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Went lightning speed through the Pertwee years, and wasn't really my cup of tea. Didn't like the stranded on Earth storylines, and while the Master was good (especially in The Sea Devils), I wasn't as keen on the militaristic leanings with the whole UNIT arc. And Pertwee so wanted to be James Bond that the character's eccentricty was toned down. I didn't really get enthused until his final year when Sarah Jane came into the picture.

That carried over obviously into Tom Baker's era who was just brilliant from the beginning. This is the first Doctor that I knew although I was only aware of his latter seasons (Romana onwards). I never saw any of the episodes originally. I was living the cliche from behind the sofa where they were even scarier without the ropy special effects. But watching them again (for the first time?) I've fallen in love with the show all over again. In my mind, Doctor Who when Douglas Adams was the script editor was peak Doctor Who; as good as it got. Scary, eccentric, and absurd, I don't think the institution has been more British before or since. I also didn't know Shada had been completed with animation with the original cast reprising their roles vocally in 2017. Just started watching Tom Baker's final season, with John Nathan Turner taking over as producer, and you can see the gimmicky rot starting to sink in, although it's still great stuff.

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Have to agree I did not like the Pertwee years while stuck on Earth which limited the scripts. My favorite doctor from the golden years was Tom Baker, the stories were brilliant and some really stood out like the Robots of death and the Talons of weng-chiang.

Maybe it was just our age at the time, nostalgia helps a lot, but I'm also in the Baker was the best doctor camp.

I liked his very strong aversion to guns (see newbie moaners, not a new woke thing!), on screen presence, sudden bouts of excitement, eccentricities, just how bizarre he was. Like he was an actual alien!


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Amazing what they could get away with in the Mary Whitehouse era with Doctor who, but I guess they had to compromise sometimes. Recently saw an episode (it might have been Shada actually) where after offering a Jelly Baby, the Doctor reminds the recipient to brush their teeth afterwards.

And they say the current series is woke!


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Ah, the old jelly babies. Must have put the sales up during those years LOL.

Some idiot marketeer thinks that putting the first two episodes on iPlayer on May 11th at Midnight will pull in viewers (just so we get them at the same time as the US does, because the US is so much more important when it comes to Doctor Who)

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Looking forward to the new season.

Trailer for Season 1 is now live...

Looking more and more like a genre flip. It is meant to be sci-fi, right?

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And Trailer #2

Less than six weeks to go...

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