The end of Troughton, Jamie and Zoe… and with them the end of the 1960s and the black-and-white era… always feels a bit like the end of the show’s “innocent” era, with things never being quite the same again. 😕

Next up: Colour! Flares! The 70s! #DoctorWho

Spearhead From Space: my eyes! It’s in colour! 😵‍💫

The whiplash you feel going from B&W telerecordings to this - colour film, in HD on Blu-Ray… and that’s without even mentioning the huge format changes within the show itself. #DoctorWho

Using a trick that would still be done by showrunners decades later, a familiar face (the Brig!) is brought back to ease the transition into the new era.

And what a version of the character this is: intelligent, capable, non-sceptical…if only they’d kept him this way #DoctorWho

Pertwee in the hospital shower… the closest we ever come to seeing the Doctor’s arse crack…😵

And the tattoo! I’ll go with the fan-canon that it’s the mark of an exiled Time Lord. 😜 #DoctorWho

Peter Miles’ combover in this story is phenomenal in its audacity.

Amazing how it had all miraculously grown back by the time of Genesis Of The Daleks… 👀 #DoctorWho

The scenes of the virus outbreak across London would be impressive in their realism if done in #DoctorWho today, never mind 1970.

When the ticket inspector in the station faints, I still don’t know if those are extras or genuine (bemused) members of the public bustling past him.

The Ambassadors… (TWANG!) …Of Death: (that’s it’s official name, don’t argue.)

This is the epitome of the idea season 7 is a grittier, more adult take on #DoctorWho. So many layers of conspiracy and double-crossing and mystery. Not one to watch and only pay half-attention to.

The crew of the Space Centre are all wearing quasi-futuristic uniforms, makes it look very Troughton-era.

The Doctor is *fantastically* rude to Cornish when he barges in and arrogantly takes over. Honestly, who could blame Cornish if he told him to go f*** himself! #DoctorWho

Some good editing in this story, like the creepy reveal of the blue-faced alien to Liz, which is shot like something from a horror film.

And the cliffhanger to episode six, with the quick cuts of Carrington pointing his gun at the Doctor. #DoctorWho

Inferno: *turns around wearing eyepatch to write this*

One of the very best Pertwees. Parallel universe stories are always fun, seeing alternate versions of the regular characters. Nick Courtney in particular makes the Brigade-Leader an utter bastard. #DoctorWho

The golden rule of sci-fi that no-one every obeys: Don’t touch the weird alien thing with your bare hands! Nothing good ever comes from touching the weird alien thing with your bare hands!

(Characters touch the strange green slime with their bare hands)

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I love how it’s basically a glitterball used to depict the transition between universes.

Strange how they just accept the Doctor’s improbable story at the end, especially when they’re all being left to die. The Brigade-Leader’s desperation to live is more believable! #DoctorWho

As interesting and innovative as season 7 was, with its obvious Quatermass influences, I don’t know if #DoctorWho could have continued as long as it did with that format. The pendulum inevitably had to swing back a bit to more kid-friendly adventures with monsters and chases.

And with that in mind, goodbye sensible intelligent scientist Liz and hello ditzy stumbling childlike Jo!

#DoctorWho - Terror Of The Autons:

Hooray to both these arrivals! 😃

Interesting how at this stage the relationship between the Doctor and the Master is portrayed as just ‘occasional adversaries’.

No hint of the whole later backstory of childhood friends turned bitter mortal enemies duelling forever across all time and space. #DoctorWho

Barry Letts really liked experimenting with CSO, didn’t he? (Greenscreen for you under-40s!)

*Obligatory pisstake of Mrs Farrell’s CSO kitchen* #DoctorWho

The Mind Of Evil: what a surprise, it’s the Master again! Though to be fair, this probably was the one time this season that viewers may not have been expecting him.

Love seeing him as a proper Bond villain - fur-lined coat, cigars, chauffeur-driven limo, the works! #DoctorWho

The least foul-mouthed prisoners you’ll ever see on TV. Even in the middle of a riot there’s not a single utterance of a four-letter-word amongst them. 😆

Also very funny how Jo practically takes down the riot single-handedly. #DoctorWho

Lol at the Brigadier’s frustration when the Doctor ingratiates himself with the Chinese diplomats while he’s ignored.

I wish they’d continued these sort of comedy moments with the Brig’s character but *without* turning him into a complete buffoon, as they later do. #DoctorWho