Fun fact: The little girl who reminds the Doctor of Adric is the niece of Caroline "Liz Shaw" John.
@TheElderBlotch
Ай бұрын
"You made us, man of evil. But we are free!" Great line, Shardovan's sacrifice is low-key such an emotional moment. It's also refreshing for the shady guy with a moustache dressed in black to turn out not to be a villain. Even though Castrovalva isn't what comes to mind when it comes to 'scary Who', moments like the recursive occlusion cliffhanger and the people clawing at the Master in their death throes did haunt me as a kid. The concept of this invented castle/civilisation is ingenious too - future masterpieces like Heaven Sent and Big Finish's The Holy Terror really took it to another level and doubled down on the horror side of such an idea with incredible results.
@stevetheduck1425
Ай бұрын
You laughed over one of the best lines in this episode: Doctor: 'Tell me, which is the quickest way out of here?' They point in all directions. Doctor: 'Yes, well, that's democracy for you!'
@DonnaLang42rockglobally
Ай бұрын
That's always been one of my favorite lines.
@coopercane500
Ай бұрын
Fun Fact: to not give away the Master's reveal in Part Four, Anthony Ainley is credited as Neil Toynay, an anagram of Tony Ainley, his common nickname, when he played the Portreeve in Part Three.
@knavehart
Ай бұрын
Came here to say this if no one beat me to it.
@DocRobAC
Ай бұрын
To be fair you could foresee the nature of Castrovalva, it’s the name of a place in Italy, which was drawn by Dutch Artist MC Escher, famous for his drawings that play tricks with perspective, leading to never ending stairs and the like.
@dylanshadowstar9779
Ай бұрын
Ah yes the episode where adric throws up in a bush
@djco5782
Ай бұрын
I love how you can see Janet Fielding's eyes flit between Peter Davison and the sight of Matthew Waterhouse throwing up, clearly thinking, "Are they going to call 'cut'?" 😂
@whobp8
Ай бұрын
Just as the name Castrovalva is used as the title for one of M.C. Escher's art pieces, the constantly returning to the town square reflects one of his "impossible" staircases in works like Relativity. Speaking of relatives, the little girl who helps the Doctor count is played by the real life niece of Caroline John, who played Liz Shaw in the Third Doctor's era. The credits list the Portreeve as being played by Neil Toynay, an anagram of Tony Ainley, to avoid spoiling the Master/Portreeve twist. They filmed the outdoor scenes in this story on location and the cast and crew stayed overnight in the area. Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) had a bit too much to drink in the pub the night before shooting the return to the TARDIS scene, so he is visibly very green around the gills in that footage. While close-ups were being shot of the Doctor and Tegan at the end there, he was behind a nearby tree puking his guts out. 😂
@cje499
Ай бұрын
Not gonna lie; this was the one and only time Anthony Ainley fooled me with the disguise. Didn't help Shardovan captured his essence so well.
@jimcat6795
Ай бұрын
Same!
@JulieFreyHomeWebBiz
Ай бұрын
In the last scene in the woods you see that Adric was not looking too good. There was a previous trip to a bar. "For the final scene, the script called for Adric to look "pallid" as he was still recovering from the effects of imprisonment by the Master. According to the commentary on the DVD, this was accidentally achieved by Matthew Waterhouse, who had a hangover from the night before from drinking too much Campari. Whilst the cameras were filming the Doctor and Tegan in conversation about who landed the TARDIS, Waterhouse was vomiting behind a tree. The other actors continued acting despite it so the take could be used." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrovalva_(Doctor_Who)
@scottredding7357
Ай бұрын
“I love disguises. Do you still like disguises?”
@davidpo5517
Ай бұрын
Side note: 5th Doctor aside, Peter Davison actually hates celery. DVD had a special feature where he talks about having to take a bite anyways.
@geoffreykahler1616
Ай бұрын
Then they show a clip of that scene from a different angle and he spits it out when they say cut. Its hilarious.
@HarmonySwamp
Ай бұрын
Notice how green Matthew looks in the final scene? He was massively hangover but had to carry on filming!
@BernardJKD
Ай бұрын
He seemingly barfed behind the tree immediately afterwards.
@f1since08
Ай бұрын
@@BernardJKD Yep, he's admitted this himself.
@heatsinker_5517
Ай бұрын
LOL 😄
@djco5782
Ай бұрын
@@BernardJKD Not even afterwards; during the final take. You can see Janet Fielding trying not to react to it as she delivers her lines to the Doctor.
