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Many households in the UK continued to watch TV in Black and White. It wasn't seen as an essential back then. Many who owned their sets and were not on rental contracts didn't catch up with colour till the mid seventies when their B&W set packed up. We got ours late '76.

I saw this before Curse Of Peladon when I was four so loved it at the time and for some reason I edited out of my memory the weaker points of these stories so was quite surprised when I rewatched this years later as an adult. Personally I don’t feel that Pertwee went of the boil at any point in his later seasons. Pertwee interpretation of the role had a very strong presence and identity that still overshadows many of the later incarnations. For me, the casting of the first four Doctors were the most inspired choices for role.

I’m one of those heretics that prefers Monster to Curse.

Chris I’m feeling the same right now rewatching all of classic who <3

Always thought that this was the most pointless Doctor Who story ever! Only there, as Terrance Dicks would say, to avoid BBC1 being forced to play the test card on six Saturday evenings!

I love Death To The Daleks.

strongest contender thus far for 1 star. semi-surprised it didn't get it

You get to see Sarah think the Doctor is dead not once, but twice in the same story. The mining unionizing stuff is kind of cool. And so is the very childishly handled feminism. But it's so recycled and so unimpressive a story, with less going on in six parts than the first Peladon story had in 4, it just really barely floats. Still, it's not the worst of Who to me. It's still charming and fun enough despite all its faults to make sense to me as 3-5 out of 10 rating. Which I suppose is what a 2 out of 5 is. But it does rate the lowest of any Third Doctor era story to me. The real stinkers of the 70s in Who mostly come from a few of the big failures in the Graham Williams era. Letts and Dicks generally really maintained a steady boat with entertaining episodes. The highs of the Tom Baker era are often higher too though, for me.

Oh no! The Badger Hair. I had forgotten how bad that looked.

The Doctor doesn't exactly yell the "stop, don't move" line, Jon Pertwee delivers it in the most nonchalant way possible, as though even he isn't making any attempt at selling it, which is part of what makes it hilarious

I'd turn up to my own wedding in some jogging bottoms and a sloppy shirt but I always show up to Marathon Man wearing a full Dolce suit.

That time the Daleks were terrorised by a Vacuum Cleaner.

A painful second half of the series. Not as bad as Death to the Daleks tho’! 😬

This one was definitely a step down from Curse of Peladon, but it was solidly the middle of the road for me. Sarah and the Doctor do well in this at least. Just another in a row of good ideas, bad execution imo

One of the best parts of the original Paeledon story was the suberversion of making the Ice Warriors the good guys. Making their people feel more indepth rather than just being generic doctor who bad guy Aliens. Aaaaand then this story comes around and screews that all up by making them the generic evil Doctor Who Aliens again

The most redundant story of all time. It's too similar to the original, but not as good - and now dragged over six episodes! It's production code says it all - YYY. Still, it's not terrible - just pointless and very skippable. Al least it's argueably the last really dull Doctor Who story until Underworld. That "awful" guard is Terry Walsh - Doctor Who legend.

The King's champion had a bigger part in the prequel,here his equivalent dies quite early 🎩

Let's do the exact same thing as last time, only longer and with all the interesting twists reversed. Two stories in a row that are just repeating themselves. I suppose we can be grateful that Death to the Daleks wasn't six episodes long. After one of the best series ever it's hard not to feel that everyone's given up and we have a show in desperate need of reinvention. Luckily...

I loved the Monster on Peladon target novel as a kid. When I finally watched it on VHS I still loved the story. It's often disliked but I find it enjoyable and holds my attention.

A low point for me too this story - when I plod through this story on my own marathons, I pick up instead on the costumes, novel hair of the miners, Elizabeth Sladen's performance, the Queen's purple and always nice to see the hexapod. That just about gets me through.

Big Finnish Audio, has returned to Peladon, and a few novels with other future Doctor's. I've not experienced many of these, maybe 3. And, this story could loose at least two episodes. There are a few elements that I like, Sarah Jane, keeping the Martians until mid-point,....yet, I agree with your review. I believe the VHS of this story was one of the first to not be kept in stock, and fans had to pay big money if they really wanted it.

For all its shortcomings I think even the rough bits of Death to the Daleks is charming, the exact opposite of Destiny of the Daleks.

