Reviewing Every Doctor Who Story - Episode 5: The Peter Davison Era 

definitely my favourite era of dr who with some of my most comfiest comfort stories like black orchid, four to doomsday and the awakening, absolutely love davison and have been waiting for this one atleast since the pertwee episode.

the classic series had the guts to kill off a companion here and there 😎😎 one big problem with 80's who was just how bright everything was lit. But I grew up on 80's Who and I have a very deep fondness for it

Brilliant video shouldn’t think the 6th Doctor era is too long away for it’s short era

Watching this now makes me want to go on a Peter Davidson marathon. Another great video By the way can't wait to see C Baker for the next one

Excellent review, laughed a lot! Ah yes Anthony Ainley & his disguises! Getting practice in for the annual JNT panto 😂👍

I love these reviews so so much. My brother and I have been going through all of Doctor Who including large sections of big finish, and we are smack dab in the middle of the fifth doctor's era, so this video came out at exactly the right time.

I do hope Snakedance, when it gets it's Blu-Ray release, also gets an extended edition. Definitely one of those stories that deserves it.

15:35 Not quite. It was more that Christopher Bailey had already rewritten the script to account for all the cast changes since mid-1981 when it was originally commissioned, and simply refused to do another one to add Nyssa (whose main contract only came after she had so impressed everyone in TKoT), so she was always intended to not be a part of _Kinda,_ hence her contract not including the middle two parts.

First time watching your file, really impressed, criticism is constrictive and appropriate for the era, the editing is fun and really good, I sat and watched this in one sitting, never dragging always engaging. Looking forward to the next one.

And this era gave us The Tides Of Time etc my all time favourite run of comic strips in DWM that alone justified it's existence

Happy to see some love for Arc of infinity. I love that story!

AYYY!! been waiting for this, always top tier stuff

Adric is wearing his badge for mathematical excellence in the Time Flight illusion so it must be just that as the Doctor had destroyed it in Earthshock!

Red Dwarf!

Fantastic video! Really enjoyed this one.

I was glad to FINALLY see what cricket is like. (American here. I had no clue!)

Great video once again. Really enjoyed it. Fair play to you mounting a positive case for Season 20. I personally think it's a poor year of stories baring the Five Doctors, but you almost had me agreeing with you about some of them. Da iawn 👍

Nice to see a bit more love than usual for this era, and even nicer that we share a lot of the same opinions!

Just watched all of your content, really enjoyable. Thanks for taking the time to make it all! Loved all the gags, only true fans can so masterfully poke fun at something we all love so much and do it deftly, with grace and aplomb.

I love the visitation one of my favourites doctor who stories

Great work there mate...

The fact you're getting these videos out at the rate you are is super impressive! Great video, and can't wait for 6. Do you think you'll incorporate some Big Finish stories into 8 to pad out the video a bit? 😅

I look forward to watching this soon. Yay, I am finally current on where I am viewing the eps and this series! So far I kinda sorta like Five/Peter Davison. But darn, he had some big shoes to fill after Tom Baker.

Maybe it's because I'm binging, but things become more noticeable than if I'd watched eps in real time, or at least more slowly. When Tegan is introduced, she seems like a take charge, modern kind of lady. She's excited about her career and she seems ready to take on the world. But as soon as she joins up with the Doctor, she spends the entire rest of her time whining and complaining and running around like a chicken with her head cut off! That's not at all the sort of person she seemed to be when we first meet her, driving with her aunt. She's the one that wanted to fix the tire herself and found it an insult to call someone for help. I'm not even sure what's going on with Nyssa. She somehow knows everything about the TARDIS and I never figured out how. It does seem to be a case of too little story time for too many characters. But I do wish Tegan's character hadn't bee so changed, so quickly.

