The Space Museum

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

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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

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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 […]

67. The Dimensions of Time

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Doctor Who, season 2 continued … This opening episode is intriguing but, having seen it before, it doesn’t really have much rewatch value.  The strange things that happen aren’t given any even vaguely logical explanation – just slipping a groove in time, and the Doctor not being sure about the […]

66. The Space Museum

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