Doctor Who: Season 15 (1977-78). Contact Has Been Made (with K9).

[@pdlagasse]

“Horror of Fang Rock” is kind of famous here in the States for being the show that was interrupted by the “Max Headroom broadcast intrusion” of 1987 in Chicago. Just a little trivia!

[@StamFine]

Nice!

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

"Freaking nerd." 😁

[@pdlagasse]

@@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 “Catch the wave!”

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

@@pdlagasse "My brother has the other one."

[@bleirdo_dude]

Max Headroom tried to take Data back in time. HA!

[@KJ-of6lf]

That K9 has a scarf always cracks me up.

[@SammEater]

Horror of Fang Rock is so cool, it's like my favorite mix of period piece and classic Doctor Who era horror.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

"Tom Baker could read out loud the ingredients of a packet of Skittles and make you shit your pants." 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 100% agreed but also damn hilarious!

[@darkkingastos4369]

Leela was my first on screen love ... ahh the golden years

[@billsinkins361]

BBC: "Tone down the violence" Horror of Fang Rock Script: "Hold my beer"

[@Eltonlaleham]

I have learnt that Louise Jameson wanted Leela killed off in a big blaze of glory and go out with a bloody great big bang there were rumours Leela was to die in the Sunmakers in part 4 by been electrocuted in the vault safe or even killed by a Sontaran in episode 6 of Invasion of Time

[@SimonLeicester]

'Underworld' was the pits. Great video as usual. Thanks

[@jacklawrence2212]

As ever Stam Fine, brilliant analysis and loving parody. You really are one of the finest Doctor who commentators/content creators around.

[@servalan65]

This a superb use of lovely KZbin! I have just discovered you me deario and this is brilliantly funny. Thank you.

[@StamFine]

Thanks!

[@gommechops]

Great stuff, really good to get the Aussie take on these shows too. Like with how the Goodies was played so much more there than in Britain, details like that really add to the appreciation of it all.

[@StamFine]

Cool, thanks!

[@justinsullivan1285]

The stand outs of this season are the introduction of K-9, the first appearance of a Rutan, "The Sun Makers," and the departure of Leela. I loved the use of jelly babies to describe inflation.😀

[@lbricks7631]

Tom Baker is effortless as always.

[@unanimousowlcouncil7377]

'the first female time lord we've ever seen' ....well apart from the one in the first 51 episodes

[@Freshie207]

Well technically Susan and the Doctor weren't ever identified as Time Lords during the Hartnell run Time Lords are first identified as such in the War Games Strictly speaking it's easy to view that as something of a retcon

[@o0pinkdino0o]

When I was still young enough to be in a pushchair my mother took me to meet Tom Baker at a book signing. I got a book of characters and even better, a book of Dr Who monsters both signed by Tom Baker. Then my step brother decided to eat the spines of the books ruining them forever !

[@ced1106]

Oh, good. For forty years, I thought I missed the explanation in the show why the Doctor was helping the Vardans! Thanks for the videos!!! 📺📺📺

[@thebasementfilmgroup]

Did you know the Vardans returned in Big Finish a few years back..... how do I know? .... because I was the sound guy who had to wobble all that tin foil :)

[@StamFine]

lol

[@madmanmark8387]

K9 is awesome and my second favorite companion. Ashame Tom didn't like the character and you can see on screen at times he didn't. Yet in school reunion with the 10th doctor he was ecstatic to see K9. I often wonder in the series of the next doctors how having K9 could have helped the doctor.

[@jb888888888]

K9 could have helped Kamelion. It's well known that petting a dog helps with depression.

[@travishiltz4750]

of course he would have helped. Adding K-9 makes everything better.

[@ItsButterBean1020]

@@jb888888888 yo I want a K9 and Kamelion spin-off

[@RJLNetwork]

THE INVASION OF TIME is my favorite of Season 15.

[@Jamesalec63]

Most of everyone's favourite time lord was at it best in these adventures with Tom Baker as Dr Who it was great fun the horror and science elements like those old horror movies of Hammer ( Whitehouse tried to ban these episodes?) And I think Tom Baker was fantastic he like Jon brought a lot of themselves to this series and still have a strong presence in this very complex character and so does the scare factor so have a jelly baby and just enjoy the time lord through time and enjoy those days of funny sets and odd creatures that were truly bad but were remarkable at the same time after all these years we were just to young to care whether it was raining out as long this crazy time traveller was saving this universe or something else it took 12 Doctors to fix on our TV screens over 60 years of pure imagination for some who believed in this world of the Doctor we never stopped running to watch him-her (they) were fantastic I was young enough to hide behind the sofa at the moment I saw my first Delek Doctor 2 to 13th (?)