This one has a really strong first episode, but the moment the Daleks show up it goes downhill. I wish this could have been better because it sounds like a GREAT idea on paper.

Did you time this to drop around the time that Review of Death’s did?

Only seen this once, when first buying the DVD, and struggled with it beyond Part One! Yes, like all the historicals, they're beautifuly acted, directed and written but....they're not really what I got into "Doctor Who" for!

I loved this story as a kid. Target novel cover was fantastic

Aside from The Green Death, Season 11 was my introduction to Doctor Who and I have very fond memories of it. I still enjoy watching this. Monster Of Peladon is the only story that I find a bit of a slog although there are some lovely moments in that too.

This is one of my favorite Pertwee-era stories. It’s interesting to see how strong Sarah Jane’s character was in the beginning and how she was “toned down” more by the end of her classic era run. I started watching “The Sarah Jane Adventures” this weekend. By contrast, the first episode of the series could have been better. Lis Sladen, as always, played her part well, despite the eccentricities added to the characterization (which didn’t seem true to the classic era SJ). But as in “The Time Warrior,” SJ takes an active role in saving the day.

I love the first half of the first episode, with its dark and foreboding atmosphere. If they could have managed to maintain that atmosphere throughout the entire story, this could easily have been one of my favorite Pertwee stories. (To do that, however, would have probably necessitated a villain other than the Daleks.) If it had been the Doctor vs. the Exillons vs. the city, that might have been more interesting.

Mind if I call it quits at Survival? I’m trying to watch a lotta shows

I agree, I think it largely goes downhill after moving from the spaceship! One of those stories that should really have been a four parter!

Death of the Daleks is one of my favourite Dalek stories. I bought it on DVD in 2012.

Yeah, I can’t love this one. Very boring and any charm it has cannot gloss over how cheap it looks. Imagine a world in which there were no Dalek stories between Troughtons last (forgot the name) and Genesis. I don’t think Pertwee would have suffered- but maybe the ratings would have.

I agree with you and then some on this one mate. I'm surprised you didn't go into a lot of the other major problems this has, like the laughable effects and creature designs, the atrocious incidental music (my least favourite score of any Doctor Who story), and the utter joke it makes of the Daleks throughout (bursting into flames after being beaten with sticks and immediately committing suicide for no apparent reason upon discovering that their prisoners have escaped). This doesn't bore me silly unlike The Mutants, so I can't quite call it my least favourite Pertwee story, but it is definitely the low point of what already turns out to be a pretty lackluster final season in my opinion.

Believe it or not 'the tiled floor of death' was my earliest memory of Doctor Who. Maybe I was so young I'd never seen one before! lol

60th Anniversary Doctor Who Marathon...Take 2 "Season 2" TV stories The Time Meddler (10/10) The Dalek Invasion of Earth (9/10) The Romans (9/10) The Rescue (9/10) The Crusade (8/10) The Chase (7/10) The Space Museum (7/10) Planet of Giants (7/10) The Web Planet (4/10) The Daleks were much improved this season as villains. Definitely the standout. Also special shout-out to the Zarbi. Who were a huge menace to the 4th wall. The best and most useful Tardis allies were the Xerons from the Space Museum. I will very much miss Ian and Barbara as companions. However Vicki and Steven are strong replacements. Susan I haven't been missing much sadly. The most I can hope for for Susan's character outside of 8th Doctor Big Finish stories is if RTD manages to actually do anything with her in Series 15. Big Finish The Invention of Death (10/10) Tick-tock World (10/10) The Golden Crown (10/10) The Destination Wars (9/10) The Great White Hurricane (9/10) The Unwinding World (8/10) Barbarians and the Samurai(8/10) For the Glory of Urth (7/10) The Phoenicians (6/10) The First Doctor Adventures range is very good, although the historicals are a bit weak compared to the sci fi stories. Jamie Glover as Ian is probably the roughest of the replacement actors but he didn't bring me out of the story at all. He's actually quite good all things considered. As a "First" Master story, the Destination Wars is quite underwhelming although I very much liked the story itself. And Ian and Barbara managing to outwit the Master is exactly something I would expect. Also wanted to mention that Amanda Hurwitz as "Mummy" sounds a great deal like an older Bette Davis. Companion rankings Barbara Wright Ian Chesterton Vicki Steven Taylor Susan

I love the Letts/Dicks era but, somehow, they never did the Daleks right. In fact, Pertwee, despite vying with Tom as the all-time greatest, is the only Doctor to not have at least a 4* Dalek story in my opinion.