I'm going to rank peter now and i'm including the five doctors part of season 20. Lets go: Season 19: 7. Time flight 6. Black Orchid 5. Castravola 4. Four to doomsday 3. Kinda 2. The vistation 1. Earthshock Season 20: 7. The king's demon 6. Termius 5. Arc of infinity 4. Snakedance 3. Mardwyn undead 2. Enlightment 1. The five doctors Season 21 (Not including twin dilemma): 6. Warriors of the deep 5. Planet of fire 4. The awakening 3. Frontios 2. Resurrection of the daleks 1. The caves of androzani My favourite seaspn from this era is season 19 and least favourite is obviously season 20

I agree with you on Warriors of the Deep. It was one of the first stories I had on VHS. It was quite well done and was action packed, especially at the end of episode 1. I like as well how they presented something different with the Silurians.

I shamefully forgot about this...I actually only got reminded by the weird music video you just put up.

I feel like #5 was just coming into his own and now he's almost gone. I think I feel that more strongly because I'm binging. Everything feels very fast. I wish I could go back to watching 1 episode per week like normal humans used to do. But... ain't nobody got patience for that anymore!

VERY enjoyable video, thank you! Totally agreed with Time-Flight! And for Arc of Infinity, I do prefer Collier's take on the role. Great point on Silurian voices. Heck, great points on many stories, especially Awakening but especially all of them! Aeguably, 60s cybermen had emotional moments, too. The Moonbase is a good example of this. And as good as Earthshock was, it also feels like a rewrite of "Revenge of the Cybermen" but done right. The sonic screwdriver was thankfully removed. JNT would roll over in his grave faster than a jet propulsion engine if he saw it in use in the modern era. The first Doctor also said in a Dalek story that he will also use weapons to save his life if immediately threatened. Never cared for when 13 claims "the real Doctor doesn't", which is as if nobody making that story had ever seen the show before LOL. I liked Lon's outfit. Not all civilizations are like ours. Snakedance is loaded with allusions and it's a treat. Pertwee's era goofed up the UNIT dating. So had "Robot" from Tom Baker's premiere. JNT gets too much flak. The Terminus space pirates needed those helmets because of all that hair. Indeed, the fogging up of the helmets is due to all that hairspray. JNT took pride with the real robot, which he wanted instead of a guy in a suit or bland prop, because it was the latest in technology. Ironic, since the prop otherwise has a very fantasy-based concept of appearance from mind control! The creator dying did lead to problems, yup... nice use of video clips for him BTW! (Actually, I chuckled at all your jokes and audio clips superimposed on the video bits, hehe) 1:16:26 Balok cameo? 😁 The Myrka is hit or miss, but if the set was not so overly lit, it'd be better. I have a soft spot for Planet of Fire. Amyand and Timanov I found interesting. Androzani was a rewrite of The Power of Kroll and with a very genetic Doctor and companion and plotting. Its strengths are definitely with direction, music, and guest characters and acting. The regeneration twist of saving one person was brilliant.

He's in some great stories PD. First few are unbelievable. 10/10

This video actually made me want to rewatch planet of fire and caves of Androzani whivh I will watch planet tonight and caves tomorrow morning Also I’m guessing it’s the master joke will appear in the trial of a Timelord or ultimate foe for 6 and well for 7 it’s obvious And caves was actually my first classic story just because I wanted to watch a classic regeneration story and it was available for me Btw you did a great job and I enjoyed the video

I'm watching these eps for the first time. Because I'm binging, it really shows how underused many of the companions were. Again, when we first met Tegan, she was a tough, independent young woman excited about her career as an airline stewardess. She's presented as someone who wanted to fix the car tire alone and who considered it an insult to ask someone for help. Yet she spent her entire time traveling with the Doctor complaining, wanting to go home, and being whiny/annoying. Good grief, she spent much of this ep literally lying down with a head injury! It's no fault of the actress. She was great. I even did like the character. But she was given little to do. This is all on the writers.

Here is my raking for series 20 of classic Dr who number 1 the five doctors 2 Mundra undied 3 ark of infinity 4 snake dance 5 tremlons 5 einglintem

LETS GO

This is of course the era where the Doctor is often laying down. I wonder if there's a supercut video of Davision's non erect state.

