I love that they got the same actor for Sutekh in both Pyramids of Mars and the new Empire of Death story. Gabriel Woolf, born 1932, 91 years old and still going strong.
This is one of the very few classic stories where every incidental character dies in the end. Other examples are “warriors from the deep” and “horror of fang rock”
Mummy cases were made of cartonnage, a lightweight material made from waste papyrus and linen covered in plaster. Basically Papier-mâché. They would often be put inside a stone sarcophagus.
TH-camr Diamanda Hagan has a great series that summarizes the entire classic series. She called this a horror movie that just happens to have the Doctor in it.
@@Darkly_i_Shine I remember that she was a bit miffed that they didn't go all out with the Beast in the Revived Series (who is apparently *also* Satan and voiced by the same actor) and make him a returning Sutekh. Depending on what fan theories you believe, RTD may or may not be trying to rectify that.
Another fantastic reaction and commentary! Fun episode(s), a lot of filler scenes, fun episode(s)!!! Thank you so much for this classic who, I look forward to who comes next 💙💙 And I am starting on your good omens reactions because that was a good show, and your reactions are fantastic!
Thank you , I always love to see your comments. I liked this episode so much that don't be surprised if I suddenly ask for a classic who recommendation from the community and do a reaction for the fun of it. 😀
Gabriel Wolfe as the voice of Sutekh was the best villian ever on Doctor Who. He was chilling yet he was in a masked costume where he couldn't move. I doubt that whatever RTD has in store for the finale will top this performance.
"The Church on Ruby Road" made some seriously deep cuts into the franchises lore, and not all of it from this serial or even the Doctor Who show itself! The possessed Harriet named off nine gods of the Pantheon, and the Doctor has actually faced off against FIVE of them. The Toymaker and Sutekh were,of course, originally foes of the First and Fourth Doctors. The Maestro was a new creation for this season. Of the rest, "The Mara, Goddess of the Beasts" faced the Fifth Doctor twice during his run and took the form of a giant snake. "The Trickster, God of Tricks" has actually only appeared on the Sarah Jane Adventures show, where he faced off against the Tenth Doctor in the SJA story, "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith".
@@Darkly_i_Shine deleted incorrect comment. The Trickster had appeared before The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, but only on the Sarah Jane Adventures show, not in Classic Who.
The Doctor Who story Pyramids of Mars was filmed at Stargrove Manor in Hampshire, England from October 25 to November 15, 1975. The Victorian mansion's exterior scenes were shot on the Stargroves estate, which was owned by Mick Jagger at the time. The story also features filming at The Scarman Estate and at BBC Television Centre in London.
Peter Copley who played Doctor Warlock in " the pyramids of mars" , turned 60 years of age when the production was filmed. Peter was born on the May the 20th 1915.
I am 3 minutes in to my first watch of any of your videos and I need you to know this…. You’re fantastic! This is one of my top 5 classic Who favourites, and I don’t know if I’m going to agree with how you eventually feel come minute 20, but that doesn’t matter. You’re joyful and natural and I’ve had to subscribe. Thanks from a British fan 😺
The scene of Scarman getting shot and the smoke sucking back into his chest and him walking to the window was filmed moving backwards.and reversed to get that effect using the available technology of 1975. It is a credit to the actor that he was capable of performing the scene walking backwards believably.
I grew,up watching it on WGBH (Boston). They used to have this schedule magazine that was sent out to supporters. At this point they would show omnibus version of the Tom Baker run on Saturday nights. They printed a transcription of a answering machine message. Of someone who just watched Genesis of the Daleks. The person was raving about this cool ass show and went on. The caller was James Brown. Yes the godfather of soul loved watching Dr. Who for the first time.
When Sutekh stands up for the first time look at the cushions, you see the hand of Sutekh holding a cushion in place. I know it's a prop person, but it is very funny. Also if I had been immobile for thousands of years the first thing I would need to do would be to pee, the universe can wait, I need to empty my bladder first. Plus how dead would his legs be, I would fall flat on my face.
Talons of Weng Chiang is great. But now suffers from an actor playing Chinese character. But if you can get past that. Fantastic story. The two mentioned Genesis and Deadly Assassin are fantas.
