Doctor Who: The Aztecs | The Best Historical Story?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 พ.ย. 2024
- In our latest TH-cam podcast, we dive into *Doctor Who: The Aztecs*, discussing the First Doctor's adventure in ancient Mexico. We explore the moral dilemmas faced by the TARDIS crew, Barbara's attempts to alter history, and the show's portrayal of Aztec culture. We also share our thoughts on the serial's impact, character development, and the timeless themes that make this story a classic in the Doctor Who universe. Whether you're a long-time fan or new to the series, this review offers a fresh perspective on a pivotal episode!
Hey! Just stumbled on this great discussion featuring famous people from other great podcasts such as Type 40, Who's Views etc.
Engaging discussion, thanks so much.
For me The Aztecs, probably after An Unearthly Child and The Daleks, is an absolutely pivotal serial. Classic Who rarely did history so well!
Cheers, Jon, Sarah, Paul and Gary!
Rob
Hey Rob
Great to hear from you and I am glad you have found us. We have been going for a few months now and many more to come. Glad to have you watching. 🙂👍
The robot is spooky. I was just thinking I always pictured Lord Vetinari as looking like William Hartnell. I also think Denis Noble could get a shot. His frienemy Richard Dawkins married Lalla Ward, so there is a weird symmetry.
Hi Deadmab746 I hope you are well? Thanks for watching and commenting. 🙂👍
@@Sci-FiChronicles79 You're welcome. Maybe if I get to a keyboard I'll write something more related to the topic.
Make sure you do good to have you in the chat/comments. 👍🙂
I have to agree with Jon, as much as I’d argue the Daleks are the all-time extraterrestrial mutant representing a fascist ideology, my favourate stories were the historical stories like, Marco Polo, Aztecs and Reign of Terror. As someone who has watched Doctor Who from the very beginning, I was hooked by An Unearthly Child back in 1963, including the early Paleolithic stone age. Like Jon I’d love to see the Doctor and companions explore the Sumerian, Akkadian Neolithic eras of Mesopotamia. For me the only Doctor who could do this credit would be the First Doctor and that’s why I like to see David Bradley playing Doctor Who in a spinoff with Claudia Grant, Jemma Powell, Jamie Glover or Anna-Lisa Drew, Edmund Short, Sophie Holt, Robin Varley and Ellie Spicer as the original Hartnell companions Susan, Barbara, Ian or Vicki, Steven, Dodo, Ben and Polly. I know this partly nostalgia because I’m 70, and I know Bradley is 82, but he was class in An adventure in space and time and I desperately want that Doctor back.
Hi @Wolfie-p7q thanks for watching and the great comment. Great minds think alike and something just worked with the first Doctor and historicals. I do enjoy the Big Finish audios with Stephen Noonan as the First Doctor so check them out if you get a chance.
Great to have you with us on this journey. Sensorites will be going live Monday at 18:00 so let us know what you think and also what you think of the previous season 1 stories we have already reviewed. 🙂👍
@@Sci-FiChronicles79 As RetroDoc says The Witch Hunters by Steve Lyons is a great read, Byzantium! by Keith Topping and City at World's End by Christopher Bulis are also worth reading. I just love how you guys get the depth of the Hartnell era compared with new-Who, so it’s not just me telling myself that the stories were better. The First Doctor ticks all the boxes that Sydney Newman wanted as far as I’m concerned, I’ve had a lifelong interest in history, astronomy and cosmology and I think this is partly due to those early years watching Dr Who in the 1960s. I’ll checkout your review of An Unearthly Child, The Daleks, The Edge of Destruction, Marco Polo, The Keys of Marinus, and look forward to your take on the Sensorites.
