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Doctor Who Serial 087 – The Hand of Fear

Part One That jacket looks comfy. I know I’ve seen this one before, but none of this looks familiar. Now I’m remembering it. The scene in the quarry is quite familiar. That is some bad special effects. Even for Doctor Who. I’m really liking Elisabeth Sladen as possessed Sarah. She looks good as she knocks people out with her ring. She got into a restricted, high radiation zone really easily. Part Two Eldrad must live. Fuck. Eldrad is also talking to the doctor from the hospital. Eldrad must live. That was a quick end from the dude who was a doctor from the hospital. Sarah’s radioactive, 3.6 roentgen, not great,… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 087 – The Hand of Fear

Doctor Who Serial 086 – The Masque of Mandragora

Part One It’s season 14! This is fun, we get a little tour of the TARDIS. Oh, and a new control room. Sarah found Doctor 2’s recorder! I love Doctor 2. You know you’re in the ’70s when you have a wood panelled TARDIS. I think we’re now in the olden times… and I think there’s a Time Lord. I checked Wikipedia. It’s 15th century Europe. It didn’t say he was a time lord, and he’s removed his stupid collar, so it might not be. Evil monks have captured Sarah, but the Doctor knows Venutian Judo, so he’s gonna kick some Monk ass… until he gets hit on the head… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 086 – The Masque of Mandragora

Doctor Who Serial 085 – The Seeds of Doom

Part One Antarctic explorers found something strange. Dunbar doesn’t like or believe the Doctor. Shouldn’t people know by now? That guy is evil! He’s wearing black gloves, standing too straight, and his suit is impeccable. I think he’s a plant. Oh, shit! The alien plant has its first victim. The Doctor is such a jerk! Uh oh! The vegetation eats the animals. And now there are invaders. Part Two The strangers have a gun and are planning to steal the vegetable! I think they’re going to die. One of them seems logical. The other seems like an asshole. Maybe if you don’t say “an alien lifeform” with a shit-eating grin,… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 085 – The Seeds of Doom

Doctor Who Serial 084 – The Brain of Morbius

Part One Is that thing half Klingon, half Gorn? That unibrow is epic. Hmm, Dr. Frankenstein is looking for a warm-blooded humanoid. AND THE DOCTOR SHOWS UP! Oh jeez! We’re being introduced to the Sisterhood of Karn for the first time. Much like the Doctor, I like when people compliment my head. So I gathered from other Karn episodes that the Sisterhood didn’t like the Time Lords, but didn’t realize they were enemies. So Morbius is a fellow Time Lord, and is bitter and wants a new body. Part Two “You chicken-brained biological disaster,” what kind of asshole says that to their staff? The Doctor knows that Morbius is alive… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 084 – The Brain of Morbius

Doctor Who Serial 083 – The Android Invasion

Part One Wow, Corporal Android needs a lot of work. His movement isn’t very fluid. That’s certainly a new definition of “finger guns.” Guys in while coveralls with big helmets have no fingertips and shoot out of what should be a fingertip. Hahaha, that was a best companion scream I’ve ever heard, and there are so many companion screams. Corporal Android is really stumblin’ and he just fell off the cliff. I really hope this leads to a Paul McCartney cameo with a tiny harmonica. Corporal Android is back, but with a crew of finger guns. He brought a truck full of androids looking like the locals. Oh my! The… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 083 – The Android Invasion

Doctor Who Serial 082 – Pyramids of Mars

Part One “Superstitious savage!” proclaims an arrogant British archeologist as his Egyptian guides run away. What a terrible, yet predictable way, to start a Doctor Who episode. The TARDIS goes off course on its way back to UNIT, it ends up in the right building, but wrong time, 1911. In this house are Egyptian artifacts, chief amongst them a sarcophagus which is also a space-time portal. Part Two The Egyptian is dead, and Sutekh, an alien who pretended to be an Egyptian god, has his people trying to get him. This sounds a bit like Stargate. I think we need to talk about the mummies. Why do they have such… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 082 – Pyramids of Mars

Doctor Who Serial 081 – Planet of Evil

Part One This might be the best soundstage design I’ve seen on Doctor Who. There’s a mission on this soundstage. The crew are being picked up one by one by an invisible force that makes its victims vanish. Sarah and the Doctor show up, and of course, they are assumed to be the perpetrators. They are captured and threatened with torture. Sarah and the Doctor escape only to find the invisible monster… who is slightly visible now? Part Two The Doctor and Sarah are on the run, they see another person die. They get captured. We find out that the scientist has discovered that plundering this planet will get humans… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 081 – Planet of Evil

Doctor Who Serial 080 – Terror of the Zygons

A bit of housekeeping. I’m not liking how these are turning out so much. Instead of writing them after I’ve finished watching the serial, I’m going to write a bit after each part, but keep it in one blog post per serial. I do want to put screencaps back in, but how I’m watching has changed, and it’s not very good for that. I used to pop the DVD into my computer, watch in VLC and used the command key combination to take a screencap. Now I’ve digitized my DVDs and store them in Plex, so I’m watching through Plex Media Player on my computer or the app on my… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 080 – Terror of the Zygons

Doctor Who Serial 079 – Revenge of the Cybermen

Why is the Doctor so mean to Harry? Shouting out that Harry Sullivan is an idiot, while funny, was cruel. I honestly didn’t think anything Harry did was worth of that outcry. Harry was only trying to help, even if he got into some more danger than expected. Any way, “Revenge of the Cybermen” wasn’t great. It really shouldn’t have ended the season. The plot was messy and disjointed. 1 Tom Baker season down, 6 to go.

Doctor Who Serial 078 – Genesis of the Daleks

This might be the best Doctor Who serial yet. The Doctor is sent to Skaro by the Time Lords. His mission is to stop the development of the Daleks. The Thals and the Kaleds have been warring for thousands of years. The Kaleds are led by their chief scientist, Davros. Seeing that the Kaleds were changing into mutants needed a mobility device. He plans to use this mobility device to be a weapon of mass-destruction, and with genetic modification, remove all emotions from the Kaleds except hate. They will be the ultimate killing machine… THE DALEKS! The episode was rivotting. It was fun. It was everything television should be, and… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 078 – Genesis of the Daleks