Why the Third Doctor’s Sacrifice Is a Critical Error - Doctor Who

[@kemmdog4444]

A nice little bookend for the Third Doctor is that he starts his time stumbling out of the TARDIS and ends his time stumbling out of the TARDIS.

[@kemmdog4444]

Ben and Polly definitely saw the First Doctor regenerate. They were both kneeling over him and Polly even moves his scarf away from his face.

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I thought so! Boy is Chris going to hear about it next time...

[@kemmdog4444]

Oh my giddy aunt,it’s Pole to Open!

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[@ethanmelton576]

Two points I want to bring up. One: did you notice K'ampo Rimpoche and Cho Je's regeneration parallels the Fourth Doctor and the Watcher? Two: I recently watched The Abominable Snowman, which takes place in a temple in Tibet. This predates Barry Lett's involvement, but it's a hell of a coincidence

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Yep! The whole Watcher thing definitely has echoes. And The Abominable Snowmen makes you wonder even more about when K'anpo arrived and what he's been up to since this episode.

[@jc17_Ace]

Maybe this is a story that is failed by the random journey. "Planet of the Spiders" is best compared (favourably) to "Journey's End" or "End of Time, Part Two" in that it is a celebration of the era and of Pertwee himself. He surrounded by the trappings of his era, including the entire episode dedicated to the chase (no, not that one). Of course, this wasn't intended as such, but Letts goes a long way to giving the Pert a proper send-off, even including the insert-boring-space-colonists-here stuff. While greed for knowledge may not be the best signifier of the third Doctor, he is defined by being very aristocratic and I think the rejection of his greed in the story is a nice cap stone for that.

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Interesting read. And you're right that it's a very apt Pertwee send-off. That makes it a really good cast party, but as a story...

[@kemmdog4444]

The Dalek cameo in the War Games.

[@kemmdog4444]

It was nice to see Stuart Fell as the tramp who got run over by the hovercraft.😂

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The Pertwee era had so many "homeless guy" moments... nothing beats Pigbin Josh, though

[@kemmdog4444]

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[@kemmdog4444]

Looking forward to the eventual Planet of Evil review.😊

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[@kemmdog4444]

@@PullToOpenHow about Planet of Fire?

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[@nicka3697]

With that blue gem and the religious group how did you not go for a Blue Oyster Cult reference

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😲 How did we miss that??!!

[@jc17_Ace]

Also, hate to burst a bingo, but Metebelis is also mentioned in "Hide".

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Must have been a perception filter on that box.

[@paulure861]

The spiders did not win.The great one died when she got the metebelis crystal and all the other spiders died the moment she did because they are all connected to her.The doctors sacrifice was the result of his greed for knowledge and taking the crystal.knowing that going back to the cave on metebelis 3 will be fatal due to the radiation in the cave.

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All true, but the Doctor went back to give the Great One the crystal - the equivalent of giving a nuke to Hitler. He did not know it would create a "positive feedback" circuit when he made that decision.

[@kemmdog4444]

Sarah Jane and her feminine wiles.🤣

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