If you are not familiar with the show, then I imagine you would say, "That's weird". The show was presented in a serial format in which a story was spread out over a number of episodes, and different stories were quite different. In the late 1970's the extra companion was a robot dog named K-9. The doctor came from a race beings called Time Lords, and was usually accompanied by woman who served as a portable damsel in distress, and sometimes and additional companion. the show featured a space hero called The Doctor who travelled through space and time in a police box. Viewers had a strong empathy with shows star played by Tom Baker and the show getting the highest ratings it would every see despite a pitiful special effects budget. I believe that some people from all three categories would be very happy with this boxed set.ĭoctor Who in the 1970s was quite a phenomenon. Who was in its golden age of the late 1970s, a casual Who won't buy everything, but is looking for a good buy, and finally someone curious about the early career of novelist Douglas Adams. I can think of three kinds of people who might be interested in my comments: someone wondering if this collection is good way to get a sense of what Dr. I believe there are people intent on getting every Doctor Who story created in the 20th century, and these people will buy this no matter what I say, and there are those would not care to see a television space opera from the 1970s, and these people will not buy this. Moffat especially ties himself and the audience in knots in a big pay off at the season finale which always ends on a whimper rather than a bang despite throwing everything including the kitchen sink in to the mix Robert Holmes wrote this story and we get to see the Holmesian hallmarks of a double act, purple prosaic dialogue in a plot that involves a heist. Compare this to how NuWho is produced under RTD and Moffat. What Williams has managed to do is produce a season that isn't reliant on a running theme and the stories effectively remain standalone. For the first time in the show's history we have a running theme throughout the season, a quest to find The Key To Time. Terry Nation's cynical space opera come political thriller did have better production values and was a much more enjoyable show than DOCTOR WHO from this period With hindsight it's wrong to lament what could have been and the strength of the show is the flexibility of its format. Things probably weren't helped either by the BBC producing BLAKES 7 at the same time which probably leeched the resources of DOCTOR WHO. Watching the opening episode of The Ribos Operation my sister commentated she found it boring and as someone even to this day considers DOCTOR WHO to be a slightly low brow version of QUATERMASS and Hammer horror did feel at this point the show had taken a definite turn for the worse. This led to a massive change in the show with an injection of humour often revolving around the larger than life persona of Tom Baker which was very much an acquired taste. Legend has it that Williams defended himself against the BBC executives by replying that's exactly what the audience wanted only to be shouted down. Under no circumstances was he to retain the horror elements that led to complaints from an army of concerned parents outraged that a tea time series for children was causing trauma amongst the little ones. To help the Doctor on his quest he is given a time locater and an new assistant Romana, The White Guardian warns the Doctor that his nemesis The Black Guardian is also searching for the key to time Producer Graham Williams was under a lot of pressure as DOCTOR WHO producer. The Doctor is contacted by The White Guardian who asks him to locate the six hidden segments of the key to time.
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