July 12th, 2013
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Doctor Who The Monster Collection Silurians DVD
Doctor Who The Monster Collection DVD
Note the original images sent by the BBC were drafts.The final covers are now shown.
Correct covers with thanks to TheMindRobber
These six real ‘hide behind the sofa’ collections bring together episodes of the scariest and most iconic monsters from Doctor Who’s classic and recent series.
Each title concentrates on a deadly enemy – The Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, The Master, Davros and the Silurians – and features two separate stories from popular incarnations of the Doctor, including Matt Smith, David Tennant, Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee. These collections are perfect for younger viewers just discovering the scary delights of fifty years of Doctor Who.
The Monster Collection: The Silurians
The Silurians (1970)
Investigating a nearby cave system, the Doctor discovers it is the base of a group of intelligent reptiles, termed Silurians, who went into hibernation millions of years ago but have now been revived by power from the research centre. Starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor.
The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood (2010)
The Doctor tries to get everyone to Rio, but nothing quite goes as planned. They arrive in a small Welsh village where the Doctor immediately senses that the ground isn’t quite right. Starring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor.
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auton101
July 12th, 2013 - 8:49pmsilurians look terrible now.
josh smith
July 12th, 2013 - 9:05pmaggred
The Living Shadow
July 12th, 2013 - 9:12pmYeah, compared to what they used to be
Tardis’nt
July 12th, 2013 - 9:27pmThe only things missing, IMO are the third eye, and the snout mouth.
Dalek The Supreme
July 12th, 2013 - 11:16pmI don’t mind too much how they look now. The originals seemed like a bold attempt at having people feel sympathy for a completely inhuman looking creature, while the new ones look more relatable with their more human appearance. I like them about equally.
josh smith
July 13th, 2013 - 8:17amthe new ones look like people in make-up
Matt Smithy
July 13th, 2013 - 11:59ambecause they ARE, just like the old ones looked like people in rubber suits…
josh smith
July 13th, 2013 - 12:25pmi like monsters made out of rubber suits
Anonymous
July 13th, 2013 - 1:05pmI think they look pretty cool they are suppose to be like half human half reptile and that is what they are
The Greater Intelligence
July 13th, 2013 - 1:47pmNo they’re not, they are aliens who landed on Earth in its primeval days and called it their homes. When the moon came into Earth’s orbit, they calculated that it would crash into and destroy the planet. They are in no way “Part Human”.
M5557 The YouTuber
July 13th, 2013 - 2:07pmI hate it how they help the Doctor now just like the sontarans
Dalek The Supreme
July 13th, 2013 - 3:23pmThey aren’t aliens, at least I’ve heard nothing identifying them as such, they’re a group of reptiles who evolved into intelligent creatures. I think both Silurian costumes look great.
josh smith
July 14th, 2013 - 8:15amthere are 3 silrian costumes.
pertwee ones 5/5
davison ones 2/5
new series ones 3/5
Dalek The Supreme
July 15th, 2013 - 6:23pmYes, but the Davison ones don’t look all that different to me, especially when you compare his Sea Devils with the originals. I give the Classic Silurians 4/5 and the same for the New ones.
Trenzalore
July 15th, 2013 - 6:25pmPertwee ones: 1/5
Davison ones 3/5
New series ones 4/5
I think they have got better and better, so glad I wasen’t the person inside them it must have been so hot 😳
josh smith
July 15th, 2013 - 6:26pmthe pertwee ones were fantastic?! why such a low rating?
Trenzalore
July 15th, 2013 - 6:29pmCompared to the other ones they were a bit of a mess but I can understand that it was made quite a while ago and kids used to be so scared about them I guess I should give them some slack.
In terms of how good they were for the era they were made for:
Pertwee ones: 4/5
Davison ones: 3/5
New series ones: 3/5
Chris
July 12th, 2013 - 8:23pmThey flipped the TARDIS
Tardis’nt
July 12th, 2013 - 9:27pmthey did on all of them, really annoying
Dalek The Supreme
July 12th, 2013 - 8:07pmI haven’t actually watched The Silurians, but I listened to the second part of the story on audio that came with my Silurian Pandorica figure, and enjoyed it. It also has The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood, which is a great story with my favorite Doctor that I have seen, so it looks to be a great set.
The Supreme Dalek
July 12th, 2013 - 7:08pmOh, The Silurians was a brilliant story! But for the Two-Parter I would have prefered instead Warriors of the Deep, but I guess they needed to have a new who one.
Chris
July 12th, 2013 - 8:24pmreally!?
Andrew
July 12th, 2013 - 4:18pmI hate those Silurians, with the good job of the Ice warrior they did, they now need to give the sdame treatment to the Sea devils, it also surprises me that Character/UT haven’t given us classic Silurians yet. Maybe a warriors of the Deep set is in order with the next companion release, I would love a WOTD set with Tegan, Silurian and Sea devil warrior. Then a Logopolis-Castrovalva set with Tegan, Nyssa, Adric and the Master. Maybe a jacketless 5th doctor too.
