Doctor Who:
Phantoms Of The Deep
By Jonathan Morris
Starring Tom Baker, Mary
Tamm
& John Leeson
The TARDIS lands
underwater in fact in one of the deepest parts of the ocean called the Mariana
Trench. The TARDIS is soon picked up by
an exploration crew and put aboard their ship.
There seems to something amiss down in the murky depths of the ocean as The
Doctor discovers a super intelligent squid and a threat that to the human
race. It’s up to The Doctor and Romana
to save the Earth once again but this time it might be a tad bit harder at the
ocean floor.
I really enjoyed Phantoms
of the Deep. It was a different take on
Doctor Who in which it took place underwater.
Doctor Who doesn’t regularly do stories based in the depths of the
ocean. There are a few but they mostly take place in a seabase or submarine
like in Cold War but this time The Doctor actually does some exploring in a
diving suit.
I also liked the mystery
surrounding this story. It was fun
trying to deduce what was going on and when they find the officer from World
War 2 it just through everything for a loop.
There were also some good K-9 moments especially when he was taken over
and went bad. It was strange hearing K-9
being a villain for the short time he was in this story but it was good to hear
John Leeson in that role instead of the same old K-9 banter.
Tom Baker and Mary Tamm
gave their usual good performances. It is hard to believe that Tom Baker is 80
years old as he sounds just like he did when I was watching him back when I was
a child oh so many years ago. It is like
he never left the role as Tom Baker really made this story that much more enjoyable. If you want to try the Tom Baker Big Finish
stories The Phantoms of the Deep would be a good one to try out as it is a
really good story and it has that classic Who feel to it.
Grade B +
