Earthshock |

[@Eltonlaleham]

The way the dreaded Cybermen return in this serial is awesome, in billions of ways and they reviewed past encounters with their arch-enemy the Doctor which was awesome.

[@MrOmnisun]

This aired when I was about 5 years old. I cried and cried when Adric died. I also remember having an accident not long after and couldn’t walk on one of my feet. I was pretty down in the dumps, feeling emotionally and physically in pain. Mum made me a top with a star on it like Adric’s to cheer me up.

[@robadams5799]

The best way to manipulate the Doctor was always to threaten his/her companions.

[@scottyg3406]

My most treasured Dr. Who moment came in the late 1980's when my mom got us press passes and we got to meet and get an autograph from Peter Davidson, Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier) & Ian Marter (Harry/Unit). All 3 were generous and accommodating and solidified my admiration of being a Whovian.

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

I had a total crush on Davidson when they were repeating his old episodes in the US.

[@retnavybrat]

@@aliannarodriguez1581 It's interesting that Davison was the first Doctor I had, shall we say, less than pure thoughts about and the second one ended up being his son-in-law.

[@georgeharvey4226]

1:43 It’s strange that the Cyber Commander says “we meet again, Doctor” - no Cyber Commander ever survived an encounter with the Doctor.

[@jongyon7192p]

maybe its the hivemind speaking there

[@SamuelBlack84]

The Cybermen don't mind hackneyed old clichés

[@hothemeep1219]

I always assumed he was speaking for the cybermen as a whole

[@kerravon7530]

So remember the pleasant shock of the first episode cliffhanger as a kid. The BBC did so well not leaking the return of the Cybermen. Adric was annoying but didn't dammed the shock of the ending

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

I watched all the Dr Who episodes aired by PBS and never saw this one. There seem to be a lot of episodes the BBC never shared with PBS and sometimes it seemed like the same 5 shows over and over again.

[@robadams5799]

If Cybermen have no emotions, then how come they scream and moan when they die, hmm?

[@BorgCymru]

Ohh the over acting of the Cybermen LOL Got to love it

[@diddymuck]

to me, the cyberman frozen in the hatchway counts as one of the greatest moments of the Doctor.

[@kaitlynrowena5463]

Would have been nice if Matthew Waterhouse made an appearance in the remember tardis as a ghost, as he was in cardiff at the time as everyone else who filmed this out of pure coincidence & it was awkward apparently

[@michaelturner4457]

I always thought Peter Davison was more veterinary surgeon than doctor.

[@ozkaz13]

❤

[@linam764]

😂❤

[@dchegu]

Or perhaps a police detective that's looked down upon by his colleagues

[@harveylee51]

​@@dcheguThe Last Detective ! 😅 I just recalled that now , so i'm not the only one who saw that !

[@stevetarrant3898]

His son in law is a Doctor as well.

[@JonathanCarlos93]

This is so nostalgic! Love it. ☺️

[@stueyfx9350]

Pretty much all existing episodes are on the BBC iplayer now mate 👍

[@JonathanCarlos93]

@@stueyfx9350 I’ll definitely check them out! Thanks 🙏 ☺️

[@michaelmcchesney6645]

It's a shame that the Doctor didn't have a time machine, because if he could time travel, he could travel to the bridge of the freighter and get Adric before the ship exploded. That wouldn't upset "established events" because it wouldn't conflict with what they knew happened. They know Adric was on the freighter and they know the freighter was destroyed, but they couldn't know for certain that Adric was still onboard when that happened. On the subject of time travel making it possible to undo the loss of a companion, there is the case of Amy and her Roman. Amy and Rory were sent back to 1930s NYC by a weeping angel. The Doctor says he can't use the Tardis to travel back to 1930s NYC because of damage to spacetime caused by the weeping angels. But why couldn't the Doctor travel to 1930s London and take a plane to NYC? It's been 11 years since the Angels Take Manhattan first aired, so the doctor traveling to NYC in the late 1940s would make more sense. Basically, both the Ponds and the Doctor would be time-traveling to a point where the Tardis could materialize. The Ponds would just be going the long way round. Hopefully, sooner or later, Arthur Darville and Karen Gillan will make a return to Doctor Who. After they finish that adventure, the Doctor could return them to the past so that Amelia Williams could write the rest of her books. Of course, the companion I most want to see make a return is River Song. (You're welcome Ellie.) But I really wanted to see River meet Jodie Whitaker's 13th Doctor. It would have been really fun to see the Doctor introduce Yaz to her wife.

