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Post by bethhigdon on Mar 15, 2024 12:44:26 GMT
Pertwee 1st Review
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death Trailer - Behind the Scenes
There's not much to talk about here. It is ultimately just a trailer meant to advertise the show, and for being only that it does a fine job. What makes this particular trailer interesting however, and the reason why I included it, is that the BBC filmed extra footage of the Third Doctor just for the trailer itself. The monologue that the Doctor gives here was written just for the trailer and nothing else.
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Post by bethhigdon on Mar 16, 2024 12:01:28 GMT
Pertwee 2nd Review
Doctor Who and the Daemons - Novelization
I do not mind stating that this is easily the best adaptation that I've read for the this marathon so far.
It helps that the TV Daemons is arguably a stronger story than either The Gunfighters or The Dominators to begin with, so the novel has a stronger base to build off of. It also helps that it's not been abridged to pieces as like with the Fugitive of the Judoon mini-novelization.
But beyond that, the author does such a terrific job at adding character and depth to every scene, that in some ways, the story is even better than the original, and that's something.
I suppose in novel form, the weaknesses of the story's pacing, what with someone getting knocked out every other chapter, or the UNIT team winding up being ultimately useless is harder to ignore when reading, but the characters are so well realized and fun that you don't really care.
There's also added bits here and there that really make the story come alive. Extra scenes and dialogue. I also enjoyed the addition of the poor teen who just wants to afford his rent. It gave the story a relatable touch.
Oh and as an added bonus! This one has illustrations!
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Post by number13 on Mar 16, 2024 20:44:15 GMT
Pertwee 2nd Review
Doctor Who and the Daemons - Novelization
I do not mind stating that this is easily the best adaptation that I've read for the this marathon so far.
It helps that the TV Daemons is arguably a stronger story than either The Gunfighters or The Dominators to begin with, so the novel has a stronger base to build off of. It also helps that it's not been abridged to pieces as like with the Fugitive of the Judoon mini-novelization.
But beyond that, the author does such a terrific job at adding character and depth to every scene, that in some ways, the story is even better than the original, and that's something.
I suppose in novel form, the weaknesses of the story's pacing, what with someone getting knocked out every other chapter, or the UNIT team winding up being ultimately useless is harder to ignore when reading, but the characters are so well realized and fun that you don't really care.
There's also added bits here and there that really make the story come alive. Extra scenes and dialogue. I also enjoyed the addition of the poor teen who just wants to afford his rent. It gave the story a relatable touch.
Oh and as an added bonus! This one has illustrations!
Agree with every word - the early Target novelisations stand out a mile not only for the illustrations but because they are much more than simple transcriptions from script to page. The authors were given more time and space (ironically) for the early titles and it shows. Much higher page/word count and obviously more time to write a really good book. Of course it pleases me no end that they are mostly Third Doctor stories!
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Post by bethhigdon on Mar 19, 2024 3:28:49 GMT
Pertwee 3rd Review
U.N.I.T. On Call - Minisode
This is another LOCKDOWN short, and like the last one we did it's mostly just voice over, but there is at least one face actor on screen.
The premise is that someone from 2020 calls UNIT and the Doctor for help but reaches them in the past. The Third Doctor, Jo, and The Brigadier are unable to do much being stuck in the 70s, but they offer words of encouragement and advice.
It's a bit too meta for my liking. The person calling is a fan who watches the show, knows all about of the Doctor's life, and at the end we hear what is supposed to be one of the writers talking. Eehh...
I get what the short is trying to do and appreciate the sentiment behind it though. Also I'd be lying if I said I didn't laugh at a few of the jokes. But overall the schmaltz doesn't work for me here... and I'm not sure if it would have worked for me during the pandemic either... but then I'm the type of person who has never enjoyed speeches being read directly to me over the tv screen, even as a kid.
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Post by bethhigdon on Mar 22, 2024 3:19:58 GMT
Pertwee 4th Review
The Three Doctors - TV Story
Now this was fun.
