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| Season 1 (Marco Polo) |
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13 | 18.57% |
| Season 2 (The Crusade) |
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1 | 1.43% |
| Season 3 (Galaxy 4/The Myth Makers/The Daleks' Master Plan/The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve/The Celestial Toymaker/The Savages) |
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25 | 35.71% |
| Season 4 (The Smugglers/The Highlanders/The Underwater Menace/The Evil of the Daleks) |
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16 | 22.86% |
| Season 5 (The Abominable Snowmen/The Web of Fear/The Wheel in Space) |
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11 | 15.71% |
| Season 6 (The Space Pirates) |
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4 | 5.71% |
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So, looking back on the series... I guess Graham really did see ghosts in the Haunting of Villa Diodati? Will the ghost sandwiches ever be explained? 
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Mar 11, 2020 14:35
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Jerusalem posted:Ouch. C'mon son, the game show Graham should be on is obviously The Chase.
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Mar 14, 2020 12:48
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TinTower posted:https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1242783288571211776?s=21 Neat, but kind of sad that I'd rank Jodie stood in her wardrobe pretty highly in her list of best Doctor speeches.
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Mar 25, 2020 19:06
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Burkion posted:Top row, left to right Burkion posted:Dalek Row, Left to right Burkion posted:Alien Row- Some others not mentioned are Morbius next to the tree lady and Sharaz Jek between the pirate and the angel. I think the one behind the Sycorax leader is Omega from Arc of Infinity.
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Mar 27, 2020 23:20
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My favourite is the scene of 11, Amy and Vincent looking at the night sky, which then shifts into The Starry Night as Vincent explains how he sees it.
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Mar 28, 2020 09:30
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Troughton was such an expressive actor. I'm thankful for the animated reconstructions of his missing episodes as a next-best thing, but they can never fully capture all the facial expressions and small movements of his live performance.
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Apr 4, 2020 19:09
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Unkempt posted:I keep seeing Patrick Troughton in unexpected places as I flick around the streaming services lately. He was a patient in an episode of Only When I Laugh, and a creepy peeping tom who gets his head caved in in the very first Inspector Morse. I kept getting that with Peter Capaldi over Christmas. I was surprised as heck when he suddenly turned up as a handsome love interest in an episode of the Vicar of Dibley.
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Apr 5, 2020 14:18
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The_Doctor posted:She’s definitely got the outfit at home. I'm enjoying this gradual in-character tour of Jodie Whittaker's house. Maybe we'll get to see her garden next! The_Doctor posted:Deep cuts. I think I choose 4, 6 & 10. Hmm.... 1, 4 & 10. Eccleston's my favourite modern Doctor, Donna's my favourite modern companion and makes Tennant tolerable, 10 is Capaldi's most consistent season and has Bill and Nardole. I'm not as passionate about Series 5 as others, but if I had a fourth pick it'd be that. Voting Floater fucked around with this message at 09:51 on Apr 9, 2020 |
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Apr 9, 2020 09:48
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Edward Mass posted:Well, at least we know the next season is airing in 2021. Well, that's the hope. From how the past couple of series have panned out I'd guess they would have been intending to start shooting either now, or in a month or so. At this point, nobody really knows how much disruption to schedules coronavirus will cause. If we're lucky then it'll still be some point in 2021, but I wouldn't be too shocked if it ended up getting pushed back to 2022. Tomtrek posted:Neil Gaiman wrote this little scene as an introduction for tonight's watch-along of The Doctor's Wife, and it's great: This was delightful, especially Karen Gillan's cameo. All these little vignettes are better marketing for Doctor Who than what we got for the last series.
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Apr 12, 2020 10:43
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Davros1 posted:Heaven Sent ... by way of the Third and Fourth Doctors Along with Midnight, Heaven Sent is one of my favourite episodes for imagining how it would play out if it had been a different Doctor in that situation. Heaven Sent is perhaps more interesting for thinking about that from an actor perspective than a character one, but it's fun to ponder what their emotional response to losing a companion would be, what would their interior monologues be like, what kind of confessions would they give or avoid, how would they approach the final room etc.
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Apr 15, 2020 19:30
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Whatever Jon Pertwee did to end up in that police mugshot, I hope he was remorseful and the judge was lenient.
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Apr 18, 2020 12:16
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I didn't see much of it either, but I have seen the last scene of the series and thought that was already a decent open-ended send off. I trust that Rusty will hit the right note with this though. It's been however many years since she died and just reading that announcement still got me.
