Doctor Who wasn't airing in France, so Tom and Lalla could go around without being hounded by fans. Plus, a guy with a long scarf and a woman dressed like a schoolgirl wouldn't be the weirdest people you would see in Paris.
@Chris Walton until that creepy squid faced thing showed up then it stopped being fun for them ! but yes it was one of my favorite who stories CHEERS mate!!
@@saltnax2660 I just like that she is not human. Makes it more interesting to have someone like Romana who is a time lady so she can actually understand what the doctor is saying and it seem natural.
@@lapelcelery42 Clara was good with Matt Smith it is just with Capaldi she seemed like she hated him so much that the show lost its light hearted charm. Dr Who is meant to be campy not a serious drama.
I Remeber he wrote a couple of scripts but he didn't use his own name. The writers Union would be up in arms. It was credited to a pen name and union rate renumeration paid. I thought I sensed Adams humour. Cheeky git!
A legendary Doctor with a legendary companion. I wish Lalla Ward a very happy birthday, she made such a marvellous impact on the show, both geographically and philosophically.
I don't think she was smiling deliberately at the camera (well almost), I think she really smiled because she wanted to make the impression of how people feel, probably because she knew that the cameramen were there, but that's just my theory.
I only started watching Classic Who recently so this is the first clip I ever saw of 4th and Romana and gosh I can't wait till I get to them. So awesome! The bouquet, the "should we take a lift or fly" "let's not be ostentatious" "all right, let's fly then", the "philosophically or geogrphically?" "philosophically" "lunch", so so so awesome!
This has to be one of my favourite scenes in the entire history of Doctor Who. Tom and Lalla work brilliantly together, their chemistry is fantastic. Paris looks absolutely gorgeous in these shots, but the thing that makes this scene work the most is the music! City of Death is my second favourite story of all time, but it features my favourite score. Dudley Simpson hit it out of the park here, the music in this story is just so memorable. I particularly like the music in this scene as Tom and Romana are running through the Paris streets, plus I really enjoy the Countess' theme, which fits so well with her character, I think. City of Death is masterful television, and definitely one of Doctor Who's greatest.
You must be kidding !!! Looks like any shit muzak of those times... Since the Seventies, nobody more do that kind of soundtrack and orchestration. 😱 😌 😂
@@philippebernard4577 WHAT!! I agree that seventies DW soundtracks are normally not the best, but you can't deny that the soundtrack for this scene is great.
“What year is this” “Ah well yes, it’s 1979. More of a table wine actually” 🤣🤣🤣 Fabulous line and Tom Baker sounded rather like another of my favourite TV characters - Rowley Birkin QC
You don't see it here because it's cut off at the start of the clip, but in the broadcast episode there's an excellent contrast between the barren wastes of Prehistoric Earth fading into the lush cherry-blossom of Paris in the spring.
@konovan wrong generation :) In fact when I was young, the boomers were unique in their ghastly obsession with their "generation". It never occurred to the rest of us to think like that, until the "millenials" came along!
Tom Baker was 44 or 45 in 1979..still pretty fast at running. He's about 87 now. Still in passable health. I'm 54 and fxxxxx! I'm an M. E. Sufferer. So praying for a cure.
Romana: Shall we take the lift or fly? Doctor: Let's not be ostentatious. Romana: Alright, let's fly then. This may just be the single greatest conversation in the entire 55 year history of Doctor Who!
this is on par with their other conversation in the same story Romana: Where are we going? The Doctor: Are you talking philosophically or geographically? Romana: Philosophically The Doctor: Then we're going to lunch :D
So sad I wasn't born and it was a time when French people didn't know about Doctor Who's existence. I would be so happy to see the Doctor in Paris taking the metro next to me or see him in the streets of Paris
He did actually, a lot. They also had multiple erosions made. The longest version was 24 feet for stationary scenes and stuff, then there was 12 feet for (I’m guessing) walking scenes or casual scenes, and a 9 foot scarf for running.
