“I’m checking out the Thames Path… yay!” — Summer.
Doctor Who, season 2 continued … Inside the TARDIS, the Doctor is still in a contemplative mood over the loss of Barbara & Ian. Vicki tries to console him. They’re interrupted by a noise from the living quarters, and they fear a Dalek got on board. The introduction of Steven […]
76. The Watcher
Doctor Who, season 2 continued … We now get to the “city” part of Mechanus and meet the Mechanoids. I understand that the Mechanoids were an attempt at replicating the success of the Daleks. I can’t honestly see how they expected that to happen. Daleks may have had trouble getting […]
75. The Planet of Decision
Doctor Who, season 2 continued … Landing at last on Mechanus, the TARDIS crew encounter a planet of living plants – not too dissimilar to one of the locations from back in The Keys of Marinus. Not entirely convinced by the “light stick”, but more confused that the Doctor’s own […]
74. The Death of Doctor Who
Doctor Who, season 2 continued … Otherwise known as “the one in the haunted house”. Having watched it before, this episode holds very little rewatch value except that William Hartnell and William Russell seem to be having a grand old time pretending it’s real. More should have been made of […]
73. Journey Into Terror
Doctor Who, season 2 continued … More silly music leads us into the Doctor realising that they’re being followed through the timestream by the Daleks. We see inside the Daleks’ time machine, and are introduced to some comedy Daleks – the one that hesitates while replying to one of the […]
72. Flight Through Eternity
Doctor Who, season 2 continued … I’m not sure what the episode title has to do with this episode, but it’s a valiant attempt at doing a one-story episode. The plot is little more than the crew meeting the alien race, the Daleks issue ultimatum, the alien race holds the […]
71. The Death of Time
“I’ve just spent the last hour putting up the new garden swing chair, while the hoomon just ran around throwing tennis balls at me and chewing the destruction booklet. I’ll maybe let him share the chair with me sometimes.” — Summer.
The World According to Summer
Doctor Who, season 2 continued … A great start to the 6-part The Chase and an immediate improvement on the previous story. Beginning with a fun TARDIS sequence, enjoyable because we get to see the crew interacting without any jeopardy, the episode opens with the Doctor fixing the Time/Space Visualiser […]
70. The Executioners
Doctor Who, season 2 continued … After Ian rescues the Doctor, what follows is an episode of everyone sitting around waiting for the plot to unfurl around them. A rather muted end to a rather muted story. The Doctor comes up with some gadget doohicky reason for the “time track” […]
69. The Final Phase
Doctor Who, season 2 continued … The adventure continues but the plot doesn’t progress (which, given how little plot there is, is quite a disappointment). Hartnell is absent, even from the cliffhanger in which Ian supposedly finds him. Hartnell’s absence is both a blessing and a curse. We miss his […]
68. The Search
Doctor Who, season 2 continued … The adventure starts now as the regular runabout, with the authorities and the rebels each wanting to get their hands on the intruders. With the exception of the Doctor’s interrogation, there’s precious little of merit here. Some of the characters (largely the white suited […]
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