Effects? Who cares!
SEVEN cheers for the original “Dr. Who” TV series! Silurians! Cybermen! Sontarans! Daleks! These are just a few of the intriguing alien entities that the seven original Doctors did battle with on the classic British TV series “Dr. Who.” And they engaged in endless mind games with such nefarious foes as the Master, Davros, Morbius and the Rani.
Lewis Beale’s emphasis on the series’ “cheesy” special effects [“Sci-Fi Show With a Special Effect,” March 19] unfairly denigrates a program that enraptured viewers week after week with one absorbing extraterrestrial encounter after another. It was a program that adroitly united the mystique of limitless time travel with the concept of unbridled space exploration.
Indeed, it proved that a sci-fi show, when written intelligently and abetted by solid acting, does not have to rely on multimillion-dollar special effects to captivate the imagination!
May the power of the cosmos be with you!
FRANKLIN RUEHL Glendale
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