Carole Ann Ford

Doctor Who continued … I thought the early scenes in the TARDIS were superb, with Hartnell in particular being really on form.  The only trouble is that he’s suddenly gone back to being this irrational grumpy Doctor that we saw in the first episode, as though his mellowing, trust, and […]

35. A Land of Fear

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Previously … Kidnap A Desperate Venture finishes the story adequately, but it felt like a bit of a poor pay-off after waiting six episodes (weeks) for this.  A bit more could have been made of the few people scavenging away underground.  Also, given that episode 5 came across as little […]

34. A Desperate Venture

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Previously … A Race Against Death With the episode being called “kidnap”, I spent the entire episode thinking “so who’s been kidnapped?”  Apparently it refers to the cliffhanger at the end of the episode.  That made me think that a number of these episode titles have done that.  They don’t […]

33. Kidnap

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Previously … Hidden Danger Although slightly tempted to rename this “Slow Plod Against Death”, this episode is effectively the stepping stone between parts of the story – concluding the “city” part of the story and moving into the “dark tunnels and monsters” part of the story.  Changing locations and adjusting […]

32. A Race Against Death

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Previously … The Unwilling Warriors While we’re still in the ship, the adventure continues as normal.  Some of the decisions by the characters seem a little ropey – such as Susan’s decision to go with the Sensorites.  I know she’s only supposed to be a child, but addressing some of […]

31. Hidden Danger

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Previously … Strangers in Space … This episode continues in the same style and strength as the opening story.  Having not yet shifted to the Sense Sphere, we still have the rich (and sometimes claustrophobic) setting of the ship – which, through clever filming, looks much bigger than it probably […]

30. The Unwilling Warriors

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Previously … The Day of Darkness … Another six-part story begins with a strong episode.  It helps that we don’t see much of the aliens at this point, and we instead have the TARDIS crew in a confined set (the bridge of a spaceship) trying to work out what’s going […]

29. Strangers in Space

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Previously … The Temple of Evil … Not much more really needs to be said about The Aztecs.  I sometimes feel that this story gets hyped up better than it is.  There are several reasons why it’s so good, but I think a lot of them have to do with […]

26-28. Warriors of Death, The Bride of Sacrifice, The Day ...

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Previously … The Keys of Marinus … The Aztecs begins with a rapid educational moment from Barbara, with support from Susan, to remind us that Barbara is a history teacher (I’d forgotten). Most interesting character is easily Tlotoxl who manipulates and schemes while others just go along with the plot.  Given […]

25. The Temple of Evil

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Doctor Who continued … Unlike the previous one-episode sub-stories, Ian’s trial continues well into the final episode.  Presumably because there wasn’t much to the resolution, which is a pity because we come away learning so little about the Voord.  At least the significance of the “fake key” worked well.  Almost […]

24. The Keys of Marinus

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Doctor Who continued … A bit of a courtroom drama, almost a forerunner to similar scenes in the first episode of “Blakes 7”. Hartnell has clearly benefitted from his holiday, as he’s more on form here – giving the Doctor a commanding presence.  Him knowing the location of the hidden […]

23. Sentence of Death

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Doctor Who continued … A rough trapper, who isn’t tough enough to kill people but will let them die, decides it’s time to “Benny Hill-run” Barbara around a table. That’s about it, really, for this one. Little bit of strange logic going on, in that they get frostbite relatively quickly, […]

22. The Snows of Terror

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