Transcript of the Back2theWhoture team livetweeting The Big Bang for inclusion in TTZ10
Flashing black to The Eleventh Hour throws everything left field. What's gonna happen?
Much kudos to the young girl who plays little Amy. Isn't she fantastic?
It's a shame Big Al had to pull out of tonights B2TW. Frances Ashman who plays Amy's therapist is his sister.
This episode is taking a very interesting turn, you never know what's going to happen next and it really drags you along
It's quite Ghost Light with the museum coming to life in Amelia's mind
The Pandorica is Opening again!
Seb wants to know why it opened so quickly this time compared to last episode
RT @SueDavies7of9 @TerribleZodin WD40 I expect.
So who expected THAT?!
Seb notes this is the bit on original broadcast where he just thought all bets are off, anything can happen!
RT @The_Arn @TerribleZodin And you know what's brilliant? It's a diversion from the main arc story. The universe being destroyed is only a side effect
BANG! Go Rory, excellent punch
Rory, the most human human
Is that Nick Briggs as the voice of museum guide?
And then Stone Daleks come to life! This story just twists and turns!
The internal logic of all the time shifts is hanging together well
A DEAD DOCTOR from 12 mins in the future!
Seb speculates future Doc said... "David Tennant wants his job back!"
Future Doc collapsing dead is very Time Travelers Wife (film version) down to the shot of him falling down stairs
Leslie squees for the Guidhall in Swansea!
That is some fearsome technology is a piece of git despite exploding can enact protocols to save people inside it
Swappable head. Now I'm getting images of River bonking Pertwee!
RT @Cloister_Belle @TerribleZodin On the Brigs desk in UNIT
@Cloister_Belle Big Bang 3?
BANG! Doctor exterminated! This is a really exciting story!
Rule One - The Doctor Lies!
TARDIS explodes, destroys universe. TARDIS explodes, saves universe. Moffat! *shakes fist* #barrowman!
We've all been sitting in stunned silence! What's gonna happen next?!
I wanna go to Space Florida!
Ok so hands up all the clever clogs who spotted it was a "future Doctor" in Flesh and Stone?
Ok now we're picking apart the narrative. How can the Doctor be there the night Amelia waited? Hard to condense argument in to 140 chars.
Gist - Doctor didn't return so how can he on the rewind?
All brides are sexy. Discuss.
RT @Sue_Stokes @TerribleZodin Dot Cotton on her wedding day to Jim??
I forgot to mention Aya is wearing a bow tie! #bowtiesarecool
Something Old. Something New. Something Borrowed. Something Blue. GENIUS!
Is that the Doctor dancing or Matt Smith dancing?
YAY! So what did we all think of The Big Bang?
So if the Doctor has been brought back as a figment of Amy's imagination, has he got 13 new lives? *cough* Brain of Morbius *cough*
Dammit, conversations about time travel get very confusing!
Ok we're taking a brief break for nibbles and then we're rewinding back to the Hartnell era for The Time Meddler
The great thing is Time Meddler is BRAND NEW to both Seb and Aya. Imagine!
Unfortunately we've checked TFL for last tube and we're gonna have to defer Time Meddler otherwise Aya won't be able to get home
Dissapointing but it means we've got Time Meddler to look forward to!
Thanks to all who joined us for the livetweeting tonight and hope you enjoyed.
RT @AyaVandenbussch Tonight I realised that Back2TheWhoture is what was missing in my life! I also now want to adapt @TerribleZodin as my Who family.
RT @bromley001 @TerribleZodin I know who River Song is. It's Alex Kingston.
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Sunday, 20 February 2011
You're Phoning The Time Vortex
Transcript of the Back2theWhoture team livetweeting The Pandorica Opens for inclusion in TTZ10
Shopping for nibbles for tonights B2TW. Considered big soda cups like young Amy at the museum! Jelly babies were a definite
The original B2TW team has reunited for first time in a year as Robert is over from Colombia and we'll be joined by @AyaVandenbussch
RT @AyaVandenbussch Going for a Who evening with The heart and soul of @TerribleZodin will be a perfect ending for this brilliant weekend of geeky glory!
Sadly Big Al has just called and has to drop out of tonight's B2TW :(
Ok well the B2TW gang are assembled, kettles on and we'll be live tweeting shortly on The Pandorica Opens/Big Bang then The Time Meddler
Ok children are you sitting comfortably?... #DoctorWho The Pandorica Opens. Go! #B2TW
From France 1890 - London 1941, we think sweeping epic is on the way
Very interesting use of past episodes to build suspense
"You're phoning the time vortex" Erm... what?
Seb thinks River Song looks like Moll Flanders ho ho!
If this is the 51st Century how old is Liz X?
Although technically 5145 is the FIFTY SECOND century
You gotta admit that River Song has style
EXPLODY TARDIS!
Longest pre-titles sequence every by the way.
Sorry, this story is zipping along so nicely, I'm forgetting to type!
So what do we think is inside the Pandorica?
RT @PatrickAureus @TerribleZodin Rose!
RT @ramble818 @TerribleZodin giant jack-in-a-box?
RT @unamccormack @TerribleZodin Can't be chocolate, someone would have had it open ages ago.
If River and the Doctor are both scanning how come they don't register there's a headless armless Cyberman wondering around?
I'm still sad we don't get to see the Chelonians on screen. Maybe next season?
Yay! It's Matt Kerr as Chief Roman! #PressGang
Matius Kerrix?
Great scene as River describes how the Romans must appear to Barbarians and Matt Kerr gets it!
Another great scene with the Doctor / Amy and the ring
So who do we all think is the mysterious Roman soldier?
RT @WhoBlogLiveFeed @TerribleZodin I have to admit, from the minute they said "you have a volunteer," somehow I knew it was Rory.
It DOES bother Aya that Amy's life doesn't make sense (She's not Amy's biggest fan)
Give the Cyber Arm the ring!
Is this one of the scariest Cyber scenes ever?
RT @ParrotKnight @TerribleZodin Yes, a very scary Cyberscene - brings back the body horror which brains-in-suits didn't quite manage!
Amy Pond almost gives the Cyberman head. #doctorblue
When are we gonna see Cyberman from our universe? (Not that they're any better as the Cybermen are naff)
RT @franzseabrook @TerribleZodin These *are* the Telosian cybermen, albeit not explicitly stated. Just no budget for a re-design in S5. Cyber ships a clue...
@franzseabrook Are they though? Don't they talk about the walls of universes breaking down?
RT @franzseabrook @TerribleZodin Yes, in the context of the TARDIS exploding. And the skull in the head suggest Telosian. And the Mazes game shows the tombs.
IT'S RORY!!!!!!!!!!
The Doctor / Rory reunited is a hoot, especially the blokey inability to talk about anything
Pandorica Easter Eggs? "The tastiest chocolate in the universe!"
The Doctor's speech is slightly undermined by the fact he sounds drunk!
