For the 20th Anniversary of Doctor Who in 1983, there was a magazine called the "Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Special" published by the BBC. There is a story written by Eric Saward called "Birth of a Renegade" featuring the Fifth Doctor, it's revealed that Susan is actually the Lady Larn, the last living descendant of Rassilon. There was an attempted coup by the Master, taking place at the time, and he wanted to rule through Susan. The high council wiped The Doctor's memory of the events surrounding the coup and when he finally left Gallifrey, he found Susan had stowed away in the Tardis and since his memory of the coup was wiped, he believed her when she said she was his granddaughter.
This story is awesome in billions of ways Marie-Clare and I am glad you enjoyed Blake,s Seven too and it is awesome watching your reactions to programmes and films.
I don't think I can talk much about this episode anymore, because it's been analyzed to death. But in tribute to the late William Russell, I still think he has the best reaction to the TARDIS. The sheer disbelief ('I walked all round it!') pretty much sets the mould for everything that follows. Including walking all around it.
The original title sequence was created by having a television camera pointed at its own monitor - so it's seeing itself, seeing itself, seeing itself, ad finitum. It causes the picture to just break up into a series of random patterns UNLESS you mix in another image (in this case the letters OHO), then you get the break up happening around the shape of your added image. The letters WHO were then superimposed in editing over the OHO, with the word "Doctor" of course also added in editing above them at the same time. A surprising amount of Doctor Who's electronic video effects back then were simply them misusing the equipment!!! e.g. the Dalek extermination effect.
[NODS HAPPILY] Yep, they were breaking new ground in an era where specially designed video effects equipment simply didn't exist (and even if it did, the Beeb probably couldn't afford it!)... but the BBC *dId* have a variety of temperamental or difficult-to-align-properly gear, which the technicians and directors appointed to "Doctor Who" loved being allowed to play around with to see exactly *how* it went wrong when you did the deliberately wrong thing, and how they could use that to make the show look weird and wonderful! For example, overdriving the cameras caused the brightness to hit a maximum and then start coming downward again in the brightest areas, creating a negative image, and thus the Dalek extermination effect was born; And a classic case is coming up in 3 seasons time, when a misbehaving video-mixer channel that they'd had to carefully avoid using all day, was used in the final moments to give extra visual interest to what was originally planned as a simple cross-fade from one face to another... =:o}
Oh, yes, even then, the First Doctor was _very_ dark and a proper sinister old man. William Hartnell was told to tone it down after the first two episodes, but he always had a very amiable, but definitely _dark_ side. The reason Ian and Barbara passed out was because the Tardis hadn't moved in months and was suddenly roused into motion. The Doctor didn't really know how to control it at that time, and well -- side effects. And yes, we just had the Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassination of JFK the week before. It was a very strange and scary time.
...And in the so-called "pilot" version - i.e the botched first recording of this episode - both he and Susan were much weirder and more sinister people.
Welcome aboard Adam! 🥳 This story definitely subverts expectations and in the most incredibly unusual yet engaging ways, and is more about the humans than the Doctor at this point. Scientist Ian's unscientific and disbelief-laden reactions combined with Barbara's pragmatism simply can't be beat! ❤ The stories were simpler, but they have this sort of eathereal magic to them. And more daring, its amazing they had a near-villain Doctor back then! It's fun how each episode is it's own thing yet is part of a larger story, rather than being self-contained one-and-dones.
I am so excited to see you both do this! It will be fascinating to see how Adam finds Classic Who, and whether MC changes her view on any aspects of the show after rewatching. I still think this is an outstanding first episode, definitely worth a 9 in my book. The eerie atmosphere is superb, and the direction of Waris Hussein was quite innovative for the time, while the four regulars all come across vividly. They did of course have the rare benefit of reshooting the episode, after the original version was deemed unbroadcastable, so everyone involved really knew what they were doing. Interesting that Adam thought initially that the Doctor and Susan might be the same person, given that recent episodes have made it clear that Susan really was his granddaughter (a point that has actually been debated heavily by fans over the years). It is also worth emphasising how striking the original titles and theme tune were at the time. Nothing like them had been seen or heard on British TV before, and it is no exaggeration to say that Delia Derbyshire’s iconic and groundbreaking arrangement of the theme opened the ears of many future prominent musicians to the potential of electronic music, which was still at a very early stage of its development back then.
