WATCH ALONG | CLASSIC DOCTOR WHO | 5x1 | The Tomb of the Cybermen: Episode 1
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I know this is 2.5 years after the event but I’m pleased you gave classic Who a go and have stuck with it. On the whole it’s a much better version that the new series (and I really like a lot of the first 10 or so years of the new series). This is an all time great story that was lost for years and I’d probably a bit overrated because of its somewhat mythic status while missing. It confirmed the Cybermen as enemy number 2 for the show
Chris Brooker
2025-05-13 13:57:00 +0000 UTCRegarding the Doctor's age: the first Doctor's age had always been supposed to be about 650 (although that was never mentioned on screen), and Gerry Davis (co-writer of this story, and also of "The Tenth Planet") had always imagined some kind of "rejuvenation" process causing the Doctor to shed about 200 years during the Hartnell/Troughton changeover. The idea of "regeneration" as a complete physical change between different bodies wasn't devised until quite a way into the future from the point you've reached, and only retrospectively applied to the first Doctor's ending.
Steven Cooper
2022-12-22 00:25:22 +0000 UTCThe animations, tele-reconstructions and narrated audios are all fantastic but nothing bears *seeing* Pat do his stuff as the 2nd Doctor. I know the Cybermen aren't your cuppa, but do stick with it, this one has a lovely hammer horror atmosphere and Troughton is never less than brilliantly watchable. He has a lovely chemistry with companions (especially Frazer Hines' Jamie) which you will soon pick up on. It's worth noting that in this story with have no contemporary figures whatsoever. The Doctor is an Alien, Jamie is from the 18th Century and Victoria is from the 19th. We're now a world away from having a companion be coda for the audience. It does feel different, but you'll get a handle on it very very quickly. It's a massive shame Troughton's era suffered so much in terms of lost episodes. There are some stories out there which if they were whole, may well be among the best Doctor Who ever (notably "The Evil Of The Daleks" which introduced Victoria and this story is just coming off the back of). There are some real classics to come too which I hope you'll enjoy. In many ways Patrick Troughton had the hardest job. He had to take the idea of changing the lead of the show and make it work. That he did it so well, by creating such a comedic, sympathetic, yet (behind the feigned timidity) fiercely heroic character, is in no small reason why Doctor Who is still going. If he'd got it wrong . . . There's a reason why many of the actors to take on the role since cite him is a major inspiration. In many ways he created the idea of what the Doctor should be and everyone else has just played around with it.
Dryfesands
2022-12-21 16:10:01 +0000 UTC
