I met Elizabeth Sladen at a Dr. Who convention in LA back in the late 70' She was completely charming and graciously danced with fans at a nightclub after signing autographs all day
@@shahani6037 I want to know from Dr who viewers , is dr who made for kids. Is the persons watching, supposed to be kids. Please answer what you think. Thank you.
As a kid, I watched the series but sometimes hiding behind a pillow because some scenes were way too scary for a 6-year-old boy. Great memories though.
I was about your age may be 7. I was very frightened by Dr. Who in the 1970s. Apparently, Peter Hinchcliff had worked for Hammer House of Horror films and injected the genre into the Who programme. I liked his assistants, Sarah Jane Smith and Leela. Marvellous growing up 😊
That's the problem with the old episodes being stretched out by boring chase scenes that lead nowhere, constantly getting captured and recaptured, etc.
The location filming for this story actually took place in Portmeirion, which is better known as The Village from Patrick McGoohan's tv series 'The Prisoner'.
There's a Dr Who audio book called "Beautiful Chaos" that follows "The Masque of Mandragora" story, read by Bernard Cribbins. Starring the David Tennant Dr and Donna Noble! Well worth a listen.
I just bought this story and honestly it's one of my favorites already. been a fan of this series nearly 9 years as of right now and I have many stories to watch and buy
Sad that it wasn't the whole thing. I could tell the moment new characters appeared and weren't introduced. Still good that I saw an episode of classic Who though, when I wasn't even born at the time it was first aired.
I really liked this one. It was Hugh spirited, the energy was high, the music and cinematography were above average, the guest performers were enjoyable and I dug the designs of everything from the SFX to the masks themselves. Fun fact: there’s a novel and an audiobook that acts as a sequel called Beautiful Chaos.
Thank you Doctor Who channel for these episodes cuz there are alot of stories that dont air and are skipped on the dedicated Classic Doctor Who channels
Not my first but definitely my favourite. Started with the first doctor but passed on the last. Not interested in a female doctor as it seems too much like ‘anything for a buck’ programming.
@@TheFinalMinutes Check the description. Instead of uploading a bunch of scenes separately (which they did anyway), this video is a compilation of their favorite scenes. Also, 3/4 of the story missing isn't "bits"
@@Caroniver_Robocacci totally see where you're coming from :) i'm upset that the average youtube browser would be put off watching after seeing these highlights - it really does butcher the story IMHO. Stay safe! x
I loved Dr. Who as a child in the 1970s. I was about 7 years old, and I did get really frightened. I really enjoyed his companions, Sarah Jane Smith and Leela. Tom Baker is unbeatable in my opinion. I think Peter Hinchcliff worked very skillfully to inject the horror genre into the show.
No expense spared on the special effects once again! I can imagine the read through now. OK folks our first spacial disturbance encountered by The Doctor and Sarah is the Mandragora Helix. It is something really large and powerful. We really need to sell its intensity and scale. Any ideas? *Someone stirs their cup of tea. Ahhh Haa!
Is that suprising? It's hardly a classic. Of course I'm willing to listen to an alternative viewpoint but it seems more like a fun holiday in Portmeiron for the regulars than a story that the production team put a huge amount of effort went into. There's hardly any narrative tension and the dialogue is only sporadically funny so it falls into the underwhelming camp of being neither very comedic or dramatic.
@@TheFinalMinutes It's BBC Enterprises trying to encourage people to buy the full DVD. Fortunately there are places on the web where you can rip off the whole classic series.
When the story ruled the show. No outside issues influenced the story line, no attempts at feeble post modern humour. OK, it was simplistic, but as far as I can see, far more genuine and sincere than the overblown, indulgent, affected self-indulgence that the modern version of Who provides. Bur Hell, many people love the modern version, so what do I know?
Tom Baker is a real awesome actor. Iit's to bad they still don't use him more in the new adventures of Doctor Who. There is no reason they can't use him. He still awesome actor at 86 years of age.
Tom does show up on new who albiet his roles are vocal he has such an awesome voice. One example is David Tennant encountering the devil that voice is Tom.
