Doctor Debut Marathon

Doctor Who: Robot Review

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DW Robot

Unlike Spearhead From Space, Robot doesn’t try and reinvent the wheel, while it introduces a very different take on The Doctor, it otherwise feels like a regular Pertwee story. This is something will change immediately after this (in fact the remainder of this season feels like a fresh new show in tone) but as for “Robot” it’s very much still in the past. Does that make it bad, though? No, of course not. It’s a fun story, though one that may have set its heights too high compared to its budget. Let’s take a look!

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Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space Review

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DW Spearhead from Space

In a lot of ways Spearhead From Space is nearly as significant as An Unearthly Child as it’s the first time the show goes through what feels like a proper reboot, and does so successfully. Gone is everything we associate with the character, including its lead actor, replaced with a new Earth-based set up with a group of soldiers who battle alien threats… and it’s in colour no less! The fact that in four episodes they manage to establish the new status quo, introduce new characters and a new Doctor, and create a brand new alien species (the Autons!) is quite the feat. So let’s take a look in more detail, shall we?

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Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Review

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DW The Power of the Daleks

I’ve experienced Power of the Daleks, which is entirely lost, four different ways now. I first listened to the soundtrack CD, then I watched a photo recon before watching the animated version after it came out two years ago. For this review I watched the blu-ray colourised version of the animated edition… I wonder what will happen when I watch it a fifth time! Anyway, Patrick Troughton’s debut story is a great one, it doesn’t actually hang on the idea of a new Doctor very long and instead tells a tense Dalek story where for five episodes the viewers watch on, waiting for the Daleks to turn on the humans, and when they do: yikes! Modern Who wishes it could have Daleks this threatening… Let’s take a closer look, then!

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Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child Review

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DW An Unearthly Child

How can I properly frame the importance of this episode? It should seem obvious being the very first episode, but it establishes pretty much everything: The Doctor is an alien with a police box that’s bigger on the inside than the outside, that can travel in both time and space. The imagination in Episode 1 for the time is still great today, it’s just a shame about Episodes 2 – 4, which decides to tell a relatively slow story about cavemen… Ah well, let’s have a good look overall and kick off the Doctor Debut Story countdown, shall we?

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Doctor Who – Doctor Debut Marathon starting on Monday!

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As predicted (by me!) back when I did the Regeneration Marathon, which counted down to the Twelfth Doctor’s swan-song, it’s time to countdown to the Thirteenth Doctor’s debut! As per usual when I do a daily marathon this won’t effect any non-Who related reviews going up, especially the “Shonen Jump! 50th Anniversary Top 5 Debut Arcs” countdown, which will finish over the next two weeks, but there will be fewer non-Who reviews because… well, there are fewer non-Who reviews to go up anyway! Click more down below to see the line up, otherwise I’ll see you tomorrow!

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