I was a humble visual effects assistant on some of this series. Abiding memories: it's true Peter Davidson was an easy going bloke, and spectacularly popular with the make up department! And drove a red Audi Quattro, which to my shame I envied. The vegetation in the Kinda studio absolutely stank! Poor Janet Fielding thought she had legs like bottles. In reality she was very attractive. Also, what punters don't appreciate is that Dr Who was used as a punishment for recalcitrant staff, or as practice for newbies, like me. Happy memories, though.
@parlinmains2 жыл бұрын
>Also, what punters don't appreciate is that Dr Who was used as a punishment for recalcitrant staff, or as practice for newbies, like me. It kinda shows...
@rnw27392 жыл бұрын
The most unbelievable part of this comment is the utterly laughable statement that Janet Fielding is attractive!!! I met her in 1985, 1995 and picked her up in my cab in 2003 and on every occasion she was a midget crone - as grotesque in reality as her wannabe Germaine Greer bile she spat out when she left the show..... but has quickly denounced since it came back and is even reprising her role... the totally hypocritical old bag fraud!
@Shazam999 Жыл бұрын
Janet Fielding was incredibly attractive.
@zootopiawilson Жыл бұрын
@@Shazam999 Agreed. I wasa teenage back in the 80s but I had a huge crush on Tegan.
@kamandi1362 Жыл бұрын
@@Shazam999Was, yes.
@leemullen4332 жыл бұрын
‘Adric Tales’ is quite possibly the best use of that character ever. Well done.
@CoffeeMugTwentyFive2 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to order my volumes of "Adric Tales" on extended play VHS!
@angeluvsvid2 жыл бұрын
That was crazy he had me so worried for him each episode
@paulhunter674210 ай бұрын
It's was ashamed everyone hated Adric, but really it was the scriptwriters fault. He got virtually no dialogue or character development his entire time on series.
@paulhunter674210 ай бұрын
@@galactic_socialistSeem lot of young male child actors fall into this trap... Producers only put them a series attract youth audience. But give them no character development.
@SammEater2 ай бұрын
@@paulhunter6742 Reminds me of a similar character in one of the Kamen Rider series, by far my least liked character too. A shame that people will write a character made to appeal to kids but makes no effort to make it actually likeable even to a kid.
@stephenpalmer93752 жыл бұрын
Although my age suggests Baker the first should be my Doctor, it was Davidsons run that I really grew to love the show. Also Nyssa was my teenage crush. And whilst we all hated Adric even then, that silent credits roll is a piece of TV history that has stuck with me till today, you simply didn't expect it.
@ackbar012 жыл бұрын
Dying saved his character. Agreed, that was powerful and, for memory, the first time as a child a character was killed. Still moves me.
@markgriffin64782 жыл бұрын
in a highly misspspent youth i was in a local fan group which just happened to be the Brighton one so we once got JN-T along for a chat. One of our members turned up with a 'I wish I'd killed Adric' t-shirt on which John didn't understand. Seemed he was labouring under the misapprehension that Adric had been a much loved character and was now much mourned.
@rtex2020 Жыл бұрын
I remember the first time I saw the credits after Adric's death... quite memorable.
@SammEater Жыл бұрын
Nyssa is definitelly one of the cutest companions. So beautiful.
@TheDukeofMadness2 жыл бұрын
Excellent as always. Being from Australia originally, my viewing after school was made up of Grange Hill, Danger Mouse, the Goodies, and Doctor Who.
@southpark41512 жыл бұрын
I remember those good times. Goodies followed by Dr Who on ABC tv. Those were the nice times of analog tv, and the nice ABC etc test patterns during after-hours times hahaha. I also remember 'the beachcombers'. That was before the Davidson times ----- more toward the Tom Baker times. But I watched the Davidson ones, and the rest that followed. All very good.
@musicalneptunian2 жыл бұрын
What? Bananaman and Inspector Gadget were also the Doctor Who Curtain Raisers! Pssst. I am The Meddling Monk.
