Mrs McCrimmonFeb 21, 2025

I just finished watching #ColonyInSpace and was feeling quite underwhelmed tbh because the picture quality was disappointing to me in a way I've not been with the bluray collection before.

Then I took the disc out and realised I watched the 2011 dvd resoration version not the bluray. 😬

So I'm watching it again. Colony In bloody Space. Not something cool like Ambassadors (OF DEATH) or Carnival of Monsters. Colony in Space. The things I do for my nerdyness. #DoctorWho

Edit - apologies for offending any Colony In Space fans out there, I guess.

DWUDatabaseJan 27, 2024
Not classing this as a story as it is only the opening scenes of the story but thought it was quite cool that we get a psychedelic comicization of the story in Radio Times #DoctorWho #ColonyinSpace
DWUDatabaseJan 25, 2024
I don't want to end the story on a complete downer though as we do have the Brigadier show up at the end (which is always a good thing) and we are heading into one of my all time favourite stories next... #DoctorWho #ColonyinSpace
DWUDatabaseJan 25, 2024
I'm calling this as the worst ending so far. First we have the resolution to the problem being pulling a lever in plain view. Second we have the genocide of the native race (because no one including the writer seemingly cares about them any more). Finally the whole colonist vs miners story would have played out the same whether the Doctor and Jo had turned up or not to the extent that they needed to have the resolution of the story explained to them #DoctorWho #ColonyinSpace
DWUDatabaseJan 25, 2024
What is it with the leader of this city, he tells the alien who broke in planning to steal the superweapon to escape and telepathically summons his own innocent race to stay and die in the caves. Seemingly committing genocide for no obvious reason #DoctorWho #ColonyinSpace
DWUDatabaseJan 25, 2024
298 TV eps in and I am calling this as the most ridiculous ending so far. The Doctor gives a weak speech about the harm the weapon could do and the leader says there is a switch on full view that when pulled destroys the weapon and our whole civilization #DoctorWho #ColonyinSpace
DWUDatabaseJan 25, 2024
Yet again, there is a moment, just a second even, when you think the Third Doctor is seriously considering the Masters offer of a half share in the Universe and thinking about all of the good he could do. Pertwee is really good as these scenes #DoctorWho #ColonyinSpace
DWUDatabaseJan 25, 2024
Blowing up the colonist spaceship feels a badly chosen fake out. I feel for Ashe and the sacrifice he makes but I just don't believe it. IMC would have noticed that there was no one else onboard. It just doesn't ring true for me at all #DoctorWho #ColonyinSpace
DWUDatabaseJan 25, 2024
If I was the Adjudicator I would have ordered that they share the planet. We are talking about a planet here not small area. There are only a handful of colonists, allocate an area of suitable size to them and let the miners have the other 99% #DoctorWho #ColonyinSpace
DWUDatabaseJan 25, 2024
At the start of the scene I thought that this looked fun but then it gets serious, that guy has his head plunged into cold muddy water and the last punch looked a bit too real for me #DoctorWho #ColonyinSpace