I explain Ian and Barbara's reaction to the first dematerialisation as a result of the Doctor's hasty and unplanned action. Remember that he had been on Earth for at least 5 months so, even if an expert pilot (if!) it wouldn't be surprising that he was a little rusty.
I like to think this was also the TARDIS's first experience of dealing with "strays" onboard, and she chose to knock them out to stop these "kids" from brawling inside her console room and upsetting her beloved thief. =:o}
Video howlaround came out of an experimental unit at the beeb, I think. The exec Producer, Mervyn Pinfield (who also directed a few stories) was keen on stuff like that. It works the same as audio feedback with a guitar next to a speaker; you film the input shape and then point a camera at the result and it just goes round and round, decaying and breaking up. I used to try it out with a video camera on our old CRT.
Welcome, Adam! It’s been a joy watching Marie-Claire’s reactions to Classic Who; looking forward to yours. And hoping commenters behave and restrain themselves from posting spoilers, for your sake. 😊
Well done, the both of you. When I first watched the classic series I was surprised by how much of the iconography was there right from the beginning. Verity, Waris, Sydney, etc. pure genius. It's almost as if it was guided by an unseen hand. I loved Susan mistaking pounds, shillings, pence for decimal currency. She was a time traveler! Just forgot what year she was in! Hope you move forward with this. Some stories are a slog, some are great, and the pace is not like modern shows. But there is a lot to love in these classic episodes. (Also, in 25 years or so, you'll find out why they were in Totter's Lane to begin with!) 😃
Doctor Who Chronicles 1971, I've just finished reading that this morning, I would have been very interested in the intro of Jo, but I wasn't there at the time, even my youngest sister came along the year later, but I was born in 1977, but she 'stole my heart' when I got the Day of The Daleks, and The Three Doctors, in the early days of BBC Video, but it looks like it would have been fun being a young fan in the Pertwee Era.
DOCTOR: Your hearing must be very acute. I didn't hear anything. BARBARA: It came from in here. DOCTOR: You imagined it. I often use the line - "You imagined it" with my family, meaning - I know you know the truth, but I'm denying it. :)
The choice of having a History and Science teachers as the BBC insisted that it had to be educational and so they could schedule alternate stories Historic and Science Fiction
I'm totally with Adam on the big TARDIS doors😎 - I adored them as a child and still do. They're like a proper airlock. People struggle to make the connection between the exterior and the interior (which is why Russell T Davies went with the police box on the inside) but I like to image a really weird experience as you pass from the interior dimension to the exterior dimension.
The title sequence was done using a technique called "Howlaround" - the camera is pointed at a monitor screen that is showing it's own output so the image shows the visual equivalent of audio feedback (there's probably a better way of explaining it).
I think the shaky take-off caused Ian and Barbara to fall, hence them passing out. I think 7 is a good rating for this first episode. Thinking from how it was viewed at the time, how new and mysterious it must of seemed. Glad Adam enjoyed and no doubt you enjoyed re-watching it. I like the interior doors, I wish they had kept them for Nu Who.
Watching these early episodes, you should realize that any idea of the doctor regenerating is more than a few years out. That wouldn't be explored until the end of the 2nd doctor's tenure 6 years later in '69
To answer one of your questions (And hopefully to break the 'kidnapping' myth), in the original version of the script the Doctor starts to operate controls on the console, but Ian attacks him, and there's a struggle. They materialise in Coal Hill School, where they've been reduced to tiny size. The implication was that because random controls were activated, the ship malfunctions, causing that very strange take off, the reduction in size, and Ian and Barbara passing out (and possibly the chameleon circuit sticking too). What we got was a brief struggle with Susan, no indication that the wrong controls were operated (We don't know what the Doctor was originally going to do), and the long held but almost certainly erroneous belief that the Doctor deliberately kidnapped the teachers.
@@therealpbristow Okay, so, I wrote a reply to you recommending two books currently available where you can find a lot of information on early drafts of the script (There were about four, I think), but UA-cam won't publish it, it seems. Maybe they have rules about 'advertising' in the comments, or maybe @MarieClaresWorld or a mod has to authorise it first? I'll give it a day or so, and try again (Unless the post appears).
