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This is the part of this series that I have been waiting for and dreading. Hearing fan's views of this era is such as a shame, because this era of the show was such fun and I love the dynamic of Sylvester, Sophie and Bonnie.
I don't like season 24 but love 25 and 26. 26 is one of my all time fave series in the classic series. Wish Cartmel had time to realise his ideas and plans.
Sylvester McCoy is the most underrated Doctor and still one of my favs. with more money and BBC not watering down the show. We would be talking about Sylvester McCoy as one of the great Doctors. With Ace in the next season he shows why
Thank you for such a positive overview of S24. I know you had to acknowledge the negativity surrounding it (from the press and sections of fandom) but I'll grateful you didn't dwell on it. I've always found S24 to be a fun, pleasant run of stories, like a lovely, sweet fizzy wine.
I watched the Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker series from behind the couch in the United States with my parents on PBS back in the day. The Genesis of the Daleks is intense stuff for a 5 year old. PBS always showed the really great episodes whenever they were having donation drives (they are publicly funded). I'd like to go back see some of the 5th - 7th doctor episodes since I've never seen any of them. One thing I think is really awesome is that Ace wears a patch on her jacket that was the flight patch for the space shuttle challenger on the mission when it was destroyed during launch. The disaster happened in 1986 so it would have been a year before the episodes were shown. I think it was a very classy thing for the producers of the show and the BBC to do.
Doctor who was having a hard time during the final 5 years in the series. The television industries at the time were used to making soap dramas, adaptations of Shakespeare plays and reality TV shows
Mel being attacked by the pool cleaning robot is my earliest memory of Doctor Who. I love this season! It’s fun and colourful but has an incredibly high death count! 😁
Given the very public damage from the previous couple seasons, and the scheduling positioning it as a sacrificial target against Corrie, it's tough to think what genuinely could've happened to really boost this one back to previous levels. Nothing short of a big international star, major cash injection, re-positioning as one of the top BBC cornerstones and new creative minds coming in could've turned things around enough. Almost none of that was ever going to happen in 1987. The BBC no longer cared much, they certainly weren't interested in financial or development improvements, the show had suffered and JNT had had the stuffing knocked out of him. Season 24 was a work of last minute desperation, in which the victory was as much in getting the season completed and broadcast. Thankfully we did get the creative minds. Even with the general public interest dwindling away, in terms of quality and against the odds, the show still had an Indian summer ahead of it.
given Michael Grade's love of Doctor Who, he probably scheduled Doctor Who against Coronation Street to get low ratings to give him a good reason to cancel the show, i reckon if it aired on Saturdays, the ratings could have been higher
1987 a great year Especially when the MJ album Bad came around after 5 years back in 1982 when Thriller a huge awesome success every MJ album was great
Great article. The thing i keep in mind is that the show was delivering the remit given to them by the BBC management to make the show more humorous and tone down the violence. it did that. the scenes with the Rani impersonating Mel are funny and fun to watch if you watch it with a mindset that this is, as you have said, taking itself less seriously and having a bit more fun and humour. later series during Tom Baker’s run focused greatly on humour and although some later said it had gotten too silly, I loved the fun and lightness of touch.
Paradise Towers influenced by JG Ballard's recently filmed 1975 novel High-Rise? There are cleaning contraptions but not cleaning robots as in Judge Dredd..
@@AdamMartyn Indeed Adam! BTW I noticed that on your video on the scene taken from Open Air, you can see for a few seconds Sylvester McCoy taking a call from Holland of all places? I'm not going to lie that is very surprising to me!
Great work Adam, my first ever series watched on broadcast when I was 6 years old. (Paradise Towers onwards.) A blessing or a curse, but still a fan to this day. Keep up the good work.