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Apr 18, 2020 14:07
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Apparently all the Doctors from Tom to Jodie and Jo Martin have recorded a message for a BBC telethon thing tonight https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52379802. BBC posted:Ten Doctor Who actors from the past 50 years will say thank you to real doctors and other NHS staff on a star-studded BBC fundraising telethon later.
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Apr 23, 2020 17:48
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The_Doctor posted:Aww, no Eccles.
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Apr 23, 2020 19:45
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Here's the message from various doctors to various doctors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsEuy0H2Zl4 Conclusions I have drawn from it:
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Apr 25, 2020 22:25
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Harlock posted:"Launching over a 12-week period later this year, the story will be delivered by Penguin Random House, BBC Books, Titan Comics, Doctor Who Magazine, Big Finish productions, BBC Audio, action figure company Eaglemoss Hero Collector, Immersive Everywhere, Maze Theory (who made the last Doctor Who VR game) and Escape Hunt (who recently delivered a Dalek-themed escape room), all working together to tell the tale through their own medium." Getting a strong Shadows of the Empire vibe off all that.
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Apr 27, 2020 19:39
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CommonShore posted:And in the same respect the Sontarans must not be used as 3rd tier Daleks. My key Sontaran rule would be "be like Linx, not Strax". I suppose emulating Strax in his first appearance is fine, but nothing beyond that.
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May 5, 2020 17:41
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I like the characterisation in how different Doctors deploy the psychic paper to move the plot along. Smith would throw out nonsense and roll with it, Capaldi would often be quite forceful with it, while Whittaker tends to silently present it and go along with whatever the person says. I think Eccleston and Tennant tended to use it in the same sort of basic functional way, with it just being a new tool at that point. Although if I remember right Tennant would often go for claiming positions of authority with it.
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May 14, 2020 20:41
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He ain't wrong! Related: https://twitter.com/thewhoaddicts/status/1255825079042220033
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May 16, 2020 17:59
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I also feel like impressionists just put Capaldi's accent down as Scottish, but none have properly nailed the specific type of Scottish accent he has. The attempt at Thirteen was pretty poor too, but there's obviously been less time to find someone who can do a convincing Jodie Whittaker impression. I also thought the writing on her character was off, being based entirely on the fact she's said "fam" a couple of times. Ultimately though, this is right: Fair Bear Maiden posted:Still, that was something that a bunch of people did for free, and it was very fun, so I don't wanna be too critical. I'm sure everybody involved is a lovely chap!
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May 25, 2020 12:41
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Yeah, 9 seemed to get over his issue with Mickey by the end of the Aliens of London two-parter once Mickey had shown himself to be brave and capable. I can't remember if he then persisted with calling Mickey an idiot and using the wrong name in Boomtown though?
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Jun 2, 2020 13:40
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Senor Tron posted:That sucks. Yeah, the BBC has some extremely old and generous arrangements over using licensed music that can cause issues with airing shows internationally. I'm not sure if that specifically applies to Last of the Time Lords, but wouldn't be surprised. Hell, I think there are still rights issues in some markets with showing The Chase due to the clip of the Beatles in the first episode.
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Jun 9, 2020 14:24
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I've got a week of holiday at the moment that's been ruined by lockdown, so I've been using the time to take the plunge on going through telesnap reconstructions of the missing episodes. I'd expected to find them a huge struggle to watch, but it turns out I've actually got a surprisingly high tolerance for them. Admittedly I've been very selective in which ones I've watched so far and there are still several ones left that I'm wary about. I 'watched' The Highlanders yesterday expecting it to be a real slog. I had no idea that it's actually four straight episodes of the Doctor clowning on everyone, with occasional breaks for Ben and Polly to go clown on people instead. The only big trouble I had was the fight sequence in ep 4 that's just alternating static images of Jamie and the slaver guy over sounds of swords clanking. It felt like that part went on forever. There are definitely rough parts to even the best telesnaps and I wouldn't judge anyone for not getting on with them, but I would recommend for people to at least give one a go to see how you feel.
