I met Elizabeth Sladen at a Dr. Who convention in LA back in the late 70' She was completely charming and graciously danced with fans at a nightclub after signing autographs all day
@@shahani6037 I want to know from Dr who viewers , is dr who made for kids. Is the persons watching, supposed to be kids. Please answer what you think. Thank you.
That's the problem with the old episodes being stretched out by boring chase scenes that lead nowhere, constantly getting captured and recaptured, etc.
I was thinking the same thing. This is a 4 part series but I guess if you take out the intro, outro, commercials and excess, you can shrink it to 30 enjoyable minutes 😊
As a kid, I watched the series but sometimes hiding behind a pillow because some scenes were way too scary for a 6-year-old boy. Great memories though.
I was about your age may be 7. I was very frightened by Dr. Who in the 1970s. Apparently, Peter Hinchcliff had worked for Hammer House of Horror films and injected the genre into the Who programme. I liked his assistants, Sarah Jane Smith and Leela. Marvellous growing up 😊
The location filming for this story actually took place in Portmeirion, which is better known as The Village from Patrick McGoohan's tv series 'The Prisoner'.
I just bought this story and honestly it's one of my favorites already. been a fan of this series nearly 9 years as of right now and I have many stories to watch and buy
There's a Dr Who audio book called "Beautiful Chaos" that follows "The Masque of Mandragora" story, read by Bernard Cribbins. Starring the David Tennant Dr and Donna Noble! Well worth a listen.
Thank you Doctor Who channel for these episodes cuz there are alot of stories that dont air and are skipped on the dedicated Classic Doctor Who channels
I really liked this one. It was Hugh spirited, the energy was high, the music and cinematography were above average, the guest performers were enjoyable and I dug the designs of everything from the SFX to the masks themselves. Fun fact: there’s a novel and an audiobook that acts as a sequel called Beautiful Chaos.
Sad that it wasn't the whole thing. I could tell the moment new characters appeared and weren't introduced. Still good that I saw an episode of classic Who though, when I wasn't even born at the time it was first aired.
Not my first but definitely my favourite. Started with the first doctor but passed on the last. Not interested in a female doctor as it seems too much like ‘anything for a buck’ programming.
Is that suprising? It's hardly a classic. Of course I'm willing to listen to an alternative viewpoint but it seems more like a fun holiday in Portmeiron for the regulars than a story that the production team put a huge amount of effort went into. There's hardly any narrative tension and the dialogue is only sporadically funny so it falls into the underwhelming camp of being neither very comedic or dramatic.
@@TheFinalMinutes It's BBC Enterprises trying to encourage people to buy the full DVD. Fortunately there are places on the web where you can rip off the whole classic series.
@@TheFinalMinutes Check the description. Instead of uploading a bunch of scenes separately (which they did anyway), this video is a compilation of their favorite scenes. Also, 3/4 of the story missing isn't "bits"
@@Caroniver_Robocacci totally see where you're coming from :) i'm upset that the average youtube browser would be put off watching after seeing these highlights - it really does butcher the story IMHO. Stay safe! x
No expense spared on the special effects once again! I can imagine the read through now. OK folks our first spacial disturbance encountered by The Doctor and Sarah is the Mandragora Helix. It is something really large and powerful. We really need to sell its intensity and scale. Any ideas? *Someone stirs their cup of tea. Ahhh Haa!
I loved Dr. Who as a child in the 1970s. I was about 7 years old, and I did get really frightened. I really enjoyed his companions, Sarah Jane Smith and Leela. Tom Baker is unbeatable in my opinion. I think Peter Hinchcliff worked very skillfully to inject the horror genre into the show.
@@TheFinalMinutes yeah it's just not very good of them, it'll hurt the reach (and sales I suppose) of actual full classics they do this to (and probably of britbox, why give them the classics then?), and as with britbox forces you to go through current day Doctor Who branding to see it with the TH-cam channel and that horrible and jarring reminder of Witchaker's face and voice at the end. And it's a cover for them to edit history and edit the stories into something they weren't to perpetuate a certain narrative about them if you catch my drift?
@@mrjekyllandhyde9941 In the episode the Doctor described it as the secondary control room for when the main control room was disabled. Quote "I can control the TARDIS from here just as I can from the old one...come to think of it, this IS the old one."
