Classic Doctor Who
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💫 Classic Doctor Who 💫
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Now with recommendations for the first 8 seasons!
Classic Doctor Who | Season 9
The copy of Day of the Daleks that I have advertises itself as having new special effects and new dalek voices.
I was initially very concerned about the replacement of the dalek voices, but then... I heard the original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A4E8eI-6YM
Classic Doctor Who | Season 9
(and here is the new voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxgTuhMxk14 )
Classic Doctor Who | Season 9
And "Day of the Daleks" gets a Highly Recommended rating from me!
I had to remind myself that "Highly Recommended" doesn't mean "the best story of the season", it means "if you only watch one story in this season, this is the story to watch".
(Of course, now there are a couple of seasons with multiple highly recommended stories, so that idea kind of breaks down a bit... hmm)
Classic Doctor Who | The way I'm thinking about things
By default, every story gets a "Maybe" recommendation.
If it's not very good at all, then I downgrade it to "Don't watch".
If it exceeds my expectations, then it gets upgraded to "Watch".
If it exceeds my expectations AND the answer to the question "If I only watch one story from this season, should I watch this one?" is yes, then it gets upgraded to "Highly Recommended"
Classic Doctor Who | Season 9
I'm really enjoying that the stories have gaps between them now.
They've moved away from what the early episodes did ("We have to show every moment!"), and are letting there be spaces of time that aren't shown, where the Doctor and companions could be doing all sorts of things
Classic Doctor Who | Season 9
a "problem" for my guide:
Seasons 8 and 9 have been so much more watchable than Seasons 1–7, which means there are more recommendations for these stories.
Perhaps I need to increase my standards, to make sure I don't end up recommending basically everything from the 3rd and 4th doctor...?
Classic Doctor Who | Season 9
My favourite scene from this story was definitely this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-dXZePMOX4
Classic Doctor Who | Season 10 | The Three Doctors
The Three Doctors is so good. It's a great story in general, but it's also a great season opener and a great anniversary story.
The major conceit is that there's a problem so big that the timelords have crossed the Doctor's timelines together, so the first 3 Doctors can help out.
Classic Doctor Who | Season 10 | The Three Doctors
I do wonder what the scripts would have been like, if William Hartnell had been healthy enough to participate more.
(As his health had degraded significantly in the 6 years since he left the role, he was only able to sit in a chair and read a few lines for the story, he wasn't able to be active or remember too much of a script)