And in one scene they sum up the entire Doctor/Master relationship for the rest of the series! So whenever you remember John Simm's little voice drop as he realizes he hasn't made his plan fool-proof, or Sacha Dhawan getting hoist by his own petard, you merely have to think of a giant Jon Pertwee laughing hysterically.
One of the season 7/8 stuntmen Roy Scammell passed away this week. He did the high fall in Inferno and dressed as Liz Shaw he jumped into the weir in Ambassadors. He was 88.
How good is Delgado? I love how he shows real affection for The Doctor. Like realizing The Doctor could be dead scared him. He likes the threat of killing him but after he'd be sad.
This story is such a gem - one of my favourite Pertwee episodes and I'm so happy you're enjoying it despite all the rough patches you've been through recently. And, of course, black-and-white is totally fine!
Lots of good points. I absolutely agree with you about Jo, she's amazing in these two eps, she foils that hostage situation in a split second, so brave to snatch the gun the way she did, someone could've got properly hurt. Also love the way she stands up to Vopser in the cell later on, such a terrible shame neither of these great moments for her character were witnessed by any of the other regulars, massive respect is due Miss Grant!! We get our first extended Doctor Master discussion scene, very well staged and cordial between the two. Also loved how the Doctor escaped by knocking the water over and then the whole table. Now a lot of people will say how much the Master seeing the Doctor laughing at him says so much about their relationship, this is true. However it's Roger Delgado's acting that impressed me this time, he's just having to act, on his own, with a box and some lights and you absolutely believe it's, mentally, giving him hell. You're right about Yates too, he's on a one man mission to stop the prisoners using the missile. It might seem a bit foolhardy to go off on your own like that but I don't think he's got a lot of options in that moment. None of the other soldiers seem to be in a fit condition (Benton's bad luck continues btw) plus he can't radio in for help so if he doesn't get going right now the missile could end up almost anywhere. Good to see him get a few bits of action too with him running around and on the motorbike etc, it's still up in the air if he succeeds though... Meanwhile, back at the prison, the machine's learnt to teleport...we don't know how, it just can. I still think it's a nice way to amp up the threat of this machine towards the end of this story.
8:15 anyone else get reminded of the end scene from ‘last of the timelords’ with this scene? Also its a bit hard to tell, but the monsters the doctor see’s from the machine are daleks, cybermen, slaar, zarbi and a war machine. Mayby koquillion from ‘the reacue’ aswel
@@RangaTurk maybe they just wanted to give them a rest since troughton’s era was heavy on cybermen. Just goes to show classic who didn’t rely on the famous monsters to be good
The Masters greatest fear is the Doctor laughing at him. It’s kind of sad really. He should be stopped obviously but he just wants recognition from his greatest friend and worst enemy.
Prog rock fans will recognize a brief excerpt of King Crimson's 'The Devil's Triangle' (a variation on Holst's 'Mars: The Bringer of War') on the Master's car stereo. Is it referring to the beard, or the fake widow's peak Roger Delgado was called upon to wear?
I wouldn’t worry about the b/w - until the DVD restoration it was all we had and most of us grew up watching this version. Some say it’s more atmospheric in b/w.
Richard Franklin (Capt. Yates) Really was in the army being in the Royal Green Jackets (Rifle Brigade) and was a captain in Queen Victoria's Rifles before he became a actor.
It has taken an unexpected turn now that the machine can self-teleport here & there. I don't know how it became able to do that. It is worth people remembering that in the UK in the 70's a lot of homes still just had a Black & White TV, so would have seen Dr Who like this anyway. I know we had a B&W TV from time to time. People with them didn't have to pay full TV Licence. The Master's fear being The Doctor was funny.
According to my parents we rented a 21 inch Colour TV (we later owned it show perhaps it was HP)in 1971/2 so I could watch the moon landings in colour. I certainly remember being disappointed that Apollo 17's orange soil wasn't that orange ).
@@nickbrough8335 My parents rented TVs until about 1986. Every so often we'd get a B&W while the colour one was away being fixed. Its the old snooker joke "for those watching in Black & White, the blue is next to the red".
