Wow, they layering of video is not very Doctor Who. And it looks horrible.
I’d say those outfits are rip offs of Deep Space Nine uniforms, but this is a decade earlier.
Peri screams as much as Susan.
Android rebels???? YES!
OH DAMN! I thought the red ones makde it look like DS9 uniforms. Now there are yellow and blue.
Starfleet uniforms
And the Doctor just introduced Peri as Perpugilliam Brown. Someone was dropping acid when writing.
I hate close-talkers.
“Suggests I take 0.3 of a centilitre every day.” If you’re going to put in decimals and use a non-frequently used measurement of a litre, might as well just day 3 millilitres. or 0.03 decilitres.
Oh yeah! This is the S&M story with the guy in the gimp mask.
Part Two
Dude in a gimp suit saying “quite content” while putting his hand on Peri is creepy, but I don’t think in the way they intended.
That dude had enough time to spit out that pill before the guy started trying to force him to bite on the suicide pill.
The green part is under our control. I love that it’s just a screen divided into four equal bands of different colours.
One of the stages of this death that Saltine warns the Doctor of is. TDP, Thermal Death Point. I was certain he said TVP, textured vegetarian protein.
Gah, Peri, stop screaming.
Gimp is pretty upset.
Part Three
I feel like they’ve used this monster costume a few hundred times before in Doctor Who.
That gimp slapping the Doctor was hilarious.
If you have a janky looking prop, don’t have a closeup of it. Though the next guy looks like he’s holding an iPhone.
Well that was obvious that those were Time Lords, I guess they’re so well established by now that we know what to expect.
“The Dutch are civilized, they’re not going to put you in jail for losing a passport.” I really expected it to be about cannabis.
I hate when other people painfully superimpose themselves over me.
Was that a weeping angel?
Colin Baker! I wonder if we’ll ever see him again.
The Doctor just shot the Doctor!!! That explains why no one liked Colin Baker.
Part Two
Aliens use lighting gels as paper. That’s how it should be.
Good hair, Tegan.
Now that I remember that Tegan went missing, the Doctor doesn’t seem to care. That seems consistent with his character. An asshole from William Hartnell to Jody Whitaker.
Dude, you lost your passport, go to the consulate and get a replacement. That’s one of the reasons governments have a presence in foreign countries.
This is reminding me that the Doctor is not a Time Lord, because new Doctor Who is as ridiculous as old Doctor Who.
Man, they’re really teasing hard on the Doctor’s death.
Part Three
Oh, he’s not dead.
Why did Tegan’s buddy get shorter as he flashed between regular and inverted colours?
Part Four
How is Tegan’s breast staying in that top? It seems magical. If she’s not careful she’ll look like this.
Omega looks like he has hot dogs stapled to the side of his face. And Tegan’s gentleman friend is lying in beautiful repose. Paint me like one of your French girls.
My Big Bird in shining armour!
Peter Davison looks good in a normal outfit. He should wear those more.
The TARDIS showing up on RADAR seems like it breaks a lot of Doctor Who.
Was there snow on the ground when the TARDIS was hovering over Heathrow?
How did the plane lane on that landscape? Oh, wow they answered that.
How is the makeup on Doctor Who so bad? It’s the 1980s. Even original Trek did better than this 20 years prior. I don’t know if that bad guy is a racist caricature, all I know is let’s assume it is… classic Who hasn’t has a great track record.
Part Two
Yeah, now that I see the facial hair in more detail and the robe, yes it is a racist caricature.
Oh, there’s Adric, I was wondering why he was listed on Wikipedia.
Oh, racist caricature is just a racist Master.
Part Three
Uh oh, the Master stole the TARDIS.
I think the good ole’ TARDIS has seen better days, the door is rather loose.
The Doctor could try to stop the Professor with more than just a casual “stop.”
Part Four
The Concord is taking off, and you can see the buildings in the background. It’s not in the Jurassic period, it’s at an airport.
This is like the episode with James Corden when the Doctor goes to play soccer.
This is such a charming episode. “What would you do with a cock tail in a bath?”
Peter Davison knows the pain of tall people, he really had to crouch to see himself in that mirror.
Nyssa’s clone just so happens to have an identical dress ready to go.
Latoni’s voice has been terribly looped.
That was quite the faint.
I’m really enjoying this two parter. It’s a good pace, and a fun story. I wish classic Doctor Who had more two-parters.
Part Two
Well, this was a predictable turn of events.
I really like that the Doctor is proving his innocence in a murder by showing his TARDIS… He could be both an alien and a murderer. Oh, the cop is smart enough to say that, too.
As for the guy they keep tied up, they really should learn how to tie people up better.
I didn’t know you could make fires that only burn doors.
Aww, they couldn’t find a way out of this story without killing the “monster.”
