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Doctor Who Serial 091 – The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Part One Let’s start with racism. Holy shit. All the supporting Chinese characters are played by Chinese actors, but the main one is played by John Bennett, the whitest British actor you can imagine. I am tempted to just skip this episode, but it is considered to be one of the best. From now on we will be referring to Weng-Chiang as Racist Depiction of Asian Person. That woman plays an impeccable witch. “Carrying a body, a European body,” at least they’re right about cops being racist. Rat hair, long rat hair, that seems improbable, but apparently Racist Depiction of Asian Person is the “god of abundance” and can “make… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 091 – The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Doctor Who Serial 090 – The Robots of Death

Part One That’s pretty heavy foreshadowing. Robots are going to rip someone’s arm off. “That’s silly” says Leela as she learned about how the TARDIS works. She’s right. She’s very very right. Oh my god, these hats are divine. Shit, that robot has red eyes, that can only mean one thing… ARMS ABOUT TO RIPPED OFF! Big hat commander is talking into his Apple Watch. Damn, the dude was strangled, no arms ripped off. If your buddy gives you an alibi, don’t throw a hole in it. Part Two That last episode led to a two hour nap. Not sure what that means for part two, but here we go….… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 090 – The Robots of Death

Doctor Who Serial 089 – The Face of Evil

Part One There’s a great god named Zynon! I’m down for this. We’re meeting Leela a lot quicker than I expected we would. I like their Jelly Baby exchange quite a bit. Leela gained trust in the Doctor quite quickly. I love the ridiculous priest. So these dudes are praying to an alien who crashed on their planet. Cool. Tom Baker’s head a-la Mount Rushmore is great. Part Two “I like the hat, very fetching” was pretty much what I was thinking. Is that the Doctor’s voice on the radio? Okay, so they confirmed it. Hahaha, flinging the Cybermat at the dude, and making him run away screaming was delightful.… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 089 – The Face of Evil

Doctor Who Serial 088 – The Deadly Assassin

Part One To Gallifrey we go! What the hell was that Star Warsesque title scroll? That’s terrible. There’s a lot of exposition here, oddly, it’s good. Hahaha! Gallifreyan newscasts are as boring as BBC News. The Doctor shot the President, what the farts? Part Two The Doctor should’ve brought Sarah. She would have stopped him murdering. “Vaporization without representation is against the constitution.” Oh! The Doctor is throwing his hat in the ring. The Master is looking rather creepy. At least he doesn’t have a bad goatee. Part Three All reality is a computation matrix, Doctor. That rock-face with superimposed eyes was so bad, I had to interrupt my wife… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 088 – The Deadly Assassin

Doctor Who Serial 087 – The Hand of Fear

Part One That jacket looks comfy. I know I’ve seen this one before, but none of this looks familiar. Now I’m remembering it. The scene in the quarry is quite familiar. That is some bad special effects. Even for Doctor Who. I’m really liking Elisabeth Sladen as possessed Sarah. She looks good as she knocks people out with her ring. She got into a restricted, high radiation zone really easily. Part Two Eldrad must live. Fuck. Eldrad is also talking to the doctor from the hospital. Eldrad must live. That was a quick end from the dude who was a doctor from the hospital. Sarah’s radioactive, 3.6 roentgen, not great,… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 087 – The Hand of Fear

Doctor Who Serial 086 – The Masque of Mandragora

Part One It’s season 14! This is fun, we get a little tour of the TARDIS. Oh, and a new control room. Sarah found Doctor 2’s recorder! I love Doctor 2. You know you’re in the ’70s when you have a wood panelled TARDIS. I think we’re now in the olden times… and I think there’s a Time Lord. I checked Wikipedia. It’s 15th century Europe. It didn’t say he was a time lord, and he’s removed his stupid collar, so it might not be. Evil monks have captured Sarah, but the Doctor knows Venutian Judo, so he’s gonna kick some Monk ass… until he gets hit on the head… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 086 – The Masque of Mandragora

Doctor Who Serial 084 – The Brain of Morbius

Part One Is that thing half Klingon, half Gorn? That unibrow is epic. Hmm, Dr. Frankenstein is looking for a warm-blooded humanoid. AND THE DOCTOR SHOWS UP! Oh jeez! We’re being introduced to the Sisterhood of Karn for the first time. Much like the Doctor, I like when people compliment my head. So I gathered from other Karn episodes that the Sisterhood didn’t like the Time Lords, but didn’t realize they were enemies. So Morbius is a fellow Time Lord, and is bitter and wants a new body. Part Two “You chicken-brained biological disaster,” what kind of asshole says that to their staff? The Doctor knows that Morbius is alive… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 084 – The Brain of Morbius

Doctor Who Serial 083 – The Android Invasion

Part One Wow, Corporal Android needs a lot of work. His movement isn’t very fluid. That’s certainly a new definition of “finger guns.” Guys in while coveralls with big helmets have no fingertips and shoot out of what should be a fingertip. Hahaha, that was a best companion scream I’ve ever heard, and there are so many companion screams. Corporal Android is really stumblin’ and he just fell off the cliff. I really hope this leads to a Paul McCartney cameo with a tiny harmonica. Corporal Android is back, but with a crew of finger guns. He brought a truck full of androids looking like the locals. Oh my! The… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 083 – The Android Invasion

Doctor Who Serial 082 – Pyramids of Mars

Part One “Superstitious savage!” proclaims an arrogant British archeologist as his Egyptian guides run away. What a terrible, yet predictable way, to start a Doctor Who episode. The TARDIS goes off course on its way back to UNIT, it ends up in the right building, but wrong time, 1911. In this house are Egyptian artifacts, chief amongst them a sarcophagus which is also a space-time portal. Part Two The Egyptian is dead, and Sutekh, an alien who pretended to be an Egyptian god, has his people trying to get him. This sounds a bit like Stargate. I think we need to talk about the mummies. Why do they have such… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 082 – Pyramids of Mars

Doctor Who Serial 081 – Planet of Evil

Part One This might be the best soundstage design I’ve seen on Doctor Who. There’s a mission on this soundstage. The crew are being picked up one by one by an invisible force that makes its victims vanish. Sarah and the Doctor show up, and of course, they are assumed to be the perpetrators. They are captured and threatened with torture. Sarah and the Doctor escape only to find the invisible monster… who is slightly visible now? Part Two The Doctor and Sarah are on the run, they see another person die. They get captured. We find out that the scientist has discovered that plundering this planet will get humans… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 081 – Planet of Evil