Tom Baker is a real awesome actor. Iit's to bad they still don't use him more in the new adventures of Doctor Who. There is no reason they can't use him. He still awesome actor at 86 years of age.
Tom does show up on new who albiet his roles are vocal he has such an awesome voice. One example is David Tennant encountering the devil that voice is Tom.
0:16 Will Catch You Up In The USS Starship Enterprise From Star Trek The Next Generation And Thunderbirds 1 And 2 From Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds Doctor Who. X
I can't remember if someone already has, but is there a video of the isolated music from this story, that and Sarah's last but one story, always makes it one of my favorites.
When the story ruled the show. No outside issues influenced the story line, no attempts at feeble post modern humour. OK, it was simplistic, but as far as I can see, far more genuine and sincere than the overblown, indulgent, affected self-indulgence that the modern version of Who provides. Bur Hell, many people love the modern version, so what do I know?
I love modern Dr who, from the 10th through the 12th, but I've never seen any classic who episodes. They aren't available on any of the streaming services I have. So I'm watching this, thinking this is an upload of a full on regular episode, and I'm confused as hell. I'm thinking "this episode is a mess! It's just jumping all over the place and I can't follow what's going on." It took me longer than I'd like to admit to go check the video description to see if this back and forth, seemingly random, clip situation was just the crazy style old who was made in...or if it was in fact a highlights clip. I was very relieved to find out I was just being an idiot, and that old who isn't this incoherent 😄 in my defense the length of the video and the opening tag saying what episode this was made it look, to me, like this was a full upload. I'm glad it's not garbage because I'm really looking forward to watching all of the old episodes in the future.
I met Elizabeth Sladen at a Dr. Who convention in LA back in the late 70' She was completely charming and graciously danced with fans at a nightclub after signing autographs all day
Super!
That's cute! Thank you for sharing that story. I can just imagine a young Elizabeth dancing at a nightclub in the 70s 😍😩
@@shahani6037
I want to know from Dr who viewers , is dr who made for kids. Is the persons watching, supposed to be kids. Please answer what you think. Thank you.
@@Designer_TopG it's an all ages show.
The greatest Doctor and Companion. The standard by which all others are measured.
Absolutely. They are unmatched.
💯%!
Thank you for putting this classic up for everyone. It is really appreciated. Love it.
Are you dumb this is awesome
Compressed the entire adventure into the length of a single episode. Neat trick.
That's the problem with the old episodes being stretched out by boring chase scenes that lead nowhere, constantly getting captured and recaptured, etc.
I was thinking the same thing. This is a 4 part series but I guess if you take out the intro, outro, commercials and excess, you can shrink it to 30 enjoyable minutes 😊
I'd love to see a modern episode done with the special effects from this time period.
The effects were OK.
"Special Effects" blue dyed water going down the kitchen sink drain! !!!
They have been upgrading the effects on different episodes. Given how popular this episode was it should make the list eventually.
Oh, not me. That was what put me off the series back in this era.
You hear that, Chibnall? Kris Ryan Stallard wants a remake of "The Masque of Mandragra," and so do I!
As a kid, I watched the series but sometimes hiding behind a pillow because some scenes were way too scary for a 6-year-old boy. Great memories though.
We were tougher in those days.😊
@@londonlady1966 oh God were old...
What great nostalgia this brings 😍😍
I was the same lol
I was about your age may be 7. I was very frightened by Dr. Who in the 1970s. Apparently, Peter Hinchcliff had worked for Hammer House of Horror films and injected the genre into the Who programme. I liked his assistants, Sarah Jane Smith and Leela. Marvellous growing up 😊
These condensed stories are handy for those who have seen the full stories many times, like myself.Kudos!!
16:23 "You can't count, Count." 😅 I'm glad the Dr. pronounced that last word as 'Count'.
An underrated gem in my eyes!
Isaac Whittaker-Dakin agreed
I’m liking these classic who short clips,keep them up!
Especially these types of ones that are the stories in 30 minutes, Please do more!
And allows them to edit history and make the stories seem a certain way if they want to if you catch my drift
Who?
*R.I.P Elisabeth Sladen*
💔
Who
@@LukeIdontKnow The actress that played Sarah Jane Smith.
Rest In Peace.
