I liked when they went to New York City…along with the very beginning and the montage at serial’s end. That’s about it lol. The rest was too scatterbrained for me.
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Although it has a bit of a slow start, overall this is one of the most fun, entertaining, and enjoyable stories across the whole show, with lots of creativity and humor and some genuinely lovely emotional moments at the end. The set design in the final episode is also really fantastic
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So, after watching the episodes composing this serial semi-regularly (one or two a day, with a nice addition of Doctor Who and the Daleks between 5th and 6th), I can definently say that I overall enjoyed it. It is not a flawless story, there are some ploblems here and there, but… idc
This serial just feels really… Doctor Who. Like, you got everything here: some classic sci-fi of the Daleks vs Mechanoids, some comedy (certain episodes just outright feel like a light-hearted spoof), then there is adventure, danger and a early step into that would eventually become The Land of Fiction (lk it’s not technically The Land of Fiction, but the Nation’s idea for that place certainly have similarities with that would eventually become The Land of Fiction).
The first episode is literally just our protagonists chilling in the TARDIS and watching some historical scenes that bear practically no relevence to the plot of the story! Gotta love the story that manages to be everything Doctor Who is about. It is trying to be sci-fi, in some ways it is trying to be a horror, in some ways it is trying to be a comedy, but in all ways… It is trying to be Doctor Who. And I love this show. So it was impossible for me to not like it I think. 10/10
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This is a great take on the story. I love it when someone comes along with a positive spin on a story that isn’t getting a lot of love. We don’t all have to like everything but it’s a joy to know that every story has someone who loves it.
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I watched the one about Journey into Terror at the weekend and it pointed out so many goofs I’d never ever noticed - especially Daleks clearly being in frame when they’re not supposed to be in the scene yet - I knew about the one in Frankenstein’s Laboratory (it’s kind of hard to miss) but there’s loads more in the episode!
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It’s such a weird notion but Terry Nation genuinely invented the “TARDIS team dicking about in the TARDIS” cold open
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Nah - Dennis Spooner invented it in The Romans but just didn’t set it inside the TARDIS. Nation ripped him off. 
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Spooner is also basically responsible for the Second Doctor’s whole character so we really have a lot to thank him for that we don’t.
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One thing this story certainly did right was that I wasn’t bored once, which is very impressive for a six-parter. Ironically, here some surroundings could actually be a bit more fleshed out. The plot doesn’t have much going on in parts, and the daleks are quite silly, which I think is kind of nice, actually. The regulars are what I really like though, there are a lot of really good, sweet scenes with them. Steven also comes across quite well in his first episode. Ian and Barbara’s goodbye is very sweet, and quite wonderfully acted.
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(41 minute edit) This one starts uses ending scenes from The Space Museum as a pre title sequence. The biggest change is after the escape Aridius they go right to Mechanus. The only sign anything was changed is from a line at the end were the Doctor mentions Vicki was in the Daleks time machine. Ian and Barbera’s exit is kept intact including the montage.
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But,…but… that means no Morton Dill, no Mary Celeste, no Haunted House of Horrors, no FUN!
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They could have at least kept the haunted house and Vicki’s short adventure so the line at the end makes sense
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Surprised myself, this wan’t as bad as I remember. Still silly & overlong but not boring.
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I like it. It does feel at times like a parody
(Purves poor american Accent, the fact he plays a different guy just a few episodes apart, the whole part with the daleks in the monster house or on that boat etc). But while it feels like a parody, I feel like our leads still feel very much taken seriously (for the most time). The changing in location and the much more “fluffy” feel makes this one quite easy to watch, yet it does have its problem, because it’s part of Doctor Who and not just a parody series. Personally I enjoy it, since I view it much more as a parody for the most part and as parody? Hell yeah, amazing stuff! As a serious entry for the Daleks Serial? Ehh…
I am kinda surprised seeing so many dislike it but I can’t blame many for that, the Story very much offers some good stuff yet the tone feels a bit wrong for the Daleks. Part of me wonders if the Mechanoids taken the place of the Daleks in that Story, if it had worked better
(who knows, at least give them a better voice like @ItsR0b0tNinja already said!)
The Directing can be quite wonky at times, but overall this is one of those stories where I change my mind often if I like it or not. A very flawed Story, but with a stunning ending, I just can say… LONDON 1965!!!
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