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[[Doctor Who]]
<u>Apathy and Other Small Victories</u>, by Paul Neilan


SPOILERS TOTAL. You've been warned.
<u>Wicked</u>, by Gregory Maguire


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001: '''An Unearthly Child'''
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*An Unearthly Child ''[[1963]] [[November 23]]''
*The Cave of Skulls ''[[1963]] [[November 30]]''
*The Forest of Fear ''[[1963]] [[December 7]]''
*The Firemaker ''[[1963]] [[December 14]]''


(First watched 2007-01-05, -06, -07, -08) As an introduction to the concept it does its job, especially the first episode. &nbsp;However, the caveman struggles that dominate the last three are a bit blah. &nbsp;The Doctor sure was a much more grumpy and truly inhuman man here than the character he's evolved into by 2006. &nbsp;Knowing quite little detail about the early days of the series, I was a bit surprised to see the two school teachers dragged into the whole mess; I guess I'm most used to the &quot;Doctor + female companion&quot; group. &nbsp;As a casting note, it seemed pretty obvious that the &quot;15 year old&quot; really wasn't. &nbsp;By IMDB's reckoning [[Carole Ann Ford|she]] was 23 at the time.
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002: '''The Daleks'''
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*The Dead Planet ''[[1963]] [[December 21]]''
*The Survivors ''[[1963]] [[December 28]]''
*The Escape ''[[1964]] [[January 4]]''
*The Ambush ''[[1964]] [[January 11]]''
*The Expedition ''[[1964]] [[January 18]]''
*The Ordeal ''[[1964]] [[January 25]]''
*The Rescue ''[[1964]] [[February 2]]''


(First watched 2007-01-10, -11, -12, -13, -15, -15, -16) In a way, the early part of this series reminds me of Sliders. &nbsp;They got lost on their first trip, and then without the proper information and equipment bungle on to the next stop, solving problems so they can survive along the way. &nbsp;The Doctor really is quite a selfish grump. &nbsp;It's interesting to see how he's really a bit of an adversary to the teachers, though they're forced to rely on each other for continued survival and transportation. &nbsp;With the benefit of... foresight of the 2005 version of the Daleks which made them seem formidable even if goofy-looking, the original 60s goofy-looking ones gain a retroactive feel of danger.
30&quot; screen size


The Daleks are clearly not as much of a threat in this serial as they grow to be 40 years later. &nbsp;It should be interesting to see how this technology gap changes in the meantime. &nbsp;Certainly they have a long way to go from being floor-powered and shooting paralyzing goo to the flying, disintegration-ray-shooting, Time Lord enemies I know they become.
35&quot;x23.5&quot;x21.5&quot;


It's hard to call it music, but the combination of low note and following weird sound effect used to convey weirdness of the Dalek city was somehow really effective.
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003: '''The Edge of Destruction'''
Basically every type of input in the back: HDMI, component, S-Video, composite, and RF.
*The Edge of Destruction ''[[1964]] [[February 8]]''
*The Brink of Disaster ''[[1964]] [[February 15]]''


(First watched 2007-02-04, -05) &nbsp;The first part had promise. &nbsp;A mysterious problem. &nbsp;The people inside the TARDIS being confused, controlled, and knocked out? &nbsp;Quite a setup. &nbsp;However, the conclusion didn't do much for me. &nbsp;So it was the TARDIS itself causing these weird problems to get their attention, because it didn't have a better way to communicate? &nbsp;What did this have to do with making Susan try to stab people with scissors? &nbsp;And the problem turns out to be a stuck ''spring'' on the control panel? &nbsp;I realize this was made 43 years ago, but that seems the craziest thing to go wrong on your futuristic space-time machine.
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The above set seems to be sold out. &nbsp;But this is not all a bad thing. &nbsp;I'm thinking it was put into closeout to make way for putting the very similar successor model there. &nbsp;Essentially it seems like the same set but with fewer mixed reviews and complaints to be found online, which seems like a Good Thing.


