They filmed a Pertwee episode in my home town in the early 70s. It was The Green Death and it was filmed at the then RCA factory in a town called Brynmawr. We had a day off school to watch the filming and I had a ride in Bessie with JP. Brilliant era.

To be honest from spearhead from space to planet of the spiders is the most consistently good in the shows history. I actually cried during his regeneration

When I did a list on bad Pertwee, it was so tough to find bad Pertwee stories. I agree the writing was the most consistent during this era.

Inferno has to be my favourite, it’s so ahead of its time!

This era is by far the most consistent in terms of tone and story quality.

Before: Please don't put Colony in Space in the Worst list... After: YES!!!

Finally someone who appreciates the fun of the time monster as much as I do haha

This video is missing precious Inferno content

I think Spearhead From Space is my favourite, because of the impact it had on me at the time. I was six years old when it was first transmitted in 1970, and I can remember standing outside C&A (clothing store chain, for any non-Brits, or those too young to remember) shortly afterwards, crying my eyes out because I was terrified the dummies in the shop window would come to life and kill me.

Pertwee was the first Doctor I really took notice of.I was very young when Hartnell and Troughton were on TV (Although by the End of Troughton's run I was getting hooked) Then Pertwee's Doctor came along. I loved the adventure it was Adam Adamant with Aliens it was Quatermass with sword fights and fight scenes it was far more exciting than it had ever been. and Yes it had the Gorgeous Katy Manning as Jo Grant (my first crush) and The wondefrful Roger Delgado as the Master who in my opinion has never been bettered. Don't get me wrong here I like all the other Masters ( well apart from the American Ambulance driver!) and Missy. But Delgado was the man! he defined the part he was Moriarty to Jon's Sherlock Holmes. I do agree somewhat with your comments here apart from The Daemons, I liked it because as you say there is a lot of the Doctor in this. Although I agree some of the performances from the Supporting cast are a bit iffy ( but I refer you to the acting in the Horns of Nimon and several of Davisons run Ingrid Pitt is particularly bad in one of his series And poor Colin Baker really got a kicking from bad supporting actors (Brian CAN YOU HEAR ME AT THE BACK! Blessed) and then Sylvester McCoy also suffered with some just out of panto acting too!) But I tend to let that go what you have with the Daemons is a Quatermass story with Jokes or a H P Lovecraft story with Jokes ( now there's a man who could have done with a sense of Humour!) I actually like the silliness of this story. As for the Doctor being contradictory in earlier episodes ( watch the current run where the Doctor cannot make up here mind if she loves or hates conspiracy theories) I think that continuity in those day (and character development) were not so important if you take similar shows that where running at the time (even bigger budget U.S) and shows you will find that there wsn't much in the way of character development the Six Million Dollar Man was the same humorless plank at the end of his show than he was at the beginning Kwau Chiang Caine was still a quiet spoken Kung Fu Monk wandering the desert kicking ass and saying he didn't want to fight. This sort of character development didn't happen then so much. it was just what everyone wanted to see good guy versus the bad guys. if you ever watch the 1960's Avengers right up until the show ended John Steed never changed this was just the way ti was back then Simple story telling. Verity Lambert said of some of the Later Doctor Who's "Some people think they are being awfully clever when they are not and this just makes the character just look silly."

'Mike Yates.' 'Yikes Mate.' Gold. I'm stealing that. ;)

the Dameons is my favourite story of all time. In my opinion, it doesn't drag at all and the setting of devils end is brilliant. My least favourite Pertwee Stories would be: Terror of the Autons Colony in Space The Mutants Invasion of the Dinosaurs The Monster of Peladon

There was a time when members of the fandom during the 90s-2000s looked down on the Pertwee because of the whole Doctor being an authority figure and member of the status quo but now more people truly appreciate his era for how good it was, true the Doctor may have worked for UNIT but he still butted heads with authority figures including the Brigadier himself. The political tones in some stories were perfect for this era, some of them can be on the nose even more so than New Who episodes like Arachnids in The UK, except the Pertwee stories were better written.

