Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: BBC Warner
• VHS Release Date: October 7, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000AGWHB
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #239,692 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Greek myth, February 12, 2007

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John Liosatos (Crook County, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doctor Who - The Horns of Nimon [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Take a story based in Greek mythology (the Minotaur story), add a plot twist (no spoilers), and sprinkle in the most satisfying death in Doctor Who history (who didn't cheer when Nimon offed that annoying co-pilot?), and what do you have? One of the best stories of Doctor Who. Adding to the satisfaction of the pilot's death is that it is a death laden in humiliation, as the actor's pants split at the seams as he falls.

Tom Baker's witty dialogue is prevalent in Horns of Nimon. "You will be qustioned, tortured and killed." "Well, I certainly hope it's in that order." Lalla Ward offers her best performance as Romana, on equal footing with the Doctor for once, and not in the shadow of the Doctor's scarf. She has even assembled her own sonic screwdriver, which obviously the Doctor prefers, as he tries to pull the old switcharoo on her. Here is a viewer tip that applies to all Romana 2 stories: Pay special attention to her facial expressions as she reacts to occurrences when she is in the background. Believe me, some of them are priceless.

As is the case with most of Season 17, "fandom" is not too enamored with Horns of Nimon. They claim it's too silly. They claim that the jokes take away from the drama. This makes Nimon extra-special. When "fandom" forms a concensus, most of the time they are dead wrong. And this is one of those times. Horns of Nimon has the distinction of being the last story before JNT sucks the life out of Tom Baker (unless you count the uncompleted Shada). Enjoy this one, because you will never see this type of Who again.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Doctor Who Guilty Pleasure, April 25, 2010

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Alan Caylow (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon (Story 108) (DVD)

Yes, I'm giving "The Horns Of Nimon" a perfect 5-star rating, and no, I have no shame about it. I'm giving this much-maligned "Who" story the highest rating for the simple reason that I totally love it, despite the majority of fans saying that it's too silly (no no no, people---"The Creature From The Pit", THAT'S a silly story. I mean, an inflatable bean-bag chair with arms for a monster? And that's just for starters....). I guess this puts "The Horns Of Nimon" in the category of "guilty pleasure" for me. Fine, it's a guilty pleasure of mine. And I'll tell you why:

As another reviewer pointed out, one of the main things I love about "Horns" is that it is, in my opinion, great, GREAT fun. It's funny, lighthearted, doesn't take itself too seriously, and, as fate would have it, it's the very last story in which you'll see Tom Baker as the REAL fourth Doctor (not counting the never-completed "Shada"), before producer John Nathan-Turner swept in and shamelessly destroyed Tom Baker's Doctor by not only changing his costume (I never liked the solid-red costume, OR those stupid question marks on the Doctor's collar), but also changing the fourth Doctor's *personality*, making him a lot less humorous and a lot more serious, to the point of being a shameless grouch (and by the time Tom Baker's Doctor finally snuffed it at the end of "Logopolis," I was GLAD to see him go, considering what JNT had done to him---mind you, it's not Tom Baker's fault, let me make that clear). In "The Horns Of Nimon," Tom's Doctor is still his old, jolly self. Baker is clearly having fun in this story, and it shows in his delightful performance here.

I'm also glad that other reviewers have mentioned that yes, indeed, "Horns" is easily Lalla Ward's finest hour as Romana. She was fine in her previous stories (and she's always very easy on the eyes too, of course), but, finding her footing in the role at last, Lalla's Romana is truly the Doctor's equal in this story: brave, strong and assertive but never overly-so. Although Romana still needs rescuing at one point in the story, she's never, ever reduced to being a damsel in distress here, like she was in "Destiny Of The Daleks" or "The Creature From The Pit". Lalla Ward's performance in "Horns" is an excellent one, and her best one.

As for the cheap-looking sets, visual effects, and the cheap-looking Nimon itself, they're all fun too. Look, I'm not going to argue with any fan who hates "The Horns Of Nimon," as I know perfectly well that it's not, and never has been, a popular Who story (ditto for "Underworld," which I also happen to like). But I'm sticking to my guns about "Horns" nonetheless that it's one of my very-favorite Tom Baker stories, and I'm very pleased to see it coming out on DVD quicker than I thought it would (it was one of the very last Baker stories to get released on VHS). Like another reviewer already said, "The Horns Of Nimon" also represents the end of an era for Doctor Who, as you would never see another Who story quite like it ever again (which has both positive AND negative aspects to it, I suppose). "The Horns Of Nimon" may not be a popular Doctor Who story, but I love it. Bite me.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the most UNDERrated show on Television Period, September 24, 2003

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Black Cat de La Bear "see that dark shape o'r... (those dark halls) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doctor Who - The Horns of Nimon [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Although I can't really rate it five stars, I can rate it four. This is a good adventure that probably few love, many hate, and most don't even know about(even so-called whoivans don't know it). It has an excellent cast of character actors and cool sets and back drops. The story is about a race of bull/buffalo-like humanoids who use black holes to traverse from place to place. What I like is not it's "realism" but its fun factor and humor. The atmosphere is farout as well. I first watched this as a kid and loved it all the way through highschool it was broadcast many times then fatefully, Doctor Who was banned from PBS in the US 1988 Feburary 27th and I never got to see it again until now.