I really really hate this DS9 wormhole rip off thunder bolts & lightening time vortex
Rory asks "Why am I here?". In the context of this story, does the explanation actually make sense?
SILENCE WILL FALL........ Who do we all think is the voice behind the silence?
RT @PatrickAureus @TerribleZodin Prisoner Zero. it sounds so much like him!
@PatrickAureus That's actually who I think it is too!
RT @Lokster71 @TerribleZodin It's the Great Intelligence
Leslie is guessing the Silence Voice is the pre-Hartnell Philip Hinchcliffe Doctor from The Brains of Morbius! #Canonwhatcanon?
"The burrrrn marks, see them?" Whoops, wrong episode!
Seb thinks Matt Kerr looks like Meat Loaf!
Ohhhhh The Pandorica is opening!!!
Daleks! *whispers* I know I'm in a minority but I don't think the iDaleks are so bad
Why are the Judoon in on this deal?
RT @ParrotKnight @TerribleZodin Presumably the Doctor's arrest is mandated by the Shadow Proclamation? He's not their favourite person post-Stolen Earth.
How many people thought Amy was really dead?
RT @flaysomewench @TerribleZodin I don't think anyone fell for that!
Oh look it's all the Doctor's greatest enemies! But where's Koquillion? The Steel Octopus? The Terrible Zodin?
@franzseabrook I think you're right because the Cyber Leader gave an 80s "excellent" hand gesture!
RT @franzseabrook @TerribleZodin Yes, I noticed that too. Very David Banks :)
Eeeep! Silence has fallen. And the whole universe has been destroyed.
RT @WhoBlogLiveFeed @TerribleZodin Or as we say on ihasatardis, "I accidentally the universe."
So what did we all think of The Pandorica Opens? And tweet us your theories on who River Song is
RT @datadivajf @TerribleZodin Amy and Rory's daughter - which makes Amy Doctor's mother-in-law.
Robert thinks this is and I quote "BEST. EPISODE. EVER!". Bear in mind he saw An Unearthly Child on original broadcast, so praise indeed!
Ohh Robert also came up with an interesting theory of who the voice is but it's so good I'm saving it for the article proper
Leslie and Seb think the episode is still as exciting on second viewing as first time
For those who've scurried back to their copies, did we see the book of Romans / Pandora's Box in The Eleventh Hour or Flesh and Stone?
Question - Is the episode any less satisfying knowing what's in the Pandorica?
RT @amarismoon @TerribleZodin No, that episode still freaked me out. I still get chills when the Doctor's talking about the "nameless" evil inside - only coming to find out he was unknowingly talking about himself. Terrifying. Bloody amazing.
We were all quite quiet whilst watching as we found the episode so absorbing.
Leslie didn't really like Rory first time round but in this episode found herself really invested in his return
Seb also wasn't keen on Rory joining the TARDIS crew at first, thinking it would be too Rose/Mickey but when he came back bang all bets off
Group unanimous in praise for Arthur Durvill's comic timing.
Aya was genuinely shocked when it was Rory who killed Amy
Again group is in agreement that we'd have really have liked The Pandorica Opens to have been the season finale and left us on cliffhanger
Seb thinks if Rory had stayed dead it would've been an interesting dynamic for Amy having nobody but the Doctor in her life, no anchor home
Also tell us which crap monster you would've most like to have seen turn up at the Pandorica? My vote is for the Mandrels!
Aya is drawing parrallels with the use of time travel in the show Misfits but none of the rest of us have seen it! Is it good?
We're all quite looking forward to a potential episode when the Doctor meets River for first time from HER point of view
RT @Jeffrey__Scott @TerribleZodin I was hoping to see the Ogri - as seen in Stones of Blood.
So if you're all sitting comfortably... Unpause, we're moving on to The Big Bang. Thanks for all your comments so far.
Shopping for nibbles for tonights B2TW. Considered big soda cups like young Amy at the museum! Jelly babies were a definite
The original B2TW team has reunited for first time in a year as Robert is over from Colombia and we'll be joined by @AyaVandenbussch
RT @AyaVandenbussch Going for a Who evening with The heart and soul of @TerribleZodin will be a perfect ending for this brilliant weekend of geeky glory!
Sadly Big Al has just called and has to drop out of tonight's B2TW :(
Ok well the B2TW gang are assembled, kettles on and we'll be live tweeting shortly on The Pandorica Opens/Big Bang then The Time Meddler
Ok children are you sitting comfortably?... #DoctorWho The Pandorica Opens. Go! #B2TW
From France 1890 - London 1941, we think sweeping epic is on the way
Very interesting use of past episodes to build suspense
"You're phoning the time vortex" Erm... what?
Seb thinks River Song looks like Moll Flanders ho ho!
If this is the 51st Century how old is Liz X?
Although technically 5145 is the FIFTY SECOND century
You gotta admit that River Song has style
EXPLODY TARDIS!
Longest pre-titles sequence every by the way.
Sorry, this story is zipping along so nicely, I'm forgetting to type!
So what do we think is inside the Pandorica?
RT @PatrickAureus @TerribleZodin Rose!
RT @ramble818 @TerribleZodin giant jack-in-a-box?
RT @unamccormack @TerribleZodin Can't be chocolate, someone would have had it open ages ago.
If River and the Doctor are both scanning how come they don't register there's a headless armless Cyberman wondering around?
I'm still sad we don't get to see the Chelonians on screen. Maybe next season?
Yay! It's Matt Kerr as Chief Roman! #PressGang
Matius Kerrix?
Great scene as River describes how the Romans must appear to Barbarians and Matt Kerr gets it!
Another great scene with the Doctor / Amy and the ring
So who do we all think is the mysterious Roman soldier?
RT @WhoBlogLiveFeed @TerribleZodin I have to admit, from the minute they said "you have a volunteer," somehow I knew it was Rory.
It DOES bother Aya that Amy's life doesn't make sense (She's not Amy's biggest fan)
Give the Cyber Arm the ring!
Is this one of the scariest Cyber scenes ever?
RT @ParrotKnight @TerribleZodin Yes, a very scary Cyberscene - brings back the body horror which brains-in-suits didn't quite manage!
Amy Pond almost gives the Cyberman head. #doctorblue
When are we gonna see Cyberman from our universe? (Not that they're any better as the Cybermen are naff)
RT @franzseabrook @TerribleZodin These *are* the Telosian cybermen, albeit not explicitly stated. Just no budget for a re-design in S5. Cyber ships a clue...
@franzseabrook Are they though? Don't they talk about the walls of universes breaking down?
RT @franzseabrook @TerribleZodin Yes, in the context of the TARDIS exploding. And the skull in the head suggest Telosian. And the Mazes game shows the tombs.
IT'S RORY!!!!!!!!!!
The Doctor / Rory reunited is a hoot, especially the blokey inability to talk about anything
Pandorica Easter Eggs? "The tastiest chocolate in the universe!"