This was the first episode of Dr Who I ever saw. (Syndication package.) You need to see some Sylvester McCoy Dr, so you can meet Ace! The teen with a special recipe for explosives...
British cozy murder mysteries are my guilty pleasure (shows and books.) Father Brown is great, but I put on Rosemary and Thyme when I'm having a hard time falling asleep. I love the soundtrack for the show more than anything. Can't wait to see the Doctor Who finale!
The way they set up twenty minute episodes in classic who , usually in four parts, caused padding at parts and forced cliffhangers. If y ou can deal with that, ff the filler, t hey can be fun
I liked this one and yeah sometimes I felt that padding but it also gave some humor opportunities but I know that the pace of things was slower and more drawn out which I can work with. Every now and then I might watch a classic who and throw it up on the channel cause I did enjoy this.
A long cream dress is never a good choice for an adventure! And immediately with the savages. *actively not thinking about certain makeup tests* All classic Who needs an *Exposition* header for… huge swathes of episodes “Even puppies?” I agree, that’s the tipping point! Love the unimpressed look at the delivery system via time corridor Yes, Carla did say it was the Beast! She knew his vibe was wrong from the off. Wonderful reaction, as always! 💜💜➕🌈🟦
-Thank you so much. -The time corridor so called because it takes so much time. - I needed something to break up the visuals of the exposition so copyright wouldn't smack me down the header seemed appropriate,lol - even though Lawrence was dumb I feel bad for him. Poor guy.
@@Darkly_i_Shine yeah, Lawrence could not wrap his mind around the concepts presented to him. OTOH, his brother was a monster long before Sutekh got ahold of him, so….
P.S. I always associate "Doctor Who" with Saturday nights because in the '80s my then-public television station, New Jersey Network, would air "Whovies" (all the chapters of one story, with the middle chapters intros and closings edited out) every Saturday night followed by a Buster Crabbe "Flash Gordon" chapterplay.
Tom Baker was my first and favourite Doctor. The episodes or parts rather you refer to as a movie or episode they were actually called "serials" or "stories" which was common in television in those days. While it is abit slow with the effects but you got to remember this is a low budget BBC cult series but for me i don't mind the slow parts it's part of the charm of the show. The dress Sarah Jane Smith was wearing belonged to a former companion Victoria Waterfield the Second Doctor's companion who was from the year 1866. I wouldn't say the Doctor was going through a mid-life crisis he spent most of his third incarnation on earth after his exile which is now lifted and got abit tired of hanging around earth so he was very keen to get off world and wonder around the to other worlds in time and space.
@@Darkly_i_Shine That's just Tom Baker being Tom Baker his Doctor was more alien and more detached than the other Doctors which makes his Doctor so unique but whether that was done by design or accident I don't know.
Rewatching because, you know, funny. British cozy murder mysteries... As someone from Britain, Midsummer Murders is anything but cozy, it's the murder capital of the universe. Hope you have watched Midsummer.
Checking "Make a video good enough for a re-watch on my bingo card. Midsummer murders is one of my favorites. Top 3: midsummer, death in paradise, father brown. They have taught me things like never go to a fete and people will kill for anything. Good life lessons.
As Sarah Jane was running rather than sneaking about, trainers would have been more apropos. For the benefit of non anglophiles. What are trainers in England? In the United Kingdom, sneakers are known as trainers.17 Mar 2020
What does Pantheon literally mean? of all gods Derived from the Greek words 'πᾶν' pan - all, and 'θεός' theos - god, pantheon literally means 'of all gods'.7 May 2021
Classic Who "dragging" was a double edged sword. Wasted time, slow plotting, side characters you'll never see again chatting. Once you accept this as a charm of the show the worlds they created feel more lived in. But sometimes...it was a lot.
@dogblessameroca I disagree I don't think this dragged at all I think this has been a consistent story all the way through and I hate that they are tinkering with a beautiful masterpiece.
hi not many would now along time ago well before i saw this as one in the betamax days there was a V2000 hire tapes of dr who tom baker ones war games the 10 part one i re edit the thing down to 2 x 2 hrs using new video editing computer tec on the long one re cap is a right pain i think dr is about 22mins x 4 about bro has the blu-ray ones i wonder if they jazzed them up my mum finds the new dr who to fast she said she's ok with the old one's i thing the new show are dead and will not last the feed backs are not great all ready
This is the first Doctor Who episode I ever saw back in in 1977.