@@ancientonezero Luckily, I've got email notifications turned on so I can see your recommendations there. But it figures that neither of them are in my vast (but far from up-to-date) collection of DW reference works. =:o} Maybe one day I'll have a wage (or a pension?) that's more than a third of the national average again, and be able to re-start collecting...
Adams journey begins ❤ get to reexperience the journey all over again 😁 and see adams first journey Honesty all the links to classic who I think the show needs renumbering into thejust all season 1-40 whatever it is now. Also remember space pirates 3! The one you missed. I rewatched that one recently and actually episode 3 is the best and I actually love the story now😂
Tha'ts why I prefer the classic Tardis console rooms. The interior and exterior are totally separate and have no relation to each other. I'm not a fan of the exterior bleeding into the interior in the form of the police box doors being visible inside the console room. It looks like a police box outside, but nothing inside indicates its exterior disguise. The new series was obviously inspired by the Peter Cushing movie Tardis set, which was the only classic era Tardis console room to feature the police box doors. It's a chamelion circuit thing. The doors blend in (size and shape) when you're outside but not in.
That reaction to Ada getting the 8th Doctor wrong made me laugh. I hope Adam enjoys Classic Who. I love the First Doctors era of the show and he is one of my favourite Doctors. I think this episode is one of the best pilots to a TV show out there. it instantly grips you and makes you want to watch more. It's insane to me how fantastic Ian and Barbara are as characters and their portrayals (rip william russel) and Barbara is particular is one of my favourite companions in the entire franchise. I do always wonder if modern Doctors (especially 12) want more people to react to the TARDIS like how Ian does
To clarify, the reason An Unearthly Child isn't on iPlayer is due to the son of Anthony Coburn, the writer of the story. He claims there's an issue with royalties and such, but... well, if I say he was NOT a fan of Ncuit Gatwa's casting, that tells you more about what it's really about. Always enjoy seeing people go back and watch the origins of the show, so this should be a really interesting watch. Looking forward to your views on Hartnell going forward!
I think the reason the first Doctor seems more of an anti-hero is because they didn’t want a typical heroic type and so they also wanted his character to be mysterious so we don’t know if he’s a good person or not. I prefer this if I’m honest. He’s an enigma. We don’t know too much about him hence the title Doctor Who? I love William Hartnell’s stern aloof more alien vibe. I adore black & white. It certainly gives it a more creepy vibe. It’s going to be interesting seeing what Adam makes of the evolution of the show. An Unearthly Child is a superb pilot. I’d give it a 10/10. It launches the show perfectly. Great reactions.
Welcome to the original series of Dr. Who Adam your in for the biggest ride my friend. Another trivia that you guys haven't mentioned is this episode aired a night just after the John F. Kennedy assassination it no one was tuning in that night as the world was in shock and was very big news at the time so it had to be repeated a week later. The way i view the First Doctor's behaviour in this episode was that he wasn't use to human companions yet also the character wasnt fully developed like Time Lord, regeneration, two hearts, Gallifrey none of that was invented yet at this point he's just a mysterious old man from another world travelling in a police phone booth and you also have to keep in mind this is the pre-Time War which is probaly why the modern Doctors are alot more open because of their trauma they went through but in Classic Who the Doctors pretty much keep things to themselves and are very alien and eccentric my problem with NuWho is the sexuality and humanising of the Doctor but here he is an a-sexual alien and eccentric of course he had a gallifreyan wife and a family but off-screen but the Doctor as a character is considered a-sexual.
There's an unaired pilot episode you guys should checkout in that version the First Doctor was alot more very nasty and abrassive and Susan explains to Ian and Barbara she was born in the 49th century which confirms in that version the Doctor and Susan were humans. In the broadcast version here that was changed and the whole thing was reshot only this time the Doctor's characteristic was changed and was abit more calmer even though still abrassive because creator Sydney Newman felt he was too nasty and were made to be wondering aliens where the line was redone and Susan tells Ian and Barbara that she was born in another time another world.