The Doctor's speech is slightly undermined by the fact he sounds drunk!
I really really hate this DS9 wormhole rip off thunder bolts & lightening time vortex
Rory asks "Why am I here?". In the context of this story, does the explanation actually make sense?
SILENCE WILL FALL........ Who do we all think is the voice behind the silence?
RT @PatrickAureus @TerribleZodin Prisoner Zero. it sounds so much like him!
@PatrickAureus That's actually who I think it is too!
RT @Lokster71 @TerribleZodin It's the Great Intelligence
Leslie is guessing the Silence Voice is the pre-Hartnell Philip Hinchcliffe Doctor from The Brains of Morbius! #Canonwhatcanon?
"The burrrrn marks, see them?" Whoops, wrong episode!
Seb thinks Matt Kerr looks like Meat Loaf!
Ohhhhh The Pandorica is opening!!!
Daleks! *whispers* I know I'm in a minority but I don't think the iDaleks are so bad
Why are the Judoon in on this deal?
RT @ParrotKnight @TerribleZodin Presumably the Doctor's arrest is mandated by the Shadow Proclamation? He's not their favourite person post-Stolen Earth.
How many people thought Amy was really dead?
RT @flaysomewench @TerribleZodin I don't think anyone fell for that!
Oh look it's all the Doctor's greatest enemies! But where's Koquillion? The Steel Octopus? The Terrible Zodin?
@franzseabrook I think you're right because the Cyber Leader gave an 80s "excellent" hand gesture!
RT @franzseabrook @TerribleZodin Yes, I noticed that too. Very David Banks :)
Eeeep! Silence has fallen. And the whole universe has been destroyed.
RT @WhoBlogLiveFeed @TerribleZodin Or as we say on ihasatardis, "I accidentally the universe."
So what did we all think of The Pandorica Opens? And tweet us your theories on who River Song is
RT @datadivajf @TerribleZodin Amy and Rory's daughter - which makes Amy Doctor's mother-in-law.
Robert thinks this is and I quote "BEST. EPISODE. EVER!". Bear in mind he saw An Unearthly Child on original broadcast, so praise indeed!
Ohh Robert also came up with an interesting theory of who the voice is but it's so good I'm saving it for the article proper
Leslie and Seb think the episode is still as exciting on second viewing as first time
For those who've scurried back to their copies, did we see the book of Romans / Pandora's Box in The Eleventh Hour or Flesh and Stone?
Question - Is the episode any less satisfying knowing what's in the Pandorica?
RT @amarismoon @TerribleZodin No, that episode still freaked me out. I still get chills when the Doctor's talking about the "nameless" evil inside - only coming to find out he was unknowingly talking about himself. Terrifying. Bloody amazing.
We were all quite quiet whilst watching as we found the episode so absorbing.
Leslie didn't really like Rory first time round but in this episode found herself really invested in his return
Seb also wasn't keen on Rory joining the TARDIS crew at first, thinking it would be too Rose/Mickey but when he came back bang all bets off
Group unanimous in praise for Arthur Durvill's comic timing.
Aya was genuinely shocked when it was Rory who killed Amy
Again group is in agreement that we'd have really have liked The Pandorica Opens to have been the season finale and left us on cliffhanger
Seb thinks if Rory had stayed dead it would've been an interesting dynamic for Amy having nobody but the Doctor in her life, no anchor home
Also tell us which crap monster you would've most like to have seen turn up at the Pandorica? My vote is for the Mandrels!
Aya is drawing parrallels with the use of time travel in the show Misfits but none of the rest of us have seen it! Is it good?
We're all quite looking forward to a potential episode when the Doctor meets River for first time from HER point of view
RT @Jeffrey__Scott @TerribleZodin I was hoping to see the Ogri - as seen in Stones of Blood.
So if you're all sitting comfortably... Unpause, we're moving on to The Big Bang. Thanks for all your comments so far.
Sunday, 7 November 2010
We're Going To The Year One Hundred Trillion!
A few years back during a typical British summer (i.e. it was non stop pouring with rain) my Dad and I thought about doing a Doctor Who marathon to pass the time. He suggested the straightforward option of going from An Unearthly Child through to (at that point) Army of Ghosts but I suggested we approach it in a different manner. I said "Why don't we do it from the beginning to the end.... but from the beginning of the universe through to the end of time!"
In the end we didn't get very far before time being what it is flew by and it was time for him to go back to school and time for me to get off my unemployed arse and find a job. But I always liked the idea (bet you can tell I love Lance Parkins History of the Universe) and so when The Terrible Zodin came along and Leslie solicited my ideas I pitched this voyage through time to her. This was before we started dating so I can say with confidence that the idea was accepted on its merits rather than nepotism towards her boyfriend by giving him his own regular feature!!
It was Leslie I believe who coined the title "Back2theWhoture". It was always the intention that this being a shared experience and so I invited two of my friends Sebby and Big Al to join us. In particular I was keen to have fresh eyes on the show in all its guises as although both were fans of the new show they hadn't seen much of the originals; Sebby had seen a smattering of repeats in the mid 90s starting with The Sea Devils and has since borrowed many of my DVDS, and Al's first experience was Dalek Invasion Earth 2150 one Sunday morning on Channel 4.
Personally I have enjoyed having them on board and without having their brains hardwired full of lists and stats and opinions from absorbing all the Peter Haining and Jean-Marc Lofficier books during The Wilderness Years it has lead to some very enlightening view points. I loved Al's theory when we watched Time Flight that maybe the villain was Adric who'd survived Earthshock and sworn his revenge on the Doctor for abandoning him! It's not something I'd have thought of in a million years and its because I've known the plot to Time Flight, read the novelisation, read countless interviews with the cast and crew nearly 20 years before I finally ever saw the story. But, and it's a big but, because I came with low expectations I actually ended up enjoying the story a lot more than I thought I would which is a bonus.
We're going two stories at a time (more or less) and given that we come out quarterly it'll be a long journey to the end of the universe but I'm looking forward to it.
If you fancy doing your own such marathon you're more than welcome to use the below playlist as a guide. I don't make any claims for it to being definitive and dating stories are subjective in many cases. I did use reference books by Parkin and Lofficier for guidance but the final order was mine and is subject to constant rejigging. It's proved a talking point too, there are some who think I should've started with Terminus, and others who disagree with my placing of The Androids of Tara. And as for the UNIT era....
Once the back issues are up, feel free to peruse the adventures we've had so far, they're printed in TTZ3 onwards. Readers comments are always solicited, there's still time to get in comments for The Keys of Marinus, The Romans and The Fires of Pompeii if you wanna be in TTZ9 (deadline's 20/11/10), otherwise send your comments for The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang and The Time Meddler for TTZ10, the Spring 2011 issue.
Enjoy!