I don't mind these being in black & white because when I first saw these over thirty years ago, they were shown in black & white. In fact, when I first saw 'Doctor Who and the Silurians,' and 'The Ambassadors of Death,' they were in black & white also. Back then, it gave my teenage mind the impression that I was watching quite a serious, grown-up show. Now, I'm feeling somewhat nostalgic seeing them in black & white again. :) Love your reactions. I just stumbled upon your channel a couple of weeks ago and I've been trying to catch up on what I've missed. :)
Love Mailer as the Master's henchman the character never has those sort of characters anymore. Fun fact the actress who plays Chin Lee is the wife of the writer. Their daughter was the curator in The Curse of Clyde Langer
Thank you for another outstanding reaction. It's an interesting story in that it heavily revolves round fear and the causes of fear (or I suppose in Yates's case, the lack of fear). Plus we get to see more of the Doctor / Master dynamic. See you next time!
Of course the Master - here Roger Delgado - being haunted by the apparition of a gleefully laughing Doctor is revisualized in 'The Last Of The Time Lords' when the Tenth Doctor is physically rejuvenated by tuning into the Archangel Network, gliding in an energy field towards the cowering Master - John Simm incarnation. Possibly this was a favourite scene of 8 year old Russell the T !
@@TheZodiacz The 7th Hour Films guys can be a little over analytical and nit picky sometimes, but they're still great for the most part. The rest are all really fun to watch of course!
There's always a queue of people (we're British) lined up to ask why the Doctor and the Brig appear to see the dragon when they break into the Senator's room, as technically it's his nightmare and not theirs. So what are they seeing?
One thing that was always a little annoying in the old days was the amount of time The Doctor would escape, only to be recaptured five minutes later....which would then be repeated the following week.
It does tend to be a particularly plaguing problem in the Pertwee era. This is one of numerous adventures from the time based on cycles of escape and recapture (although the most egregious example is yet to come). It's only much later in the 70s when the production team realise that 6 part stories usually result in 2 parts of filler material and begin to phase them out.
It's gotta be said, UNIT just plain ole sucks at transporting things. lol The space capsule from Ambassadors of Death, taken from them, the missile in this story, taken from them. Be safer to hire U-Haul or something lol
It's kind of debatable if you count Liz as a companion or not considering she's never travelled in the TARDIS. The reason why Liz was written out was because the production stuff found her character too independent and also Caroline John was pregnant. The beauty about companion exits in Classic Who is their not so overdone and it's more realistic.
Season Seven was like the X-Files but I enjoyed the experiment as long as it lasted as they all turned out to be classic episodes for very borderline 1960s Dr. Who.
@Thomas Meehan The definition of “pestering” is frequent or persistent requests. I simply asked her once . If you are going to use words at least know their meaning .👍
She'll not block you, but if you follow a particular show then it's good to watch intros and outros as she did say at the beginning of yesterday's reaction that it would be Saturday before it's out. Also as a side note, Jess would be the first to say that actually it's Whovians who pester a lot more about where those episodes are than anyone else.
And in one scene they sum up the entire Doctor/Master relationship for the rest of the series! So whenever you remember John Simm's little voice drop as he realizes he hasn't made his plan fool-proof, or Sacha Dhawan getting hoist by his own petard, you merely have to think of a giant Jon Pertwee laughing hysterically.
One of the season 7/8 stuntmen Roy Scammell passed away this week. He did the high fall in Inferno and dressed as Liz Shaw he jumped into the weir in Ambassadors. He was 88.
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thanks for letting me know
I like that you're getting so invested in the other UNIT soldiers, like Yates and Benton. They're really great supporting characters.
How good is Delgado?
I love how he shows real affection for The Doctor. Like realizing The Doctor could be dead scared him. He likes the threat of killing him but after he'd be sad.
They were supposed to be Brothers at that point in time.
@@nickbrough8335 thats a fallacy
@@BernardJKD says who ? Barry Letts intend the final Master episode to be based on a round that reveal.
This story is such a gem - one of my favourite Pertwee episodes and I'm so happy you're enjoying it despite all the rough patches you've been through recently. And, of course, black-and-white is totally fine!
Don't worry about the black and white. Most people had black and white TVs in the UK in the 1970's anyway.
Lots of good points. I absolutely agree with you about Jo, she's amazing in these two eps, she foils that hostage situation in a split second, so brave to snatch the gun the way she did, someone could've got properly hurt. Also love the way she stands up to Vopser in the cell later on, such a terrible shame neither of these great moments for her character were witnessed by any of the other regulars, massive respect is due Miss Grant!!