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Jun 10, 2020 12:57
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Jerusalem posted:If I remember right, The Highlanders is the one where the Doctor goes from being interrogated to convincing his interrogator to willingly let the Doctor knock him out by slamming his head against a wall or something, right? Yes! While pretending to be German! It basically goes: Doctor: "ah, I can tell you have problems with your eyes." Clerk: "No I don't" Doctor: "That's why you get headaches!" Clerk: "I don't have a headache" Doctor: *bangs clerk's head against a desk* "Yes you do! Now just lie down blindfolded for an hour to make it go away." It's important to note this is immediately following on from the Doctor having fleeced the main villain and stuffed him inside a closet.
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Jun 10, 2020 13:26
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Even the updated article is sensationalist bullshit. Like, this part here:quote:Season 12 of Doctor Who ended in a dramatic finale back in March, which left fans on a bit of a cliffhanger, worrying if The Doctor (played by Jodie Whittaker) would ever actually return.
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Jun 10, 2020 16:58
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Barry Foster posted:We're about halfway through Series 8 now. Now that I know where Capaldi's portrayal goes I'm a lot more inclined towards early 12 this time round. Maybe it's just that I'm older and much more jaded and relate to him more now, but where I first just saw 'bafflingly unrepentant arsehole' now I see 'deeply troubled non-neurotypical individual having a major identity crisis struggling to keep it together'. I felt the same way. While there are some infamous stinkers in Series 8 and other elements/episodes that don't work, I was a lot more positive about it overall when I rewatched it last year. It helps that I'm now viewing it from a point of having properly internalised Capaldi as being the Doctor, rather than just seeing the actor Peter Capaldi who'd very recently finished playing Malcolm Tucker in The Thick Of It. I do think the part of his portrayal in Series 8 that still grates with me is when he's written as being PG Malcolm Tucker in Space.
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Jun 11, 2020 12:14
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CobiWann posted:Who the hell hates Midnight?!? That's my favorite Ten episode! Yeah, what in the hell? I've known people who've chronically missed the point and people who don't like watching it because it's too intense for them, but actually thinking it's bad?!? The dumbest take I've seen on Midnight (which still concluded that it was a good episode) was a group reaction video where they took a high-and-mighty "we're so much smarter than those idiots" stance while simultaneously going "who would you have killed?" "I'd kill all of them!" "Well, I'd kill all of them EXCEPT Dee-Dee  " Congratulations on proving the episode's point, you utter cretins.
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Jun 11, 2020 14:13
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The second one seems to be so minor that I can't actually figure out what exactly it's referring to. Help a goon out? The physical aspect of the young Doctor being in a barn doesn't bother me at all, beyond some nerd complaints about time locked events etc. The part of that scene in Listen that rubs the wrong way is the implication that Clara was responsible for giving the Doctor his principles. However, I'm OK with that because: a) It's only implicit and quite easy to disregard. b) It's cyclical - Clara was repeating what the Doctor had said to her, so essentially the Doctor inspired the Doctor. c) the scene is really well done. I can't remember if Hell Bent added anything more to that backstory? I suppose the other Moffat retcon to throw in would be the confession in Heaven Sent that the Doctor left Gallifrey because he was scared, rather than because he was bored. I'm not particularly keen on that, but it's very vague and also easy to just gloss over.
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Jun 12, 2020 18:52
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2house2fly posted:In Hell Bent the Doctor refers to a rumour that he stole the moon and the president's wife- he clarifies that he actually lost the moon, and it was the president's daughter. Since this would have happened around the time he left Gallifrey, it makes sense that the president's daughter would be Susan Ah, thanks. I'd not connected those dots and (rightly or wrongly) just put it down as a random offscreen adventure. Plus that's not even in the top ten worst things in Hell Bent, so it's easily lost in the noise. Ultimately, a vague throwaway line like that is much easier to ignore or dismiss than a massive multi-season plot arc.
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Jun 12, 2020 20:11
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As a promo thing, HBO have done a panel with Tennant, Jodie and Matt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kmyLeVOzp4 "Geronimo back to you, old fruit!" 