Doctor Who Crazy Ross
July 12th, 2013 - 4:56pmyes. We need a ‘Underwater Set’ with Tegan, Sea Devil and Silurian- and a ‘Land set’ with Silurians, Sea Devil and The Master (from the Sea Devils) variant.
josh smith
July 12th, 2013 - 6:43pmthe new ice warriors look awful
booboo
July 12th, 2013 - 6:44pmi thought they updated them really well
josh smith
July 12th, 2013 - 6:46pmtbh i am just mad they changed the voice and the claws. i always remember as a kid that i the pelidon stories were some of the best
Dalek The Supreme
July 12th, 2013 - 8:05pmI think the voices were creepier back in the days of Troughton and Pertwee, but the Classic designs always seemed bumbling to me with lego hands, especially trying to chase Troughton in The Seeds of Death. I LOLed during that scene.
josh smith
July 12th, 2013 - 8:25pmthe still looked better
they cant even come up with original dead they copied sontaron handds now.
Dalek The Supreme
July 12th, 2013 - 11:22pmThey look more mechanical than Sontaran hands to me, but I see why you would think that. The new ones seem far more tough, stronger, and menacing to me. The voice isn’t is good as it was to me, but I think the design itself is better, as the old ones seemed really fat and ridiculous and not really scary at all to me.
josh smith
July 13th, 2013 - 8:18amthe old ones were better in the pelidon stories.
theeyyee hissssinng vooiiiicee wassss veeeryy unique and creepy.
Dalek The Supreme
July 15th, 2013 - 6:33pmThat’s because, at least in The Curse of Peladon, you were supposed to treat them as main characters, rather than formidable enemies. I prefer the New Ice Warriors, smashing through steel doors like cardboard and blasting down anyone unfortunate enough to get in his way.
josh smith
July 15th, 2013 - 6:47pmthen there the same as another creature. at lest in the classic series it was more realistic.
Doctor Who Crazy Ross
July 12th, 2013 - 4:03pmI hope these aren’t the final covers… The TARDIS is the wrong way round…
Some bloke
July 12th, 2013 - 4:04pmas is the font, and why do they only use the 21st century designs? I know it’s aimed at the young audience who are ‘new to who’ but why not put both designs on the front?
Doctor Who Crazy Ross
July 12th, 2013 - 4:16pmExactly- I hope they correct it 🙂
Doctor Stu
July 12th, 2013 - 4:32pmThat’s the problem in my case, I think the audience for Doctor who has been aimed younger and younger each series. With the ninth and tenth doctors I was excited for episodes and sometimes scared and on the edge of my seat and the next times were brilliant, I would search the Internet vigorously looking for preview clips and pictures for the next episode but for series 7 part 2, I just haven’t, I’ve come away from each episode thinking, what have I just watched.
I remember when they’re we’re explosions, dark stories, good acting, emotion,
Doctor Stu
July 12th, 2013 - 4:36pmContinued
……action and death scenes. But now the target audience is too young. And this is problem that can’t really be solved because as a program’s audience age gets lower its hard to really raise it back up again. I’m being serious now, I would not be surprised if in a couple of years, Doctor Who becomes a feature on CBBC
josh smith
July 12th, 2013 - 6:45pmmy point exactly. dr who used to be a family program 1970-1974
now its a kids show and i didnbt even watch ever story in series 7 because i got bored
turned of after 5 mins of the rings of ateken
and never watched the crimson horror
Dalek The Supreme
July 12th, 2013 - 8:09pmHow you can look at A Good Man Goes To War and A Town Called Mercy and say they’re for kids or watch Matt Smith and call him a bad actor, I’ll never understand.
josh smith
July 12th, 2013 - 8:27pmtown called mercy was bad. it was childish and boring. a good man goese to war was even worse. they have ruined the sontarons foever.
Dalek the Supreme
July 13th, 2013 - 5:55amA Town Called Mercy portrayed the Doctor as a darker character and put him against his own morals, and I think Matt Smith carried that well, making it one of my all-time favorites. A Good Man Goes To War was about how the Doctor doesn’t save everyone, and how despite all his power and knowledge, he’s still just a man. Strax was undergoing the worst punishment a Sontaran could endure. He didn’t chose to become a nurse, it was punishment thrust upon him by his superiors, and without any orders except from the Doctor, whom he owed,
Dalek the Supreme
July 13th, 2013 - 5:56am(Continued), and would have been bound by his sense of honor to repay him, not to mention a chance at actual battle, of course he would go with the Doctor.
josh smith
July 13th, 2013 - 8:19amsontarons just die they dont become nurses. its absolutely ridiculous.
Dalek The Supreme
July 15th, 2013 - 6:29pmIf you wanted to punish a Dalek, you’d inject DNA from non-Dalek creatures, making it hate it’s own existence. Sontarans love war, and death in battle is the greatest honor a Sontaran can imagine, and a Sontaran would rather be court marshalled than show injury. Helping the weak goes against everything they enjoy, and therefore is the worst punishment they can endure.
Trenzalore
July 15th, 2013 - 6:34pmI must admit, they have made Sontarons a bit of a joke, every time we see a Sontaron now it’s Strax who is being silly by talking to a lamp post or something 🙄 Back in the day they would make you hide behind the sofa now kids point and laugh at them
josh smith
July 15th, 2013 - 6:46pmi must agree
Anonymous
July 12th, 2013 - 3:46pmthis is the only one i might be getting