[@stuff31]

Polygamy rocks!

[@HOTD108_]

Yaz is a bit too dull for that to be an interesting interaction, but anyone else sure!

[@MrsMoores]

This was actually explored in Big Finish's 'The boy who time forgot' which delved into alternative events.

[@valarianne2284]

Yaz meets River - brilliant! Oh, what they could do with that scenario! I do think everyone loves River. Alex is a fantastic actress. And River is the Doctor's wife. Every girl's dream guy 😊

[@valarianne2284]

​@@HOTD108_I don't think we have to worry about Yaz. River on her own would carry that off amazingly well! Two seconds in and Yaz would be furniture.

[@--legion]

Beryl Reid and a ham-actor in a plastic suit. I'll give this one a miss.

[@JuricksEnterprise]

Subtitled "Killing Off an Excess Companion"

[@ЯрославШ-ж9м]

Great scene

[@ValeryValWho]

Hi, it's me, the only fan of Adric 😍

[@wildcelt3459]

Nope, I'm a fan too.

[@doublequilI]

this episode killed me when it first came out

[@Captureman]

So great.

[@moonpawooe7134]

Brilliant adric died thus ending the worst companion ever ( if you don't include Mel)

[@michaelantonyaustin]

The best Peter Davison story (only a miscast Beryl Reid is jarring) with a genuinely poignant ending…

[@matthewbolitho-jones]

I like Earthshock

[@The_Lost_Subrosian]

The theory here is that the 10th doctor travelled back and rescued Adric during his Timelord Victorious phase.

[@rickybryan1759]

Aldric looking at Jodie’s hella move saving companions from e plodding space ships from heaven and clenching his fists like Arnold.

[@JupiterRising3607]

Adrick!!! 🙆‍♀️😲😟🙏🏼💞🌏

[@andrewmclachlan4242]

This was a Great story for a lot of reasons and the Cybermen were always my favourite DW Villans getting rid of Adric was just the icing on the cake!☺😊😉😂

[@fredo1070]

When I walked into school the next day I said thank God Adric is dead and everyone laughed.

[@TheRealSim37]

Sometime maybe a future doctor could go back and save him just before it crashed

[@reubensalter8125]

Fixed point

[@retnavybrat]

@@reubensalter8125 Not that I'd really want to see Adric rescued (couldn't stand him), but isn't the fixed point the freighter crashing into Earth? Once the descent was underway, Adric didn't need to be there, so in theory, a future Doctor should be able to take Adric off the ship without messing up the timeline.

[@slartibartfasttynsol420]

Always thought this was a bit silly - the Doctor could spend 100 years fixing his tardis, and still pop in and pick up Adric prior to the explosion. No change in the events seen from the perspective of the episode - he wouldn't try to prevent the impact, just pop in, pick him up, and leave. Oh well

[@michaelantonyaustin]

Some events are part of the fixed timeline and cannot be changed… I fear this was the case with Adric 😢

[@matt0044]

In those days, the TARDIS was way more faulty.

[@kryptoniandavid]

With as much as adric's death has been brought up lately I half expect the 14th or 15th doctor to go back and rescue him at some point

[@matt0044]

@@kryptoniandavid Maybe in a sort of "some death's are inevitable way" like with Father's Day.

[@adamburke4738]

Not silly at all. Such a stupid take here.

[@Pixie-o8e]

I'm early to this video

[@fjccommish]

What nonsense. Pretending that an asteroid hitting Earth is real history. The show went to the absurd.

[@themonado5030]

The thumbnail looks werid

[@JOHNSMITH-vx5yz]

IM ALWAYS. FIRST. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