As far as 3s contradictory personality goes, i thought it could be the Time Lords tried to modify the doctors personality when they forced his regeneration to make him more in line with what they think a proper Time Lord should be

'Take that, you amphibious bastard.' I cackled like a witch.

I love how he references that one episode where they added the 'Doctor Who and' for some reason.

My favourites: frontier in space Planet of the daleks The sea devils Inferno Invasion of the dinosaurs My least favourites: Can’t do it. I’m yet to find a pertwee story I truly hate/dislike. His weakest stories are still really solid. Sorry.

Wow... I want to watch all of Pertwee's episodes all over again now 😂 this is a quality video, as always!

Third Doctor is my favourite era.....there isn’t really a complete dud, just a couple of stories that drag a bit that even then always have something to redeem them.

Well I need to see some Pertwee stories

Awwww man, I adore Peladon!! Both stories lol

Can I just.... Nobody: Sam in every Best & Worst Retrospective: The ___ Incarnation might just be the most ____.

The Third is my favorite classic doctor! My top 3 of his are: 1. The Sea Devils 2. Claws of Axos 3. Carnival of Monsters

I agree with you on 'Ambassadors'. Tries to be entertaining but everything just feels flat in action. Although, the ambassadors do look kind of menacing. My favourites; The Silurians The Sea Devils Carnival of Monsters Invasion of the Dinosaurs The Green Death Planet of the Daleks Inferno The Claws of Axos

I just finished “Ambassadors of Death”. I struggled to get through that!

you can get walls of confinement on spotify on the 'doctor who audiobooks' playlist!

Sacrilege!-The Ambassadors of Death is in my view one of the best Original Dr Who stories ever!

Ambassadors of Death is Iconic how dare you

The Third Doctor’s era was consistently decent throughout. It was quite radical too with him being earthbound and now working for UNIT rather than travelling in space and time.

I'd have to disagree with a lot of choices in this video (especially the worst list section), but at the end of the day we all love a bit of Pertwee, regardless of the story quality. BTW I love Ambassadors Of Death but that's just me, ya know.

i have an idea why not best and worst davros stories i would love to know your opinion on i davros

"There are points where the Time Monster feels like it's fucking you" And that's why it's such a great episode. You say that like it's a bad thing but Doctor Who (and science-fiction) should definitely have an element of 'fucking with you' because the entire genre is a head trip. The Time Monster is one of my favourite classic who stories. It starts off pretty standard and then quickly strands you in the middle of a trip. I love how surreal this one gets and also how much the story progresses throughout the six episodes.

Bruh Pertwee had some many classics, lots of high highs and not many lows. If I really had to narrow it down here are my favourites: The Silurians Inferno The TIme Warrior The Sea Devils Carnival of Monsters The Green Death

The fact that your enjoy pertwee as well is delightful! Im so happy to see another 3rd doctor fan.

19:43 💯 I'm glad I wasn't the only one who found Alpha Centauri super adorable. I was browsing PlutoTV and and it captivated me into watching the whole episode. I think it was my first Pertwee story.

Jon pertwee was my introduction to classic Who with Three doctors being the first story I watched with it not only being my first introduction to Jon pertwee but also Patrick Troughton and William Hartnell.

Also the very first time the Monk showed up it put the Doctor in a very weird spot: trying to prevent the Monk from stopping the viking invasion, actively getting the local people, who were already scarred by a viking raid earlier (with it being implied one of the local women got raped) being enlisted by the Doctor to help him ensure they will be invaded, most likely killed and that their country will be taken over by a foreign power as a direct result. And the story never acknowledges that is what he is doing and even ends with the Doctor on good terms with the locals as he leaves, after he destroyed the Monk's invention to stop them all being slaughtered by the Vikings. It's the most bizarre disconnect I've ever experienced in a piece of media and I am rather confused more people don't bring it up.