I love how the scene of 1980 was almost perfectly copied in The Devil's Chord as a nice bit of foreshadowing.
Agreed
@@Darkly_i_ShineAlso the dog song in the Beatles episode.
I love that they got the same actor for Sutekh in both Pyramids of Mars and the new Empire of Death story. Gabriel Woolf, born 1932, 91 years old and still going strong.
This is one of the very few classic stories where every incidental character dies in the end. Other examples are “warriors from the deep” and “horror of fang rock”
Spoilers but I'll probably forget about it by the time I watch them
Mummy cases were made of cartonnage, a lightweight material made from waste papyrus and linen covered in plaster. Basically Papier-mâché. They would often be put inside a stone sarcophagus.
Wearing jeans and sneakers could probably get you arrested. Women in trousers caused a stir in the 1920s.
Oh so it wouldn't have been super heavy?
@@Darkly_i_Shine exactly. 👍👍
TH-camr Diamanda Hagan has a great series that summarizes the entire classic series. She called this a horror movie that just happens to have the Doctor in it.
Oh that sounds interesting. I may need to look her up
@@Darkly_i_Shine I remember that she was a bit miffed that they didn't go all out with the Beast in the Revived Series (who is apparently *also* Satan and voiced by the same actor) and make him a returning Sutekh.
Depending on what fan theories you believe, RTD may or may not be trying to rectify that.
The one from the Tennant 2 parter ?
@@Darkly_i_Shine Yes.
There's a couple more that lean into the horror and are very good: Horror at Fang Rock and State of Decay, both 4th Doctor stories.
my favorite story as a kid and adult. Also the exteriors of the house. Was owned by Mick Jagger at the time.
Another fantastic reaction and commentary! Fun episode(s), a lot of filler scenes, fun episode(s)!!! Thank you so much for this classic who,
I look forward to who comes next 💙💙
And I am starting on your good omens reactions because that was a good show, and your reactions are fantastic!
Thank you , I always love to see your comments. I liked this episode so much that don't be surprised if I suddenly ask for a classic who recommendation from the community and do a reaction for the fun of it. 😀
Gabriel Wolfe as the voice of Sutekh was the best villian ever on Doctor Who. He was chilling yet he was in a masked costume where he couldn't move. I doubt that whatever RTD has in store for the finale will top this performance.
"The Church on Ruby Road" made some seriously deep cuts into the franchises lore, and not all of it from this serial or even the Doctor Who show itself!
The possessed Harriet named off nine gods of the Pantheon, and the Doctor has actually faced off against FIVE of them.
The Toymaker and Sutekh were,of course, originally foes of the First and Fourth Doctors. The Maestro was a new creation for this season.
Of the rest, "The Mara, Goddess of the Beasts" faced the Fifth Doctor twice during his run and took the form of a giant snake.
"The Trickster, God of Tricks" has actually only appeared on the Sarah Jane Adventures show, where he faced off against the Tenth Doctor in the SJA story, "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith".
I saw the sja episode but I assumed the trickster had come out in classic who. That was their first appearance?
@@Darkly_i_Shine deleted incorrect comment. The Trickster had appeared before The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, but only on the Sarah Jane Adventures show, not in Classic Who.
The Doctor Who story Pyramids of Mars was filmed at Stargrove Manor in Hampshire, England from October 25 to November 15, 1975. The Victorian mansion's exterior scenes were shot on the Stargroves estate, which was owned by Mick Jagger at the time. The story also features filming at The Scarman Estate and at BBC Television Centre in London.
Peter Copley who played Doctor Warlock in " the pyramids of mars" , turned 60 years of age when the production was filmed. Peter was born on the May the 20th 1915.
"Even puppies?" LMAO!!!! THANKS for this!!!!
Your commentary kills me. I'm in stitches here...Subbed!
it makes me so happy to hear I made someone laugh. thank you
Love that you went back to the Classic Series for context on Sutekh! Instant sub!
Thank you! I appreciate it!