So, one ep a week? That means the first 6 seasons will take 4-and-a-half years to get through! =:oo (After that, 2 seasons per year until you reach Colin Baker, in 2037... I hope I live to see it! =;o} )
I loved trying to find all the differences between the Aired Version and the Unaired Version. I have been Colourising the First and Second Doctors Episodes they still have.The last one I did was Patrick Troughton's last story, 'War Games'. It is 10 Episodes and took me ages. I Uploaded Clips of it as a Video for Learning and Discussion, it only lasts for 3 and a half minutes. The BBC immediately Blocked it which it can't do because By Law a Learning Video comes under Fair Use. I will Sue the BBC if they do not remove their Block.
It’s complicated regarding the pilot and the actual transmitted version, the Tardis scene was recorded twice for the pilot. The only difference was the doors banging. The Hartnell Years vhs shows one version of the episode with one of the two “takes” of the Tardis scene, the other “take” was shown as part of the episode shown as part of the closure of Lime Grove Studios day of special programming on August bank holiday in 1991.
@@sg-zd8eb The Unaired version was re-done because of all the mistakes in it. First was the strong Friendship between Ian and Barbara was clear enough. The mistakes Susan made when talking about the Music Charts. Barbara Tripping going in the Door. The TARDIS was too New Looking and was dirtied up for the remake. As I said there are lots of differences and the fun is in finding them all.
Perhaps unfairly, my generation missed out on seeing these early stories - and seeing them as intended. By the time I saw this one, the only version was a film print (the nature of which we've probably discussed over the years). So the quality was even worse for the repeat in 1981 (and subsequent VHS) than it is today. With the video look restored today, it approximates what the average punter would have seen in 1963. Oddly, another serial from the 1960s that was shown back in '81 seems to be retained in 'unrestored' form on iPlayer. Can't make that out. Literally, in places.
I first saw this story when it originally came out on vhs in 1990, with the creepy cover of the Doctor’s face and Susan’s face melded together. (The final 60s story, The War Games, was released at the same time).
'Look Brigadier, I think the rewatch is starting'.
'Well...here we go again'.
This Doctor will have a character arc through out his era which will lead into someone much more familiar.
For the 20th Anniversary of Doctor Who in 1983, there was a magazine called the "Doctor Who 20th Anniversary Special" published by the BBC. There is a story written by Eric Saward called "Birth of a Renegade" featuring the Fifth Doctor, it's revealed that Susan is actually the Lady Larn, the last living descendant of Rassilon. There was an attempted coup by the Master, taking place at the time, and he wanted to rule through Susan. The high council wiped The Doctor's memory of the events surrounding the coup and when he finally left Gallifrey, he found Susan had stowed away in the Tardis and since his memory of the coup was wiped, he believed her when she said she was his granddaughter.
Just this first episode alone, you can feel the start of that ‘undefinable magic’ - to borrow a phrase from someone else.
I know that Adam is going to love the icons that are Barbara and Ian, it’s always a pleasure to go back to their stories.
This is going to take years to get through again. I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!!!
Oh, who am I kidding? Bring it on 😁
Yay!
R.I.P William Russell...such a shame you didn't quite make your Century 🎩
This story is awesome in billions of ways Marie-Clare and I am glad you enjoyed Blake,s Seven too and it is awesome watching your reactions to programmes and films.
I don't think I can talk much about this episode anymore, because it's been analyzed to death. But in tribute to the late William Russell, I still think he has the best reaction to the TARDIS. The sheer disbelief ('I walked all round it!') pretty much sets the mould for everything that follows. Including walking all around it.
This is so exciting!!! Love the idea of being able to share a journey like this with someone. You're living the dream!
The original title sequence was created by having a television camera pointed at its own monitor - so it's seeing itself, seeing itself, seeing itself, ad finitum. It causes the picture to just break up into a series of random patterns UNLESS you mix in another image (in this case the letters OHO), then you get the break up happening around the shape of your added image. The letters WHO were then superimposed in editing over the OHO, with the word "Doctor" of course also added in editing above them at the same time. A surprising amount of Doctor Who's electronic video effects back then were simply them misusing the equipment!!! e.g. the Dalek extermination effect.
