Doctor Who - The Underwater Menace

[jedichad]

Finally, an actual episode to watch again! Loose Cannon's reconstruction of the missing bits is one of their best ever - highly recommended. I took screencaps from the surviving clips and Episode 3, and they can be found here

Comments

[elliptic_eye]

Thanks for both the review and the caps-they're very helpful for those of us trying to decide which serials we really want badly enough to shell out for, and I doubt that the important detail of Jamie in a dive suit is something they'd cover in the back-of-the-box blurb.

Thank you!

[jedichad]

That's mighty sweet of you to say! I truly appreciate it. I'm glad you're enjoying the reviews and the screen caps. Jamie in a diving suit is to die for! :)

[niffler09]

I was waiting for this ;)
I have to say that "Underwater Menace" is one of my least favourite stories. I think it's just too silly but not in a good enough way to qualify as crack (like e.g. Dominators). Contrary to you, however, I very much liked the costumes and the fish pople's movements, I thought that the swimming scenes looked quite good (apart from the very visible wires of course XD).

Is this the first time that you're watching the Second Doctor's era?

[jedichad]

Thanks so much for replying! This is the first time I've been able to watch all of the Second Doctor's stories in order. The last time I watched Doctor Who from beginning to end, it was when the reconstructions first started to appear and there were only a handful available, along with Troughton's complete stories.

It's heartbreaking to realize just how many of his episodes the BBC trashed.