English Giraffe I disagree actually I like 17 city is overrated but still good I think nightmare of eden is a forgotten classic destiny of the daleks and creature from the pit is fun nimon is fucking amazing and shada if you count it is enjoyable
No silly CW channel type romances. No sexual garbage. No galactic jailbait nonsense. No over blaring music. Just science fiction, great castings and dialog that leaves you hanging on every word said for more!
lezzman pays to own the DVD for commentary! 1st man w the briefcase was the director. 2nd the crew was nearly arrested for filming in the subway w/o permission. 3 you can here the commenters say that Tom & Lalla are showing the kids how to risk their lives crossing the street in these shots. Hard pressed to say which is more fun, listening to Douglas Adams talk about his day trip to Paris or Crispin Glover bellyache about being asked how he enjoyed Paris and snapping that they ( he & the countess) wouldn't know as they didn't get to go! 😉😆
I was in Paris the previous September, you took your life in your hands every time you crossed the street. It mattered not if the lights were in your favour, few motorists and no motorcyclists would stop for you. I loved this story as a thirteen year old, I still do as an old codger for the happy memories it brings back.
Beautiful romantic score. The chemistry is real as Lala Ward and Tom Baker were married. I do believe Lala Ward was descended from European Royalty. Dutch perhaps, I don't remember but she had a certain regal baring. Tom looks like Cheshire cat with the grin. For certain one of my favourite Doctor Who episodes of any erra. I do like Robert Holmes horror movie inspired stories, but this is not that. Quite civilised, not much in raving about ruling the universe. I need to go back in time and the Earth must be destroyed so I may get back on my way. Billions of years stuck in the mud, must dash terribly sorry about destroying your world. Can't be helped so no point worrying about it then. Ta ta.
Actually she's anglo-Irish nobility. She's descendant of a brother of Edward IV and Richard III. Her Father was the Viscount of Bangor. Her last name refers to castle ward
I've never seen this Season 17 episode. I first discovered Doctor Who on a cable TV channel. I hear Pluto TV runs a Doctor Who channel too. I love Lalla Ward and Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor and 2nd Romana. K-9 is not in this episode? The 1979 to 1980 season is my favorite! And they're in Paris my favorite city!!!!! Love it!!!
1:50 Director Cameo! Michael Hayes is the man getting off the train. Writer Douglas Adams also cameos in this story. He plays a man drinking at the bar (though he's not in this clip). Fun Fact: Part 4 of this story holds the record for the highest viewing figures of a single episode in the original series.
Well, I would have given this a Like, because I have always enjoyed this scene, but the absurdity of the determination that you are the be-all and end-all of the judges of what background music is best made it impossible for me to like it. And before it is said, I am about 3 decades too old to be a - what was that crass name used here? Ah, yes - "Nuvian," as I grew up with the Doctor since freaking Pertwee...
That's interesting, Shada would have been just as good as this, if it was completed without the BBC strike interruptions. I've got the Dinosaur Invasion Target novelisation but not the one with the cartoon speech bubble thing going on. Not many have alternative cover illustrations.
@@neptune04 she thought it would make the young girls who watch doctor who feel better about there uniforms. For the most part it worked but she also revived mail from a lot of pervy dads lol
@@James-gc5if They filmed the scenes in Paris in Cardiff for Spyfall part 2, they didn't really film in Paris. I think City of Death is the only episode taking place in Paris to be actually filmed in Paris
Well some really intrusive music, dated pop culture references, repetitive story lines, repetitive character types and character arcs. The last few years haven't even been fun in an embarrassing way just flat out boring.
That’s probably because things like technology have advanced so quickly in the world, generally in the past 13 years. So the contemporary earth shown changed rapidly in a relatively short space of time. I like both classic and new Doctor Who but I prefer Classic and this doesn’t mean I hate new Who.
Not all of us *hate* NuWho, we just like pointing out problems with it/what we would do differently. Personally, I'm a big fan of New (except Series 11-12 they both kinda sucked), just I can point out a lot of things I don't really like about it. Of course, same mostly goes for Classic, but I prefer the sort of vibe Classic gives you vs New
Always thought that it's title: _"City of Death"_ was just generic, uninspired and kinda _boring_ really. And considering that this was one of the greatest serials of it's era, steeped in all that idiosyncratic Who mythos - imagine how much cooler it would've been if called something more fitting like: _"Dawn of the Jagaroth"_ - and seeing _that_ splashed instead across the titles for four weeks. Those weird and wonderful esoteric Who titles were always a significant part of it for me - plus knowing that your parents hadn't got a fucking clue what it all meant if they just happened to catch the odd episode - was always kinda fun too. So the resonance attained over time, by a serial & title such as _"The Talons of Weng-Chiang"_ - I just fuckin' love all that arcane shit - it never really gets old to me.