This was the problem with Doctor Who by this stage. The actors they had as companions were better known for children's television, and for some of us of a certain age, it kind of devalued what was once seen as a contemporary sci-fi/fantasy series that you could easily suspend your willing of disbelief for. Then, when they cast the Doctor with another actor who was again, a former children's entertainer, it was kind of the final straw. Despite not having taken a vested interest in the show for a year or so, by this time, I did still dip my toe in the waters of what was Doctor Who, but always came away feeling somewhat disappointed. I can't blame the actors, of course, or even the producers. They could only really work with what they had. The BBC had basically had it in for the show for a number of years and were very restrictive with the budget allocated, and as such, they had to move into areas away from what was considered a more purist form of sci-fi/fantasy. The result was something more akin to a children's show styled after Doctor Who. 'Rentaghost in space.'
I grew up with Dr Who from Tom Baker. Baker was and still is one of my childhood heroes. I stayed with it through Davidson's time and Colin Baker's but it was the second episode of Dragonfire (and that literal cliff hanger ending) which I finally bowed out after seeing the quality of the show decline year by year, Doctor by Doctor and I do feel that JNT was a significant contributing factor to that decline. When I heard that it had been axed, I was relieved that the show had finally been put out of its misery.
The mccoy era's timing was problematic in our house, as it coincided with the exact same time coronation street (or emerdale - i forget) was on the tv on the other side.. Thus my mum would win out. And I'd have to go watch on my dads tiny 8" black and white tv in the shed (Which in winter months - as much as my love for the doc, was never gonna happen) EDIT : Oh, I should stop posting before I've watched everything :D
Amazing video yet again. Season 24 is an odd one. I have so much fun with Time And The Rani, Paradise Towers I really don’t get on with, for me it’s too cringeworthy and not entertaining. Delta And The Bannermen I don’t really know what to make of. But Dragonfire ends the season well. It’s such a shame seeing how the show had lost favour in the public as McCoy’s era is fantastic. Also, R.I.P Tony Selby (Glitz)
Once again, bravo Adam. The last and this season are my least favourite in the shows history, this season being the very worst. There’s lots of things effects wise getting better but the historic soul of the programme isn’t there. This is the second regeneration story not working, that is a narratively damaging trajectory for the show. In his first episode Sylvester isn’t in any way The Doctor, he misses almost every characterful beat. He’ll quickly get better but this isn’t great audience ‘optics’ for the series. The two Mel’s is a terrible thing to have done. Of course Kate O’Mara isn’t taking the piss but the way Bonnie’s Mel is dramatically (or more importantly not), placed within the adventure and how she’s made to over perform, it makes it look like a too campy piss take (it’s far more shrill Monty Python than anything approaching sci-fi). Such a creatively short sighted thing to have done. Paradise Towers is such a missed opportunity Richard Briers and Delta’s Ken Dodd are wrong. A sense of the old show creeps into Dragonfire, but by then it’s all too late. I actually can’t watch this season and it’s the only run of shows making me consistently squirm. Thankfully the first story of the next season will change everything, but this twaddle has tragically been witnessed. I would say five million viewers against CS isn’t too bad, not to shabby at all. The show is intellectually shabby though and has been for two seasons now. Magnificently constructed content though Adam, love this series of historically informative vids. Gx
Episode 1 of Time of cliffhanger is one of my favourites, despite Mels screaming, I think anyone would’ve reacted in the same way. A trailer resolution of what happened kinda burst my bubble however, I wanted Sarn and Ikona to meet again
It seems every change in the Beeb's schedule was designed to deliberately scuttle a sinking ship. Grade was an executioner for the show who never had any faith in it, and seemed to go out of his way to sabotage it.
Another great video Adam! Upset to see the low viewing figures. Of course it was Michael Grade’s idea to put Doccy Who up against Corrie. Why am I even surprised? Either way, I actually really like Season 24 and that opinion is entirely thanks to the release of the Boxset. Time and the Rani is my ultimate guilty pleasure. I used to hate Paradise Towers and I hate myself for hating it as it is such a great story. I unironically love Delta and the Bannermen so much (I prefer it to the Aztecs 😬). I’m not too fussed on Dragonfire but I do still like it and I love Glitz (RIP Tony Selby)
It seems that the stories with the best ratings are occurring *after* the best stories of the season. The bad stories get rewarded by the better story before it.
