When it comes to the fine art of intergalactic cuisine in that out of the way corner of the galaxy mysteriously known as the Third Zone, no one compares to Shockeye of the Quawncing Grig. And if there is anyone who even remotely dares to compete or criticize, they surely won't last long to boast, soon ending up as a gourmet meal themselves!
Long before the culinary whims of Hannibal Lecter, respected actor John Stratton gave one of his finest performances as the food obsessed alien cook and intergalactic cannibal Shockeye- a truly spirited, creepily effective and loathsome performance which many regular general show viewers were clearly disgusted by back in 1985. He was clearly one of Robert Holmes most shocking and well-crafted characters, in the underrated story that was The Two Doctors, a three-part adventure critically hampered by rather pedestrian direction and whose sometimes macabre black humour was deliberately scapegoat singled out as a later reason for the show's 'resting' for eighteen months.
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