Tag: Eric Saward

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

by Derelict Space Sheep on March 15, 2021 in 42 Word Retrospectives • 0 Comments

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

by Eric Saward; dir. Matthew Robinson (BBC, 1984)

This serial begins with eerie promise and impressive acting/characterisation but degenerates into a confused mess, redeemed only by the pathos of Tegan’s departure. The Daleks (as so often in Doctor Who) have the intellectual sophistication of tantrum-prone toddlers with no inner monologue.

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

by Derelict Space Sheep on January 30, 2020 in 42 Word Reviews • 0 Comments

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

by Eric Saward (BBC, 2019)

At last, lagging thirty-five years behind the TV serial, former Doctor Who script editor Eric Saward has novelised Revelation of the Daleks. If only he’d spent some of that time learning to write! This is BBC-endorsed beige-wallpaper fan fiction without the heart.