***
Castravalva
Edge of Destruction
Time Flight
Time and the Rani
An Unearthly Child
Genesis of the Daleks
The Time Monster
The Myth Makers
The Horns of Nimon
The Keys of Marinus
The Romans
The Fires of Pompeii
The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang
The Time Meddler
The Time Warrior
The Crusade
The Kings Demons
Marco Polo
The Masque of Mandragora
The Aztecs
The Massacre
The Androids of Tara
The Vampires of Venice
The Shakespeare Code
The Visitation
The Smugglers
The Highlanders
The Girl in the Fireplace
The Reign of Terror
The Mark of the Rani
The Next Doctor
Evil of the Daleks
The Unquiet Dead
Tooth and Claw
The Gunfighters
Ghost Light
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Vincent and the Doctor
The Celestial Toymaker
Horror of Fang Rock
Enlightenment
Pyramids of Mars
Human Nature / The Family of Blood
The War Games
Black Orchid
The Unicorn and the Wasp
Carnival of Monsters
Daleks in Manhatten / Evolution of the Daleks
The Abominable Snowman
Victory of the Daleks
The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances
The Curse of Fenric
The Idiot’s Lantern
Dreamland
Delta and the Bannermen
Remembrance of the Daleks
Planet of Giants
The War Machines
The Faceless Ones
The Underwater Menace
Fury from the Deep
The Web of Fear
Image of the Fendahl
The Pirate Planet
The Stones of Blood
City of Death
Shada
The Invasion
Spearheads from Space
The Silurians
The Ambassadors of Death
Inferno
Terror of the Autons
The Mind of Evil
The Claws of Axos
The Deamons
The Sea Devils
The Three Doctors
The Green Death
Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Planet of the Spiders
Robot
Terror of the Zygons
The Android Invasion
The Seeds of Doom
The Hand of Fear
Meglos
The Keeper of Traken
Logopolis
Four to Doomsday
Arc of Infinity
Mawdryn Undead
The Awakening
Resurrection of the Daleks
Planet of Fire
Attack of the Cybermen
The Two Doctors
The Tenth Planet
Father’s Day
Silver Nemesis
Survival
The Eleventh Hour
Battlefield
Doctor Who – The Movie
The Mind Robber
Rose
Aliens of London / World War Three
Boom Town
The Christmas Invasion
School Reunion
Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel
Love & Monsters
Army of Ghosts / Doomsday
Blink
Turn Left
The Runaway Bride
Smith and Jones
The Lazarus Experiment
The Sound of Drums / The Last of the Time Lords
Time Crash
Voyage of the Damned
Partners in Crime
The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky
The Stolen Earth / Journey’s End
Planet of the Dead
The End of Time
The Lodger
Dalek
Fear Her
Amy’s Choice
The Enemy of the World
The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood
Power of the Daleks
The Waters of Mars
The Moonbase
The Seeds of Death
The Wheel in Space
Warriors of the Deep
Nightmare of Eden
The Space Pirates
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Day of the Daleks
Paradise Towers
The Leisure Hive
Midnight
The Daleks
The Twin Dilemma
The Macra Terror
Vengeance on Varos
Colony in Space
The Tomb of the Cybermen
The Happiness Patrol
The Rescue
Earthshock
The Space Museum
The Chase
Frontier in Space
Planet of the Daleks
Death to the Daleks
The Sensorites
The Power of Kroll
Revenge of the Cybermen
Kinda
The Mutants
The Ice Warriors
The Beast Below
The Ribos Operation
The Robots of Death
The Caves of Androzani
Galaxy Four
The Brain of Morbius
The Curse of Peladon
The Monster of Peladon
Mission to the Unknown
The Daleks Masterplan
The Infinite Quest
The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit
42
Planet of the Ood
Destiny of the Daleks
Revelation of the Daleks
Snakedance
The Invisible Enemy
Born Anew
Time of the Angels / Flesh and Stone
Silence in the Library / The Forest of the Dead
The Doctor’s Daughter
Terminus
Full Circle
State of Decay
Warrior’s Gate
Ark in Space
The Sontaran Experiment
The Face of Evil
The Web Planet
Planet of Evil
The Long Game
Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways
The Sun Makers
Timelash
The Dominators
The Deadly Assassin
The Invasion of Time
The Five Doctors
The Trial of a Time Lord
Dragonfire
The Ark
Frontios
The End of the World
New Earth
Gridlock
The Savages
The Krotons
The Creature from the Pit
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
The Armageddon Factor
Underworld
Utopia
In the end we didn't get very far before time being what it is flew by and it was time for him to go back to school and time for me to get off my unemployed arse and find a job. But I always liked the idea (bet you can tell I love Lance Parkins History of the Universe) and so when The Terrible Zodin came along and Leslie solicited my ideas I pitched this voyage through time to her. This was before we started dating so I can say with confidence that the idea was accepted on its merits rather than nepotism towards her boyfriend by giving him his own regular feature!!
It was Leslie I believe who coined the title "Back2theWhoture". It was always the intention that this being a shared experience and so I invited two of my friends Sebby and Big Al to join us. In particular I was keen to have fresh eyes on the show in all its guises as although both were fans of the new show they hadn't seen much of the originals; Sebby had seen a smattering of repeats in the mid 90s starting with The Sea Devils and has since borrowed many of my DVDS, and Al's first experience was Dalek Invasion Earth 2150 one Sunday morning on Channel 4.
Personally I have enjoyed having them on board and without having their brains hardwired full of lists and stats and opinions from absorbing all the Peter Haining and Jean-Marc Lofficier books during The Wilderness Years it has lead to some very enlightening view points. I loved Al's theory when we watched Time Flight that maybe the villain was Adric who'd survived Earthshock and sworn his revenge on the Doctor for abandoning him! It's not something I'd have thought of in a million years and its because I've known the plot to Time Flight, read the novelisation, read countless interviews with the cast and crew nearly 20 years before I finally ever saw the story. But, and it's a big but, because I came with low expectations I actually ended up enjoying the story a lot more than I thought I would which is a bonus.
We're going two stories at a time (more or less) and given that we come out quarterly it'll be a long journey to the end of the universe but I'm looking forward to it.
If you fancy doing your own such marathon you're more than welcome to use the below playlist as a guide. I don't make any claims for it to being definitive and dating stories are subjective in many cases. I did use reference books by Parkin and Lofficier for guidance but the final order was mine and is subject to constant rejigging. It's proved a talking point too, there are some who think I should've started with Terminus, and others who disagree with my placing of The Androids of Tara. And as for the UNIT era....
Once the back issues are up, feel free to peruse the adventures we've had so far, they're printed in TTZ3 onwards. Readers comments are always solicited, there's still time to get in comments for The Keys of Marinus, The Romans and The Fires of Pompeii if you wanna be in TTZ9 (deadline's 20/11/10), otherwise send your comments for The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang and The Time Meddler for TTZ10, the Spring 2011 issue.
