Doctor Who: The Doctor and Master join Axos - The Claws of Axos

[@Brogus_Almighty]

Love the modern idea that tardises are meant to have 6 pilots, so the master just stood and watched to be a dick.

[@TheTaridsMan]

lol

[@doctorwhofanaudioplays8310]

This is why I love Pertwee era. Delgado was the best master and Pertwee was surely one of the best doctors.

[@handsolo1209]

The first 4 doctors were all brilliant in their own way and it went downhill after that. Each one of them brought a new quality to the role that also didn't crap on the others. Delgado MADE The Master and the only other person who did it any justice at all was Anthony Ainley. Anybody else in that role has been an insult to Delgado.

[@marcse7en]

At last, somebody who thinks as I do! The first four Doctors were brilliant, and it was down hill after Baker. Delgado was the best Master ever, and Ainley was second best.

[@SJKPJR007]

The special rapport between all the cast is so evident during this era. I've loved the show ever since but it has never recaptured that unique quality since. Long live King Jon!

[@madabbafan]

True, It has been said that Pertwee left the series partly due to Delgado's death.

[@frankreynolds445]

And in addition to that the Claws of Axos is one of the best Dr. Who episodes.

[@RexfromIslaNublar]

Pertwee is my favourite incarnation Doctor along with Christopher Eccleston. Two underrated versions of the Doctor.

[@buzzybeepopman2009]

Good choices them

[@garydove759]

Agreed.

[@The_Butler_Did_It]

2:04 there's a lot of dust on top of that thing...doesn't The Doctor ever do any housekeeping?

[@Domihork]

Well it's obvious Polly isn't around anymore

[@stargazer65]

Domihork I was going to say that :(

[@tompearce5418]

The TARDIS has a huge interior as shown in Castravalva, with many rooms not used for centuries.

[@SamuelBlack84]

He has Jo for that 😊

[@doctordimension020]

The Master’s TARDIS is a unique disguise in this story....a white cupboard

[@Mental_Warlock]

What's the Axom

[@EditedAF987]

The Doctor I think it’s meant to be the default appearance

[@Robert_Manners]

For many years within fandom this scene was known as the portaloo TARDIS disguise, however many were confused as to why it had taken on this form whilst inside Axos.

[@Eltonlaleham]

The Masters TARDIS in this story is awesome as a white cupboard and the Master's TARDIS is a later and more advanced model than the Doctor's

[@jago62blue]

It hardly blends in!

[@ardent-ace27]

"i shall miss *you* " wow savage

[@HariSeldon913]

He said the same to Liz Shaw in Inferno just before going a few seconds ahead in time and a few hundred yards due east. 😼

[@olieverett5683]

An underrated story. It's amazing! I even love the cheap-ness of the TARDIS.

[@ftumschk]

I know. Some people even hate The Claws of Axos, but it's one of my favourites.

[@minicle426]

Axos is such an underated antagonist. I've been hoping it would reappear in the new series.

[@Ailumer]

I always thought that this master was tall, I guess compared with the third doctor he's short

[@mrsbluecactus183]

Did anyone notice that he's always shorter than the Doctor?

[@zarabada6125]

@@mrsbluecactus183 Not always. Anthony Ainley was taller than Sylvester McCoy. If you are talking about Delgado, he never appeared alongside the other doctors but would have been taller than McCoy also.

[@dT6E7hmja4iXjsJw]

Pertwee was 6'3" (190.5 cm). That's up where the air is thin all right. I met him briefly in the early 90's; I'm 6'1" and there aren't a whole lot of people that I have to look up at!

[@raksh9]

Jon Pertwee, the universe rest his soul, was crazy tall.

[@martinwood744]

He was taller on the inside!

[@TheSkully343]

Forgot how much I loved the set design in this episode.

[@Popcultureguy3000]

Solidus-Skully The Axos living ship looks incredible, and believably organic looking, for such a low budget!

[@hamishwhitehenderson5197]

The Axos ship looks like an indoor adventure playground I used to go to as a kid.

[@hamishwhitehenderson5197]

in fact I suspect that this entire serial has been manufactured purely as an attempt to discredit the Master as a legitimate Anti-imperialist force. Despite his faults, he has always been a friend to the Clangers, and indeed, other non-human indigenous societies like the Earth Reptiles, who where despite the claims of the news media, only defending their bunkers from human imperialism, or the Daleks, who's attitudes to crime we have a lot to learn from: have you ever seen graffiti on Skaro: I think not. this is because it is a cohesive community, where any unruly youths are quite rightly taken round the back of the house away from the meddling human social workers, and exterminated. They then often exterminate the social workers as well.

[@ChristopherZavalaVlogs]

They should bring Axos back

[@louiswright8282]

Maybe so.e distant cousin of the saxons. Thatd be good

[@aarothewanderer5549]

One of my favorite story in the 3rd Doctor

[@aporue5893]

the dr led the master into a trap,love it LOL

[@Autopsy6]

Roger Delgado was so brilliant.

