Doctor Who: The Black Guardian Trilogy (Mawdryn Undead / Terminus / Enlightenment) (Stories 126-28)

Future story lines Here we meet another companion just with a hidden gift that will later get the doctor out of trouble. Rating: 4 (J. Wilson, 2010-06-10) Doctor Who: The Black Guardian Trilogy (Mawdryn Undead / Terminus / Enlightenment) (Stories 126-28) customer review

A Trilogy of Fun Mawdryn Undead: The Doctor's new companion has murderous intentions. The Doctor and his crew are separated by six years. The Brigadier meets himself with explosive consequences. Terminus: The Doctor gets to run around with another MILF. Tegan gets to utter the famous words, "You're weird, Turlough". Nyssa drops her skirt. Enlightenment: The Tardis crew sets sail amongst the stars. An emotionless Ethereal falls in love with Tegan. The Black Guardian is finally unveiled as the true villain. Rating: 5 (John Liosatos, 2010-06-08) Doctor Who: The Black Guardian Trilogy (Mawdryn Undead / Terminus / Enlightenment) (Stories 126-28) customer review

Mostly nice except for Enlightnment SE I have enjoyed the new cgi effects on many who stories, however Enlightenment goes too far by hacking off the top and bottom of the picture for the "FAKE" widescreen thing. I do like the movie format and would like to see the option on all disks, but not if you are cutting out scenes. I would have much rather they just put the new cgi as an option on the first disk and leave the aspect the same. Anyone with a modern 16x9 tv has the option of zooming a 4x3 up essentialy getting the same result "IF" they want to. In my opinion, they wasted money on many of the features of this disk. It is also too bad they did not have more Nyssa photos in the "terminus" photo gallery wearing the lace outfit. Personaly, as far as photo galleries go, I would like some large high resolution jpegs accessed by computer. Like 1200 x 2400 pixels instead of just the video resolution ones. Rating: 4 (Pygar, 2010-04-16) Doctor Who: The Black Guardian Trilogy (Mawdryn Undead / Terminus / Enlightenment) (Stories 126-28) customer review

Very enjoyable but not the greatest I bought this box set mainly because I had fond rememberences of Terminus as Nyssa's last story and as an interesting plot about the beginning and end of the universe. While those elements did hold up, what I'd forgotten was the ridiculous dog-headed, glowing-eyed monster. Of course, those ridiculous monstors are always part of the fun of watching the old Doctor Who. My favorite of the three episodes turned out to be Enlightenment, which I'd never seen before - outstanding all the way around, including ideas, sets, and characters, especially that wonderful woman pirate and the cold, inhuman yacht captain. Mawdryn Undead (which I had also not seen before) got a little lost in weirdness,for my taste, but may improve on a second viewing. Peter Davison remains one of my favorite Doctors. Rating: 4 (Queen of Sheba, 2010-02-07) Doctor Who: The Black Guardian Trilogy (Mawdryn Undead / Terminus / Enlightenment) (Stories 126-28) customer review

The Black Guardian wants his revenge against the Doctor The Doctor encounters his latest companion Turlugh. What he doesn't know is he is the latest pawn of the Black Guardian. The Black Guardian wants the Doctor gone at any cost. Along the way the Doctor encounters an old friend, says goodbye to another and has the chance to win enlightenment. Now that part is out of the way this is one of the best special feature loaded set to date. Each episode has the standard commentary by the actors and producers, behind the scenes of the episodes footage from various shows related to that episode. Oneof my favorites is new cgi effects. This was the one set of Peter Davidson stories that needed them the most. Also an additonal disc with a better cut of enlightenment along with new cgi that makes the episode so much better. So for Doctor Who fans this is a must have. Rating: 4 (Jacob, 2010-01-06) Doctor Who: The Black Guardian Trilogy (Mawdryn Undead / Terminus / Enlightenment) (Stories 126-28) customer review