TIL 🥺
Love that console. Shame it wasn’t around for longer
I agree
0:10
"What's that?"
"My shampoo and body cleanser going down the shower drain..."
It was made 50 years ago
What do you want?
HOORAY! This underrated gem getting the attention it deserves
I have the DVD of this one and I enjoy it. Can't understand what a lot of people don't seem to like about it.
Sarah Jane was so lovely.
Will you shut up about Sarah Jane. It is seriously annoying, yea she was a companion, yea she's dead, get over it.
@@mylivingworldants6317 someones mum didn't give them the love they needed shittt
MyLivingWorld Ants Your Revolting.
@@mylivingworldants6317 Will you shut up about commenting this way. Sarah Jane is not annoying at all.
@@mylivingworldants6317 I hope Elisabeth Sladen's ghost haunts you
I’m so happy to have watched this. These older Dr Who shows are wonderful. I hope to see all seasons of All the older Dr Who’s
This story features the introduction of my favorite classic console room.
"You can't count, Count!" Love that part
"C'mon don't stand there, I'm in the market for Congratulations!" So many great quotes
Love this story. Really grown on me over the years. Some great performances from the guests, some of the best in the history of the show.
The location filming for this story actually took place in Portmeirion, which is better known as The Village from Patrick McGoohan's tv series 'The Prisoner'.
Really enjoyed this cutdown, it was really enjoyable (easy to watch while doing homework but it's nice to watch the full thing when I have time 😭)
Tom Baker is the Doctor Who of my era and the greatest Doctor Who as far as I’m concerned. Jon Pertwee comes in second.
Very true
Agreed. The definite article, you might say.
Yes indeed. The best by far.
Much nostalgia.
"That's blue paint spiraling down--I mean that's the Manragora Helix."
I just bought this story and honestly it's one of my favorites already. been a fan of this series nearly 9 years as of right now and I have many stories to watch and buy
I remember watching these my grandmas old orange black & white tv, good times
0:19 - you’re killing me here Sarah-Jane...
😏 Oh good. I wasn't the only one.
You haven't seen her eat the banana 😏
There's a Dr Who audio book called "Beautiful Chaos" that follows "The Masque of Mandragora" story, read by Bernard Cribbins. Starring the David Tennant Dr and Donna Noble! Well worth a listen.
I didn't know that. Thanks for the info
There is also another series that follows up on masque, but I fear telling you it’s name as the connection is the twist
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@@alfredhutchinson6566 10 it's ok.
Thank you Doctor Who channel for these episodes cuz there are alot of stories that dont air and are skipped on the dedicated Classic Doctor Who channels
Its Great to watch Dr Who Again
Possibly the best Doctor Who story ever. A criminally underrated gem!
Agreed 👍
The best ever Doctor Who Stories are at the other end of this season (Robots of Death and Talons of Weng Chiang)
It’s a good story but sorry not in the top 5 of the Tom Baker stories let alone classic Who let alone new Who.
I am watching this because I grew up with the modern era and always wanted to try the classics
A first I thought this was a full episode!
If only....but the BBC wouldn't make any money that way. 😅
@@blackphoenix77 Isn't that what the ads are for?
so did I.😡
what a ripoff!!👎
@@Paul-wl1yh It’s not a ripoff
I really liked this one. It was Hugh spirited, the energy was high, the music and cinematography were above average, the guest performers were enjoyable and I dug the designs of everything from the SFX to the masks themselves. Fun fact: there’s a novel and an audiobook that acts as a sequel called Beautiful Chaos.
loving these shorts takes me back to my teens ,old who keep up the good work
You know it takes watching these to understand what the Doctor means when he says, "No one ever listens!" It's exasperating!
Such an underated story!
I’ll say it now, whoever dislikes this is a dalek or a cyberman
Looks like a Dalek has already struck.
"DO NOT BE SO MEAN TOWARS THE DALEKS"
Watching old TV is like a sort of time travel.thats u back to the time when u first watched it.
A time capsule of a bygone era
Sad that it wasn't the whole thing. I could tell the moment new characters appeared and weren't introduced. Still good that I saw an episode of classic Who though, when I wasn't even born at the time it was first aired.
What a treat. Thank you.
I'd forgotten how brilliant this was.
