A Land of Fear I stun Sue with a confession. Me: I’ve never seen this story before. She spits a mouthful of hot coffee over our kitten, Tegan. Me: It isn’t my fault! I didn’t have a VHS player when they released this story. And bits of it are missing, of course. Sue: What do…
Strangers in Space The Sensorites begins with an incongruous scene which features our heroes fondly remembering all their adventures together so far, although nobody mentions the weird one with the scissors. However, when Barbara waves away her experiences in Mexico with a vague shrug, Sue isn’t very happy. Sue: “I’m over it now?” That was…
The Temple of Evil My hope that Sue would soak up this episode in revered silence is dashed within seconds, mainly because we get embroiled in two very tedious discussions. Well, tedious to me, at least. Sue: Why have they decided to visit the Aztecs? I thought Ian and Barbara wanted to get back to…
The Sea of Death Sue: Pause! Stop it! Rewind! Damn, she’s good. Even I didn’t notice the production team member pushing the revolving door when I saw this episode for the first time. It happens at least twice (three times, according to Sue), and she spends the entire episode scanning the frame for the slightest…
Against everyone’s advice, except for some divorce lawyers who contacted us last week, our adventure continues with a reconstruction. Sue is initially perplexed by the experience. Sue: It looks like a normal episode to me. This isn’t so bad. I don’t know what all the fuss is about. Me: This is the recap from the…
The Edge of Destruction Sue finds it amusing that travelling in the TARDIS is a traumatic experience for everyone concerned, and when the crew are thrown violently to the floor, she doesn’t see it as a portent of doom, she regards it as business as usual. She’s wrong, of course. Sue: What the hell is…
The Dead Planet Sue: What’s this one called then? Me: ‘The Dead Planet’. Sue: How many episodes is it? Me: One. Sue: Excellent. Me: Well, I say ‘one’. You’re not supposed to know. The episodes have individual titles, which means you wouldn’t have known when one adventure might end and another would begin. A story…
An Unearthly Child Sue: Eh? This was Sue’s first reaction to the episode. She absorbed it in complete silence, except for an early aside where she vaguely remembered who Dixon of Dock Green was. Me: Is that all you’ve got? Sue: I thought it would be a lot longer than that. Of all the opening…
I blame Toby Hadoke and Rob Shearman. I was reading their wonderful Running Through Corridors book when I was inevitably inspired to watch Doctor Who from the beginning again. I’ve attempted this feat several times before, of course, but I usually crumble in the middle of The Sensorities, and if I cheat and jump to…