[NODS HAPPILY] Yep, they were breaking new ground in an era where specially designed video effects equipment simply didn't exist (and even if it did, the Beeb probably couldn't afford it!)... but the BBC *dId* have a variety of temperamental or difficult-to-align-properly gear, which the technicians and directors appointed to "Doctor Who" loved being allowed to play around with to see exactly *how* it went wrong when you did the deliberately wrong thing, and how they could use that to make the show look weird and wonderful! For example, overdriving the cameras caused the brightness to hit a maximum and then start coming downward again in the brightest areas, creating a negative image, and thus the Dalek extermination effect was born; And a classic case is coming up in 3 seasons time, when a misbehaving video-mixer channel that they'd had to carefully avoid using all day, was used in the final moments to give extra visual interest to what was originally planned as a simple cross-fade from one face to another... =:o}
Still my favorite title sequence!
It is a truly superb episode!
As it happens, I am the Doctor! The original, you might say!
Oh, yes, even then, the First Doctor was _very_ dark and a proper sinister old man. William Hartnell was told to tone it down after the first two episodes, but he always had a very amiable, but definitely _dark_ side.
The reason Ian and Barbara passed out was because the Tardis hadn't moved in months and was suddenly roused into motion. The Doctor didn't really know how to control it at that time, and well -- side effects. And yes, we just had the Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassination of JFK the week before. It was a very strange and scary time.
There's no on-screen explanation for why the first take-off was so shaky or why Ian and Barbara pass out.
...And in the so-called "pilot" version - i.e the botched first recording of this episode - both he and Susan were much weirder and more sinister people.
Really pleased you are starting this journey together. I’m really looking forward to joining you.
Are you still watching the Avengers?
Welcome aboard Adam! 🥳
This story definitely subverts expectations and in the most incredibly unusual yet engaging ways, and is more about the humans than the Doctor at this point.
Scientist Ian's unscientific and disbelief-laden reactions combined with Barbara's pragmatism simply can't be beat! ❤
The stories were simpler, but they have this sort of eathereal magic to them. And more daring, its amazing they had a near-villain Doctor back then!
It's fun how each episode is it's own thing yet is part of a larger story, rather than being self-contained one-and-dones.
Looking forward to this series - an amazing adventure in time and space - great to see a rewatch and a first-timer's review!
I think it was a rough take off because Susan was trying to pull the Doctor away from the console while he was in the middle setting the controls! 👀
I am so excited to see you both do this! It will be fascinating to see how Adam finds Classic Who, and whether MC changes her view on any aspects of the show after rewatching. I still think this is an outstanding first episode, definitely worth a 9 in my book. The eerie atmosphere is superb, and the direction of Waris Hussein was quite innovative for the time, while the four regulars all come across vividly. They did of course have the rare benefit of reshooting the episode, after the original version was deemed unbroadcastable, so everyone involved really knew what they were doing.
Interesting that Adam thought initially that the Doctor and Susan might be the same person, given that recent episodes have made it clear that Susan really was his granddaughter (a point that has actually been debated heavily by fans over the years). It is also worth emphasising how striking the original titles and theme tune were at the time. Nothing like them had been seen or heard on British TV before, and it is no exaggeration to say that Delia Derbyshire’s iconic and groundbreaking arrangement of the theme opened the ears of many future prominent musicians to the potential of electronic music, which was still at a very early stage of its development back then.
Fabulous, a full circle ⭕️ and now it begins again. Thanks guys
I explain Ian and Barbara's reaction to the first dematerialisation as a result of the Doctor's hasty and unplanned action. Remember that he had been on Earth for at least 5 months so, even if an expert pilot (if!) it wouldn't be surprising that he was a little rusty.
I like to think this was also the TARDIS's first experience of dealing with "strays" onboard, and she chose to knock them out to stop these "kids" from brawling inside her console room and upsetting her beloved thief. =:o}
Video howlaround came out of an experimental unit at the beeb, I think. The exec Producer, Mervyn Pinfield (who also directed a few stories) was keen on stuff like that. It works the same as audio feedback with a guitar next to a speaker; you film the input shape and then point a camera at the result and it just goes round and round, decaying and breaking up. I used to try it out with a video camera on our old CRT.
Welcome, Adam! It’s been a joy watching Marie-Claire’s reactions to Classic Who; looking forward to yours. And hoping commenters behave and restrain themselves from posting spoilers, for your sake. 😊
It’s incredibly hard to believe or comprehend that when this was shown nobody had heard or seen a Dalek before.
