Review Meglos (1980)

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The Doctor, Romana and K-9 arrive on the forest planet Tygella, where the native Tygellans now live in a underground city, due to the carnivorous plants. Where the Doctor finds he has been wrongly accused of stealing the Dodechedron, the city's power source. Only to discover the culprit is Meglos, the cactus-like last survivor of the desert planet Zolfa-Thura and he bids to return the Dodechedron to Zolfa-Thura for his own evil purpose and plans to use it as a powerful weapon and he plans to wipe out Tigella.

On to the next episode....

FULL CIRCLE

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/full-circle-1980.5298/


Back to the previous story....

THE LEISURE HIVE

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/the-leisure-hive-1980.3688/

 

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“We did ‘Meglos’ in different studios, and of course television had moved on in leaps and bounds so that the technique was completely different. The special effects were a lot more dominant. It was recorded entirely out of order and there was nobody working on the story who could remember as far back as me – which was something of a humbling experience. I did enjoy it very much, though, mainly because the part I played was so very different to the calm and unflappable Barbara. It was a happy reunion with a show that was really only the same show by name alone.”

 

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The Doctor's betrayal - Doctor Who - Meglos - BBC

 

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This got the wooden spoon award in the first ever Doctor Who Monthly poll.

That's probably fair.

But I don't dislike the story.

A cactus as the villain was probably a mistake, but it allowed that fantastic make up on Tom, so am torn.

Jacqueline Hill as Lexa did a sterling job in a shallow role. Shame she never came back as Barbara, although I like the theory that it is Barbara!

 

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Meglos's transformation - Doctor Who - Meglos - BBC