Enjoy!
***
Castravalva
Edge of Destruction
Time Flight
Time and the Rani
An Unearthly Child
Genesis of the Daleks
The Time Monster
The Myth Makers
The Horns of Nimon
The Keys of Marinus
The Romans
The Fires of Pompeii
The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang
The Time Meddler
The Time Warrior
The Crusade
The Kings Demons
Marco Polo
The Masque of Mandragora
The Aztecs
The Massacre
The Androids of Tara
The Vampires of Venice
The Shakespeare Code
The Visitation
The Smugglers
The Highlanders
The Girl in the Fireplace
The Reign of Terror
The Mark of the Rani
The Next Doctor
Evil of the Daleks
The Unquiet Dead
Tooth and Claw
The Gunfighters
Ghost Light
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Vincent and the Doctor
The Celestial Toymaker
Horror of Fang Rock
Enlightenment
Pyramids of Mars
Human Nature / The Family of Blood
The War Games
Black Orchid
The Unicorn and the Wasp
Carnival of Monsters
Daleks in Manhatten / Evolution of the Daleks
The Abominable Snowman
Victory of the Daleks
The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances
The Curse of Fenric
The Idiot’s Lantern
Dreamland
Delta and the Bannermen
Remembrance of the Daleks
Planet of Giants
The War Machines
The Faceless Ones
The Underwater Menace
Fury from the Deep
The Web of Fear
Image of the Fendahl
The Pirate Planet
The Stones of Blood
City of Death
Shada
The Invasion
Spearheads from Space
The Silurians
The Ambassadors of Death
Inferno
Terror of the Autons
The Mind of Evil
The Claws of Axos
The Deamons
The Sea Devils
The Three Doctors
The Green Death
Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Planet of the Spiders
Robot
Terror of the Zygons
The Android Invasion
The Seeds of Doom
The Hand of Fear
Meglos
The Keeper of Traken
Logopolis
Four to Doomsday
Arc of Infinity
Mawdryn Undead
The Awakening
Resurrection of the Daleks
Planet of Fire
Attack of the Cybermen
The Two Doctors
The Tenth Planet
Father’s Day
Silver Nemesis
Survival
The Eleventh Hour
Battlefield
Doctor Who – The Movie
The Mind Robber
Rose
Aliens of London / World War Three
Boom Town
The Christmas Invasion
School Reunion
Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel
Love & Monsters
Army of Ghosts / Doomsday
Blink
Turn Left
The Runaway Bride
Smith and Jones
The Lazarus Experiment
The Sound of Drums / The Last of the Time Lords
Time Crash
Voyage of the Damned
Partners in Crime
The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky
The Stolen Earth / Journey’s End
Planet of the Dead
The End of Time
The Lodger
Dalek
Fear Her
Amy’s Choice
The Enemy of the World
The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood
Power of the Daleks
The Waters of Mars
The Moonbase
The Seeds of Death
The Wheel in Space
Warriors of the Deep
Nightmare of Eden
The Space Pirates
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Day of the Daleks
Paradise Towers
The Leisure Hive
Midnight
The Daleks
The Twin Dilemma
The Macra Terror
Vengeance on Varos
Colony in Space
The Tomb of the Cybermen
The Happiness Patrol
The Rescue
Earthshock
The Space Museum
The Chase
Frontier in Space
Planet of the Daleks
Death to the Daleks
The Sensorites
The Power of Kroll
Revenge of the Cybermen
Kinda
The Mutants
The Ice Warriors
The Beast Below
The Ribos Operation
The Robots of Death
The Caves of Androzani
Galaxy Four
The Brain of Morbius
The Curse of Peladon
The Monster of Peladon
Mission to the Unknown
The Daleks Masterplan
The Infinite Quest
The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit
42
Planet of the Ood
Destiny of the Daleks
Revelation of the Daleks
Snakedance
The Invisible Enemy
Born Anew
Time of the Angels / Flesh and Stone
Silence in the Library / The Forest of the Dead
The Doctor’s Daughter
Terminus
Full Circle
State of Decay
Warrior’s Gate
Ark in Space
The Sontaran Experiment
The Face of Evil
The Web Planet
Planet of Evil
The Long Game
Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways
The Sun Makers
Timelash
The Dominators
The Deadly Assassin
The Invasion of Time
The Five Doctors
The Trial of a Time Lord
Dragonfire
The Ark
Frontios
The End of the World
New Earth
Gridlock
The Savages
The Krotons
The Creature from the Pit
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
The Armageddon Factor
Underworld
Utopia
Oh, You're Celtic? There's Lovely.
Transcript of the Back2theWhoture team livetweeting The Fires of Pompeii for inclusion in TTZ9
This is Back2theWhotures first foray in to the new series. Hold on to your togas for The Fires of Pompeii
Well ok so the new series has the budget for it, but plunged straight in to the market, it's like The Romans
I think Donna's reasoning about the TARDIs translation device is pretty good actually
Ohhh its Amy Pond!
"That fire had nothing to do with me..." even funnier after watching this off the back of The Romans
Ohh it's Volcano Day!
Ohh it's Frobisher!
Anchoring the tale with your typical Roman family adds to the poignancy of the tale
Donna's growth evident immedietely, her first instinct is to save everybody in Pompeii
"I am Spartacus!" "And so am I!"
I love love the scene with the volcano rumbling in the background as the Doctor and Donna are told the future
"Doctor, she is returning. And you... daughter of London. There is something on your back" - Always sends tingles down my spine
"Ipso facto..." "Look... you?"
I always call it T K Maximus now as a result of this episode.
Haha sorry, I'm enjoying it so much I'm not typing anything
The Doctor armed with a water pistol FTW!
Lucius Pextrus sounds like he said "Summon the C**ts of Vulcan", That along with the Sisterhood chanting "peadophile, peadophile"...
Is this first confirmation that the Doctor percieves reality in 5 dimensions?
I'd forgotten to check this scene out when I wrote my Adric article but it fits my theory that the Doc knew about his death in advance
Donna running around Pompeii. Getting all hot and... glistening. Oh my.
Haha! Al just realised that Pyrovillia was one of the planets stolen by Davros at the end of the season
The most terrible choice...
The Doctor says nothing can survive the explosion, not even them. And yet they do. Ok then!
Donna sharing the Doctor's burden. This scene is amongst the best in Doctor Who
The Fires of Pompeii doesn't let up on the full horror of the explosion. I defy anyone to watch this without feeling the punch
Is the Doctor really going to leave Donna behind?
Although this is one of my fave episodes I kinda wish they'd had the conviction to have the Doctor leave without going back for anyone
Of course it would've been impossible for Donna to continue travelling with The Doctor is that happened.
Why that family though? How could the Doctor change time for them?
Al speculates that Caecellius and go move in to the villa seen in The Romans
When I first saw this I honestly thought Captain Jack would make a cameo at the end, just as Rose did at the end of Partners in Crime!