@@mrjekyllandhyde9941 In the episode the Doctor described it as the secondary control room for when the main control room was disabled. Quote "I can control the TARDIS from here just as I can from the old one...come to think of it, this IS the old one."
This might sound dreadful, and disrespectful, for which I offer apologies in advance, but, I rather think it was for the best that I watched Tom Bakers era alongside Sarah Jane Smith as a lad. I hadn’t the slightest clue as to how pretty she was, God bless her .
0:16 Will Catch You Up In The USS Starship Enterprise From Star Trek The Next Generation And Thunderbirds 1 And 2 From Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds Doctor Who. X
I can't remember if someone already has, but is there a video of the isolated music from this story, that and Sarah's last but one story, always makes it one of my favorites.
@@TheFinalMinutes yeah it's just not very good of them, it'll hurt the reach (and sales I suppose) of actual full classics they do this to (and probably of britbox, why give them the classics then?), and as with britbox forces you to go through current day Doctor Who branding to see it with the UA-cam channel and that horrible and jarring reminder of Witchaker's face and voice at the end. And it's a cover for them to edit history and edit the stories into something they weren't to perpetuate a certain narrative about them if you catch my drift?
Notice the long stretches of time with no dialogue whatsoever. That’s something that literally NEVER happens in nu who, in which the writers seem to think there’s some rule of television that says characters must never stop talking for even a moment.
I met Elizabeth Sladen at a Dr. Who convention in LA back in the late 70' She was completely charming and graciously danced with fans at a nightclub after signing autographs all day
Super!
That's cute! Thank you for sharing that story. I can just imagine a young Elizabeth dancing at a nightclub in the 70s 😍😩
@@shahani6037
I want to know from Dr who viewers , is dr who made for kids. Is the persons watching, supposed to be kids. Please answer what you think. Thank you.
The greatest Doctor and Companion. The standard by which all others are measured.
Absolutely. They are unmatched.
💯%!
Thank you for putting this classic up for everyone. It is really appreciated. Love it.
Are you dumb this is awesome
As a kid, I watched the series but sometimes hiding behind a pillow because some scenes were way too scary for a 6-year-old boy. Great memories though.
We were tougher in those days.😊
@@londonlady1966 oh God were old...
What great nostalgia this brings 😍😍
I was the same lol
I was about your age may be 7. I was very frightened by Dr. Who in the 1970s. Apparently, Peter Hinchcliff had worked for Hammer House of Horror films and injected the genre into the Who programme. I liked his assistants, Sarah Jane Smith and Leela. Marvellous growing up 😊
Sarah Jane was so lovely.
Will you shut up about Sarah Jane. It is seriously annoying, yea she was a companion, yea she's dead, get over it.
@@mylivingworldants6317 someones mum didn't give them the love they needed shittt
MyLivingWorld Ants Your Revolting.
@@mylivingworldants6317 Will you shut up about commenting this way. Sarah Jane is not annoying at all.
@@mylivingworldants6317 I hope Elisabeth Sladen's ghost haunts you
Tom Baker is the Doctor Who of my era and the greatest Doctor Who as far as I’m concerned. Jon Pertwee comes in second.
Very true
Agreed. The definite article, you might say.
Yes indeed. The best by far.
Much nostalgia.
*R.I.P Elisabeth Sladen*
💔
Who
@@LukeIdontKnow The actress that played Sarah Jane Smith.
Rest In Peace.
TIL 🥺
16:23 "You can't count, Count." 😅 I'm glad the Dr. pronounced that last word as 'Count'.
I'd love to see a modern episode done with the special effects from this time period.
The effects were OK.
"Special Effects" blue dyed water going down the kitchen sink drain! !!!
They have been upgrading the effects on different episodes. Given how popular this episode was it should make the list eventually.
Oh, not me. That was what put me off the series back in this era.
You hear that, Chibnall? Kris Ryan Stallard wants a remake of "The Masque of Mandragra," and so do I!
These condensed stories are handy for those who have seen the full stories many times, like myself.Kudos!!