My very first Doctor! ♥️
The very best Doctor! ♥️
Not my first but definitely my favourite. Started with the first doctor but passed on the last. Not interested in a female doctor as it seems too much like ‘anything for a buck’ programming.
Me too...my first doctor.
Water Down the Drain, a Sparker and CSO - Classic Who SFX at their finest!
I agree. This stuff is the bomb!
Pretty good series for 1976. Entertaining.
The best doctor...of all of them.
Correct.
21:34 🤣😂 He straight-up booted that guy. Good old 4, always willing to throw down if the occasion calls for it.
I think this is the most love Masque of Mandragora will ever get: bask in it while you have the chance
Is that suprising? It's hardly a classic. Of course I'm willing to listen to an alternative viewpoint but it seems more like a fun holiday in Portmeiron for the regulars than a story that the production team put a huge amount of effort went into. There's hardly any narrative tension and the dialogue is only sporadically funny so it falls into the underwhelming camp of being neither very comedic or dramatic.
If this is “love” then I don’t think any story should be subjected to this “love”. This is a shoddy re-edit.
@@TheFinalMinutes It's BBC Enterprises trying to encourage people to buy the full DVD. Fortunately there are places on the web where you can rip off the whole classic series.
@@lezlezman1843 Illegal. Stop promoting copyright infringement!
Only Tom Baker episode I havent seen. Until now. 21:34...First time I saw him do awesome karate kick!
I miss Sarah
She was beautiful...
I love the way she plays with that flute and then puts it in her mouth at the start. Nice one.
Loved Tom Bakers "come get some" eyes and expressions. Man was Classic Who the absolute best EVER!!
These sort of stories were my favourites from Toms era. Historic setting with a Sci Fi Horror element.
underrated story this one - looks lovely
Very underrated. Love this story!
I literally just finished watching school reunion so im not complaining
I just finished end of time. Made me sad and happy at the same time
Look at how Sarah Jane works that flute 😉
0:15 - 0:26
Face of Evil and. Robots of Death please....
Loving these "taster" edits....
So eccentric…absolutely love it 😍
I'd rather watch it unedited. Bit difficult to follow with bits missing.
Agreed - this edit is just butchery
@@TheFinalMinutes Check the description. Instead of uploading a bunch of scenes separately (which they did anyway), this video is a compilation of their favorite scenes.
Also, 3/4 of the story missing isn't "bits"
@@Caroniver_Robocacci totally see where you're coming from :) i'm upset that the average youtube browser would be put off watching after seeing these highlights - it really does butcher the story IMHO. Stay safe! x
@@DrWhoFanJ ill take my comment down.
No expense spared on the special effects once again! I can imagine the read through now.
OK folks our first spacial disturbance encountered by The Doctor and Sarah is the Mandragora Helix. It is something really large and powerful. We really need to sell its intensity and scale. Any ideas?
*Someone stirs their cup of tea.
Ahhh Haa!
damn Time lordz and Timeladies I'm likng the clips put together to make this 30 min video
Those were good times back then in Britain. The seventies and I enjoyed the series and theme music at the end.
One of the stories on the new Blu-ray series collection
I loved Dr. Who as a child in the 1970s. I was about 7 years old, and I did get really frightened. I really enjoyed his companions, Sarah Jane Smith and Leela. Tom Baker is unbeatable in my opinion. I think Peter Hinchcliff worked very skillfully to inject the horror genre into the show.
Tom Baker and Elizabeth Sladen are part of my childhood, hard to believe so much time has passed :(
Nice work thanks
..And season 14 is on re-release!
I love Tom Baker's ad at the end. That man is amazing.
This story works better as a 30 minute episode. I feel at 4 parts it drags a lot. You could go from part 1 to part 4 and not miss much.
ok condensing the story into 30 minutes is actually kinda a cool idea, hope more stories get this treatment
That'd be awful. Appreciate the classics the way they are. Then maybe watch the cliffnotes version
@@danielsleeper2307 If it makes you feel better, I have seen this story in full
I have to disagree - this is a disgusting and disrespectful abuse of the hard work by the original production team. It’s AWFUL.
@@TheFinalMinutes yeah it's just not very good of them, it'll hurt the reach (and sales I suppose) of actual full classics they do this to (and probably of britbox, why give them the classics then?), and as with britbox forces you to go through current day Doctor Who branding to see it with the TH-cam channel and that horrible and jarring reminder of Witchaker's face and voice at the end. And it's a cover for them to edit history and edit the stories into something they weren't to perpetuate a certain narrative about them if you catch my drift?
