Tuesday, December 16, 2014

The Krotons (1968/1969) Review




*desperately hoping Frazer's moonshine will wipe away this story*


The Krotons is a crappy rip-off of The Dominators and The Enemy Of The World, without any of their charm. Indeed, it's nothing memorable.
  
PLOT

The power-deprived Krotons convince the Gonds(a return to this planet during the Matt Smith era would've been funny) that they're their gods. Without any questions, the Gonds(minus that ONE suspicious jerk youngster) have all their info fed to them. That is, until the TARDIS crew shows up...

  
CHARACTERS

The crew do their usual schtick.

 

Philip Madoc is deliciously malignant. I'd say irritatingly, but Philip Madoc is gonna rise to villain stardom in a few stories.
 

The design of the Krotons was vaguely cool, but amateur compared to the Quarks or anything from Season 5.
 

I kind of liked the acid guy and the old leader, but again, we've seen it all before and done much better. I call it "Goodieshoes vs Jerk Aliens", GJA for short.   

NOTES

*What's with the " " at the titles? It's the second story to have those. I thought it was an anomaly for The Invasion, but I guess I was wrong.
  


CONCLUSION

Troughton's dumbest hits.

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