I've been excited for your reaction to the giant snake scene for ages and it did not disappoint! Good thing it wasn't the special edition, you'd have been finished. Kinda must also have one of the best, most colourful guest casts of any classic - Mary Morris is Yoda levels of cool as the wizened old Panna, Richard Todd (the first Oscar-winning actor to ever work on the show) as Sanders going from gruff officer to childlike and gleeful, Nerys Hughes (who you may remember as Rhys's mum from Torchwood) as level-headed Todd who would've have made a good companion in her own right and last but not least, Simon Rouse devouring the scenery as the delightfully unhinged Hindle (my dad and I still quote "Silence!" at each other).
I'm glad she didn't watch the updated version... "Snakedance" is still worse though... even WITH the original fx, so I'm still a little worried about her reaction to that one...
This is definitely one of the best classic stories. Davison has a lot of great stories but his Doctor and era are quite underrated for having quite a lot of great stories, can't wait for you to experience more of him!
There's a version of this story available with updated visual effects, including a very realistic CGI snake at the end. I'm sure you'll be eager to check this out. 😂. One of the children in the Kinda tribe is a very young Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary).
The rejuvenation of Panna/Karuna has interesting parallels in the two "mad" men, Sanders and Hindle, who have both also regressed to childhood (mentally, not physically) but each for different reasons.
"[Horror] is not a genre that is super highly regarded" - Fully agree. But it's also a genre that I get the impression children appreciate more than adults. There are adult horror fans, absolutely, but horror is a fairly niche genre in adult media... While it more often gets mainstream appreciation when aimed specifically at children, within the child audience it's aimed at.
Ah Mara, the god of beasts
I've been excited for your reaction to the giant snake scene for ages and it did not disappoint! Good thing it wasn't the special edition, you'd have been finished. Kinda must also have one of the best, most colourful guest casts of any classic - Mary Morris is Yoda levels of cool as the wizened old Panna, Richard Todd (the first Oscar-winning actor to ever work on the show) as Sanders going from gruff officer to childlike and gleeful, Nerys Hughes (who you may remember as Rhys's mum from Torchwood) as level-headed Todd who would've have made a good companion in her own right and last but not least, Simon Rouse devouring the scenery as the delightfully unhinged Hindle (my dad and I still quote "Silence!" at each other).
the fact this is your last reaction before the new dw episode is fitting
Believe it or not, a young Jonny Lee Miller (Sherlock Holmes in Elementary) is one of the Kinda children in this!
So to Sum Up - Nyssa: Great Two-Day Nap; Tegan: HORRIBLE Two-Day Nap
I'm glad she didn't watch the updated version... "Snakedance" is still worse though... even WITH the original fx, so I'm still a little worried about her reaction to that one...
This is definitely one of the best classic stories. Davison has a lot of great stories but his Doctor and era are quite underrated for having quite a lot of great stories, can't wait for you to experience more of him!
Yeah, even people with a snake phobia would probably struggle to be actually scared of the adorable inflatable Mara in the climax
The timing of this video's upload is borderline prophetic
They remastered the "snake" makes the ending resolution so much better.
This is one reason why Tegan is the most underrated companion. Her acting as the Mara is so scary.
"You can't mend people, can you?? YOU CAN'T MEND PEOPLE!!!"
Professor Todd would have been a great Liz Shaw-like companion
Simon Rouse did some brilliant acting as HIndle in this.
I bloody love KINDA.
There's a version of this story available with updated visual effects, including a very realistic CGI snake at the end. I'm sure you'll be eager to check this out. 😂. One of the children in the Kinda tribe is a very young Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary).
The rejuvenation of Panna/Karuna has interesting parallels in the two "mad" men, Sanders and Hindle, who have both also regressed to childhood (mentally, not physically) but each for different reasons.
Be glad you chose the version with the obvious prop. Because you can choose one where they’ve CGI’ed a realistic snake into the scenes. 😂
Yep, that’s pretty much the thumbnail I was expecting. Thank goodness you didn’t watch the version with the CGI effects.
"[Horror] is not a genre that is super highly regarded" - Fully agree. But it's also a genre that I get the impression children appreciate more than adults. There are adult horror fans, absolutely, but horror is a fairly niche genre in adult media... While it more often gets mainstream appreciation when aimed specifically at children, within the child audience it's aimed at.