We get our first extended Doctor Master discussion scene, very well staged and cordial between the two. Also loved how the Doctor escaped by knocking the water over and then the whole table. Now a lot of people will say how much the Master seeing the Doctor laughing at him says so much about their relationship, this is true. However it's Roger Delgado's acting that impressed me this time, he's just having to act, on his own, with a box and some lights and you absolutely believe it's, mentally, giving him hell.
You're right about Yates too, he's on a one man mission to stop the prisoners using the missile. It might seem a bit foolhardy to go off on your own like that but I don't think he's got a lot of options in that moment. None of the other soldiers seem to be in a fit condition (Benton's bad luck continues btw) plus he can't radio in for help so if he doesn't get going right now the missile could end up almost anywhere. Good to see him get a few bits of action too with him running around and on the motorbike etc, it's still up in the air if he succeeds though...
Meanwhile, back at the prison, the machine's learnt to teleport...we don't know how, it just can. I still think it's a nice way to amp up the threat of this machine towards the end of this story.
8:15 anyone else get reminded of the end scene from ‘last of the timelords’ with this scene?
Also its a bit hard to tell, but the monsters the doctor see’s from the machine are daleks, cybermen, slaar, zarbi and a war machine. Mayby koquillion from ‘the reacue’ aswel
Notably not the Master!
I do really wonder if the callback was intentional on Russel's part.
Did Pertwee have a problem acting alongside the Cybermen or something?
@@RangaTurk maybe they just wanted to give them a rest since troughton’s era was heavy on cybermen. Just goes to show classic who didn’t rely on the famous monsters to be good
@@bananasaregood8655 I knew Jon wasn't fond of Daleks but I thought that the Invasion Cybermen were good enough in looks to give a second run.
The Masters greatest fear is the Doctor laughing at him. It’s kind of sad really. He should be stopped obviously but he just wants recognition from his greatest friend and worst enemy.
The Third Doctor and Joe are probably my all-time favorite TARDIS duo, and I love it when they tag-team for a fight scene like 9:55.
I saw this story when first broadcast - on a black and white television! This so takes me back.
Prog rock fans will recognize a brief excerpt of King Crimson's 'The Devil's Triangle' (a variation on Holst's 'Mars: The Bringer of War') on the Master's car stereo. Is it referring to the beard, or the fake widow's peak Roger Delgado was called upon to wear?
I wouldn’t worry about the b/w - until the DVD restoration it was all we had and most of us grew up watching this version. Some say it’s more atmospheric in b/w.
Who Friday with Dr. Sesska. Time for some popcorn.
Richard Franklin (Capt. Yates) Really was in the army being in the Royal Green Jackets (Rifle Brigade) and was a captain in Queen Victoria's Rifles before he became a actor.
It has taken an unexpected turn now that the machine can self-teleport here & there. I don't know how it became able to do that. It is worth people remembering that in the UK in the 70's a lot of homes still just had a Black & White TV, so would have seen Dr Who like this anyway. I know we had a B&W TV from time to time. People with them didn't have to pay full TV Licence. The Master's fear being The Doctor was funny.
According to my parents we rented a 21 inch Colour TV (we later owned it show perhaps it was HP)in 1971/2 so I could watch the moon landings in colour. I certainly remember being disappointed that Apollo 17's orange soil wasn't that orange ).
@@nickbrough8335 My parents rented TVs until about 1986. Every so often we'd get a B&W while the colour one was away being fixed. Its the old snooker joke "for those watching in Black & White, the blue is next to the red".
I love how up for a scrap The Doctor and Jo are in this story lol
You don't need to apologize about the black and white eps. True. Classic WHOVIANS understand 100%!!!
I don't mind these being in black & white because when I first saw these over thirty years ago, they were shown in black & white. In fact, when I first saw 'Doctor Who and the Silurians,' and 'The Ambassadors of Death,' they were in black & white also. Back then, it gave my teenage mind the impression that I was watching quite a serious, grown-up show.
Now, I'm feeling somewhat nostalgic seeing them in black & white again. :)
Love your reactions. I just stumbled upon your channel a couple of weeks ago and I've been trying to catch up on what I've missed. :)
Love Mailer as the Master's henchman the character never has those sort of characters anymore.
Fun fact the actress who plays Chin Lee is the wife of the writer. Their daughter was the curator in The Curse of Clyde Langer
Well done , love your reactions, You are the colour in a black and white dr who
Nicely said!
5:13 Love that little exchange, it's brief but in some ways it sums up their dynamic really well.
