In terms of quality I consider this to be among the very best of the Tom Baker Era.

Walking Mummies, living Corpses in the shape of Professor Scarman, the eerie music and quite possibly the most powerful villain The Doctor has ever encountered make for a wonderful combination. Then there is the ever increasing rapport between The Doctor and Sarah which really started hitting it's height during this period. Some of the dialogue and comedic scenes, especially in the last episode are just a joy to watch.

Though he doesn't move much, Gabrielle Wolf's vocal's as Sutekh are just superb. What I like about the character is that everything is implied with him. You don't really get to see his destructive power as such, only what is told by The Doctor and what he shows Sarah and Lawrence in the alternative 1980.

Also like the Scarman character and the emotionless way he disposes of both his friends and family. In all the story has some very strong characters.

It is the incidental music that also gives the story extra quality, especially in scenes where The Doctor is Sutekh's prisoner. Plus I like the cliffhangers as well, all of them were quite exciting.

It's hard to find any fault with the story. The hand that appears behind Sutekh's chair as he stands up is probably the only minus point for me. But only a small one.

Definitely the best story of the Season for me. It proved beyond doubt you didn't have to have soldiers going round shooting at everything to have a decent Earthbound story.

Absolutely one of my favourite Doctor Who stories of all time! Just love the period setting and the creepy mummies. The Tom and Lis relationship develops and shines here i think.
I can never think of the word "interference" now without hearing it in Sutekh's voice!

for me seasons 12 , 13 and 14 are the true golden period of the classic series and nothing defines that golden period more than Pyramids of Mars. It's a brilliantly creepy and atmospheric atmosphere with fine peformances from the entire cast and a stunnin musical score.

A most enjoyable story! There seemed to be no 'padding' in this story at all - it just flowed along nicely. I didn't even notice 'the hand' on first viewing - only when it was revealed on the DVD!
Tom & Lis obviously enjoyed working together by this point, they had a good rapport!
One of my favourites....I'd give it a 9/10

The absolute stand-out performance in Pyramids was the man who played Marcus Scarman. It was an icily chilling portrayal of a man who looks physically normal but has lost all humanity and emotion.

I'm really pleased that I got my DVD cover signed by Tom and Liz, by Gabriel Woolf, Michael Sheard, and by one of the guys who played a mummy.

BRILLIANT! Just brilliant. I've only ever actually seen it once and that was a while ago but I've read the novelisation many times

For me, this is simply the best story of the whole classic era. Everything about is perfect, but I'd have to say that the actor playing Marcus Scarman is probably the standout. The bit where he first arrives in the house at the end of the first episode and the carpet smokes as he walks on it gives me the shivers!

An excellent story from start to finish - OK, at times episode 4 drags a bit, but the first 3 episodes are faultless. The location work is amazing - as a five-year old child, I'll never forget the sight of the mummies chasing the Doctor and Sarah through the woods: it terrified me for weeks.

The acting is spot on too (I think we forget just how brilliant Michael Sheard was as an actor, and much under-rated).

"Kneel before the might of sutekh!"

A priesthole in a Victorian Gothic folly? Nonsense!

I found one of the most chilling moments to be when Sutekh appeared in the priory and killed the Egyptian friend/servant of Scarman's. Another, was the scene where Scarman collapsed, and turned to smoking ashes where he lay.

As a child I found the scene where the poacher/gamekeeper got squashed to death between the chests of the two mummies quite disturbing. In retrospect it looked a bit daft, though.

Suketh the only Villain/Baddie I was genuinely scared of when watching, just seemed so sinister and unbeatable. Azal from The Daemons is chicken feed compared to Suketh. The creepy sinister Marcus Scarman, a brlliant portrayal of a haunted figure in any Television program you wish to quote.
Didn't Gabriel Woolf do voice work in The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit???, such a sinister voice!
Pyramids of Mars, it's why you watch the programme, genius from first to last.

This is probably the story I'd show to someone if I was introducing them to Dr Who for the first time. It's a great story and contains many elements of why the show is so great, plus it's fairly simple compared to my other favourites.

Something that confused me! When the Doctor travelled forward to 1980 in the Tardis....and showed Sarah Jane what it would look like - DISASTER! Why did Sarah-Jane say something like "I'm from 1980, and it's not like that!"
She joined the Doctor in the mid-seventies in 'The Time Warrior' Or have I missed something?

In those days the programme was set a few years into the future. Not sure why they did that but they did. Maybe someone else knows?

I think that's right but unfortunately Mawdryn Undead sort of put a spanner in the works by declaring The Brigadier retired in the mid-late 70's, which sort of clashed with Sarah's assertion she came from 1980 in this story.

I think the Tenth Doctor mentioned in the Sontaran story whether it was the 70's or 80's he worked for UNIT previously but could never tell which (Or something similar). I think that was an-joke to this situation!

The Mawdryn Undead error is often reckoned the biggest continuity clanger in the show's history.

In Terror of the Zygons, the Brigadier spoke to the Prime Minister on the phone and called her 'Ma'am,' or referred to her as 'she.'

the dating thing is explained here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIT_dating_controversy

I think the Second Doctor one in The Two Doctors was bigger.


That was one of many correct predictions put in the script and made by the show at the time. I think it's just lucky that it coincides with Sarah saying she was from 1980.

You could if you wanted to argue The Daemons mucks things up even further as it shows BBC Three about 30 years early!!!!

Sutekh, now THAT was a villain!

One who has a hand under the chair holding his cushion.

Or was it part of the curse that kept him from escaping his imprisonment? lol

Not one of my favourites from Tom Baker's early days, but not bad either, I found the Mummies pretty ridiculus and the story somewhat pedestrian, but Sutekh was impressively creepy.