Delta and the Bannermen was the story that finally broke me. Although I like McCoy who was a huge upgrade from poor Colin Baker - the production values were so pathetic it felt at times like a fan made video. Who’s idea was it to have Stubby Kaye wear 80’s designed New York Yankees cap and jacket in a story set in 1959? Lazy job. Then the little green kid? Unwatchable.
@@AdamMartyn it’s on the shelf… just waiting to be gotten round to…. Eventually. I’m still making my way through the Season 10 boxset, that’s taken me several months. I don’t get much blu-ray watching time.
poor colin baker, in a recent interview, said at the time in 1987... he did take it personally, that either he thought that he let the fans down, and that JNT did not want to be the exec producer anymore,so made an excuse in *hindsight* we know there was many factors behind the show.eventually having a hitatus and the soap operas, dramas becoming *priotisted during that period* the director general, wanted the programme gone or finished, so did not want too fund it... but also had a * enormous backlash from the fans to return it*.. terrible writing like timeslip, and mediocre ones like twin dilemma, and great ones like vengance on varos.. the trial was a massive risk* , no great suprise fans turned off for the complicated storylines and drama going on behind the camera , the missing season would have been better, that lost until recently on *big finish audio*... so colin either resigned, was pushed ,sacked....by JNT ,,,,then came sylvester mcoy.... as crisis behind the camera, was ongoing... eric saward, resigned.... and cartmell tried his best, to * invigorate a show in crisis, mediocre stories like time and the rani and great ones like silver nemesis, rem of the daleks... yes, the moving around of the time and schedules, did nothing too help the *show close to cancellation and underfunded, also it really showed.... that JNT probably wanted to move on, but had no replacement...
Season 24 is a weird one, it's wacky fun and terrible at the same time haha, not much else i can say. Time and the rani - 2/10 Paradise towers - 5/10 Delta and the bannermen - 5/10 Dragonfire - 4/10
This was one of the lowest ebb for the dr for me the stories was dire 😔 delta and bannerman was the only saving grace the awful first two stories and mel made it like a pantomime the only saving grace was ace was on the way and seasons 25 and 26
I always find it baffling that British had difficulty with the levels of violence on Doctor Who. Maybe it's my being born and raised in USA, but I never once batted an eye at the violence in Doctor Who. It never close to being too intense. Threatening someone with a knife is something I see TV every day on shows such as Incredible Hulk, Bionic Woman, C.H.I.P.S., Starsky & Hutch, etc.
@@AdamMartyn The BBC's centenary is next year, as is the 10th anniversary of the end of Ceefax! So, I'd have a word with Tim Davie after the party decorations are taken down! Also, unless I missed it, you forgot to mention that because Colin Baker refused to return, Sylvester McCoy had to don a Colin Baker wig for the regeneration.
Delta and the Bannermen was by far the *worst* Doctor Who story I ever saw from the classic era. Laughably horrible. Utterly tedious. I like that you remain generally positive across your reviews, but you were way too merciful to Delta and the Bannermen.
Thank you all for watching Part 24 of my documentary series on the History of Doctor Who Viewing Figures!
Please don't forget to leave a like, comment your thoughts on Season 24, and subscribe to the channel if you haven't already! It really helps us out 😊
See you next time for Season 25!
This is the part of this series that I have been waiting for and dreading. Hearing fan's views of this era is such as a shame, because this era of the show was such fun and I love the dynamic of Sylvester, Sophie and Bonnie.
It is such a fun time isn't it! I guess it goes to show that with the passage of time harsh views can mellow out!
I don't like season 24 but love 25 and 26.
