Classic Who Reaction - Pyraminds of Mars Part 3 and 4
Added 2025-05-25 14:00:06 +0000 UTC
Comments
Thank you for those suggestions. I might watch those episodes once I´m done with New Who. :)
Nicologik
2025-05-29 13:29:53 +0000 UTCWow so much backround information. Thank you so so much :) And I have heatd of that great fire of London before. When I wrote the comments I remembered that I was told about it when I visited the "The London Dungeon" in London :) They illustrated that fire very well, they even had a "burning" room, with a view on London outside the window. It looked really realistic, and frightening seeing a whole city burning.
Nicologik
2025-05-29 13:29:11 +0000 UTC"Now begins the reign of Sutekh the Destroyer. I shall crush this miserable world, and hurl it into the outermost depths of space. My vengeance starts here!", Sutekh, "Pyramids of Mars" This story is well justified as being a classic of Classic Who - ranked around the top 10 of all Classic Who stories in some polls - including the much-besmirched IMDB ratings. Of the Classic Who stories you've seen, only "Genesis of the Daleks" comes in ahead of it. But that just means that there are some other great Classic Who stories you haven't seen (yet)! BTW: "Stephen Harris" is a pseudonym - the original script had to be completely rewritten by the script editor so no named person took the writing credit. "Are you going to help or are you just going to stand there and admire the scenery?", The Doctor, "Pyramids of Mars" I think the reason the Doctor is a bit tetchy with Sarah Jane in these episodes is he realises how high the stakes are and how low their chances of success. "There's only one hope left. I've got to get to him, break his concentration.", The Doctor, "Pyramids of Mars" The Doctor travelled through the time-corridor to confront Sutekh and be a distraction causing him to stop holding back the explosion from the gelignite that Sarah shot. When Sutekh turns to look at the Doctor, the pyramid in the courtyard blows up - boom! "What is the binary location from galactic zero centre?", "Ten zero eleven, zero zero by zero two.", Sutekh and the Doctor, "Pyramids of Mars" We have seen those numbers used in later episodes - for example in "Death in Heaven", the Doctor enters those values when he trys to visit Gallifrey. "The controls of the Tardis are isomorphic.", "One to one. They answer to you alone.", The Doctor and Sutekh, "Pyramids of Mars" We've heard that "isomorphic" phrase before - in Series 3's "Last of the Time Lords" the Master said his laser screwdriver has isomorphic controls and wouldn't work for the Doctor. And later in "A Christmas Carol", Kazran's weather controls were also isomorphic. And the "Miracle Day" series of Torchwood, Gwen lied to Rex that the Torchwood contact lenses were isomorphic. In all of those cases we Classic Who watchers picked up the reference to this story. Of course in this case the Doctor is lying - lots of different people have flown the TARDIS - for example the new Master in "Utopia" or the start of "The Sontaran Stratagem" when the Doctor is instructing Donna - and we can't count the number of times that River did. "My paralysis has left me. I can move again. I can move! Now, Horus, we shall see who rules the cosmos!", Sutekh, "Pyramids of Mars" This is the scene with one of the most famous bloopers in Classic Who history! But, I have never see the "Hand of Sutekh". I know it's there but I always avert my eyes. I know that once I have seen it - it can't be unseen. "It reminds me of City of the Exxilons.", Sarah Jane, "Pyramids of Mars" These logic puzzles remind Sarah Jane of a previous Classic Who adventure from several seasons before. "After the Eye was broken, I realised that we had little more than two minutes to get back here.", "But how?", "The time radio waves take to pass from Mars to Earth.", The Doctor and Sarah Jane, "Pyramids of Mars" I really like this resolution to the story - bringing in the time delay from the distance between Mars and Earth caused by the finite speed-of-light. "We don't want to be blamed for starting a fire, do we? ... I had enough of that in 1666.", The Doctor, "Pyramids of Mars" As mentioned by the others, that's a reference to the Great Fire of London which devastated the city in September 1666 - a reference that many British school children would get. Actually, we have some really great written accounts of the Fire because two people, Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn, who lived through it kept a daily diary of their experiences. However, we haven't seen this incident with an earlier Doctor, so it must have been in an unseen adventure. "Pyramids of Mars" was included as a special feature on one of "The Sarah Jane Adventures" DVDs as a tribute to the late Elisabeth Sladen. "I am Sutekh the Destroyer. Where I tread I leave nothing but dust and darkness. I find that good.", Sutekh, "Pyramids of Mars"
Andrew Vignaux
2025-05-26 21:14:05 +0000 UTCIn regards to classic Who I would make a suggestion of watching Dragonfire sometime soon. I'd also suggest Remembrance of the Daleks. As for the Master. I'd go for season eight's first story Terror of..., followed by Keeper of Traken, Logoplis and Castrovalva and finish with Survival. Maybe something to think about once you've caught up with new Who.
Jade Ellis
2025-05-26 11:52:14 +0000 UTC