It's actually a pun. Paris is known as the City of Love which in French is Cite de L'amour. And City of Death translates to the similar sounding Cite de la mort.
Lady Snowblood I completely agree. You could just reword it a bit and get Peril in Paris which I think is more in keeping with the story's fun, larger-than-life atmosphere and far less prosaic. After all, if there's anything City of Death is not it's prosaic.
Ehh I'm going to disagree with the description. When I'm going to listen to a soundtrack, I expect it to be catchy and memorable. Plus, with the success of Star Wars, it's pretty much a given that sci-fi has to have orchestra to get that grandiose scale of space. About 75% of Classic Who's music doesn't tell me that we are on a grand adventure. Now, before I get absolutely destroyed by the comment section, I want to say that I love the Cybermen theme from the Moonbase, Seeds of Doom's abstract music, and you've seen me constantly gush over Season 25 and 26's music (especially Curse of Fenric). I'm with Peter Davison, in the sense that I just prefer Murray's work in Series 1-4 and Capaldi's era.
English Giraffe Gold's scores don't belong on Doctor Who, they belong to soap operas. Doctor Who (1963-1989) music feels like it belongs to a sci-fi show, which is what Who is about.
I'm not sure I can agree. Simpson's music almost always fitted with the show. My favorite tracks of his are: - The Crusade - The Chase (guilty pleasure) - The Celestial Toymaker - The Underwater Menace - The Macra Terror - Evil of the Daleks - The Ice Warriors - Fury from the Deep - The Seeds of Death - The Space Pirates - The War Games - Spearhead from Space - The Ambassadors of Death - the Master's theme (multiple stories) - The Mind of Evil - Day of the Daleks - The Ark in Space - Pyramids of Mars - The Sun Makers - this music
Agreed. Sometimes the music in the Revived Era is a little OTT, it provides much more atmosphere consistently than in the Classic Era - which is often underwhelming. The Classic Era does have some high points when it comes to score, specifically, the Moonbase, Earthshock, Ressurection of the Daleks (if a bit repetitive), The Five Doctors, Revelation of the Daleks, and The War Games.
Agree with the description. Dudley Simpson was infinitely better than Murray Gold. Tristram Cary, Norman Kay, Don Harper, Peter Howell, Roger Limb, Malcolm Clarke, Keff McCulloch, Mark Ayers, and Paddy Kingsland were all brilliant as well.
Agree with all of those but I'll swap Dominic Glynn for Keff McCulloch. McCulloch's music often seems to thump away in the background, like someone had left a ghetto blaster on playing random tracks. I like some of his stuff, but a lot of it was marred by an over-fondness for "clap-tracks" and relentless synthesized percussion, which sounded naff and irritating even in the 1980s.
Doctor Who wasn't airing in France, so Tom and Lalla could go around without being hounded by fans. Plus, a guy with a long scarf and a woman dressed like a schoolgirl wouldn't be the weirdest people you would see in Paris.
I am Parisian and I walk around with steampunk goggles on my head... Yeah, a man with a scarf and a schoolgirl are less shocking
Welp, some Tom Baker's episodes were dubbed in French, but this wasn't a success at the time.
@@pokeboi2008 and those episodes were only dubbed in 1988/1989
@@hothemeep1219 Hé mais t'es du Petit TARDIS toi !
@@lornithogeek7049 I didn't know that France had nerds!
just a Time Lord and Time Lady enjoying themselves in Paris; this was such a fun story
@Chris Walton until that creepy squid faced thing showed up then it stopped being fun for them ! but yes it was one of my favorite who stories CHEERS mate!!
Time Lorde...
Fun coz Douglas Adams wrote it :)
@@stephgyory6841 Douglas Adams was the perfect writer for Tom Baker's Doctor. I wish he'd written more than this one, Shada and The Pirate Planet.
I recall Baker saying that filming in France was so different because no one recognized them.
Its is because wasn’t broughtcast until the new series
@@-Marius Actually, some Tom Baker's episodes were dubbed in French, but this wasn't a success at the time.