@@Wolfie-p7q Hello love. Delighted that you are enjoying the reviews! As with Jon and yourself, I second (or third!) that opinion. As iconic as the Daleks were, the real jewels in the crown of those first 3 seasons were the historicals. They were done so well and performed excellently by Hartnell. We’re not there yet but I’m also very fond of The Romans and The Crusade. It really is difficult to imagine any other Doctor having the brass neck to March into the Concierge as Hartnell did! 😂
I thought David Bradley did an absolutely splendid job in An Adventure in Space and Time but I’ve never listened to his Big Finish audios so I cannot compare. I HAVE listened to the Stephen Noonan First Doctor Adventures and I can heartily recommend those. They really FEEL like you have been transported back to the 60s. You can tell there’s a lot of hard work and love gone into recreating that era, not least by Noonan himself. Bradley may resemble Hartnell but Noonan sounds like he’s channelling Hartnell’s spirit! It’s unfair to say that he’s merely impersonating Hartnell because it is so much more, it’s a performance in its own right whilst being as faithful as possible and he gets better and better with each story. He raises the bar every time.
I’m not sure how you feel about Dodo but these adventures begin to flesh her out a lot more and her relationship with the Doctor. It’s nice to see - or hear - some gaps being filled there. The actress who plays Dodo - Lauren Cornelius - does a great job and as a Northern gal, I’m very impressed with her northern accent! 😁
@@Sci-FiChronicles79Great minds again! I’ve recommended them too! 😂
Looking forward to The Sensorites on Monday. I’ll bring my sash! 😉😁
@@Wolfie-p7qYou’re quite right. 60s Who WAS better written and acted, there’s no too ways about it. And that’s because they took it seriously and they had a strict remit to follow: to inform and to educate as well as to entertain to as wide an audience as possible. This seems to have been largely lost. In recent years, it’s moved on to preach, to lecture and to entertain an ever decreasing percentage of people and then they wonder where they are going wrong?
Thank you for the book recommendations 🤗
I thought Barbara was just so incandescently furious with Tloxotl after he tries to poison her that she just has to get back at him somehow and telling him privately she was not Yetaxa was sort of a "so there!!" moment.
And sorry but I thought the final fight was a bit rubbish in execution. Slightly better than Barbara's swings and misses at the Morpho brains.
Hi Warren good to hear from you. The final fight should have been very Karate Kid or Bloodsport! 😂
Nice chat guys. Wow now you've added Sarah to the panel! Blackmail clearly works 😉. I hope you did destroy Gary's incriminating photos ?
Good to see you all having fun, it's very infectious 👍👍👍👍.
PS I've just ordered Daryl's amazing Calendar
Hi Doug great to hear from you mate. Gary’s incriminating photos are locked securely in the vault in a location he won’t find! 😂
Thanks for the positive feedback and it’s brilliant having Sarah onboard the legend that she is! 🙂
Hello my lovely! Great to see you checking out Jon’s channel!
Haha yes he swindled me into it, the rapscallion that he is! 😉
Seriously though, I was honoured to be invited on. I love classic who with a passion and I have such a fondness for the Hartnell era, from where it all began! Things all seemed so much simpler back then. No politics, no tribalism, just good old-fashioned storytelling.
I don’t mind admitting to you Dough that I’ve had a real crisis with current Doctor Who. It hasn’t felt like Doctor Who to me and I no longer feel any interest or enthusiasm in covering the current era hence my absence from Type 40 for so long. Plus other personal circumstances that I shan’t bore you with! When Jon said he was reviewing classic who on his channel, I practically bit his hand off! 😂
Glad you’re enjoying the reviews and it’s lovely to see you again Doug 💙
I’ve ordered Daryl’s calendar too!
@@starryeyedwho. Hi Sarah, lovely to hear from you . I miss our little chats. It's clear you guys are having fun. I totally agree with you regarding Classic Doctor Who. In fact I even put together a little video on growing up with Doctor Who on my channel. I don't think I'm unique in this but, I often link landmark moments in my life with memories of favourite TV and Movies ( much like music prompts memories) and Doctor Who looms large in my happy memories. I hope you are well and happy 💙
@@boomerdoug4242 I’m very well thank you love. It’s just been a difficult 6 months. Aww I miss you too but you’ll be seeing and hearing from me much more regularly soon!
Yes we are having a ball and I’m looking forward to doing more. I didn’t know you had a channel Doug. What’s it called? 💙