@ianbuckley2347
Ай бұрын
A great story for the Fifth doctor to start his run with. Tegan and Nyssa shine and by the end everyone is ready for a new beginning. Peter Davison takes on the daunting task of following Tom Bakers epic reign and does a pretty fine job.😁
@minski76
Ай бұрын
"The Master loves his disguises." One might even say he's a - expert of disguise!! No... wait...
@stickytapenrust6869
Ай бұрын
He’s about as much of an expert as disguise as Le Clerc was on Allo Allo! 😂 Though one disguise that’s coming up in Jess’ viewings *VERY* soon was good!
@ReversedPolarity
Ай бұрын
I can't believe you reached the Fifth Doctor era already! SPLENDID, you're getting very close to the finish line! 🥳 80's Doctor Who is an acquired taste (like most of the Doctor Who) if you have an open mind. I love Castrovalva, in fact, the first season had a lot of great premises. I always had a bit of trouble watching the 5th Doctor era because it was John Nathan-Turner's real first experimental project (apart from Tom Baker's S18) and it felt like a completely different show, very melodramatic, and many things didn't play out the way I thought they would, but it has this wholesome vibe akin to Whittaker's run and many psychedelic vibes which made many episodes more surreal. I actually love this first season for the most part, it has stakes and isn't afraid to change things on a whim. Like always, I'm not going to spoil the episodes, but I can tease a few things to spice them up: Two of the best and most shocking episodes in the entirety of Doctor Who are Fifth Doctor stories, your heart will definitely feel nostalgic, a star will be important, some big names will return and some will be introduced. There's also a reason behind the celery if you're patient, and you'll get a glimpse into the future of the show before it happens... can say no more than that. You'll have to watch it to find all of that out.
@Skeezer66
Ай бұрын
Anthony Ainley started off so amazingly!! He brought so much back to The Master, he doesn't get enough credit. What future writers do is another story. I was waiting for the moment when Jess figured out his disguise, you see it in her eyes!
@stevetheduck1425
Ай бұрын
The exteriors of Castrovalva were filmed at Tunbridge Wells High Rocks, a minor tourist attraction for many years. Basically, in the middle of the county of Kent, England, is a place here a glacier ended long ago, depositing large stones, which have eroded into interesting shapes in an area of what is now forest. The town of Tunbridge Wells grew up around some as well, a few miles away.
@papalaz4444244
Ай бұрын
There is something very moving about Shardovan's death scene. "You made us, man of evil, but we are free!"
@Melancthon7332
Ай бұрын
He delivers the line with such enormous dignity. It still resonates.
@kemmdog4444
Ай бұрын
You might be able to tell that at the end Adric wasn’t very steady on his feet. It’s because Matthew Waterhouse had been drinking and was sick as a dog. He vomited behind the tree he was leaning against.
@jcortese3300
Ай бұрын
This is totally a favorite story of mine, and came out at the height of my participation in the fandom -- some part of me still thinks of Peter as the current Doctor and Colin Baker as the new guy. But this whole series of episodes from the E-Space trilogy to the Keeper of Traken, Logopolis, and this is such a strong streak for the series. I adore Ruther and Mergreave so much, too. I LOVE the scene when they are sketching the map on the back of the mirror, and when the Doctor asks one to indicate the Portreeve's house, and the other hands him the chalk so eagerly. It's a small almost unnoticeable moment, but it's so perfect. He's just about catching on to what's happening and is eager to see what his friend thinks. I just love those two characters.
@JulieFreyHomeWebBiz
Ай бұрын
You can read more in the novelization. It also explains how "if" works. The writer was knowledgeable about computer programming.
@therealpbristow
Ай бұрын
[NODS] Chris Bidmead was a regular columnist for one of the UKs monthly computer magazines, for much of the '80s and '90s. His year of working on Doctor Who was early days in his computer-knowledge journey, when he was fascinated by the concepts, but didn't always understand them as well as he thought he did. =:o}
@kyletaylor3255
Ай бұрын
Not 100% sure if Castovalva was the first complete adventure of Doctor Who that I saw, I think it was, but it was definitely when I first saw a full episode of Doctor Who. Although, as I was 6 and had not seen previous episodes, I don't think I understood anything that I was watching. And it was in black & white, because our family only had a little black & white portable TV where you tuned in to a channel by turning a knob. I would later get to see DW in colour at my grandma's house. It was the second story AFTER this one when I began to get enthusiastic enough about the programme to follow storylines, to the degree that I understood them at that age - that was when I realised that it was like nothing else on TV or anywhere else and that a Doctor Who story could be anything.
