Doctor Who: Classic 10x5: "The Green Death" Parts 4-6 | FINALE REACTION!!

[@ItsShaz1]

Pertwee disguised as a milkman and cleaning lady was great and goofy lol, Pertwee was known as a comedic actor in roles previously before Doctor Who.

[@moreau1755]

When the thirteenth Doctor said in her first episode "It's been a long time since I bought women's clothes" my mind immediately jumped to the third Doctor disguised as a cleaning lady.

[@ItsShaz1]

@@moreau1755 brilliant lol

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@moreau1755 Ha ha. Though those he bought were probably for Susan in the 1960s - or, if I remember correctly, he pinched some clothing for Vicki from a market in 12th Century Palestine, or was that 'borrowed'?

[@josefschiltz2192]

Hooray! Hi you two! The War Machines computer in the GPO Tower was WOTAN, dear boy!

[@marinedalek]

7:23 Time to roll out my favourite anecdote about this story! After this episode was broadcast, the producer Barry Letts received a letter which simply read: "The reason I'm writin', is how to say chitin."

[@ftumschk]

7:28 "Chap with the segmented body there. Ten rounds rapid" 7:52 "I'm his da" - as a Welshman rapidly approaching his twilight years, I've never, _ever_ heard of anyone referring to their father as "da". Methinks some stereotypical "stage-Welsh" may have crept into the script at this point ;)

[@WorkingonTwos]

31:00 The talk of Sherlock Holmes makes me want to see you two react to an episode of the Granada Holmes series with Jeremy Brett. Since they were so committed to historical accuracy and Brett is often seen as the top portrayal of the Sherlock character.

[@me1735]

Its funny you mention playing Sherlock Holmes because Tom Baker did actually play Sherlock after he left Doctor Who, it was his very next role I believe.

[@josefschiltz2192]

With Barry Letts at the helm, and Terence Rigby as Watson, and it was the hound!

[@whobp8]

The reason for the switching back and forth between location filming and green screen is because the weather turned very bad during location shooting for this story, with the result that some planned scenes had to be filmed on green screen much later. I'm pretty sure that the green glowing skin is achieved using make-up with similar properties to the reflective paint that is used on street signs, when you shine a light on the paint from behind the camera, it appears to glow. Richard is correct about the pronunciation of chitinous. A waggish fan sent a letter to producer Barry Letts after this story was broadcast which read simply, "The reason I'm writin' is how to say kitin'." A lovely end to Jo's era. The Doctor driving sadly away at the end is a nice touch.

[@ftumschk]

You're quite right about the "reflective paint" technique. It's called "front axial projection", and I think this was the first time it was used in Doctor Who. We'll see it used once more in the Pertwee era, and once again in McCoy's... I won't say which stories, though :)

[@kemmdog4444]

The glowing effect on the Professor’s neck is basically the same paint used on roadways and then a pulsating light.

[@bananasaregood8655]

They use the exact same effect again in the third serial of season 11

[@kemmdog4444]

@@bananasaregood8655 And a Seventh Doctor story.

[@ftumschk]

@@kemmdog4444 ... and another Third Doctor story.

[@kemmdog4444]

@@ftumschk yes

[@keithsolley]

​@Kemmdog it's called Front Axial Projection

[@stormhawk3319]

Jon Pertwee hated dressing as a cleaning lady and playing the clown with his Doctor. It’s ironic because he was famous as a comic actor in England on tv, film, stage and radio but he wanted his performance on Doctor Who to be a very serious minded incarnation.

[@CaptainNemo1701]

24.55 Fun trivia: The curved set piece with those holes in it on screen left is from a moonbase console in Gerry Anderson's UFO.

[@kierenevans2521]

16:57 I think they ran out of budget to shoot some scenes on location, hence the CSO shots. 24:39 That's the indicator.

[@flaggerify]

Or time, or it was raining.

[@kierenevans2521]

@@flaggerify Rain in Wales? Well I never.... 😉

[@billthewhovian]

Great reaction to Jo's last episode. I love the last scene, it's a great farewell made be tear up the first time I saw it.

[@RubesGoodBrainCoffee]

8:11 -- It's Bea Arthur!

[@domsquared9878]

The Eleventh Doctor uses a Metebelis crystal in Hide to amply psychic abilities

[@AdamPurcell]

Eleven does pronounce it differently, however. There was talk of overdubbing it for later broadcasts/discs but it never happened for some reason. I like to think that he discovered he was saying it wrong back in this Third incarnation and corrected it later!

[@josefschiltz2192]

Boss's Playlist: Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major: Opus 61: Third Movement: Rondo: Allegro. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No: 3 in G Major: First Movement. - not shown. The first one is one that I hum to myself when friends say, "Hello, he's thinking and he's put us on hold - you can see the cogs whirring!"

