Gavin WintersNov 23, 2022

I’m probably mad for attempting this again but… time to embark on ‘The Pilgrimage’ once more, with a year-long #DoctorWho marathon leading up to the 60th.

Last time I did this was from the 49th to 50th anniversary. Quite a few more seasons added since then of course! Can I squeeze them all in? Let’s find out! #DoctorWhoDay

Show threadGavin WintersNov 23, 2022
I don’t know if I necessarily agree with it, but I’m quite fond of the fan-theory about the cavemen in An Unearthly Child:
We don’t know it’s prehistoric Earth, it could be an alien planet.
Kal says he was a leader of another tribe.
The novelisation says his tribe was the other side of the mountains (now where else in #DoctorWho have we seen two tribes separated by a mountain range…?)
And the kicker: if he was the leader then that would make them the ‘Kal-led’ tribe…
Show threadGavin WintersNov 25, 2022
Continuing the marathon and these bad boys have arrived. Hope they don’t turn out to be trouble. #DoctorWho
Show threadGavin WintersNov 25, 2022
The argument between Ian and the Doctor over the morality of getting the Thals to fight for them still packs a punch all these years later. And Ian is *so* right. Well, at first anyway. Not once he blackmails them by threatening to take Dyoni to the Daleks. #DoctorWho
Show threadGavin WintersNov 26, 2022

PUNCH HIS LIGHTS OUT IAN

#DoctorWho

Show threadGavin WintersNov 27, 2022

The Edge Of Destruction: such a bonkers story. Probably a bit early to be doing something so weird and experimental and potentially off-putting for the audience.

“His heart’s alright” says Ian, checking the unconscious Doctor. Cue years of speculation that he only had one heart at this point, but of course Ian wouldn’t know to check for another one so there’s no contradiction as far as I’m concerned. #DoctorWho

Show threadGavin WintersNov 28, 2022
Onto the realm of recons and animations with Marco Polo. This is my most-wished-for discovery. I know everyone says Tenth Planet 4 but at least we have the most important bit of that with the regeneration. #DoctorWho
Show threadGavin WintersNov 30, 2022
It may be nearly 60 years old, black-and-white, with no SF elements and only available now as a recon/audio, but Marco Polo remains one of the most compelling #DoctorWho stories. I never get bored of it.
Show threadGavin WintersDec 1, 2022
The amount of on-screen goofs in episode one of The Keys Of Marinus alone is shocking - crew members in shot, Hartnell fluffing his lines, the cardboard Voord that falls down the shaft… honestly, the pilot was remounted for less! #DoctorWho
Show threadGavin WintersDec 3, 2022
There’s lots to enjoy in The Keys Of Marinus, but it’s always going to suffer from following that magical group of the first four stories, where the show and characters and format are being established. The occasionally wonky production values don’t help either, or the fact that Susan is suddenly being written as though she’s a ten-year-old. #DoctorWho
Show threadGavin WintersDec 3, 2022

Terry Nation writing a character called Tarron? Wonder if he’ll ever do that again.

Interesting how the search for the keys and the temporary usage of a fake final one foreshadows the Key To Time, 14 years later.

Barbara completely failing to smash the Morphoton brains’ jars and the Voord tripping over his own flippers will never not be funny. 😄 #DoctorWho

Show threadGavin WintersDec 6, 2022

Onto The Aztecs, another great historical from John Lucarotti and one of my favourite Hartnells. Susan questions why the Aztecs would think that a male priest has been reincarnated as a woman.

Her grandfather, centuries later…

#DoctorWho

Show threadGavin WintersDec 6, 2022
The debate in this story over interfering in other cultures to “improve” them, and potentially changing history, has never been bettered in #DoctorWho
Show threadGavin WintersDec 6, 2022
Someone should do a running total of all the times companions in #DoctorWho have straight up murdered someone with their own hands. So far Ian’s caused that ice-soldier guy on Marinus to fall down a chasm and now he chucks Ixta off a pyramid.
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Davros taunting 10 about the way he lets his companions do his dirty work is a pretty powerful moment.
Dec 6, 2022 at 1:17amWeb