It was very humiliating for the Collector to be stopped by a half-dressed woman as he was going to poison every human being in the city who breathes air. He should be glad that Leela didn't kill him after he tried to kill her after she was captured by his guards earlier.
Why didn't the Collector's people just relocate the Humans to Venus, Europa or Titan after terraforming any of those planets/moons? Perhaps they decided that using Humanity as a workforce to get resources wasn't a viable operation any longer and decided to just cut their losses and leave the Sol System?
The planet/moon they selected had to have the proper combination of many factors -- distance, size, gravity, native resource load, the ability/need to tack on chargeable extras such as multiple suns, etc. Ironically, the Usurians had to count their ability to isolate the population (from potential competition), control it, and "over-serve" it with costly, bundled add-ons -- like your cable company does -- such that Pluto's great distance may have worked to its advantage. A calculation based on economic efficiency alone would never have resulted in the selection of Pluto.
@@roberthaworth9097 Yeah, I imagine that the Usurians WOULD have factored in a number of different things that I would never have thought about. I simply would've moved them to Venus after Mars's resources were used up and even set up secondary operations on other places like Europa, Titan, Pluto, etc. Once all available resources were used up, I'd just leave after relocating the Humans to Earth, say goodbye and leave them to their own devices.
Also remember that this story was broadcast 1977, the Voyager probes had only just launched so the potential hability of Europa or Titan where totally unknown
Too bad the Collector didn't try to scratch Leela after she slammed the door on his hand so that he wouldn't activate the sprinklers to release poison throughout the city on those who breathe air,since he doesn't breathe it. If he did manage to scratch Leela on her leg,she'd get very mad and would want to kill him.
I’m afraid your understanding of English needs correction - that is an opinion, like “it looks like there is a face on the moon”, which others may agree with or not. I wish it was a statement of fact or truism but it isn’t. So no correction required. Also it is self evident that the character was a capitalist caricature; and the story (rather than the character) is metaphorical. Holmes’ commented on this fairly widely. Your understanding of the difference between caricature and metaphor needs improvement
The villain's very bushy eyebrows were meant as a direct reference to the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer -- the country's chief tax collection official. That fellow was also known for having a very deep, droning voice and a luxuriant head of hair, so the actor here deliberately affected a high, crabbed voice and a bald head in indirect (apposite) reference to him. All of this was missed entirely by everyone except the British audience, yet no one from the BBC could get into trouble for the fund they had at his expense. Note also that the painted numbers that designate the corridors in the complex are the designations of 1970s British tax forms (e.g., "P45").
I know this comment is a year old but it's absolutely hilarious. Where is this mysterious devil, hidden away in low-budget sci-if? I don't see it in this scene.
Good thing that not one of the bad guys working for the Collector didn't get the chance to put his hands all over Leela while she was unconscious as the result of going into a safe that was booby-trapped. If 1 of them did that,and if Leela woke up seeing a bad guy putting his hands all over her,she would get mad and kill him.
I can imagine this little bold alien being in a James Bond film.
+Richard Parkin Or Austin Powers
I know. He should've been petting a white cat.
My thoughts exactly. This was not DW at it's best.
@@Setebos this was before we saw "Blofeld" in the motorised wheelchair in 1981.
Bald
the collector is one of my favorite doctor who villains, and I really like the supporting cast of this story such as cordo, bisham, mandrel, and veet
And don't forget Goudry played by Michael Keating, better known as Restat Villa in Blake's 7.
Lovely story
A very underrated story.
Imagine watching this in 2022 and realizing economic warfare is at an all time high 😵💫
Henry Woolf was the perfect villain!! Short but terrifying. Loved him as the debt collector in “Steptoe & Son” too!! Such a good actor.
So that's where I was thinking of him from, wouldn't have known that! 😊
Excellent performance from Henry Woolf.
That look the collector gives when the doctor laugh at him at 2:14 like "really"?
That guy made a great villain.
"Don't you think commercial imperialism is as bad as military conquest?" Bob Holmes on FIRE as usual.
The Sunmakers was a tremendous send up of the BBC
It was supposed to be a send up of the Inland Rev
@@pertuk can you elaborate on this?
@@Urammar apparently Robert Holmes was inspired to write it while filling in his tax forms
@@pertuk Saw that on the tardis wiki, thanks mate!
@@Urammar the fact that the corridors are named p45, p60 etc
The Collector's eyebrows are something else.
Perfect Wall St type.
correction: perfect capitalist type. be it a landlord or a billionaire they're all parasites
Late stage capitalism in under 3 minutes.
And we're still in the same scenario on this planet today! 🙄🤦🏻♂️
As I watch this, I keep thinking of the song "Do You Hear The People Sing?" from Les Miserables.
It was very humiliating for the Collector to be stopped by a half-dressed woman as he was going to poison every human being in the city who breathes air. He should be glad that Leela didn't kill him after he tried to kill her after she was captured by his guards earlier.
Yes, definitely Amazon senior management.
Like the prototype Ferengi.
Why is it every time I see sajid javid on tv, I think of this lol 😂😂😂
Oh ffs 😂😂😂
They probably share a similar budget agenda
Is that Jeff Bezos?