I am 3 minutes in to my first watch of any of your videos and I need you to know this…. You’re fantastic! This is one of my top 5 classic Who favourites, and I don’t know if I’m going to agree with how you eventually feel come minute 20, but that doesn’t matter. You’re joyful and natural and I’ve had to subscribe. Thanks from a British fan 😺
Well, this might be one of the sweetest comments I have received so far. Thank you so much
The scene of Scarman getting shot and the smoke sucking back into his chest and him walking to the window was filmed moving backwards.and reversed to get that effect using the available technology of 1975. It is a credit to the actor that he was capable of performing the scene walking backwards believably.
The walking backwards thing was nicely done.
I grew up on classic who reruns on PBS, fun to see people checking it out
I grew,up watching it on WGBH (Boston). They used to have this schedule magazine that was sent out to supporters. At this point they would show omnibus version of the Tom Baker run on Saturday nights. They printed a transcription of a answering machine message. Of someone who just watched Genesis of the Daleks. The person was raving about this cool ass show and went on. The caller was James Brown. Yes the godfather of soul loved watching Dr. Who for the first time.
O.O must watch Genesis of the daleks
When Sutekh stands up for the first time look at the cushions, you see the hand of Sutekh holding a cushion in place.
I know it's a prop person, but it is very funny.
Also if I had been immobile for thousands of years the first thing I would need to do would be to pee, the universe can wait, I need to empty my bladder first.
Plus how dead would his legs be, I would fall flat on my face.
That's for a "how it should have ended" video sutekh just faceplanting after trying to stand up
Always been a classic who fan this was great to see
Second best story ever after genesis of the daleks! Best doctor ever too! 👍👍
Maybe every now and then I'll throw a classic who serial up and I'll watch that one.
@@Darkly_i_Shine recommend the deadly assassin 👍
Noted.
Talons of Weng Chiang is great. But now suffers from an actor playing Chinese character. But if you can get past that. Fantastic story. The two mentioned Genesis and Deadly Assassin are fantas.
This was the first episode of Dr Who I ever saw. (Syndication package.)
You need to see some Sylvester McCoy Dr, so you can meet Ace! The teen with a special recipe for explosives...
Tom Baker is that teacher who’d come high to class
And probably everyone's favorite teacher
@@Darkly_i_Shine but you know that when he got angry , that meant that shit got serious
But, Doctor, we know the Maestro didn't destroy the world and there is still music in 2024.
Okay, Ruby, let's go back to 2024 and see.
British cozy murder mysteries are my guilty pleasure (shows and books.) Father Brown is great, but I put on Rosemary and Thyme when I'm having a hard time falling asleep. I love the soundtrack for the show more than anything. Can't wait to see the Doctor Who finale!
I haven't watched that one. My top 3 are father brown, midsummer murders, death in paradise
Really glad you did this - thank you!
Apparently musical organs were instrumental in ancient Egypt. Guess the osirians were big fans of phantom of the opera.
😂😂😂
In 1911 assertive women were referred to as plucky girls😊
It reminded me of "the unicorn and the wasp" episode where Tennant called Donna "the plucky girl who helps me out"
The way they set up twenty minute episodes in classic who , usually in four parts, caused padding at parts and forced cliffhangers. If y ou can deal with that, ff the filler, t hey can be fun
I liked this one and yeah sometimes I felt that padding but it also gave some humor opportunities but I know that the pace of things was slower and more drawn out which I can work with.
Every now and then I might watch a classic who and throw it up on the channel cause I did enjoy this.
A long cream dress is never a good choice for an adventure!
And immediately with the savages. *actively not thinking about certain makeup tests*
All classic Who needs an *Exposition* header for… huge swathes of episodes
“Even puppies?” I agree, that’s the tipping point!
Love the unimpressed look at the delivery system via time corridor
Yes, Carla did say it was the Beast! She knew his vibe was wrong from the off.
Wonderful reaction, as always! 💜💜➕🌈🟦
-Thank you so much.
-The time corridor so called because it takes so much time.
- I needed something to break up the visuals of the exposition so copyright wouldn't smack me down the header seemed appropriate,lol
- even though Lawrence was dumb I feel bad for him. Poor guy.