I had these suggested and was like “these are long, I dunno!”, and now I’m sad I’ve caught up.

I would say that Time Flight does have some of the worst effects in the shows history. The Plasmatons are right up there with the worst designed monsters of the series. However the Vardans from The Invasion of Time, Erato (Creature from the Pit), and that very strange Alien Priest from Colony in Space; seriously a midget elephant man wearing a nappy! Could this possibly be topped - yes the Ergon (or Chicken Man as named by AI reviews). That is what makes DW so special. Admittedly on a budget you could probably just afford to feed a small child on you get everything from the tackiest (Ergon) to the phenomenal (Davros, Jek, Sil). I have always thought of my favourite show as being a bit of a lucky dip. As Davison once said '...you never know quite what to expect!' Having watched this excellent review of Davisons era I have to admit I had forgotten just how bloody marvellous he was in the role. With so many Doctors, the popular Tennant and T.Baker, and the reappraisal of the earlier days with Throughton, it is no wonder that Peter always end up in the middle of most ratings. His Doctor who era does not belong to those who grew up with the new series and the classics tend to be dominated by those who watched Pertwee and Baker so poor number five is sort of relegated out of the picture to a degree. A case of being caught in the middle of a show with a massive tenure. Thank you Peter. You were a great Doctor - one who could see the beauty in the smaller things in life.

Is this series dead? Hopefully you’ll be able to do the rest

1:16:27 I found the audio version of warriors of the deep to be very good

Yep, the daleks voice sound really threatening especially with different tones. Yep, Terry Molloy bets Davros which is judge praise with Michael Wischer being genius. Traumatised Tegan then comes back and happily shoots a ginormous killing weapon with almost glee. Well done Chibnall yet another character rewritten.

Arc of Infinity is superb I love it . Its miles better than a lot of Davidson episodes

16:25 Isn't Kinda the story that has "bad mech suit" versus "twig wicker man"? I was hoping for an explanation for that. Why was the... why any of it really.

I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE BRIGADIER! Not even a little bit! Yegads, I had to go back to the previous episode to look at him again. I guess it's the lack of mustache? LOL! Wow! I loved him so much!

Interesting that, if Tom Baker had been involved: Jamie & Zoe would have been with the 2nd Doctor. The Brig would have been with the 3rd Doctor. Sarah would have been with the 4th Doctor.

1:16:55 The Myrka is definitely not worse than contemporary Super Sentai monsters from the sme era

The vomiting Malus was a great moment.

20 years? 40!

An often overlooked era. I do accept that there's a certain unevenness to the quality of stories - but never less there's some gold to be found : Earthshock, Mawdryn Undead, Enlightenment(my personal favourite), Warriors From the Deep, Resurrection of the Daleks and Caves of Androzani.

TERMINUS spoilers Oh, I thought for sure N. was going to die! It was sad to see her go. But she did have a pretty good end. As usual, I felt like we didn't even get to know her very well. But I feel that way about most of the companions. Again, that probably has more to do with the fact that I'm binging, so everything seems to go by so quickly.

Adric is saved by Lady Leora and moved to Gallifrey after missions with her and goes on more missions with her in FASA Master's File Book. Fan fic: Adric's War. At least they could have followed up EARTHSHOCK with a four part story where the Doctor at least tries to save Adric and maybe fails. Instead of "Let's just go cheer each other up." BTW I love Adric and like Dodo.

I don’t agree with all the opinions (notably on Talons and Ribos Operation last video) but I do agree with most of them. I started watching Doctor Who with Tom Baker (Invisible Enemy to be exact) but Davidson was where it became more like a religious practice. The first season of Davidson was when it really started. Earthshock in particular was massive at the time, since we all knew of the Cybermen but no one had seen them for years. And we were all sad when Adric died, even though we hated him. Unfortunately it was all downhill from there. Peri perked things up and Caves of Androzani is legendary, but between Earthshock and there it was mostly middling. Interesting to hear the opinion on Colin Baker because I thought he was great, but I seem to be in a tiny minority.