A light, frothy little adventure, The Three Doctors just exudes charm in spades.
As the ten year anniversary special, this serial is the first multi-doctor story ever. Nowadays you get one of these every year of so in the extended universe but back then this truly was event television.
In truth, despite the entire universe being threatened, this is actually a small scale story. We have a small cast, few locations/sets, and not a whole lot of effects... nothing we haven’t seen in earlier Pertwee’s anyways.
What makes it an event is the return of the past Doctors, and based off the titled premise it works beautifully. Pertwee and Troughton are the perfect double act. And, despite his failing health at the time, the writers/producers still managed to incorporate Hartnell throughout the story in what would be his last appearance as the Doctor.
If I had any criticism at all it’s the lack of First Doctor companions to represent the era more. Of course your only options there would be Barbara, Ian, Polly, or Ben... But I think you could have worked at least one of them into the story. Maybe have Ben be the one to help recover the weather balloon as part of his military duties or something... oh well.
The Second Doctor at least gets Benton and the Brigadier. Which, is kind of poetic seeing as the Second Doctor story that we watched for the marathon was Benton’s introduction.
Still the lack of Ben and/or Barbara doesn’t necessarily distract from the proceedings. This is still a very solid functional story that does what it sets out to do very well. I had a good time watching it and I’m glad the randomizer choose it for this round.
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Post by bethhigdon on Mar 23, 2024 18:27:20 GMT
Pertwee 5th Review
Doctor Who: Infinity (The Orphans of the Polyoptra) - Video Game
So Doctor Who: Infinity is a spiritual successor to the Doctor Who:Legacy game that I covered earlier in the marathon. And just like that previous game, this one too was no longer available to buy. I guess the BBC just doesn’t like to make money or something.
Once again I downloaded the apk file to play on an emulator and tried out the free tutorial to get a feel of the game play. It’s similar to Legacy, in that you move orbs around the board to match colors, but that’s it really.
The game play feels really paired down from the last entry. Rather then trying to strategize with a custom party, abilities, and trying to find the best move set that works for you; you’re instead giving a single objective each round to complete. Gather blue orbs, match orbs around this one item, avoid this obstacle ect.
It’s really rather repetitive in the worst way and feels very tacked on. The challenges just exist as roadblocks for the story rather than the story existing to support the game play. So much so that you can even choose to skip the game segments all together in the option menu if you want.
After all, you’re really here for the story... or stories in this case.
One improvement that Infinity has over Legacy is in the story department. Rather than having a long drawn out single story, with no end in sight; Infinity opts to have shorter standalone stories that you can play in any order.
This is the better approach to ongoing online games in my humble opinion. The stories are better paced, presented, and self contained so you're not wasting hours trying to get an ending that won’t ever come.
Basically I appreciate the idea, even if the game play is lacking.
Overall, Infinity is a well executed series of motion comics, complete with voice acting and music, that happen to have optional game play mechanics. Which makes you wonder why they just didn’t make a bunch of motion comics to begin with.
As for this particular entry, The Orphans of the Polyoptra, it’s okay. It’s nice to get a sequel for the Web Planet but it’s kind of by the numbers. Not bad, but not super exciting as well.
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Post by bethhigdon on Mar 25, 2024 18:23:29 GMT
Pertwee 6th Review
The Adventures of the Doctor and Rory the Roman - Fan Fic
So the randomizer chose fanfiction for Pertwee's era. So I just typed in 'Third Doctor' into the AO3 search bar and went looking for something that interested me.
This particular story kept popping up towards the top of during different search parameters. It's well regarded on the site with numerous kudos, bookmarks, and comments. And for good reason, it's very well done.
The plot is that during Rory's 2000 year stint as an Auton he kept running into various incarnations of the Doctor.
What follows is a multi-doctor story full of short little episodes and mini adventures. It's honestly such a clever idea that I'm surprised that Big Finish hasn't jumped on it. (note: I only found out about BF's The Lone Centurion series after writing this review, but it's still slightly different from the fanfiction's set up)
For the Third Doctor's portion, he and Jo arrive just in time to stop a ship from sinking during the middle of a storm.