[@Leamax33]

If only we could have had Peter Capaldi wear that outfit

[@delavalmilker]

Watching this years later after having first seen it on TV, I am surprised at the elaborate set. Especially for a low budget BBC TV series in the early 70's.

[@dT6E7hmja4iXjsJw]

This story was my first exposure to Doctor Who, when "Claws" was one or two years old. I was hooked right away.

[@tapeduk]

Roger Delgado was the BEST

[@tardistime6857]

Jo was my first crush

[@lintonkenneally7954]

R.I.P. Royston Farrell (1937 - 2017).

[@Wyndrin]

I wonder how long it took the Third Doctor to re-learn the takeoff sequence after the Time Lords wiped his memory of how to use the TARDIS 🤔

[@CNYTE]

Did they wipe his memory or did they just remove the dematerialisation circuit?

[@Wyndrin]

@@CNYTE Wiped his memory

[@scl1332]

Anyone else think that Joe looks kind of hot in this story or is it just me?

[@davidthedeaf]

It is just you. Carry on.

[@peterjoyfilms]

@@davidthedeaf She always looked good

[@Kmn2]

why does the master always have a ridiculous tardis he's had a clock and a fucking cupboard as a tardis lmfao

[@ftumschk]

Chameleon Circuits can't win - they're damned if they work, and damned if they don't :)

[@tyronescott8704]

Love jon pert wee and his girl hes,so fine.

[@busywl69]

one of my fav's!

[@markhayward7400]

I love the way The Master works a nice Nehru jacket. It is the perfect sartorial accompaniment to his well modulated villainy.

[@JD-Media]

Oh come on, you Earthlings have all manner of weird names. Maybelline? Bronx? Shelley?

[@androo6473]

The way The Third Doctor just agrees to this is because of his voice and attitude!

[@tyronescott8704]

Jo so fine .

[@Jordan-jn1vj]

I always hate how careful he is with the Tardis, like I know it is a very important machine but he acts like it is a piece of glass

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

Yeah I was waiting for some sort of dramatic pulling of levers or pressing of buttons. He barely did anything with it.

[@EditedAF987]

Jordanisntheboss well he’s been having a hard time restoring it to working order, and he’s also wary for any other tricks and safeguards the timelords installed.

[@Omnicient.]

2:00 You'd think they'd dust the props now and again!

[@Jasmine-eh6cp]

Polly isnt there anymore!

[@Greeneyes3005]

Now that’s!!!!!!..... Doctor Who!! 👍😎

[@tylertheultimatebadass87]

Give the Doctor a set of fake plastic fangs and he'll pass off as an old timey vampire from a b-rated movie

[@robertfeld5829]

the most beautiful sound... the TARDIS sounds

[@LitsaLisa1309]

i wonder why the 1st roundels is still here

[@smooth111012]

Don’t mess with the real master

[@thedavecorp]

I don't remember this one.

[@dudeonline456]

I'm sorry but those demat levers were so unnecessary.... Like that's just awkward 😂

[@johngurnhill4780]

Loved this episode brilliant writen

[@captainspock3p07]

0:47 Can anyone tell me what's going on through those doors? I haven't seen this episode.

[@Invadermoofy]

The tardis doors closing

[@RandallHallKaizenReiki]

This was the first Doctor Who serial I ever saw.

[@Eltonlaleham]

I think much as I liked ROger Delgado Master he was overused in season 8 and similarly the same thing happens again in science fiction in Blake's Seven with the arch-villain Servalan in season4 in the way she like the Delgado Master appeared too frequently and there were stories where neither Servalan and or the Master really needed to be there

[@sstuddert]

I know, right? Why was Servalan herself personally going on so many dangerous missions???

[@Foebane72]

That wobbly time rotor on the TARDIS console makes it look so CHEAP.

[@Goat4459]

well DW was on a tight budget back then.

[@AndrewChapman]

Wibbly wobbly timey wimey... rotor lol

[@ptolemeeselenion1542]

Lol.

[@Icelandic_Sand]

That's literally half the charm of the show imo

[@sunsetta9496]

The Master quiet the mechanic😉

[@patpatostrom4228]

The Latest

[@RandomAmerican3000]

"I will miss you most of all Scarejo."

[@romanaii4895]

I like this one

[@marcse7en]

The first four Doctors were all so believable. So alien ... And Roger Delgado was evil personified! 53 years on, there's Jodie bloody Whittaker, and Ncuti Gatwa! ... Give me bloody strength!

[@doloreshuntoon7698]

This is a disaster area!!!

[@alohahejahe___]

这两真的配一脸😂❤️

[@lewiskent4113]

Haha

[@harryturner8701]

Funny to think they’re gay for each other

[@tardistime6857]

What on earth are you talking about? Bollocks

[@harryturner8701]

@@tardistime6857 what 12 said at the end of series 10 😉

[@vordman]

This is what I call Dr Who, not that embarrassing shite with Jodie Whittaker.

[@Mr.Nyongo]

What do you people have against Jodie Whittaker??

[@chrisb6290]

The days before all this P.C. bullshit did not ruin the storyline