Actually, I just saw The Pirate Planet for the first time and I'm convinced Douglas Adams wrote the part of the Captain for Brian Blessed. That man shouts 97% of his dialogue and in 1970's Brittish TV, who else could pull that off besides Brian Blessed?
The Ribos Operation was a misfire? Absolute horseshit. That's easily one of the best scripts he ever wrote for Who in a sea of brilliant scripts he wrote for Who.
From Best to Worst 1. The Stones of Blood 2. The Power of Kroll 3. The Armageddon Factor 4. The Androids of Tara 5. The Pirate Planet 6. The Ribos Operation
Just watched Stones of blood and remembered your comment. Yes, the subtext of the interspecies lesbian romance between an alien criminal and an elderly professor really is there. Very there.
Great series! Thanks for making it. I could do without the swear words, but that's just the Dad in me. Now clean up your room and do your homework. While hardcore Dr. Who fans always point to the Hinchcliffe-Holmes era as the greatest peak, there is much to be said of the often-maligned Graham Williams era. This season is a very good example of the qualities of this era, especially the humor and Tom Baker's charisma, which was always the best thing about this show. The tone is definitely lighter but not as goofy as the disco camp tone of the next season (Creature From the Pit is a guilty pleasure for sure, definitely MST3K quality), and it's a lot of fun. The only problem with the whole "key to time" concept, of course, is the complete lack of any final resolution. The whole thing was a MacGuffin, anyway, and the ending is almost like seeing Tom Baker make faces at the camera and go, "PFFFT!!" That said, I did read one person's theory that the White and Black Guardians are actually the same being, which is rather interesting. Ah, well, whatever, never mind. This season was considered a classic back in the 1980s and if I were looking for episodes to share with the family, I'd probably go for something here. The Armageddon Factor was the first Dr. Who episode (ahem, PBS "movie" format) I ever saw as a kid, and while it certainly had its issues, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's close enough to Star Wars, Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica that I could jump in easily, and Tom Baker's sheer force of personality won me over. No doubt it's far easier to watch in the UK format with 30-minute episodes, because at a three-hour stretch, it's a bit long. Finally, once again with feeling: nobody gets to complain about cheesy special effects in Classic Who anymore. It's the year 2020. You know what you're signing up for.
+Sean Cannon Thats The Gamers and The Gamers: Dorkness Rising. The Gamers films are the best films made about DnD. I did a plug about them (video is up on TH-cam).
I know this is three years after the fact, but The Gamers is still going strong and has a new season that just came out recently. If you like the idea of a comedy webseries about tabletop roleplaying games, I can't recommend it enough. And not just because I did some uncredited work with ZOE in post-production...
Okay, question. Does anyone know what the Cthulhu song in the episode is? I like the sound of it, but after about an hour of looking I can't find it. Might be because I'm bad at looking for things though. Also thank you Diamanda for making these. As someone who only has seen the new Who so far, this is actually really entertaining.
I've seen The Armageddon Factor twice now and I still can't remember a thing about it, like, I know the shadow's in it, Lalla Ward is in it, Drax is in it, evil K9, the ending, and that's it
It's good. I mean, there's a lot of tedious mucking around in corridors, but Lalla Ward is alright, the General is alright, and the plot is entertaining, while clearly a product of the Cold War-era nuclear paranoia. I don't know why I can't make it sound better, I actually really like it, if only for the camp factor. My only dislike is that the Doctor doesn't do much.
I actually had the opposite impression of "Kroll." I thought the Kroll puppet (and for that matter the costumes) looked okay, but the serial was so mind-numbingly boring that I couldn't quite finish it. And "The Armageddon Factor" had some things working for it. Time weirdness, decent guest actor, K9 was actually funny somehow... it's one of my favorites.
My personal episode rating The ribos operation/okay The pirates planet/personal favourite The stones of blood/great The android of tara/okay The power of kroll/okay The Armageddon factor/bad
My favourite Fourth Doctor season with my favourite companion for him. (I love Romana 1 and Mary Tamm but I personally was never overly fond of 2 or Lalla Ward.)
The Ribos Operation - Good The Pirate Planet - Great The Stones of Blood - Shit The Androids of Tara - Great The Power of Kroll - Ok The Armageddon Factor - Bad
i notice Diamanda , you never seem so far in this series well this part or few after nothing about UNIT or the Brigideer? Just noticing nothing heavy just odd observation.
It's either Romana or Fred.
Alright, call me Fred.
Ok, come along Romana.
Actually, I just saw The Pirate Planet for the first time and I'm convinced Douglas Adams wrote the part of the Captain for Brian Blessed. That man shouts 97% of his dialogue and in 1970's Brittish TV, who else could pull that off besides Brian Blessed?
Bruce Purchase pulled it off fairly well!
The Ribos Operation was a misfire? Absolute horseshit. That's easily one of the best scripts he ever wrote for Who in a sea of brilliant scripts he wrote for Who.
Agree utterly
I love the pirate planet so f*king much. It was the first DW episode I ever saw, and I will never forget it.
It's one of my favourite as well
Anything with *BRIAN BLESSED* is always worth watching.
Love Pirate Planet, and much of the Key to Time arc.
From Best to Worst
1. The Stones of Blood
2. The Power of Kroll
3. The Armageddon Factor
4. The Androids of Tara
5. The Pirate Planet
6. The Ribos Operation
Just watched Stones of blood and remembered your comment. Yes, the subtext of the interspecies lesbian romance between an alien criminal and an elderly professor really is there. Very there.
My favourite pirate plannet line
"You dont want to take over the world, oh no YOU DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT, APON SHOUT AT IT"
Great series! Thanks for making it. I could do without the swear words, but that's just the Dad in me. Now clean up your room and do your homework.
