It's always kind of weird when the folks at Rifftrax set their sights on a movie or TV show that I actually like. This was the case with the
Rifftrax Live: Doctor Who -- The Five Doctors. Fortunately, the trio were able to get plenty of laughs from this special
Doctor Who episode.
The evening began with Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy taking on
Play Safe, a British safety film where two animated birds talk safety while kids act amazingly stupid around power lines and power pylons. ("I feel a
My Girl moment coming up.") From there, they moved on to
The Five Doctors.
Much as I liked this "special"
Doctor Who episode, there's plenty that doesn't hold up -- and the Rifftrax trio made fun of just about all of it. There's the first Doctor being replaced by a new actor, a character inexplicably falling down and being stuck at a small hill ("Take that,
Mad Max: Fury Road! An old man just helped a woman up a slight incline!") or the elaborate and silly costumes. ("Time to get back to my Faberge egg cosplay.") The laughs were big and consistent, with humor coming throughout the evening.
If
Rifftrax Live: Doctor Who -- The Five Doctors streams on the Rifftrax site or returns to the theaters, it's very worth checking out.
Overall grade: A-
Reviewed by James Lynch
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