[@lucasoheyze4597]

I saw Terence Dicks talk about this, and he said Mary Whitehouse never ever asked for a ban, she actually quite liked Doctor Who, only called for the BBC to be a bit more thoughtful about how intense for children some of the most excessive moments were. He said that, in hindsight, he sort of agreed with her.

[@daverage4729]

Fantastic! The fact that the Tom Baker Dr Who doll was actually a repurposed 'Mike Gambit' from the New Avengers doll was brilliant! : ) :)

[@douglasfreeman3229]

Apparently that is a myth.

[@peterward2275]

I don't know how, but Louise Jameson managed to make a chunky sweater look very sexy.

[@lapieces]

Invasion of time is the best of this era

[@RCassinello]

Rodan is not the first female Time Lord we see, for two reasons. 1) Susan. And if Susan is not a Time Lord... 2) Rodan talks of Time Lords from the position of not being one.

[@jaysinha0]

Very witty narrative of one of the most memorable series of Dr Who.

[@The_man_himself_67]

S15 was shite!

[@ivane5110]

@6:42 this K-9 and Lela Doctor Who episode was the very 1st full episode of Who I ever saw (though I'd seen part of episode 1 of the 5 Doctors and mistook Jon Pertwee as just the actor Tom Baker but old now) in the early 80's it was in reruns (PBS?). It had all that I'd loved as a teen/tween, a knock-out jungle girl, a robot dog, time travel, sci fi and an eccentric science adventurer. Even with the quality level not up to snuff compared to modern sci fi, I didnt mind. I actually grew up on far lower quality sets and effects thanks to 60's and 70's kids TV (oh and Godzilla). But the story arcs, instead of a 1 and done episode was just more than I cared for. It wasnt until the 2000's I gave it a try again. Now, thanks to nostalgia and perspective, I could watch a ton of these gladly over most modern sci fi shows.

[@johncrichton4341]

Found this completely by accident - many thanks - really enjoyed it!

[@IATProductions2003]

After a bit of waiting it’s great to have a review on another classic series

[@StamFine]

thanks. TV series take a bit longer than a movie, simply because there's more material to sift through.

[@IATProductions2003]

@@StamFine especially for doctor who as there are almost 900 episodes of the show

[@DWor-]

yeah, Star Wars just seemed to have a lot of companies jumping to science fiction or saying, "We have some! Rehash it now!" The Fang Rock creature reminded me of a hard sour apple candy with candy floss trailing it. Always weirded out by Leela needing those contacts when I could hardly see the difference when they were removed. We got the disks for the story where K-9 shows up and my husband withheld a lot of the story to see my reaction, "Oh!" and I think it was worth it for him since we grew up with that silly fella. I love how both Romana actresses revere him in the commentary tracks.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

The Invasion of Time is my favorite episode from Series 15.

[@douglasfreeman3229]

Which episode of the Invasion of Time? I think Episode One is good but it deteriorates rapidly after that.

[@jackhughes9835]

I can't wait to hear your thoughts on the Fifth Doctor's litany of companions

[@ponchoman49]

The effects varied from utter rubbish to not bad in this season especially with The Invisible Enemy, Underworld and the Invasion of Time which used an old abandoned hospital for interior scenes of the Tardis. As shame as these are quite entertaining stories otherwise!

[@jeaniebottle6758]

Jelly Babies are Gert Lush. TY Stam Fine. 😄

[@Fejrus887]

Recently finished this season and finally the Video to it comes out :D Looking forward to the next one :D

[@StamFine]

That's good timing!

[@jacklawrence2212]

Part prawn, part virus, all shit - possibly my favourite Doctor who joke.

[@Nige031077]

1 Dislike? But why, unless it's the spirit of Mary Whitehouse and she's not happy.

[@StamFine]

I'm pretty sure she wasn't a happy person in life, fairly sure she won't be enjoying the hot weather where she is now.

[@captainpoppleton]

gai waterhouse OMFG....very nice piece of trivia

[@protomenfan200x]

Been binge-watching this series of reviews and loving them so far! The middle-Tom Baker period is one of my blindspots in classic Who; not a fan of the Graham Williams style. I'm really curious to check out Image of the Fendahl, since there's rumors that one of the stories in Ncuti Gatwa's first series will be a sequel to it. (RTD said at one point he'd wanted to do a Fendahl sequel in Tennant's era but chickened out of it. The plan was, they'd rerun the original in the weeks leading up to the new episode.)

[@rjjcms1]

We'd watched Horror of Fang Rock keenly but I have to admit that The Invisible Enemy had passed me by somehow. The first episode of Image of the Fendahl was decent,with a good build-up to sinister happenings afoot,but it turned out to be the last episode I watched at the time,having scarcely missed any of the previous six years or so. It was autumn term half term in 1977. I'd just become a teenager and my interests were starting to shift,but I still retained a fondness for Dr Who as I'd known it up to then and read the occasional Target novelisation of older stories in the months that followed. Therefore,from the point I left off this is covering largely uncharted territory for me. I did watch the rest of the 1977-78 season in retrospect a few years ago as well as the first story or two of the following season. The Sun Makers stood out as the best of that bunch to me. I've still never seen City of Death,though! I did catch a handful of stories in the earlyish-to-mid 80s such as a couple when Tegan and Nyssa were asssistants and Turlough joined,and then The Caves of Androzani.