@Wannabe_Baby
Ай бұрын
I loved that we could see you figuring out who the Master was. :)
@Melancthon7332
Ай бұрын
Jess' "waitjustasec" face is second to none.
@stevetheduck1425
Ай бұрын
Castrovalva is a place that existed in M. Escher's etchings. He distorted dimensions on the page; twisting the third dimension in two dimensions. He's worth looking up. Even the Doctor Who costume designs come from his drawings.
@johnmayhew9769
Ай бұрын
Castrovalva is a real village in Italy, the inspiration for that Escher woodcut.
@ericreese7792
Ай бұрын
Fascinating that you said you look forward to the next story as the "first" Fifth Doctor story, because it's actually sort of true.
@Eltonlaleham
Ай бұрын
The twist the old man was the Master in disguise was shocking and also the tall librarian throws himself on the tapestry was awesome.
@Mrazmatmahmood
2 ай бұрын
I really like this story. The plot is well written and I like how the Master's plans throughout this entire thing are just vindictive and petty ways to destroy the Doctor, which makes sense considering all the times the Doctor has foiled his plans, but especially since he's done it two stories in a row now. I enjoy the way the mystery of Castrovalva unfolds and how the concept of block transfer computation carries over from the previous story and how Adric's mathematical skills are being exploited to hold the entire illusion together. The idea of an entire city being forged and space being folded in on itself are really interesting concepts and I love how the Doctor works out the history of Castrovavla has been forged by reading the books. And that brings me to Davison because while everything I've mentioned is good, the real reason why this story is really good and works so well is down to his performance and the way the fifth Doctor is written. It helps that this was actually the fourth story in the production schedule for this season, which was a clever way for JNT to have Davison settle into the part before filming what would be his first televised story, so he could make the best possible first impression. I think it paid off. I think the idea that a regeneration is failing is really interesting and plays really well into the fifth Doctor's characterisation. Davison is immediately able to establish this Doctor's self-doubt and vulnerability and the way the Doctor grows into himself and gets more confident as the story goes on is a nice little character arc to take the new Doctor in his first story. Davison imbues the character with all sorts of little nuances and his performance is already so pleasingly multi layered, he really is brilliant. This Doctor is full of uncertainty but that makes the times he pushes through and is able to overcome his fears and shortcomings to win the day mean so much more and make him look that much braver. The fifth Doctor is an incarnation full of contradictions and he struggles with himself quite a lot, which is a huge and I'm sure deliberate contrast to the uber confident, self-assured fourth Doctor and this story does a great job of broadly setting the main elements of the fifth Doctor's characterisation in place. It's an interesting idea to have a more fallible and less sure of himself Doctor and I think it was good to take the Doctor's character to a new place after 18 seasons. It was largely unexplored territory and I think it's a perfectly valid and fascinating direction to take the character in. The fact that the Doctor needs to finds a peaceful place to clear his mind and find his new self is interesting and I love how the Doctor in his jumbled state of mind says the reason he came to Castrovalva is to find the Doctor. It's a beautifully poetic way to get across the journey the Doctor goes on in this story. I also like how the Master had two different plans as a failsafe because it shows his desperation and determination to truly get rid of the Doctor at this point and once his first plan fails, he switches over to a much more devious one because knows and exploits the Doctor's situation and creates Castrovalva to be the kind of place to be the perfect trap. It's a society built on rest and relaxation and that's exactly what the Doctor needs, but the fact that the truth behind it all is just to destroy the Doctor is really sinister and it's almost as if the story is saying a place like this is too good to be true. The Master shoots himself in the foot though and some of the people he created and populated Castrovalva with gain free will and realise what's happening and help the Doctor to escape. It's a satisfying way to resolve the plot. Overall this story is really good and a fine way to end this "Master trilogy" of sorts. I love the optimistic note it ends on with the brand-new Doctor starting to find himself. Castrovalva is just a nice story to watch and relax to.
