Last Classic Who Story you watched
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When I was five years old and I first saw a Chekov episode, I was deeply offended that they gave a character an obviously fake name like "Check-off," until my parents explained it to me. Of course, at the time, I also thought that when they talked about going to "the bridge," it meant there was an actual footbridge that they had to cross to get to the big round room with all the lights and buttons.
The 3rd Doctor and Jo "cameo" was neat.
And Paul Darrow returning the overacting favour to Colin Baker, years after City on the End of the World
(incidently Colin Baker returned to the role of Baban the Butcher for Big Finish a few years back).
I liked Darrow in this. He would have made a good Master.And Paul Darrow returning the overacting favour to Colin Baker, years after City on the End of the World
(incidently Colin Baker returned to the role of Baban the Butcher for Big Finish a few years back).
There was a definite revenge element, Darrow said "He stole my show, so I'm going to steal his." But City is one of the best B7 episodes, and Timelash is generally regarded as the worst of the season.
I just started watching Robots of Death and this is pure Who at its peak, the cast are some heavy hitters also from Uk tv in the 70s.
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Robots of Death is utter perfection. And it should be require viewing for learning how to use a microcosm to portray a much larger civilization. It's possibly my favorite Tom Baker story (although ask me on another day and it might Genesis, or Pyramids of Mars, or . . .)
That world has lived on through books and audios but would it still work if the tv series would return to Kaldorian society?
I haven't heard/read those other stories. Did you like them? My only exposure to that society has been through Robots of Death.
There was Chris Boucher's novel Corpse Marker and there was there series The Robots involving the 8th Doctor's companion Liv Chenka who's originally from Kaldor and had Pamela Salema back as Toos and David Collings as Poole (believe the last roles for both with the later passing away during recording)
About 20 years ago there was an audio series called Kaldor City which was very much a who's who from Doctor Who and Blake's 7, Chris Boucher gave it his blessing and was involved in the writing. Brought back Russell Hunter, David Collings, Geoffrey De Polnay.
Big Finish also had Robophobia (a 7th Doctor story from when they still did the monthly) and was Liv Chenka's first appearance.
Chris Boucher: best damn writer Doctor Who ever had.
When I was introduced to Doctor Who, the Fourth Doctor was and frankly still is the face of Doctor Who (and that likely will never change) and the most famous stories going in I already had heard of - Genesis of the Daleks, Talons, Pyramids, Deadly Assassin, Logopolis - all famous stories. And its the cliche, isn't it? That he's the best Doctor ever, and you think that can't be true (and for many its not). But then you go into the era and actually see there's more good stories you've not heard of, like Seeds of Death, Horrors of Fang Rock, Shada, Warrior's Gate and yes, Seeds of Death, a pinnacle of the Hinchcliffe era so good, I'm eternally devastated it ended so prematurely because of fuckin' Mary Whitehouse.
Troughton serial.
Ah, right. Seeds of Doom is what I meant.Troughton serial.
Well, I've reached the part of Marple where Geraldine McEwan regenerates into Julia McKenzie, and Murder is Easy (which wasn't originally a Marple novel) has a bunch of actors I recognize -- Shirley Henderson, Russell Tovey, Jemma Redgrave, and Benedict Cumberbatch as a police detective, no less (just a year before Sherlock). Come to think of it, three of them have been in Doctor Who, though I know Henderson mainly from Harry Potter and from a miniseries where she played Albert Einstein's wife.
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