The Weirdest Whoniverse film you've never seen

Apr 13, 2008 02:10

BBV Productions has released a new DVD titled ZYGON. You may remember the Zygons as the bodysnatching/shapeshifting suction cup covered, Loch Ness Monster controlling Global Warming causing baddies of the early 70s 4th Doctor adventure Terror of the Zygons. [they also appear in a book I would love to own called Doctor Who: BODYSNATCHERS,and in the upcoming 8th Doctor Big Finish audio The Zygon Who Fell To Earth]

ZYGON deals with a female psychoanalyst who gets involved with a patient suffering memory problems and weird dreams. yeah, he's a zygon who has forgotten that he is pretending to be human. and there is another Zygon out there who wants the psychoanalyst to help him remember what he really is.

Its adult content. Sex. Violence. Lots of full frontal nudity, male and female. The DVD case alone makes this clear. If it doesnt, the opening scene does. It is in both PAL and NTSC format. The pacing is a bit off and the CGI is merely okay.

As for the story, it has a moment or two that is interesting and weird. On some level it might make an interesting coment or two on identity and humanity. Or on duty and the kind of collateral damage the follows in the Doctor's wake. Or maybe i've given this too much thought.

I think of ZYGON as a TORCHWOOD episode without Torchwood [Course, if it had been an episode of TORCHWOOD, the psychoanalyst would have been one of the Torchwood team]. It actually manages to justify the existence of those monkeys in the armory. Modern Earth is clearly home to lots of violent sex-crazed aliens. ZYGON is what happens if the Torchwood team stays in the Hub eating pizza. Yeah, those Torchwood people are messy and of dubious competence and professionalism, but they could have solved this situation with three bullets and a quip and a smile from Captain Jack....

Those interested in experiencing ZYGON for themselves [and it is an experience], may purchase it at mikescomics.com
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