@nigeh53262 жыл бұрын
In the UK the Goodies was in later on around 8 or 9 o’clock. Grange Hill was massive with us school kids in the late 70s and 80s as it was one of the few kids shows that took a serious look at school in the UK with bullying and drug use being in the plots and kids who were realistic.
@southpark41512 жыл бұрын
@@musicalneptunian True! And Worzel Gummidge too I think!
@southpark41512 жыл бұрын
@@nigeh5326 Love grange hill ..... we had that in Australia too. Love the funky tune of it as well.
@jb888888888 Жыл бұрын
As I understand it, Adric's hologram in "Time-Flight" was included so that the listing in Radio Times would include Waterhouse in the cast, keeping the twist of Adric's death in "Earthshock" a secret.
@nigeh53262 жыл бұрын
Yesterday I was stuck at home I’ll so put on KZbin and clicked on one of your Doctor Who series review. 10 hours later and I went to bed having thoroughly enjoyed your videos. Thanks for your witty scripts and enjoyable format, you really do deserve much higher viewing numbers 👍
@missinglink100012 жыл бұрын
The Goodies followed by Doctor Who, around 6pm. My childhood in the 70's.
@rjjcms18 ай бұрын
Both were part of my childhood in the 70s too,though the Goodies was on a midweek evening and Dr Who on at Saturday teatime (after the sports results and either before or after the early evening news) on saturday here in the UK.
@ericvonkaenel76572 жыл бұрын
Late 4th doctor early 5th doctor has 1 of the best Tardis crews in the show _ I love Tegan so much ❤
@rnw27392 жыл бұрын
Well I suppose someone has too...
@iLikeTheUDK2 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one finding the little synth horn stab when Adric falls down at 14:13 really funny?
@danielredmond61012 жыл бұрын
You're definitely not the only one. They make so much fun out of it on The Visitation DVD commentary, it's hilarious :D
@nigelcarren2 жыл бұрын
Let's be honest, if he hadn't landed on that accordion he might have been seriously hurt! 🤔
@KarlWitsman2 жыл бұрын
Behind the scenes info, snarky comments about Adric, and singing Daleks.... another winner! Thanks.
@robbiebonham2 жыл бұрын
Man, I love your takes on classic Who. Yes, it's ripping the piss a bit, but with love. More of this!
@LowCountryMatt Жыл бұрын
If you aren't ripping the piss, are you really a classic Who fan?
@TheCubicleReview210 ай бұрын
Ive know about dr who for decades, but never had the will or means to approach getting into this mammoth series. Your reviews have been perfect to give me the just. Its honestly unbelievable (to my eyes) that a show like this was made from the 60s. The effects actually impress me as the logistics of time and budget must have been rediculous. Thank you so so much for your amazing show. In the last two days its become my new binge channel!
@wispa1a8 ай бұрын
Find the movie. Journey in time and space. The ordeals are envisioned in that
@sadako242 жыл бұрын
I'm somewhat in disagreement in that I think Davison's Doctor showed more strength of character and fortitude here than he would in the seasons after. Infact I'd probably regard him far better as a Doctor if this were Classic Who's last season. Castrovalva managing to wrap up Logopolis as well as it did gave the impression the makers knew what they were doing here. Most of the rest of the season did too, until Time-Flight sadly happened.
@DragoonEnRegalia2 жыл бұрын
The following seasons definitely showed how JNT & Saward had shaky ideas about where to go with 5th, particularly in stories like Resurrection of the Daleks where he ends up feeling rather out of place vs. what the story's going for. I think Androzani shows how an actually great writer could pull off that kind of story while better defining this type of Doctor without making them like another for convenience's sake, but that's the outlier. Frontios stands out as a favorite serial of mine for starting off like mid-era Saward before Bidmead swerves back into a more pre-JNT story archetype, much to everyone's benefit.