Oh wow! So soon! Good luck to Adam, and dont be afraid to say what you think! 😊
I am so glad you guys are doing this I can’t wait for the entire journey
Well done, the both of you.
When I first watched the classic series I was surprised by how much of the iconography was there right from the beginning. Verity, Waris, Sydney, etc. pure genius. It's almost as if it was guided by an unseen hand. I loved Susan mistaking pounds, shillings, pence for decimal currency. She was a time traveler! Just forgot what year she was in!
Hope you move forward with this. Some stories are a slog, some are great, and the pace is not like modern shows. But there is a lot to love in these classic episodes.
(Also, in 25 years or so, you'll find out why they were in Totter's Lane to begin with!) 😃
Doctor Who Chronicles 1971, I've just finished reading that this morning, I would have been very interested in the intro of Jo, but I wasn't there at the time, even my youngest sister came along the year later, but I was born in 1977, but she 'stole my heart' when I got the Day of The Daleks, and The Three Doctors, in the early days of BBC Video, but it looks like it would have been fun being a young fan in the Pertwee Era.
❤❤❤❤❤ love doctor who and your channel ❤❤❤❤❤
I know Adam will enjoy classic doctor who as much as you.i look forward to seeing these reactions
The student has become the master. Let the indoctrination- err, rewatch begin!
DOCTOR: Your hearing must be very acute. I didn't hear anything.
BARBARA: It came from in here.
DOCTOR: You imagined it.
I often use the line - "You imagined it" with my family, meaning - I know you know the truth, but I'm denying it. :)
The choice of having a History and Science teachers as the BBC insisted that it had to be educational and so they could schedule alternate stories Historic and Science Fiction
Hi Adam welcome to classic Doctor Who, hope you have a great time.
I'm totally with Adam on the big TARDIS doors😎 - I adored them as a child and still do. They're like a proper airlock. People struggle to make the connection between the exterior and the interior (which is why Russell T Davies went with the police box on the inside) but I like to image a really weird experience as you pass from the interior dimension to the exterior dimension.
40 years ago, I wrote a fanfic that introduced a "non-dimensional void" between the interior and exterior sections of the TARDIS.
Icons again Barbara and Ian 😊 ps I remember when you did this over five years ago so nervous on UA-cam 👍👍ps love the teachers kidnapped by the doctor
Welcome aboard, Adam.
Nice one, I love me some classic who
The title sequence was done using a technique called "Howlaround" - the camera is pointed at a monitor screen that is showing it's own output so the image shows the visual equivalent of audio feedback (there's probably a better way of explaining it).
There are *more detailed* ways of explaining it, but I think you nailed the one-line summary. [HIGH-FIVE] =;o}
I think the shaky take-off caused Ian and Barbara to fall, hence them passing out. I think 7 is a good rating for this first episode. Thinking from how it was viewed at the time, how new and mysterious it must of seemed. Glad Adam enjoyed and no doubt you enjoyed re-watching it. I like the interior doors, I wish they had kept them for Nu Who.
Love that your doing this! Can’t wait for more
Hi Adam welcome to Classic Dr Who
Watching these early episodes, you should realize that any idea of the doctor regenerating is more than a few years out. That wouldn't be explored until the end of the 2nd doctor's tenure 6 years later in '69
The Brig- well...here we go again!
Welcome to classic who Adam. Hope you enjoy it
It would have to be 10 out of 10 as it's the first and for historical importance.
Im glad Adam and you marie Claire will rewatch classic dr who❤
Also William Hartnell was only 55 when he started dr who.
@@drwho-hj1pu Same age as Peter Capaldi when he began his tenure as 12!
To answer one of your questions (And hopefully to break the 'kidnapping' myth), in the original version of the script the Doctor starts to operate controls on the console, but Ian attacks him, and there's a struggle. They materialise in Coal Hill School, where they've been reduced to tiny size. The implication was that because random controls were activated, the ship malfunctions, causing that very strange take off, the reduction in size, and Ian and Barbara passing out (and possibly the chameleon circuit sticking too).