@@pokeboi2008 i know but it was in the 80s and also I forget about it and also broadcast the tv movie
Lalla Ward and Tom Baker go on Holiday, film a travelogue, and do it in character as The Doctor and Romana
Roleplaying hun
Now you mention it it does feel like it doesn't it? :)
think of the tax writeoffs!
@@fattypneumoniaall you need is a wily accountant?
I miss it when The Doctor had a Time Lord as a companion who didn't want to kill him half the time.
I miss when Doctor Who had well written female characters
@@lapelcelery42 this...😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@saltnax2660 I just like that she is not human. Makes it more interesting to have someone like Romana who is a time lady so she can actually understand what the doctor is saying and it seem natural.
@@lapelcelery42 Clara was good with Matt Smith it is just with Capaldi she seemed like she hated him so much that the show lost its light hearted charm. Dr Who is meant to be campy not a serious drama.
We need more companions who arent just modern humans from the UK.
Douglas Adams' way of writing dialogue is a highlight of this serial
Le Docteur Douglas Adams wrote Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
NO? You think?
Le Docteur *cries* don't be so mean. Not everyone knows Douglas Adams wrote Hitchhikers and scripted for Doctor Who
@@sheistheonenamedsailormoon4650 Really? The Hitchhikers is his most famous work.
I Remeber he wrote a couple of scripts but he didn't use his own name.
The writers Union would be up in arms.
It was credited to a pen name and union rate renumeration paid. I thought I sensed Adams humour.
Cheeky git!
"The Beeb is paying for us to film in Paris so let's get lots of shots of you two running around the city"
A legendary Doctor with a legendary companion. I wish Lalla Ward a very happy birthday, she made such a marvellous impact on the show, both geographically and philosophically.
This was filmed during a scheduled trip. The passengers are genuine passengers. The smile the lady inside gives at 1:53 is a dead giveaway.
"Le Métropolitain".
(Note right-hand running).
I don't think she was smiling deliberately at the camera (well almost), I think she really smiled because she wanted to make the impression of how people feel, probably because she knew that the cameramen were there, but that's just my theory.
2:06 I love how the directions for this scene was probably "run across the street and tried not to get ran over"
I only started watching Classic Who recently so this is the first clip I ever saw of 4th and Romana and gosh I can't wait till I get to them. So awesome! The bouquet, the "should we take a lift or fly" "let's not be ostentatious" "all right, let's fly then", the "philosophically or geogrphically?" "philosophically" "lunch", so so so awesome!
That is Douglas Adams style.
In any other circumstances it would be ridiculous but when it's a inside joke it works.
Wow these two have great chemistry.
Well they did get married, so no wonder! Though they did divorce later on
I love 4 and Romana 2. Probably my favourite Tardis team ever. They are just so damn cute together!
me too
Probably why Tom Baker and Lalla Ward got married (but then divorced later)
Compared to everything else in Season 17, I think the location shooting really did an amazing job for this story.
This has to be one of my favourite scenes in the entire history of Doctor Who. Tom and Lalla work brilliantly together, their chemistry is fantastic. Paris looks absolutely gorgeous in these shots, but the thing that makes this scene work the most is the music! City of Death is my second favourite story of all time, but it features my favourite score. Dudley Simpson hit it out of the park here, the music in this story is just so memorable. I particularly like the music in this scene as Tom and Romana are running through the Paris streets, plus I really enjoy the Countess' theme, which fits so well with her character, I think. City of Death is masterful television, and definitely one of Doctor Who's greatest.
You must be kidding !!! Looks like any shit muzak of those times... Since the Seventies, nobody more do that kind of soundtrack and orchestration. 😱 😌 😂
I would have liked a bit of accordion thrown in, myself.
What’s your favourite?
@@philippebernard4577 WHAT!! I agree that seventies DW soundtracks are normally not the best, but you can't deny that the soundtrack for this scene is great.
Thank you for naming the composer. He deserves the credit.
It fits the scene and makes the scene. What more can one ask
“What year is this”
“Ah well yes, it’s 1979. More of a table wine actually”
🤣🤣🤣 Fabulous line and Tom Baker sounded rather like another of my favourite TV characters - Rowley Birkin QC
Non-stop thrill as the Doctor and Romana go for lunch in Paris! Can your heart take the excitement?
*CITY OF DEATH!!*
Sex for breakfast, death for dessert.
