Not as bad as some would have you believe 305l3b

Posted by Stewarr on 16th Dec 2024

Reading some other web reviews, you might think that this "reimagining" of The Daleks is a butchering of the original, with garish, inappropriate colours, incoherent story and overbearing new music that obscures the dialogue. I found none of these things true. I am old enough to have watched it first time round (I was that small boy hiding behind the sofa). Of course, I have owned the first DVD (part of "The Beginning" box set) ever since it came out, so the second disc in the new set, which is identical to the earlier release, is somewhat redundant. The new edit does indeed cut out more than half of the original footage, and this results in a couple of unfortunate non-sequiturs in the story, but these are really only obvious to someone familiar with the original. I found the several "flashbacks" rather unnecessary and irritating, though. The colourisation I actually thought well done, with the only annoyance that the skin tones of all the (human) characters seemed to be absolutely identical. The new Mark Ayres music I thought excellent and, though it was over-loud in spots, it didn't obscure the dialogue at all.

Overall, a worthy addition to the range.