Old Who: Terror of the Autons and The Mind of Evil

[selenak]

Or: My Evil Ex-Boyfriend Is Back and My Evil Ex-Boyfriend Is Back: The Sequel.

Okay, without kidding, those two serials were just a joy to watch (and rewatch), especially after two not so stellar Pertwee era stories I also watched recenty, The Daemons (I know they had to deal with all the fashionable stuff in the 70s, but satanism is just gauche

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[selenak]

Ah, but in the meantime, that's what we have Youtube for! I am impatiently waiting for the DVDs anyway, though. The Silurians and The Sea Devils, for example, which are out on DVD, have some good audio commentary and extras.

If ever a character needed a good long sit down with the Evil Overlord List, it's him.

Well, it took him many years, but by the time Utopia rolls along he at least has learned that he's not supposed to tell the Doctor about his evil plans so the Doctor can stop them in time.*g* But I fear many of the other points remain lost on him. Some other nice zingers in this regard, from other stories, would be:

From Sea Devils:

M: You must wonder why I had you brought here.
D: Not really. Your usual childish desire to gloat?

Mind you, the Master gets to make equally accurate quips about the Doctor's flaws. For example in "Time Monster", when their TARDISes interlock (no, really) and after trading insults via viewscreens, the Master deliberately turns off the sound and tells his minion du jour that this will lead to the Doctor getting incautious and getting out because: "Never has there been a man more determined to get the last word." (He's absolutely right.)