Love this! I agree with the novelization---sometime between the Doctor putting on that scarf and the disintegration of the Robot. Watched the episodes and read the book in my college dorm room over 40 years ago---talk about gaps in time!
Very good commentary! And to just jump in, I think Underworld needed the CGI treatment worse than any story and I didn’t realize they didn’t have the original “green screen” footage to re-do the cave scenes. I wonder if the story would be better if the effects weren’t so awful and distracting? I also have always half-hoped (well, really hope but don’t think there’s much of a chance) is that they’ll map over the interior of the TARDIS in Invasion of Time and mask as much if the old hospital interior that doubled as the TARDIS interior. I know the TARDIS can change its internal,appearance as well as external, but it’s so obvious it’s just some old building with crumbling bricks. The art gallery and pool sections are okay, but the other sections need a Castrovalva roundel make over. I always hope that some episode where they are deep in the TARDIS they’ll have a section of brickwork and have the Doctor say something like “oh yes, I forgot, I was very fond of Victorian brickwork for some reason. I re-did the whole interior of the TARDIS with it for a time, this must be a Section that got missed in the makeover. And then Explain about the TARDIS ability to change its architectural configuration, etc. LOL, it’s almost funny how so,e,dans like myself want so badly for a line of dialogue to make an in-universe explanation for the low-budget real world filming locations, lol.
@@NewtonDKC I don't know if new CGI would greatly improve underworld, though I agree it would help. The Tardis interior in the invasion of time never really bothered me tbh 😄
Never read the discontinuity guide and assumed that Mordee was the name of the explorer who led the expedition not the name of the planet. I saw the episode on its original broadcast and actually back then was not concerned with details like that. The Doctor went where he went and did what he did and you just went along for the ride (like the companion). i am not a fan of 'canon' or continuity dis or otherwise because it restricts the viewers imagination.
@@thewhoview exactly, yank influenced youth. True who fans see New Who as the crud it is. Nothing will beat the original. Clever stories made on a shoestring.
I don’t think this art style works for other stories. It’s the Toymaker and the characters look like wooden dolls? Cool, but no other classic story has the Toymaker so thematically it would be weird outside of it
This was actually my first Dalek story. Was watching Dr Who since I was 3 or 4, between 1982 and 1983, on WGPR channel 62 (which was also the first black owned TV station here in the US) and they'd show Dr Who, they were showing Tom's final season and Peter's first. And after we left Detroit and moved to a more rural setting, PBS channel 56 (Detroit's public television station) was airing Dr. Who, on and off during 1985. They started airing regularly in September 1987. And did so till late 1992. Anyhow, 56 NEVER aired Dalek stories, not until about late 1988 or early 1989. First time seeing Daleks was on CBC channel 9, a Canadian channel we were able to get, and one late night in the summer of 1989, Dr. Who and the Daleks was shown. Shortly after that, 56 starting showing Dalek stories. Always liked these Daleks most, (which I refer to as AARU Daleks) with the 1960's Daleks coming after. I like both films, and feel this is one of those times a remake does better than the original in terms of Dalek Invasion of Earth. Though I think it SHOULD have been called "Daleks: Invasion of Earth 2000", because the world we see in this film would make A LOT more sense if these was 2000 or so, since all the buildings and cars and fashions all look mid 20th century. Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (which is another good series, think Terminator meets Super Sentai) did a better job showing a post atomic horror earth in the 22nd century. Anyhow, this film was my first exposure to Daleks.
@@TheCastellan It sounds like some really awesome cherished memories. I love hearing about people's first exposure to these films. 😊 I totally agree with you; the first Dalek film I feel improves the original. Also, I think if the second film wasn't rushed & they had more time, they probably could have made the future setting more convincing.
@@thewhoview both this and the dead planet story are both fine. It's the second film that tosses the TV version out the window. The episode of Dortman and the ladies was NOT needed, just gristle and fat, really.