*Sans Darkrender Eats.*
Frankie Barrow.. Sold Harold Steptoe a blind racing greyhound 😎🐶🐶
The Collector Is Doctor's Who's answer to Blofled Except You better Pay Your Damn Taxes Mr Bond!
Leela was great.
RIP, Henry Woolf.
go leela!
Why didn't the Collector's people just relocate the Humans to Venus, Europa or Titan after terraforming any of those planets/moons? Perhaps they decided that using Humanity as a workforce to get resources wasn't a viable operation any longer and decided to just cut their losses and leave the Sol System?
The planet/moon they selected had to have the proper combination of many factors -- distance, size, gravity, native resource load, the ability/need to tack on chargeable extras such as multiple suns, etc. Ironically, the Usurians had to count their ability to isolate the population (from potential competition), control it, and "over-serve" it with costly, bundled add-ons -- like your cable company does -- such that Pluto's great distance may have worked to its advantage. A calculation based on economic efficiency alone would never have resulted in the selection of Pluto.
@@roberthaworth9097 Yeah, I imagine that the Usurians WOULD have factored in a number of different things that
I would never have thought about.
I simply would've moved them to Venus after Mars's resources were used up and even set up secondary operations on other places like Europa, Titan, Pluto, etc.
Once all available resources were used up, I'd just leave after relocating the Humans to Earth, say goodbye and leave them to their own devices.
They went to Mars?! I wonder what the Ice Warriors thought of them moving in and using up the planet's resources?
Also remember that this story was broadcast 1977, the Voyager probes had only just launched so the potential hability of Europa or Titan where totally unknown
@@mushroomhead3619 Or when Fendahl came along.
Can’t help wondering if Salad Fingers was somehow influenced by the character of the Collector..
Too bad the Collector didn't try to scratch Leela after she slammed the door on his hand so that he wouldn't activate the sprinklers to release poison throughout the city on those who breathe air,since he doesn't breathe it. If he did manage to scratch Leela on her leg,she'd get very mad and would want to kill him.
Leela is a badass!
2:52 GAAAAAAHHHH!!
Listening to the Collector's like listening to Dan Aykroyd in Coneheads
Looks like Jeff Bezos
correction: it's all capitalists
I’m afraid your understanding of English needs correction - that is an opinion, like “it looks like there is a face on the moon”, which others may agree with or not. I wish it was a statement of fact or truism but it isn’t. So no correction required. Also it is self evident that the character was a capitalist caricature; and the story (rather than the character) is metaphorical. Holmes’ commented on this fairly widely. Your understanding of the difference between caricature and metaphor needs improvement
@@saturncancer dude get a girlfriend
Too late I I have a 20 Y.O Son. That’s 3 times you’re wrong. Maybe you best mind your own business before you say yet another dumb thing?
@@saturncancer no you don't loser
This was the last time that Leela wore that dress until she started on the new one that she made in an earlier adventure.
Ouch! at 2:47
So this is obviously where world of warcraft got the idea for their goblins
Good old Jorah the Explorer!
More like Dora the explorer
*Deconstructs, Reconstructs w a ⛺*
Ferengii before Ferengii.
Mini me!
He is indeed Mini Me or at the very least, the aliens copied his form.
Good girl Leila.
*Leela.
Am I the only one who thinks he looks like a half Oscar Isaac?
So in the far future, there are human settlements on a dwarf planet (I’m talking about Pluto)?
With the help of artificial suns created to help keep the plant warm & habitable by alien entrepreneurs.
Words & Pictures
Weird timey-wimeny thing -- He looks like Iain Duncan Smith!
Very appropriate.
The villain's very bushy eyebrows were meant as a direct reference to the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer -- the country's chief tax collection official. That fellow was also known for having a very deep, droning voice and a luxuriant head of hair, so the actor here deliberately affected a high, crabbed voice and a bald head in indirect (apposite) reference to him. All of this was missed entirely by everyone except the British audience, yet no one from the BBC could get into trouble for the fund they had at his expense. Note also that the painted numbers that designate the corridors in the complex are the designations of 1970s British tax forms (e.g., "P45").
What was up with the doctor laughing at 2:14?
Anyone else catch the 6,6,6 hidden in the script in this scene? Doctor Who was always influenced by the occult. Still is.
It's like the devils advocate
I know this comment is a year old but it's absolutely hilarious.
Where is this mysterious devil, hidden away in low-budget sci-if? I don't see it in this scene.
Oh yea I was just reading this then I heard it.
It was around 0:48
Midget Charles Xaviar!
Very now
#TeamDarkrender#
Good thing that not one of the bad guys working for the Collector didn't get the chance to put his hands all over Leela while she was unconscious as the result of going into a safe that was booby-trapped. If 1 of them did that,and if Leela woke up seeing a bad guy putting his hands all over her,she would get mad and kill him.
She would probably go on Twatter and #metoo or some such bollocks.
looks like an abbot kind of thing. UJst
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The more I think about this story, the less I like it. Was this supposed to be some sort of parable for communism?
Karl Hiramanek
No it's supposed to be a reference to big Business Corporation take advantage on people drain them dry of resources and money
So...socialist nonsense. Like I said.
Karl Hiramanek
It's very real it's happening right now
No corporation can take advantage of you. Trade is always consensual; ergo it is always mutually beneficial.
Only the state, an institution with a monopoly on the use of force, can mandate laws that erode your liberties.