[@RoundTheArchives]

'The Green Death' notes : Episode Four: Viewing figures = 6.8 million. Chart position = 32. Episode Five: Viewing figures = 8.3 million. Chart position = 15. Episode Six: Viewing figures = 7.0 million. Chart position = 30. Transmission dates : 9, 16, 23 June 1973. Studio sessions : April 1973. Studio : TC3. Barry Letts received a letter from a viewer that simply read : "The reason I'm writin' is how to say chitin!"... Episode Five needed a swift rewrite when Tony (Elgin) Adams fell victim to peritonitis. Roger Delgado died on 18th June, two days after the transmission of Episode Five. The production block continued with 'The Time Warrior', although this would be held over for transmission in Season Eleven.

[@garybryant1501]

Isn't that Tony Adams ?

[@RoundTheArchives]

@@garybryant1501 It is - now corrected! 🙂

[@Harry75]

I suspect (hope!) that the adult form of the giant maggots was supposed to be a giant fly, as dragonflies don't undergo complete metamorphosis. Their young stage is known as a nymph, and looks a bit like a wingless and less colourful version of the adult which lives under the water.

[@alexthehunted]

The boss does feel like it would have been the master

[@Mrazmatmahmood]

The Green Death is a great story exploring corporate greed and how they value profit over everything else. To them, pollution is a necessary side effect of progress, and they lie and tell the public that what's best for the company is also best for them. I also love how they explore the dangers of AI and what it's lack of empathy can lead to. The BOSS was programmed by humans to ensure company efficiency and maximum profit, everything it does is to fulfill its primary function. This extends to humans too, which it sees as cattle that's only purpose is to help in its cause for global efficiency and profit. It can't understand the damage it's causing and the moral/ethical issues of what it's doing because the humans that programmed it didn't allow for that. In their greed for money, they created a monster. As y'all said, these issues are sadly still very relevant today. This would be a great story if that's all there was to it, but it also has a brilliantly written and performed sub plot with Jo leaving the Doctor. The scenes where the Doctor clearly realizes he's lost her are heartbreaking, but you can also see him understand and slowly come to accept why Jo must now leave him over the course of the story. She's been travelling with the Doctor for a long time now and has learned a lot from him and the places she's visited. The Doctor has helped Jo to see what's important and what's worth fighting for and she now wants to use that knowledge to help her own planet instead of gallivanting around the universe with the Doctor. Fortunately, Jo found the perfect companion in Professor Jones to help in her cause. A younger Doctor in her own words. The final scene between the Doctor and Jo is very subtle but extremely emotional, it never fails to bring tears to my eyes. It's like a parent learning to let go of their child. It's not just Jo that was helped by the Doctor though, she helped the Doctor too. When they first met, the doctor was quite rude and abrupt with Jo, but over time she helped him to become a much kinder and more compassionate person. The Doctor losing the grounding influence of Jo must also play a part in his sadness. That final shot of the Doctor riding off into the sunset is one of the saddest and most poignant in the show's history. The Green Death is an excellent way to end the tenth anniversary season because it encapsulates everything that's great about Doctor Who.

[@JudgeJosephDredd1989]

Goodbye Jo :'(

[@Joey15811]

Hartnell had quite an outfit in reign of terror to pass as some sort of official

[@Nosregni]

Troughton also wore disguises in The Highlanders

[@glenmcculla6843]

With his big feathery pimp hat!

[@MuchWhittering]

The only single-season Doctor is Eccleston, but yeah, in later years the runs get shorter. The last 4 seasons are only 14 episodes each. (Season 22 is 13 episodes but they were all 45 mins.)

[@kemmdog4444]

I’ve always thought of the concept of the Trill may have come from a Doctor Who fan.

[@Darren79]

This was pretty much Jon Pertwee’s first straight role. He was cast originally with the idea he would be funny. He was known as a comedy actor - funny voices etc. but he decided to play it straight.

[@delorangeade]

Peter Cushing played both the Doctor and Sherlock Holmes.

[@flaggerify]

5th Doctor has 3 companions.

[@garybryant1501]

Funny that it's Ten Rounds Rapid this time after Five Rounds Rapid in The Daemons it's the Brigadier playing safe just double everything that will sort it 😊 And Patrick Troughton did make a good Sherlock Holmes villain in The Devil's Foot episode BBC 1964 series

[@adriantraynor278]

You can call it Wales if you like. Here in Scotland we know it better as Western England.

[@bananasaregood8655]

A rele nice exit for jo, emotional but not ott. The mouths of the maggot puppets were made from real dead ferret mouths lol. The actor who voiced the BOSS appears again in the final story of season 11, you might recognize his voice 😂

[@JudgeJosephDredd1989]

Nothing wrong with goofy :) when The Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) mentions in her first episode "it's been along time since I wore women's clothes" this is what she was referring to when The Third Doctor disguises himself as a cleaning lady I thought that was funny I liked that bit that's Jon Pertwee being Jon Pertwee.

[@flaggerify]

That's Beethoven. The subtitles are wrong.

[@alexthehunted]

Funny thing is tom baker has played sherlock after he did doctor who