Compressed the entire adventure into the length of a single episode. Neat trick.
That's the problem with the old episodes being stretched out by boring chase scenes that lead nowhere, constantly getting captured and recaptured, etc.
Love that console. Shame it wasn’t around for longer
I agree
An underrated gem in my eyes!
Isaac Whittaker-Dakin agreed
This story features the introduction of my favorite classic console room.
The location filming for this story actually took place in Portmeirion, which is better known as The Village from Patrick McGoohan's tv series 'The Prisoner'.
I’m so happy to have watched this. These older Dr Who shows are wonderful. I hope to see all seasons of All the older Dr Who’s
Love this story. Really grown on me over the years. Some great performances from the guests, some of the best in the history of the show.
I remember watching these my grandmas old orange black & white tv, good times
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@@alfredhutchinson6566 10 it's ok.
There's a Dr Who audio book called "Beautiful Chaos" that follows "The Masque of Mandragora" story, read by Bernard Cribbins. Starring the David Tennant Dr and Donna Noble! Well worth a listen.
I didn't know that. Thanks for the info
There is also another series that follows up on masque, but I fear telling you it’s name as the connection is the twist
0:19 - you’re killing me here Sarah-Jane...
😏 Oh good. I wasn't the only one.
You haven't seen her eat the banana 😏
I just bought this story and honestly it's one of my favorites already. been a fan of this series nearly 9 years as of right now and I have many stories to watch and buy
0:10
"What's that?"
"My shampoo and body cleanser going down the shower drain..."
It was made 50 years ago
What do you want?
Sad that it wasn't the whole thing. I could tell the moment new characters appeared and weren't introduced. Still good that I saw an episode of classic Who though, when I wasn't even born at the time it was first aired.
"You can't count, Count!" Love that part
"C'mon don't stand there, I'm in the market for Congratulations!" So many great quotes
I’m liking these classic who short clips,keep them up!
Especially these types of ones that are the stories in 30 minutes, Please do more!
And allows them to edit history and make the stories seem a certain way if they want to if you catch my drift
Who?
Really enjoyed this cutdown, it was really enjoyable (easy to watch while doing homework but it's nice to watch the full thing when I have time 😭)
"That's blue paint spiraling down--I mean that's the Manragora Helix."
I am watching this because I grew up with the modern era and always wanted to try the classics
A first I thought this was a full episode!
If only....but the BBC wouldn't make any money that way. 😅
@@blackphoenix77 Isn't that what the ads are for?
so did I.😡
what a ripoff!!👎
@@Paul-wl1yh It’s not a ripoff
HOORAY! This underrated gem getting the attention it deserves
I have the DVD of this one and I enjoy it. Can't understand what a lot of people don't seem to like about it.
I really liked this one. It was Hugh spirited, the energy was high, the music and cinematography were above average, the guest performers were enjoyable and I dug the designs of everything from the SFX to the masks themselves. Fun fact: there’s a novel and an audiobook that acts as a sequel called Beautiful Chaos.
You know it takes watching these to understand what the Doctor means when he says, "No one ever listens!" It's exasperating!
I’ll say it now, whoever dislikes this is a dalek or a cyberman
Looks like a Dalek has already struck.
"DO NOT BE SO MEAN TOWARS THE DALEKS"
loving these shorts takes me back to my teens ,old who keep up the good work
Its Great to watch Dr Who Again
Watching old TV is like a sort of time travel.thats u back to the time when u first watched it.
A time capsule of a bygone era
Pretty good series for 1976. Entertaining.
I miss Sarah
She was beautiful...
Such an underated story!
Only Tom Baker episode I havent seen. Until now. 21:34...First time I saw him do awesome karate kick!
Thank you Doctor Who channel for these episodes cuz there are alot of stories that dont air and are skipped on the dedicated Classic Doctor Who channels
21:34 🤣😂 He straight-up booted that guy. Good old 4, always willing to throw down if the occasion calls for it.
My very first Doctor! ♥️
The very best Doctor! ♥️
Not my first but definitely my favourite. Started with the first doctor but passed on the last. Not interested in a female doctor as it seems too much like ‘anything for a buck’ programming.