@ShadowWingTronix2 жыл бұрын
I think Adric suffered the same problem as Wesley Crusher: the writers didn't know how to write supersmart teenagers. Or any teenager. Or adults in season one TNG. Someone had a good idea and the ball got dropped.
@hgwells18992 жыл бұрын
He should've seen a doctor about that
@conscienceaginBlackadder2 жыл бұрын
But Adric was an underground rebel, an independent will, a stowaway who got himself places. All totally unlike + opposite to Wesley. That should make an appreciated good teenage character, and indeed I like him and think the hate is prejudice from self-consciousness about teens, and writers' prejudice putting him into a lot more morally conflicted positions than the older companions. Wesley was everything awful about a token teenager in a show spinning naff conservative goo values: The dutiful obedient cadet patronised smiled at + head patted. Abominable unwarchable exploitative sugary, naff, insulting to teenagers too. All showing up ST itself as the dismal military obedience machine setting it is , in contrast to DW.. Until his ending, where he turns against all that, surprisingly redeemed him. But during Wesley's run his place + use were totally unlike Adric.
@ShadowWingTronix2 жыл бұрын
@@conscienceaginBlackadder TNG was conservative? Considering Roddenberry's own politics, the moneyless "economy", and various other aspects I kind of doubt that...as a conservative myself that somehow still likes classic Trek. On my site I'm reviewing one of the novels a chapter at a time right now. The two shows had different ways of doing a poor job with their teen genius, and Wesley was admittedly worse because the writers had him forced on them (they really didn't like him...Doctor Who at least tried with Adric) but generally it's the same issue.
@hgwells18992 жыл бұрын
Poor Adders, I suppose these days they would write him as a Sheldon? With his maths badge, lack of social awareness and obsessive fixations played strictly as comic relief? He could, as the Tenth Doctor would say, teeth clenched, have been "so much more." I was a young teen myself at the time. Yes, he embarrassed me as a fan, but truthfully they failed to write him as likeable in any way. But young Waterhouse also seems woefully miscast. If you look at his lines, you can imagine the exact same words being said any number of different ways which don't trigger an immediate dislike. So that's on him and whoever allowed him to express Adric that way. Now older, wiser, and with frankly better writing, on Big Finish, Adders is nowhere near as annoying as he was on TV. His pompous little "let ME do the math" moments come across almost as endearing, and of course, because we know what happens to him, he's borderline sympathetic. Yet, still very much not so, on rewatch of his tv appearances. There's a reason for that. Plus one of the backroom staff said he refused to wear deodorant and wouldn't let them wash his costume. So he stank and no one wanted to be around him. It's arguable if this qualifies as a fun fact. But I will say, that moment in The Five-ish Doctors, as he orbits Peter Davisons head in a pastiche of his regeneration visions, and says, "it's me, isn't it?" made me lol. So that's a win for Adric, I suppose? Maybe?
@conscienceaginBlackadder2 жыл бұрын
@@hgwells1899 Stink stories about teenagers are an emotionally abusing and stereotypically character-bashing worst part of our era's mob psychology structure of fashionability to oppress teens. That story unless it can be evidenced, is exactly the type of malice towards teenage that is street-cred fashionable to smear around. For a start they should have had at least 3 copies of the costume for changing, it's implausible not to and that story makes it more so
@jamie56592 жыл бұрын
That Dalek Xanadu cover was completely unexpected but very welcome. Great video, love season 19, minus Time Flight of course.
@boblatobla4300 Жыл бұрын
I’ve rewatched your doctor who series of videos about 10x now, can’t get enough. The way you poke fun at it is genuinely hilarious and classic who is always best when not taken too seriously. It’s clear you have a lot of love for the show… we have that in common. Keep up the great work, you deserve a lot more subscribers
@StamFine Жыл бұрын
thanks. glad you're enjoying the reviews.
