Doctor Who (TV Series) Dangerous Journey (1964) User Reviews

Big trouble in little......

[Sleepin_Dragon · 7/10 · 25 October 2019]

The insecticide, DN6 poses a real threat for the four shrunken travellers.

It's been a fun caper, it's far from my favourite story, but I like the tone and unique story. A shame we don't seem to get stories of the TARDIS going wrong anymore, it always meant strange goings on.

I love the way that Ian and Barbara are looking for practical solutions to the problems at hand. I only wish they hadn't fulfilled the age old cliche of the female companion twisting an ankle, why couldn't it have been Ian for once? Great that everyday, ordinary things, like taps and cats are the cause of such danger.

Some great props, the designers did a very fair job, particularly with the insects. The set of the sinkhole looks great, the echoing voices of The Doctor and Susan also work well.

Good fun. 7/10

Dangerous Journey

[guswhovian · 8/10 · 1 July 2020]

Ian and Barbara are separated from the Doctor and Susan. Barbara encounters a fly, while Forrester conspires with DN6's creator Smithers to cover-up Farrow's murder.

"Dangerous Journey" is mainly made of up of the regulars wandering around sets saying "look how big everything is". However, it's tremendously entertaining with William Hartnell and William Russell on particularly fine form.

I have to compliment Ray Cusick on his wonderful design work; the giant sink and fly in particular look fantastic. There's also a nice touch where the miniaturized Barbara bruises her knee on a paper-clip!

Planet of Giants Part 2: Very interesting first two parts but somewhat disappointing finale

[A_Kind_Of_CineMagic · 9/10 · 5 July 2014]

Review for all 3 episodes:

This story from writer Louis Marks is rather like a 50s sci-fi movie and is fun, interesting and impressive in the first two parts before falling a bit flat in the third episode. It has very good effects for its time especially considering the low budget.

The TARDIS and its crew get miniaturised due to a strange side effect of the TARDIS doors opening before materialisation. It leaves them in a contemporary Earth setting but tiny (about an inch tall) making the normal world into an alien one. There is also a sub plot about the development of a dangerous pesticide and gangster like efforts to bring it to market despite its deadly side effects.

All this is a very interesting idea, the main cast and script are good and the first two episodes are well executed apart from one improbable moment when they stumble upon some giant ant eggs which they clearly would have seen before they fall over them. This was a problem caused by the small size of the set and is pretty forgivable.

These first two episodes are entertaining and impressive overall, it is the last part with its slightly jumbled and unsatisfactory conclusions which rather let it down. However, this final episode is still not bad at all and the overall story is good fun and a good adventure if not top quality for the series.

This really shows the inventive, ambitious ingenuity of early Doctor Who.

My Ratings: Episode 1 - 8.5, Episode 2 - 9, Episode 3 - 7.5

Average rating: 8.33/10.