Review The Happiness Patrol (1988)

[Doctor Omega]

Your thoughts on this story....

The Doctor and Ace arrive on the earth colony of Terra Alpha, a colony that is under the misguided dictatorship of Helen A. On Terra Alpha, sadness and misery are capital crimes, and "killjoys' (anyone who does not adhere to these strict laws) are executed on the spot by Helen A's secret police, a motley crew of female assassins known only as "The Happiness Patrol".

On to the next story....

SILVER NEMESIS....

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/silver-nemesis-1988.5358/


Back to the previous story....

REMEMBRANCE OF THE DALEKS....

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/remembrance-of-the-daleks-1988.5356/

 

[Doctor Omega]

I don't go much on this one nowadays.

Doesn't help when studio sets are supposed to be outside streets etc, so it feels fairly theatrical throughout.

Sylvester fails spectacularly in that forced laughing on stage scene imo. And I will never, ever buy a Brent Spiner type album of his songs, judging by his singing debut here.

 

[Doctor Omega]

Margaret Thatcher's influence

 

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R.I.P. Writer Graeme Curry (1965-2019)

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/the-classic-who-writers.1974/page-3#post-56912