I ended up skipping last night, but I now continue today at 9:30 AM PST with The Deadly Assassin (episodic version.) Our first real look at the world of the Time Lords finds the Doctor being set up for the assassination of the outgoing president of the high council. OfContinue Reading
Tonight at 7:15 PM PST I continued with my marathon with the start of the 14th series story the Masque of Mandregora (episodic version.) A refreshing change from the more contemporary and futuristic stories (Pyramids barely counts as a historically placed story) takes us to Italy on the cusp ofContinue Reading
My marathon continues this afternoon at 1:15 PM PST with Android Invasion (episodic version.) Possibly the last good script for the series by Terry Nation (though this is based on my memory of Destiny of the Daleks.) It’s an Invasion of the Body Snatchers sort of story, except that theContinue Reading
The marathon continues this afternoon at 12:45 PM PST with Planet of Evil (episodic version.) A good start to Baker’s sophmore series as the Doctor, finds our time travellers responding to a distress call on the edge of the known universe. This is the series of horror, and we startContinue Reading
My marathon continues this evening at 6:45 PM PST with Revenge of the Cybermen (episodic version.) This is, for reasons unknown to me, a fairly disliked story. It is the beginning of the end of the Cybermen (from this point on, say the word gold and they flee like littleContinue Reading
After a couple of days off, I have resumed my 40th anniversary marathon of Doctor Who at 7:30 PM PST with Genesis of the Daleks (episodic version.) Quite possibly the best surviving Dalek story (Evil of could be the best all time, but this is judged by the reconstruction only)Continue Reading
The marathon continues tonight at 6:40 PM PST with The Ark in Space (episodic version.) Originally it bewildered me as to why they picked this story to be a DVD release, but after this airing I was reminded at how good of a story it is. Even the effects andContinue Reading
Well, the Marathon continues at 10:10 AM PST with The Monster of Peladon (episodic version.) Once again the Doctor shows up in a time of great trouble on Peladon, but it’s decades later and this time the trouble is not only Peladonian politics but also external influences. Excellent sequel andContinue Reading
The marathon continued today at 12:45 PM PST with Planet of the Daleks (full episodic version.) Essentially the second part of the mammoth twelve-part story, now find the Doctor and Jo on Spiradon – a planet full of nasty vegetation and invisible inhabitants – along with a group of ThalsContinue Reading
The marathon continues this evening at 6:30 PM PST with Frontier in Space (episodic version.) In a celebration of the tenth anniversary, the production team embarked upon a massive twelve part epic but took the advise of those who last accomplished such a feat and broke it up in twoContinue Reading