Last Classic Who Story you watched

[kirk55555]

The Horns of Nimon was mixed for me. On the one hand it was really stupid, but on the other hand it was a fun kind of stupid. I can't defend it as a good serial, but like, say, Warriors of the Deep I enjoy it, probably because of the stupid stuff. Outside of the teens/Young adults who were annoying, most of the bad stuff (like the horrible over acting by one of the villains, The Doctor giving CPR to K-9 and the terrible Nimon design) mostly just made me laugh. So, I had fun watching the story for the most part, which means the serial at least gave me that.

Next up is Arc of Infinity, the only Colin baker appearance in Doctor Who that I haven't seen. I really hope that Maxil has a big role in the story.

 

[kirk55555]

Watched Arc of Infinity. A good story, held back by, and this will be a complete shock, Tegan. Seriously, even taking away my hatred of the character, the parts on Earth with her relative, the relative's friend and her slowed the story down and easily could have been written out and it only would have helped the story.

Colin Baker did a good job as Maxil, although I'm obviously biased toward liking his performance. The Timelords were as stupid and incompetent as ever, it makes me wonder how they survived as a culture before The Doctor was born. It was cool to see Michael Gough on the show, he's still my favorite live action Alfred and he was good in The Celestial Toymaker (even if his character in it is really problematic).

Overall this was good, but could have been great with some of the pointless stuff cut.

 

[starsuperion]

Watched Arc of Infinity. A good story, held back by, and this will be a complete shock, Tegan. Seriously, even taking away my hatred of the character, the parts on Earth with her relative, the relative's friend and her slowed the story down and easily could have been written out and it only would have helped the story.

Colin Baker did a good job as Maxil, although I'm obviously biased toward liking his performance. The Timelords were as stupid and incompetent as ever, it makes me wonder how they survived as a culture before The Doctor was born. It was cool to see Michael Gough on the show, he's still my favorite live action Alfred and he was good in The Celestial Toymaker (even if his character in it is really problematic).

Overall this was good, but could have been great with some of the pointless stuff cut.

Agreed.. The time lords at that time do seem stupid.. They did devolve into clueless stuffy whimps with no idea of the concept of intuition or critical thinking. Stuck up, elite, and self absorbed.. A perfect example of Towered and a sheltered lifestyle. Our World could end up there one day if we aren't vigilant.

 

[kirk55555]

Ok, so I watched the first episode of The Green Death. If the point was to make me actively want Jo to leave, it succeeded beyond its wildest expectations. Between her and the hippie professor, I was more pissed off then I've been in a long time. Its not like I'm anti-enviroment, far from it, but this episode made Captain Planet look subtle. I will just quote a well known philosopher when it comes to what I think of her environmental ranting:

Spoiler

That really explains her every scene perfectly. Also, that hippie professor needs a good punch in the face. So, overall, this was a painful episode that made me hate Jo. But, since this is the Pertwee era, of course there are 5 more episodes

 

[starsuperion]

Ok, so I watched the first episode of The Green Death. If the point was to make me actively want Jo to leave, it succeeded beyond its wildest expectations. Between her and the hippie professor, I was more pissed off then I've been in a long time. Its not like I'm anti-enviroment, far from it, but this episode made Captain Planet look subtle. I will just quote a well known philosopher when it comes to what I think of her environmental ranting:

Spoiler

That really explains her every scene perfectly. Also, that hippie professor needs a good punch in the face. So, overall, this was a painful episode that made me hate Jo. But, since this is the Pertwee era, of course there are 5 more episodes

Lmao! I saw it when I was like 15. I was also pissed at the Hippie Professor. I thought he was a big douche, and I was a bit jealous cause I loved Joe Grant. She was amazing and wonderful. I had a crush.

 

[Christopher]

Lmao! I saw it when I was like 15. I was also pissed at the Hippie Professor. I thought he was a big douche, and I was a bit jealous cause I loved Joe Grant. She was amazing and wonderful. I had a crush.

You have excellent taste.

 

[starsuperion]

You have excellent taste.

Thank you, and likewise.

 

[rhubarbodendron]

coincidentially watched The Krotons yesterday. An adventure highly underrated imo. Very good acting there, excellent lighting, strong story. Perhaps the costumes and hairstyles could have been a bit better but we must not forget that Doctor Who had an extremely low budget back then.
For my taste, the Krotons themselves are pictured a bit too stupid for a race with such advanced technology, particularly since that technology is based on and powered by intelligence. But perhaps the two surviving specimens were not the brigtest ones of their species or the long hibernation damaged their mental abilities.

 

[Timewalker]

Just finished watching The Ark in Space, on Twitch. I gave up on watching the others, since it's nearly 6 am.

