WATCH ALONG | CLASSIC DOCTOR WHO | 6x40 | The War Games: Episode 6
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The nervous Private Moor was played (rather well, I thought) by David Troughton -- son of Patrick -- in one of his first TV roles. You've already seen him, almost forty years older, playing Professor Hobbes in the David Tennant episode "Midnight". I've always thought this story's set design was among the best of its era, with a good effort at period detail in the World War I sets as well as the explosion of Sixties grooviness that is the aliens' control center. That interrogation room, with its eye-popping concentric circle artwork on the wall and floor, as well as that weird two-part door, is certainly one of the most memorable sets seen in the show yet.
Steven Cooper
2023-06-15 14:40:31 +0000 UTCYeah, until this story it was clear the Doctor isn't a human but that was it. They never actually revealed what his race was or used the words Time Lord, until now.
Azmat Mahmood
2023-06-14 17:30:32 +0000 UTCThe first Doctor story you watched called the "Time Meddler" was about a Timelord who pretended to be a Monk. (Although he never used the word "Timelord")
Malcolm Wolf
2023-06-14 16:54:17 +0000 UTCThis episode is the first time the Time Lords have ever been mentioned in the show and I kinda love that it's in an almost throwaway line. At this point it isn't clear the Doctor is a Time Lord, just that the War Chief is one, so this works and builds to the moment we'll eventually find out about the Doctor. Ep 5 and 6 also introduce us to yet another villain, the security chief. I think the way he's performed and characterised in an almost robotic way is very interesting and fits well with the sort of character he is and helps to distinguish him from other villains like the war chief, who is much more hot headed and emotional. I also love the tension and back and forth between these two, it gives the story another layer of intrigue and you have to wonder if they can coexist and what impact their bickering will have on the overall plan. 6 episodes in and this story shows no signs of flagging.
Azmat Mahmood
2023-06-14 14:12:51 +0000 UTC
