Re: Doctor Who- GR Classic Who Club- The Caves of Androzani

I'm so far behind on this! Will put some serious catch up time in over the next few days as I'm itching for my Time Lord fix now!

I did manage to finish off the Time Meddler a few days back - really enjoyable little story I thought. One thing I found odd about the ending though: Why did the Doctor leave a note for the Meddling Monk in English? Shouldn't he have written it in Gallefreyan or something?

The Watching Artist wrote:...Also any progress reports?...

I still haven't started storyline six yet... :shifty:

. Probs not gonna get much of a chance to watch during this weekend, but after that I'll catch up.

Some things about The Mind Robber-

Watched the Time Meddler. Loved the Doctor's school lesson at the beginning. "Oh yes, so I'm in Northumberland and the Vikings are invading and King Harold is coming so it must be 1066!" :datass:

Very much enjoyed the story, is thisthe first introduction of another timelord/traveller?
Also where did whatshisface come from at the beginning was he just a tramp sleeping in the TARDIS?
The Doctor being furiously gangster at the end with his punishment for the monk. Although I'm not entirely sure what he broke on his TARDIS, and that shot of the monk presumably looking in at the end was a steaming pile of horse white, why not just have him standing in the TARDIS?

By the time the end of season 6 had arrived the Second Doctor had seen off many a foe. From the Daleks and the Cybermen, to the deadly DEADLY Quarks and the Martian invaders the Ice Warriors. This period would even introduce the Great Intelligence, the entity behind some of the events of series 7 of New Who. But as mentioned above, behind the scenes Doctor Who was struggling, it was described as an exhausting production by the leads and in season 6 a number of scripts were dropped late on for a number of reasons. A big gap appeared and 2 writers had to fill that hole. How they did that would shape the show forever.

Story 7-
The War Games

The TARDIS lands in no mans land during WWI. However our intrepid heroes discover that all is not as it seems......

Originally Broadcast- 19 April to 21 June 1969
Written by- Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke

The War Games is 10 episodes long. You have 2 weeks till the next story. I was going to give you 3 but I added one for The Mind Robber.

Hyperion wrote:Watched the Time Meddler. Loved the Doctor's school lesson at the beginning. "Oh yes, so I'm in Northumberland and the Vikings are invading and King Harold is coming so it must be 1066!"
Very much enjoyed the story, is thisthe first introduction of another timelord/traveller?
Also where did whatshisface come from at the beginning was he just a tramp sleeping in the TARDIS?
The Doctor being furiously gangster at the end with his punishment for the monk. Although I'm not entirely sure what he broke on his TARDIS, and that shot of the monk presumably looking in at the end was a steaming pile of horse white, why not just have him standing in the TARDIS?

The Watching Artist wrote:Couple of points about The Time Meddler before I release the next story.....
This was the first full story to blend history with sci-fi outside of the TARDIS and crew arriving. Up until this point any story set in the past had been purely historical.
12 secs of footage is missing from the final episode.
The Meddling Monk is indeed the first member of the Doctors race we meet other then Susan. This is also the first time we ever see another TARDIS.
"A space helmet for a cow" is the best line in anything ever. This is a fact.

Regarding the end. He strawberry floated up the dimensions. So the inside was tiny!

The Tenth Planet - Episode 1

OH gooseberry fool

Hyperion wrote:The Tenth Planet - Episode 1

OH gooseberry fool

Oh yeah I forgot to answer this for you Hypes...

Hyperion wrote:Also where did whatshisface come from at the beginning was he just a tramp sleeping in the TARDIS?

The Watching Artist wrote:
Jenuall wrote:Who is Steven by the way?

He appeared in the previous story as such they had already met. He was a pilot of a ship that crashed on the planet they were on where he was imprisoned for 2 years. gooseberry fool happened and he found the TARDIS. Also he is played by Peter Purves and would go on to be a Blue Peter presenter for about 10 years.

http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/article/titan-announce-cute-new-kawaii-doctor-who-figures

A bit of vomit just happened in my mouth. :dread:

Still I reckon Stay Dead would like them.

The Watching Artist wrote:
Hyperion wrote:The Tenth Planet - Episode 1

OH gooseberry fool

Get any further?

The Watching Artist wrote:
The Watching Artist wrote:
Hyperion wrote:The Tenth Planet - Episode 1

OH gooseberry fool

Get any further?

Yep watched 2 and 3 and they've just launched the über nuke

Episode 4: IT'S A CARTOON!

So the rocket didn't launch as they managed to sabotage it. These Cybermen are different to the more recent ones, aren't interested in deleting or converting, just want a chat in their weird dial-up voice.
Mondas went out a bit weakly and turns out the cybermen weren't fans of radiation. Presume their ships ran on petrol.
Thought the Doctor was on his way out what with him being all weak and feeble, but the cartoon element threw me that it might not be his regeneration. I'm sure the original of that survives.
Looking forward to seeing Troughton's Doctor now! :toot:

Great episode, even though bits of it were a bit muddled

Hyperion wrote:Great episode, even though bits of it were a bit muddled

Tomb of the Cybermen - Episode 1 - First 10 seconds
"What do you think?"
"I can't believe it, it's so big!"
"What are all these knobs?"

This episode was written by Hexx right?

So I might have got a little carried away and decided to watch an extra serial before starting War Games.

I bought The Invasion :toot:

It was excellent and I would recommend others to watch it. It's 8 episodes and was only 5.99. Was great to get to watch some more of the second Doctor.

I finished War Games last night. I really enjoyed it from start to finish. At ten episodes it was long but apart from a few dodgy accents it and maybe a couple of story elements that repeated it was excellent. You all need to catch up so we can have some proper chat.

Please don't skip serials, particularly The Mind Robber that was brilliant and really creative.

I'm going to watch The Daleks next.

I'm looking forward to the next serial being released tomorrow. Will be interesting to see where we go from here.

Hyperion wrote:Tomb of the Cybermen - Episode 1 - First 10 seconds
"What do you think?"
"I can't believe it, it's so big!"
"What are all these knobs?"

This episode was written by Hexx right?

Was it Tomb of the Cybermen that the doctor and Jamie almost hold hands? :lol:

Some stuff about the War Games

This weeks story will happen when Google Drive works properly.

Tomb of the Cybermen - Wasn't that fussed with the first episode but the rest was very good. This Doctor seems very unsure at times but also arrive when needed.
Once againthe Cybermen didn't seem particularly threatening

Oh and aaarrgghh, slowly moving cyber-slugs!!!

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