Oh, I just have to talk about episodes of Doctor Who somewhere, and why not here? If I do say so myself. Whilst I most likely won't review a heck of a lot of episodes in chronological order, why not start with the very first episode of the series? You know? Because it was the first? Plus I just re-watched it, which is a bonus...
An Unearthly Child
Before Doctor Who was a fantastical Science Fiction/Adventure series, it was more focused on delivering information and history lessons to viewers, rather than you know...fiction. An Unearthly Child is perhaps the most obvious attempt at this history stuff, as much of it focus' on the characters of cavemen and cavewomen, which I thought was weird in my younger years, as I , like almost every other human being on the planet, was much more fascinated with this 'Doctor' character.
William Hartnell is the original and (as far as we know at least) the first incarnation of the Timelord known as The Doctor here, and despite the lack of exploration into his character, he does a fine job barking at the character of Ian whilst giving a slightly gentler barking tone to Susan, his granddaughter. Although Hartnell is a fine Doctor, it's clear that he was almost too old to play a leading character at this point in time, the poor guy can barely navigate through the junkyard set, yet alone face cavemen. Although, he knows how to talk his way out of a tense situation, which is essential to almost any Doctor.
The story runs a little too long at points, with the cavemen thing as I talked about before, pushing the runtime of the serials a little too long to be tight. Although the first Doctor Who adventure is not perhaps the most ambitious one, it is a fun and entertaining one at that, delivering our very first taste to a show that is almost 50 years old now!
An Unearthly Child
Before Doctor Who was a fantastical Science Fiction/Adventure series, it was more focused on delivering information and history lessons to viewers, rather than you know...fiction. An Unearthly Child is perhaps the most obvious attempt at this history stuff, as much of it focus' on the characters of cavemen and cavewomen, which I thought was weird in my younger years, as I , like almost every other human being on the planet, was much more fascinated with this 'Doctor' character.
William Hartnell is the original and (as far as we know at least) the first incarnation of the Timelord known as The Doctor here, and despite the lack of exploration into his character, he does a fine job barking at the character of Ian whilst giving a slightly gentler barking tone to Susan, his granddaughter. Although Hartnell is a fine Doctor, it's clear that he was almost too old to play a leading character at this point in time, the poor guy can barely navigate through the junkyard set, yet alone face cavemen. Although, he knows how to talk his way out of a tense situation, which is essential to almost any Doctor.
The story runs a little too long at points, with the cavemen thing as I talked about before, pushing the runtime of the serials a little too long to be tight. Although the first Doctor Who adventure is not perhaps the most ambitious one, it is a fun and entertaining one at that, delivering our very first taste to a show that is almost 50 years old now!
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