The actor for Steven hated this story, because it had been originally written for the companions Ian and Barbara, and when it was rewritten for this season, Steven's lines were mostly barbara's.

He felt upset that his character had been "feminised".

Peter Purves, the actor for steven: I didn't like that my character was overpowered by Maaga, a woman. He's supposed to be a man.

me: hmmm.... that sounds like a pretty terrible thing to say, but maybe it makes sense in context

*watches the episode*

maaga: *is a highly trained military commander, overpowers steven because she has a gun and 3 guards*

me:

lets see if my source is recent enough to have the real version of episode 3, which was recovered in 2013

nope, it's the reconstruction

oh well

I found the real version on youtube, so I'm gonna watch both at once and see how it goes...

this is actually really fascinating...

it's interesting how good the reconstruction is, given how rediculously little they had to work with

the first 25 episodes of season 3 are missing....

jeez this is gonna be hard to get through

in season 3, there are 45 episodes.

28 of them are missing.

Mission to the Impossible.

I've never seen this one, and it's unique in that it doesn't include the Doctor or his companions at all

The problem with reconstructions: they require a lot more attention, otherwise you lose track of what's going on.

But they're also harder to pay attention to, because there's no motion, it's just telesnaps and sound

ah yes, the loose cannon opening sequences.... where they use literally every animated slideshow transition they can

todo tomorrow: figure out a more clear way of marking the reconstructions in my guide

The Myth Makers was a weird one - the story is a farce, the way they depict the trojans is a farce, the way they make Vicki fall in love with a random dude and run off with him is also a farce.

And yet it very clearly wasn't intended to be that. It's just garbage.

The third story to get a "Don't Watch" recommendation.

The Dalek's Master Plan

This one is sooooo looonnnnnggggg

it's 12 episodes....

also 9 of them are missing, so we've only got reconstructions

something that New Who does better than Classic Who: Cold Opens.

Classic episodes don't have them, and it feels.... wrong

oh no, the daleks are burning down the forest~

how will the Doctor escape thie one~

@lizardsquid Less a season and more a cease-son.