@@Darkly_i_Shine yeah, Lawrence could not wrap his mind around the concepts presented to him. OTOH, his brother was a monster long before Sutekh got ahold of him, so….
P.S. I always associate "Doctor Who" with Saturday nights because in the '80s my then-public television station, New Jersey Network, would air "Whovies" (all the chapters of one story, with the middle chapters intros and closings edited out) every Saturday night followed by a Buster Crabbe "Flash Gordon" chapterplay.
Tom Baker was my first and favourite Doctor.
The episodes or parts rather you refer to as a movie or episode they were actually called "serials" or "stories" which was common in television in those days.
While it is abit slow with the effects but you got to remember this is a low budget BBC cult series but for me i don't mind the slow parts it's part of the charm of the show.
The dress Sarah Jane Smith was wearing belonged to a former companion Victoria Waterfield the Second Doctor's companion who was from the year 1866.
I wouldn't say the Doctor was going through a mid-life crisis he spent most of his third incarnation on earth after his exile which is now lifted and got abit tired of hanging around earth so he was very keen to get off world and wonder around the to other worlds in time and space.
Why was he looking so melancholy in the beginning? Something from the previous episode or was he just often like that ?
@@Darkly_i_Shine That's just Tom Baker being Tom Baker his Doctor was more alien and more detached than the other Doctors which makes his Doctor so unique but whether that was done by design or accident I don't know.
Ah ok. You can't stare of into the distance and say "I walk in eternity" without people being "eh, dude you alright?"
Sutekh should've put the Doctor on a flight to the UK. Would've been faster.
Right!
Yeah, Sarah Jane just had to try on that dress.
The one time the butler did not do it
The butler got got first!
Rewatching because, you know, funny.
British cozy murder mysteries... As someone from Britain, Midsummer Murders is anything but cozy, it's the murder capital of the universe.
Hope you have watched Midsummer.
Checking "Make a video good enough for a re-watch on my bingo card.
Midsummer murders is one of my favorites. Top 3: midsummer, death in paradise, father brown.
They have taught me things like never go to a fete and people will kill for anything. Good life lessons.
@@Darkly_i_Shine
Fete's are death traps and everything in a garden are murder weapons.
I understand Marcus is dead.
Marcus, let me help you.
BUFFY SPOILERS
So you're saying Ben has something to do with Glory?
Hahahahahahaha
Which Monty Python movie is the quote "It's Just a flesh Wound" from?
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) - Quotes - IMDb.
Sonic stick prototype
Sarah Jane should have known playing dead would not work
As Sarah Jane was running rather than sneaking about, trainers would have been more apropos.
For the benefit of non anglophiles.
What are trainers in England?
In the United Kingdom, sneakers are known as trainers.17 Mar 2020
That trunk is bigger on the inside.
ba dum tss 🥁
What does Pantheon literally mean?
of all gods
Derived from the Greek words 'πᾶν' pan - all, and 'θεός' theos - god, pantheon literally means 'of all gods'.7 May 2021
This story really dragged for me. Luckily it looks like they have made an edited down version with updated SFX for a "Tales from the TARDIS" special
Classic Who "dragging" was a double edged sword. Wasted time, slow plotting, side characters you'll never see again chatting. Once you accept this as a charm of the show the worlds they created feel more lived in. But sometimes...it was a lot.
@dogblessameroca I disagree I don't think this dragged at all I think this has been a consistent story all the way through and I hate that they are tinkering with a beautiful masterpiece.
Eyond all of us
So this episode is from 1975 but Sarah Jane is from the 1980s. Is she from the future, then?
The UNIT dating controversy.
Gun control 1911😊
Have people like never watched the older, and far better, stories?
The world is facing the worst hat hair Doctor
Sorry Doctor I am not that plucky
Time tunnel
hi not many would now along time ago well before i saw this as one in the betamax days there was a V2000 hire tapes of dr who tom baker ones
war games the 10 part one i re edit the thing down to 2 x 2 hrs using new video editing computer tec
on the long one re cap is a right pain i think dr is about 22mins x 4 about bro has the blu-ray ones i wonder if they jazzed them up
my mum finds the new dr who to fast she said she's ok with the old one's i thing the new show are dead and will not last the feed backs are not great all ready