Two stinkers in a row.
Iād put L&M fourth of Series 2. Below School Reunion, Fireplace, and the Satan two-parter. Yes, above Ghosts/Doomsday.
Decided to rewatch Orphan 55 and yep, it was just as bad as when I watched it a couple of years agoā¦ā¦ and when I watched it on releaseā¦..
3/10
Wrapped Nightmare of Eden last night continuing my classic rewatch, and gotta say I love this serial.
From the space liner pilot out of his gourd on the highly addictive and deadly drug vraxoin from the start, to the space crash and then numerous mini-catastrophes kicking off around the space liner, it just grabbed me and kept me hooked till the end.
Loved the monsters, loved the mosnters dissolving into crack, and their appearing in the hole cut in the wall - and the whole recording a zoo idea, quite similar to another earlier, favourite serial of mine, Carnival of Monsters.
It really XYPs by, doesnāt it?
Watching some more BlakeĀ“s 7, episode 5 āThe Webā.
I got stuck halfway through that one. Need to continue it sometime.
Iām just about halfway through at the moment actuallyā¦
The Web is honestly the āif you can get through this, you can get through the whole thingā episode.
To get back onto DW proper
āSoon, dryfoot, you will wish you had died on the Stone of Bloodā is, somehow, not a quote from The Stones of Blood.
Anyway, watching The Power of Kroll, which I expected to be incredibly dull, and it is dull, but because of the expectation I had going into it Iām gladly surprised to see itās much less dull than The Space Pirates! Hurray for a comparison to be proud of!
Yeah, The Web is definitely a low point. Although you do get to see what Miles Fothergill (SV7) looks like out of the Robot of Death outfit.
(His photo on TARDIS wiki is even from that story!
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Iām going to try going through War Games tonight. Kinda dreading it because I was having so much fun with Twoās run that I kinda didnāt want to finish it.
Finished The Wheel in Space tonight and did indeed up my rating from 2/5 to 3/5. I donāt usually like slow stories and Iāve struggled with Season 5 a lot on this rewatch but something about this one just sort of clicked this time round. I really liked the characters and the way this ācrazy base commanderā was handled. Gemma Corwynās death is also really well done with her sacrificing herself to save everyone else and the Doctor impotently watching it happen on the screen. I think if more of this story existed, fans would rate Anne Ridler much more as a favourite guest star.
Iām going to be really āfannishā next and rather than going on to The Dominators Iām going to do The Evil of the Daleks again because it was repeated here but as part of the narrative (with the Doctor weaving his thoughts into a story). But Iām not sure how to do it. I think Iāll poll it and let you lot decide for me
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Doctor Whoās first real comparable hurdle Iād say is The Sensorites
Just watched the crimson horror. Iāve never really cried to an episode but holy. The scene were the doctor comes back to Ada and she is calling him her monster itās just beautiful. And the motherās death holy guacamole! She fell an insane height and hit so much that was a terrible fall. AND AHE LIVED! SHE JUST HAD TO FEEL THAT AND THEN DIE ON THE FLOOR. absolutely wild
Youāre watching the 11th surprisingly fast, I remember that about two weeks ago you were just starting him, my congratulations!
Iāve sort of kind of fallen in love with him (the doctor) NOT STEVEN MOFFAT OR ANY OF HIS WRITING I REPEAT NOT STEVEN MOFFAT AMD HIS DOCTOR WHO LINES
Embrace the Moff
our lord and savior