I have really fond memories of this one. The whole sequence at the start with the power drain, the oil lamp, the bloody head injury, Sarah being left alone - really atmospheric and etched into my fan brain. A heady mix of youth, the grainy VHS and the Target novelisation elevating everything!

planet of the return of the revenge of the invasion of the master of the dalek of the daleks

An uninspired remake of Planet of the Daleks, that was itself a remake of Dr Who and the Daleks, but at least it got away with it there due to nostalgia and the fact that we haven't seen anything like it in years. This is just lazy and uninspired, everyone on autopilot, and suggests that if theres nothing interesting to do with the Daleks then we might as well not have them

Of course, the only reason The Doctor is right here is that we all know that the Aztecs didn't cease human sacrifices and thus were rather vulnerable to the arriving Spaniards, leading to the end of their civilisation! For the same reason, many years later, RTD introduced fixwd points in time! I first encountered the story in the archive section of "Doctor Who Weekly" when, not having heard of the Azrecs themselves, and being a little confused by Marco Polo, genuinely thought that this was an alien planet! And it is really, the most alien...and terrifying....of all the Doctor Who historicals!

I remember watching it aged seven quite terrified by the scene where the Exillons prepare to sacrifice Sarah. I also found The Doctor and the Daleks being forced to work together fascinating! Feels very much a darker variant of "Planet Of The Daleks", The Doctor's relationship with the Thals being far more homely and Fatherly than with the humans here! Yes, I think Belal must rank alongside Duggen as "should have been companions!"

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I've only watched this episode once, and I have mentally struggled to bring myself to watch this episode again. This is by far my least favourite Jon Pertwee episode, for all of the reasons you said. I think on the DVD trailer and when I saw this episode mentioned in other DVD specials, this was always portrayed as, 'the one where the Daleks couldn't kill.' That I thought was inspired and infinitely interesting. I really wanted to see how it compared to the scene with the Ninth Doctor and the Metaltron in Dalek (2005). So, I felt the lost potential when Terry Nation almost immediately got rid of this interesting element almost as soon as it was introduced, so that he could phone it in instead. There was far much more depth with the Ninth Doctor and the Metaltron, that it was sad for this episode to glaze it over. Oh and your, '50% of tiled floors,' was inspired!

My favorite little bit that makes me laugh is the Daleks having TARDIS targets. Did some Dalek in a planning meeting say they should have little model TARDIS targets and they all said good idea in their Dalek voices?

This story had various external factors that influenced my thinking. The Radio Times 10th anniversary special in 1973 gave us advance spoilers of the titles and synopsis of the season 11 stories So it made no sense to just call episode one Invasion when we already knew. I was of an age when I didn’t want cringeworthy monsters and not old enough to enjoy the adult story line being told. So this story didn’t do it for me at all. Then I visited the first Blackpool exhibition and the dinosaur models were fantastic and well presented. We then got the Dinosaur Invasion novel with the superb cover by Chris Achilleos (klack!). I started to have a soft spot for the dinosaurs and to be fair some of the shots are very good. This story was the final VHS release by the BBC in 2003 with episode one in glorious black and white. By this timeI appreciated the story more and more. I love what they do with Mike Yates and I really like him. Also interesting that you didn’t comment on the fact we have Martin Jarvis here last seen (or not) in the Web Planet. So nowadays I love this story including its faults.i do think it’s Malcolm Hulke's best story and shame it was his last.It was during the screening of this story that Jon Pertwee announced he was leaving and I was shell shocked. But I also realised I was changing. Shortly after this season ended I was to turn into a teenager. But more importantly I upgraded from being a regular viewer into a fan.

Brilliant debut for SJS. You seem to be cranking up the pace with these. My series is almost done, Series 11 this weekend and then done by September! The Classic Era has most of the best stories and this is one of my faves.

This story is a jewel in the crown not just of the Third Doctor, but the entire show. Bob Holmes was such a genius!

Sorry for falling a bit behind. This is probably my favourite Master story I love him pretending to be the authority figure to put The Doctor on the back foot. By this point this era can't really do any wrong for me.

Lost media is always bittersweet. because if it never existed, we wouldn't care about it as much most likely