Absolute classic Who goodness. One of the most requested stories for a DVD release back during the range's heyday and it's really not hard to see why.
Sarah Jane gets to be a badass instead of just another companion in distress, Tom Baker is at his absolute best in this, there's thrilling set-pieces a plenty and a great villain in the sinister Sutekh brilliantly brought to life by Gabriel Woolf. It's everything a great Who story should be and a…
Slightly missing the scare-factor nowadays but as far as middle of the road Who stories go it's actually not too half bad especially once the whole Jekyll and Hyde-esque stuff gets going and the jungle sets still look absolutely marvellous even to this day. Massive props to the set crew for making it look almost like a real jungle.
Disney reminding you for the millionth time that yes, they own The Simpsons now and yes, they own Star Wars as well.
They don't need to keep bloody rubbing it in our faces all the time.
The colourisation is just as decent as it was with the Daleks one but I still think this isn't the best way to experience this absolute masterpiece of a story - not when it feels this heavily condensed and truncated (even more so than The Daleks) with some really good moments just gone completely just so they can get to the Time Lord related stuff quicker. It's the Reader's Digest version of the story only with an added regeneration sequence…
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