Very excited for 6th and 7th, my favorite doctors but this doctor has a few gems i like but not seen alot from 5th

I have to say for me Peter Davisons era is probably my least favourite. It has some terrific highs. Like Castrovalva, Black Orchid, Earthshock, Enlightenment, The Five Doctors and Resurrection of the Daleks. But the rest for me are pretty poor for me. Either forgettable or downright awful. Castrovalva’s my personal favourite. I think it’s so unique, fun and has a terrific premise. I wish more writers wrote more stories like this. Love the video! This is one of my favourite series’ on RU-vid.

please, it's a stalk of celery

Here's my raking for series 21 of classic Dr who number one the caves of andrsane number two planet of fire number three resurrection of the daleks number four warriors of the deep number five the Awakening number six frontios

Loving the videos. When will you release the 6th doctor video? I hope you keep them coming.

I’m wondering why it’s taken so long to get the 6th doctor’s review up. But than I remember that means having to watch The Twin Dilemma and my condolences go out. Take all the time you need AI.

Black Orchid isn't a "true historical". The historicals were intended to teach the viewers about people and events in history, but _none_ of the characters, places, buildings or events in Black Orchid are real. It's a fictional murder mystery, which could have been set anywhere in upper-class rural England at any time between the Victorian era and the 1930s.

Here is my raking for series 19 of classic Dr who number one black orchid number two castrovalva number three earth shock number four kinda number five time flight number six fourth to doomsday number seven the visitation

I had a very bad reaction to Peter Davison's debut back in the day. He unraveled the Holy Scarf! I forgave him for that..eventually.

Ok, I have to admit, that Unlucky Tug reference was the last thing I expected to appear on a Dr Who related channel. 😅

The variation in quality in this era is probably the biggest in the whole classic era. Timeflight is so bad it's unreal.

Here is my ranking for series 19 of classic Dr who cadtroval 1 2 black orchid 3 time flight 4 earth shock 5 kinda

52:20 Oh no, I hated Turlough. "Is he going to ki..." He's not. "Is he going to..." No. "Well, how about..." Not that either. Fine, you want to do this? You have to start off with "Dead Man shoes." The "maybe evil" Companion has and I mean has to kill the companion they're replacing. A rude school boy who thinks he's an alien because he's an alien... God bless Who and their human aliens because I sure don't... doesn't fit the requirements. Or you can be completely bonkers and just have the evil companion outright kill the Doctor, causing him to regenerate. Then you wonder if the companion could do it again before realizing, finally, that it doesn't even matter. "Didn't think this one through" seems to be the Black Guardian's MO so he is on brand.

Here is my raking for series 20 of classic Dr who number one the five doctors number two mandar underdead number three snake dance number four number five the kings demon number six termlos number seven Emightement

Initially, Black Orchid was popular until Davison said his opinion, so I've heard. Why couldn't the Master be a fortune teller? I'd have placed the King's Demons before the Black Guardian trilogy so it would be a Nyssa story. #Nyssadeservedbetter

Here is my raking for series 21 of classic Dr who number 1 the caves of andrsane 2 reserve of the daleks 3 planet of fire

I never knew why he could not go on only three season he was a the Morden day he should of done four years

I first started watching DW when I was around 5 or 6 in the Tom Baker era on the BBC so the 4th and fifth doctors were where I broke my DW virginity. :) . I love the show. I really dont know why Adric gets such a bad rap. I always thought he was lovely, also Nyssa. Never liked turlow though - treacherous. This is a great channel !

Earthshock was the last great DR Who story. Adric gets a lot of hate but I will take him over Turlough Rory or Jamies as a young male companion.

