Sunday, October 30, 2011
Wait for it....
Due to me having a massive midterm on Tuesday, I'm laying off the Doctor Who until after its done. However, to make up for all the time lost, on Wednesday I'm going to do a review of the rest of The Web Planet serial. It'll be long, rambling, and hopefully include a few more screenshots. See you on Wednesday!
Friday, October 28, 2011
Classic Doctor Who: The Web Planet Part 1
The Web Planet
Oh boy. This is a bad one. Doctor Who often gets mocked for the Daleks, with their plunger and whisk arms, but this episode takes it to a new level. The gang gets stuck on a planet, with no life as far as they can see. Us viewers however, are treated to the wonderful sight of the aliens of this piece.
While they're standing around talking, Vicki suddenly grabs her head as the monsters suddenly appear (for us, not the crew), and begin making sounds that sound like a cross between dial-up and a siren. Kudos to the sound crew for making such a unique language, but it gets a little bit annoying. The Doctor realizes that Vicki must be hearing an 'extra-sonic sound, that thing that young people and young animals hear' (yes, that is the actual quote). Vicki and Barbara stay in the TARDIS, which Ian and the Doctor get to go out to investigate and explore the planet.
Meanwhile, back in the TARDIS, Barbara decides to give Vicki a sedative to get her to sleep. Instead of nicely complying, she starts arguing with Barbara, and reveals that in the Earth she is from (the future), taking a pill is just as barbaric as leeches are to us, and that she studied medicine, chemistry and physics when she was 10. Of course, she did it all in 1 hour a week, on a 'machine'. Man, I wish our computers were that useful. When she finally gets to take the pills, it turns out they're aspirin.
The Doctor, outside exploring, asks Ian for his pen. However, when Ian takes out his gold pen, it vanishes into the air! Then they discover that the planet very easily makes strange echoes. Ian feels like hes being watched, but the Doctor dismisses his fears, saying that if he had heard Ian, he'd probably come investigate as well. The scene cuts away as they run off, back to Barbara, who is sitting, idly cleaning up the TARDIS. Suddenly, her arm starts acting on its own, trying to get outside! Her arm, with a gold bracelet on it. Managing to resist the urge to follow her arm and go outside, she goes and sits with Vicki, who lies there and talks until she notices Barbara's arm doing it again! Barbara tries and explains it, but gives up and storms away, obviously slightly terrified.
The Doctor and Ian, out exploring still, stumble across a pyramid, something that was clearly built. Ian finds a pool of what he thinks is water, and in a surprisingly stupid move for a science teacher, goes to drink some without testing it at all. Luckily, the Doctor stops him at the last moment, and they quickly realize that what they thought was water was actually acid. The Doctor begins walking off, listing all the strange things they've found about this planet, "echoes, interference, gold, and now acid!" He doesn't explain what it means of course, he just says that its very strange. Ian turning back to look at the pool, notices a splash in it, but somehow utterly fails to notice the large insectoid creature on top of a rock creeping away from the pool. He calls the Doctor back over and swears that he saw lights! Lights in the pool! Rather then get distracted by this, the Doctor reminds Ian that they are there to find out the cause of the interference, and to stay focused. Just then, the annoying sound starts up again, but this time, they all can hear it. In the TARDIS, things begin spinning, the doors open, and Barbara is dragged outside by her own arm. The Doctor realizes that the noises must be messages, and that if they can find the source of the noise, they can find the source of the interference.
Vicki wakes up in the TARDIS to find Barbara gone, and the Doctor and Ian still not back. She begins shouting for her out the still open doors, and the Doctor and Ian, hearing her echoes, start running back to the ship. Ian, running ahead, runs right into a net, which I think is supposed to be a web, and gets caught, imploring the Doctor to go back to ship. Barbara meanwhile, is being pulled right towards the acid pool, which is now bubbling and foaming. As the Doctor begins running back to the ship, the TARDIS begins to lurch and roll around, causing Vicki to stumble into the control console, and make the TARDIS take off! The Doctor arrives back at the site, and with a truly heartbroken look, simply says "My ship...my TARDIS".
