We see quite a bit of Dungeness Nuclear Power station in this one. 13:00 Originally this was a 6-parter so we are viewing a much cut down version. 14:15 One reason for the dogleg style 6-parters that the show started doing was that the production schedule had moved to recording 2 episodes every two weeks rather than one per week. If you look at Mind of Evil, while there are some sets that appear in all episodes there are some that only appear in episodes 1 and 2, 3 and 4, or 5 and 6. There were no free standing sets at the time so everything had to put up and taken down each time they recorded so matching the sets to the recording sessions helped.
@dariowesternСағат бұрын
This is my favourite Jon Pertwee story.
@johng58593 сағат бұрын
I don’t recall people ordering takeaways over the phone in my 80s childhood - when we had a Chinese on a Saturday evening we went out to get it. From memory, I think it was in the 90s that home delivery started to become a thing. As for the story, it really steps up a gear here. The ageing of Jo is nicely done and feels genuinely quite disturbing, aided by the horrified reaction of this normally unflappable Doctor, and it is fun to see the Master forced into uneasy alliance with UNIT and taking over the Doctor’s regular role, albeit briefly. On the subject of longer stories twisting in a different direction, it all depends on how that is done and if it adds a new intriguing layer to the story, as Paul suggests. In adventures like Enemy of the World and Inferno, I think it works really well, but less so in Mind of Evil.
@RubesGoodBrainCoffee3 сағат бұрын
5:00 -- 'He's getting the pizza.' He IS the pizza.
@BobbyDazzler-i5d3 сағат бұрын
Fast food delivery is still a relatively new thing. When I was a kid, it was either a trip to the chippy, or, on a Sunday, a boxed Vesta Chow Mein, bought midweek (oh, the decadence!). Mates started to go to burger places in the mid to late 80s, then those chains (plus fast food places like Spud-U-Like and Pizza Hut) dominated the high street (and those new out of town shopping centres). I'd say it's only in the last 10-15 years that home delivery has become so common as to be part of everyday life. ANYWAY- Doctor Who, hey? Great episode! When spaghetti zaps back.
@curmudgeone4 сағат бұрын
As far as I recall, although there were Indian and Chinese restaurants and takeaways in 1971, in the provinces the Vesta curry in a box or the frozen food brands’ versions of such cuisine was the most exotic thing people would try. Alas, the “won’t eat any foreign muck” attitude seemed to prevail. Quiche Lorraine was seen as a walk on the wild side. By the by, Salamander has been drifting in the time vortex for a long time now… is it possible he has evolved? Could the TARDIS next have a ginormous amphibian riding on it that looks suspiciously like Kermit? “He who goes ribbit ribbit?”
@user-is9ci4te4x4 сағат бұрын
only around 50% of homes had a telephone line in 1970 , telephone boxes were more common in the early 1980s British telecom splt from the post office and house phones became more popular. When I was growing up most food was home cooked and the chip shop was a special treat at least until i was a teenager
@rosalindwilkes27404 сағат бұрын
I first ordered pizza over the phone when I started at Portsmouth Poly in 1987 - I don’t think I had ever heard of doing it before then, certainly not growing up in the 70’s and 80’s maybe it was a thing but as a child I wasn’t aware of it…🤔
@curmudgeone4 сағат бұрын
Katy Manning commented that the transition from ‘young Jo to ‘old Jo’ was made more effective as the chosen actress, like Katy, had a scar on her face. Katy Manning had I believe to have her face rebuilt in surgery after a car accident where she as a passenger went through the windscreen - this I guess was before seatbelts were compulsory or possibly even optional. Katy Manning is a remarkable person, a force of nature. ❤️
@provisionalhypothesis2 сағат бұрын
before safety glass too sounds like
@WhatHandlesAreAvailable4 сағат бұрын
😂 keep up the good work
@geetee4459Күн бұрын
Thomas: "Looks great" Us: "What looks great? All we get to see is half an inch of sub-titles"...
@MuchWhitteringКүн бұрын
If you wanna be pedantic, Amy's Choice TECHNICALLY takes place entirely in the TARDIS.
@TheShallowProclamation10 сағат бұрын
We're Doctor Who fans. We definitely want to be pedantic.
@jonathanmurphy3141Күн бұрын
A large amount to the production, for this story, in studio survives on originals PAL tape. Very rare~ the elements, scenes not included, practice takes - were included partial on DVD, more complete on the season Blu-ray box. With the 1st and 4th episodes being original master tapes, and 2nd/3rd were returned conversations from Canada -I believe some of the original production tape has helped with restoration of the reversed tapes.
