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The Master's final harrah
This is the last adventure featuring Roger Delgado as The Master before his death in a car accident in Turkey. He doesn't appear until episode 4. And knowing that he was involved, I found myself waiting for his eventual appearance and as a result the story seemed to drag until he turned up. <
>This was in part because I have always been disappointed with 6 episode stories. They usually seem to be 4 episode stories with two extra episodes tacked on at some point or another. This story could probably have been made with one less episode, especially since the Doctor and Jo spend most of the story being captured and escaping and then being re-incarcerated again. <
>While being a complete story in itself, Frontier in Space is actually part one of a two-story arc (the second part being the story "The Planet of the Daleks") and it feels it too, especially since the ending is a cliff-hanger which is resolved in Planet of the Daleks. So if you don't have Planet of the Daleks already, you should get it from Amazon to see how the cliff-hanger is resolved and how the events in Frontier lead into the next part of the saga. <
> I recommend this story. It is well written in spite of its length. It is suspenseful as it is not clear who is behind the events that the Doctor and Jo find themselves embroiled in, and this keeps the story going. Jo is pleasantly resorceful and less of a screamer than in others of her stories. The Master is his usual cunning self and his belated appearance in the second half of the story is used to good effect - thickening the plot and causing the viewer to wonder what is actually going on. <
> Frontier in Space would be an excellent addition to the video collection of any fan of the classic series of Doctor Who, but especially for those fans of the Pertwee era Doctor.

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The worst of Dr. Who
I am a huge Dr. Who fan, but Frontiers in Space tests even my patience. This terribly written set runs six 25 min TV episodes, and has no conclusion. It simply runs into the next series, Planet of the Daleks. Even the lack of a conclusion to Frontiers in Space pales in my dissappointment compared to the terrible writing. For > 2.5 h the Doctor and Jo simply wander from one jail cell to another, with meaningless dialogues and zero action. <
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>Not sure why I'm giving this one 2 stars, except I'm such a big Dr. Who fan, I can't get myself to rate it 1 star. Unless you're a huge Dr. Who fan, stay away from this one.

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Frontier in Space - a Big Budget Epic
The first thing you realize when you watch Doctor Who is that its budget was often limited. In "Frontier In Space" this did not seem to be the case. <
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>First of all there are two alien races which require elaborate costumes. When this happens, you usually see two or three aliens, as costumes of this nature are expensive and time-consuming to create. In this serial, the Draconians and Ogrons are well represented. I counted at least six or more of each on-screen at once in various parts of this serial. <
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>Next, there are at least five different jail cells, each of which were well-designed and executed sets. On the cargo ship, on Earth, on the moon, in the Police Cruiser, and finally on the planet of the Ogrons. <
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>Then there were several different ship sets, each unique. <
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>There were space walks, space battles involving at least three or four different space ships, and all put together with a really good storyline. <
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>I began my Doctor Who experience with "Robot", the first of Tom Baker's shows, and only knew Jon Pertwee from "The Five Doctors." I now realize how much I have missed. Epic stories, good writing, excellent sets and costumes, and good actors. <
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>The costumes for the President of the Earth were very well executed and color coordinated. The teal blue number with matching hair ribbons was gorgeous. <
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>And of course if you've seen the cover of the VHS release, the bonus villain in the last episode won't be too much of a surprise, but I'll leave that for you to guess. <
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>The only problem I had with the entire serial was the rather abrupt ending leaving the resolution to happen off-camera and at a later time. But even that is refreshing. Why should the Doctor have to be the one who lays it all out and explains things? It's his job to fix things, not to tie up the loose ends. <
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>I have made it my mission to find as many Jon Pertwee episodes as I can and watch them, because I believe I've missed a lot. <
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>I also recommend "Colony In Space" if you like a well-paced episode that is well written and follows the themes of Doctor Who.