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DWM Mighty 200 - Top Ten Watchathon: Pyramids of Mars (#7) Reaction Post

Oct 16, 2009 14:22

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character: sarah jane smith, reaction post, dw: watchathon, serial: pyramids of mars, dwm: mighty 200, dw: classic who, character: fourth doctor

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jjpor October 16 2009, 22:06:15 UTC

I really like this one; not quite as much as City of Death, but, well, you know, it is City of Death, after all ( ... )

persiflage_1 October 17 2009, 04:35:10 UTC

I really like this one; not quite as much as City of Death, but, well, you know, it is City of Death, after all...

*grins* True!

I think your explanation for Sarah Jane's uncannily good shooting skills is as good as any. ;D

Thank you!

I think the thing about Four is, he can pull off pompous and portentous because he is this larger-than-life, slightly surreal figure. Ten would find it much harder, because he is supposed to be at least partially rooted in "reality".

That's a good point actually - Four IS very much larger-than-life...

Yes, I feel for Laurence; his love for his brother shines through and is ultimately the death of him. Played, of course, by the late, great Michael Sheard - Admiral Ozzel in Empire Strikes Back, Der Fuehrer himself in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and most memorably the terrifying Mr Bronson in Grange Hill...*nods* I felt very bad for him that he couldn't accept that Prof Scarman was, to all intents and purposes, now dead ( ... )

scarfman October 16 2009, 22:36:54 UTC

Does the Doctor really have 'favourite years', or is that just something to say?
He seemed awfully high on 1979 at the beginning of Tooth and Claw.
Trivia: This was the serial (in "feature" format as taped off Chicago PBS) I sent my mother as an introduction to Doctor Who in the 80s. I chose it because its novelization and that of The Three Doctors happened to be the first two Targets I picked up the Monday after getting hooked by a Sunday night airing of the last half of Genesis of the Daleks. scarfmom found the appearance of Sutekh's head in the TARDIS at the beginning "surreal" and didn't take to the show till Rose came on the Sci-Fi Channel. Nowadays if someone wants an introduction to Doctor Who I recommend The Face of Evil or Rose.
Speaking of Pyramids of Mars and Tooth and Claw, here's something I posted in my journal once: 2006:
ROSE: Let me just say ... werewolves.
THE DOCTOR: I know!
1976:
SARAH: A man has just died!
THE DOCTOR: Four men, Sarah!

persiflage_1 October 17 2009, 04:39:49 UTC

He seemed awfully high on 1979 at the beginning of Tooth and Claw.

True...

Trivia: This was the serial (in "feature" format as taped off Chicago PBS) I sent my mother as an introduction to Doctor Who in the 80s. I chose it because its novelization and that of The Three Doctors happened to be the first two Targets I picked up the Monday after getting hooked by a Sunday night airing of the last half of Genesis of the Daleks. scarfmom found the appearance of Sutekh's head in the TARDIS at the beginning "surreal" and didn't take to the show till Rose came on the Sci-Fi Channel. Nowadays if someone wants an introduction to Doctor Who I recommend The Face of Evil or Rose.

It was rather surreal, the face appearing out of nowhere for just a few seconds...

Speaking of Pyramids of Mars and Tooth and Claw, here's something I posted in my journal once:

2006:
ROSE: Let me just say ... werewolves.
THE DOCTOR: I know!

1976:
SARAH: A man has just died!
THE DOCTOR: Four men, Sarah! *nods* I absolutely HATE that moment in T&C when even ( ... )