Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones (BBC TV Soundtrack)
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Illustrator: Max EllisNarrator: Frazer Hines
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Abridged, Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2002-01
ISBN: 0563535016
Publisher: BBC Pubns
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Book Review: A Lost Classic!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Faceless Ones" stands second only to the superb "Fury from the Deep" in Patrick Troughton's untouchable canon as the Second Doctor. The story is chillingly riveting from start to finish, even in this narrated sound-only format (or perhaps especially so). As much as I truly admire Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee, Troughton's Doctor was the finest -- brilliant, bumbling, mysterious, thoroughly good, cunning, heroic, Troughton was certainly the most talented actor to tackle the part. (So thoroughly did he throw himself into the role, that he later told an interviewer he had to leave the series to save himself from schizophrenia.) His scripts sometimes let him down, but not this one. What a tragedy that the "bottom-line" goons at BBC trashed the tapes in the early 1970s to make shelf room for "Blue Peter" episodes, the fate of most of Troughton's stories, of which only 6 remain intact in the BBC archives. (Ah, but rumors persist of secret caches hidden away in wealthy collectors' vaults). Buyers of this richly realized audio-only version should make sure they have the two surviving visual episodes close at hand: these are part of the stunning and indispensible "Lost in Time" DVD set. This tale also features the underrated Polly, in her last Who story, in a dual role as herself and as a chameleon-like alien who assumes her identity. Also on hand are the staunch Cockney Ben, and of course Troughton's run-long sidekick, the 18th-century Scots piper Jamie. "Faceless Ones" is really the first story in which Jamie is allowed to shine, as in the hilarious exchanges at Gatwick Airport: guilelessly describing one of the alien villains to a stuffy, disbelieving airport administrator, a big-eyed Jamie offers that "he had a ray gun!" while Troughton tries his best to stifle him. The premise: "faceless" chameleons (who, among other unpleasantries, can't breathe until they can steal a shape that has nostrils) are systematically vanishing youthful "jet" passengers whose identities they assume. Edge-of-the-listening-chair suspense and great surprises throughout, with a particularly strong climax, disturbing and unforgettable. Troughton is in rare form, having a great time of it. Don't miss this one!
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