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It seems a bit on the nose that the clothes the sea devils wear is basically... big fish nets. | It seems a bit on the nose that the clothes the sea devils wear is basically... big fish nets. | ||
Over the years it seems there are quite a few groups who want to claim (or reclaim) the Earth, with the Doctor trying to set up a system where they can share with the humans and *looks around* it keeps not happening. Well, except maybe with the Zygons much later on.}} | Over the years it seems there are quite a few groups who want to claim (or reclaim) the Earth, with the Doctor trying to set up a system where they can share with the humans and *looks around* it keeps not happening. Well, except maybe with the Zygons much later on. | ||
On the whole, other than a few nice moments like the Master watching Clangers, this felt like too much of a generic serial. "This is what Doctor Who was like in the early 70s", but nothing outstanding. Retread of the first Silurians serial but less interesting.}} | |||
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|epdate = 1972-04-08, 1972-04-15, 1972-04-22, 1972-04-29, 1972-05-06, 1972-05-13 | |epdate = 1972-04-08, 1972-04-15, 1972-04-22, 1972-04-29, 1972-05-06, 1972-05-13 | ||
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|thoughts = }} | |thoughts = They're really starting to trot out the Time Lords as an excuse to get the TARDIS back into action without REALLY changing the status quo. In this case there's a special message box the Doctor is supposed to deliver... which it seems like they could've just sent to the destination right away? Of course they really need the Doctor to intervene in the situation, but do they really think he can improvise through an unknown situation better than any of them can deal with it with much greater knowledge and precise time travel available? As viewers we know this to be true, but the Time Lords aren't supposed to view themselves as so impotent, are they? | ||
60 years into the franchise the history of the future is very inconsistent, but just this far in there's a lot less to get in the way. Last year we saw the Doctor and Jo go 500 years into the future and saw a period of Earth civilization in great expansion, both from colonists living on new planets and corporations mining them for resources. Now we've jumped another 500 years forward and Earth civilization has spread itself too thin with bad decisions. Ruining the livability of Earth and other planets in their influence with too much dirty tech. Too much abusing of other species they "partner" with on colonies. But even here where Earth is trying to disentangle itself from this particular planet, the greed of the colonial administrators is forcing the situation to continue.}} | |||
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