Showing posts with label Anglocat in the TARDIS; Doctor Who; Hartnell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anglocat in the TARDIS; Doctor Who; Hartnell. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 26, 2017

"Doctor....I Let You Go": A Golden Age Ends

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DOCTOR: Oh, there it is. Silly old universe. The more I save it the more it needs saving. It’s a treadmill. [Tardis noise] Yes, yes I ...
Monday, October 23, 2017

The Doctor: A Look Back at the William Hartnell Era

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Phil Sandifer's observation about the end of The Tenth Planet that "what is about to happen is not the end of the First Doctor...
Sunday, October 15, 2017

"The Death of Doctor Who": The Tenth Planet

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-1- Then loudly cried the bold Sir Bedivere: “Ah! my Lord Arthur, whither shall I go? Where shall I hide my forehead and my ey...
Saturday, October 14, 2017

Long Ben's Ghost: The Smugglers

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"Long Ben" Avery , whose name does not appear, in fact to have been Ben, or Avery, for that matter *Henry Every is apparently co...
Wednesday, October 4, 2017

“Doctor Who is Required”?: The War Machines

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Yeah, to those of us fans who, as adolescents watched Tom Baker and Peter Davison, insisting that the character was known simply as "...
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

"What Are You Frightened Of, Soldier Boy?": The Savages

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You may ask whether we should care about blogging Doctor Who in the wake of the horror in Las Vegas . I don't blame you if you do. B...
Friday, September 22, 2017

Doc Ballou: "A Holiday for the Doctor"/"Don't Shoot the Piano Player"/"Johnny Ringo"/"The OK Corral" [The Gunfighters]

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It's one last multi-part tale, With episodic names, It's recovery after the fail of undistinguished games. Though the Doctor...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

The Celestial Squire: "The Celestial Toyroom"/"The Hall of Dolls"/"The DancingFloor"/"The Final Move" [The Celestial Toymaker]

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It's funny that I referenced Squire Trelane's parents in the last entry, because here we get a story that predates The Squire of ...
Monday, September 18, 2017

"Damn You All to Hell": "The Steel Sky"/"The Plague"/"The Return"/"The Bomb" [The Ark]

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So we're back--for this story--to BritBox , with its nice, crisp copies of the episodes in question, and, yes, it's a relief to be...
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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Alone Again, Naturally: "War of God"/"The Sea Beggar"/"Priest of Death"/"Bell of Doom" [The Massacre]

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[The late-blooming flower of this story] 1. We know this much is true : King Charles IX of France, under the sway of his mother, Cathe...
Friday, September 1, 2017

Breaking a Blunt Instrument: "The Abandoned Planet" and "The Destruction of Time"

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These two episodes are a mess, redeemed by some fine (if hammy) acting by Kevin Stoney, and the tragic death of Sara Kingdom. That the Dal...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

Merlyn's Laugh: "Volcano"/"Golden Death"/"Escape Switch" [The Daleks' Master Plan 8-10]

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Well, we've left Terry Nation's episodes of this juggernaut behind, and Dennis Spooner is penning the story. Spooner's wit is...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Who's Line is it, Anyway?: The Feast of Steven

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This brief hiatus in the larger storyline is very hard to get a handle on. It's the first time that the reconstructions have failed t...
Tuesday, August 15, 2017

The Daleks' Master Plan (Parts 1-6)

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Yes, I know. I'm not even listing the episode titles for this one. Sorry. I can't even, as the kids say. But the 12 part stor...
Thursday, August 3, 2017

"A Bit Late to Say 'Whoa' to the Horse": The Mythmakers: "Temple of Secrets"/"Small Prophet, Quick Return"/"Death of a Spy"/"Horse of Destruction"

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"Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes: Those scraps ar...