@thestorm992 жыл бұрын
I was in a band called, "Jailbait Romana".
@memoir4you7 ай бұрын
I agree with your comments , a decent & experimental 1st sesson for Peter's Dr.
@LordRollo2 жыл бұрын
Stam you're such a dag....daleks singing our livy's xanadu cheered me up no end....great stuff!!
@Scyllax2 жыл бұрын
"Black Orchid" was the first story since The Second Doctor's Scottish story in which he acquires Jamie MacCrimmon to be a period piece with no science fantasy elements except The Doctor and his associates.
@Alkeeros Жыл бұрын
Using Adric's death for humor seems to be helping give people catharsis!
@chronovore37262 жыл бұрын
So there I was, watching calmly. Then the "Adric Tales" for Kinda literally caused me to spill my coffee.
@daverage47292 жыл бұрын
That car alarm... LMFAO! Also, Stam Fine never fails to deliver some quality 'Dalek Karaoke'.
@lancebaylis31692 жыл бұрын
I wasn't quite born yet (1983, my first Dr Who memories are of Sylvester McCoy) but Aussies I've known told me Seasons 18 and 19 were shown on ABC-TV back to back as one single, 44 episode epic season after what had been a couple years of repeats. I can only imagine how amazing that must have felt.
@magic713m2 жыл бұрын
With this four-person TARDIS team, I view them as a group of siblings traveling together. With the Doctor being the oldest sibling, who is responsible for the younger ones, but just as vulnerable as they are.
@Mugiwara2k11 ай бұрын
5th was always my favorite doctor of the classic era, more approachable but you can still tell he’s a Time Lord with hundreds of years under his belt. Also enjoyed his companions too, even Adric, who I honestly feel people are way too unfair to.
@johncambridge5543 ай бұрын
Your videos are simply the best. You put so much thought and care and effort and (truly wonderful) humour into them that they can be watched over and over.
@iLikeTheUDK2 жыл бұрын
Can we talk about how there's finally handheld shots with the video cameras and how great they look?
@VoyagesDuSpectateur7 ай бұрын
Peter Davison was the most likeable, relatable and vulnerable of the Doctors, though he didn't convey the strangeness of the character as well as the previous actors had done. I always loved his sparring with Tegan.
@Fred_Lougee2 ай бұрын
Been binge-watching your Who synopses today, enjoying the comedic asides the whole while. But "Dutch artist and rapper M.C. Escher" made me laugh a lot more than it should have.
@bsteven885 Жыл бұрын
3:46 I could swear that Peter Davison was giving the bird on camera.
@mr.sand78992 жыл бұрын
I need that Dalek Xanadu cover as a video.
@forkinhell35452 жыл бұрын
Never be able to watch genesis of the daleks again without hearing xanadu somewhere in the background!
@richmcgee4342 жыл бұрын
You remind me that I should probably go re-watch the Tomorrow People. A little nostalgic masochism is good for the soul. Also I had never realized how much Daleks look like they're roller-skating before.
@peterd7882 жыл бұрын
Poor Matthew Waterhouse has had to suffer 40 years of mockery because he took a job he wasn't cut out for in his youth.
@dazzle19334 ай бұрын
Adric was a better actor than Peter Calaldi
@dylanmcwilliamАй бұрын
@dazzle1933 welcome to watchmojo, here are the top 10 worst takes in history, no 1...
@Tribrachidiumheraldicum2 жыл бұрын
I find this season gets harsh criticisms sometimes but I positively love it. I think the dynamic between the four stars is a lot of fun, with The Doctor is a sort of school teacher with students of varying personalities on a field trip across the cosmos with him. I find the season works best if you just skip the rather unfortunate Time-Flight, in my opinion Adric's death is the true finale, setting up the darker direction the Fifth Doctor would eventually end up down. Besides that, all the stories save for the last one range from good to great, leaning on great, and I constantly revisit this season. It's one of my favorites.