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Jun 24, 2020 18:30
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Big Mean Jerk posted:WhittakerDoc feels the same thus far, which is a bit worrying. Jodie’s performance has been great, but the writers just don’t seem to have a very clear and cohesive idea of what her Doc should be. I really wish they’d lean into her tinkerer/inventor side more. I'd liked the indications in series 12 of Thirteen being outwardly sunny and nice, but surprisingly secretive about things and occasionally quite sharp when pushed. There seemed to be a certain level of friction building up between her an Ryan in particular, but I don't think it really came to a head in a properly satisfying way. Which is kind of Series 12 in a nutshell. Recon watching update:
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Jun 26, 2020 23:06
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Payndz posted:also Twelve had massive "No, I'm not a boring old man and I'm still trendy and cool and my kids think I'm awesome and I'm totally not going through a midlife crisis" energy, which I can't help but think was Moffat wittingly or otherwise putting himself on paper. That seemed to me like a sad, desperate attempt to win back fans who were put off by the new Doctor not being another attractive young man. Zaroff posted:Which recon did you watch? The one on the DVD is notoriously atrocious, where the higher-ups remit was 'no photoshop, no moving images, and only put the tele-snaps on-screen in order and do not deviate from that order', which led to a recon which couldn't even use video of the opening credits, or display the episode title on screen. If you've got a scene with all 4 TARDIS crew members talking, but Jamie didn't appear in one of the two tele-snaps taken of that scene, then the poor Scotsman gets no visual representation. It was just a random one I'd found online, so I'm not sure what the origin was. On a technical level it seemed fine and on an equal enough par with the others I've been watching. There have definitely been some recons where it's been obvious that there's really limited material to pull from (I watched the Macra Terror pt 1 to see the sequence missing from the animation, but that was very tough), but I can't think that anything stood out too much for the Underwater Menace. I can mostly follow dialogue in telesnap form fine and infer what's going on in the scene, it's just the longer action sequences that I find hard like the sword fight in The Highlanders or the helicopter sequences in Fury From The Deep.
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Jun 27, 2020 00:32
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I can see the parallel. I think Bill more confident in herself than Ace was though, which gave her dynamic with the Doctor a bit less of an imbalanced feel. Probably partly because I think Bill was slightly older than Ace was meant to be? Ace was only supposed to be like 16 or something, right?
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Jul 1, 2020 17:53
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echoplex posted:A lot of the wider shots of the Dalek complex going up were model shots with off-the-shelf Dalek toys (the R/C ones from memory). These were out of production at that point so the poor Buyers had to scour eBay for them, contact the seller to arrange an early end to the auction, and then ask them to be sent to "Doctor Who, BBC Wales..." These bits are my favourites. Even after all these years, the show is only tiny baby steps forward from making monsters out of egg whisks and toilet plungers. The first one is straight from the classic era playbook for faking up shitloads of Daleks, except we've actually got on-model toys these days.
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Jul 6, 2020 21:14
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MrL_JaKiri posted:What a sad looking fellow Ace, smugly: who you calling small?
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Jul 8, 2020 10:36
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My trouble with the Paradigm designs is that they're also really broad and have this weird hunched back behind the dome. They're so bulky that they look really impractical to use in anything other than really wide corridors and open spaces (well, more than regular daleks). I agree that they'd be fine as the model for a leader Dalek, but not the regulars.
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Jul 8, 2020 13:23
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Open Source Idiom posted:Sylvester McCoy was meant to have a bunch of upcoming releases, but he's apparently stuck in France(!?) That is extremely on-brand for Sylvester McCoy.
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Jul 10, 2020 17:32
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2house2fly posted:I think the aliens in Twice Upon A Time mention it? But also like in an offhand way It was dropped in when the glass lady rattled off a list of titles for the Doctor. One of them was "shadow of the Valeyard".
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Jul 11, 2020 11:29
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I've finished the telesnaps for the Troughton years now after watching The Space Pirates last night. I... didn't completely hate it? I didn't have much knowledge about the actual plot going in, but from what I've heard about it I was expecting it to be probably the worst story of his tenure. It definitely wasn't great; the first few episodes were slow and excessively heavy on expository dialogue, it had some terrible choices in costumes and character concepts, but it mostly just seemed kind of mediocre to me. It's not even my least favourite story of Season 6, I'd put it above The Krotons and probably above The Dominators too. Damning it with faint praise there, but I was expecting a total trainwreck and was really surprised that I came away thinking it was just meh.
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Jul 16, 2020 20:46
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I was surprised as heck when I watched Revelation of the Daleks earlier in the year and realised it was a story I'd actually seen back when I was about 7 or so. One of my strongest memories of watching repeats of the show in the early 90s was of Davros's gross detached head in a tube, but I didn't remember anything else about the story and had merged it with Remembrance of the Daleks in my mind - for some reason the terms Imperial and Renegade Daleks had really stuck with me too. I think the BBC ran a selection of repeats in the run-up to the 30th anniversary so those stories had got all tangled together in my head.
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Jul 26, 2020 18:23
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