Just so happens said ship is carrying Rory, the Pandorica, and, in an inspired bit of a cameo, an older Marco Polo.
So we not only have the fun of Three meeting Rory, but also Marco Polo finding out about regeneration.
And the entire fic is full of such charming ideas and unusual team ups. It's all great fun and I highly recommend checking it out if you're a fan of the show.
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Post by bethhigdon on Mar 27, 2024 2:42:05 GMT
Pertwee 7th Review
Catastrophea - Novel
Now this was a mixed bag.
For the most part Catastrophea is a bog-standard traditional Doctor Who tale. Written by Dicks, the entire novel evokes the mid to late Pretwee years. The characterization is spot on, the plot is simple, but familiar in it's metaphors, and the visuals described therein feel like something you would have seen on screen during season 10.
For the most part anyway.
Interspersed in this very trad story are moments of inexplicable 'edginess' that clash horribly with the rest of the tone.
Foul language, gore, and even inappropriate and unwanted advancements towards the female characters jump out of nowhere and are too bamboozling their inclusion to even get offended over.
Like how did this get past editing? Why is it here? What does it add?
Someone suggested that the book was originally written for the Virgin range, and I would believe it. Yet even the VA range is more consistent with its shock value and unpleasantness.
In addition to a character calling Jo a bunch of slurs, we also get weird subplots that don't go anywhere either.
Like the Casablanca parody of Rik the bar owner, a love triangle between the rebel leaders, one of those rebel leaders being a recovering drug addict who succumbs to their addiction, ect.
These ultimately go nowhere, and it kind of makes the first half of the book feel like a pointless runaround. Especially since the the closest thing the book has to a main antagonist isn't introduced until the novel is half way over with, and is dispatched far too quickly and easily. Causing a weird sense of pacing, with a long drawn out conclusion.
All this isn't to say that I didn't enjoy myself. More often then not I found the book fun to read, but it is one of the weaker novels I've covered for the marathon.
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Post by bethhigdon on Mar 28, 2024 2:01:37 GMT
Pertwee 8th Review
Conspiracy in Space - Full Audio
So we went from the Companion Chronicles, to the Early Adventures, to the New Adventures range. Gone is the narration altogether, Doctors and even companions are completely recast when necessary, and we now have complete full-cast radio plays.
Let's get the elephant in the room out of the way first.
Tim Treloar does a fine job in the role of the Third Doctor, but he takes some getting used to. At the start, when he enters into the scene shouting, it really doesn't sound anything like Pertwee, yet as the play goes on he slips further into the character and you easily forget that the part has been recast.
Katy Manning's voice changing is actually more noticeable, but I've sat through four audios now with her, so I've gotten used to it. It's at least consistent.
Now on to the plot, we get another season ten outing with the Draconians. Unlike Catastrophea, which took place a couple hundred years after Frontier in Space, Conspiracy in Space is a prequel of sorts that details the start of the Draconian war.
There's a lot of world building here, but it also kind of highlights that the Draconians are just a fusion of the Ice Warriors and the Silurians. I don't know why the series created three different noble warrior reptile races, but they did.
I guess what makes the Draconians stand out is the better world-building that they get. Like they have an actual complex society with real politics.
Speaking of politics, this story revolves around it, along with plotting and backstabbing. None of it is particularly deep and you can guess the main plot twist coming a mile away, but the two main villains have some chemistry even if they're over the top.
Jo also gets a nice dynamic with the main side character of the story, Ruji, and the Doctor does his usual stuff. However, because of the nature of a prequel it all feels a bit pointless.
The villains are defeated, sure, but the war goes on ahead anyway. The heroes stop a planet from blowing up, but had they not gotten involve the planet never would have been in danger to begin with. Same with the Queen getting assassinated. And while it's nice that Ruji gets some character development, it is kind of annoying that there's no closure with him and Jo saying goodbye.
Meh... over all it's a decent story, but nothing special.