 

[Gavin70]

Last one I watched was the animation of Power of the Daleks. I'm currently working my way through a re-read of the classic series target novelisations (prompted by the recent release of new series novelisation). I'm currently half way through Evil of the Daleks.

 

[jaime]

Just finished watching The Ark in Space, on Twitch. I gave up on watching the others, since it's nearly 6 am.

Think that was just The Ark. the one in space, titular, is t for a while yet, and doesn’t co-Star John, Paul, George and Ringo.

 

[Timewalker]

Think that was just The Ark. the one in space, titular, is t for a while yet, and doesn’t co-Star John, Paul, George and Ringo.

I could be confused about that. There are several Classic Who stories with "The Ark" or "Ark" in them.

This one was about the Monoids.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Just watched The Web of Fear as part of the Twitch mega-marathon. It's the first serial I set time aside for the whole thing and had the timing right to watch from the beginning. The story has really grown on me over the years. The first time I "watched" it was when it was a fan reconstruction with only the first episode available but since all but episode 3 recovered, the serial has risen in my esteem (same for Enemy of the World). The story is a great deal of fun with Yeti roaming around the Underground, zapping explosives and people with fungus guns. And of course, the biggest highlight is the introduction of Lethbridge-Stewart who becomes an instant classic with his immediate acceptance of The Doctor's extraordinary claims and unfazed commitment to face the Yeti in battle.

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

I'm usually easily annoyed by eco-guilt-trip stories but I thought "The Green Death" seemed fairly subdued. They're certainly not raving lunatics like those Project Golden Age douches from "Invasion of the Dinosaurs."

 

[rhubarbodendron]

This one was about the Monoids.

that's one of my favourites. It's very different from all other stories I've seen insofar as they return to the same place a few centuries later and see how the society developed
Admittedly, Skaro and the development of the Daleks over the centuries is perhaps a similar plot but since that were different doctors in different story arcs it can't be compared to the The Ark.

Watched The Invisible Enemy yesterday (the epi where the Doctor gets K-9). Some groundbreaking visual effects in there as well as some terrible makeup decisions. If it's an invisible enemy, how comes that all infected persons sport a sort of mold around their eyes - or in case of the Doctor fish scales on his face and mold on his hands - in a most visible way? There I would have preferred something more unobtrusive - just a bit of glitter around the eyes would have done the trick just as well and would have looked far less ridiculous.
What I did enjoy, though, was Leela's development during those 4 episodes. She was pictured as a very quick learner (figures out all on her own how to use and mend ray guns; gets the unconscious doctor into the Tardis and delivers him to the hospital asteroid based only on having watched him use the Tardis and having asked him for the coordinates), has no prob interacting with K-9 and adapts very fast to a new environment and society.

 

[Christopher]

Watched The Invisible Enemy yesterday (the epi where the Doctor gets K-9). Some groundbreaking visual effects in there

That's a... generous word for them.

as well as some terrible makeup decisions. If it's an invisible enemy, how comes that all infected persons sport a sort of mold around their eyes - or in case of the Doctor fish scales on his face and mold on his hands - in a most visible way?

Because that's not the enemy, just the consequences of the enemy's actions. An invisible enemy can inflict visible consequences -- e.g. if the Invisible Man were to shoot someone, you could see the blood. Here, the enemy was microscopic and inside its victims, thus not visible. (Maybe "The Enemy Within" would've worked better, but that would be confusing to people who were fans of both Who and Star Trek.)

I remember this being one of my least favorite serials. I've always considered Graham Williams the weakest Doctor Who producer, with multiple stories in his run that I thought were really bad -- "The Invisible Enemy," "Underworld," "The Invasion of Time," "The Armageddon Factor," "The Horns of Nimon." Although it did give us "The Sun Makers" and "City of Death," so it wasn't all bad.

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

The Invisible Enemy is actually really enjoyable with the new SFX. At the very least, they enhance and aid the visuals that the direction couldn't achieve at the time, and make most of the story watchable. It goes downhill once again, though, the Doctor and Leela inside, well, the Doctor.

 

[Christopher]

The Invisible Enemy is actually really enjoyable with the new SFX.

Never seen those.

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

They're available as optional in the DVD release.

 

[Christopher]

They're available as optional in the DVD release.

Yeah, I figured, but I haven't seen that yet. A couple of years ago, I started a rewatch of everything from the beginning, including the fan reconstructions, but once I got to the end of Troughton -- meaning that I'd finally seen every serial at least once -- I didn't have as strong an incentive to keep going. I've kept meaning to pick up again with Pertwee onward, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.