Doctor
Who - Scream Of The Shalka (2003/Animated/BBC DVD Set)
Picture:
C Sound: C Extras: D Episodes: B+
The
TARDIS lands Doctor Who (voiced by Richard E. Grant) in a small quiet
English village in 2003... but it's too quiet. Where the population
is under a new management and landlord, aliens know as the Shalka,
and they hate loud sounds. While the villagers are too scared to
fight, Doctor who teams up with a new friend, Allison (the only one
who isn't afraid to fight back, voiced by Sophie Okonido) and
together they must stop an alien invasion that has plans to take over
the world in the animated 2003 Doctor Who – Scream Of The
Shalka.
The
Doctor is never pleased with where or when he has to go, but the Time
Lord's time machine police box, the TARDIS, always takes him to where
he is needed. This time, he encounters an advance alien race know as
the Shalka, who controls everything through sound and lives in lava.
The Doctor discovers they are not just after the town but has alien
agents all over the world; they have plans to destroy Earth's ozone
layer to make it a new home for the Shalka, but with the help of his
new friend Allison and his robot companion, they will stop the mind
controlling aliens and save the world, but an old enemy may just
stand in the way.
What
is so interesting about the character Doctor Who is not only is he a
time traveler, but his views and attitude toward everything, while he
claims to be an observer and a pacifist, he somehow always manages to
get involved, and while he does not want to kill, he'll kill
thousands if need be for the greater good. On top of everything, he
is always right and never wrong! There is a reason to everything he
does, even if he doesn't make sense now it make sense later because
he thinks and does things in 4th or 5th dimension. At least in this
version.
The
1.33 X 1 color image has overly simple animation I was not impressed
with, while the lossy Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo was simple and only so
impressive. Extras include commentary.
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Ricky Chiang