Doctor Who: The Scapegoat
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Average rating3
One of the weaker 8th Doc offerings, this features goat-like aliens in Nazi-occupied Paris. The aliens, unfortunately, come across as a bit ridiculous, if rather unpleasant. The Gestapo, on the other hand, come across simply as buffoons, more the butt of a joke than anything else. And Lucie isn't terribly well used, either, doing a fair bit of screaming, and somehow deciding that the aliens really have to be just men in masks (after the number of indisputable aliens she's met?)
So, on the whole, really not all that impressive, although it's well enough done and there's some nice ideas in there somewhere, to do with the aliens' illusion technology and the like. It's a good deal gorier than usual, with the main setting being a Grand Guignol-like theatre, which may appeal to you or it may not. It didn't to me, and that's probably a large part of why I'm not too keen on the piece overall.
One of the weaker 8th Doc offerings, this features goat-like aliens in Nazi-occupied Paris. The aliens, unfortunately, come across as a bit ridiculous, if rather unpleasant. The Gestapo, on the other hand, come across simply as buffoons, more the butt of a joke than anything else. And Lucie isn't terribly well used, either, doing a fair bit of screaming, and somehow deciding that the aliens really have to be just men in masks (after the number of indisputable aliens she's met?)
So, on the whole, really not all that impressive, although it's well enough done and there's some nice ideas in there somewhere, to do with the aliens' illusion technology and the like. It's a good deal gorier than usual, with the main setting being a Grand Guignol-like theatre, which may appeal to you or it may not. It didn't to me, and that's probably a large part of why I'm not too keen on the piece overall.