Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

I'm now up to The Claws of Axos, which is the last classic doctor who serial I watched *before* doing this whole watch-through thing.

I remember it being very good!

goodnight~

The Brigadier: *just manages to save the doctor*
The Doctor: Thank you, Brigadier... but do you think for once in your life you could manage to arrive BEFORE the nick of time?!

There's so much more violence in the classic stories – in one scene from "The Mind of Evil", UNIT attacks a castle prison that's been taken over by convicted criminals.

There are 15 onscreen deaths from the firefight, and it's implied that there are more off screen.

You'd be hard pressed to find a scene in the modern series that contains more than 5 deaths*.

*that aren't like... something explodes and kills everyone

good morning!

I've now watched a third of the episodes!

@LottieVixen is playing Elite, and every 5 minutes she turns to me and says something like "Elite dangerous does this thing in X way, but EVE does it better because they do it with Y"

I keep asking her why she's playing Elite instead of EVE if she's complaining about it so much...

it's way too hot...

This season introduces The Master.

And heck, I had forgotten how sinister Roger Delgado's portrayal of him was...

In the early seasons, the theme music (and much of the stock incidental music) was arranged by Delia Derbyshire.

But because Ron Grainer composed the main melody, she was not allowed to get co-writer credit "just" for coming up with the iconic sounds.

So she remained uncredited for her work on the theme until the 50th Anniversary episode.

goodnight, softies ♥

(I won't make a big announcement post this time, since it only took me 2 weeks to get through this season)