RT @thanatos_kalos RTD has said that John Frobisher is the distant descendent of Caecilius and his family. Consider your ? in that light..
So what do you all think of The Fires of Pompeii?
This is Back2theWhotures first foray in to the new series. Hold on to your togas for The Fires of Pompeii
Well ok so the new series has the budget for it, but plunged straight in to the market, it's like The Romans
I think Donna's reasoning about the TARDIs translation device is pretty good actually
Ohhh its Amy Pond!
"That fire had nothing to do with me..." even funnier after watching this off the back of The Romans
Ohh it's Volcano Day!
Ohh it's Frobisher!
Anchoring the tale with your typical Roman family adds to the poignancy of the tale
Donna's growth evident immedietely, her first instinct is to save everybody in Pompeii
"I am Spartacus!" "And so am I!"
I love love the scene with the volcano rumbling in the background as the Doctor and Donna are told the future
"Doctor, she is returning. And you... daughter of London. There is something on your back" - Always sends tingles down my spine
"Ipso facto..." "Look... you?"
I always call it T K Maximus now as a result of this episode.
Haha sorry, I'm enjoying it so much I'm not typing anything
The Doctor armed with a water pistol FTW!
Lucius Pextrus sounds like he said "Summon the C**ts of Vulcan", That along with the Sisterhood chanting "peadophile, peadophile"...
Is this first confirmation that the Doctor percieves reality in 5 dimensions?
I'd forgotten to check this scene out when I wrote my Adric article but it fits my theory that the Doc knew about his death in advance
Donna running around Pompeii. Getting all hot and... glistening. Oh my.
Haha! Al just realised that Pyrovillia was one of the planets stolen by Davros at the end of the season
The most terrible choice...
The Doctor says nothing can survive the explosion, not even them. And yet they do. Ok then!
Donna sharing the Doctor's burden. This scene is amongst the best in Doctor Who
The Fires of Pompeii doesn't let up on the full horror of the explosion. I defy anyone to watch this without feeling the punch
Is the Doctor really going to leave Donna behind?
Although this is one of my fave episodes I kinda wish they'd had the conviction to have the Doctor leave without going back for anyone
Of course it would've been impossible for Donna to continue travelling with The Doctor is that happened.
Why that family though? How could the Doctor change time for them?
Al speculates that Caecellius and go move in to the villa seen in The Romans
When I first saw this I honestly thought Captain Jack would make a cameo at the end, just as Rose did at the end of Partners in Crime!
RT @thanatos_kalos RTD has said that John Frobisher is the distant descendent of Caecilius and his family. Consider your ? in that light..
So what do you all think of The Fires of Pompeii?
That Your Excellency Would Be An Impossibissity!
Transcript of the Back2theWhoture team livetweeting The Romans for inclusion in TTZ9
Right. Togas on folks, doormice and honey for snack food at the ready. We're about to begin our livetweeting on The Romans #doctorwho
The Slave Traders!
Ian lounging in the villa is reminiscent of the fantasy in The Keys of Marinus
Vicki scampering along looks very happy to be in ancient Rome
The design work on the Roman market is fantastic
Ohhh look at that harp playing old geezer, he looks a bit like Hartnell...
Scenes of the TARDIS crew in the villa are so lovely, the crew all getting along fantastically
The First Doctor loves his food doesn't he? nom nom nom
"What do you think I am? A goldfish!"
Haha the Doctor calls Ian "Chesterfield", Barbara corrects with "Chesterton" and the Doc repies "There you are boy Barbara's calling you"!
Ohhhhhhhhhh Ian and Barbara are sooooo in love!
Oh no! Barbara hits Ian!
The Doctor disarms the Roman Centurion with wit and bluster FTW!
"She keeps an eye on all the lyres!" hahahaha
Oh, that ended a bit suddenly!
All Roads Lead to Rome
Hahaha Hartnell kicks ass!!
ROMA! Yeah that doesn't look like a model.
Ok I take it back, the Roman Galleon is impressive!
It's the oldest trick in the book.... and that's why the Roman slave master doesn't fall for it!
Haha I bet the stage hand who got to throw the bucket of water over them had fun!
It's interesting how it plays with the comedic conventions of farce despite the somewhate brutal setting
Hahaha Hartnell and Nero are a hoot together!
"That your excellency would be an impossibissity!" #billyfluffs
Stock footage lion montage as cliffhanger!
Conspiracy!
Boom mic in shot when Nero and Poppea are discussing the banquet
Is that Nero trying to hide his boner?! That's a bit risque for kids TV!
The Doctor naked in a sauna! Alas for the fangirls it's Hartnell not Tennant!
Is the Doctor going to be poisoned? Time for the HARVEY WALLBANGER!
Would Vicki really be so naive as to risk such a massive alteration to the timeline?
Priceless moment at Nero poisons his hapless slave!
So actually Vicki is responsible for Locusta's death?
Fantastic scene as the Doctor plays the lyre for everybody. "He's alright but he's not all that good!"
Now that Ian's seen Barbara he's determined to fight for his freedom but he still has that basic decency that he can't bring himself to kill
Pausing for tea and birthday cake before we go on to Inferno (Ep 4 of the Romans if you're just tuning in, not the Pertwee one)
Right on we go
Huzzah, Ian and Delos both escape!
"I've got a friend who specialises in trouble. He just dives in and usually finds a way"
Ohhh the Doctor has his specs! Didn't realise this was a Hartnell thing
Haha Hartnell is clearly having a whale of a time in this story! "I'll make it a roaring success!"
"I'll have you killed over and over again!"
Did the Doctor set fire to the plans on purpose?
So Tavius was a Christian all along!
Vicki's enjoyment of seeing history come alive is a delight
The Doctor's protestations about interferring with history seems to be a rule he constantly breaks anyway!
So what do you all think of The Romans? #doctorwho
The Editor was expecting it to be hilarious based on reputation and wasn't prepared for the quite strong brutality
Its an interesting juxtoposition between high farce and the darker elements, particularly Ian & Barbara's subplots
Al notes that Doctor Who always has such imagination and the few b&w ones he's seen are just as good as the color
Huzzah for Hartnell!
Right in a few minutes we're going to time travel 15 years in to the future and visit Pompeii in 79AD
RT @m_robertson_UK Without the veneer of comedy, stories of slavery, torture, rape, murder and sadistic violence could never be shown
Right. Togas on folks, doormice and honey for snack food at the ready. We're about to begin our livetweeting on The Romans #doctorwho
The Slave Traders!
Ian lounging in the villa is reminiscent of the fantasy in The Keys of Marinus
Vicki scampering along looks very happy to be in ancient Rome
The design work on the Roman market is fantastic
Ohhh look at that harp playing old geezer, he looks a bit like Hartnell...