You don't see it here because it's cut off at the start of the clip, but in the broadcast episode there's an excellent contrast between the barren wastes of Prehistoric Earth fading into the lush cherry-blossom of Paris in the spring.
Why can't we have something like this in today's Dr. Who? Two Timelords with equal intelligence fighting evil!
We kind of did in time and space enough
The closest we ever got to a pair of timelords having adventures in modern Doctor Who was with River Song, but she was too smug for me.
We still had a sense of humour in 1979.
@@MGJS71spoken like a true baby boomer
@konovan wrong generation :)
In fact when I was young, the boomers were unique in their ghastly obsession with their "generation". It never occurred to the rest of us to think like that, until the "millenials" came along!
Tom Baker was 44 or 45 in 1979..still pretty fast at running. He's about 87 now. Still in passable health. I'm 54 and fxxxxx! I'm an M. E. Sufferer. So praying for a cure.
You're 54??? Your pfp shows you look like you're in your early 20s! I do hope you recover and I wish you many happiness friend. ❤
Romana outfit is so cute. Especially the hat. It fits her nicely.
Romana: Shall we take the lift or fly?
Doctor: Let's not be ostentatious.
Romana: Alright, let's fly then.
This may just be the single greatest conversation in the entire 55 year history of Doctor Who!
possibly one of the greatest
@Aunchient Pistol Possibly an early manifestation of Adams's later idea that it would be possible to fly if you could just keep missing the ground.
this is on par with their other conversation in the same story
Romana: Where are we going?
The Doctor: Are you talking philosophically or geographically?
Romana: Philosophically
The Doctor: Then we're going to lunch :D
I love this story, all they do for a lot of it is have just walk around paris and it somehow works, its so much fun to watch them explore
I loved this episode. Plus you can see they cared for each other.
So sad I wasn't born and it was a time when French people didn't know about Doctor Who's existence. I would be so happy to see the Doctor in Paris taking the metro next to me or see him in the streets of Paris
I wonder if this is the place that Lalla Ward and Tom Baker fell in love and go on to get married.
This is a pretty awesome score, but my all time favourite Classic Who score is the 4th Doctor's regeneration scene in Logopolis.
Back in the age when TV shows were made without a constant sense of urgency and hype in fear of losing viewers.
As there were only 3 channels on British television then!
@@gentblue And one of them was on strike at the time.
Plenty of shows do that now. Ridiculous comment.
All those oblivious Parisian passers-by who will never know they were part of a work of genius.
How he didn't trip on that scarf and break his neck, I'll never know!
Rj Mcright He is a tall guy after all hah
He’s Tom Baker, That’s Why 😉
I believe he did trip on it in The Sontaran Experiment though.
He did actually, a lot. They also had multiple erosions made. The longest version was 24 feet for stationary scenes and stuff, then there was 12 feet for (I’m guessing) walking scenes or casual scenes, and a 9 foot scarf for running.
Yeah, he actually broke his collarbone in Sontaran experiment. The man's commitment, to carry on after that, it's just incredible.
Bouillabaise, yum yum. You'd never get Mary Tamm's Romana talking like that. She'd probably complain about finding fish bones.
The music! 🎶 🎵 ❤
earing better within...of daft punk.
"It's the only place in the universe where one can relax entirely."
(Gets pickpocketed.)
Despite Season 17's rather... crappy... quality, I will always love City of Death and consider it to be one of the best Classic Who stories
English Giraffe I disagree actually I like 17 city is overrated but still good I think nightmare of eden is a forgotten classic destiny of the daleks and creature from the pit is fun nimon is fucking amazing and shada if you count it is enjoyable
Leo Walker i agree. I think itsvery over rated. I enjoy the rest of the season more
classic story from 79.
One of my absolute favorite stories.
No silly CW channel type romances. No sexual garbage. No galactic jailbait nonsense. No over blaring music. Just science fiction, great castings and dialog that leaves you hanging on every word said for more!
and John Cleese.. dont forget. he's in this one too :D
I will admit, this is better than a lot of New Who. Still, I wouldn't...put it...exactly...like that.
@@doctormew9399 This is better written than anything in New Who.
Великолепно !!! Том во всей красе. ))) Большого здоровья тебе, мой друг !
1:33 tom looks how everyone looks when on the tube
Those two really remind me Capaldi and Jenna.