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Post by bethhigdon on Mar 28, 2024 12:42:27 GMT
Pertwee 9th Review
Countdown to TV Action - Short Story
Short Trips and Side Steps was the third Short Trips anthology published and the last of the original short trips run, before Big Finish took over the series.
There's no special theme here beyond Doctor Who, it's just a pure anthology book.
The third doctor story, Countdown to TV Action is an homage to the third doctor comics printed in TV Action comics. The Doctor is referred to as Dr. Who through out, and we only know that it is the third doctor because he talks about being stranded on earth by the Time Lords, and he drives a car that he calls 'Betsy'.
The plot involves the Doctor being tasked by the government to find a missing film crew, and of course plant aliens with mind control powers are present.
It almost reads as a parody, hitting all tropes that you would associate with the third doctor's era, minus UNIT, but the writer wisely has all of the characters played straight. Even if the idea of conquering the human race with TV is a Saturday morning cartoon plot, but hey I like Saturday morning cartoons, so what can I say.
The Kleptons, however, turns out are from the comics. Hence the title of the story.
In fact they’re from the very first Doctor Who comic that was ever published, and have a lot of reappearances in the expanded universe.
The only other notable thing in this story is that the short establishes that the Doctor owns a cottage, and that he regularly goes on dates with Earth women. Given that we're talking about the Third Doctor here, I'd believe it.
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Post by bethhigdon on Mar 30, 2024 3:23:24 GMT
Pertwee 10th Review
The Disintegrator - Comic
So not to spoil anything too much, but this is a Dalek story. Apparently, the Daleks are assisting a bunch of gangsters with some bank robberies using a disintegrator gun. Why? Well their big heist plan is to attack the UK’s national reserves and decimate the economy. With the country in turmoil, they then plan to invade from their headquarters on the moon, and presumably from there conquer the rest of Earth with London as their base. It’s a bit convoluted, but a solid enough scheme I suppose. The story plods along at a nice pace with plenty of intrigue and backstabbing like any good gangster movie... it just doesn’t quite stick the landing.
The Doctor is just working with the ordinary police this time. There’s no UNIT to be had, and yet I’m supposed to believe that police have a bazooka that can kill a Dalek?
Also the Doctor just lands on the moon, plants a bomb on the Dalek base, easy as you please, and zips back home in the Tardis as it blows up. Kind of an underwhelming climax all in all.
But at least the art work is good.
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 1, 2024 1:40:03 GMT
Pertwee 11th Review
A True Gentleman - Short Audio
This was such a cute story.
The plot is very simple. The Doctor helps to fix a little boy’s bike and while doing so gets a visit from a very important ambassador from space.
There’s no grand adventure, no bad guys to thwart, not even anything much in the way of conflict, but it’s a cozy little tale about nostalgia and the importance of kindness.
This is why I love Short Tips so much. This is what I come for when I settle down with a good cup tea to listen to. It immensely improved my mood and brighten my day and for that it goes to the top of the pile of favorite Pertwee stories I've covered for the marathon.
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 1, 2024 13:02:39 GMT
Pertwee 12th Review
"Honey Tart" from Baking Your Cake and Eating It (aka The Jon Pertwee Recipe Book) - Miscellaneous
So for years of hearing about this fabled cookbook and it's debated canon-ness I finally got the chance to obtain a copy for myself, and I have this marathon to thank for it. I love cooking and I love Doctor Who but I could never justify paying the overseas shipping for a cookbook that I may only use a couple of times, but this portion of the marathon gave me an excuse to finally brake down and buy a copy and I'm glad I did. What a fascinating and delicious bit of history.
Keeping to the spirit of the marathon, I choose a recipe at random and came across the Honey Tart. Reading the ingredients It sounded less like a honey pie and more like a cheesecake. However upon completion it was neither. This is a custard in a pie shell, more reminiscent of pumpkin pie than a baked cheesecake, and it's predominant flavor is not honey (though you do use honey in the recipe) but cinnamon.
I was wonderful either way and my family gobbled it up.
But is it canon?
