WATCH ALONG | CLASSIC DOCTOR WHO | 12x14 | Genesis of the Daleks: Part 4
Added 2025-01-31 03:11:37 +0000 UTCThis is a rewatch as I reacted to this story in 2023 in preparation for the 50th anniversary special.
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A Few Notes:
Please no spoilers beyond episode 12x16 unless you see that later episodes have already been released. In that case, no spoilers beyond those episodes.
This reaction is in a watch-along format. This means you'll need your own copy of the episode to watch alongside my reaction. This is in an effort to avoid copyright infringement.
If you're based in the UK (or using a UK streaming site), here are instructions for how to get your copy to sync with mine.
The show footage will play for the first 30 seconds with both video and audio. After that, the show footage will be silenced, and the video will be blurred for the remainder of the episode. There is also a count-up timer that begins once the episode has started. These things will hopefully make it easier for you to keep your copy of the episode synced with mine.
This episode was viewed on BritBox via Amazon Prime.
If you want to know what’s coming up, check out the schedule here.
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Comments
There isn't much I can say about Genesis of the Daleks that hasn't already been said. It's a seminal story that has been dissected and analysed for 50 years now. The plot, dialogue, direction, acting and production values simply feel like they're on another level to almost anything else in classic Who. No villain commands the screen in their first appearance as much as Michael Wisher as Davros. The same Michael Wisher that previously played characters like the news reporter in The Ambassadors of Death, Rex Farrel (the factory owner’s son, who was hypnotised by the Master) in Terror of the Autons and Kalik (the main one of the three grey aliens) in Carnival of Monsters. The transformation from all that to this is insane.
Azmat Mahmood
2025-01-31 11:19:22 +0000 UTC
