Gavin WintersThe Doctor cockblocking the Professor and practically dragging him out of the room to keep him away from Jo is hysterical. š #DoctorWho
Where did BOSS come from and who built it? (Headcanon: someone made it from leftover bits of Wotan!)
For such a clever computer, itās clearly unfamiliar with those episodes of Star Trek, The Prisoner, etc, where computers are driven mad by simple logic conundrums. #DoctorWho
So after knowing each other for a matter of days (longer than most #DoctorWho companion romances, to be fair!) Cliff decides he and Jo are getting married, without consulting her(!)
Still, it leads to Jo getting one of the best companion departure scenes everā¦ š„²š
The Time Warrior: another brilliant little tale from Robert Holmes, and itās like bits of the Tom Baker era are arriving early - the new titles and diamond logo obviously, but also Sontarans, the naming of Gallifrey (11 years in!) and of courseā¦ š©š» š #DoctorWho
I quite like this specific version of the titles only seen in this season, even if the sight of full-length flared-trousered Pertwee floating down the time tunnel is a bit unintentionally funny. Not surprising they went for just a face afterwards. š#DoctorWho
Pity we donāt get to see Sarahās first sight of the TARDIS interior (where exactly was she hiding that the Doctor didnāt see her?) #DoctorWho
This is our first historical story in years and Holmes is having fun with the medieval dialogue. āA long-shanked fellow with a mighty nose!ā indeed! #DoctorWho
āThere is not a galaxy in the universe that our spacecraft have not subjugated!ā boasts Lynx.
An early example of Sontarans coming out with *absolute* bullshit. š #DoctorWho
Lis Sladen is instantly a perfect fit for the show. Sarah quickly adjusting to the time period and leading the ācommando raidā on Irongronās castle to nab the Doctor is a level of bravery you couldnāt quite imagine from Jo, at least not in her debut. #DoctorWho
Invasion Of The Dinosaurs: excellent opening episode, nicely building the mystery of what the hell is going on.
That brief shot of the looter with his bloodied mangled face must be one of the most gory things in #DoctorWho so far.
Of course, as everyone says, this is a fantastic story let down by the overambitious dinosaur FX.
Still hoping thereāll be some sort of CGI replacement when they get round to doing the season 11 box set. #DoctorWho
Love the bit where the Doctorās trying to build that device and is constantly interrupted by everyone coming in asking him the same repetitive questions. š #DoctorWho
Iād like to know how they managed to drag that unconscious dinosaur through the streets and into a warehouseā¦ #DoctorWho
Fab cliffhanger to episode 3 of Invasion Of The Dinosaurs, in which we suddenly go off on a tangent to a different location, where Sarahās apparently on a spaceship and three months have passed... #DoctorWho
The people on the āspaceshipā really are staggeringly thick to have fallen for this ruse. These are supposedly the brightest and the best, chosen to populate a new world, and theyāre that gullible? #DoctorWho
Christ, we fans often defend the show from accusations of āwobbly setsā, but this story doesnāt help our argument. A shutter door falls and the *entire* set shakes like itās in an earthquake. Letās just pretend we didnāt see that! š¬ #DoctorWho
As the Brig says: āIs everyone in on this conspiracy?ā. Seems every single military/government character is, apart from him and Benton!
And crikey, actual character development that shakes up the status quo, as Mike Yates has gone mad. Blame that Metebelis crystal! #DoctorWho
Death To The Daleks: another fairly simplistic Terry Nation tale of adventures and derring-do against the Daleks. Itās all quite adequate I suppose, but thereās not really anything beyond the surface level. #DoctorWho
Even the TARDIS is not immune to 1970s power cuts! #DoctorWho
The Doctor reassures Sarah he wonāt go anywhere while she nips back in the TARDIS to get some warmer clothesā¦ then immediately buggers off the split-second her back is turned. š #DoctorWho
The Daleks have been nicely spruced up for this story, with a new coat of silver paint.
However the jolly jaunty music when they first appear kind of undercuts their impact just a bitā¦ #DoctorWho
Gotta love how they test their new machine gun attachment by shooting at a tiny model TARDIS. š
And whatās with that one Dalek who goes completely berserk and blows himself up because he lost his prisoner? Chill out pal. #DoctorWho
The Monster Of Peladon: Iām not sure the world was crying out for a sequel to The Curse Of Peladon but okay. š¤·š»āāļø
I suppose having some of the props and costumes in stock must have made it a cost-saving exercise. #DoctorWho
This is just a lot of running around in the same tunnel sets while the same extras playing guards and miners get killed again and again. #DoctorWho
Is Vega Nexos related to the Daemons? #DoctorWho
Youād think by now the Ice Warriors would have a to-do list for whenever they invade anywhere:
1) Find the nearest heating controls.
2) PUT A BLOODY GUARD ON THEM 24/7.
I like Terry Walshās cockney guard: āEās in the frone room wiv the uvvers!ā
Thereās also the most hilariously obvious example of Walsh doubling for Pertwee in the fight scene in the cave, with his face clearly visible. š #DoctorWho
Planet Of The Spiders: itās a case of āSpot The Returning Actorā, since itās like the entire guest cast of the Pertwee era have all returned to give him a farewell party as a send-off. #DoctorWho
Should Sarah be so friendly with and trusting of Mike? Given that itās not been that long since he was quite happy for 99% of the human race to be wiped out and never have existedā¦ š¬ #DoctorWho
Professor Cleggās psychic powers are so incredibly strong youād be forgiven for thinking that thereāll be a reveal of an alien having done something to him. But no, apparently humans having such abilities is a natural phenomenon in the #DoctorWho universeā¦
Episode 2ās chase sequence: okay Jon, youāve had your fun driving and flying and, erā¦ hoverboating, can we get back to the plot now please? #DoctorWho
Lupton must have the most banal reason ever for becoming a #DoctorWho villain. A salesman forced out of the company he worked for. How dare you! For that I will TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!
The first use of āregenerationā to describe the change of a Time Lordās body.
And also the first time that they try to build it up into a big moment and give the Doctor some significant final words. āA tear, Sarah Janeā¦?ā š„² #DoctorWho
Robot: I donāt think anyoneās ever been so instantly fascinating, magical and appealing as the Doctor in their first episode as Tom Baker is here, in the scene where Harry tries to examine him and ends up jumping with him in the skipping ropeā¦ š #DoctorWho
āYou may have noticed Miss Smith, Iām a bit old-fashioned myself!ā
āNonsense Brigadier, youāre a swinger!ā
Really Sarah Jane, I donāt think we needed to know that about the Brigās private life. š³ #DoctorWho
The Robot itself is a fantastic design but bloody hell you can see how it must have been a bastard for the poor actor inside to move around in. #DoctorWho
The guy they put on the reception desk of the SRS is such a swivel-eyed hateful Nazi. Youād think theyād find someone with a bit more charm and people skills to stop the organisation being āmisrepresentedā the way he says theyāve been. š #DoctorWho
deltaandthebannermen@gavinwinters There's a fun theory that he's the same guy (played by the same actor) who is aboard the spaceship in Invasion of the Dinosaurs.
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Robinson, later known as Short, was a member of both the Save Planet Earth society and the Scientific Reform Society. (PROSE: Robinson) Shortly after Robinson joined the Save Planet Earth society, his wife Daphne left him for Terry ā citing Robinson's constant moaning about the environment. Approximately nine months later, (PROSE: Robinson) he resigned from his job (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs, PROSE: Robinson) as a bank teller (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion) and even sold his ho
@deltaandthebannermen Ha, that would make sense. Heās gone from one failed mad cult to another. No wonder heās so irritable!