This was my last "new" old Doctor Who, as I'd seen The War Games before. Everyone seems extremely white in this - a sad contrast to the earlier Troughton stories set in the future.
And Milo Clancy. Dear *God* but Milo Clancy.
My contemporaneous notes on this story are mostly about Milo Clancy. I shall reproduce them for you here, as written at the time:
Episode One Where's the Tardis? Bored! Just people we don't know trying to catch Space Pirates.
Episode Two Chequered shirt? Neckerchief? & WTF (with F underlined three times)'s that accent? Have we returned to the Gunfighters?
This is now >1m of a man having breakfast.
Episode Three Clancy is *very* *annoying*.
Episode Four Ordinarily it's just dull. When Clancy's on-screen(audio) it's actively bad. He appears to be doing the American-accent equivalent of Mummerset.
Episode Five I watched this and have no notes. But once was enough.
Episode Six I think Milo Clancy is the worst character on Doctor Who. Certainly to this point. Probably ever.
My overall note at the end of watching this story is that it was a real low point, and no wonder that the series was close to cancellation.
This was my last "new" old Doctor Who, as I'd seen The War Games before. Everyone seems extremely white in this - a sad contrast to the earlier Troughton stories set in the future.
ReplyDeleteAnd Milo Clancy.
Dear *God* but Milo Clancy.
My contemporaneous notes on this story are mostly about Milo Clancy. I shall reproduce them for you here, as written at the time:
Episode One
Where's the Tardis? Bored! Just people we don't know trying to catch Space Pirates.
Episode Two
Chequered shirt? Neckerchief? & WTF (with F underlined three times)'s that accent? Have we returned to the Gunfighters?
This is now >1m of a man having breakfast.
Episode Three
Clancy is *very* *annoying*.
Episode Four
Ordinarily it's just dull. When Clancy's on-screen(audio) it's actively bad. He appears to be doing the American-accent equivalent of Mummerset.
Episode Five
I watched this and have no notes. But once was enough.
Episode Six
I think Milo Clancy is the worst character on Doctor Who. Certainly to this point. Probably ever.
My overall note at the end of watching this story is that it was a real low point, and no wonder that the series was close to cancellation.
But dear God.
Milo Clancy.