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

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Ryan

If you've ever seen a meme where someone pulling hard on their face is captioned "My dreams of conquest," now you know what that's about. This take was actually just supposed to be a camera test but they had to throw it in because there wasn't enough time or money to shoot it for real, so Graham Crowden was taking his performance even less seriously than in the rest of the story and even completely cracks up laughing at the end, though fortunately that does totally fit how the character is having a mental breakdown. And not to be outdone, Malcolm Terris hams up his death scene so hard that he splits his pants. If you're in the right mood, this one is a total blast.

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 outstanding work of Classic Who. And if I ever think of "The Horns of Nimon" at all, it would 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. "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"