Why do ya always have to bash the Brigadier?! He's a good character. I miss him now that I'm deep into the Tom Baker era. Also, in regards to the departure of Ms Grant. many of men throughout the Galaxy fell for her and she always turned them down. She could've even been a queen, yet she falls for an Earthling. I kinda like that twist. I missed her, but Sarah Jane was awesome. Leela is growing on me now. I like the pacifist/ warrior contrast between the Doctor and her.
YES! D84 on the TARDIS team was exactly what I was thinking. It should've happened. I started classic Who from the Pertwee era and Leela is the first transition that makes me miss the previous ones. D84 would have been a good addition. Good rating
I agree with you. I don’t I believe Leela fell in love and stayed. At least it’s not Dodo where she just disappeared and Polly explains it. That was the worst. This season is cool. Not my favorite but definitely not my least favorite lol Tom Bakers last season is my least favorite of his 7 seasons. But I do really like a couple of the stories. The first and last stories of his last season are my least favorite Baker stories
Something that you didn't mention that I felt was odd in watching this episode: No one on Gallifrey knew who the Master is and barely no one knew of the Doctor himself. That's weird to me. Overall, though, great episode,
The Tom Baker era really was the best. Many of the episodes had a kind of subtle gothic darkness to them that is completely missing from today's Dr Who. I really dislike pretty much anything Russell T. Davies does. He writes in primary colours and lacks subtly. You can tell he was a kids' TV writer.
Yeah...Seeds of Doom was brilliant. The best part is that it is a fantastic stand-alone episode made on the level of actual film. Like someone doesn't have to know Doctor Who to get into this one. And, YES, the Baker/Sladen tandem is sooo good. She was way good with Pertwee and Tennant too. I miss her ):.
"What would the other one tell me is the right button?" It's a classic logic puzzle. There's a variant with 3 sentinals, and the third one sometimes tells the truth and sometimes lies.
Remember, the main effect of the villain was reflected in the superb acting skills of the others. The villain didn't exactly _do_ much in terms of the actor, except speak. So when you speak of how menacing he was, you're speaking of Tom and Elisabeth mainly, because it's their acting which brought him to life.
Love this. Remember it as a kid. The ship part of the story is so good. I remember being amazed when the hand reached into the miniscope and picked out the TARDIS and couldnt wait for next week's episode.
I love how they could make one of the most intimidating villian of all time with a budget of pur foam and a paint bucket. While the best the new team got with disney money, 40 years later is Scooby doo Monster unlished for 3 minutes
This is just a guess, but I think the dress Sara Jane Smith was wearing that belonged to Victoria might be based on the one Victoria wore during Evil of the Daleks, though it probably wasn't the actual dress from that story, but an attempt at something close to it, maybe?
So much to commend in this episode. Love the art design. Sutekh's mask is so awesome, and that voice was so creepy, dripping with sadism. His never-ending end, condemned to exist in the transmat beam forever, shuttling back and forth between his prison on Mars, to within sight of freedom on Earth, only to repeat, like one of Zeus's punishments in Greek Myth. It was Lord Dunsany level. A cruel fate, for a cruel god. A pity RTD TOTALLY UNDID that for his cringy and cheap knockoff Dr. Who version. Remember the time an old lady amateur painter took a old Italian Renaissance masterpiece of Christ and "restored" it so it now looks like an ape/monkey? That was Russell T Davies and SUsan-TEchnolgy (mispelled and NOT AN ANAGRAM!), purveyor of monkey substitutes, and polluter of better legacies (including his own).
FYI, Marcus by the time he gets to the manor & is the servant of Sutekh, he's pale like a walking corpse because he is a walking corpse. Well, the Doctor trapped Sutekh in a time tunnel, he didn't kill him.
Not traveling backwards in time to kill Sutek. So. It's a "First Law of Time" thing. Tie traveling into a place where you are already involved is (smurf)ing dangerous. So dangerous the Doctor let Adric stay dead instead of rescuing him. And, while classic Dr. Who did occasionally break this law, almost always inadvertently or to somewhere where he was a different regeneration he always did everything he could to avoid breaking it. We only find out in modern Dr Who that thjer4e are literal monsters that lurk just "outside of time" that will come in and kill everyone even remotely nearby if you DO significantly break the 1st Law of Time. I think the episode was called Fathers Day but I can't swear to that.
There is a delightful scene in the last episode, where Leela bolsters the doctor's confidence, building him up as a powerful time lord (with sarcasm). If you watch closely Louise Jameson had a huge smile on her face as the camera glimpsed her. She was about to burst out laughing.
Two important points. First Elizabeth Sladen and Tom Baker have a great chemistry together. Somewhat nerfed from her lois lane take no prisoners journalist. To crying and conveniently twisting her ankle from time to time.. She is intelligent and brave. Including when she thinks the doctor is gone or incapacitated and she must do something even if she doesn't believe she can save the day on her own. Second €9, 000,000 is $18,000,000 USD
There's a scene in this story where Sutekh is torturing the Doctor and Tom is screaming. It gives a feeling of danger and the Doctor was in genuine danger for a change. He is one of the few enemies the Doctor has faced that actually has the upper hand and so sadistic! Easily my favorite Doctor Who villain. I've always wanted a rematch. Glad we finally got one. I should've known RTD was bringing him back because in The Devil's Chord that scene where the Doctor brings Sarah Jane back to her time and the Earth is a wasteland is duplicated beat by beat with Ruby Sunday.
I was 6 when this first aired in 1976. I'd seen the occasional episode of Dr Who before but had never really been that interested, but I caught the first episode of The Pyramids of Mars and was blown away. It's the first time in my life that I would purposely watch the next episode (of anything) the following week so I could follow the story. The atmosphere and especially that scary ending to episode one was just awesome to my 6 year old brain. I was a huge Doctor Who fan for the next 5 or 6 years, watching the TV episodes but mostly reading the books because there was no way to rewatch things back then. Great TV
The old dress wasn't worn in one of Victoria's episode. Apparently, the actresses weren't even the same size. (I've no idea where I read/heard this. 😂)
Nice job! I wholeheartedly agree with your review. I saw this episode as a child and it has always stuck in my head. Definitely in my top 3 classic episodes. I also love Sarah Jane and the 4th Doctor together. Brilliant stuff and I am thrilled Sutekh is back 😁 Gabriel Wolfe is outstanding and he is back voicing Sutekh in The Legend of Rudy Sunday!
An absolutely brilliant story. I love the horror elements in older Who. They gave it better tension and made the stories come alive. Sorely lacking in the modern series.
hi saw this on bbc re run i wonder how they will re do the the bad one this coming week end you see the dr killed him i never think he come back ever i have to say now the bbc have all of them on the iplayer it's better for the money wehave to pay out there's only one bad thing bbc in the corner is a right pain to have there all the time bbc 2 used to do alot of old shows re runs and in came stereo when i got a stereo tuner it can still be used with any thing with a VHF out put of a video deck bbc had stereo and itv betacam was used alot in news rooms for some time dr who may be on betacam decks in racks for play back i was told by a ex bbc tec they were very behide