While hardcore Dr. Who fans always point to the Hinchcliffe-Holmes era as the greatest peak, there is much to be said of the often-maligned Graham Williams era. This season is a very good example of the qualities of this era, especially the humor and Tom Baker's charisma, which was always the best thing about this show. The tone is definitely lighter but not as goofy as the disco camp tone of the next season (Creature From the Pit is a guilty pleasure for sure, definitely MST3K quality), and it's a lot of fun. The only problem with the whole "key to time" concept, of course, is the complete lack of any final resolution. The whole thing was a MacGuffin, anyway, and the ending is almost like seeing Tom Baker make faces at the camera and go, "PFFFT!!"
That said, I did read one person's theory that the White and Black Guardians are actually the same being, which is rather interesting. Ah, well, whatever, never mind. This season was considered a classic back in the 1980s and if I were looking for episodes to share with the family, I'd probably go for something here.
The Armageddon Factor was the first Dr. Who episode (ahem, PBS "movie" format) I ever saw as a kid, and while it certainly had its issues, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's close enough to Star Wars, Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica that I could jump in easily, and Tom Baker's sheer force of personality won me over. No doubt it's far easier to watch in the UK format with 30-minute episodes, because at a three-hour stretch, it's a bit long.
Finally, once again with feeling: nobody gets to complain about cheesy special effects in Classic Who anymore. It's the year 2020. You know what you're signing up for.
So that was where Trilbee got it from!
I just wanted to say, awesome reference to The Gamers.
The key to time arc
in Power of Kroll, the higher ups hated the set designs so much they decided to never work with the designer again.
What's the clips of people saying shadow from?
The Gamers.
Kroll looks like a Kabuto with octopus tentacles.
Where are the clips of all the people saying "The Shadow!" from? It looks like some sort of fantasy comedy.
+Sean Cannon Thats The Gamers and The Gamers: Dorkness Rising. The Gamers films are the best films made about DnD. I did a plug about them (video is up on TH-cam).
DiamandaHagan Cool, I'll go check it out.
+DiamandaHagan Thanks, I was wondering that too!
+Sean Cannon Also check out Tripod Vs The Dragon
I know this is three years after the fact, but The Gamers is still going strong and has a new season that just came out recently. If you like the idea of a comedy webseries about tabletop roleplaying games, I can't recommend it enough. And not just because I did some uncredited work with ZOE in post-production...
Best Story:The First Half
Worst Story:The Androids of Tara
Must See:The Power of Kroll/The Armageddon Factor
Okay, question. Does anyone know what the Cthulhu song in the episode is? I like the sound of it, but after about an hour of looking I can't find it. Might be because I'm bad at looking for things though. Also thank you Diamanda for making these. As someone who only has seen the new Who so far, this is actually really entertaining.
+Luca Raven Its Kutulu by The Vision Bleak.
The Power Of Kroll is the best Doctor Who Story, it goes between being good enough to enjoy and bad enough to laugh at.
Harry Noke it's honestly my favorite for this season.
I've seen The Armageddon Factor twice now and I still can't remember a thing about it, like, I know the shadow's in it, Lalla Ward is in it, Drax is in it, evil K9, the ending, and that's it
It's good. I mean, there's a lot of tedious mucking around in corridors, but Lalla Ward is alright, the General is alright, and the plot is entertaining, while clearly a product of the Cold War-era nuclear paranoia. I don't know why I can't make it sound better, I actually really like it, if only for the camp factor. My only dislike is that the Doctor doesn't do much.
I love these classic who breakdown, more so now with the Gamers Reference.
What evil lurks in the hearts of men, the shadow knows
True fact Tom Baker actually quit after this season but graham Williams convinced him to stay on for another season, then JNT did the same.
My second favourite season after 13
Season 7, Season 13, Season 16 and series 11 are the only seasons of the show that feature no returning Villans
What about season 15 and series 6
I actually had the opposite impression of "Kroll." I thought the Kroll puppet (and for that matter the costumes) looked okay, but the serial was so mind-numbingly boring that I couldn't quite finish it.
And "The Armageddon Factor" had some things working for it. Time weirdness, decent guest actor, K9 was actually funny somehow... it's one of my favorites.
These two stories were the first Dr Who episodes I ever saw. As I was 12 and a massive kaiju fan at the time I loved the giant squid.
I like androids it's good
My personal episode rating
The ribos operation/okay
The pirates planet/personal favourite
The stones of blood/great
The android of tara/okay
The power of kroll/okay
The Armageddon factor/bad
I could not take The Pirate Planet at all seriously. Somehow I think that was intended.
What's the episode where the doctor is hanging in a pit and tries to use a book on how to escape a pit and then it's in swedish?
Creature from the Pit.
Thanks! I just saw you highlighted it in another video. Probably my favorite joke in classic who.
My favourite Fourth Doctor season with my favourite companion for him. (I love Romana 1 and Mary Tamm but I personally was never overly fond of 2 or Lalla Ward.)
I think the Stones of Blood is the best one the others are ok
The Ribos Operation - Good
The Pirate Planet - Great
The Stones of Blood - Shit
The Androids of Tara - Great
The Power of Kroll - Ok
The Armageddon Factor - Bad
How is The Armageddon Factor bad in any way?!?
Stones of Blood is messy and over-rated.
Best episode: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency! Thank goodness Shada was never finished.
i notice Diamanda , you never seem so far in this series well this part or few after nothing about UNIT or the Brigideer? Just noticing nothing heavy just odd observation.
remember this season is one long story, probably the only time in who history this happened. There WAS nothing else, just looking for the key pieces!
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Yes, Tara is the worst.
7:45 where can I get that tune?
Thats Kutulu by The Vision Bleak (fantastic band)
@@DiamandaHagan Still one of my favorites after 5 years. Thank you