Vision In Blue

Watching Doctor Who: Series 2 Serial 1: Planet Of Giants My synopsis: The sound of klaxons fill the air, not to worry thought... it's just one of those things, everything is fine. Everything is... well shiiiiiit, maybe not. Outside the TARDIS everything appear to be normal, apart from the giant dead earthworm, and the giant dead ant, and the giant poster of some plant, and the giant matchstick... wait a second! Occam's razor... they're at some sort of art installation. (Damn it, Ian!) Ian gets trapped inside a giant matchbox and is transported down the oversized garden to the patio. In the land of the giants there are discussions about a new insecticide, but due to it's highly deadly nature it is being rejected. This could mean great losses for the company and giant number one is shot dead by giant number two. The team are reunited and try to consider the next tiny steps they should take. But when a giant leg comes towards them they panic and scatter, a...

Watching Doctor Who: Series 1 Serial 8: The Reign Of Terror My Synopsis: The gang have landed back home in England and the Doctor is cleaning the decks of unnecessary travellers. As he tries to kick them out of the door they realise that they aren't in England at all, it's France, and it's a little bit beheady out there. Ian, Barbara and Susan blend in so well that they get themselves arrested and taken to prison pending a neck re-adjustment. With spies and allies hiding in plain sight, everyone plays a big game of musical chairs and goes between wine drinking and imprisonment. Can the Doctor forge his own papers, in these pre-psychic times, and infiltrate the prison to secure everyone's release? A Land Of Fear Good bit of overacting from Susan right from the off there. Barbara and Ian aren't so enthusiastic about going back to their lives, it might be because they have this feeling that they're being shoved off the TARDIS PDQ. Or ...

Watching Doctor Who: Series 1 Serial 7: The Sensorites My Synopsis: In a galaxy not so far away from the familiar, the gang manage to land on a spaceship that is orbiting a planet. They're instantly greeted by the lifeless bodies of two of the crew who have literally fallen asleep at the wheel. Once woken from their deep sleep we find out that the planet's odd inhabitants (or should that be Ood?) have been controlling their minds and won't let them leave. As Fry lacked the delta brainwave to be mind controlled, the TARDIS crew are also equip with primitive brains that can resist their would be captors,The Sensorites. The Sensorites come to the ship to try and earn a few quid washing the ship's windscreen, but after some awkward staring they decide the best thing to do it just break in and see what's going on. The gang try to find a way to defend themselves against this powerful foe. But what is their weakness? Could it be kryptonite? Or silver bullets? Luc...

Watching Doctor Who: Series 1 Serial 6: The Aztecs My Synopsis: The TARDIS manages to land herself in an Aztec reverse locked room puzzle, and the gang find themselves almost instantly separated from her. But Barbara, having stolen a fancy piece of jewellery before being locked out, has been mistaken for a reincarnation of the high priest Yetaxa, and yet gain found herself dolled up in fancy clothes being waited on hand and foot. Despite her knowledge of history she thinks that she can change the way Aztecs lived on earth, and decides to start a Change.org campaign to stop the human sacrificing. It's a less than popular idea and the locals begin to think she might be a false god. The Temple Of Evil I'm feeling good about learning things from this serial. And the first few minutes don't disappoint. I can't help but notice that Susan has yet again managed to put her foot in it... this time getting Barbara "captured" by the Aztecs. Alth...

Watching Doctor Who: Series 1 Serial 5: The Keys of Marinus My Synopsis: The gang arrive on Tracy Island, where the landscape is made of glass. Susan get separated from the group when she managed to melt one of her shoes in the sea of acid and has to pop back to the nearest Clarks for a replacement pair. Eventually they all meet back up at the giant pyramid and find Arbitan, keeper of the keys... but he's so good at his job that he needs someone to go and get the other four back for him after he hid them in a global game of hide and seek. With the TARDIS taken hostage they must retrieve the four keys, and any waifs and strays they find along the way, so that Arbitan can mind control everyone into being good again. The Sea of Death We're greeted with an island of lush... what I'm going to assume is green... foliage surrounding an oddly patterned pyramid. The sea doesn't look like it carries death, as the title suggests, but then I have a sneaking s...

Watching Doctor Who: Series 1 Serial 4: Marco Polo Here we are, Marco Polo, the first entirely lost episode of Doctor Who. It's a shame in more ways than one, having looked at the pictures of the episode I really would have like to have seen all the costumes in action. In this escapade the gang lands in 1289 with a completely buggered ship. Luckily they manage to hitchhike a ride with Marco Polo as they travel the Silk Road to visit his chum Kublai Libre. One of the group is hell bent on assassinating Chaka Khan in Peking, and attempts to sabotage the caravan along the route are thwarted. As if that wasn't bad enough, the gang has to retrieve the TARDIS from Minty Polo, who repurposes it when he realises that he's forgotten a gift for KHAAAAAAAN! The Roof of the World I've got a lot more admiration for the theme now I know how it was made. So the last episode saw the giant foot print outside the TARDIS. "The sun has melted the edges and made it look ...

Watching Doctor Who: Series 1 Serial 3: The Edge of Destruction I'm feeling a little ripped off at this point that The Edge of Destruction is only two episodes long, but I'm reliably informed it's this way because it was filling in the schedule. So I'm intrigued to see how this one works. The Doctor clearly hasn't RTFM, and when he tries to repair the faulty navigation circuit he manages to cause an explosion that knocks the gang out for a bit. For some reason this causes some temporary and very random memory loss, with a side effect of minor homicidal rage. Fearing the worst, that Ian and Barbara have some how learnt how to work the TARDIS in their brief stay, and are deliberately sabotaging it to get back to 1963, the Doctor throws around some wildd accusations and then drugs everyone. After some time, and some serious next level detective work from Barbara (honourary member of the Scooby Gang), they work out that the TARDIS is actually trying to warn th...