Well there is no canon, so no, but who cares.
I'm more interested in how Pertwee got on board such a project and the extent of his involvement. Was it as simple as his agent signing off on his likeness on the back in exchange for a fee or was Pertwee himself a part of the recipe selection or something? One would assume the former as that's typically how celebrity marketing works but its so bizarre of an endorsement when there's really nothing else Pertwee put his name to that's remotely like it. Wild.
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 2, 2024 14:40:43 GMT
Pertwee 13th Review
Auton 2: Sentinel - Spin-off
So the Auton trilogy was a series of ‘made for home video’ movies featuring the popular monsters from Doctor Who and UNIT.
They were produced by BBV Productions, and similar to Reeltime before them, they made their fortune on Doctor Who spin-offs that licensed everything but the titled character.
However, unlike Downtime, there’s no familiar faces to be seen here. All the characters involved are created for this trilogy of films, and to my knowledge, have not appeared anywhere else in the franchise.
In some ways that gives the series a bit of freshness. The stories are all clearly set in the world of Doctor Who, what with UNIT and Autons, but because we don’t know the characters the story can play around more with moral ambiguity and intrigue, as the main character, Lockwood, who appears in all three films, may or may not be the hero.
The plot of this particular entry involves someone hijacking a UNIT truck and re-awaking the autons being transported within. UNIT begins to suspect that Lockwood might be behind the hijacking, but he’s also head of the division that investigates the Nestene specifically and is the world’s foremost expert on the matter. So they need to work with him while also investigating his background and any connections he may have with the autons.
Enter in the Natasha, a ‘scientific adviser’ who has secrets of her own, sent to shadow Lockwood and help him defeat the Autons... assuming he isn’t one of them.
That’s the most interesting bit of the plot. The rest is typical Doctor Who tropes, with soldiers vs alien monsters, a brainwashed cult that’s duped into helping the aliens, poorly edited death scenes, ect.
There’s some better special effects, like a CGI monster that still holds up better than some blockbuster CGI of the era, but overall the plot is a little... well derivative. And despite the actors giving it their all, I don’t know if the emotional beats really work for me.
Overall I prefer the first film, with it’s more claustrophobic base under siege set up and its smaller, yet more focused, cast.
But that’s a personal taste thing. Many fans prefer this second entry for it’s more ambitious effects, location shooting, and layered plot.
Either way, if you’re a Doctor Who fan, these three films maybe something worth checking out.
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 2, 2024 14:52:06 GMT
Pertwee Ranking
Favorite Story: A True Gentleman - It's just so sweet and chill. I love it
Least Favorite Story: UNIT On Call - Look, it's not bad. Not at all. It's just the thing on the list I'm least likely to go back and rewatch, and that's all down to personal taste
1. A True Gentleman - Short Audio 2. "Honey Tart" from Baking Your Cake and Eating It (aka The Jon Pertwee Recipe Book) - Miscellaneous
3. The Dæmons - Novelization 4. The Three Doctors - TV Story 5. The Adventures of the Doctor and Rory the Roman - Fan Work 6. The Disintegrator - Comic 7. Countdown to TV Action - Short Story 8. Doctor Who: Infinity (The Orphans of the Polyoptra) - Video Game 9. Catastrophea - novel 10. Conspiracy in Space - Full Audio 11. Auton 2: Sentinel - Spin-off
12. Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death Trailer - Behind the Scenes
13. U.N.I.T. On Call - Minisode
All in all a pretty even set of stories this round. Next up is the Fourth Doctor.
