The Dæmons | Doctor Who Marathon From The Beginning | Ending Season Eight On A High!
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Season Eight comes to a close but does its final story continue the streak of the latter of this season of each story being better than the last?
A British folk horror film of the early 1970s but done as a Doctor Who story. The Master finally captured. A chance to see the UNIT family in their civvies. But does all of this work...?
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I remember hiding the novel because of the devil on the cover, hoping my parents and others didn't think I was reading an occult book.
I had mixed feelings on this story for a long time. I grew up thinking it was Dr Who doing a true horror movie. The setting, story, characters and inclusion of the Master, Bok and the Daemon is all a wonder. I guess it's as far as Dr Who could push the boundaries without going full Dennis Wheatley. The show had a very clear line between scifi and the supernatural unlike today, so I have to respect that. I was also hyped on this story, being one of the notorious banned ones the ABC refused to screen in Australia for many years.
I first saw this in colour at a convention before the colour restoration and the quality was perfectly OK then in NTSC. Great to watch it with an audience, and it really made me love this era. The review is spot on for calling out all those wonderful exchanges between all the characters, even the bit players. Great script, let down by the lack of occult mystery and the convenient denouncement.
Dennis Wheatley’s ‘The Devil Rides Out was absolutely everywhere in the 1970’s. I’ve always say (and I think it’s my auld Catholic altar boy sensibilities reacting here), Pertwee/Delgado were to me, the God and Satan of Saturday teatime television and never more so than right here, in ‘The Daemons’. I was a Hammer Films freak and there’s a sense of what Hammer could be in almost every frame of this serial. I fell madly in love with Miss Hawthorn and so completely wanted to meet her, not Damaris Hayman the actress, but the character she so perfectly played. Folk horror meets Hammer on a measly Doctor Who budget and somehow the Who team pull it off. I was still religious at this time so this adventure felt almost anarchic to watch. I weekly thrilled to ‘Doctor Who’ but there was a hint of the acceptably ‘sinful’ about loving ‘The Daemons’. For me, this is Delgado’s story, always an equal to Pertwee but here I feel he finally overtakes him. A wonderful review. Gx
Agreed on that last bit.
It’s the first time the Master gets his own cliffhanger at the end of episode 4.
Kind of surprised the highlight wasn't "chap with the wings, five rounds rapid"
I have lovely memories of this as a kid and it is a strong finish to the season after the last two stories. I think it is also fondly remembered as being the first Christmas omnibus repeat. I distinctly remember jumping up and down for joy at the end of that omnibus when the announcer said the Doctor would return next week for a new season. Best Christmas present ever 😀
The Christmas omnibus was a televisual milestone. Gx
Chap with the wings there, five rounds rapid.
I liked this one immediately when I watched it for the first time during my marathon a few years ago. It conveys a spooky atmosphere, appropriate for watching around Halloween.
It was nice to see some of the UNIT regulars out of uniform.
The Doctor calling out Jo for her “insubordination” seemed out of character, and that stuck out; he didn’t treat Jo well early on. But he developed greater respect for her.
It seems to me that Jon Pertwee said this was his favorite episode.
It's funny how you discuss in the beginning wether it is Demons or Deamons because as a Scandinavian person I refuse to call the episode by either of the names. The episode utilize the Scandinavian letter Æ witch is not pronounced like A or AE. The closest sound I could describe it with is the sound that the peanutbutter baby makes. If you have no idea what I'm talking about just type in "peanutbutter baby" on youtube and you will hear the exact sound Æ makes.
I know that the intentions of the writers were always for it to be Deamons, because it was written by British people that did not know what the Scandinavian letter Æ sounded like, but I still like to call the episode by the funny name it is written as
I think people who don't like this one (definitely not me) complain it sags in the middle (ie the barrier stuff) and the UNIT family have become too comfortable, which, I think, they actually would with everything they've been through together.
I love the scene where the Doctor chides Jo. It shows that a) he probably doesn't even realise how abrasive he comes across, until he hears it said back to him and b) he sees himself as Jo's father figure, with a 'do as I say, not as I do" attitude. Besides, he's right. The Brig is her boss, not The Doctor's. It's a nice window into his alien mind.
The "ae" IS "ee" and used in other words historically...encyclopedia used to have it,but the single "e" has largely replaced it🎩
The daemons is probably my 2nd favourite Pertwee story, second only to Carnival of Monsters
But I do see the flaws, as others have said it feels like wheel spinning
There's a lot to love here, and the first episode with it's atmosphere and rising tension is incredible. Unfortunately I do feel like Barry Letts' scripts have a lot of the same strengths and weaknesses - great ideas, concepts, and interest in the Doctor as a flawed hero trying to do better, but with a tendency to run on the spot and not develop things as much as they need to. There's an awful lot of wheel spinning here, lots of repeated scenes and summonings and set pieces, and the ending feels slightly rushed. It's a real shame, because I do find this fascinating, but it falls short for me!
Terrance Dicks was the script editor, right? Even if Berry helped with the story, he was mainly producer.
I do really like this story. I have had an up and down ride with it. It’s got everything I love in it. The hammer vibe as others have said. But I just WISH they pushed it even further.
The gothic horror vibe of Doctor Who is something I don’t think has been done enough as a proper vision.
"And Mike"...so not a fan of Captain Yates?🤔🎩
Barry Letts, Christopher Barry, and Jon Pertwee referred to this story as the DEE-mons. I’ve heard Terrance Dicks say both DEE-mons and DAY-mons. I think either pronunciation works, but I tend to go with the majority.