50 years of Who: 1981

[nwhyte]

1981:

TV
Warriors' Gate
The Keeper of Traken
Logopolis
K9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend

Books
Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit (4)
Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World (2)
Doctor Who and An Unearthly Child (1)
1982 Doctor Who Annual (4/5)

The first Who from 1981 that I encountered: By this stage I was watching religiously, and made

Comments

[borusa]

Uh.

What happened to 1980?

[nwhyte]

A coding glitch meant it didn;t get posted on the day, and I can't now go back and re-do it. If you would like to comment, you can do so on my own LJ here.

[aphroditesky]

One of my all-time favourite who stories is "The Keeper of Traken".

Contrary to many who fans I really like both Nyssa and Adric.. and my 8 year old self thought they were destined for a fairytale wedding :D

Also, I see the Keeper of Traken as a great start to the Logopolis/Castrovalva regeneration and the return of the Master

[gigs_83]

What happened to 1980?

I actually like "K9 and Company" because, well, K9. :) We're now moving into the eras where I actually could watch ALL of the serials since we had them recorded.

[nwhyte]

A coding glitch meant that 1980 didn't get posted here on the day, and I can't now go back and re-do it. If you would like to comment, you can do so on my own LJ here.

[hammard]

Rather behind with commenting on these.

Only a few stories but pretty fun. My first encounter was Keeper of Traken which is also a firm favourite of mine. Such a brilliant blend of sci-fi, political thriller and allegorical fantasy. Plus it gave us lovely, lovely Nyssa :D

My least favourite is the novelisation of An Unearthy Child, where they completely destroyed what is such a perfect pilot episode in order to stretch the page length (and not wanting to do anything with the cavemen).