DWM Mighty 200 - Top Ten Watchathon: Pyramids of Mars (#7) Reaction Post
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The third of the Fourth Doctor stories in a row is 'Pyramids of Mars', starring the Fourth Doctor's first companion, Sarah Jane Smith.
The Fourth Doctor inspects Sutekh's sarcophagus.
- Sarah Jane's dress is pretty - but I've a feeling it'll prove rather impractical.
- The Doctor's line about walking in eternity is either portentous or pompous (thank goodness RTD has never made Ten utter it, though!)
- I laughed at the Doctor and Sarah climbing in and out of the windows of the Priory.
- I'm a bit surprised by the Doctor dismissing Sarah Jane's sighting of the mummy.
- The Doctor: 'Something is interfering with Time and Time is my business.' We're back to portentous again.
- Does the Doctor really have 'favourite years', or is that just something to say?
- Watch out, the generic poacher is about...
- Scarman's instruction to 'Remove this carcass' shows how inhuman he's become since Suktekh possessed him.
- Wow! Even his jacket 'heals' itself after he's shot in the back by the poacher.
- Two of the mummy servitors went off after the poacher, so how come there are two carrying rocket parts about the priory - we've only seen three of them so far.
- I thought it a bit strange of Sarah Jane to accuse the Doctor of tricking her over their return to 1980.
- Laurence Scarman just can't accept that's *not* his brother, can he?
- The Doctor looks horrified when Sarah Jane throws him the box of gelignite - can't say I blame him as that was a rather careless thing to do!
- Oh dear, Laurence is pleading with Marcus. He really needs to accept that this is not his brother!
- Once again we seem to have four mummy servitors though we only ever see three on screen at once.
- The Doctor's going to disguise himself as a mummy robot? Oh joy!
- Who taught Sarah Jane to shoot? It's a pretty uncommon skill for a British civilian to have.
- Uh-oh! Does Sarah Jane know that the Doctor's entering the Time Tunnel.
- Um, possessed!Doctor looks a bit silly.
- Oh yes! I laughed out loud when the Doctor and Sarah Jane walk out from behind that pillar, spot the servitor, and turn smartly on their heels to go back out of sight. Apparently that was a bit of improv from Tom Baker.
- Yikes! Sarah Jane's been trapped inside a giant test tube thingy.
- Oh it's the old Knights and Knaves trope (the Riddle of Osiris).
- Sutekh: My vengeance starts here. Me: Yeah, yeah, whatever!
- The Doctor oould be singing: 'Caught in a trap' at this point. And Sutekh could be singing 'Please release me, let me go' - but neither one of them does.
- When the Doctor and Sarah Jane go inside the TARDIS, you can see their silhouettes through the window!
Overall, I enjoyed this story, although part 4 got a bit silly, really.
Feel free to add your thoughts/comments below. Next week's Watchathon episode will be 'Human Nature' (and I'll be watching 'Family of Blood' as well).
The third of the Fourth Doctor stories in a row is 'Pyramids of Mars', starring the Fourth Doctor's first companion, Sarah Jane Smith.
The Fourth Doctor inspects Sutekh's sarcophagus.
- Sarah Jane's dress is pretty - but I've a feeling it'll prove rather impractical.
- The Doctor's line about walking in eternity is either portentous or pompous (thank goodness RTD has never made Ten utter it, though!)
- I laughed at the Doctor and Sarah climbing in and out of the windows of the Priory.
- I'm a bit surprised by the Doctor dismissing Sarah Jane's sighting of the mummy.
- The Doctor: 'Something is interfering with Time and Time is my business.' We're back to portentous again.
- Does the Doctor really have 'favourite years', or is that just something to say?
- Watch out, the generic poacher is about...
- Scarman's instruction to 'Remove this carcass' shows how inhuman he's become since Suktekh possessed him.
- Wow! Even his jacket 'heals' itself after he's shot in the back by the poacher.
- Two of the mummy servitors went off after the poacher, so how come there are two carrying rocket parts about the priory - we've only seen three of them so far.
- I thought it a bit strange of Sarah Jane to accuse the Doctor of tricking her over their return to 1980.
- Laurence Scarman just can't accept that's *not* his brother, can he?
- The Doctor looks horrified when Sarah Jane throws him the box of gelignite - can't say I blame him as that was a rather careless thing to do!
- Oh dear, Laurence is pleading with Marcus. He really needs to accept that this is not his brother!
- Once again we seem to have four mummy servitors though we only ever see three on screen at once.
- The Doctor's going to disguise himself as a mummy robot? Oh joy!
- Who taught Sarah Jane to shoot? It's a pretty uncommon skill for a British civilian to have.
- Uh-oh! Does Sarah Jane know that the Doctor's entering the Time Tunnel.
- Um, possessed!Doctor looks a bit silly.
- Oh yes! I laughed out loud when the Doctor and Sarah Jane walk out from behind that pillar, spot the servitor, and turn smartly on their heels to go back out of sight. Apparently that was a bit of improv from Tom Baker.
- Yikes! Sarah Jane's been trapped inside a giant test tube thingy.
- Oh it's the old Knights and Knaves trope (the Riddle of Osiris).
- Sutekh: My vengeance starts here. Me: Yeah, yeah, whatever!
- The Doctor oould be singing: 'Caught in a trap' at this point. And Sutekh could be singing 'Please release me, let me go' - but neither one of them does.
- When the Doctor and Sarah Jane go inside the TARDIS, you can see their silhouettes through the window!
Overall, I enjoyed this story, although part 4 got a bit silly, really.
Feel free to add your thoughts/comments below. Next week's Watchathon episode will be 'Human Nature' (and I'll be watching 'Family of Blood' as well).