004: '''Marco Polo'''
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*The Roof of the World ''[[1964]] [[February 22]]''
*The Singing Sands ''[[1964]] [[February 29]]''
*Five Hundred Eyes ''[[1964]] [[March 7]]''
*The Wall of Lies ''[[1964]] [[March 14]]''
*Rider from Shang-Tu ''[[1964]] [[March 21]]''
*Mighty Kublai Khan ''[[1964]] [[March 28]]''
*Assassin at Peking ''[[1964]] [[April 4]]''


Reconstruction (First watched 2007-02-22, -23, -28, 03-02, -04, -06, -08) &nbsp;First, watching a reconstruction is very different. &nbsp;It reminds me of some old [[Richard Scarry]] and Masters of the Universe VHS tapes we had as youngsters that were more like narrated storybooks. &nbsp;It was amusing to see the same picture used in different situations, or a single image of a person used with different backgrounds. &nbsp;Much harder to keep one's attention when there's literally no action to follow.
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Honestly the actual goings-on didn't seem the most captivating in this serial, though it did have quite a scale. &nbsp;It seems like with the previous adventures put together, the series had taken place throughout the space of about a week. &nbsp;This serial frequently had jumps of several days; they were traveling in a caravan through pre-China for weeks. &nbsp;Most of that was a repetition of &quot;Oh, let's try to escape!&quot; &nbsp;&quot;Oh, we're foiled!&quot; &nbsp;&quot;Oh, Tegana is against us!&quot; &nbsp;I did quite enjoy in the last two parts how the Doctor and Kublai Khan seemed to get along so well, sharing the experience of being old men with failing bodies.
30&quot; screen size


I also must admit, watching episodes of a show from over 40 years ago makes me feel a bit like a time traveler myself. &nbsp;If I wonder what the actors went on to next... I can find out. &nbsp;The [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581617/ young actress] who played Ping-Cho is now over 60 and has had an extensive acting career.
33.8&quot;x21.7&quot;x21.1&quot; (so actually a little smaller than the other set... 88%-ish the volume)


It's worth noting we didn't see the Doctor or his companions after the TARDIS disappeared, making this the first serial that didn't actually end with the beginning of the next.
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(First watched 200-03-12, -13, )
Again, side has some video input, headphone output.


(After two episodes) Wow, so far this is my favorite serial yet. &nbsp;The Daleks was cool, but here there seems to be much more travel and variety. &nbsp;The first episode has them learning about a sea of acid, getting into trouble investigating a big building, and being sent on a planetwide hunt for several keys. &nbsp;The second episode has weird jarred brains turning people into slaves, but that's resolved by the end of the episode as Barbara smashes them (!!) and the group gains some guest characters before splitting up to their new destinations. &nbsp;It does seem odd that the first person to travel to a new place seems to be there a lot longer, though. &nbsp;Barbara went to the brain-slave place less than a minute before the others, but she was in another room with knowledge of the place and changed clothes by the time they met again. &nbsp;At the end of the second episode it seemed like they'd be immediately following Susan, but she must've been there at least 15 seconds freaking out about the noises before the episode ended.
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(After third episode) Di... did I just watch an episode of Doctor Who that didn't have the Doctor in it at all? &nbsp;Still, another episode that told a small complete story then moved on. &nbsp;This time a booby-trapped location with some sort of accelerated growth jungle.
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SWJA1 May 28 early AM

Revision as of 19:37, 28 May 2007

Apathy and Other Small Victories, by Paul Neilan

Wicked, by Gregory Maguire

[1] X-Arcade joystick, for retro goodness.

Sledge Hammer

30PW8402/37B

Online Price: $387.99

Special Price: $335.00

30" screen size

35"x23.5"x21.5"

1080i/480p

Audio out

Basically every type of input in the back: HDMI, component, S-Video, composite, and RF.

Side has some video input, headphone output.

The above set seems to be sold out.  But this is not all a bad thing.  I'm thinking it was put into closeout to make way for putting the very similar successor model there.  Essentially it seems like the same set but with fewer mixed reviews and complaints to be found online, which seems like a Good Thing.

30PW8420/37B

Online Price: $387.99

30" screen size

33.8"x21.7"x21.1" (so actually a little smaller than the other set... 88%-ish the volume)

1080i/480p

Audio out

Again, basically every type of input.

Again, side has some video input, headphone output.

TV stands... they basically seem to be huge monstrosities or nearly sitting the set on the ground.  I want something maybe 3' foot from the ground, and without encasing the set so it's difficult to actually connect or disconnect as I know I'll do frequently enough.  Close-ish but not right things... TV I'm considering is 35" wide, 22" deep.

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SWJA1 May 28 early AM