Planet of Giants

Previously … Crisis (extended version) … The DVD release of Planet of Giants included a reconstructed 4-part version.  It was originally intended to be broadcast as a four-part story, but was trimmed down to three parts, presumably because it didn’t have enough story to make it to four full episodes.  […]

43b. The Urge To Live

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Previously … Crisis (broadcast version)… The DVD release of Planet of Giants included a reconstructed 4-part version.  It was originally intended to be broadcast as a four-part story, but was trimmed down to three parts, presumably because it didn’t have enough story to make it to four full episodes. In […]

43. Crisis (extended)

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Previously … Dangerous Journey … In the style of the old serial cliffhangers, it turns out that the Doctor and Susan had already hidden in the overflow pipe.  Funny how this wasn’t seen last week. Is the episode call “crisis” because “The Dangerous Telephone Receiver” wouldn’t have given the same […]

43. Crisis

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Previously … Planet of Giants … The Doctor and Susan climb through a plughole, Barbara faints at the sight of a fly, and Ian opens a briefcase. Some of the sets/props are fantastic (the plug & plughole, the briefcase, etc), while others are less successful (the rack of testtubes). Planet […]

42. Dangerous Journey

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Doctor Who, season 2 begins … The second season begins with a good opening to the first of a three-part story.  Hartnell continues on fine form.  Ian & Barbara have pretty much been reset to how they were at the beginning, and Susan provides her usual array of screams. The […]

41. Planet of Giants

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