@paulhammond6978
Ай бұрын
Yes - it was Peter Davison's doctor who was always going on about spending time at the "Eye of Orion" too, which I think probably grew out of this story where finding somewhere peaceful to recuperate was part of the plot. It's kind of common, though, to point out that with all the Master's counterplots that it undermines his menace, because he is always expecting to fail so he needs so many counterplots. It just occurred to me too to question how all these intricate plots of the Master can have been ready to go, since he himself was surprised at how his Logopolis plot put the whole universe in danger - so it seems odd that he can have had two "revenge on the Doctor" plots ready to go the very second his plot where he was working with the Doctor to save the universe until he decided to betray the Doctor got foiled by Tom Baker unplugging the lead to the telescope. (edited when I remembered the correct name of the tranquil place Doctor 5 was always talking about)
@davidmyers5545
Ай бұрын
I'm sure i didn't guess that he was the master back on the original broadcast in 1982
@Stephen-Fox
Ай бұрын
It's definitely interesting that Bidmead took elements from computer science for both Logopolis (block transfer computation, a form of mathematics typically used in graphics rendering in early computers) and Castrovalva (recursion) and attempted to literalize them in both. I think Castrovalva is more successful in this than Logopolis, but that's personal bias talking - I like impossible spaces in fiction generally.
@legionkahn
Ай бұрын
It is interesting that the 5th and 10th doctors both had difficult regenerations. I'm sure it was on purpose since the 5th was Tennets favorite Doctor (and future real life father in law), but it is interesting.
@chrisbrooker7260
Ай бұрын
Great reaction. This is such a clever, and (yes) a tragic story. It’s also a terrific introduction to the somewhat hesitant, often uncertain Fifth Doctor and his young companions. Nyssa and Tegan are excellent in this The Fifth Doctor era is mostly very, very good
@theyoungbloodtrilogy
Ай бұрын
Just discovered your channel today, and it's been fun going through some of your past videos and seeing you react to things in real time with next to no foreknowledge of what's to come. It reminds me of how I first got into the show as a teen in the late 1980s when it was shown on the PBS stations in my area (I grew up on the border of two states, so one state was playing Sylvester McCoy's era, the other Tom Baker's). I had no idea when companions would being leaving or starting, and ditto for each Doctor; everything was a surprise. It made it frustrating for me in later years when I'd try to share the show with friends who would then just look up every spoiler they could find and know everything in advance. To this day, I'm strictly spoiler-free and don't even watch previews. I feel it's important to respect the storytellers and let things be revealed as they unfold. Glad you're having fun with it, too. Castrovalva is one of my favorite stories, as were all the ones that I'd spend a large chunk of them saying, "Okay, WHAT the hell is going ON??" 🙂 And on a completely unrelated note, this latest hairstyle of yours is absostinkinlutely awesome. ☺
@machman5
Ай бұрын
Fun fact: The title is a reference to the lithograph Castrovalva by M. C. Escher, which depicts the town Castrovalva in the Abruzzo region, Italy.
@7bestthings
Ай бұрын
Logopolis and Castrovalva were written by one (IMO) of the greatest writers in Doctor Who history, Christopher H. Bidmead. He did not write many stories for the Doctor, but they are all interesting, creative and explore some deep scientific subjects. In this story, it's all about recursion and recursive thinking. Tegan's statement, "if we had an Index File, we could look it up in the Index File," is a recursive statement, and Castrovalva is the physical embodiment of recursion. A brilliant episode, and a wonderful beginning for the Fifth Doctor!
@DocRobAC
Ай бұрын
Love the way you say you feel like the first story for the fifth doctor will be the next one, it was filmed first for the season.
@joshuajoshua2732
Ай бұрын
After the scene finished filming the take with the Doctor eating the celery Peter Davison immediately spat it out as Davison in real life hates it.
@bobsteele9581
Ай бұрын
Great review Jess. Absolutely spot on. Also well done seeing through the Master's disguise. It took me a little longer when I first watched it. 😁👍
@knavehart
Ай бұрын
Did you recognize Mergrave? Michael Sheard. This is his 5th appearance in Doctor Who, he appeared in the 1st Doctor Story, The Ark, The 3rd Doctor Story the Mind of Evil, and two very popular appearances in the 4th Doctor era. Laurence Scarman in Pyramids of Mars and Lowe in The Invisible Enemy. He’s probably best know in the US as Admiral Ozzel, the officer Vader force chokes in The Empire Strikes Back.
@sg-zd8eb
Ай бұрын
Really? Not as the nasty Mr Bronson in Grange Hill? I mean that’s the role that got him the role as headmaster of Coal Hill School in Remembrance Of The Daleks in 1988.