Scenes of the TARDIS crew in the villa are so lovely, the crew all getting along fantastically
The First Doctor loves his food doesn't he? nom nom nom
"What do you think I am? A goldfish!"
Haha the Doctor calls Ian "Chesterfield", Barbara corrects with "Chesterton" and the Doc repies "There you are boy Barbara's calling you"!
Ohhhhhhhhhh Ian and Barbara are sooooo in love!
Oh no! Barbara hits Ian!
The Doctor disarms the Roman Centurion with wit and bluster FTW!
"She keeps an eye on all the lyres!" hahahaha
Oh, that ended a bit suddenly!
All Roads Lead to Rome
Hahaha Hartnell kicks ass!!
ROMA! Yeah that doesn't look like a model.
Ok I take it back, the Roman Galleon is impressive!
It's the oldest trick in the book.... and that's why the Roman slave master doesn't fall for it!
Haha I bet the stage hand who got to throw the bucket of water over them had fun!
It's interesting how it plays with the comedic conventions of farce despite the somewhate brutal setting
Hahaha Hartnell and Nero are a hoot together!
"That your excellency would be an impossibissity!" #billyfluffs
Stock footage lion montage as cliffhanger!
Conspiracy!
Boom mic in shot when Nero and Poppea are discussing the banquet
Is that Nero trying to hide his boner?! That's a bit risque for kids TV!
The Doctor naked in a sauna! Alas for the fangirls it's Hartnell not Tennant!
Is the Doctor going to be poisoned? Time for the HARVEY WALLBANGER!
Would Vicki really be so naive as to risk such a massive alteration to the timeline?
Priceless moment at Nero poisons his hapless slave!
So actually Vicki is responsible for Locusta's death?
Fantastic scene as the Doctor plays the lyre for everybody. "He's alright but he's not all that good!"
Now that Ian's seen Barbara he's determined to fight for his freedom but he still has that basic decency that he can't bring himself to kill
Pausing for tea and birthday cake before we go on to Inferno (Ep 4 of the Romans if you're just tuning in, not the Pertwee one)
Right on we go
Huzzah, Ian and Delos both escape!
"I've got a friend who specialises in trouble. He just dives in and usually finds a way"
Ohhh the Doctor has his specs! Didn't realise this was a Hartnell thing
Haha Hartnell is clearly having a whale of a time in this story! "I'll make it a roaring success!"
"I'll have you killed over and over again!"
Did the Doctor set fire to the plans on purpose?
So Tavius was a Christian all along!
Vicki's enjoyment of seeing history come alive is a delight
The Doctor's protestations about interferring with history seems to be a rule he constantly breaks anyway!
So what do you all think of The Romans? #doctorwho
The Editor was expecting it to be hilarious based on reputation and wasn't prepared for the quite strong brutality
Its an interesting juxtoposition between high farce and the darker elements, particularly Ian & Barbara's subplots
Al notes that Doctor Who always has such imagination and the few b&w ones he's seen are just as good as the color
Huzzah for Hartnell!
Right in a few minutes we're going to time travel 15 years in to the future and visit Pompeii in 79AD
RT @m_robertson_UK Without the veneer of comedy, stories of slavery, torture, rape, murder and sadistic violence could never be shown
Sunday, 24 October 2010
If You'd Had Your Shoes On My Boy You Could Have Lent Her Hers!
Transcript of the Back2theWhoture team livetweeting The Keys of Marinus for inclusion in TTZ9
The Sea of Death!
#DoctorWho of old seemed to enjoy making buildings out of tobelerone!
Why did the TARDIS land silently?
Haha nice line about the Doctor not having colour television!
Ohhh creepy acid fish thingies, almost proto-type Cybermats.
"Impossible at this temperature. And besides its too warm!" #billyfluffs
Why hasn't Ian changed out of his togs from Marco Polo but the rest of the TARDIS crew have?
RT @perfectchichi Ian kept his Marco Polo clothes on cause Barbara likes them XD #doctorwho
Scuber diver from hell!
Won't Ian's shoes be really stinking if they've been trekking through the Gobi desert for months?
That submarine looks pretty flimsy to travel through acid seas
Who said story arcs were a new invention? Barbara talking about architecture.in Central America forshadows The Aztecs in the next story
Haha all the TARDIS crew falling through revolving walls!
Voord attacks Susan. It's the Radio Times Front Cover!
Why was the Voord with a knife in his back just hanging around waiting to attack someone. Shouldnt he be trying to pull the knife out!
Arbitan looks like Mr Copper! #voyageofthedamned
RT @The_Arn Arbitan's the only actor to appear in Doctor Who and Citizen Kane by the way...
On the other hand isn't Yartek the hero? Everyone on Marinus was under mind control? Are the Voord bad just cuz they're slimey?
RT @m_robertson_UK Strong parallels with The Keeper of Traken. There might be no evil, but does anyone have free will?
Is Ian wearing eyeliner?!
The Velvet Web!
It's the psychedelic city of Morphoton
The incidental music is all very dreamlike...
The First Doctor loves his fruit doesn't he! nom nom nom
Nice little chat between Ian and Barbara about applying their humancentric standards to alien cultures,
Creepy old head - ancestor of the Face of Boe
Kudos for the POV shots between Barbara's perspective and the rest of the TARDIS crew.
The brains in the jar are Bug Eyed Monsters - very anti Sydney Newman
How blind are they not to see Barbara!?
No machine can ever replace the human body. So much for the Cybermen!
"I will explain all in good time" #doctorwho
Hmm they didn't really make it clear what the first key was
The Screaming Jungle!
I thought the Doctor was jumping ahead with Altos?
Creepy creepers!
Ohh Barbara got ass grabbed by the grotesque idol. Clever idol!
It's very Indiana Jones before there was Indiana Jones
PIVOT! #pointlessfriendsreference
Ian just want to be alone with Barbara, he luuuuurves her
Tiime for Ian's ass massage
Ohh very Warrior's Gate with the falling axes
"It's pretty solid" Ian says of a wobbly door
Why doesn't Ian go fetch the axe?
Eww Ian's sex face!
But Arbitan didn't warn them about all the traps. I think he really is the villain
It's like they're in a homicidal B&Q!
Oh no, they've gone from bad to worse! It's the Snows of Terror!
And... we're stopping there for a tea break. DVD paused. Thanks to everyone who's chipped in their comments so far
The Keys of Marinus is a completely new story to me. I'm really enjoying it so far. I'd always been under the impression that it'd be dull
That opinion based on "recieved fan wisdom" but also Philip Hinchcliffe's dire novelisation which I never finished. #doctorwho
Ok and we're back now with The Snows of Terror, episode 4 of The Keys of Marinus
Eeep Wolves!
No wonder Altos is freezing, he's got no pants on!
Yay! Ian kicks ass!
Well that rope bridge wouldn't meet my Health & Safety standards
Hmm Terry Nation is already recycling The Daleks, ravine to jump across? Check!