26 is one of my all time fave series in the classic series. Wish Cartmel had time to realise his ideas and plans.
Sylvester McCoy is the most underrated Doctor and still one of my favs. with more money and BBC not watering down the show. We would be talking about Sylvester McCoy as one of the great Doctors. With Ace in the next season he shows why
Certainly one of the most underrated! 3 years of Who gold if you ask me!
People forget,the budget was never increased and cruelly taken off Saturday nights,yet good STORIES and that what to focus on even today.
@@garyhewitt886 next season starts with one of my fav stories of all time new or classic.
Thank you for such a positive overview of S24. I know you had to acknowledge the negativity surrounding it (from the press and sections of fandom) but I'll grateful you didn't dwell on it. I've always found S24 to be a fun, pleasant run of stories, like a lovely, sweet fizzy wine.
Thanks pal! No point on dwelling on the negatives when this season has so much fun to offer! 😁
@@AdamMartyn Exactly this! S24 is the fun run of Who! :)
I watched the Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker series from behind the couch in the United States with my parents on PBS back in the day. The Genesis of the Daleks is intense stuff for a 5 year old. PBS always showed the really great episodes whenever they were having donation drives (they are publicly funded). I'd like to go back see some of the 5th - 7th doctor episodes since I've never seen any of them. One thing I think is really awesome is that Ace wears a patch on her jacket that was the flight patch for the space shuttle challenger on the mission when it was destroyed during launch. The disaster happened in 1986 so it would have been a year before the episodes were shown. I think it was a very classy thing for the producers of the show and the BBC to do.
Doctor who was having a hard time during the final 5 years in the series. The television industries at the time were used to making soap dramas, adaptations of Shakespeare plays and reality TV shows
Mel being attacked by the pool cleaning robot is my earliest memory of Doctor Who. I love this season! It’s fun and colourful but has an incredibly high death count! 😁
What an ace first memory of the show to have! 😁🥳
R.I.P. Tony Selby. He literally died 12 days ago.
Indeed he did. I had already finished the video when the news broke, but his work lives on 💙
Given the very public damage from the previous couple seasons, and the scheduling positioning it as a sacrificial target against Corrie, it's tough to think what genuinely could've happened to really boost this one back to previous levels. Nothing short of a big international star, major cash injection, re-positioning as one of the top BBC cornerstones and new creative minds coming in could've turned things around enough.
Almost none of that was ever going to happen in 1987. The BBC no longer cared much, they certainly weren't interested in financial or development improvements, the show had suffered and JNT had had the stuffing knocked out of him. Season 24 was a work of last minute desperation, in which the victory was as much in getting the season completed and broadcast.
Thankfully we did get the creative minds. Even with the general public interest dwindling away, in terms of quality and against the odds, the show still had an Indian summer ahead of it.
given Michael Grade's love of Doctor Who, he probably scheduled Doctor Who against Coronation Street to get low ratings to give him a good reason to cancel the show, i reckon if it aired on Saturdays, the ratings could have been higher
Does make you wonder if things could have been different if the show was given a fair chance in terms of scheduling!
i would like to think against something other than Coronation Street, Doctor Who might have got better ratings
If it was Friday-Sunday, the ratings could have at least have been increased by 0.5-1 million viewers.
1987 a great year
Especially when the MJ album Bad came around after 5 years back in 1982 when Thriller a huge awesome success every MJ album was great
Great video Adam! Season 24 is certainly underrated and I really enjoy it, I also love Delta especially as it was my first 7th Doctor story.
Thanks Zak! Delta is SO much fun! Epitomises the idea of a laid back good time! 😁
Great article. The thing i keep in mind is that the show was delivering the remit given to them by the BBC management to make the show more humorous and tone down the violence. it did that. the scenes with the Rani impersonating Mel are funny and fun to watch if you watch it with a mindset that this is, as you have said, taking itself less seriously and having a bit more fun and humour. later series during Tom Baker’s run focused greatly on humour and although some later said it had gotten too silly, I loved the fun and lightness of touch.