The first time I watched this, on YTV in Canada, I used to think this was originally played daily like some sci fi soap opera.
Mandragora Helix aka blue paint going down the drain. The sfx budget was lower than Tom's daily lunch budget
"Ah-haaaaa..."
"What's that?"
"It's the wife running away another of her luminous Lush baths..."
Thank you!
Please upload The Talons of Weng-Chiang in full.
Its hard to find.
Get the DVD/BD, or BritBox. It’s the only way to watch full stories.
@@DrWhoFanJ Thanks, I did shortly thereafter.
That tardis was kinda sick especially cause it was different from all the rest at the time
Isnt it just another room in the same tardis?
@@tinkercrab11 yes but, I think he meant the 2nd tardis conrol room rather than a 2nd Tardis
@@mrjekyllandhyde9941 In the episode the Doctor described it as the secondary control room for when the main control room was disabled. Quote "I can control the TARDIS from here just as I can from the old one...come to think of it, this IS the old one."
Sarah: Doctor what is that?
Doctor: it’s the kitchen sink, but someone appears to be pouring blue paint and soap particles down the plug hole!
Tom Baker is a real awesome actor. Iit's to bad they still don't use him more in the new adventures of Doctor Who. There is no reason they can't use him. He still awesome actor at 86 years of age.
There absolutely is a reason
Doctor who is a very physical role that an 86 year old simply couldn't handle
That's why he does audio adventures
@@Yetaxa also it’d be weird that the doctor looks so old even tho that incarnation was young
Tom does show up on new who albiet his roles are vocal he has such an awesome voice. One example is David Tennant encountering the devil that voice is Tom.
@@byrondixonbd No, that is not Tom. That is Gabriel Woolf, who also voiced Sutekh in Pyramids of Mars!
You guys know that he was in the 50th anniversary special right?
9:51 The Worshipers of Demnos do the Hokey Cokey.
I always loved Sarah’s outfits.
Sarah Jane's making me wish I was a recorder.
😂
So not only has the TARDIS got a separate more simple control room it also has a second exit
21:16 She looks like such a happy devil. But incredibly cute!
I LOVE THE WOOD INSIDE
the outside scenes were filmed at Portmeirion Village in Wales
This was an ad I clicked on. The algorithm knows me too well
That spiral crystal effect must have been so cool back, then because it's still cool today
This show scared the heck out me as a kid.
15:12 Norman Jones. I got to know him when he lived in Newport Shropshire.
0:16 Will Catch You Up In The USS Starship Enterprise From Star Trek The Next Generation And Thunderbirds 1 And 2 From Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds Doctor Who. X
I would love if this had subtitles
I can't remember if someone already has, but is there a video of the isolated music from this story, that and Sarah's last but one story, always makes it one of my favorites.
Great video
When the story ruled the show. No outside issues influenced the story line, no attempts at feeble post modern humour. OK, it was simplistic, but as far as I can see, far more genuine and sincere than the overblown, indulgent, affected self-indulgence that the modern version of Who provides. Bur Hell, many people love the modern version, so what do I know?
What a cut!
I loved the secondary control room!! (Even tho ive only seen it on yt because i wasnt born during the airing of classic who)
I love modern Dr who, from the 10th through the 12th, but I've never seen any classic who episodes. They aren't available on any of the streaming services I have. So I'm watching this, thinking this is an upload of a full on regular episode, and I'm confused as hell. I'm thinking "this episode is a mess! It's just jumping all over the place and I can't follow what's going on." It took me longer than I'd like to admit to go check the video description to see if this back and forth, seemingly random, clip situation was just the crazy style old who was made in...or if it was in fact a highlights clip. I was very relieved to find out I was just being an idiot, and that old who isn't this incoherent 😄 in my defense the length of the video and the opening tag saying what episode this was made it look, to me, like this was a full upload. I'm glad it's not garbage because I'm really looking forward to watching all of the old episodes in the future.
I rate this 4/5 stars it's just that some things weren't as surprising than if this was before the clips
I swear the inside of the T.A.R.D.I.S. at the start is the same set as Mr. Rumbold office...