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Post by number13 on Apr 2, 2024 20:32:54 GMT
Pertwee Ranking
Favorite Story: A True Gentleman - It's just so sweet and chill. I love it
Least Favorite Story: UNIT On Call - Look, it's not bad. Not at all. It's just the thing on the list I'm least likely to go back and rewatch, and that's all down to personal taste
1. A True Gentleman - Short Audio 2. "Honey Tart" from Baking Your Cake and Eating It (aka The Jon Pertwee Recipe Book) - Miscellaneous
3. The Dæmons - Novelization 4. The Three Doctors - TV Story 5. The Adventures of the Doctor and Rory the Roman - Fan Work 6. The Disintegrator - Comic 7. Countdown to TV Action - Short Story 8. Doctor Who: Infinity (The Orphans of the Polyoptra) - Video Game 9. Catastrophea - novel 10. Conspiracy in Space - Full Audio 11. Auton 2: Sentinel - Spin-off
12. Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death Trailer - Behind the Scenes
13. U.N.I.T. On Call - Minisode
All in all a pretty even set of stories this round. Next up is the Fourth Doctor.
And I like to think I'm a Pertwee fan - but I've learned so much from your randomised excursion into my Doctor's timeline. Thanks!
Also, I think the forum needs to know the recipe for 'Honey Tart'.
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 3, 2024 4:10:29 GMT
Pertwee Ranking
Favorite Story: A True Gentleman - It's just so sweet and chill. I love it
Least Favorite Story: UNIT On Call - Look, it's not bad. Not at all. It's just the thing on the list I'm least likely to go back and rewatch, and that's all down to personal taste
1. A True Gentleman - Short Audio 2. "Honey Tart" from Baking Your Cake and Eating It (aka The Jon Pertwee Recipe Book) - Miscellaneous
3. The Dæmons - Novelization 4. The Three Doctors - TV Story 5. The Adventures of the Doctor and Rory the Roman - Fan Work 6. The Disintegrator - Comic 7. Countdown to TV Action - Short Story 8. Doctor Who: Infinity (The Orphans of the Polyoptra) - Video Game 9. Catastrophea - novel 10. Conspiracy in Space - Full Audio 11. Auton 2: Sentinel - Spin-off
12. Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death Trailer - Behind the Scenes
13. U.N.I.T. On Call - Minisode
All in all a pretty even set of stories this round. Next up is the Fourth Doctor.
And I like to think I'm a Pertwee fan - but I've learned so much from your randomised excursion into my Doctor's timeline. Thanks!
Also, I think the forum needs to know the recipe for 'Honey Tart'. Here yeah go,
Shortcrust 4 oz plain flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 oz butter 1 oz lard cold water to mix
Filliing 4 oz cream cheese
2 tablespoons honey 2 oz sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs
Bake in 375 oven for 35 mins
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 3, 2024 4:31:29 GMT
T. Baker 1st Review
Disney Time - Miscellaneous
Did you know that the recent streaming deal with Disney Plus is not the first time Doctor Who has been associated with The House of Mouse?
Disney Time was an annual special that ran in the UK from 1961 to 1998. And it was literally just one giant advert for Disney each and every year. It would show clips from it’s newly released or up coming movies, including recent re-releases and shorts, and promote it’s other tv shows.
Each year the segment was hosted by a celebrity who would provide linking segments and explain the context of the clips being shown. And in 1975 that celebrity was Doctor Who.
Not just Tom Baker, who played the Doctor, but the actual character of the Doctor, running around the theater proclaiming how great Disney is, how much he loves classic Disney characters like Donald Duck, and horribly mispronouncing Mowgli’s name.
The in universe explanation being that the Doctor is on vacation. Having just dropped off Harry and Sarah Jane back home at the end of Revenge of the Cybermen, he enjoys his holiday by going to the movies. At the end of his day off he gets a message from the Brigadier which is supposed to lead directly into Terror of the Zygons. So yeah, this is meant to be canon to the show.
The segment has never officially been released due to copyright, but mega fans with home recorders have kindly posted Tom Baker’s clips online.
In order to watch the show as intended, I pulled up the missing clips off of Disney Plus and kept the Doctor Who linking clips up in another tab; switching between the two when needed.
To re-create the experience yourself, this is the line up.
