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Doctor Who Serial 069 – The Green Death

Farewell season ten and farewell Jo Grant. In these last six episodes of season 10 we see The Doctor, Jo and UNIT investigating a chemical plant and an abandoned mine in South Wales where a scientist is playing with mushrooms. Things get trippy maggots attack miners and cause a green death to infiltrate them. In the end, Jo saves the day with the brown cure. Jo tells The Doctor that she’s not joining him on his next adventure, but instead staying with the scientist who wants to take her with him on his next adventure… and get married? They just met! But everyone seems happy for them, they even sing… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 069 – The Green Death

DOCTOR WHO SERIAL 068 – Planet Of The Daleks

I got tired of Doctor Who and as such, I stopped watching it for a bit between episodes 5 and 6 of “Planet of the Daleks.” It wasn’t a very good episode, and I’m very tired of Jon Pertwee. I never loved him as The Doctor and I’m ready for Tom Baker. Except I still have 32 more episodes of the Pertwee era. The one thing that should’ve kept me interested in this serial is the fact that The Doctor and his co-conspirators dress up like Sesame Street monsters to hide from the Daleks. This might sound strange, but here’s the thing. There’s another creature in this story, who ally themselves… Read More »DOCTOR WHO SERIAL 068 – Planet Of The Daleks

DOCTOR WHO SERIAL 067 – Frontier In Space

This six part season 10 serial, starring Jon Pertwee is a lot of fun, but it’s also ridiculous and makes very little sense. The Doctor finds himself in Earth’s future when Earth is one of the superpowers in the known universe. They are colonizing the galaxy, but as are the Draconians1. The Draconians, as pictured above, are at a precarious peace with Humanity. There are some space raids here and there, but the Draconian empire is xenophobic and ready to attack, as are the Humans. The Doctor and Jo find themselves on a ship that is being attacked. The Humans think they see Draconians attacking them, but The Doctor sees… Read More »DOCTOR WHO SERIAL 067 – Frontier In Space

DOCTOR WHO SERIAL 066 – Carnival Of Monsters

The Doctor and his ever annoying companion, Jo, set their TARDIS down inside a peep show machine. This machine has the capabilities shrink matter, and store an entire ship, it’s crew and passengers. And that’s in only one compartment. The machine is topped with a beautiful CRT television, which allows those on the outside to watch what’s happening on the inside. A traveling pair of entertainers or swindlers arrives on a planet with their machine in tow. They are penniless and ready to entertain the people of this planet with their machine of wonders. Unfortunately the people on the planet don’t care. Unfortunately for the writers, nor do I. It… Read More »DOCTOR WHO SERIAL 066 – Carnival Of Monsters

Doctor Who Serial 065 – The Three Doctors

Happy 10th season! To celebrate the start of Doctor Who‘s 10th anniversary, the producers put together “The Three Doctors,” an adventure featuring Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, and William Hartnell all in the role of The Doctor. The Time Lords are facing an energy drain. They must get help from The Doctor, but The Doctor is not enough, they cannot spare any other Time Lords, so they get The Doctor to help The Doctor. In comes Patrick Troughton. William Hartnell, however, was too ill as such, his Doctor got caught in a “time eddy” and provided help via the TARDIS’ built-in CRT television. Brigadier General Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart is an idiot. He… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 065 – The Three Doctors

DOCTOR WHO SERIAL 064 – The Time Monster

This might be the greatest episode of television history. The Doctor has a nightmare… The Master is near. Lethbridge-Stewart invites The Doctor to attend a scientific presentation. The Doctor refuses, and goes off with Jo Grant to find The Master. Well, it ends up that they all come together. It seems The Master is heading this new scientific research, which does many things. It leads to humanity’s better understanding of the space-time continuum; it brings Cronus to the modern time; it helps The Master (and The Doctor following) to travel back in time to Atlantis1. We see such beauty, such as a dude in a pure white bird costume, flap-flap-flapping… Read More »DOCTOR WHO SERIAL 064 – The Time Monster

DOCTOR WHO SERIAL 063 – The Mutants

In this episode of Doctor Who, we find humans in the year 3000 who have dominion over the planet Solos. The native Solonians are subjugated. Earth is planning to leave Solos, but Earth’s Marshall of Solos is a maniacal genocidal asshole. The Solosians are mutating into insect-like creatures. Of course they don’t know what’s going on, and The Doctor has to tell the Solosnigans that it’s a natural occurrence. They were trying to do something interesting… talk about colonial issues, but unfortunately they never quite hit the nail on the head. The native population is talked down to by everyone, Earthlings and Time Lords alike. The Solosians are not listened to… Read More »DOCTOR WHO SERIAL 063 – The Mutants

Doctor Who Serial 062 – The Sea Devils

What better use of being sick in bed than watching Doctor Who? Synopsis: The episode begins with a sinking ship and The Doctor visiting The Master in prison. OH. MY. GOD. The Master is actually running the prison he’s a prisoner in! Dum dum dum! Something is peculiar about that sinking ship, so The Doctor investigates, this leads him and Jo to a Naval base, from where they visit a “sea fort.” Their motorboat is exploded… by SOMETHING! Seven months later, I’m no longer sick in bed, and I find myself watching Doctor Who again.  Episode 3 began with a sword fight between The Doctor and The Master. It might… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 062 – The Sea Devils

Doctor Who Serial 061 – The Curse Of Peladon

Synopsis: The planet of Peladon wants to join the Galactic Federation. While awaiting Earth’s arrival, a man is attacked, and the curse of Peladon is believed to be responsible, at which point The Doctor and Jo arrive. What I learned from this episode: If time travelling, don’t wear heels. OMG! King Peladon is played by David Troughton… yes, the son of former Doctor Patrick Troughton. So the delegate from Alpha Centauri is a giant jelly bean, and the delegate from Arcturus is a creepy spider head thingy. The Doctor and Jo climb up to the Imperial Palace and skulk around, only to find an Ice Warrior! However, it turns out that the Ice… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 061 – The Curse Of Peladon

Doctor Who Serial 059 – The Daemons

Synopsis: I don’t really know what this is about. The Master decides that the way to take over the universe is to become a vicar. In this story, The Doctor keeps on bemoaning how impossible it is to make Jo Grant a scientist. I have no idea why he’s trying. Someone smarter than The Doctor calls her an idiot. I fully approve. The Doctor is trying to explain that any science significantly advanced seems like magic. People don’t seem to understand this stuff, and it’s baffling. A car moving on its own isn’t a crazy magic. Are the ’70s so far in the past that we are so disconnected from… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 059 – The Daemons