 |  | Daleks, and Cavemen, and Kahn... Oh My |  |
Having watched only the new Doctor Who series (2005-2008 I think), I was worried this old production wouldn't compare, and largely it doesn't. That's not to say this is at all a waste of time, rather it seems so alien to my conceptions of the Doctor and TARDIS and Daleks that it was at first, a little off putting. As the intrepid Children of Time (two school teachers, and the doctors granddaughter) struggled to make fire in antediluvian earth I became concerned about the tone. Fortunately as soon as they had escaped the clutches of the cavemen, They encountered a dead and alien world. Terrifying at first, and even more so when the the first part of The Mutants ends climatically with an off screen foe brandishing an all too familiar plunger. From then on the show was Who through and through, and I loved it.
I even feel the old doctor bears an odd resemblance to a much older David Tennat, who is as it were MY Doctor. The whoniverse is born, and is a sight to behold. I heartily recommend this collection to any fan of RTD's newest incarnation.
Brilliant!
September 11, 2008| | | Easy to forget how good they were... | |
It's really very easy to dismiss what a perfect storm came together in the 1963 to create the worlds longest running sci-fi progamme that became an institution. At 27 year old first time producer (Lambert), an out of work playwright (Nation), an aging tough guy (Hartnell), and a budget close to nothing, which they nearly blow through on the first two stories. See the beginning of it all.
August 18, 2008Doctor Who - The Beginning CollectionAn excellent DVD to see the very beginnings of Dr. Who. Just as entertaining as the most recent.
June 28, 2008This is Doctor Who. The beginning. The essence. It all begins here. This is must have Who. The set is a collection of three storeis, and all three are gems. An Unearthly Child tends to get overlooked because the Daleks put the show on the map, but it is a brilliant episode that starts things off. It is hughly entertaining and holds up better than most Who episodes because it is one of the historical episodes(pity those were abandoned for a long time). Watch the character of the Doctor really evolve here from paranoid traveller, to fearful, to protector. The Edge of Destruction, a 2 parter, is also routinely overlooked, but it should not be. How many shows could succesfuly pull off an entire episode in one room. It is one of the scariest episoded ever and again allows the characters and their relationships with one another evolve. As for the dalek episode....it is a classic.
June 19, 2008I was getting ready to buy this, then i looked up the episode guide. There are suposed to be 30 episodes in all for the first doctor. Not 4!!!!!!!!!! It should be around 15 hours with each episode being about 30 minutes. When someone gets smart and finally starts to put all episodes/seasons of the old ones in 1 package each, ONLY then will i buy them!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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