@knavehart
Ай бұрын
@@sg-zd8eb I guess I mean most Americans. I don’t know if or when Grange Hill ever aired in the US,
@sg-zd8eb
Ай бұрын
@@knavehart if you haven’t seen him as Mr Bronson you must check out some clips. He was one very scary intimidating character.
@ryanpollard1166
Ай бұрын
With the stick of celery, showrunner, John Nathan-Turner, wanted to give the Doctor's eccentricity to be presented more overtly while giving the Fifth Doctor a signature quirk, much the recorder with the Second Doctor or the long scarf with the Fourth Doctor. Funny that the inclusion of a decorative vegetable was apparently the best he could come up with, especially when Peter Davison hates celery. In the filming footage, Davison had a pretty evident look of disgust on his face after they finished filming the scene of him taking a bite out of the celery. Also, Adric looks visibly pale in the story's final scene, and this was due to the actor, Matthew Waterhouse, discovering Campari the night before filming and had perhaps one too many shots. Whilst the cameras were filming the Doctor and Tegan in conversation about who landed the TARDIS, Waterhouse went behind a tree and vomited, but the rest continued acting despite it so the take could be used.
@sg-zd8eb
Ай бұрын
J N-T was producer, not show runner. There was no such thing as showrunner back then.
@lumariadp
Ай бұрын
"We seem to be committed" is something I quote all the time and it's so obscure even I forgot where I got it until I watched this reaction 😂
@donaldb1
Ай бұрын
As others have said, this story is heavily indebted to the Dutch artist M C Escher. His print _Castrovalva_ is comparatively normal, but it shows a fortress at the top of a cliff, from an unusually low perspective. But the whole stuff about the recursion, space folding in on itself and replicating itself is derived from other of his prints, in particular _Ascending and Descending_ and _Relativity._
@donaldb1
Ай бұрын
Putting links in to a separate post, in case they don't work. _Castrovalva_ - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrovalva_(M._C._Escher) _Ascending and Descending_ - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascending_and_Descending _Relativity_ - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_%28M._C._Escher%29
@alexfletcher5192
Ай бұрын
It's rather sad that Peter Davison's remarks about the casting of Jodie Whittaker (in that perhaps some male fans will not be able to identify with her - which, for better or worse, turned out to be true) led to him being essentially hounded off Twitter some time ago. But he did sign off with 'Sorry, must dash...' - a kind of catchphrase that not only sums up quite a bit about No.5 but, amazingly, starts right here in his first story.
@cameronmonaghan6883
Ай бұрын
Yeah no one was fooled by The Portreeve. This wasn't as epic a finale to The Master trilogy, but it's a new beginning. Love all the details alerting the characters that Castrovalva is wrong.
@BernardJKD
Ай бұрын
Umm, what?
@Melancthon7332
Ай бұрын
I love this story. Mostly, I love Castrovalva itself and the Castrovalvans - a whole city and a people constructed of ideas. What is especially wonderful is the set and costume design; everything looks like Flemish Renaissance paintings come to life, and everyone sounds like Renaissance philosophers. (And that final scene of The Master struggling against his creations is right out of Goya.) Castrovalva is a wonderful counterpoint to Logopolis, another place where thoughts are made real (and another ascetic, intellectual society) - I always think of the two stories as a duology. I will say that even though I lean purist in many ways, I think the climax of this story is one where modern CGI would actually do it justice - clearly the recursion trap is meant to be a looping Escherian nightmare, but they simply didn't have the technology to bring that vision to life. I honestly wouldn't mind just a few seconds of a modernised insertion.
@alexfletcher5192
Ай бұрын
The celery (which our new star takes a bite out of - and then makes a face at as soon as the camera cuts!) is, of course, completely illusory. Which begs the question of how it survives the destruction of Castrovalva. (It's a real place, although of course I didn't know that at 9. Instead, I took inspiration from it and wrote a short story, called 'Meltroverta' in my exercise book. That was also set in a forest and had some old monsters in it. And my new Doctor had glasses, naturally).