Wow, the opening music cue really sets the tons of this Doctor Who story.
Well, the butler was the first victim, so I guess he didn’t do it.
“We’re under attack!” In walks the gayest robot, ever. I love gay robots.
Adric’s version of fighting is to crawl on the ground and be something for the person to trip on.
It’s been a long time since a companion has fallen and twisted his ankle. I like that it was a boy this time.
Is that guy carrying styrofoam take out containers?
Part Two
That wall needs a sound effect like in Quantum Leap when Al walks through something.
The gay robot has a cloak now.
The alien costume looks like a bad theme park mascot.
Part Three
Why is Nyssa redecorating her room in the TARDIS… also, that’s a weird angle to put her bed at.
I love the thespian’s voice.
The aliens on the tv screen remind me of the alien scientists from Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey.
Tegan should listen to the Doctor more.
Part Four
That alien is seriously out of breath.
I love how empty boxes really do a number on an their attacker.
Since Part Three, I watched Bill & Ted Face The Music and I’ve gotta say that their gay android is better than this one. I like Dennis Caleb McCoy. I hope this dead gay android goes to hell and meets up with Bill and Ted. OH MY GOD! Dennis Caleb McCoy was played by NoHo Hank from Barry!
“The primitives,” “savages,” hooray for British colonialism.
I’m not sure if I’m watching Doctor Who or the stereotype British soldier on Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
Only 8 minutes in, and another instance of Adric’s misogyny.
Oh! Kinda is pronounced like the Yiddish1 kinder (children). It’s the name of the indigenous people from this planet, not this story being kinda like something.
The man in white face reminds me of Andy Kaufman.
Thank Roddenberry for Star Trek and the depiction of human future that wasn’t just about colonization. Yes, you could make arguments for the Federation being colonial.
HAHAHAHA! He even has a pith helmet.
Part Two
Who are these ladies with voices?
Oh my! The guy in the pith helmet turned into video.
Oh now there are more pith helmets.
Part Three
I like how the lady screamed before they even opened the box, and now the guy holding them prisoner is having a freakout because he is afraid of the dark.
Oh shit, they’re all turning VHS now.
The Kinda clown they hired is terrible. Either he’s never clowned professionally, or never done it for camera.
Oh shit! Everything’s going VHS!
Part Four
I found out Mango Language has a free Yiddish course. I did the first class. I learned how to say shalom aleichem. I already knew how to say that one. However, it’s making more likely to pronounce this episode like it’s Yiddish.
Adric keeps on being an asshole in every story. Oh, this is his last season. Good.
“That’s the trouble with women, mindless, impatient and bossy.” The problem with Adric saying that is not that Adric thinks that, which he does, but I think the writers of Doctor Who believe that.
Oh yay! They all get to wear the stupid helmets, not just the Doctor.
The team have split up, so I guess Adric and Nyssa are going to get captured.
The aliens are very interested in human fashion. I really hope that they’re just editors for an intergalactic Vogue.
Well, I was wrong. Only Nyssa got captured. Well, that was fast. Is that the real Nyssa? Okay, I don’t think this any more.
However, now I’m thoroughly confused. Doctor Who has long established that everyone speaks their native language and the TARDIS translates, but here Tegan is speaking to an Australian Aborigine in his native tongue, yet no one is hearing it as English. Yet, the Athenian is speaking English.
Enlightenment and Persuasion are wearing kick ass outfits. Tegan’s a great designer, but their choice to make them all emerald green is the greatest decision.
Part Two
“3 Billion people on this one ship? It’ll never get off the ground.” It’s a spaceship, why are you assuming it needs to get off the ground? Build it in space. Shuttles or transmats.
Interesting that these cultures have not changed at all over the past millennia. Except for the guy wearing the loin cloth and running shoes.
I thought this guy looked like Herb Tarlek from WKRP, my wife thinks he looks like Bill Hader. What do you think? Now that she said that, I see it. I really see it.
Part Three
They’re all robots. That actually explains a lot.
They keep saying there are 3 billion people on Earth. This episode aired in 1982 and Earth hit 4 billion in 1974. Weird to think that we’ve nearly double the population since then.
There is way too much hypnosis in Doctor Who.
There are a lot of helmets in this story.
At least by this point in BBC history, they’re using Asian people to play Asian people.
Part Four
Wow, the Doctor is racist against robots.
The wrestlers are wearing too much clothing. This is supposed to be greco-roman wrestling! Though, it’s very obvious that Enlightenment is getting enlightened by this display, if you get what I mean.
Someone at Doctor Who really like cricket. He uses a cricket ball bouncing off of a spaceship as propulsion back to the TARDIS.
The Doctor left the door to the TARDIS open in front of Monarch… why didn’t His Majesty go in?
It really sucks that the Doctor refuses to take Tegan home.
