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Tag Archives: Polly
Swinging Sixties Polly
Companion Tropes 20 Last week we looked at Ace, a character who was introduced to represent a different aspect of Britain than Doctor Who had ever included before, when late 80s Doctor Who became far more diverse. It is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Polly
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Cliffhangers: Second Doctor 1
It’s down there, in the darkness, in the pipeline, waiting. Last time we looked at the First Doctor cliffhangers, and identified three main ways to end an episode leaving us wanting more: placing somebody in danger, the monster reveal, and … Continue reading
Posted in Cliffhangers, Doctor Who, Entertainment, Random Chatter, Science Fiction, Television
Tagged Jamie, Patrick Troughton, Polly, Victoria, Zoe
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The Moonbase
Now listen, everybody. I don’t know how many more of these Cybermen there are, but from our point of view we’re under siege. It is remarkable the extent to which the Troughton era arrives fully formed here, with a format … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who, Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, Second Doctor, Television
Tagged Ben, Cybermen, Jamie, Patrick Troughton, Polly, The Moonbase
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The Faceless Ones
Between 11th March and 13th May 1967 Doctor Who had a run of 10 episodes that made going on your summer holidays a very scary idea. First The Macra Terror showed the viewers a holiday camp infested with giant crabs, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anneke Wills, Ben, Jamie, Michael Craze, Patrick Troughton, Polly, The Faceless Ones
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The Underwater Menace
Every so often a Doctor Who story is so incredibly ahead of its time that it ends up being widely misunderstood, and these tend to also be the moments where ambitions far outreach the capabilities of the budget. The Underwater … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben, Jamie, Patrick Troughton, Polly
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The Highlanders
About two a clock in the afternoon a rascal of the name of Gray, Solicitor Hume’s man from Edinburgh, with his hatful of tickets, and Miller and Solicitor Web from London, with this fellow Gray, presented the hat to me, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben, Jamie, Patrick Troughton, Polly
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The Macra Terror
This is the first of two Classic Series stories set in a holiday camp, a location that would have been instantly recognisable to contemporary viewers. It might be expressed in terms of a colony here, but the imagery would have … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben, Jamie, Patrick Troughton, Polly, The Macra Terror
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The Power of the Daleks
Apart from a handful of clips, The Power of the Daleks is a completely missing story. Such is its importance that there have been more different representations of the story than another other, which makes it difficult to look through … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben, Patrick Troughton, Polly, The Power of the Daleks
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The Smugglers
With a plot that consists of various characters being captured, escaping and being captured again, this logically should not be a very good story, but strangely enough it is quite enjoyable. The secret lies in the characters themselves, who are … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben, Polly, The Smugglers, William Hartnell
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The War Machines
This is a perfect example of a story that makes it so worthwhile to watch all of Doctor Who in order, as it is totally different to anything that has gone before. If you dip in and out of various … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben, Dodo, Jackie Lane, Polly, The War Machines, William Hartnell
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