Funny you should mention CARNIVAL OF MONSTERS as a good introduction to the 3rd Doctor, as I just did so for our 11, 9, and 7-y.o. boys. After getting them hooked on a season+ of Tom Baker stories, I wanted to expose them to another good doctor before they became rigid in their appreciations. Just discovered your channel and looking forward to more! Going to have to try Big Finish for the first time for some good pre-bedtime stories.

Oh I love the monk as time lord villains go he’s probably my favourite, He is like the doctor but if the doctor was obsessed with power to an almost comical extent but I will freely admit that story is really bad, but stories like the black hole, the blame game, how to win planets and all his episodes in season 4 of the 8th doctor adventures make me love him. #BringBackTheMonk

I love your videos, Sam. They might just be my favourite Doctor Who videos on this site. So I hope you've got more ideas for once you've finished going through the doctors - rankings, perhaps?

I know I was only born in 1993... But ever since I saw Pertwee fall out of that TARDIS I've been in love. He'll always be my Doctor! Thanks for a great video. Really gave me the feels.

As a new viewer watching the classic series I decided to go with the third doctor first and I am surprised with the consistent quality.

When you posted your Doctor 4 retrospective, I was one of the pricks that called you a smug millennial. But, since then, I have watched your other videos, and have learned to appreciate your perspective, and hard work putting these videos together. And, I have to admit, this Doctor 3 retrospective is pretty spot on, with my own opinion. So keep up the good work, and this ancient gen-x-er, will keep watching.

What editing software do u use?

There's a good chunk of the 3rd Doctor's era that didn't do it for me, but god damnit I could watch the Brigadier all day.

I love the Monc ;D just because he realy blends the space between Doctor and Master and doesnt make it to easy to say whats right and whats wrong

Thank you for loving Day of the Daleks!

What, no mention of Death to the Daleks that made the Daleks into an absolute joke....where one dalek is defeated by freaking sticks and one commits suicide? And you all thought that the Daleks hit rock bottom with Daleks in Manhattan

Much of my love for the Ambassadors of Death comes from the cover of the novelization sitting on my bookshelf. Like most of the 60 other novelisations I have I haven't read it, but the cover is brilliantly designed and eerie.

This is the one I've been waiting for. Most Aesthetically Pleasing doctor

The reason why The Time Monster is the way it is is because it was originally meant to be a Dalek story with the Daleks experimenting with time but then they decided to bring the Daleks back early for day of the Daleks a story which wasn’t meant to have the Daleks in it in the first place

brilliant thank you very very entertaining and insightful

I've always loved Ambassadors but I can't genuinely argue against any of the points you make! I would have probably put the Three Doctors in the top 5 over Time Warrior though. I do enjoy your videos a lot and hope you do finish the set off!

I’m so chomping at the bit for the new Pertwee boxset, it’s just unreal how cleaned up they are now, and they get better every new release, and he’s my fave classic Doctor, cuz as you say, they’re just so very James Bond, lots of action and adventure, good stuff!

I would have a hard time picking the best and the worst. This is the first doctor that I watched. All of them I still enjoy watching.

I really love Ambassadors. It does drag in the middle a bit if you watch it in one sitting. I usually split it into 2 sittings. Always pulls me in more that way. Completely with you on Day Of The Daleks s.e. Great adventure.

Watching this splendid video got me wondering how many separate TV stories each Doctor had. I won't bore you with all the details, but one curious fact is that Tom Baker made 41... ironically, it would have been *"FORTY TWO"* if Douglas Adams' _Shada_ had been completed.

You forgot the best line in the dæmons, "According to all known laws of aviation a bumblebee should not be able to fly"

The third Doctor is the only one that has ever defied time itself without the tardis. If I recall correctly a time device was making everything move backwards in time. The Doctor moved forward in time against the revers time flow and pushed the off button.