@parlinmains2 жыл бұрын
>I think the dynamic between the four stars is a lot of fun, with The Doctor is a sort of school teacher with students of varying personalities on a field trip across the cosmos with him. Funny how that was how the show was initially supposed to be...
@Tribrachidiumheraldicum2 жыл бұрын
@@parlinmains Basically, yeah. I know everyone hates the new Doctor Who seasons but at the very least I actually learned about the Indian Partition of 1947. Similar to the Fifth Doctor I think the Jodie Whittaker also feels like a teacher and I think Doctor Who should teach kids things as well as entertain. Both of them did a good job breaking down historical and scientific facts for the audience, I can really see kids who don't know about Rosa Parks learning something from the episode about her, and yeah there were some corny parts but I didn't mind. I think Davison did it the best though, I really love any scene of him explaining science or history, right off the bat with the first story he's teaching you about recursion.
@gringotom2422 жыл бұрын
I've never laughed out loud so many times during one video before! Can't wait for the next one!
@nutherefurlong17 күн бұрын
Probably my most well regarded Doctor. I seem to remember some of the futuristic sets having a great vibe. It's hard to pin down but I think they did an above average job in that regard, at least in some episodes. I really only became familiar with the third Doctor later, and while I was fond of the fourth I think the fifth felt the most like the character I wanted to watch the most of. 4 and 5 together were the peak for me, though there were other highlights later
@jamesstewart77362 жыл бұрын
I love this channel. Thank you for making me feel like I’m 7 years old again. This was very much my era of Doctor Who 😊 by the way your voice sounds much better through headphones 👍🏻
@nigeh53262 жыл бұрын
Same here I really enjoy the witty comments and not too serious approach combined with facts that we may not otherwise know. His other movie and tv series playlists are all worth watching too
@swilliams937 Жыл бұрын
I always thought that the "Got it!" elbow slam by Adric was a subtle nod to Tom's Doctor.
@thethinkingcatakaneonormie35272 жыл бұрын
Kinda is probably my favourite story of all 80's Dr Who
@robertridley-fj8zz9 ай бұрын
Ah Richard Todd; survived D Day and the defence of Pegasus Bridge, rewarded with a co-starring role opposite Nerys Hughes. As if it wasn't bad enough that he lost his dog because he daren't call out its name in public.
@RighteousBrother2 жыл бұрын
I bloody love these videos, and it's a Friday evening too, what a treat thanks!!
@DavidFraser0072 жыл бұрын
Best version of Xanado-oo-oo.
@MrStumara Жыл бұрын
The first episode of Castrovalva was shown in Scotland at 3.15 pm for some strange reason
@Mumscup2 жыл бұрын
The nature of Monkey was irrepressible….♥️🍀☮️
@nigeh53262 жыл бұрын
Among some of us at school at the time Monkey became a highlight of tv. The show was so different and so much fun with humour we could enjoy as teenage boys. A classic and unique show
@ThemblrSpace2 жыл бұрын
As soon as I saw this video in my recommended list I sprung out of bed and went to get myself some greens. Good work, as always.
@parlinmains2 жыл бұрын
3:47 Is that a middle finger I see? Wow, the Doctor was _really_ annoyed with Tegan...
@parlinmains2 жыл бұрын
22:40 What's with Fifth Doctor companions having doppelgangers? Nyssa here, then Peri in _The Church and the Crown_...
@ealadubh48002 жыл бұрын
And who voiced the title role for the English dub of Monkey? David 'Silver' Collings, the best Doctor we never had.
@mailjimmygalaxy2 жыл бұрын
All of the Starbucks in close distance to his house. 😂😂😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@johngurnhill8743 Жыл бұрын
Fifth doctor was my first doctor.
@sibionic Жыл бұрын
Tom Baker did NOT have a 'perm'. HIs hair was naturally curly.
