[Disney; ?]
- [Cause: MA? Result: BX/AN.] The daily Disney Afternoon
version of the movie has used TF as a plot device in numerous episodes, with Aladdin
turned into a shark in one episode, Jasmine into a rat in another, as well as guest
characters being transformed in various episodes. -173
(98/04/11)
[PBS; ?]
- [Result: BM/AN.] This made for Spanish TV special was
shown on PBS a few years back, supposedly based on the true story of the Spanish writer's
first marriage. His wife's entire family is obsessed with chickens, while she herself is
gradually turning into one, first with random feathers growing from her body and head,
then claws from out of her feet until she is finally shown as a human-sized hen. -173 (98/04/11)
[?]
- [Result: BM/AN.] Colin Baker adventure featured his
companion and a second woman gradually being turned into animal creatures via having their
own fears amplified and fed back into their minds. The Doctor stopped the process before
they were transformed completely. -173 (98/04/11)
[BBC; B&W; Dec. 21, 1963 - Feb. 1, 1964; 7 25-min. episodes]
- Writer: Terry Nation. Story discusses the history of the Daleks and the Thals, the two
sentient races on an planet. Both underwent radiation mutations, but the Thals reverted to
their humanoid state, while the Daleks turned into evil green creatures which live in
machines. Other creatures on planet mutated as well. Classic story, introduced most famous
and popular enemy of Doctor Who. -156 (98/02/14)
[BBC; B&W; Jun. 20, 1964 - Aug. 1, 1964; 6 25-min. episodes]
- Writer: Peter R. Neuman. The Doctor's granddaughter Susan becomes telepathic on
the planet of the Sensorites. It is revealed that all time-lords (which includes both the
Doctor and Susan) have undeveloped telepathic powers. Okay episode, transformation minor
part but plays important role. -156 (98/02/14)
[BBC; B&W; Apr. 24, 1965 - May 15, 1965; 4 25-min. episodes]
- Writer: Glyn Jones. All of the member of the Doctor's TARDIS (the craft the main
characters travel in) find themselves invisible in a muesum, with replicas of themselves.
Main goal not to turn visible, but to prevent the owners of the muesum from killing
original inhabitants of the planet. -156 (98/02/14)
[BBC; B&W; Jan. 14, 1967 - Feb. 4, 1967; 4 25-min. episodes]
- Writer: Geoffrey Orme. One of the Doctor's campanions, Polly, is (nearly) turned into an
underwater fishworker, by operation. Doctor convinces the fishworkers to revolt. Haven't
seen, but supposed to be DW equivalent of Plan 9. But hey, it contains the line
"Nothing in ze vorld can shtop me now!" -156
(98/02/14)
[BBC; B&W; Apr. 8, 1967 - May 13, 1967; 4 25-min. episodes]
- Writers: David Ellis, Malcolm Hulke. A race of aliens, the faceless ones, lost their
faces in a gigantic nuclear explosion and are dying out. Need to kidnap humans so that the
aliens can take over the identities of the humans. Haven't seen but supposedly a
well-constructed script with terrifying aliens. -156
(98/02/14)
[BBC; B&W; May 20, 1967 - Jul. 1, 1967; 7 25-min. episodes]
- Writer: David Whitaker. The Daleks kidnap the Doctor and his companions, trying to
isolate 'the human factor' to create a super-race of Daleks. The plan backfires and three
Daleks become playful instead of receiving human cunning. Daleks real plan is to inject
the Doctor with 'the Dalek factor' for him to take to earth to turn all of the humans into
mental Daleks. Doesn't work and more Daleks humanized. A civil war erupts. -156 (98/02/14)
[BBC; B&W; Sep. 2, 1967 - Sep. 23, 1967; 4 25-min. episodes]
- Writers: Gerry Davis, Kit Pedler. An archaeology group goes to the burial place of the
Cybermen, but it is a trap for turning victims into Cybermen. First episodes supposedly
great. -156 (98/02/14)
[BBC; B&W; Mar. 16, 1968 - Apr. 20, 1968; 6 25-min. episodes]
- Writer: Victor Pemberton. A parasitic seaweed has been plaguing a North Sea gas
refinery, absorbing Human brains and turning them into Weed creatures. -156 (98/02/14)
"Manimal"
{/135,145,146/}
[NBC TV (30 September - 31 December 1983) 1 hr]
- Created by Glen Larson and Donald Boyle. Stars: Simon MacCorkindale, Melody Anderson,
Michael D. Roberts, Reni Santoni. Narrated by William Conrad.