The new series has suffered IMO by always having a modern day female companion and often her boyfriend. I also feel we should have had at least a few episodes of The Doctor and River traveling together as a proper companion and not just a guest star, but of course I love Alex Kingston and feel she should have met 13, as well as 13/Missy having a cat fight and River assisting. Anyway, I think they really need to branch out and try something new. Would LOVE an Emma Peel type companion complete with martial arts skills, perhaps starting out as a badas$ who has little patience for the Doctor’s antics and comes from a harsh time/place where people do not trust one another. After awhile the Doctor risks his life to save her and she returns the favor, and begins to see the Universe thru his eyes of compassion and helping others rather than being out for yourself. I think she’d be extremely popular and would have a fantastic arc, and we get to see the contrast of the Doctor and his insistence on helping the underdog and whenever she finally leaves, she ‘s a truly good person and committed to helping others, perhaps defending some off world village/society and even falling in love, not because of usual the cheesy formula, but because she is actually able to love someone now and trust that they care for her in return. Plus love seeing tough companions like Leela and Ace. :-)
@@NewtonDKC There were a lot of female companions in classic Who, but there was a lot more variety to them from different time periods & other planets. With modern Who it's always present day, earth companions, which has become tiring. I really love your idea of an Emma Peel companion traveling with the doctor; that's so awesome. 😁👌
The doctor since 2005 has been very picky who he travels with someone with a spark. I hope in the future he picks someone who isn’t a good choice to start but the doctor could make them better. Like that soldier from “into the dalek”. I think it would be good to show people that they can change and are worth a chance.
@@jonylawson73 yeah, I wasn't a fan of the pyramids of Mars edition, but I have to remind myself that it's not for fan's it's for new who viewer's that find it difficult to watch classic Who
@@danielwilliamson6180 I don't know, the fourth doctor was responsible for xoanon developing schizophrenia because he went there in the first place & linking his brain. but if he didn't go there I'm pretty sure xoanon would of been fine.
Spreading incorrect and prejudicial Colin Baker hate loses you a viewer. If you are going to create an argument don't start with a statement of prejudice. Thats is how arguments literally work. Spoil the end of Earthshock why don't you! Like who is this video even for??
@@BernardJKD I was stating that I hate the sixth doctor, I was saying that a lot of people don't gel with his doctor, which is true. As for spoiling the end of earthshock it's over 40 years old. You seriously need to chill out.
@@thewhoview Colin Baker was easily the most divisive Doctor of the classic series. You were just stating the situation. Nothing wrong with that. And I liked most of your choices for introductory stories. Trying to come up with a single story for each one is very difficult.
I go Target because there is another story that has to be set during Robot - the comic book Death Flower. So you have to assume the Doctor and Sarah have a few days on Earth whilst she's mourning the Robot and Kettlewell, and a couple of adventures fit in. The 4th and Sarah do Death Flower, then the 4th just sneaks off one night, like Dicks says, comes back, realising Sarah still needs him, 'collects' her and Harry inadvertently, and there you are.
Before I knew the 4th doctor when I was a kid I've watched the series 13 on dvd no blu ray release and watched s14 blu ray. The story could've been done a number of ways
@@thewhoview agreed. Tom could loftily explain things to Adric in a way that Peter never could. I remember the shock of his departure, but when I go back and watch the episodes, omg that character would have been out the nearest airlock or just “whoops we forgot Adric” 2 episodes in if I’d been The Doctor 🤣 Maybe Clara can remove him from The Doctor’s time stream now she is split across all his lives? 🤪 Great video btw. Love your presentation style 😎
@@richardmattocks I'm glad you enjoyed the vid. 😁 The vibe I got from the fourth doctor & Adric is a tutor/ student relationship, where as with the fifth doctor it's sort of like Adric is the annoying younger brother, but hey at least Adric does goes out with a bang. 😆
Peter Cushing did a great job as the Doctor. He did what all the later tv actors did. He took the core of the character and added his own twist, he wasn’t doing a William Hartnell impression and that’s vital.
I swear I saw an episode where a companion lay dying or severely injured in a castle or mansion. There are soldiers or UNIT minions in another room celebrating. The Doctor - I forget which incarnation but one of the first six - decides to leave her behind there and walks outside and out of her life, heading offscreen to the Tardis.
@@ryancoulter4797 I'm going to need more info because I'm struggling to think of anyone off the top of my head. I'll say this though: in classic Who, only 4 companions have actually died: Katarina, Sara kingdom, Adric & Kamelion.
@@thewhoview I don’t think she died. I think she’d recover but the doctor was feeling guilty so he slinked out, passing the celebrating soldiers (who might’ve been Scottish) on his way out.
@@ryancoulter4797 In the green death Jo, the doctor's companions stays behind because she's getting married. Her love interest cliff was injured in the story & the doctor had to find a cure for him, which he did. At the party celebration the doctor quietly slips away driving off into the sunset, as he is not one for goodbyes.
I'm pretty sure that the eu had a sixth doctor story where him and peri find some type of love child between the tardis and chameleon So if you were wondering what he was doing between his first appearance and his death Uhhhh
Chameleon: What was wrong with the show runner? all they needed was a skinny person in a suit who could do a bit of vaguely robotic style mime, C-3PO worked just fine, got fixated on having an actual robot for no good reason by the sound of it.