@korggod9989
Ай бұрын
Hi sesska, firstly wanted to say hope you're having a great day, also wanted to reccomend a show I think you'd like and is getting alot of buzz, and that's X-men 97. It's storytelling is on par with Invincible as far as animation goes, it's really good, I hope you consider it or hopefully drop more MCU film reactions 🧡
@moviesrocks2
Ай бұрын
great reaction as always. can't wait to continue to watch your journey through the 5th Doctor. So many things to look forward to seeing your reaction too. have fun
@jamesa.fitzpatrick1566
Ай бұрын
Your instincts are so good! I've forgotten about some of the sparkling dialogue in this one. Script editor Christopher H. Bidmead wanted more science and less silliness, so there are more high concepts in the show since the Leisure Hive.
@danniemadsen1970
Ай бұрын
I agree with your sentiment about still having the Fifth Doctor's first proper story to come. We don’t really see his personality shine and he’s sorta struggling to get through the events of the story because of his regeneration not having stabilized yet.
@DonnaLang42rockglobally
Ай бұрын
The Master: *Don't* try to make a fool of me. (Me seeing this for the first time as well as who I am now: Yeah, well I can see you're doing a great job of that yourself.)
@JAYWALKER1000
Ай бұрын
If you're ever wondering if that's the Master check the credits. The credit for the Portreeve in episode 3 is Neil Toynay - so not the Master. Of course if you rearrange those letters you get Tony Ainley - a bit informal but they couldn't figure out how to include the leftover "anh" and still keep the game afoot. Tell me, Missy, are you fond of disguises?
@stacyp2186
Ай бұрын
I wonder how hard it was for Peter Davidson to take over from Tom Baker. Probably as hard for Patrick Troughton. They both did great jobs though.
@alexfletcher5192
Ай бұрын
You have to admire the bravado of the production team, trying to do something in the spirit of M C Escher (he's magic on the mic) on a Dr Who budget. I mean, the Blu-Ray attempts to expand on it, but this is something even the current series would struggle to pull off with its expanded budget. It is kind of hyped into being a serious threat, but whether the audience got that is difficult to gauge. As the camera cut, following Peter Davison's delivery of 'We're caught in a space/time trap!', the actor turned to the lens and asked '...a bit over-the-top?...'
@andrewgwilliam4831
Ай бұрын
It certainly worked as intended for me as a kid!
@BernardJKD
Ай бұрын
Google Castrovalva and M.C. Escher and there's a single piece of artwork that this story is based upon. Also there is a real life Castrovalva in Italy from which M.C. Escher based his artwork.
@IsiahBradley
Ай бұрын
THANKS for this!!!!
@ThomasCorp
2 ай бұрын
One joke I couldn’t help making was when the Doctor was trying to count, I chimed in, “Doctor, it’s simple: One, two, five. (Three, Sir!) Er, three!”
@andrewroberts299
Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the 5th Doctor’s 1st story, Jess. IMO season 19 has a number of different stories and concepts within those stories that make it a superior season to the previous season. For me, there’s only one bad story in this season, and it’s to do with another mode of transport (no spoilers!) Fun fact: Castrovalva was the 4th story that went into production, as the producer John Nathan-Turner wanted Peter Davison to get an idea of how his Doctor was going to be played, before he came to film his post regeneration story. You’ll notice the difference in the length of Davison’s hair over his ears in Castrovalva, whereas the next story you’re going to see was actually the first one Davison filmed, and his hair was cut much shorter in that one, growing over stories 3 and 4, before coming to film Castrovalva with his now long hair.
@MrImpossibleCase
Ай бұрын
Another wonderful reaction! I don't think you missed any of the companion callbacks from the first two episodes. I have a great fondness for the incidental music of this era because it was around this time when I first discovered Doctor Who.
@jamesa.fitzpatrick1566
Ай бұрын
The artificial intelligence becoming real was just addressed in Boom! What goes around, comes around. :)
@SuStel
Ай бұрын
It's no fun when you figure it out ahead of time!
@Eltonlaleham
Ай бұрын
I hope Seska can get to see and react to, Blake,s Seven if she has not already seen B7
@kemmdog4444
Ай бұрын
“ Out comes the brainy specs.”
@AnthonyP73
Ай бұрын
The Fifth Doctor's stories definitely tend toward the more existential, with themes not previously explored such as in this and other stories this season. I think you will find it intriguing and thought provoking
@shawnlowery6246
Ай бұрын
Thank you for your reactions. Fantastic.
@OldManFerdiad
Ай бұрын
Season 19 was when I became a fan. There's some great stories (and some amazing stories, but maybe not in the good way) on their way.
