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Post by Cyggy on Mar 3, 2022 4:57:14 GMT
Please rate and discuss this episode here.....
(And how does it compare to the film version?)
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Post by Cyggy on Mar 5, 2022 17:36:59 GMT
The film version just doesn't compare to this iconic original telling of the story imo. Just bags of atmosphere and the Daleks - who clearly were meant to be around for just this one story.
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Post by Black Orchid on Mar 13, 2022 14:20:08 GMT
Bad Doctor Who Impressions No.2: The Daleks
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Post by GC on Apr 6, 2022 4:03:27 GMT
Yep, it's a classic, simple as that really.
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Post by GC on Apr 6, 2022 4:05:25 GMT
Picture I hadn't seen before till recently...
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Post by GC on Apr 6, 2022 4:06:30 GMT
Colourised: The Daleks
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Post by Black Orchid on Apr 11, 2022 16:18:46 GMT
No denying this is an iconic story but it does drag in places, especially when they are trying to jump over the ravine at the end of episode 6.
8/10
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Post by dsjr on May 2, 2022 16:55:21 GMT
This was part of the first episode I ever watched on first transmission - Love it to bits and it's stayed with me for life!
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Post by Bowties on May 9, 2022 17:46:16 GMT
Yep, it's a classic.
The cliffhanger with Barbara being terrorised by that Dalek arm was incredible.
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Post by Future-Diver on May 14, 2022 13:52:49 GMT
"What victory are you going to show these people when most of them have been killed? A fluid link? Is this what you're going to hold up to them and say, 'Thank you very much. This is what you fought and died for"?
It drags a bit at times but I still love this first outing for the Daleks and I particularly like how Ian and Barbara react to the fear and uncertainty of time travel. Both An Unearthly Child and The Daleks show the Coal Hill teachers (especially Miss Wright) in a state of panic, desperate to return home - they certainly don't see travelling in time and space as 'the trip of a lifetime'. And at this stage, the Doctor can't really be called a hero - he lies and schemes to get his own way, and puts everyone in danger, yet I can't help liking this morally ambiguous version of the character.
In some ways, this is the very best Dalek story - the Cushing film version may be flashier and faster-paced, but the Hartnell original is more atmospheric, harder hitting and quite bleak in places (see the Doctor and gang imprisoned in the Dalek city and slowly dying of radiation sickness, and watch Ian's expression of horror when he first sees the inside of a Dalek casing and the dead mutant within). Tristam Carey's beautifully strange music conjures up the alien, post-apocalyptic world of Skaro perfectly.
Absolutely smashing.
9/10
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Post by GC on Jun 7, 2022 2:54:17 GMT
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Post by sadako on Jun 7, 2022 20:54:43 GMT
A 9 from me.
The original Tardis team for me were never better than here. The post apocalyptic atmosphere is very strong. The story itself almost feels like an uncovered relic from a nuclear age. Susan gets some of her strongest scenes when she has to brave the forest to recover the drugs, and her first meeting with Alydon is beautiful.
The second half does drag somewhat in places, but I always find this one a beautiful story to return to, with just the kind of high stakes the show needed to kick it into full gear at this point.
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Post by Black Orchid on Jun 8, 2022 23:11:40 GMT
This post and all posts by me like this are original 1960's colour photographs. From the 66Ramblers twitter site.
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Post by Cyggy on Jun 14, 2022 11:39:23 GMT
Our very own Ant-Mac has written a nice dramatic interlude between this story and "The Edge of Destruction", which can be found here DOCTOR WHO: "ANOMALY" by Ant Mac
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Post by Black Orchid on Jun 19, 2022 17:36:24 GMT
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