Me too...my first doctor.
Water Down the Drain, a Sparker and CSO - Classic Who SFX at their finest!
Possibly the best Doctor Who story ever. A criminally underrated gem!
Agreed 👍
The best ever Doctor Who Stories are at the other end of this season (Robots of Death and Talons of Weng Chiang)
It’s a good story but sorry not in the top 5 of the Tom Baker stories let alone classic Who let alone new Who.
I'd rather watch it unedited. Bit difficult to follow with bits missing.
Agreed - this edit is just butchery
@@TheFinalMinutes Check the description. Instead of uploading a bunch of scenes separately (which they did anyway), this video is a compilation of their favorite scenes.
Also, 3/4 of the story missing isn't "bits"
@@Caroniver_Robocacci totally see where you're coming from :) i'm upset that the average youtube browser would be put off watching after seeing these highlights - it really does butcher the story IMHO. Stay safe! x
@@DrWhoFanJ ill take my comment down.
I agree. This stuff is the bomb!
Loved Tom Bakers "come get some" eyes and expressions. Man was Classic Who the absolute best EVER!!
Those were good times back then in Britain. The seventies and I enjoyed the series and theme music at the end.
Look at how Sarah Jane works that flute 😉
0:15 - 0:26
What a treat. Thank you.
I loved Dr. Who as a child in the 1970s. I was about 7 years old, and I did get really frightened. I really enjoyed his companions, Sarah Jane Smith and Leela. Tom Baker is unbeatable in my opinion. I think Peter Hinchcliff worked very skillfully to inject the horror genre into the show.
The best doctor...of all of them.
Correct.
I literally just finished watching school reunion so im not complaining
I just finished end of time. Made me sad and happy at the same time
Mandragora Helix aka blue paint going down the drain. The sfx budget was lower than Tom's daily lunch budget
..And season 14 is on re-release!
These sort of stories were my favourites from Toms era. Historic setting with a Sci Fi Horror element.
damn Time lordz and Timeladies I'm likng the clips put together to make this 30 min video
No expense spared on the special effects once again! I can imagine the read through now.
OK folks our first spacial disturbance encountered by The Doctor and Sarah is the Mandragora Helix. It is something really large and powerful. We really need to sell its intensity and scale. Any ideas?
*Someone stirs their cup of tea.
Ahhh Haa!
I think this is the most love Masque of Mandragora will ever get: bask in it while you have the chance
Is that suprising? It's hardly a classic. Of course I'm willing to listen to an alternative viewpoint but it seems more like a fun holiday in Portmeiron for the regulars than a story that the production team put a huge amount of effort went into. There's hardly any narrative tension and the dialogue is only sporadically funny so it falls into the underwhelming camp of being neither very comedic or dramatic.
If this is “love” then I don’t think any story should be subjected to this “love”. This is a shoddy re-edit.
@@TheFinalMinutes It's BBC Enterprises trying to encourage people to buy the full DVD. Fortunately there are places on the web where you can rip off the whole classic series.
@@lezlezman1843 Illegal. Stop promoting copyright infringement!
I love the way she plays with that flute and then puts it in her mouth at the start. Nice one.
I always loved Sarah’s outfits.
Tom Baker and Elizabeth Sladen are part of my childhood, hard to believe so much time has passed :(
So eccentric…absolutely love it 😍
When the story ruled the show. No outside issues influenced the story line, no attempts at feeble post modern humour. OK, it was simplistic, but as far as I can see, far more genuine and sincere than the overblown, indulgent, affected self-indulgence that the modern version of Who provides. Bur Hell, many people love the modern version, so what do I know?
This story works better as a 30 minute episode. I feel at 4 parts it drags a lot. You could go from part 1 to part 4 and not miss much.
I'd forgotten how brilliant this was.
9:51 The Worshipers of Demnos do the Hokey Cokey.
I love Tom Baker's ad at the end. That man is amazing.
underrated story this one - looks lovely
Face of Evil and. Robots of Death please....
Loving these "taster" edits....
