"If you're going to spy on me you should at least turn off the speaker"
My only disappointment is, with the length of it it's too short. This in-joke riddled tongue in cheek parody of the BBC's longest running Sci-Fi Series Doctor Who might not be a laugh a minute but it has its humorous moments. What Doctor Who parody is complete without the obligatory running down countless identical corridors? "I'll tell you later". Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor, one incarnation of several actually and the one with the most screen time, is a riot as usual. Any Black Adder or Mr. Bean fans will appreciate this comedy skit even if they have no idea who or what Doctor Who is. Doctor Who fans who have to have every Doctor Who video will of course want this one. Amazingly even stuffy take their Doctor Who Too Seriously Whovians are liking, and buying this video. Hopefully that means a DVD release sooner than expected. Hope! Hope! Pray! Pray!
I don't want to spoil too much of the plot for folks who want to see this so I won't mention the thing that I would not have wanted revealed to me before watching it. One of the things I will mention is also a partial warning, there are lots of jokes and references to that gaseous bodily function that is referred to in the sketch as "Bottom Burps". In fact the planet that the TARDIS materializes on is The planet the TARDIS materializes on was home to a race that was so flatulent that they have the largest and most sophisticated sewer system in the universe, which is pardon the pun the butt of some jokes.
For extras there is a "Making of The Curse of Fatal Death" which immediately follows the feature, which is interesting but is not essential for a VHS. Following the Making of featurette there are three other Doctor Who Parodies, two of which were never aired. They very in intensity on the laugh meter from sort of lame to pretty funny, but they are not the reason I bought this video then are they?
For a VHS tape the overall Quality is pretty good. I found no flaws of problems with it. Even though a DVD of course would sound and look far superior my rating is based on VHS standards not DVD so relax, sit down on your "couch of reasonable comfort" and enjoy this jewel of a video.