To start everything off, you have
“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” from Fantasia The Doctor’s 1st clip The Clock-cleaners (the short was edited down for the episode, but I don’t know where the cuts were made, so I just watched the entire short) 2nd Doctor clip “Blackbeard drives a car and says ACAB” from BlackBeard’s Ghost (the clip starts with Dean Jones and Blackbeard driving in the car and ends with Dean Jones getting handcuffed) 3rd Doctor Who clip "Trust in Me" from The Jungle Book (clip starts with Kaa singing, and ends Kaa being pushed out of the tree by Mowgli. just end when the segment fades to black) Back to the Doctor; 4th clip “The hippopotamus segment” from The African Lion 5th intro by the Doctor “Theodore and Amos try to rob the bank” from The Apple Dumpling Gang (the segment starts with Theodore telling Amos his plan for using a rope to haul himself to the roof, it ends at the next scene with the Sheriff finding the two thieves tied up together in front of the vault. cut the scene before the trial starts) 6th clip for the Doctor "The Beautiful Briny" from Bedknobs and Broomsticks (start with them meeting Mr. Cod and end as soon as they accept the trophy) Another Doctor segment, the 7th clip “A cougar attacks a child” from Return of the Big Cat (This TV movie is on youtube not Disney+; and clips were actually shown out of order for the episode. first clip time stamp 41:52 to 43:53, and the second clip time stamp is 37:30 to 39:27) 7th Doctor Who clip
“The puppets dancing” from Escape to Witch Mountain (the scene starts with the kids being stuck inside while it rains. they make the puppets come to life, the villains watch them from a hidden camera, next scene the children discuss running away) 8th Doctor who clip “He’s a Tramp” from Lady and the Tramp (scene kicks off with Lady being brought into the pound, ends with the song ending) Final Doctor Who clip
Of course it’s Disney and Doctor Who, two my favorite things combined so I love it. The best bits were the songs, but even the segments from ‘lesser’ films proved to be at least interesting given their context.
The Apple Dumpling and Escape to Witch Mountain were the big theatrical releases at the time, hence their inclusion.
BlackBeard’s Ghost, The African Lion, and Jungle Book were all getting planned releases that following year, and indeed the theater where this was filmed was playing Lady and the Tramp at the time. Which is why the episode ended on that segment in particular.
But most interesting of all was the Return of the Big Cat segment. A movie that I didn’t even knew existed until this marathon.
It’s not a theatrical release, but rather a made for tv movie that was created for Disney’s anthology show The Wonderful World of Color.
Disney made original tv movies from time to time for his anthology and they’re basically the prototype for the Disney Channel Original Movies that I grew up on. With about the same level of quality too.
With new Doctor Who coming to Disney Plus soon, this was a fun look in that I wouldn’t mind revisiting again. Especially since I now know where the clips actually begin and end. It took a while to figure that part out.
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Post by number13 on Apr 3, 2024 7:27:17 GMT
T. Baker 1st Review Disney Time - Miscellaneous Did you know that the recent streaming deal with Disney Plus is not the first time Doctor Who has been associated with The House of Mouse? I remember watching it in 1975! I always watched 'Disney Time' but that one stands out for obvious reasons.
Thanks for the recipe, 'lard' now that's a blast from the culinary past for sure! Overall, it's sort of what we'd call a Caramel Slice, but with added cream cheese which I've never seen before. I'm trying to lose a kilo or two at the moment and this isn't helping me, not not one little bit. But I have to try a recipe endorsed by my Doctor, don't I?
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Post by bethhigdon on Apr 3, 2024 21:27:10 GMT
T. Baker 1st Review Disney Time - Miscellaneous Did you know that the recent streaming deal with Disney Plus is not the first time Doctor Who has been associated with The House of Mouse? I remember watching it in 1975! I always watched 'Disney Time' but that one stands out for obvious reasons.
Thanks for the recipe, 'lard' now that's a blast from the culinary past for sure! Overall, it's sort of what we'd call a Caramel Slice, but with added cream cheese which I've never seen before. I'm trying to lose a kilo or two at the moment and this isn't helping me, not not one little bit. But I have to try a recipe endorsed by my Doctor, don't I?
I just noticed a typo on that recipe, it should be fixed now.
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