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The Horns of Nimon

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on December 20, 2022April 14, 2025
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The Horns of Nimon

This Story: Season 17, Story 5. Production Code 5L
Overall: Story 108, Episodes 522-525
Airdates: 22 Dec 1979 – 12 Jan 1980
Written by Anthony Read
Directed by Kenny McBain

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[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 522 - The Horns of Nimon 1/4 (Serial 5L Story 108) - 22 Dec 1979. #DoctorWho 1/2

When I started this project, Nimon was a story I was looking forward to revisiting the least. It was one I can say I have nothing but negative memories about. It's gonna be a pic.twitter.com/x4c6MUzRYD

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 20, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 522 - The Horns of Nimon 1/4 (Serial 5L Story 108) - 22 Dec 1979. #DoctorWho 2/2

slog to get through it. My main problem is the Nimon themselves, it looks like they had paper maché heads - the kind of thing I'd make myself in the Cub Scouts 45 years ago. pic.twitter.com/deZnd0jSKA

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 20, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 523 - The Horns of Nimon 2/4 (Serial 5L Story 108) - 29 Dec 1979. #DoctorWho

Episode 2 was the last episode in the 70's for Doctor Who. I can see Why John Nathan-Turner changed everything next series, this is almost totally at self parody level here. Meh? pic.twitter.com/y2XK3WYcWW

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 20, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 524 - The Horns of Nimon 3/4 (Serial 5L Story 108) - 5 Jan 1980. #DoctorWho

Plowing through Nimon in a hurry to get it out of the way. We've even got a matador/bull joke! This is so bad it’s BAD, not “so bad it’s funny/good”. First episode of the 1980's. pic.twitter.com/ZNoR6ctXGH

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 20, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 525 - The Horns of Nimon 4/4 (Serial 5L Story 108) - 12 Jan 1980. #DoctorWho

That was just awful. My wife who has been hearing me talk about Doctor Who since I started this project said "Can't recall you trashing Doctor Who as bad as this".

Bring on Shada. pic.twitter.com/jbIKWid0CF

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 20, 2022

 

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