Carnival Of Monsters
Sunday, 13th May 2007
Serial

Carnival of Monsters (1973)

Doctor

Jon Pertwee

Writer

Robert Holmes

Year

1973

Cast

Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Leslie Dwyer

Length

4 25 minute episodes

Plot: the Doctor finds himself trapped in an intergalactic peepshow, where different life forms are unwittingly caged in small worldlets. He has to save himself and the other prisoners as the peepshow machine disintegrates.

A neat mix of suspense, comedy (particularly the carnival characters), imaginative storyline and the social comment prevalent in the Jon Pertwee years. Perhaps some of the special effects are tacky . . . but this is classic fun.