemma for The Doctor is that he wants to save both groups but the
Silurians are making it really difficult with their actions for The Doctor to
help them. What makes matters worse is
that an enemy faction is in the sea base also sabotaging it so it can’t fire
its missiles making The Doctors job all that more difficult.
Warriors of the Deep is the
first story of season 21 which is also the last season for Peter Davison. Warriors of the Deep sees the long time
return of the Silurians and Sea Devils which we haven’t seen since the Jon
Pertwee era and this is the first time we see them together. What should be a story and team up that
should be great and wonderful turns out to be a disappointment. While the previous stories that these old
protagonist where in were more about trying to take over the Earth in a
different way by virus. Well in Warriors of the Deep it is an all-out military
attack on the base which is different from what we expect from them.
Warriors of the Deep is
called by friends of mine Warriors of the Cheap as some of the sets just don’t
cut it. For one the bulk head door looks
really bad as it is some type of plastic foam thing and the walls of the set
shake really good and open at the seams in places. Plus the Myrka creature just
doesn’t look all that good to begin with also.
Warriors of the Deep is a
story that is actually not all that bad if you can get past some the
questionable stuff they did in it.
Mainly if the Myrka was an electrified creature why would Doctor Solow
try and take it on by doing karate. What
the hell was that. I’m going to kick the
creature with my foot and get electrocuted.
How dumb was that and I cannot believe that was in the script. Truly one of the dumbest scenes in Doctor Who’s
history.
What gets me is that
Warriors of the Deep could have been a better story as the plot wasn’t all that
bad. The situations was there for a good
story but it is let down by a bad production.
This story does not age well at all as the 80’s style and fashion doesn’t
help any. For me Warriors of the Deep is a guilty
pleasure as I find it fun watching The Doctor taking on the Silurians and Sea
Devils and finding a way to stop the Myrka.
I also like the fight that has him falling into the water and we get to
see The Doctor using his swimming abilities.
Not an overly good story but one that can be entertaining from time to
time if to laugh at the 80’s fashion.
Grade C
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