That doesn't count, because it was the Doctor who figured out that her scream killed the seaweed and directed her to scream on his command. The impetus was his.
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That doesn't count, because it was the Doctor who figured out that her scream killed the seaweed and directed her to scream on his command. The impetus was his.
Vengeance on Varos. I've only watched this once or twice previously on DVD. Yes it's violent. Yes the budget is extremely cheap. Yes it predicted the "torture porn" genre of entertainment. And yes... I know exactly how the couple felt at the end when the TV shut off and they didn't know what to do anymore - reminds me of when the internet goes out lol.
When I was editing In-Vision, I let my sister do the review, as she had a nice idea about how it was a prelude to Big Brother.
In season 15 blu-ray Colin comments on how how much flack he got over Varos, while Tom fired shotguns
And Tom did some great uppercuts in "Planet of Evil", amongst other scenes where they were otherwise going to lock him up and not kill him. Hartnell also said that he would kill in self-defence if immediately threatened ("The Dalek Invasion of Earth").
Colin didn't even push anyone into the bath, though the scene goes by so fast. Better direction would have made the scene incontrovertible, though.
But he developed more of a conscience under Ian and Barbara's influence -- or rather, the writers changed their minds about making him a morally ambiguous and even villainous figure and reworked him into a clean-cut hero.
Yep, and it's more or less The Dalek Invasion of Earth that cements the Doctor as we come to know them - when he resolves that they must stay and defeat the Daleks.
It could've been earlier than that. I recall a scene in the original 4-part version of "Planet of Giants," before it was cut down, where the Doctor has a speech about how they must try to stop the murderer and/or the release of the dangerous pesticide because it's simply the right thing to do.
Well I've finished a first watch of The Ambassadors of Death and...you know I really rather liked that. It's way too long and yet ends rather abruptly, but the Ambassadors themselves are genuinely creepy as fuck, silently wandering around the place. Lots of action and has a definite Quatermass vibe, but also an Avengers feel to it, while being very Dr Who. Pertwee is way less annoying in this than he was in the Daemons and with the greatest respect to Katy Manning, Liz Shaw is on another level to Jo Grant. Nice to see the Brigadier punching and shooting people and yes that is Ronald Allen from Crossroads 
I think the thing I liked best about it was the fact that for much of the run time I hadn't a clue where it was going!
I think the thing I liked best about it was the fact that for much of the run time I hadn't a clue where it was going!
You could make the case that Marco Polo is the story that seals the deal, as it's something of a culmination of the Doctor's arc from considering Ian and Barbara to be nuisances who forced themselves onto his ship, to more or less accepting them as travelling companions.
Well I've finished a first watch of The Ambassadors of Death and...you know I really rather liked that. It's way too long and yet ends rather abruptly, but the Ambassadors themselves are genuinely creepy as fuck, silently wandering around the place. Lots of action and has a definite Quatermass vibe, but also an Avengers feel to it, while being very Dr Who. Pertwee is way less annoying in this than he was in the Daemons and with the greatest respect to Katy Manning, Liz Shaw is on another level to Jo Grant. Nice to see the Brigadier punching and shooting people and yes that is Ronald Allen from Crossroads
I think the thing I liked best about it was the fact that for much of the run time I hadn't a clue where it was going!
and a pre-Davros Michael Wisher as the tv reporter.
Wow I didn't pick up on that.
The Mark of the Rani. I hadn't seen this since getting it on DVD. The initial misdirection making the viewer think it could be the Master is nicely played. The Master offering up Peri to the Rani as a source of whatever chemical she's after is nicely done, too. I enjoyed the little moment where the Rani offered the Master a knock-off mind control Ceti Alpha slug, and instead of interpreting that as "I want you to take one so I can mind control you" or "Take one with you and use it some time in the future" he just takes the whole container for his own devious plans.
Colin shouts at Peri a lot, which gets tiring. Poor Peri. On that note, did anyone ever go pick up the rest of the Rani's magic tree bombs, or did the Doctor poke at them all with a stick when escaping the area?
Colin shouts at Peri a lot, which gets tiring. Poor Peri. On that note, did anyone ever go pick up the rest of the Rani's magic tree bombs, or did the Doctor poke at them all with a stick when escaping the area?
Also, before it became Victoria. departure, the sound was Jamie's bagpipes.
"He'd get dizzy walking in a stragit line"
He had a beard ro help disguise him, Later in Terror of the Autons, Carnival of Monsters, numerous Dalek voices, Revenge and Planet of Evil. Apparently played Davros when Donald Burton (Warship) dropped out.
Time and the Rani
Whacky music - way too loud and intrusive. Good use of a quarry - gotta love that classic who staple location. Mel screams too much. McCoy mixes up too many common sayings. I'm glad they toned it down by the time of Delta and the Bannermen. Still wish they would have kept it in at maybe one per serial.
The killer insects at the leisure dome were kind of stupid - why congregate around something that could release them? I think the story fell apart in the last 2 episodes. Also, why couldn't the Rani make a rocket with a navigation system? Too many plot holes.
Quotes:
"You don't understand regeneration, Mel. It's a lottery, and I've drawn the short plank."
"Yes. And I've become more of a fool too, it seems, Mel. Doesn't bode well for my seventh persona, being so completely taken in by the wretched Rani." [Take that, Morbius Doctor believers!
]
Whacky music - way too loud and intrusive. Good use of a quarry - gotta love that classic who staple location. Mel screams too much. McCoy mixes up too many common sayings. I'm glad they toned it down by the time of Delta and the Bannermen. Still wish they would have kept it in at maybe one per serial.
The killer insects at the leisure dome were kind of stupid - why congregate around something that could release them? I think the story fell apart in the last 2 episodes. Also, why couldn't the Rani make a rocket with a navigation system? Too many plot holes.
Quotes:
"You don't understand regeneration, Mel. It's a lottery, and I've drawn the short plank."
"Yes. And I've become more of a fool too, it seems, Mel. Doesn't bode well for my seventh persona, being so completely taken in by the wretched Rani." [Take that, Morbius Doctor believers!
]
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