Happy 90th birthday to Tom Baker, my first Doctor! - eviltoast

My first episode was Destiny of the Daleks all the way back in the 1980s, which I think was a good episode to start on.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    11 months ago

    Even though I grew up with classic Who, it took me a long time to get into One and Two’s episodes, as you said, the pacing is very slow. I’ve gone back to them since and I enjoy them a lot more now. I’m especially impressed with what they tried to achieve on such a limited budget. It sometimes was a complete failure, but every attempt was interesting.

    • Charles Fort would be proud@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      Oh, I agree. What the production pulled off with tighter and tighter budgets is impressive. The Ark in space bubblewrap monster is phenomenal 😂

      I’ve become quite fond of Patrick Troughton’s Doctor as well, and I see some of the same quirkiness in his performance as in Tom Baker’s. The Second Doctor with Jamie is as memorable as Four with Sarah Jane, just a pity so many episodes were junked.