Posted on 04/13/2022 11:41:35 AM PDT by Red Badger
Consider watching Blake’s 7 but for sure skip the first episode, or better the first 2 seasons.
Avon is Awesome.
Avon was the best part.
I believe these two movies were not Dr. Who as a Time Lord but instead Dr. Who as a befuddled earth scientist with a granddaughter Susan. I could be wrong, saw them decades ago.
Characters Ian and Susan are from the original, first true episode of the show.
This episode, as far as I’m aware, has not lived through the years and masters and copies have both been degraded and lost. Again, as I understand, this episode has a few successful minutes of restoration.
The original told about the Doctor not as an alien but as a loving grandfather. He taught his grand-daughter about history by pretending the police call box outside was a time machine. Two teachers were sent to investigate her claims that her grandfather was a time-traveller.
Further details are lost and while I am NO Dr Who pro or lover (Which is why I say “as far as I know”) it was designed to be a children’s show teaching about history. Fanciful travels forward in time were to show the effects of the things that we do.
I could be wrong here.. if I am I’m sorry. But the original Dr Who script seemed like a better idea than what we got now. Which is TERRIBLE sci-fi.
I mean seriously Britain can not CAN NOT write or produce sci-fi to save itself. I guess that is what you get when the state owns the media and it’s funding.
“Britain can not CAN NOT write or produce sci-fi to save itself.”
I disagree.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Ba4BbH0oY
I haven’t watched Dr. Who since they made him a woman.
Still think they look like salt shakers...
Weeping Angels are lots scarier...
I like Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Chris Eccleston in that order.
Matt Smith was pretty good.
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