Davison's era has grown on me over the years. As a kid, I followed Tom Baker's Doctor from his first episode, and though I tried to adjust to 5, he never gave me that sense of alien eccentricity that got me hooked on the character. I met him at a convention (he drove up in Bessie), and he was as charming as could be, but he always seemed like the cool young uncle you'd see every Christmas rather than the fearless, unpredictable, and larger-than-life personality that put Doctor Who on the map for us Americans. I would tune in every now and then through his and Colin's years, but didn't like what I was seeing until McCoy, when I got hooked again just in time for the darn thing to be cancelled. But as an adult, I appreciate all the 80s era of the show so much more, and your review has made me go back and do a marathon of all the JNT episodes.

Anyone who dislikes, criticises or mocks Kamelion is an utter simpleton, to me.

Bidmead and Saward's overseen scripts are overflowing with logical inconsistencies, but the one that takes the cake for me is god-tier engineer Omega, who harnessed a black hole and has zero relation to planet Earth, deciding that some old Dutch crypt pipes were the only source of power in the universe to enact his Arc Of Infinity plan. May as well get a bird skeleton and a zombified street kid to do the grunt work, yeah? Also, how is there no scene where Tegan says "Why'd you jerks leave without me?!?" Being a contrarian, I wanted to enjoy the Davison era, but it feels like every idea that JNT had was kinda terrible. Currently binging the whole classic series for the first time, and this is the first time it feels like a slog.

The 6th doctor ?

Five doctors was FAR from perfect, especially if your fav doc was Tom.

Here is my raking for series 20 of classic Dr who number one the five doctors number 2 mawdryn undead number there snake dance number four ark of Infinity number five snake dance number six enlightenment

Peter Davidson big shoes fill Tom baker left Change ending of earth shock story

Blake’s 7 reboot romana

Here is my raking for doctor who classic series 19 number one castrova number two black orchid number there time flight number fou earth shock number five kinda number six though to dooms Day number seven the visitation

You know I have always said my favorite Doctors where 3,6 and 9 followed by 5 and 11 but I went back through who in it's entirety recently and I realized that Not only is Peter Davison the doctor I enjoyed the most but most of my favorite stories came from his era, The visitation, Warriors of the deep and Earthshock are all stories I remember finding on video cassette at carboot sales and charity shops in the late 90's early 00's

I hate the first two seasons except for Earthshock and the 5 Doctors. The worst period of Classic Who. The Chibnall Era repeated many of the sins of this era - crowded Tardis, weak Doctor, a Panto Master, etc. If I rewatch again, I'll only watch those two episodes and then skip ahead to Frontios, which is where it gets much better.

Wisher was a FAR better Davros than Molloy, who was decent at best in copying Wisher's portrayal.

Wow, almost a year since the last video. I hope you are doing okay.

Please tell me this does is coming back soon. I miss your videos.

is this "al" as in "alpha lambda" or "ai" as in "alpha iota"? or, Al as in Al's Toy Barn vs AI as in Artificial Intelligence

Aw, no. Please tell me this Peri chick isn't staying. I've known her for about 5 minutes and already can't stand her.

My top 10 Davison: 1- Arc of Infinity 2- Planet of Fire 3- Frontios 4- Snakedance 5- Earthshock 6- The Caves of Androzoni 7- Mawdryn Undead 8- Ressurection of the Daleks 9- Enlightenment 10- Time Flight

FASA has Adric saved by a Time Lady, who is brave enough, more than the Doctor, save Adric. Big Finish did revive Adric in a worse way: as an old man who wants to rape Nyssa and kill the Doctor using mutants he created. FASA at least has a good Adric surviving story. And Adric deserves to have more life, though Davison caused Adric to be the one to go. Records show that the producers, for years wanted to kill of someone: the Brig, Sarah, Leela and even Romana 1 and 2 were thought about to be killed off. Unfortunately they picked the one character who talked like a real person and who I related to in more ways than one, more so than I even realized. The story after Earthshock should have been about the Doctor at least trying to save him and failing I guess, though I wanted him to survive some way.

26:08 Dude just tell us what happens. How can something good be spoiled just because you know what happens in the story? 🙄

Doctor who terrible casting very dull peter no charisma him and Sylvester were very poor era