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Classic Who - "The Horns of Nimon" Part 3/4 Full Reaction - EA

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Andrew Vignaux

"Later you will be questioned, tortured, and killed", "Well, I hope you get it in the right order.", The Nimon and the Doctor, "The Horns of Nimon" Surely, that's a Douglas Adams line - right? This is an underrated story. I don't mean that it's underrated on IMDB, or underrated on the fan sites - I mean it's underrated for me. When I think of the stories so far in this season, my mind obviously goes to "City of Death" as an oustanding work of Classic Who. And if I ever think of "The Horns of Nimon" at all, it will just be the story with the over-the-top Graham Crowden or the slightly top-heavy Nimon costumes with the platform shoes lumbering around. But the story really is great fun! And I love the fact that you enjoyed it too. So, this story involves a race of creatures who live by devastating one planet before moving on to the next. I'm reminded of something very much like that idea in New Who - "Planet of the Dead" with the bus in the desert and the swarm of stingrays. "Oh my prophetic soul!", The Doctor, "The Horns of Nimon" I love a good Hamlet quote (Act 1, Scene 5), when the Ghost tells Hamlet who had killed him. That's probably a Douglas Adams line too. Sezom, the old man that Romana finds on the dying planet is played by John Bailey. We've seen him a couple of times before in Clasic Who - e.g. he was Edward Waterfield, the father of Victoria, in "The Evil of the Daleks. He and his planet are only in the story for a few minutes but he injects the character and situation with real pathos. Graham Crowden's death scene is famous in Classic Who fan circles because, so the story goes, Graham Crowden thought that they were just doing a camera rehersal and started laughing during his lines. However, it was recorded on tape and the director decided to use it anyway. "He didn't seem to know what I was talking about.", "Oh, well, people often don't know what you're talking about", The Doctor and Romana, "The Horns of Nimon"