RT: @ParrotKnight ISTR the story was written in a hurry after Mac Hulke's Hidden Planet fell through - Verity etc. turned up at Terry's house and wouldn't leave until he accepted the commission.
Ice Sword Fighting! Cool! (If you'll excuse the pun)
It seems a bit out of character for Ian to grin as one of the Ice Warriors (No relation) plumments to their death!?
Oh no! Ian boffed on the head by assailant(s) unknown!
During a heist?
Now - The Sentence.... of DEATH!
Probity check. Sounds painful
A character called Tarron. How very Nationesque
Ian's been charged with murder! This episode takes an interesting turn
It's the Doctor! Yay! (Billy's back from holiday then)
Murder Most Rare! would be a good title
#linesthatneverhappened Ian - "What can I do?" Doctor - "Don't go murdering anybody else hmmm?"
"I can't improve..." #billyfluffs
He's a rubbish murderer!
RT @crassuswild is it the first Who instance of the false accusation of murder?
@crassuswild Of a TARDIS crew member? I think yes. In general? No, Za was falsely accused of killing Old Mother in the 1st story!
#Cherchezlafemme So it was her all along!
She's going to brain Susan with a hairdryer?!
I bet the key is inside the mace!
Isn't it mighty convenient that every time they need to use the travel bracelets there's a black curtain to stand in front of?
Ah the old wear a hood over my head and pretend you can't come near cuz I have a deadly disease trick!
If you mean the machine is going to blow up then just say that!!!
What's up with the gyrating Voord in the back ground?!
And that's the end of that! #DoctorWho The Keys of Mariunus
Fiona Walker?! Karla was Lady Peinfort!!! #doctorwho
The Sea of Death!
#DoctorWho of old seemed to enjoy making buildings out of tobelerone!
Why did the TARDIS land silently?
Haha nice line about the Doctor not having colour television!
Ohhh creepy acid fish thingies, almost proto-type Cybermats.
"Impossible at this temperature. And besides its too warm!" #billyfluffs
Why hasn't Ian changed out of his togs from Marco Polo but the rest of the TARDIS crew have?
RT @perfectchichi Ian kept his Marco Polo clothes on cause Barbara likes them XD #doctorwho
Scuber diver from hell!
Won't Ian's shoes be really stinking if they've been trekking through the Gobi desert for months?
That submarine looks pretty flimsy to travel through acid seas
Who said story arcs were a new invention? Barbara talking about architecture.in Central America forshadows The Aztecs in the next story
Haha all the TARDIS crew falling through revolving walls!
Voord attacks Susan. It's the Radio Times Front Cover!
Why was the Voord with a knife in his back just hanging around waiting to attack someone. Shouldnt he be trying to pull the knife out!
Arbitan looks like Mr Copper! #voyageofthedamned
RT @The_Arn Arbitan's the only actor to appear in Doctor Who and Citizen Kane by the way...
On the other hand isn't Yartek the hero? Everyone on Marinus was under mind control? Are the Voord bad just cuz they're slimey?
RT @m_robertson_UK Strong parallels with The Keeper of Traken. There might be no evil, but does anyone have free will?
Is Ian wearing eyeliner?!
The Velvet Web!
It's the psychedelic city of Morphoton
The incidental music is all very dreamlike...
The First Doctor loves his fruit doesn't he! nom nom nom
Nice little chat between Ian and Barbara about applying their humancentric standards to alien cultures,
Creepy old head - ancestor of the Face of Boe
Kudos for the POV shots between Barbara's perspective and the rest of the TARDIS crew.
The brains in the jar are Bug Eyed Monsters - very anti Sydney Newman
How blind are they not to see Barbara!?
No machine can ever replace the human body. So much for the Cybermen!
"I will explain all in good time" #doctorwho
Hmm they didn't really make it clear what the first key was
The Screaming Jungle!
I thought the Doctor was jumping ahead with Altos?
Creepy creepers!
Ohh Barbara got ass grabbed by the grotesque idol. Clever idol!
It's very Indiana Jones before there was Indiana Jones
PIVOT! #pointlessfriendsreference
Ian just want to be alone with Barbara, he luuuuurves her
Tiime for Ian's ass massage
Ohh very Warrior's Gate with the falling axes
"It's pretty solid" Ian says of a wobbly door
Why doesn't Ian go fetch the axe?
Eww Ian's sex face!
But Arbitan didn't warn them about all the traps. I think he really is the villain
It's like they're in a homicidal B&Q!
Oh no, they've gone from bad to worse! It's the Snows of Terror!
And... we're stopping there for a tea break. DVD paused. Thanks to everyone who's chipped in their comments so far
The Keys of Marinus is a completely new story to me. I'm really enjoying it so far. I'd always been under the impression that it'd be dull
That opinion based on "recieved fan wisdom" but also Philip Hinchcliffe's dire novelisation which I never finished. #doctorwho
Ok and we're back now with The Snows of Terror, episode 4 of The Keys of Marinus
Eeep Wolves!
No wonder Altos is freezing, he's got no pants on!
Yay! Ian kicks ass!
Well that rope bridge wouldn't meet my Health & Safety standards
Hmm Terry Nation is already recycling The Daleks, ravine to jump across? Check!
RT: @ParrotKnight ISTR the story was written in a hurry after Mac Hulke's Hidden Planet fell through - Verity etc. turned up at Terry's house and wouldn't leave until he accepted the commission.
Ice Sword Fighting! Cool! (If you'll excuse the pun)
It seems a bit out of character for Ian to grin as one of the Ice Warriors (No relation) plumments to their death!?
Oh no! Ian boffed on the head by assailant(s) unknown!
During a heist?
Now - The Sentence.... of DEATH!
Probity check. Sounds painful
A character called Tarron. How very Nationesque
Ian's been charged with murder! This episode takes an interesting turn
It's the Doctor! Yay! (Billy's back from holiday then)
Murder Most Rare! would be a good title
#linesthatneverhappened Ian - "What can I do?" Doctor - "Don't go murdering anybody else hmmm?"
"I can't improve..." #billyfluffs
He's a rubbish murderer!
RT @crassuswild is it the first Who instance of the false accusation of murder?
@crassuswild Of a TARDIS crew member? I think yes. In general? No, Za was falsely accused of killing Old Mother in the 1st story!
#Cherchezlafemme So it was her all along!
She's going to brain Susan with a hairdryer?!
I bet the key is inside the mace!
Isn't it mighty convenient that every time they need to use the travel bracelets there's a black curtain to stand in front of?
Ah the old wear a hood over my head and pretend you can't come near cuz I have a deadly disease trick!
If you mean the machine is going to blow up then just say that!!!
What's up with the gyrating Voord in the back ground?!
And that's the end of that! #DoctorWho The Keys of Mariunus
Fiona Walker?! Karla was Lady Peinfort!!! #doctorwho
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