Monthly archives: July 2016

Doctor Who, season 5 continues … The Ice Warriors begins in a fashion that would become typical of Earth-based futuristic adventures.  The Earth is under threat of some catastrophe (in this instance, a man made disaster in the waiting threatens the ice sheets melting).  The adventure opens in the control […]

179-181. The Ice Warriors, episode 1-3

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Doctor Who, season 5 continues … The Abominable Snowmen is a 6-part early Doctor Who adventure that is mostly missing from the BBC archives. In order to watch the serial, I’ve found the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version of the missing episodes (all episodes except episode 2).  This version employs the […]

176-178. The Abominable Snowmen, episode 4 – 6

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Doctor Who, season 5 continues … The Abominable Snowmen is a 6-part early Doctor Who adventure that is mostly missing from the BBC archives. In order to watch the serial, I’ve found the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version of the missing episodes (all episodes except episode 2).  This version employs the […]

175. The Abominable Snowmen, episode 3

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Doctor Who, season 5 continues … This is the only episode of The Abominable Snowmen that survives in the BBC archives.  Being fairly early in the story is both a blessing and a curse.  It’s early enough that you really haven’t missed much that you can’t figure out, but it’s […]

174. The Abominable Snowmen, episode 2

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Doctor Who, season 5 continues … The Abominable Snowmen is a 6-part early Doctor Who adventure that is mostly missing from the BBC archives. In order to watch the serial, I’ve found the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version of the missing episodes (all episodes except episode 2).  This version employs the […]

173. The Abominable Snowmen, episode 1

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Doctor Who, season 5 continues … So the end of Tomb of the Cybermen effectively boils down to “they didn’t get out of the hole in the ground, so went back into deep freeze instead”. Any drama and suspense built up before the finale is thrown completely away by the […]

172. The Tomb of the Cybermen, episode 4

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Doctor Who, season 5 continues … Episode 3 of The Tomb of the Cybermen and I’ve just got to comment on those Cybermats.  Who came up with that idea?  The version that came later, in Revenge of the Cybermen at least looked the part. It’s clear what they’re trying to […]

171. The Tomb of the Cybermen, episode 3

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Doctor Who, season 5 begins … Season 5 begins with The Tomb of the Cybermen.  It lacks the strength of previous stories like The Evil of the Daleks, largely due to its setting.  These alien planet scifi-heavy stories that would become the show’s strength do pale a little next to […]

169 & 170, The Tomb of the Cybermen, episode 1 ...

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Doctor Who, season 4 concludes … The Evil of the Daleks is a 7-part early Doctor Who adventure that is mostly missing from the BBC archives. In order to watch the serial, I’ve found the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version of the missing episodes (all episodes except episode 2).  This version […]

162 – 167. The Evil of the Daleks, episode 2 ...

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Doctor Who, season 4 continues … The Evil of the Daleks is a 7-part early Doctor Who adventure that is mostly missing from the BBC archives. In order to watch the serial, I’ve found the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version of the missing episodes (all episodes except episode 2).  This version […]

161. The Evil of the Daleks, episode 1

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Doctor Who, season 4 continues … The Faceless Ones is a 6-part early Doctor Who adventure that is mostly missing from the BBC archives. In order to watch the serial, I’ve found the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version of the missing episodes 2, 4, 5 & 6.  This version employs the […]

155 – 160. The Faceless Ones

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Previously on Doctor Who… The Macra Terror episodes 1 & 2. The Macra Terror is a 4-part early Doctor Who adventure that is completely missing from the BBC archives. In order to watch the serial, I’ve found the “Loose Cannon” reconstructed version of the adventure.  This version employs the audio […]

153 & 154. The Macra Terror, episode 3 & 4

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