Edit: Just a heads up, there will be no new post today, I'll start posting again on Saturday.
Oh boy. This is a bad one. Doctor Who often gets mocked for the Daleks, with their plunger and whisk arms, but this episode takes it to a new level. The gang gets stuck on a planet, with no life as far as they can see. Us viewers however, are treated to the wonderful sight of the aliens of this piece.
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| Giant bugsuits. Very obvious, paper mache bugsuits. |
While they're standing around talking, Vicki suddenly grabs her head as the monsters suddenly appear (for us, not the crew), and begin making sounds that sound like a cross between dial-up and a siren. Kudos to the sound crew for making such a unique language, but it gets a little bit annoying. The Doctor realizes that Vicki must be hearing an 'extra-sonic sound, that thing that young people and young animals hear' (yes, that is the actual quote). Vicki and Barbara stay in the TARDIS, which Ian and the Doctor get to go out to investigate and explore the planet.
Meanwhile, back in the TARDIS, Barbara decides to give Vicki a sedative to get her to sleep. Instead of nicely complying, she starts arguing with Barbara, and reveals that in the Earth she is from (the future), taking a pill is just as barbaric as leeches are to us, and that she studied medicine, chemistry and physics when she was 10. Of course, she did it all in 1 hour a week, on a 'machine'. Man, I wish our computers were that useful. When she finally gets to take the pills, it turns out they're aspirin.
The Doctor, outside exploring, asks Ian for his pen. However, when Ian takes out his gold pen, it vanishes into the air! Then they discover that the planet very easily makes strange echoes. Ian feels like hes being watched, but the Doctor dismisses his fears, saying that if he had heard Ian, he'd probably come investigate as well. The scene cuts away as they run off, back to Barbara, who is sitting, idly cleaning up the TARDIS. Suddenly, her arm starts acting on its own, trying to get outside! Her arm, with a gold bracelet on it. Managing to resist the urge to follow her arm and go outside, she goes and sits with Vicki, who lies there and talks until she notices Barbara's arm doing it again! Barbara tries and explains it, but gives up and storms away, obviously slightly terrified.
The Doctor and Ian, out exploring still, stumble across a pyramid, something that was clearly built. Ian finds a pool of what he thinks is water, and in a surprisingly stupid move for a science teacher, goes to drink some without testing it at all. Luckily, the Doctor stops him at the last moment, and they quickly realize that what they thought was water was actually acid. The Doctor begins walking off, listing all the strange things they've found about this planet, "echoes, interference, gold, and now acid!" He doesn't explain what it means of course, he just says that its very strange. Ian turning back to look at the pool, notices a splash in it, but somehow utterly fails to notice the large insectoid creature on top of a rock creeping away from the pool. He calls the Doctor back over and swears that he saw lights! Lights in the pool! Rather then get distracted by this, the Doctor reminds Ian that they are there to find out the cause of the interference, and to stay focused. Just then, the annoying sound starts up again, but this time, they all can hear it. In the TARDIS, things begin spinning, the doors open, and Barbara is dragged outside by her own arm. The Doctor realizes that the noises must be messages, and that if they can find the source of the noise, they can find the source of the interference.
Vicki wakes up in the TARDIS to find Barbara gone, and the Doctor and Ian still not back. She begins shouting for her out the still open doors, and the Doctor and Ian, hearing her echoes, start running back to the ship. Ian, running ahead, runs right into a net, which I think is supposed to be a web, and gets caught, imploring the Doctor to go back to ship. Barbara meanwhile, is being pulled right towards the acid pool, which is now bubbling and foaming. As the Doctor begins running back to the ship, the TARDIS begins to lurch and roll around, causing Vicki to stumble into the control console, and make the TARDIS take off! The Doctor arrives back at the site, and with a truly heartbroken look, simply says "My ship...my TARDIS".
Edit: Just a heads up, there will be no new post today, I'll start posting again on Saturday.
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