Picspam of a Doctor Who: The Android Invasion scene
Picspam time! The current prompt at picspammy: "focus your spam on one scene or sequence." For me, this one was a no-brainer. I saw that prompt and my mind immediately went to this one bit in the 1975 Doctor Who story The Android Invasion. It marked the moment I fell in lurve with the mighty Tom Baker, and of course Doctor Who!
Strange as it might sound, this one scene - more of a moment, really - was one of those things that has stuck with me forever. I first saw it when I was 15 and now, at 22, I still go a bit gooey when I see it. But the great thing about this scene is that it transcends just being a hot Tom Baker moment. After I had gotten into the show and had a good sense of what it was all about, it struck me that this scene from The Android Invasion summed up, for me, the character of the Doctor. And I'm not even limiting it to the character of the Fourth Doctor. You could make a case that this scene could have happened in any of the Doctors' eras, though I'd also argue that only Tom Baker could have pulled it off so subtly and with such panache. ;)
So what exactly is this scene, and why does it provide a succinct explanation of why the Doctor is awesome? Well, at the end of the story, good ol' Sarah Jane thinks the Doctor has been killed, but as she soon finds out it was really just his android double. The camera cuts to the Doctor standing in the doorway, and he says something like "Don't waste any tears over him, Sarah." Sarah Jane looks up, surprised to see the real Doc there, then looks back to see the android Doctor "decompose" back to its metal framework (through the use of just amazing special effects, lol). Relieved, she says emphatically, "Don't ever do anything like that again!"
The Doctor stands silently for a second, then breaks into a grin. He fiddles with his hat and beams "Come on," beckons with his head towards the door, and turns and walks out.
This is what the Doctor is all about. He just grins and heads out, on to the next adventure.
Here is photo evidence (well, screen captured evidence!) of this most terrific of Doctor Who moments.
Sarah Jane: "Don't ever do anything like that again!"
The Doctor: "Come on."
The End
Strange as it might sound, this one scene - more of a moment, really - was one of those things that has stuck with me forever. I first saw it when I was 15 and now, at 22, I still go a bit gooey when I see it. But the great thing about this scene is that it transcends just being a hot Tom Baker moment. After I had gotten into the show and had a good sense of what it was all about, it struck me that this scene from The Android Invasion summed up, for me, the character of the Doctor. And I'm not even limiting it to the character of the Fourth Doctor. You could make a case that this scene could have happened in any of the Doctors' eras, though I'd also argue that only Tom Baker could have pulled it off so subtly and with such panache. ;)
So what exactly is this scene, and why does it provide a succinct explanation of why the Doctor is awesome? Well, at the end of the story, good ol' Sarah Jane thinks the Doctor has been killed, but as she soon finds out it was really just his android double. The camera cuts to the Doctor standing in the doorway, and he says something like "Don't waste any tears over him, Sarah." Sarah Jane looks up, surprised to see the real Doc there, then looks back to see the android Doctor "decompose" back to its metal framework (through the use of just amazing special effects, lol). Relieved, she says emphatically, "Don't ever do anything like that again!"
The Doctor stands silently for a second, then breaks into a grin. He fiddles with his hat and beams "Come on," beckons with his head towards the door, and turns and walks out.
This is what the Doctor is all about. He just grins and heads out, on to the next adventure.
Here is photo evidence (well, screen captured evidence!) of this most terrific of Doctor Who moments.
Sarah Jane: "Don't ever do anything like that again!"
The Doctor: "Come on."
The End