@briansands99572 жыл бұрын
Monkey: Journey to the West... I saw a Gorillaz production of that tale a little while back. It was neat. Additional: Gosh, Nyssa sure was pretty. Those eyes of hers get me every time.
@menacelurkingyet83452 жыл бұрын
Sarah Sutton was attractive, but have you not seen Nicola Bryant's Peri Brown?
@idontuseahandle2 жыл бұрын
Best dr who review vids on YT imho. Facts, fun & laughs! Keep it up!
@corvus19702 жыл бұрын
"And wouldn't you know it? It's the God-damn Cybermen." And that's when I died! LOL
@froggacuda16052 жыл бұрын
I'm convinced the writers personally despised both Matthew Waterhouse and Janet Fielding. They went out of their way to give Adric and Tegan whiny unlikable personalities that annoyed the audience. Also, they made sure Adric's death was neither heroic nor sacrificial in any way; he stayed behind, not specifically to save anyone, but rather to give himself one more try at regaining control of the ship, which he then failed at, dying a meaningless death that changed absolutely nothing
@lightningseedsfanchannel5 ай бұрын
It crowd reference. Lovely.
@kesamek8537 Жыл бұрын
'Jailbait Romana' loooooool. Great video.
@joerogers94132 жыл бұрын
ALL THOSE YEARS AGO My Mom: Doctor Who is floating in space? Me: He's wearing a helmet!
@SevenJetC2 жыл бұрын
The Xanadu thing... it is Friday night, but I a not drunk enough for this.
@dogdrovenorth10 ай бұрын
The anachronism in the "story without anachronisms" was 👌 😆
@pablobratcat2 жыл бұрын
I love this take on Doctor Who
@andrewadams2867 Жыл бұрын
I lost it at the car alarm going off @ 23:40 🤣🤣🤣
@Scyllax2 жыл бұрын
They started off with three companions, two female and one male, as William Hartnell did.
@rrsaga2 жыл бұрын
This is awesome! GO back to the first and second doctors. They were pretty great and love to hear ur reviews even if there’s not much vids.. well till they complete the animations
@AnthonyP732 жыл бұрын
Ok well, now I henceforth have no choice but to think of Nyssa as Jailbait Romana.
@KlingonGamerYT7 ай бұрын
Darlek singing bowie.... one day chart toppers
@mailjimmygalaxy2 жыл бұрын
When are you doing more seasons. I am living for these!!!!
@JoeSiegler2 жыл бұрын
24:34 - Oh my god. "After binging on old episodes of Doctor Who".. I laughed WAY too hard at that.
@ShamrockParticle2 жыл бұрын
Heavy irony? 😁
@sanseverything900 Жыл бұрын
Honestly, I never understood the decision by the writers to have *two* super intelligent companions (Nyssa and Adric). It made for quite a unique companion mishmash but ultimately even the writers couldn't figure out how to juggle the two characters properly so they got rid of one.
@rayvenkman208710 ай бұрын
These are the same people who didn’t think to just write Kamelion in his human disguises after King’s Demons to avoid using the prop until Planet of Fire.
@tintomara62092 жыл бұрын
Never realised til now it was P.C Reg Hollis playing the part of Dukkha in Kinda before now!
@drwhofanman2 жыл бұрын
That 'Nyssa' 'Romana' line tho hahahaha 🤣
@SammEater2 ай бұрын
Nyssa and Tegan are so cute.
@dazzle19334 ай бұрын
When I saw Castrovalva I kept thinking where is Adric. The writing on the wall was they were going to focus on Mindless Impatient and bossy Tegan, who was no Sarah Jane or Liz Shaw Adric was smarter than Zoe and more streetwise than Ace, but they changed that to build up Nyssa Adric was the first real companion to be killed: Katrina and Sara Kingdom don't meet the criteria
@themirrorsofmymind2 жыл бұрын
1:27 After hearing the "Own up, aunty..." line I liked and subscribed.