BBC really wanted to get their monies-worth of Paris shots while they were there.
It was a great story but this scene is certainly not one that I would show as a demonstration for pedestrian safety when crossing the road!
lezzman pays to own the DVD for commentary! 1st man w the briefcase was the director. 2nd the crew was nearly arrested for filming in the subway w/o permission. 3 you can here the commenters say that Tom & Lalla are showing the kids how to risk their lives crossing the street in these shots. Hard pressed to say which is more fun, listening to Douglas Adams talk about his day trip to Paris or Crispin Glover bellyache about being asked how he enjoyed Paris and snapping that they ( he & the countess) wouldn't know as they didn't get to go! 😉😆
I was in Paris the previous September, you took your life in your hands every time you crossed the street. It mattered not if the lights were in your favour, few motorists and no motorcyclists would stop for you.
I loved this story as a thirteen year old, I still do as an old codger for the happy memories it brings back.
@@escapetheratracenow9883 Must be a European thing. I was in Prague in 1999 and the motorists were equally ignorant.
Hard to imagine that this story was not liked by some critics when this hit the airwaves back 79.
City of Death is the first tine the Doctor visited France since 1st incarnation.
Has he/she visited since? I cant remember and google seems not to either lol
@@me-dc8pj Vincent and the Doctor, just off the top of my head. And Pond Life... The Girl in the Fireplace. Can't think of any others.
You're forgetting the massacre
@lex mota Nope, Vincent is from the Netherlands, but was living in France during the events of Vincent and the Doctor.
@@somerandomguy2073 Spyfall part 2
nobody can compete with the 3rd and 4th doctors my 2 favs
There era was peek classic who in my humble opinion. Though I still like the tenth doctor better because I'm basic. :p
R.I.P. David Fisher (13 April 1929 - 10 January 2018).
It's obvious some hanky-panky happened in the TARDIS between the Doctor and Romana at some point
There is something so lovely about this scene that keeps me coming back to watch it from time to time
I wish New Who had more scenes like this, I really miss the nuance and ambience old who had 😩
@@montelhelem8707 Yeah, there is no time anymore for quiet cute scenes like this one. It is quite sad.
Lalla Ward is so cute
Looks like an old Timey movie.
I would like to see more episodes like this where they actually come out of the UK and do Europe like what they did in the states.
Agreed
So, this is what it would look like if Sci fi characters dropped everything and became hosts of a travel log show for the History channel.
Without doubt the best story ever. It's a total classic.
BEST DOCTOR, BEST LOCATION, BEST SOUNDTRACK, BEST VILLIAN, BEST EPISODE
in my opinion 😄
Almost all of them for me
If only they knew what will happen to the Notre-Dame 40 years later.
UPD. Sorry for my incorrect English.
Redman Your comment didn't have any mistakes in it. Don't underestimate your ability to speak English ;)
The Doctor probably knew, but sadly it was a fixed point in time
This is my favorite scene from City of Death
Patron, two glasses of water... In fact make mine a double!
Omg, just noticed that walked past Notre Dame. 🇫🇷 😢
Beautiful romantic score. The chemistry is real as Lala Ward and Tom Baker were married.
I do believe Lala Ward was descended from European Royalty. Dutch perhaps, I don't remember but she had a certain regal baring.
Tom looks like Cheshire cat with the grin.
For certain one of my favourite Doctor Who episodes of any erra. I do like Robert Holmes horror movie inspired stories, but this is not that.
Quite civilised, not much in raving about ruling the universe.
I need to go back in time and the Earth must be destroyed so I may get back on my way. Billions of years stuck in the mud, must dash terribly sorry about destroying your world.
Can't be helped so no point worrying about it then.
Ta ta.
Actually she's anglo-Irish nobility. She's descendant of a brother of Edward IV and Richard III. Her Father was the Viscount of Bangor. Her last name refers to castle ward
@@tamarabrugara thanks for filling that in.
Tom and Lalla were married in 1982 I believe, after Tom had stopped being the Doctor. Still, they were probably dating at the time.
Romana: where are we going?
The Doctor: geographically or philosophically?
Lol
the doctor and romona doing a travel segment
"Have you seen the Star Warrior? He is the one known only as the Train Master. He is really simply The Master."
