Doctor Who - Series 3 Vol. 4 [2007]

Amazon.co.uk Review

The return of The Master has been one of the many recent triumphs of Doctor Who. And with this, the final single DVD release of season three of the show, the three concluding episodes deliver John Simm's majestic take on one of the Doctor's deadliest and oldest enemies.

These three episodes also see Torchwood's Captain Jack Harkness rejoining the Tardis, and along with the Doctor and Martha, there's a mighty battle to be fought.

It all starts with "Utopia", one of the very finest episodes of Doctor Who's third season. This is a clever, slow-burning tale, with Derek Jacobi guest-starring, and it features a final ten minutes so good it's enough to make Who fans weep. Things continue with some style in "The Sound Of Drums", where The Master really comes into his own, replete with a devastating cliffhanger to set up the season finale. And ironically, it's that finale, "The Last Of The Time Lords", that's the weakest of the three here, a slightly muddled--but still very enjoyable--wrapping up of a very strong series.

The skill of these three episodes is how cleanly they interweave with the subtle building blocks that have been put in place for them over the duration of Doctor Who's run. And with an ending the bodes well for the 2007 Christmas special too, this DVD is further proof of just what strong shape Doctor Who is in. Cracking stuff. --Jon Foster

Customer Reviews:

RTD is a curse to Doctor Who and needs removing.......2008-01-18

Russel T. Davies cannot write, full stop,
and if you think he can write a good story you obviously don't know what good tv is, try watching 'lost' or 'life on mars' and see how a good story is written,

RTD proves once again (and he's done this with every end of season finale since doctor who started) that he's the king of the anti-climax, he'll build a story up and up and up, and then when we're all waiting for a very clever and enjoyable ending he can't think of one and comes out with the most simple dumbass solution that leaves you feeling cheated, and ruining doctor who

what i liked:
John Simm - good master (and actor)
Derek Jacobi - good master (and actor)

what i didn't:
- the episode - last of the time lords
- John Barrowman, annoying in life and annoying on the screen
- the lack of the doctor being the doctor - the doctor being turned into an old man and then into Golumn from lord of the rings - what is the point of that
- that no one else can see how badly written and poorly plotted a season finale it was

John Simm IS the Master.......2007-10-07

The third series of the new Dr Who has had ups and downs but the finale was fantastic! I loved the finale to series 2 with the Daleks and Cybermen but this totally tops that even with the ever annoying martha.
The reason for this brillance? John Simm. He is amazing, good looking, funny and plays the master just right. His first real episode the second last one "The sound of drums" is the best. David Tennant plays his part perfectly but John simm steals the show - thanks to some bril writing. The last episode lacks something especially as the Dr takes a back seat for the episode to Martha (who is awful) but its still one of the most memorable episodes to date.
If the whole series had been written and cast as well as the last three episodes it would have been by far the best series yet!

And it started so well ...........2007-10-04

The return of the Master was brilliant, with the first two episodes really building up the tension and excitement and the cliff hanger with the Dr caught by the Master was excellent. But what happened next:

The master just overacted,
The Dr sat around
Martha walked around
Captain Jack hung around

Until the awful Dr/Christ the redeemer ending with the very last scene taken from the 1980's Flash Gordon film.

The last Dr Who series has been very patchy in its quality and its strengths and limitations have been demonstrated in this story arc

Oh dear... Dad's gone mental again..........2007-09-21

Oh yes. OH PLEASE!

Do it again. Thats right... just... above the left shoulder.

That's it.

AAAGGGHHH!

I have to say that I enjoyed the "Sound of drums" episode so much that at the end of it I needed to locate a box of tissues and take a run around the block. I just cannot apologise enough for such ridiculous behavior, except to say that now there are several people on the list to whom I would gladly fall at the feet of, send my underwear to and pay undying hommage to - and John Simm has now entered that charmed circle. His performance as the master is so stupifyingly brilliant that I feel - reborn - just by watching it!

But why? The bloke is off his face! He's MAD! He's EVIL!

So why do I desperately want to be like him?

This is perhaps the genius of the writing. I couldn't come up with this if you packed me into a 4 by 4 closet with unlimited pizza and a typewriter and the occasional conjugal visit. It simply would not happen. I know my limitations all too well, but in fact RT Davis has got my number and is simply rubbing this in my face now.

I realized that this whole season was remarkable from the beginning. I hadn't really enjoyed the Cybermen from the last series taking over London, but cleverly, it only seemed like TV after the usual time line re-embedding, but this season was wonderful. Space Rhinos. Shakespeare! The old Rugged cross (which had me quite literally sobbing for joy), stone statues, big crab monsters, cat women, public school boys, hair dying machines, giant cockroaches, gas attacks on the British cabinet, the sky splitting asunder to Voodoo Child, and... did I mention the Rhinos?

This series has hit highs that I could not have possibly anticipated, Martha Jones hits that spot every time, and John Simm is mad in only a way that I can fantasise about.

Because I'm really quite sensible. Honestly.

Really.

I promise....

Great three episodes!!.......2007-09-04

These episodes are brilliant, the first one "Utopia", which has the return of Captain Jack and the Master, is when the Doctor travells to the end of the universe. This is a great episode with a great cliffhanger.(9/10)
The Second episode "Sound of the Drums" is a follow on to "Utopia" but is set in London. We found out that the Master is Prime Minister of Great Britain. This is a great episodes, it's funny and a good story.(10/10)
The third and final episode of the series named "Last of the Timelords" is a great, exciting, thrilling episode. The Master has fully taken control in this episode, although it doesn't go to plan.(10/10)
I strongly recommend you buy this.(Overall:10/10)

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