@ProblembeingКүн бұрын
You are referring to the wonderful Peter Noonan, who plays the First Doctor on Big Finish 😊
@TheShallowProclamationКүн бұрын
Yes that's him. Was lovely to have him comment
@ProblembeingКүн бұрын
As luck would have it, I just received a 1/6 scale Axon figure through the post. Love the design.
@icantthinkofagoodusername4575Күн бұрын
5:53 he has no idea
@TheShallowProclamationКүн бұрын
😂
@ftumschkКүн бұрын
7:10 Funny you should mention Michael Caine, as his then-girlfriend and now wife, the model and actress Shakira Baksh, was considered for the role of Jo Grant.
@conscienceaginBlackadder2 күн бұрын
While when unposh ppls in South Wales say ears, it can sound like years
@TheShallowProclamationКүн бұрын
Very true
@jamesa.fitzpatrick15662 күн бұрын
There's Corporal Bell! She's a semi-regular UNIT character. With received pronunciation to boot! O R
@mark-s2 күн бұрын
A gritty story I do really like this story I'm surprised the axons never returned again
@johng58592 күн бұрын
I think Katy has often commented on how cold the location shoot was for this, especially as she was wearing a short skirt. The disruption caused by the bad weather deterred Barry Letts from scheduling location work during midwinter in future. This story does mark another step away from the gritty, adult style of Season 7, with its garish production and more light hearted feel. It definitely starts to improve in this episode, however, as the Master shows his hand and the threat posed by Axos becomes apparent. Chinn continues to irritate, unfortunately.
@TheShallowProclamationКүн бұрын
I'd be interested to know how season 8 was received by those who had bought into the tone and feel of season 7. I can see it being potentially divisive.
@johng5859Күн бұрын
@@TheShallowProclamation I would be interested to know too, though the change in tone paid off with viewers more broadly as ratings for Season 8 increased considerably.
@TheShallowProclamationКүн бұрын
That goes some way to answering it I guess.
@BobbyDazzler-i5d2 күн бұрын
My guilty pleasure is telling people to stop calling it a guilty pleasure - if you enjoy a story, you enjoy it! Axos is garish, constantly one step away from being glam rock... but they all take it seriously, and it pays off.
@davidbull72102 күн бұрын
Mick Hucknall indeed!! Make up's too tight (to mention)😁
@derrenlodge65022 күн бұрын
Nick Hobbs doing his best jiggily truck acting...
@derrenlodge65022 күн бұрын
How can you NOT recognise the 'Michael Caine' guy...Thats the same actor who played Carstairs in The War Games.
@TheShallowProclamationКүн бұрын
We got there in the end.
@jamesa.fitzpatrick15662 күн бұрын
You're such noddy things.
@BobbyDazzler-i5d2 күн бұрын
I wouldn't have tagged Katy in that Tweet if you'd said anything bad! 😂
@TheShallowProclamationКүн бұрын
Haha good to know. By the time these go out I've forgotten most of what we said. I often have to go back and rewatch bits just to understand the comments section.
@BobbyDazzler-i5dКүн бұрын
@@TheShallowProclamation Oh, I hear that! Sometimes I forget what I'm typi - sorry, what was I saying? ;-)
@AndyRossism2 күн бұрын
Yes UNIT soldiers have a high body count and frankly sometimes they only have themselves to blame.
@AndyRossism2 күн бұрын
Anyone else spot Lord George Meldrum , or am I the only You Rang M'Lord fan here?
@oldhollywoodfan27272 күн бұрын
Or Colonel Reynolds in It Ain't Half Hot Mum?
@curmudgeoneКүн бұрын
Donald Hewlett, very good at ‘toffs’ and (I may be wrong) a fellow player back in the day in Aylesbury Repertory Company with a young Ronnie Barker.
@AndyRossism2 күн бұрын
I do like this story, it's fun and far out and very 1971! I feel like staring at the insides of Axos too long will be like a 70s Magic Eye picture and your Great Aunt Betty's 70s sofa pattern will appear before your eyes. Followed closely by a rampaging pile of bloodied Noodles of course.
@TheShallowProclamationКүн бұрын
That might be the most appropriate description of the axons ever.
@AndyRossism2 күн бұрын
As if a Politician as self serving and incompetent and greedy and power hungry as Chinn could ever put in charge of something so impor.....Oh. OK, never mind !
@AndyRossism2 күн бұрын
For those who care to know, for me Chinn is basically BoJo. That's who I'm thinking of to be clear!
