1)Watching this again, it struck me that it reminded me a bit of some of the Pertwee era "anti-imperialism" stories like "The Mutants", with the Doctor as the "benevolent white guy" coming in and getting the "bad white guys" to stop being mean to the
Read more…1)The exteriors for this story were filmed at Leeds Castle, which, oddly enough, is in Kent.
2)Mary Tamm claims to have designed the outfit she wore in this. Not sure I'd brag on that, myself. Generally, the costumes in this were pretty good. As wit
Read more…1)A so-so story somewhat redeemed by the performance of Beatrix Lehmann as Professor Rumford. Lehmann is one of those older actreeses that the show would employ from time-to-time as the only people who seemed able to "out-eccentric" Tom Baker. Susa
Read more…1)The funny thing is, when I first saw this, I had little or no idea who Douglas Adams was. Certainly, my reaction was not the reaction that someone coming to it today might have: "The Douglas Adams?" When I was in my 20's, I read the Hitchhiker's
Read more…1)And so we come to Leela's swansong...This story is credited to "David Agnew" - this time "David Agnew" stands for "Graham Williams and Anthony Read." While it has some good points, there are some things I've never liked about this story - one is Le
Read more…1)The Bristol Boys are back again, this time doing "The Argonauts in Outer Space". It's not my favorite from this time period, but it's better than I remembered it being. We get some more revelations about TIme Lord history, here - even when I firs
Read more…1)This is the story Terrance Dicks wrote when the BBC wouldn't let him use the story that later saw daylight as "State of Decay", becasue at the time they were doing a version of Dracula with Louis Jourdan, and were afraid people would think Doctor W
Read more…1)Leela's first adventure after joining the Doctor, they do an OK job of showing her as "ignorant but intelligent".She's even occasionally a bit of a smartarse in this. "Now you're showing off."
2)The robots are, as Leela calles them "Creepy mechanic
Read more…1)Another old favorite, this one featuring an all-male cult as counterpoint to the Sisterhood from "The Brain of Morbius". This one also featured the debut of the "wooden" console room, which was my favorite of the sets they used in the old series.
Read more…1)Now we come to one of my all-time favorite Doctor Who stories. This is probably the single story of the old series that I've watched the most often. (The new series stories, being shorter, are easier to re-watch). It's credited to Stephen Harris
Read more…1)Here we have the show's take on Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde by way of Forbidden Planet. Elisabeth Sladen has said that this is her favorite story, that by this point she was so relaxed in the character that she hardly felt in character. It does
Read more…1)Like "Revenge of the Cybermen", this was one of the stories that Philip Hinchcliffe felt stuck with by his predecessor, Barry Letts. In the end, he ended up making the story quite a bit more graphic and intense than Letts would've done. Nation did
Read more…1)Another Doctor Who story where the reveal of Episode One is wrecked by the story title.
2)Sarah spent most of this wearing a dire yellow rain outift - although she somehow managed to change her pants at the end of Part Two!
3)The robot is pretty di
Read more…1)And so, the enter the era of the Fourth Doctor, accompanied by Terrance Dicks' take on King Kong. It was interesting seeing again how quickly Baker settled into the role. I liked the little touches of him using the scarf as a prop, or the bit wher
Read more…1)Next up we have a sequel to "The Curse of Peladon", one of those rare occasions where we see the Doctor deliberately re-visiting a planet. Maybe they still had the sets and wanted to amortize them?
2)As it turns out, Hepesh was pretty much right a
Read more…1)Alot of firsts in this - first appearance of the Sontarans, first appearance of Sarah Jane Smith, first appearance of the "time tunnel" opening credits that would be associated with the early Fourth Doctor years, and the first time that the stories
Read more…1)Per Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks, this is the one story of their era which was deliberately designed to convey a "message" in this case concerning pollution. It also features the final Doctor Who appearance (to date, anyhow) of Katy Manning as Jo
Read more…1)Terry Nation returns to write what is essentially a re-hash of the first Dalek story. Terrance Dicks has said that Nation was the only writer to ever get rich off of Doctor Who, and he managed to do it by selling Barry Letts the same story over and
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