What we got was a brief struggle with Susan, no indication that the wrong controls were operated (We don't know what the Doctor was originally going to do), and the long held but almost certainly erroneous belief that the Doctor deliberately kidnapped the teachers.
Ooh! Where can we find this original version of the script?
@@therealpbristow Hopefully it'll be on the Season One Blu-ray box set, whenever they release that.
@@ancientonezero Have you seen it? I'm wondering why I've never heard of it.
@@therealpbristow Okay, so, I wrote a reply to you recommending two books currently available where you can find a lot of information on early drafts of the script (There were about four, I think), but UA-cam won't publish it, it seems. Maybe they have rules about 'advertising' in the comments, or maybe @MarieClaresWorld or a mod has to authorise it first? I'll give it a day or so, and try again (Unless the post appears).
@@ancientonezero Luckily, I've got email notifications turned on so I can see your recommendations there. But it figures that neither of them are in my vast (but far from up-to-date) collection of DW reference works. =:o}
Maybe one day I'll have a wage (or a pension?) that's more than a third of the national average again, and be able to re-start collecting...
Welcome to Classic Who...You'll never leave!
This parallels nicely with 7th Hour Films rewatching the modern series with his Dad!
Please do the full Marco Polo this time round!!!
The Doctor reminds me so much of Yoda in this!
Adams journey begins ❤ get to reexperience the journey all over again 😁 and see adams first journey
Honesty all the links to classic who I think the show needs renumbering into thejust all season 1-40 whatever it is now.
Also remember space pirates 3! The one you missed. I rewatched that one recently and actually episode 3 is the best and I actually love the story now😂
Tha'ts why I prefer the classic Tardis console rooms. The interior and exterior are totally separate and have no relation to each other. I'm not a fan of the exterior bleeding into the interior in the form of the police box doors being visible inside the console room. It looks like a police box outside, but nothing inside indicates its exterior disguise. The new series was obviously inspired by the Peter Cushing movie Tardis set, which was the only classic era Tardis console room to feature the police box doors. It's a chamelion circuit thing. The doors blend in (size and shape) when you're outside but not in.
The "bleeding" thing was actually first done in the 1960s Doctor Who movies with Peter Cushing.
@@seanryan3020 Yes indeed. And I mentioned that above.
My current rewatch im currently on jon pertwees 2nd season, mind of evil next for me
I'm on Peter Davison's second season (20th anniversary). "Terminus" is my next episode.
That reaction to Ada getting the 8th Doctor wrong made me laugh. I hope Adam enjoys Classic Who. I love the First Doctors era of the show and he is one of my favourite Doctors. I think this episode is one of the best pilots to a TV show out there. it instantly grips you and makes you want to watch more. It's insane to me how fantastic Ian and Barbara are as characters and their portrayals (rip william russel) and Barbara is particular is one of my favourite companions in the entire franchise. I do always wonder if modern Doctors (especially 12) want more people to react to the TARDIS like how Ian does
To clarify, the reason An Unearthly Child isn't on iPlayer is due to the son of Anthony Coburn, the writer of the story. He claims there's an issue with royalties and such, but... well, if I say he was NOT a fan of Ncuit Gatwa's casting, that tells you more about what it's really about.
Always enjoy seeing people go back and watch the origins of the show, so this should be a really interesting watch. Looking forward to your views on Hartnell going forward!
Marie claire one day I hope you try out the first episodes of my all time fave program prisoner cell block h xxxxx
Of course, you know that Adam will find out at least one reason why the Dr was there 25 years later…
I think the reason the first Doctor seems more of an anti-hero is because they didn’t want a typical heroic type and so they also wanted his character to be mysterious so we don’t know if he’s a good person or not. I prefer this if I’m honest. He’s an enigma. We don’t know too much about him hence the title Doctor Who? I love William Hartnell’s stern aloof more alien vibe. I adore black & white. It certainly gives it a more creepy vibe. It’s going to be interesting seeing what Adam makes of the evolution of the show. An Unearthly Child is a superb pilot. I’d give it a 10/10. It launches the show perfectly. Great reactions.
Imagine the first film you saw was
Avatar 3d it's like that. cheers
Welcome to the original series of Dr. Who Adam your in for the biggest ride my friend.