Love this Review of the series, my favourite story of Season 24 is Dragonfire
You know what would be extra meta once this series is concluded: a look back at the viewing figures for the Viewing Figures Series!
That would be extremely meta wouldn't it 😂
@@AdamMartyn Honestly I would probably watch it
Not going to lie, I really think I'd have loved this season as a kid! Great video my love - looking forward to watching Season 25's vid! 😘 Xxxx
We need to watch the box set STAT! 👀😁 And thank you my love! I think you'll enjoy S25 too! 😘 xxx
Paradise Towers influenced by JG Ballard's recently filmed 1975 novel High-Rise? There are cleaning contraptions but not cleaning robots as in Judge Dredd..
Poor McCoy
This era of the show should have been broadcast at 4.30pm on Childrens BBC before Grange HIll.
Oh man, a new Doctor, and we are already at Season 24, which means 1987! It was also the year of A Momentary Lapse of Reason, a very cool album!
A very cool album indeed! 1987 was a good year pop culture wise I feel!
@@AdamMartyn Indeed Adam! BTW I noticed that on your video on the scene taken from Open Air, you can see for a few seconds Sylvester McCoy taking a call from Holland of all places? I'm not going to lie that is very surprising to me!
Great work Adam, my first ever series watched on broadcast when I was 6 years old. (Paradise Towers onwards.) A blessing or a curse, but still a fan to this day. Keep up the good work.
It's a wonderfully unique series that's for sure! And a cracking one to start off with! 😁 thank you for watching!
This was the problem with Doctor Who by this stage. The actors they had as companions were better known for children's television, and for some of us of a certain age, it kind of devalued what was once seen as a contemporary sci-fi/fantasy series that you could easily suspend your willing of disbelief for. Then, when they cast the Doctor with another actor who was again, a former children's entertainer, it was kind of the final straw. Despite not having taken a vested interest in the show for a year or so, by this time, I did still dip my toe in the waters of what was Doctor Who, but always came away feeling somewhat disappointed.
I can't blame the actors, of course, or even the producers. They could only really work with what they had. The BBC had basically had it in for the show for a number of years and were very restrictive with the budget allocated, and as such, they had to move into areas away from what was considered a more purist form of sci-fi/fantasy. The result was something more akin to a children's show styled after Doctor Who. 'Rentaghost in space.'
And did you call Delta and the Bannermen camp-y....? Carry on !
I grew up with Dr Who from Tom Baker. Baker was and still is one of my childhood heroes. I stayed with it through Davidson's time and Colin Baker's but it was the second episode of Dragonfire (and that literal cliff hanger ending) which I finally bowed out after seeing the quality of the show decline year by year, Doctor by Doctor and I do feel that JNT was a significant contributing factor to that decline. When I heard that it had been axed, I was relieved that the show had finally been put out of its misery.
The mccoy era's timing was problematic in our house, as it coincided with the exact same time coronation street (or emerdale - i forget) was on the tv on the other side.. Thus my mum would win out. And I'd have to go watch on my dads tiny 8" black and white tv in the shed (Which in winter months - as much as my love for the doc, was never gonna happen)
EDIT : Oh, I should stop posting before I've watched everything :D
Good video Adam
Amazing video yet again. Season 24 is an odd one. I have so much fun with Time And The Rani, Paradise Towers I really don’t get on with, for me it’s too cringeworthy and not entertaining. Delta And The Bannermen I don’t really know what to make of. But Dragonfire ends the season well. It’s such a shame seeing how the show had lost favour in the public as McCoy’s era is fantastic.
Also, R.I.P Tony Selby (Glitz)
Thanks Clacka!
