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Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

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In a Victorian Gothic mansion, strange things are afoot. The master of the house, away in Egypt, has been replaced by a sinister Egyptian. Cloth-wrapped Mummies roam the grounds, killing people. Beneath a pyramid, the last of the Osirans — Sutekh the Destroyer — waits to be freed, to at long last bring his gift of death to all who live.

Release Date : 1975-11-15

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : BBC

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Tom Baker

Character Name : Fourth Doctor

Original Name : Tom Baker

Gender : Male

Elisabeth Sladen

Character Name : Sarah Jane Smith

Original Name : Elisabeth Sladen

Gender : Female

Gabriel Woolf

Character Name : Sutekh

Original Name : Gabriel Woolf

Gender : Male

Bernard Archard

Character Name : Marcus Scarman

Original Name : Bernard Archard

Gender : Male

Michael Sheard

Character Name : Laurence Scarman

Original Name : Michael Sheard

Gender : Male

Peter Copley

Character Name : Dr. Warlock

Original Name : Peter Copley

Gender : Male

Peter Mayock

Character Name : Namin

Original Name : Peter Mayock

Gender : Male

George Tovey

Character Name : Ernie Clements

Original Name : George Tovey

Gender : Male

Michael Bilton

Character Name : Collins

Original Name : Michael Bilton

Gender : Male

Vic Tablian

Character Name : Ahmed

Original Name : Vic Tablian

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-06-23

It's hard for me to have a favourite "Dr. Who" series, but this is probably the one I can watch over and over again. It's Tom Baker who lands the "TARDIS" with his assistant "Sarah Jane" (Elisabeth Sladen) in Edwardian Britain after being, as usual, dragged off course. Immediately they smell a rat as the local stately home seems to be the source of some energy that is truly out of place. Meantime, we know that local Egyptologist "Scarman" (Bernard Archard) had entered a long lost tomb and is now quite literally a shadow of his former self - under the mind control of the evil "Sutekh" who was imprisoned many millennia ago by Horus to prevent him from turning the universe to dust. Using his army of robotic mummies and his puppet "Scarman", he is determined to free himself and it's only the wits and guile of the "Doctor" that might be able to stop him. These stories were always better when they had their roots in some genuine mythology, and what better than ancient Egyptian lore coupled with some futuristic technology and probably my favourite baddie (and costume) ever faced by the Time Lord. Sladen worked well as his plucky cohort and this series also benefits from Peter Copley's "Dr. Warlock" and the recognisable Michael Sheard as the sibling "Scarman" who's a bit of an useful amateur scientist himself. It's got tea-time menace a-plenty and certainly had me reading about the Egyptian pantheon at the time - even if I was about 8! I still recall the answer to the logic puzzle near the denouement, even now... Great fun.