Doctor Who Rewind - The Claws Of Axos

So, if this had been made in 3D i do believe watching it would be akin to going out into the Amazon and dropping a few gallons of Ayahuasca.

As it hasn't been made in 3D the experience is slightly less powerful.

The Axons are short on fuel and have stopped on Earth to try and bargain some in-exchange for this stuff they call Axonite, which they claim is a miracle substance that can change into anything.

The reality is that Axos, the ship, is a living entity which drains all energy through Axonite. Confused? And me.

While the Naughty gold clad Axons deceive the Doctor, the government and everyone else, the distribution of Axonite threatens the world.

The master, wanting to take advantage of the Axons, has been captured by them and is entwined in the ships living organism. He escapes the Axons and gets into the Doctors TARDIS which he plans to repair and use to escape Earth.

Meanwhile the Axons become interested in the Doctors knowledge of time travel. The Doctor uses this to his advantage and tells them he can link their ship up to the TARDIS, therefore allowing them time travel and widening their feeding base.

The Doctor gets The Master to make the repairs and then use it to send the Axons and Axonite into a perpetual time loop.

Fortunately the TARDIS is not caught in the loop as the time lords have programmed it to always return to the Earth, thereby keeping the Doctor terrestrial bound.

The Master meanwhile escapes in his own TARDIS leaving the Doctor with his UNIT family.

Claws Of Axos is psychedelic in its look, all kinds of technical effects (primitive now by today's standards) were used to overlay layer on layer of coloured art work. The ship design itself is like the inside of some strange beast. Tentacles, arteries and vein like structures inhabit the multi-coloured ship. Blimey the DVD should come with a set of sun glasses to numb the colour clash.

Then the Adonis like Axon's turn up gold clad from head to toe. It's a pity that the story isn't as colourful as the set. Apparently the original story which was titled something like The Vampire In Space, went through many changes and cuts from its transition from script to the screen, and I think this shows in the somewhat crazy mixed up story. Some of which makes no sense.

At the end, Axon is a feast for the eyes itself, and what a feast. But I do warn you, this shouldn't be watched on a screen no bigger than 40" as anything bigger might cause brain haemorrhaging.

Next time on Doctor Who Rewind the Doctor gets to take a much needed trip to another planet!