Once again, bravo Adam. The last and this season are my least favourite in the shows history, this season being the very worst. There’s lots of things effects wise getting better but the historic soul of the programme isn’t there. This is the second regeneration story not working, that is a narratively damaging trajectory for the show. In his first episode Sylvester isn’t in any way The Doctor, he misses almost every characterful beat. He’ll quickly get better but this isn’t great audience ‘optics’ for the series. The two Mel’s is a terrible thing to have done. Of course Kate O’Mara isn’t taking the piss but the way Bonnie’s Mel is dramatically (or more importantly not), placed within the adventure and how she’s made to over perform, it makes it look like a too campy piss take (it’s far more shrill Monty Python than anything approaching sci-fi). Such a creatively short sighted thing to have done. Paradise Towers is such a missed opportunity Richard Briers and Delta’s Ken Dodd are wrong. A sense of the old show creeps into Dragonfire, but by then it’s all too late. I actually can’t watch this season and it’s the only run of shows making me consistently squirm. Thankfully the first story of the next season will change everything, but this twaddle has tragically been witnessed. I would say five million viewers against CS isn’t too bad, not to shabby at all. The show is intellectually shabby though and has been for two seasons now. Magnificently constructed content though Adam, love this series of historically informative vids. Gx
Brill thank u again
Cheers Phil!
Episode 1 of Time of cliffhanger is one of my favourites, despite Mels screaming, I think anyone would’ve reacted in the same way. A trailer resolution of what happened kinda burst my bubble however, I wanted Sarn and Ikona to meet again
Season 24 cliffhangers are some of my favourites!
@@AdamMartyn you can’t beat a sylvester twisted face expression
Hi Adam,
Will you be covering the viewership for the current Modern Era of Who?
Hi Erick!
I do plan to cover the modern era eventually yes! Probably going to start tackling it sometime in 2022!
It seems every change in the Beeb's schedule was designed to deliberately scuttle a sinking ship. Grade was an executioner for the show who never had any faith in it, and seemed to go out of his way to sabotage it.
Another great video Adam!
Upset to see the low viewing figures. Of course it was Michael Grade’s idea to put Doccy Who up against Corrie. Why am I even surprised?
Either way, I actually really like Season 24 and that opinion is entirely thanks to the release of the Boxset. Time and the Rani is my ultimate guilty pleasure. I used to hate Paradise Towers and I hate myself for hating it as it is such a great story. I unironically love Delta and the Bannermen so much (I prefer it to the Aztecs 😬). I’m not too fussed on Dragonfire but I do still like it and I love Glitz (RIP Tony Selby)
It seems that the stories with the best ratings are occurring *after* the best stories of the season.
The bad stories get rewarded by the better story before it.
Ray was gorgeous!
How Did You Bring Back Ceefax 888 Adam?
Great video.
Not gonna lie, this is my least favorite Doctor Who season. But you’re positivity has made me wanna give it another try.
Whenever I hear Ace, i sometimes think what if Ace Rimmer was the Doctor?
Amazing
Thank you!
ps, when did BBC viewer appreciation figures start being reported. I believe the BBC claimed it took a lot of store in those.
the 4 real titles were
1. waist of time (and the rani)
2. paraDIRE towars
3. delta and doddies diddymen
4. Dragonshite
I was 17 when this was out ,I couldn't watch any of it , absolute shite
@@valley_robot same here, it was painful.
Love this season
As do I! Hope you enjoy the video!
@@AdamMartyn I always do
Best thing on UA-cam I love it
Love that I'm not the only one who loves this season
@@AdamMartyn what's your thoughts on Mel
I love her! Love her energy and what she stands for!
@@AdamMartyn yay!!!!
Right I thought I was the only one who likes this season
And the only one who really liked Mel
So happy I'm not the only one 😂
Im havent seen any of stories from this season but Im planning to. I have seen some stories from season 25 and 25. They have been great/good.