[@parlinmains]

7:15 I wonder if inflation is going to ruin the next season too...

[@Redfern42]

"Why Leela is attacked by hairy testicles...? I don't know." Well, I'M not going to be the schmuck to try explaining THAT! 🥺

[@swilliams937]

I find that Saran Wrap works much better than aluminum foil.

[@8023120SL]

Leila was hot...like, smoking HOT! I’m mean thermo nuclear HOT!

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

I always liked Ramona (1) and Peri most and now Martha Jones as well.

[@gregorde]

They knew exactly what they were doing with her costume.

[@LordTalax]

14:49 I thought the Dr helped the Vardins to make them become corporeal so he could properly deal with them.

[@Blinky05]

Would be great if you could turn your humour laden reviews to The A Team, or Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century, or if you have the inclination, both. Keep up the great work too.

[@StamFine]

Thanks. Also, reviews of both series you mentioned are very likely.

[@briansands9957]

Agreed as both of those shows were childhood favorites. Throw 'Knight Rider' in there too for a decent trifecta of 1980's television.

[@JB-ym4up]

Rewatching 1970s and 1980s television shows we traded cheese and story for shiny graphics and preachy. I miss the cheese. Edit: video games took a downturn as well. I blame more time and money being spent on graphics to the point where it becomes the focus of the production instead of the story.

[@briansands9957]

@@JB-ym4up I can agree with this. I don't watch modern television shows. The last one I really got into was 'Elementary' which was good but they put too much focus on Holmes' drug addiction. As for video games, yeah... Give me Final Fantasy 7 or even 12 over anything new. I'll still race the hell out of some Gran Tourismo, though. Oh yeah. Plus I could spend days not even racing but simply designing cool paint jobs for my favorite cars.

[@richardbuckley1232]

Fang Rock set in Birmingham? Because, you know, the sea! Bahahahahh

[@StamFine]

Fang Rock was recorded in TV studios in Birmingham, rather than London. Unless of course there were really, really bad floods that year.

[@rjjcms1]

A year on from the legendary hot summer of 1976 we got the opposite in 1977,a right damp squib. The autumn was moderate but the winter was a very wet,drab one after the turn of the year with some snow at the end of January and early February. Even so,I'm surprised to learn that they filmed it there and not actually making used of a real lighthouse somewhere on the Devon or Cornwall coast.

[@lexezlao]

horror of fang rock feels like a phillip hinchcliffe er leftover

[@thethinkingcatakaneonormie3527]

It is interesting how people say Fang Rock is like a previous season story but actually I think Image of Fendahl is alot more like Hammer Horror or even 1980's Sci Fi Horror Life Force, also it just shows how crap new who is in 1977 they had the Sun Makers with the doctor beating the evil corporation and freeing mankind in New Who Chris Chibnall made Kaboom which says it's a critique of Amazon but the doctor sides with the Evil corporation and stops the rebel leader and simply asks the evil corporation to maybe be nicer 🤬🤬🤬.

[@Blindgenxgamer]

Leela's thighs tho🤗

[@ShamrockParticle]

Though Andred's were better! 😍😁

[@daverage4729]

The reason many of the Dads at the time were big fans of the show. Lol! She was a stunner alright.

[@johnpanter9714]

Based on a true story.

[@StamFine]

Probably. Or maybe not. Or is it?

[@jessica23claire]

If anyone wants more Fendahl, Torchwood did an audio drama sequel called Night of the Fendahl, and gave it a really fucked up twist by setting it on the set of a snuff film that Gwen infiltrates. It is WILD.

[@malcomflibbleghast8140]

bollox....the 77 dracula is still held up as one of the best versions eve made

[@briansands9957]

Herrik was the man in Underworld.

[@douglasfreeman3229]

Alan Lake was King Actor of the 1970s and 1980s. Disrespect him at your peril!

[@tomwilliamson3637]

The Sun-Makers stands out as my favourite Dr Who adventure - witty script, great characterization, and clever subtext. As an overtly political story it's a good contrast to the modern era of politically infused Who - it's salty and edgy (representing a point of view), not safe political conformity (representing the current narrative).