My fave story, fave incidental score!
I loved this story!
I've never seen this Season 17 episode. I first discovered Doctor Who on a cable TV channel. I hear Pluto TV runs a Doctor Who channel too. I love Lalla Ward and Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor and 2nd Romana. K-9 is not in this episode? The 1979 to 1980 season is my favorite! And they're in Paris my favorite city!!!!! Love it!!!
1:50 Director Cameo! Michael Hayes is the man getting off the train. Writer Douglas Adams also cameos in this story. He plays a man drinking at the bar (though he's not in this clip).
Fun Fact: Part 4 of this story holds the record for the highest viewing figures of a single episode in the original series.
@TC Fenstermaker Yeah ITV were on strike at the time.
1979 was a table wine 😃😃😃
While I find city of death overrated personally and I find it’s to be my least favourite in season 17,I will always love this scene
I wanna see the Doctor visit Amsterdam in a future episode!
He did in Arc of Infinity.
I miss Romana, man
We all do friend. 😭
God tier duo
So good. 79..wow. I was 10..lol. Tom Baker was a good doctor!!
And Paris? Never been. But soon.. Real soon..
Did people acctually say "yum yum" in the 70s? I wouldn't know.
Now people say 'nom nom', which is far more annoying. And let's face it, Lalla Ward's Romana can say whatever the heck she likes!
@@naparry4772 I know Fourth Doctor/Tom Baker did very well for himself ;)
That Metro station looks familiar, I wonder if it was the one also featured in The American Friend? (Wim Wenders film)
0:26 13th with 12th costume in the background!
Plenty of running here and there in this series
Which quarry did they film this in?
XD
Well, I would have given this a Like, because I have always enjoyed this scene, but the absurdity of the determination that you are the be-all and end-all of the judges of what background music is best made it impossible for me to like it.
And before it is said, I am about 3 decades too old to be a - what was that crass name used here? Ah, yes - "Nuvian," as I grew up with the Doctor since freaking Pertwee...
Romana II will always be the best DW assistant, for me any way
City of Death is 1 of the 3 Doctor Who stories from Tom Baker‘s era that wasn‘t put into book form. The other 2 are The Pirate Planet & Shada.
That's interesting, Shada would have been just as good as this, if it was completed without the BBC strike interruptions. I've got the Dinosaur Invasion Target novelisation but not the one with the cartoon speech bubble thing going on. Not many have alternative cover illustrations.
I have a copy of Shada in paperback.
In your face, 1979!
OMG they're on a date 🌹
Thumbs up for the Music comment.
Why is Romana dressed like a school girl from the Edwardian era?
It was supposed to originally be a catsuit according to tv tropes but lalla ward shot wearing that down.
@@neptune04 she thought it would make the young girls who watch doctor who feel better about there uniforms. For the most part it worked but she also revived mail from a lot of pervy dads lol
Murray Gold ALSO borrows from Gershwin...
Times, when there was nothing on ITV
Still haven't seen this story
Random I know but I swear the station at 1:11 is the one in Battlefield 3??
I would love for 2020 Who not to be just in England but try other counties.
County Antrim would be great, so it would.
Well they went back to Paris...
@@James-gc5if They filmed the scenes in Paris in Cardiff for Spyfall part 2, they didn't really film in Paris. I think City of Death is the only episode taking place in Paris to be actually filmed in Paris
@@jujublue4426 I was just talking about settings, rather than where they filmed. But there is something special about DW filming on location abroad.
I feel like River Song should have just been Romana somehow.
I noticed that every person who comments on this channel absolutely hates new who why is that
Snobism and stupidity !
You are spot on about it - complete snobbery!
Well some really intrusive music, dated pop culture references, repetitive story lines, repetitive character types and character arcs. The last few years haven't even been fun in an embarrassing way just flat out boring.
That’s probably because things like technology have advanced so quickly in the world, generally in the past 13 years. So the contemporary earth shown changed rapidly in a relatively short space of time.
I like both classic and new Doctor Who but I prefer Classic and this doesn’t mean I hate new Who.
Not all of us *hate* NuWho, we just like pointing out problems with it/what we would do differently. Personally, I'm a big fan of New (except Series 11-12 they both kinda sucked), just I can point out a lot of things I don't really like about it.
