Vicki: My first real sight of history!
Doctor: Yes, a most memorable occasion.
Vicki: Isn’t it strange…to think that people will read about that in books for thousands of years and here I am sitting here actually watching it! It’s a pity they got it all wrong.
Doctor: Got it all wrong? What do you mean, child?
Vicki: Well, they didn’t mention you.
Doctor: Of course not. Why should they?
Vicki: Well, it was you who gave Nero the idea, wasn’t it? Honestly, Doctor! And after that long talk you gave me about not meddling with history, you should be ashamed of yourself.Classic Who Watch | The Romans
That’s right, David Bowie is a Time Lord. To illustrate, we shall draw the parallels.
First Incarnations
Second Incarnations
Third Incarnations
Fourth Incarnations
Fifth Incarnations
Sixth Incarnations
Seventh Incarnations
Eighth Incarnations
Ninth Incarnations
Tenth Incarnations
Current Incarnations
Woo, done! Enjoy the rampant silliness!
Ian: You say we’ve gone back in time.
Doctor: Yes, quite so.
Ian: So, when we go out of that door, we won’t be in a junkyard in London in England in the year 1963?
Doctor: That is quite correct, but your tone suggests ridicule.
Ian: But it is ridiculous! Time doesn’t go round and round in circles. You can’t get on and off whenever you like in the past or the future.
Doctor: Really? Where does time go, then?
Ian: It doesn’t go anywhere. It just happens and then it’s finished.Classic Who Watch | An Unearthly Child
Thoughts:
- 3 minutes in and I’m already shipping Ian and Barbara hard. It’s not entirely clear if they’re together already or just friends, though?
- First episode, first mention that the Tardis is alive.
- I’m not sure if I’m supposed to like the Doctor? The first episode seems to set him up as a villain, actually. It seems like he’s keeping Susan in a box (lol), he keeps Ian and Barbara hostage and actually does a manic laugh when they can’t get out, and the music is all DUNDUNDUN with him. I mean, I know now he’s not evil now, but it’s not clear from the first episode.
- I was a bit worried about how annoyed I was going to be with the treatment of the female companions, but I was pleasantly surprised by the first and a half episodes. The first one’s more about Susan than about the Doctor, and it’s Barbara who initiates the investigation. Though you may interpret it as Barbara being too trusting and Ian being critical, when they get in the tardis Barbara is calm while Ian is panicking. Barbara also immediately steps out of the tardis to see what’s out there and has to push Ian to do the same.
- But then, in the last two episodes of this serial the women’s reaction to anything surprising is to scream. Sometimes they stand still and scream, sometimes they scream while they run around throwing themselves on rocks, sometimes they scream and cry. ARGH. There’s also quite a few moments where the menfolk have to physically grab the women to calm them down.
- William Hartnell is not credited as “the Doctor”, but as “dr. Who”. Everything I thought was true is a lie.
[Pictured: In individualized photos, starting from the left and going down in columns, the actors portraying the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh Doctors. Text: “Thanks to the Doctor, Math doesn’t frighten me anymore. How can it, when the numbers that make up any number can be expressed with such friendly faces?”]
This photo amuses/embarrasses me. Which is kind of my default reaction to Five Doctors pics with wax Four.
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