[@rayvenkman2087]

The story had something worthwhile to say and one that even decades still holds up. Anyone who loves to parrot Doctor Who was always political bull are usually talking out of their ass trying to justify the current tripe because not every story did it and those that did it then weren’t written by people who thought they’re the next George Orwell writing the next Animal Farm but they’re really just writing fluff pieces endorsing corporate entities with all the edge sanded off that would have been targets for actual writers. Plus the creation of the story being born out of Robert Holmes’ saltiness puts it above Chibnail’s entire DW body of work including his Torchwood efforts. You can feel the writer venting his frustrations while making a commentary on the matter that doesn’t come off as smug or patronising like what the Orwell wannabes’ writings would.

[@DAN44100]

Gai Waterhouse. That’s funny. 🤣

[@Eltonlaleham]

I rate the Sunmakers highly in billions of ways and it is my favourite story from season 15 my second favourite story from season 15 is Horror of Fang Rock my third is Invasion of Time the modern earth story Image of the Fendahl is oakish I absolutely hate Underworld and I am not a big fan of the Invisible Enemy

[@ezravanmelle4333]

Shame about the budget problems, most of these stories could have been epic with better visuals. Particularly Underworld - lots of wasted potential with that one. I do enjoy Invasion of Time, but I still don't get why the Doctor helped the Vardans invade in the first place. I get that the writers wanted to cash in on the Doctor applying for the Presidency in the Deadly Assassin, but narratively I think it would've made more sense if the power-hungry Castellan had enabled the invasion, and the Doctor was simply recalled by Borusa or someone to help repel the invaders.

[@TheValarClan]

I take it you are not a fan of the image of the Fendahl? it reminded me a lot of classic horrors of call of Cthulhu. I especially loved the monsters in it. I actually would love to see the return. Even if it’s to go over their history a bit

[@StamFine]

It's more the execution of the story rather than the concept ot the script.

[@AllanGildea]

Superb!

[@sammiller3505]

Where’s your James Bond reviews? It’s been a while.

[@StamFine]

Roger Moore needs a big build up.

[@watsorb_saves]

Eastenders bit cracked me up 😂

[@Synthpopper]

0:12 For a second I thought this was The Mandela Catalogue

[@cameronalexander359]

OMG Gai Waterhouse!!!!

[@roslyntrotter5025]

in the invasion of time wasnt it because they had got in to the matrix and the doctor was helping them because they were hinding who they were and the doctor was trying to help them to find out who they were to stop them

[@StamFine]

It's sorta explained, but the lines delivered in a way that don't really get that across to most viewers.

[@roslyntrotter5025]

@@StamFine no it was not said very well from what i understand invasion of time was going to be in the first place some other story with giant cats but for some reason at the last min they changed it to this so thats why this story fills a little put together at the last second

[@999jay999]

7:50 - That Doctor is not a Jelly Baby.

[@craigmckenzie3918]

Precisely. That is a liquorice allsort. One of the bad ones as well.

[@billycross1798]

I want to go back in time, and eat Mexican food with Louise Jameson ❤❤❤❤

[@Amaranthine1000]

Now don't be knocking Blake's 7 that was a great series.

[@johndelye3402]

The "shameleon"? Lol

[@Angie-GoneSoon]

I'd like a jelly baby! 😋

[@mrwookie72]

Mild spoilers!!! For a 40 year old series!!! 😁

[@StamFine]

you never know who's just now discovering something for the first time.

[@k.d2430]

Hi, when will season 21 be done?

[@StamFine]

July or August 2022. That's vague but realistic.

[@k.d2430]

@@StamFine looking forward to it. This is a great channel by the way. Watched them all now so keep up the amazing work.

[@jonarse]

Finklegruber

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

Hahaha all Dr Who endings should have the eastenders outro on them 😂

[@reaverman]

Those are not proper jelly babies!

[@craigmckenzie3918]

Allsorts.

[@rickyred001]

the only time when i was a kid that i got disappointed with a tom baker story was the invisible enemy, it was truly shite

[@Eltonlaleham]

There are some fans who believe in retrospect and with wonderful hindsight that Tom Baker should have departed at the end of his 4th year as the Dr and also this season does not have any feature or mention of Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart Sergeant john benton and Harry Sullivan or any mention of UNIT whatsoever by this time Dr Who as a series was well and finally back off modern day Earth and the dr was travelling in his TARDIS in space and time again like he did in his 2 incarnations

[@tecumsehcristero]

The invisible enemy and the invasion of time are the only good episodes of the season. Underworld is ok the rest aren't good

[@probablynotmyname8521]

Those are NOT proper jellybabies. Maynards or gtfo.

[@craigmckenzie3918]

Made by bassets. Allsorts.

[@probablynotmyname8521]

@@craigmckenzie3918 you do realise that its “maynards bassetts”.

[@The_man_himself_67]

Series 15 went badly downhill. Mostly shite. Sunmakers was awful. Invasion of time was garbage. I was 10 back then and even then knew it was crap.

[@ricardosp7975]

If these reviews were just the facts, they would be perfect. I could do without the cringeworthy attempts at humour. But that's just me.