Of course, same mostly goes for Classic, but I prefer the sort of vibe Classic gives you vs New
Always thought that it's title: _"City of Death"_ was just generic, uninspired and kinda _boring_ really. And considering that this was one of the greatest serials of it's era, steeped in all that idiosyncratic Who mythos - imagine how much cooler it would've been if called something more fitting like: _"Dawn of the Jagaroth"_ - and seeing _that_ splashed instead across the titles for four weeks. Those weird and wonderful esoteric Who titles were always a significant part of it for me - plus knowing that your parents hadn't got a fucking clue what it all meant if they just happened to catch the odd episode - was always kinda fun too. So the resonance attained over time, by a serial & title such as _"The Talons of Weng-Chiang"_ - I just fuckin' love all that arcane shit - it never really gets old to me.
It's actually a pun. Paris is known as the City of Love which in French is Cite de L'amour. And City of Death translates to the similar sounding Cite de la mort.
Lady Snowblood I completely agree. You could just reword it a bit and get Peril in Paris which I think is more in keeping with the story's fun, larger-than-life atmosphere and far less prosaic. After all, if there's anything City of Death is not it's prosaic.
@@etanaedelman9011 i wish people understood this.
That dark arcane stuff was Robert Holmes Forte.
Pyramids of Mars.
What song is this?
and daft punk took idea/ispiration for their song within.
2:36 Oh shit
They were marrie. I decry the adverts cannon
Ey Tardis isn't translating!!
Ehh I'm going to disagree with the description. When I'm going to listen to a soundtrack, I expect it to be catchy and memorable. Plus, with the success of Star Wars, it's pretty much a given that sci-fi has to have orchestra to get that grandiose scale of space. About 75% of Classic Who's music doesn't tell me that we are on a grand adventure. Now, before I get absolutely destroyed by the comment section, I want to say that I love the Cybermen theme from the Moonbase, Seeds of Doom's abstract music, and you've seen me constantly gush over Season 25 and 26's music (especially Curse of Fenric). I'm with Peter Davison, in the sense that I just prefer Murray's work in Series 1-4 and Capaldi's era.
English Giraffe Gold's scores don't belong on Doctor Who, they belong to soap operas. Doctor Who (1963-1989) music feels like it belongs to a sci-fi show, which is what Who is about.
ADarthTokuDalek That's the right classic attitude.The new music is SOOOOO SHIT!!!
80s synth is the best and everyone knows it
I'm not sure I can agree. Simpson's music almost always fitted with the show. My favorite tracks of his are:
- The Crusade
- The Chase (guilty pleasure)
- The Celestial Toymaker
- The Underwater Menace
- The Macra Terror
- Evil of the Daleks
- The Ice Warriors
- Fury from the Deep
- The Seeds of Death
- The Space Pirates
- The War Games
- Spearhead from Space
- The Ambassadors of Death
- the Master's theme (multiple stories)
- The Mind of Evil
- Day of the Daleks
- The Ark in Space
- Pyramids of Mars
- The Sun Makers
- this music
Agreed. Sometimes the music in the Revived Era is a little OTT, it provides much more atmosphere consistently than in the Classic Era - which is often underwhelming.
The Classic Era does have some high points when it comes to score, specifically, the Moonbase, Earthshock, Ressurection of the Daleks (if a bit repetitive), The Five Doctors, Revelation of the Daleks, and The War Games.
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Agree with the description. Dudley Simpson was infinitely better than Murray Gold.
Tristram Cary, Norman Kay, Don Harper, Peter Howell, Roger Limb, Malcolm Clarke, Keff McCulloch, Mark Ayers, and Paddy Kingsland were all brilliant as well.
Really wish some of them would come back.
Still miss some of Paddy Kingsland's incredible scores from Season 19.
But none of them had concerts, and let's be honest the Murray Gold music makes you feel emotions, this video sounds like caricature music.
Mayo Tango131 But Doctor Who is not about 'DEM FEELZ', you know.
they didn't need concerts!
Agree with all of those but I'll swap Dominic Glynn for Keff McCulloch. McCulloch's music often seems to thump away in the background, like someone had left a ghetto blaster on playing random tracks. I like some of his stuff, but a lot of it was marred by an over-fondness for "clap-tracks" and relentless synthesized percussion, which sounded naff and irritating even in the 1980s.