@polmacdhomhnaill3021 Жыл бұрын
Just a few months from the release of the zx spectrum the 5th Doctor was perfect for those waiting to have a spectrum for Christmas. Thought out this time until his departure, we’d watch this doctor and enjoy whitest taking a break for the zx as we practiced for those spectrum competitions. Nothing negative to say about this doctor as we enjoyed the changed made in the 1980’s.
@OzBaxter2 жыл бұрын
"The Celery" was _never_ real. It was always a figment of someone's imagination. The first from Adric's "holodeck" *Castrovalva* , which wasn't a real place. The next time he changed it was the Eternal's sailing ship in *Enlightenment* , which wasn't real either, only given form by The Eternals.
@Scyllax2 жыл бұрын
It was inspired by MC Esscher's paintings of impossible places and mazes, one of which was titled "Castrovalva". The Easter Egg was that this was the first time since The First Doctor was trapped inside the Tardis in a blind inescapable trap.
@huwturbervill8476 Жыл бұрын
Loved the Starbucks gag
@captainpoppleton4 ай бұрын
"Jailbait Romana" LOL
@ezravanmelle4333 Жыл бұрын
Earthshock is a classic. I love Eric Saward's gritty sci-fi action style. And Adric died for a good cause - making the Cybermen scary again; a formidable adversary that the Doctor cannot always defeat without major sacrifices.
@misterhoeflak Жыл бұрын
I had such a good laugh watching this. It’s my favourite ‘classic’ series - simply because it’s the first one I ever watched. Ironically, you’re barely more scathing about the costumes, writing and ‘special’ effects than the actors themselves in the audio commentary on the DVDs of these stories. And when I say ‘the actors’, I mean Janet Fielding. Fun fact: in the scene where they watch Adric getting blown up on-screen in the Tardis, they were struggling to keep a straight face. Watch it again and you can clearly see Sarah Sutton desperately trying not to laugh and quickly hiding her face.
@huggyhuggsbears1265 Жыл бұрын
As a kid watching "THE Doctor" falling to his death before regenerating into Peter Davidson is a TV moment that left a lasting impression on me, and that was the beginning of the end of my love affair of this sci-fi series. I did try to watch Peter's season but only half heartedly, my heart was never really in it. And the less said about the new series, the better. I have my favourite episodes from the golden era (on dvd)....I'M GOOD
@jkmac625 Жыл бұрын
I was 8 when this series was broadcast on the BBC, so up to this point I'd only known Tom Baker as the doctor. I never thought of the Five Faces repeats as a way to remind viewers that there were other doctors before Tom, so to me Jon Pertwee was Worzel Gummidge and Frazer Hines was that bloke from Emmerdale Farm. Earthshock was the first time I saw Cybermen on TV rather than just in Target novelisations.
@Smokr2 жыл бұрын
WTF? Why the Adric hate? I know he wasn't the best-written character in the series, but as a pre-teen watching Doctor Who in the eighties, I wanted to be Adric so badly that I had an Adric uniform for Halloween three years in a row. I loved the idea of a guy about my age being a companion to the Doctor. I think all the hate is just based on pure jealousy. Like all the Wesley hate for ST:NG. Jealousy of the actor who got to play the character instead of you.
@lucasoheyze4597 Жыл бұрын
You are Matthew Waterhouse and I claim my £10
@Smokr Жыл бұрын
@@lucasoheyze4597 LOL
@DevlinDomini2 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to the next installments. btw - Castrovalva would have been better if Davison had been in boots instead of shoes and stockings ….. so distracting.
@SonOfRojBlake10 ай бұрын
"jailbait Romana" LOL
@walkerzupp83932 жыл бұрын
Time-Flight has an ambition sorely lacking from most Doctor Who; I think it's great!
@6581punk2 жыл бұрын
Davidson was the first Doctor Who I can remember seeing. Naturally Tom Baker was better. Davidson was familiar to me from All Creatures Great and Small, so him moving to sci-fi was an odd choice.