Synopsis: "In this fanciful hour crime show, an animal behaviorist (MacCorkindale)
possessed the ability to transform himself at will into any species of animal. Electing to
use his power for noble purposes, he signed on as a consultant to a special investigative
unit of the New York Police Department." (Alex McNeil, Total Television,
Penguin 1984)
Method of transformation: Superscience, he had learned "the secrets that divide man
from animal" from his late father. Extent of change: Full, with mass change when
necessary.
This series was as cheesy as it sounds. I think it is on several "worst series of all
time" lists. In the one episode I can recall, the hero got pushed out of an airplane
and changed into a golden eagle in time to save his life. No description of what happened
to his clothes, though. The sfx of the change were fairly nifty, with closeups of feathers
growing through his skin. -135
- 1983; still sometimes shown on the Sci Fi Channel. Starring: Simon MacCorkindale as
Professor Jonathan Chase; Melody Anderson as Detective Brooke McKenzie; Michael D. Roberts
as Tyrone C. Earl; Reni Santoni as Lt Nick Rivera. [...] Rating
3; Cause (see below); Type/Results BM (Professor Chase changed into various animals);
Significance +; Description +; Saturation +. Professor Chase learned from some sorce
(I forget where) how to physically transform into various animal forms, most often a black
panther or a hawk (these two were his "feature" forms, shown during the title
sequence). The most memorable transformation for me (remember I was 13 when I watched it
first) was when he was in a female "badguy's" room and to escape detection,
became a white persan as she came out of the shower. While still in her towel she
cuddles him in her lap for a time. Prepubescent dreams come true. ;) -145 (98/02/10)
[?]
- [Cause: MA? Result: BX?/PE/AN.] Also an early '60s
anthology, based on supposedly true stories of the paranormal, hosted by John Newland. In
"The Forests of the Night," a man is obsessed and entranced by a weird Chinese
box that puts him in touch with his animal nature and has him acting like a wild feline.
At the end of the episode he has vanished and a prowling leopard has been spotted -- and
killed -- near where the man was last seen. -173 (98/04/11)
[?; broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel]
- Short-lived series[...]not very well done but more of a twist with a woman being the
werewolf and sadly not well written either. -161
[?]
- [Cause: MA Result: BX/AN.] Early 1960's anthology TV
series hosted by Boris Karloff. In the episode titled "The Remarkable Mrs.
Hawke," a modern-day pig farmer is actually Circe in disguise, flirtatiously luring a
succession of men into pigdom (including John Carradine and Bruce Dern!) -173 (98/04/11)
"Werewolf"
{/161,Ph/} [??]
[?; broadcast on Fox network]
- There was another television series that was on during the 80's that I can not for the
life of me recall the title or actors, but it was short lived revolving around a werewolf
being hunted by a relentless bounty hunter, and during the change the man would have a
bleeding pentagram on his right inner hand. -161
- Well, the title of the series is "Werewolf"; it's the sort of generic title
that's easy to forget. I don't know any of the actors; but the name of the
protagonist was Eric Cord. The series began with his friend asking Eric to kill him; he'd
been bitten by a werewolf, and was now one himself, unable to control himself during his
changes. Eric disbelieved, and demanded to see it; well, he did... and his friend
attacked. The end result was that Eric was bitten before shooting his friend dead; and he
was now a werewolf himself--and under investigation for his friend's murder. His only hope
for a cure was to kill the werewolf that had started the bloodline. But he had to find him
first... and a bounty hunter was after Eric, after he skipped town on the murder charge.
There was also a comic adaptation. -Ph
[?; broadcast on Lifetime]
- [...] a teleplay based on Barbra Harris' "Who is Julia." Quite simply, the
story recounts the experiences of a woman whose brain is transplanted into another woman's
body. Fascinating plot. -129 (96/10/15)
[?; broadcast on ITV (channel 3, U.K.)]
- The second item was a three part mini-series [...] based on a book called 'Wilderness' a charming, well acted
and sexy approach to lycanthropy which somehow managed to avoid being too tacky. -155
Where to from here?
Copyright © 1993-2000 Phaedrus /
Movies 
Transformation Stories List