3:35 "ten million years in the future and humanity still hasn't found a cure for the common cold" .. Umm, I think you need to pause there and engage your brain for a nanosecond, they had eradicated it so long ago that they no longer had any natural immunity or resistance to it, very clearly they had found a cure for it, if they hadn't it wouldn't have been eradicated would it.
Khameleon Nobody knows who made him(the BBC just found the prop in an abandoned building) And it was known as cursed(a lot of trouble, especially with Mike[the only one who got it to work] dying in the accident) Also Harry was created to be the "leading man", Tom's casting ruined that
Harry Sullivan had a mention in "The Zygon inversion." I know this was made years after the actor died. But Harry was credited with making a gas that could kill Zygons.
@@DarrenEden-ub4vj Yeah I remember that, it was a nice nod to his character. His more of an honorable mention on my list, not forgotten but often overlooked or outshined by a lot more popular companions from Tom's era.
Kamelion is in loads of expanded media. Great creation and prop. interesting character too, well voiced, albeit too impractical. You've made a great case for kamelion bring a great concept so you can't turn around and him the worst companion.
@@BernardJKD it's just my opinion you don't have to agree with me. I'm not going to stop anyone from liking something, if you like kamelion that's awesome. 😊
I'm note if Captain Mike Yates of UNIT during the 3rd Doctor's years counts as a forgotten companion, but I think he could qualify as under appreciated.
I wonder if Tomb of the Cybermen will be colourised like the Daleks, or whether it will be left in black and white I have this on dvd and it is for me a so so thing the colour is awesome but having some stuff chopped out is not so great.
Adam's emotional maltreatment by the Ninth Doctor, with the mocking line about seeing him in a fight and "throw your A-levels at them", was the ethical end of DW, long before Timeless Child ever happened. It was a real life crime against the safety of children, as it encouraged and participated in bullying the vulnerable. RTD was deliberately fishing to make the revived show cool by doing that to exactly the character type associated with being old DW's audience. As too he was by making the Ninth Doctor all leathery and street-poser macho unlike any Classic Doctor. Eccleston's willingness to do it makes him by far the worst Doctor, ethically as well as in character, and deserving to get retconned out of being the Doctor at all and instead made into a villain Time Lord stealing one of the Doctor's lives. The real Ninth Doctor he shoved out of the way could be made Jo Martin.
@@conscienceaginBlackadder I think the war doctor is supposed to be the worst version of the doctor. A man who deliberately throws away everything he was even refusing to be called the doctor in order to become a soldier forced into fighting, willing to do anything it takes to end a war.
@@FloweredUp-n4t yes it is, although it isn't hidden like it was with the DVD. 😄 There's actually 4 commentaries for just the five doctors: 2 for the broadcast version, 1 for the 1995 special edition & 1 for the new 40th anniversary version.
Your player and TV should be set up properly so that all properly mastered DVDs and blu-rays should play smoothly. Can't stand people who spend hundreds of £s on their set up and then leave it's two most important elements at factory settings. It takes about 15 minutes to read how to get the best out of your TV and blu-ray player and perhaps 10 more to adjust them. As such no of course there won't be a replacement scheme as the fault is with the consumer not the manufacturer.
@@FloweredUp-n4t Answering your earlier question; Enlightenment has new CGI that differs from the CGI update on the DVD release. The reason for this having another FX update is because the DVD release only had the updated FX available in a new edit of the story, that cut's it all together into a feature length presentation. It also crops the story into a 16:9 aspect ratio which isn't the true aspect ratio, meaning you don't get the full image. So when it came time for the Blu-ray release they decided to do it again this time using the original aspect ratio. For Snakedance every scene with the mara now has new CGI effects that match more to the look of the CGI update of the Mara they did for Kinda.
As I recall Mike Power who designed Kamelion died before he could write a detailed instruction manual. As such no one knew how to properly operate the prop. Also I think Mel and Donna should be added to this list. Oh wait dies count if you want to forget but can't?
@@rhonwenschannel7489 yeah that was also partly the reason for kamelion's exit from the show. As for Donna & Mel I don't think that counts. 😂😂 I will say if you don't include Mel's appearances in new who, & just go with classic Who than yes. 😄
The year this Dr Who season was aired, I was 8 and IMO Dr Who was at its best and in some ways there are fans who think that Tom Baker should have ended his tenure at the end of season 15 in Invasion of Time.