@MichaelPhillipsatGreyOwlStudio2 күн бұрын
The on-location filming really goes up in quantity during the Pertwee era. It was Barry Letts' plan from the beginning to boost the budget and reallocate funds so that they could do more filming. One of the advantages of having a producer who'd previously directed Doctor Who (in "The Enemy of the World") is that he knew the value that location filming added to the program, and another reason why Letts was such a great producer for the show.
@TheShallowProclamationКүн бұрын
I know it bang on about it but I do love it. It's not just the scale it adds but I love the look of the 70's locations.
@kemmdog44442 күн бұрын
It’s always good to see Stewart Fell as the guard.
@hbomb67752 күн бұрын
This story is normal compared to the average 5th doctor story
@ShamrockParticle2 күн бұрын
Itd the grooviest thing on screen since the music videos of "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit"! 😂 Loved how the Brigadier is ultimately right in this story, even if the Doctor had a point.
@TheArmyOfDaleks4 күн бұрын
Fun Fact! At 1:57 you can see a frame of the preformance! So not only can you find the Beatles preforming part of the song, but you can also see a frame! Also you can see and hear footage from BEFORE the preformance too! It's just Vicki talking and being in front of the Time Space Visualiser makes it harder to hear and see.
@The-Cosmic-Hobo4 күн бұрын
Would this have been the first 'organic' type space ship in Doctor Who? Ah - the Krotons I guess fits the bill...
@TheShallowProclamation4 күн бұрын
I think we've repressed the memories of the Krotons.
@The-Cosmic-Hobo3 күн бұрын
@@TheShallowProclamation THEES IS A WARRNIN. THEES IS A WARRNIN. Ahh gotta love Robert Holmes' first story. Maybe.
@AshaLeu5 күн бұрын
You will have to wait until Season 16 for "The Spanner of Evil"
@mark-s5 күн бұрын
Another classic the claws of axos cannot wait to hear your thoughts on this one I really enjoyed this one
@htershane5 күн бұрын
Whilst not my favourite 3rd Doc tale, this for me is quintessential Pertwee and almost a perfect classic “Who”; Monsters, The Master, Unit, TARDIS scenes, space/time travel, Earth under threat , stupid government types…..it ticks nearly all the boxes. Does Pigbin Josh count as racial stereotype? 😂 regionalist stereotype? Still not got the titles and music quite right yet but yep the era of the 3rd Doctor is well and truly bedded in now.
@ZER0--6 күн бұрын
John Pertwee was my Doctor Who. Being a kid, I was not happy that he regenerated.
@TheShallowProclamation6 күн бұрын
I think a lot of children struggled with this.
@The-Cosmic-Hobo4 күн бұрын
I've not been a fan of the fact that in the new era, no Doctor has lasted more than 3 seasons (ok, David did 3 + some specials). But, that said, when you get a Doctor who lasts for an extended period, you have kids who grow up with only that Doctor, and the regeneration comes as a bigger shock...
@derrenlodge65026 күн бұрын
Welcome eps1...To cold baths,ping pong balls,giant frogs snd spaghetti monsters! Psychedelic Doctor Who...This story is Mega Bonkers!!
@joshuajoshua27326 күн бұрын
You guys are stepping into what I call the proper true golden age of Dr. Who.
@darrensetter6 күн бұрын
Bill Filer is so good he even got his own NBC TV spinoff series :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a59kdtqgm7CYc5s.htmlsi=tcllCtsRc9RGPwfu
@neilmcdonald91646 күн бұрын
The Circus was set in fields off the Lea Bridge Road in London 🎩
@curmudgeone6 күн бұрын
Forgot to mention, the bespectacled, rollneck pullovered scientist Winser from the Nuton power station is played by David Saville, whom we last saw in The War Games as brave Lieutenant Carstairs, fading from the WW1 zone and hoping to find Lady Jennifer. He’ll appear again in Classic Who in another role, but no more of that now.
@ftumschk6 күн бұрын
7:22 It's Nuton, an allusion to "neutron", presumably - it being an atomic plant and all that - not Nutton, as in " I got plenty o' nutton" from Porgy & Bess ;)
@jonathanmurphy31416 күн бұрын
this is one of my favorite Pertwee stories -for the ambition, weirdness, and color. 🙃
@ftumschk6 күн бұрын
Mine too - I think it's a true gem. I never cease to be amazed that it doesn't get much credit from some fans.
@lakecountynaturalist76177 күн бұрын
It can get as weird as it wants. I’m with Katy, I’d follow Jon Pertwee anywhere.
@Problembeing7 күн бұрын
Is that whwre they sell sliced bread? Nuton my watch!