Another trivia that you guys haven't mentioned is this episode aired a night just after the John F. Kennedy assassination it no one was tuning in that night as the world was in shock and was very big news at the time so it had to be repeated a week later.
The way i view the First Doctor's behaviour in this episode was that he wasn't use to human companions yet also the character wasnt fully developed like Time Lord, regeneration, two hearts, Gallifrey none of that was invented yet at this point he's just a mysterious old man from another world travelling in a police phone booth and you also have to keep in mind this is the pre-Time War which is probaly why the modern Doctors are alot more open because of their trauma they went through but in Classic Who the Doctors pretty much keep things to themselves and are very alien and eccentric my problem with NuWho is the sexuality and humanising of the Doctor but here he is an a-sexual alien and eccentric of course he had a gallifreyan wife and a family but off-screen but the Doctor as a character is considered a-sexual.
Hartnell's Doctor was a nasty piece of work. Only due to Ian & Barbara's influence does he become more friendly and amazed by humans
There's an unaired pilot episode you guys should checkout in that version the First Doctor was alot more very nasty and abrassive and Susan explains to Ian and Barbara she was born in the 49th century which confirms in that version the Doctor and Susan were humans.
In the broadcast version here that was changed and the whole thing was reshot only this time the Doctor's characteristic was changed and was abit more calmer even though still abrassive because creator Sydney Newman felt he was too nasty and were made to be wondering aliens where the line was redone and Susan tells Ian and Barbara that she was born in another time another world.
You two should cosplay as Ian and Barbara for a reaction
So, one ep a week? That means the first 6 seasons will take 4-and-a-half years to get through! =:oo
(After that, 2 seasons per year until you reach Colin Baker, in 2037... I hope I live to see it! =;o} )
I loved trying to find all the differences between the Aired Version and the Unaired Version. I have been Colourising the First and Second Doctors Episodes they still have.The last one I did was Patrick Troughton's last story, 'War Games'. It is 10 Episodes and took me ages. I Uploaded Clips of it as a Video for Learning and Discussion, it only lasts for 3 and a half minutes. The BBC immediately Blocked it which it can't do because By Law a Learning Video comes under Fair Use. I will Sue the BBC if they do not remove their Block.
It’s complicated regarding the pilot and the actual transmitted version, the Tardis scene was recorded twice for the pilot. The only difference was the doors banging. The Hartnell Years vhs shows one version of the episode with one of the two “takes” of the Tardis scene, the other “take” was shown as part of the episode shown as part of the closure of Lime Grove Studios day of special programming on August bank holiday in 1991.
@@sg-zd8eb The Unaired version was re-done because of all the mistakes in it. First was the strong Friendship between Ian and Barbara was clear enough. The mistakes Susan made when talking about the Music Charts. Barbara Tripping going in the Door. The TARDIS was too New Looking and was dirtied up for the remake. As I said there are lots of differences and the fun is in finding them all.
now watch the 'pilot' version that wasnt transmitted till the early 90s, and compare the differences 😉
How has Adam never chosen to watch any Classic before, then ? like on DailyMotion
He has just never prioritised it before :)
Perhaps unfairly, my generation missed out on seeing these early stories - and seeing them as intended. By the time I saw this one, the only version was a film print (the nature of which we've probably discussed over the years). So the quality was even worse for the repeat in 1981 (and subsequent VHS) than it is today. With the video look restored today, it approximates what the average punter would have seen in 1963. Oddly, another serial from the 1960s that was shown back in '81 seems to be retained in 'unrestored' form on iPlayer. Can't make that out. Literally, in places.
I first saw this story when it originally came out on vhs in 1990, with the creepy cover of the Doctor’s face and Susan’s face melded together. (The final 60s story, The War Games, was released at the same time).
Not sure it's a good idea to do the whole run again. Key stories perhaps.
Adam’s never seen them so I want him to see it all :)
@@MarieClaresWorld Fair enough.
Instead of ranking episode to episode why not wait till you get to the end of the story then rank that as a whole?
I have a fondness for videotape Doctor Who. Except for the 6th Doctor. Lets not talk about him.
What’s wrong with the 6th Doctor?
He's the Doctor just as much as anyone else.
@@joshuaverran9443 "Whether you like it or not." -6th Doctor
So are you gonna do the whole of classic who again?