@julessherwood2 жыл бұрын
Peter Davison had the hardest job following Tom Baker who I found got rather tiresome when in a dangerous situation he would pull out jelly babies. Peter is an actor and sometimes they will do various characters so doing a science fiction show was not unusual having dipped his toe there as Dish of the Day in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and The Tomorrow People. If he hadn't have been cast as the 5th Doctor we would never have gotten The Fiveish Doctors reboot which was the best thing about the 50th anniversary of the show, as that truly celebrated Doctor Who by remembering those who started the show. The Day of the Doctor only concentrated on New Who.
@angeluvsvid2 жыл бұрын
I liked Aldric character
@666lupine666 Жыл бұрын
"he wouldnt want us to mourn him .... neccasarily... "
@jeffnettleton385810 ай бұрын
I want a complete remake of Xanadu, with the Daleks. Davros can be Gene Kelly.
@DonnaLang42rockglobally2 жыл бұрын
Public Television in Minnesota started showing the Peter Davison era of Doctor Who in 1983 - my senior year in high school. PBS showed them in movie form on Friday nights, and ironically "Four To Doomsday" was on the same night as my senior prom. Since I skipped it in favor of watching Doctor Who, my mom (sweet and cheeky soul that she was - miss you, mom!) would always refer to the Fifth Doctor as my "Prom Date". lol. ^_^ As for "The Visitation", in ways I wish they'd kept RIchard Mace and got rid of Adric... or I wish they'd have put "The Visitation" after "Earthshock" so there would have been an opening for a third companion.
@parlinmains2 жыл бұрын
Did you ever regret missing your prom?
@2Old4Toys2 жыл бұрын
Love your channel. Please do Blake's 7
@SammEater2 ай бұрын
I am pretty sure Kinda was made after a party with heavy drugs, it was the 80s after all.
@samuraijacques9522 жыл бұрын
I lost it at the car alarm joke
@Kokkoz64 ай бұрын
My goodness. What a lot of work you’ve done. Oh the tyranny of the ABC’s 6.30 time slot. Only started watching Dr Who as a kid because you could not change the channel (well how many were there back then - 3 then 4) because you might miss the one and only News and the WEATHER. You scoff, correctly. But then they took that time slot away and children chose the Simpsons...Fortunately bounced back with new series but it was no longer on at 6.30 so no good for dinner. Of course everything now watched in rooms on laptops. I thought that I wouldn’t mind Davison but it’s where I jumped ship until Christopher E.
@thomaschristopher15132 жыл бұрын
Are you gonna review the Sylvester McCoy era? That was the only series I saw first time round. I enjoy your approach to TV and movie reviews
@StamFine2 жыл бұрын
eventually. and thanks
@lapieces2 жыл бұрын
earthshock is the best one for #5
@SeanORaigh4 ай бұрын
The presentation of the Indigenous Australian characters in this was very shocking, but when I learnt that they were going to go with "plausible gibberish" for the Aboriginal language before Janet Fielding objected, I was glad at what we got. Even if the idea of a white Brisbanite in 1982 speaking any indigenous language at all is a big stretch.
@timleopardxolo2 жыл бұрын
Davison taught me three rules for living that I maintain to this day: 1. Wear beige. 2. Eat celery. 3. Be bland.
@conscienceaginBlackadder2 жыл бұрын
Folks find the measured posh voice bland when they don't get how it's part of the characterization of old-fashioned English sportsman. But it is that, and it works. Also his pointed and sometimes sharp-thrusting lines in the middle of situations clearly ain't bland, and they work as contrasts with the sportsman medium voice.
@menacelurkingyet83452 жыл бұрын
Davison: If I want your opinion, I will beat it outta you. Okay, he never said that, but being polite is not bland.
@markcrorigan5542 жыл бұрын
Writers: *give a character a personality* People who have the tv muted and are probably looking away from the tv: ‘bland’