Thank you for another outstanding reaction. It's an interesting story in that it heavily revolves round fear and the causes of fear (or I suppose in Yates's case, the lack of fear). Plus we get to see more of the Doctor / Master dynamic. See you next time!
Back when the Master was a suave, cool villain, before he became nuttier than squirrel shit.
The Master's worst fear is the Doctor being superior to him. This will become a reality with the revelation of the Timeless Children.
If the Doctor is really the Timeless Child which I don't believe she is at the moment.
I always forget to turn the audio down for classic who. one day i will learn
Of course the Master - here Roger Delgado - being haunted by the apparition of a gleefully laughing Doctor is revisualized in 'The Last Of The Time Lords' when the Tenth Doctor is physically rejuvenated by tuning into the Archangel Network, gliding in an energy field towards the cowering Master - John Simm incarnation. Possibly this was a favourite scene of 8 year old Russell the T !
its fun watching your reaction videos, you're one of three i watch, this era of Doctor Who was one of the best, Jo, the Doctor, Master, UNIT family
only 3- the 4 best imo are medusa cascade, marie-claire's world, 7th hour films and sesska?
@@TheZodiacz The 7th Hour Films guys can be a little over analytical and nit picky sometimes, but they're still great for the most part. The rest are all really fun to watch of course!
Yates foot sound effects. 🤣
There's always a queue of people (we're British) lined up to ask why the Doctor and the Brig appear to see the dragon when they break into the Senator's room, as technically it's his nightmare and not theirs. So what are they seeing?
the residual impact of imagination rebroadcast by the Keller machine ?
Alert! There's a video called 'Alex Kingston reacts to River Song's most iconic Doctor Who moments'! Must watch!
I actually had a black and white up to 1988 (yes sad I know) so all Dr Who was black and white before Season 25.
why on earth do you beat yourself up? you've done good and if some dont like whatever then tough!
even limited by exile and memory loss the Doctor/Master conflict ENDURES DECADES
One thing that was always a little annoying in the old days was the amount of time The Doctor would escape, only to be recaptured five minutes later....which would then be repeated the following week.
It does tend to be a particularly plaguing problem in the Pertwee era. This is one of numerous adventures from the time based on cycles of escape and recapture (although the most egregious example is yet to come). It's only much later in the 70s when the production team realise that 6 part stories usually result in 2 parts of filler material and begin to phase them out.
Are people really complaining that it's in black and white? They need to stop.
This is how 90% of Brits would have watched this in 1971.
And 100% of Aussies
It's gotta be said, UNIT just plain ole sucks at transporting things. lol The space capsule from Ambassadors of Death, taken from them, the missile in this story, taken from them. Be safer to hire U-Haul or something lol
LOL!
It's kind of debatable if you count Liz as a companion or not considering she's never travelled in the TARDIS. The reason why Liz was written out was because the production stuff found her character too independent and also Caroline John was pregnant. The beauty about companion exits in Classic Who is their not so overdone and it's more realistic.
Season Seven was like the X-Files but I enjoyed the experiment as long as it lasted as they all turned out to be classic episodes for very borderline 1960s Dr. Who.
He has a fear of the Doctor
Happy Friday!!
“ ahhhhhh “
“ hahahaha “
Jo was a more traditional companion to the Doctor compared to Liz.
Last of the Time Lords referenced this story when it had the Tenth Doctor looming over the Master
The Masters fear in this was a foreshadow to The Tenth Doctor story Last of the Time Lords.
Why are these parts not in colour I’m confused
You know with the amount of times you've commented asking, you probably could've just watched the intro and found out why lol
@@sesskasays I see will u be having colour for the next episode
Oh that's sad.
Ok ok this is all well and good but where is your Fear the Walking Dead???
@Thomas Meehan The definition of “pestering” is frequent or persistent requests. I simply asked her once . If you are going to use words at least know their meaning .👍
Actually, she did one reaction that came out before this, plans on another one tomorrow-ish, and then she'll be caught up.
She'll not block you, but if you follow a particular show then it's good to watch intros and outros as she did say at the beginning of yesterday's reaction that it would be Saturday before it's out.
Also as a side note, Jess would be the first to say that actually it's Whovians who pester a lot more about where those episodes are than anyone else.
strange that you'd watch the black and white version...
@Thomas Meehan why is part 3&4 not in colour I always thought this was colour I don’t understand
@Thomas Meehan I see Iv seen clips of this episode in colour
@Thomas Meehan ok thank you