Project: Who - The Space Museum
15 - The Space Museum
Written by Glyn Jones
Directed by Mervyn Pinfield
The Doctor and his crew are very solemn as they stand around inside the Tardis. This is after their adventure in The Crusade, which apparently ended unhappily.
They land on a planet and go out to explore. It's a museum in space. (just go with it) Something weird is going on. They can't hear other people, and they can't touch anything - their hands go through any object they try to touch. Until, that is, they find their own bodies as part of an exhibit.
Part 2 - Dimensions of Time
Apparently, they jumped a time track. Their spirits arrived at a different time than their bodies.
People stand around bickering for ten solid, mind-numbing minutes, then they cut to the Doctor, who is hiding in an empty Dalek casing.
The Doctor gets captured and interrogated.
Part 3 - The Search
Ian looks for the Doctor, and takes a hostage. With a gun. Weird.
The crew is separated. Vicki finds herself with a group of youth. The Doctor is taking a nap somewhere. Ian is running around kidnapping people, and Barbara is hiding.
Part 4 - The Final Phase
The Doctor and Ian reunite. Vicki and Barbara reunite. Then they all get together in the Tardis.
Lots of silly fighting on the planet.
Tor (played by Jeremy Bulloch - Boba Fett) gives the Doctor a gift - a viewer they'll use in the next story.
The Daleks make a cameo at the end, leading directly into The Chase.
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Bizarre. That's a good word for this one. The four episodes here are basically a set up for The Chase, the next story. Otherwise, they're pretty much in a holding pattern.
It was nice to finally see Jeremy Bulloch's first appearance in Doctor Who. Later, he plays Boba Fett in Star Wars, and he also appeared in the story that introduced the Sontarans and Sarah Jane Smith.
I don't remember where I heard the phrase "Taking a nap" ... A podcast, I'm sure. It's a terrific explanation for the mysterious absences of the Doctor, especially the First Doctor. He takes a lot of mini vacations, where Ian is in charge and the Doctor doesn't show up, unless it's in a bit that was pre-recorded and spliced in. The Second Doctor does it a time or two as well. Anyway ... it amuses me.
Overall, fun if not really all that important.
Written by Glyn Jones
Directed by Mervyn Pinfield
The Doctor and his crew are very solemn as they stand around inside the Tardis. This is after their adventure in The Crusade, which apparently ended unhappily.
They land on a planet and go out to explore. It's a museum in space. (just go with it) Something weird is going on. They can't hear other people, and they can't touch anything - their hands go through any object they try to touch. Until, that is, they find their own bodies as part of an exhibit.
Part 2 - Dimensions of Time
Apparently, they jumped a time track. Their spirits arrived at a different time than their bodies.
People stand around bickering for ten solid, mind-numbing minutes, then they cut to the Doctor, who is hiding in an empty Dalek casing.
The Doctor gets captured and interrogated.
Part 3 - The Search
Ian looks for the Doctor, and takes a hostage. With a gun. Weird.
The crew is separated. Vicki finds herself with a group of youth. The Doctor is taking a nap somewhere. Ian is running around kidnapping people, and Barbara is hiding.
Part 4 - The Final Phase
The Doctor and Ian reunite. Vicki and Barbara reunite. Then they all get together in the Tardis.
Lots of silly fighting on the planet.
Tor (played by Jeremy Bulloch - Boba Fett) gives the Doctor a gift - a viewer they'll use in the next story.
The Daleks make a cameo at the end, leading directly into The Chase.
* * *
Bizarre. That's a good word for this one. The four episodes here are basically a set up for The Chase, the next story. Otherwise, they're pretty much in a holding pattern.
It was nice to finally see Jeremy Bulloch's first appearance in Doctor Who. Later, he plays Boba Fett in Star Wars, and he also appeared in the story that introduced the Sontarans and Sarah Jane Smith.
I don't remember where I heard the phrase "Taking a nap" ... A podcast, I'm sure. It's a terrific explanation for the mysterious absences of the Doctor, especially the First Doctor. He takes a lot of mini vacations, where Ian is in charge and the Doctor doesn't show up, unless it's in a bit that was pre-recorded and spliced in. The Second Doctor does it a time or two as well. Anyway ... it amuses me.
Overall, fun if not really all that important.