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*Planet of Giants ''[[1964]] [[October 31]]''
*Planet of Giants ''[[1964]] [[October 31]]''
*Dangerous Journey ''[[1964]] [[November 7]]''
*Dangerous Journey ''[[1964]] [[November 7]]''
*Crisis ''[[1964]] [[December 14]]''
*Crisis ''[[1964]] [[November 14]]''


(First watched 2007-07-30, -31, -08-01) Very cool.  Were it a modern episode a [[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]] comparison would be appropriate, but this episode predates that movie by a quarter century.  Considering that and a BBC budget, it was done well.  Great to see something really goofy go wrong with the TARDIS, other than just ending up in an inconvenient place or time.  The background drama going on wasn't very remarkable, but it kept the environment of hour protagonists from being static... and somehow gave them a way to save many lives, even on modern Earth as inch-high versions of themselves.  The villain trying to disguise his voice with a piece of cloth, though... yikes, what a crappy trick.  I think this is the first time I remember seeing that cliche in something other than a completely parodic manner.
(First watched 2007-07-30, -31, -08-01) Very cool.  Were it a modern episode a [[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids]] comparison would be appropriate, but this episode predates that movie by a quarter century.  Considering that and a BBC budget, it was done well.  Great to see something really goofy go wrong with the TARDIS, other than just ending up in an inconvenient place or time.  The background drama going on wasn't very remarkable, but it kept the environment of hour protagonists from being static... and somehow gave them a way to save many lives, even on modern Earth as inch-high versions of themselves.  The villain trying to disguise his voice with a piece of cloth, though... yikes, what a crappy trick.  I think this is the first time I remember seeing that cliche in something other than a completely parodic manner.
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002: '''The Dalek Invasion of Earth'''
*World's End ''[[1964]] [[November 21]]''
*The Daleks ''[[1964]] [[November 28]]''
*Day of Reckoning ''[[1964]] [[December 5]]''
*The End of Tomorrow ''[[1964]] [[December 12]]''
*The Waking Ally ''[[1964]] [[December 19]]''
*Flashpoint ''[[1964]] [[December 26]]''


(First watched 2007-08-04, -05, )
(First watched 2007-08-04, -05, -06, -07, -08, -09)


The Doctor said their previous run-in with the Daleks was "a million years" in the future as an explanation to why they were still around.  I won't take that as an accurate measurement, but... the Daleks they saw before seemed to have come into being on that planet, and seemed bound to the planet.  Are we now to take it that they were just some remaining sect, and the others had long since gone off planet to conquer?
The Doctor said their previous run-in with the Daleks was "a million years" in the future as an explanation to why they were still around.  I won't take that as an accurate measurement, but... the Daleks they saw before seemed to have come into being on that planet, and seemed bound to the planet.  Are we now to take it that they were just some remaining sect, and the others had long since gone off planet to conquer?
Goodbye Susan.  Boy, that'll make things awkward for Ian and Barbara if they ever get back home.  They disappear at the same time as a student, and turn back up without her.


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009: Planet of Giants

(First watched 2007-07-30, -31, -08-01) Very cool.  Were it a modern episode a Honey, I Shrunk the Kids comparison would be appropriate, but this episode predates that movie by a quarter century.  Considering that and a BBC budget, it was done well.  Great to see something really goofy go wrong with the TARDIS, other than just ending up in an inconvenient place or time.  The background drama going on wasn't very remarkable, but it kept the environment of hour protagonists from being static... and somehow gave them a way to save many lives, even on modern Earth as inch-high versions of themselves.  The villain trying to disguise his voice with a piece of cloth, though... yikes, what a crappy trick.  I think this is the first time I remember seeing that cliche in something other than a completely parodic manner.

This episode made me want to play Pikmin.

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002: The Dalek Invasion of Earth

(First watched 2007-08-04, -05, -06, -07, -08, -09)

The Doctor said their previous run-in with the Daleks was "a million years" in the future as an explanation to why they were still around.  I won't take that as an accurate measurement, but... the Daleks they saw before seemed to have come into being on that planet, and seemed bound to the planet.  Are we now to take it that they were just some remaining sect, and the others had long since gone off planet to conquer?

Goodbye Susan.  Boy, that'll make things awkward for Ian and Barbara if they ever get back home.  They disappear at the same time as a student, and turn back up without her.

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