The first time I watched this, on YTV in Canada, I used to think this was originally played daily like some sci fi soap opera.
One of the stories on the new Blu-ray series collection
15:12 Norman Jones. I got to know him when he lived in Newport Shropshire.
Tom Baker is a real awesome actor. Iit's to bad they still don't use him more in the new adventures of Doctor Who. There is no reason they can't use him. He still awesome actor at 86 years of age.
There absolutely is a reason
Doctor who is a very physical role that an 86 year old simply couldn't handle
That's why he does audio adventures
@@Yetaxa also it’d be weird that the doctor looks so old even tho that incarnation was young
Tom does show up on new who albiet his roles are vocal he has such an awesome voice. One example is David Tennant encountering the devil that voice is Tom.
@@byrondixonbd No, that is not Tom. That is Gabriel Woolf, who also voiced Sutekh in Pyramids of Mars!
You guys know that he was in the 50th anniversary special right?
Very underrated. Love this story!
That tardis was kinda sick especially cause it was different from all the rest at the time
Isnt it just another room in the same tardis?
@@tinkercrab11 yes but, I think he meant the 2nd tardis conrol room rather than a 2nd Tardis
@@mrjekyllandhyde9941 In the episode the Doctor described it as the secondary control room for when the main control room was disabled. Quote "I can control the TARDIS from here just as I can from the old one...come to think of it, this IS the old one."
Nice work thanks
This might sound dreadful, and disrespectful, for which I offer apologies in advance, but, I rather think it was for the best that I watched Tom Bakers era alongside Sarah Jane Smith as a lad. I hadn’t the slightest clue as to how pretty she was, God bless her .
21:16 She looks like such a happy devil. But incredibly cute!
0:16 Will Catch You Up In The USS Starship Enterprise From Star Trek The Next Generation And Thunderbirds 1 And 2 From Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds Doctor Who. X
So not only has the TARDIS got a separate more simple control room it also has a second exit
Sarah Jane's making me wish I was a recorder.
😂
I can't remember if someone already has, but is there a video of the isolated music from this story, that and Sarah's last but one story, always makes it one of my favorites.
Thank you!
Please upload The Talons of Weng-Chiang in full.
Its hard to find.
Get the DVD/BD, or BritBox. It’s the only way to watch full stories.
@@DrWhoFanJ Thanks, I did shortly thereafter.
Thanks to pbs found the dr. Tom baker love the show
That spiral crystal effect must have been so cool back, then because it's still cool today
I would love if this had subtitles
Sarah: Doctor what is that?
Doctor: it’s the kitchen sink, but someone appears to be pouring blue paint and soap particles down the plug hole!
What a cut!
I LOVE THE WOOD INSIDE
This show scared the heck out me as a kid.
"Ah-haaaaa..."
"What's that?"
"It's the wife running away another of her luminous Lush baths..."
This was an ad I clicked on. The algorithm knows me too well
I swear the inside of the T.A.R.D.I.S. at the start is the same set as Mr. Rumbold office...
Great video
another classic epidode jon pertwee inferno
ok condensing the story into 30 minutes is actually kinda a cool idea, hope more stories get this treatment
That'd be awful. Appreciate the classics the way they are. Then maybe watch the cliffnotes version
@@danielsleeper2307 If it makes you feel better, I have seen this story in full
I have to disagree - this is a disgusting and disrespectful abuse of the hard work by the original production team. It’s AWFUL.
@@TheFinalMinutes yeah it's just not very good of them, it'll hurt the reach (and sales I suppose) of actual full classics they do this to (and probably of britbox, why give them the classics then?), and as with britbox forces you to go through current day Doctor Who branding to see it with the UA-cam channel and that horrible and jarring reminder of Witchaker's face and voice at the end. And it's a cover for them to edit history and edit the stories into something they weren't to perpetuate a certain narrative about them if you catch my drift?
Notice the long stretches of time with no dialogue whatsoever. That’s something that literally NEVER happens in nu who, in which the writers seem to think there’s some rule of television that says characters must never stop talking for even a moment.