He was my favourite. Even though it was ten years before I was born

I love this and you great video

I SO agree about the Time Monster but you’re other observations are quite debatable 😆

Thanks for doing all of these! Always gives me something to look forward to. As someone who has recently fallen madly in love with Big Finish, I'd love to know your biggest recommendations. What are the best starting points? Best audio companions? Or maybe just a 4-hour-long video discussing the miracle that is "Doctor Who and the Pirates?"

I don't get why people say "Doctor Who" isn't political when THIS era exists. I can spot quite a few overtly political stories in most eras but over half of his stories deal with real world problems to some degree. The Green Death, the Silurians, Sea Devils, Frontier in Space the Mutants, Ambassadors of Death, Carnival of Monsters, Colony in Space, Inferno and so many more.

I don't know if the full speech has more to it, but the clip you played of the "disease has it's benefits" speech makes perfect sense, and it's very 3rd Doctor. He didn't say disease killing people was ultimately the best outcome, he said that overpopulation was a problem and one of the benefits of disease was in solving it. He didn't advocate a position either way on whether this was moral, he just said it as a cold fact, which it is. And it's very Doctor, and especially very 3rd Doctor, to chastise people for failing to take into account all the facts because of personal bias, or emotional assumptions.

I'm not sure if there really is a bad pertwee story to be quite honest. I think the vast majority of them range anywhere from ok to absolutely amazing. My personal favourite is the three doctors because i absolutely love omega and it proved that multi doctor stories could work. If it wasn't for the success of the three doctors then we might not have had great stories like the five doctors and day of the doctor.

I enjoy looking at fans different favourites and er not favourites. I forgot how bad Mutants is and what a drag time monster is but most I could happily chill out with a beer and see again.

"Contrary to belief I don't enjoy being contrarian" is a hilarious comment. xD

Favourite 3rd Doctor stories: 5) Inferno 4) The Sea Devils 3) The Paradise Of Death 2) Ambassadors Of Death 1) The Mind Of Evil Worst is Invasion Of The Dinosaurs, great story but it needs an effects make over. With Jurassic Park and Walking with Dinosaurs technology it should be fairly straightforward if a bit expensive. The story is worth it and a makeover would take it from laughable to classic excellence.

Great vids, chief! I think the reputation of Ambassadors of Death was elevated for several decades by the fact that you could only ever see it in black and white. The original colour masters were wiped for most of the episodes, and the only existing colour tapes were poor quality taped off air versions. Same for The Dæmons, Terror of the Autons and episode 3 of Planet of the Daleks. The black and white hits some of the flaws of the CSO bluescreening, and enhances the atmosphere - some of the recoloured eps look *rough*.

I truly believed Dr Who became more adult oriented series under John Pertwee. His being stuck in Earth and working with Brigader and UNIT. Most stories feature Earth science going terrifying wrong; alternate Earth timelines etc. I would've like see episode feature William Tesla who turn out be a Time Lord.

How about a video on the best and worst Big Finish work of each Doctor?

I probably love Ambassadors of Death because it's cold and procedural, not in spite of it. And I probably love Time Monster because it's a silly, goofy slice of 70s Dr Who hokum, not in spite of it. But if anyone threatened to burn the master tapes of The Mutants and The Daemons, well, I'd be too busy watching Time Monster to stop them. Not sure why an audio was included... I took this to be about the TV stories... but the Pertwee era is so good, I find it hard to dislike any of them. Probably the most consistently good era of the lot.

I agree with you concerning the Ambassadors of Death, but the Daemons has been a favourite story of mine since it was first broadcast. And where were the Sea Devils and the Green Death, other stories that burnt themselves into my memory when they were first broadcast?

I’ve been collecting all of the classic stories. I only need one more Pertwee story to have them all. Here in North America Doctor Who dvds are quite expensive. I mix n match the DVDs and the blu ray sets all long as I can get all 159 stories I’ll be happy (not counting the missing ones of course).

The Time Monster! Genuine fun. I checked with a fun detector.