@DaleRibbons
18 күн бұрын
About the celery: Peter Davison actually hates it! The DVD extra has a cut of him spitting it out after he bit into it. The celery stalk in the label was the idea of show runner John Nathan-Turner, who wanted the Doctors to have distinctive looks. JNT is not known for his fashion sense, as we shall see when the Sixth Doctor comes up.
@SGlitz
Ай бұрын
Watch for Matthew to suddenly disappear in a shot scene cut near the end of the story. It's Matthew ducking behind a tree to thrown up because he drank too much the night before. 4 in shot. suddenly 3. then 4 again.
@andrewgwilliam4831
Ай бұрын
I think this story does suffer from kind of being two different stories mashed together. I think the Castrovalva part is the most interesting by far, and it might've been better for that to have been introduced early in the second episode if not earlier. The script does also have issues that I found myself very aware of when I lasted watched the story; a problem it shares with "Logopolis". I certainly don't hate this story, but I feel it could've been much better. It's great to see someone new appreciate it, though. 😀
@hestushenchman
Ай бұрын
I've heard that Peter Davison doesn't really like celery much.
@andrewgwilliam4831
Ай бұрын
Yes, the DVD had an out-take of his reaction after biting into it. 🤢
@DNulrammah
Ай бұрын
...I think that your dress needs a bit of mending. Right side of the "scoop" in the front. It looks as if part of the edge is loose. It shouldn't take too long to fix it. It is a nice dress.
@jimcat6795
Ай бұрын
I used to be attracted to Nyssa until I found out she knew so little about Telebiogenesis
@andrewgwilliam4831
Ай бұрын
I was too young to let such trivialities distract me from my crush! 🤣
@BooneBluemel
Ай бұрын
It's a shame she won't get to terror of the Vervoids before Mel shows up again in series 14
@Technoidmania
Ай бұрын
I really like Castrovalva
@Tsuliwaensis
Ай бұрын
wonderful 👏😊
@davefm5559
Ай бұрын
This is the Master as he was meant to be, Russel T Davies took appalling liberties with the character and produced a Master who bore no resemblance to the original portrayals at all.
@SGlitz
Ай бұрын
MC Escher everyone!
@stormhawk3319
Ай бұрын
Tegan and Nyssa were hot
@ianbuckley2347
Ай бұрын
Tegan was my first real crush as a young lad. Janet Fielding was hot then and is hot now. To this 56 year old fan anyway.👍
@neilmcdonald9164
Ай бұрын
Yes,the makeup folk did their best and AA disguises his voice and stoops...but it's obvious who he is lol🙄🎩
@frangrock
Ай бұрын
The celery does not exist 🥬
@jimcat6795
Ай бұрын
I hate when the Master shoves Nyssa, after all that he’s already put her through 😢
@jamesa.fitzpatrick1566
Ай бұрын
I like your point about welcoming a new Doctor and him finding his feet. This is one thing I think they have robbed Ncuti Gatwa of with the bi-generation. He arrives indestructible, fully formed and ready to go, which bucks tradition but makes us sympathize less with him.
@djco5782
Ай бұрын
Writer Christopher H. Bidmead was very critical of the first RTD era, feeling that it was overly emotional and silly at the expense of SF plotting and relative believability (he hated things like Rose's "superphone" that could call home 5 billion years in the past, for example). I appreciate that but my ideal Doctor Who is a happy medium, and some of Bidmead's work was in desperate need of an RTD rewrite, to put some character and emotion into scenes like the Castrovalvans discovering that they're not real.
@Wannabe_Baby
Ай бұрын
I agree with you completely. I don't want unexplained off-the-wall deus ex machinas like RTD sometimes did but at the same time, I think Bidmead's stories get bogged down in trying to give "real" scientific explanations (or attempt to) and it's just boring. The first two parts of "Castrovalva" and the first two parts of "Logopolis" both suffer from that, in my opinion. The last two parts of each story are better.
@Eltonlaleham
Ай бұрын
I liked Nyssa but could not stand Tegan and I wish Sarah Jane Smith or Leela had returned
@zaftra
Ай бұрын
stopped watching it when he took over, didn't watch again till eccleston
@joshuaverran9443
Ай бұрын
Not everything needs an emotional and exploration it's about story and using your own interpretation this is not american or a soap opera when stories are told they get on with it.
@2429Ryanspeer
Ай бұрын
Honestly if it wasn't for peter Davison David Tennant would never have been The Doctor because he was his Doctor
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