You're in for a treat when you get round to Season 24! 😁
@@AdamMartyn Excellent =)
Delta and the Bannermen was the story that finally broke me. Although I like McCoy who was a huge upgrade from poor Colin Baker - the production values were so pathetic it felt at times like a fan made video.
Who’s idea was it to have Stubby Kaye wear 80’s designed New York Yankees cap and jacket in a story set in 1959? Lazy job. Then the little green kid? Unwatchable.
Agree 100%.
I did enjoy the next season though. I think they fixed a lot, but it was too late, Delta burned that bridge.
I don’t think I’ve seen a single story from this season 😮
Oh Phil you have to chuck on that S24 Blu-Ray!
@@AdamMartyn it’s on the shelf… just waiting to be gotten round to…. Eventually. I’m still making my way through the Season 10 boxset, that’s taken me several months. I don’t get much blu-ray watching time.
poor colin baker, in a recent interview,
said at the time in 1987...
he did take it personally,
that either he thought that he let the fans down, and that JNT did not want to be the exec producer anymore,so made an excuse in *hindsight*
we know there was many factors behind the show.eventually having a hitatus and the soap operas, dramas becoming *priotisted during that period*
the director general, wanted the programme gone or finished, so did not want too fund it...
but also had a * enormous backlash from the fans to return it*..
terrible writing like timeslip, and mediocre ones like twin dilemma, and great ones like vengance on varos..
the trial was a massive risk* , no great suprise fans turned off for the complicated storylines and drama going on behind the camera
, the missing season would have been better, that lost until recently on *big finish audio*...
so colin either resigned, was pushed ,sacked....by JNT ,,,,then came sylvester mcoy....
as crisis behind the camera, was ongoing...
eric saward, resigned.... and cartmell tried his best, to * invigorate a show in crisis,
mediocre stories like time and the rani and great ones like silver nemesis, rem of the daleks...
yes, the moving around of the time and schedules, did nothing too help the *show close to cancellation and underfunded, also it really showed....
that JNT probably wanted to move on, but had no replacement...
I don't mind Towers & Dragonfire but Rani & Bannermen are awful.
Seasons 25 & 26 are absolute belters though
Agreed.
Delta absolutely killed me.
Season 24 is a weird one, it's wacky fun and terrible at the same time haha, not much else i can say.
Time and the rani - 2/10
Paradise towers - 5/10
Delta and the bannermen - 5/10
Dragonfire - 4/10
PT is 0/10
season 24 was also AWFUL didn't help
This was one of the lowest ebb for the dr for me the stories was dire 😔 delta and bannerman was the only saving grace the awful first two stories and mel made it like a pantomime the only saving grace was ace was on the way and seasons 25 and 26
I always find it baffling that British had difficulty with the levels of violence on Doctor Who. Maybe it's my being born and raised in USA, but I never once batted an eye at the violence in Doctor Who. It never close to being too intense. Threatening someone with a knife is something I see TV every day on shows such as Incredible Hulk, Bionic Woman, C.H.I.P.S., Starsky & Hutch, etc.
Ooh! AMTV has bought the rights to Ceefax!
If only I had the rights for real 😂
@@AdamMartyn The BBC's centenary is next year, as is the 10th anniversary of the end of Ceefax! So, I'd have a word with Tim Davie after the party decorations are taken down! Also, unless I missed it, you forgot to mention that because Colin Baker refused to return, Sylvester McCoy had to don a Colin Baker wig for the regeneration.
I mentioned that Colin refused to do the regeneration at 01:09! But alas I didn't mention about the wig, didn't feel it necessary to for this video!
I mentioned that Colin refused to do the regeneration at 01:09! But alas I didn't mention about the wig, didn't feel it necessary to for this video!
@@AdamMartyn Fair enough, I'm not complaining.
Delta and the Bannermen was by far the *worst* Doctor Who story I ever saw from the classic era. Laughably horrible. Utterly tedious.
I like that you remain generally positive across your reviews, but you were way too merciful to Delta and the Bannermen.