It's a shame some argument with Tom Baker kept his Doctor sidelined in a time lop. This should have been "The 4 doctors with guest appearance by a fifth."
Guess Tegan didn't try to contact Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart to tell him that she had enough of travelling with the Doctor after she saw good people getting killed in this adventure against the Daleks. He would've understood.
After watching the latest season finale here's a question, when all the drs went of at the end of this episode seemingly from the same TARDIS splitting into multiple did sutekh hop from the 5th drs TARDIS to the 1st 2nd and 3rds TARDIS?
The teleport was in the trailer WTTW showed prior to the airing and on first hearing the line I thought The Doctor said, "Sorry, mustache." which naturally made no sense.
It's probably Colin Baker's best story(next to "Revelation of the Daleks"). The commentary on reality TV and also TV violence is even more relevant today. It got criticised, but I think very unfairly - and the critics were missing the point. It also introduced the character of Sil. Philip Martin did a great job - it's just a shame that he only got to write one more Dr. Who story.
I love how pex still had time to share a poignant glance with Mel before throwing himself into his certain death tackling richard briers of all people lol
Do people realise this was a childrens show cos i was a child watching this in 87 and I couldnt get emough of it so enough of the derision, it was a success with its target audience.
As a child of 1969 I got Pertwee and Baker; I'll always consider Baker MY doctor but I do have huge affection for Pertwee, especially as I loved Worzel Gummidge 😊
Rasalon the greatest, smartest most powerful time lord ever. He knows we about the dangers of nigh unlimited power. He is not some cacklling villain. I think it's safe to assume that he understood the dangers of the universe and the threat. The original idea of a tyrant was that of a protector. In times of crisis one man would be given unfettered power to make decisions. Once the crisis passed they would step down, be paid richly and retire to some far province. In desperation some of the High Council forget the lessons and turned back to the tyrant. Rasalon obviously shared the concern. He would let the universe burn so that the Time lords could live forever as energy. Now ol Barusa never stopped to ask where were the others that sought and found immortality? Don't see any around? Then again what do you think immortality means? Is it invulnerable, ageless? Eternal life. Well if our species declines in health at fifty years old what is life like at one thousand years old? No sickness, eternal youth, no natural death? Poison? Violent death?
