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Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon

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6.0/10 • 1

1980-01-121h 40m

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After the TARDIS collides with a spacecraft delivering human tributes to the evil bull-like Nimon, the Doctor and Romana must stop the fearsome alien's quest to rule the galaxy.

Directors
Kenny McBain
Writters
Anthony Read
Editors
Rod Waldron

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  1. Tom Baker

    Tom Baker

    The Doctor

  2. Lalla Ward

    Lalla Ward

    Romana II

  3. David Brierly

    David Brierly

    K9 (voice)

  4. Graham Crowden

    Graham Crowden

    Soldeed

  5. Michael Osborne

    Michael Osborne

    Sorak

  6. Bob Hornery

    Bob Hornery

    Pilot

  7. Malcolm Terris

    Malcolm Terris

    Co-Pilot

  8. Clifford Norgate

    Clifford Norgate

    Nimon (voice)

  9. Robin Sherringham

    Robin Sherringham

    Nimon

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CinemaSerf

Jul 4, 2024

6/10

The TARDIS collides with a space freighter and that introduces "The Doctor" (Tom Baker) and his companion "Romana" (Lalla Ward) to a group of young and beautiful people who are being transported to a labyrinth where they will be sacrificed to the Minotaur-esque "Nimon". He is to be worshipped at the command of "Soldeed" (Graham Crowden) so that they can continue to benefit from the enhanced technology offered to facilitate the creation of th second "Skonnon" empire. The travellers soon discover that the young virgins are to be used for a much more malevolent purpose as the horned "Nimon" has a dastardly plan to infest and conquer the planet. Luckily, they have the help of the feisty "Sorak" (Michael Osborne) and "Teka" (Janet Ellis), a special blue crystal and, of course, "K9" and his ever reliable laser gun. Though the baddies here are quite good fun, and Crowded proves to be an arch-ham as the ambitious "Soldeed", the story is too thinly stretched and I'm afraid that by now I was getting just a little more irritated by the "Romana" character - this time tantalisingly close to oblivion. Baker usually looked like he was having great fun making these, and that helped his character engage. Here, though, he seems to be having a bit of an in-joke with Crowden as to the preposterousness of it all, and it just didn't quite work.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
time travel