Tine monster is ine of my faves. My favorite moment... we're inside the master's tardis, and he's inside ours... doesnt make sense, but brilliant fun

The Ambassadors of Death i kinda liked

Dimensions In Time, would be too of my list, then the 2 episodes that retcon Clara ding split through time. Then Decalog 1 & 2, but only due to Pertwee having limited roles in these fan-fiction novels

Yeah I completely zoned out with Day of the Daleks, barely remeber what happened.

7:15 for Doctor Thanos

Thank God I got all his episodes on up just spend money on 1st and 2nd doctor's especially dealing with the missing episodes.

Pertwee is my second favourite Doctor mainly because of the bond I have with my Daddar and Pertwee being the Doctor he actually grew up with. With the 3rd Doctor, I don't think I could choose a worst story but I could definitely pick a top five, so here's my top five 3rd Doctor story: 5) The Mind of Evil 4) The Claws of Axos 3) Spearhead from Space 2) Invasion of the Dinosaurs 1) The Green Death

@ 11:53 - With a special appearance by Marty Feldman! heheh

The funny thing is that The Daemons was Pertwee's favourite story. :-D And I liked it, too. Definetely more than the very similar Mask of Mandragora.

The daemons gets at least 10 points for the little demon guy, he’s the best ever

this is the first classic era i saw and i gripped me instantly, picking lits for this one is very hard. Worst: The Mutants - it just bored me. The Monster of Peladon - a shit sequal to one of the best stories in classic who. The Time Monster (TOM TIT? TOM TIT!) - i dont know why i just didnt grab me, its incredibley bat shit though so i might like it more upon rewatch. also has a terrible TARDIS interior. Best: Planet of The Spiders - you cant beat that chase scene its peak pertwee, 3s last words are so accepting and probably the best in the entire show. Death to The Daleks - also known as Doctor Who and the tiled floor of doom! this one is just fun and belal is one of the best supporting characters dont @me The Claws of Axos - this is 3s era at its best, UNIT, Jo Grant, Alien Invasion that some how has the Master behind it and terrible monster costumes, it really has it all Spearhead from Space - the best classic post regeneration story by a mile, autons are great, Pertwee steals the show but so do Courtney and John. Curse of Peladon - this one just pulls you straight in, Pertwees brilliant fight scene, Jo masquerading as a princess, Alpha Centuri being Alpha Centuri and friendly Ice Warriors, 10/10

I like reviewing seasons based on what stories to watch again; after all, with luck I'll have plenty of time to watch my favorites over and over! Do you have any suggestions? Thanks!

Excellent!

Season 8 of Dr Who, Pertwee's second season, is imho the finest single season of Dr Who in its entire history. It's the Dr vs Master show like Bugs Bunny vs Daffy Duck. It's perfect.

was 8:21 a fitzthislewitz reference? Great video!

I think the best story of the Jon Pertwee is The Curse of Peladon. Good story. Good cast of aliens and a good performance by David Troughton as King Peladon.

spearhead from space was a mixed bag and Doctor was absent for the half of it but last episode of this arc Pertwee kills it also Roger Delgado is badass as the Master and Brigadier with no mustache is scary

When it comes to the monk and the doctor, the 4th series of the 8th doctor lucy miller series (from the two part ice warrior story to to the death) does the monk well and makes him a good villian and shows why the doctor can meddle with time and the monk can't.

Yes, yes, the best doctor. Liked, now watching.

Even though Eccleston was the first Doctor I had ever seen, Pertwee is what got my into Doctor Who. So many of the best stories come from his time as the Doctor. Favorites: Planet of the Spiders The Time Warrior The Sea Devils Carnival of Monsters The Three Doctors Spearhead from Space Inferno Terror of the Autons The Curse of Peladon The Daemons The Mind of Evil Least favorites: The Claws of Axos The Mutants The Time Monster The Monster of Peladon Planet of the Daleks

you are correct. there are not 5 bad Pertwee stories. it is the most consistantly strong era

YIKES MATE!!!!!! LMFAO!!!!! Best channel ever.

Am I the only one that agrees with his speech about disease in that audio drama?

With the ambassador's of death, the novelisation is better.