Classic Who "Silver Nemesis" Parts 1&2 Full Reaction!

"I don't suppose you've completely ignored my instructions and secretly prepared any Nitro Nine, have you?", The Doctor, "Silver Nemesis" The first part was broadcast on the actual day of the 25th anniversary of "An Unearthly Child" - the Silver anniversary - "Silver Nemesis" - indeed. However, parts 2 and 3 are quite special for me. The local New Zealand TV station was running a week-long anniversary celebration of Doctor Who - we got a bunch of old stories and some newer ones - I think one from each of the Doctors, like "The Dalek Invasion of Earth", "The Seeds of Death", ... etc. "This is no madness. 'Tis England.", Lady Peinforte, "Silver Nemesis" And on the final day of the celebration (Friday, 25 November), all three parts of "Silver Nemesis" were broadcast. This was BEFORE the UK saw the second and third parts of the story - we saw the parts before the UK. "When. Oh, yes. Yes, of course. On the 23rd day of November in the Year of our Lord 1988.", Mathematician, "Silver Nemesis" Ok, there's a bit of a problem here. There was a calendar change in 1752 - the famous missing 11 days - so a mathematician in 1638 couldn't have known about that so would have got the returning date wrong. Or perhaps, ... something ... I still like the repeating 25-year destruction idea, though. "I hate people whose alarms go off during gigs.", Ace, "Silver Nemesis" That's the Courtney Pine Jazz Quartet playing. "As my lady knows, before I entered your service I was found guilty of a large number of offences.", "Then have the courage of your convictions. Drink. Drink!", Richard Maynarde and Lady Peinforte, "Silver Nemesis" A return to Classic Who for Fiona Walker - we saw her all the way back in 1964 in "The Keys of Marinus" - she kidnapped Susan! I really like Lady Peinforte and Richard - they're good fun. "You mean the world's going to end and you've forgotten about it?", "I've been busy.", Ace and the Doctor, "Silver Nemesis" Yes, Doctor. "I thought it'd be a lot posher than this.", "It probably is, upstairs, but we're in the vault.", Ace and the Doctor, "Silver Nemesis" The Doctor puts on a fez - little did we know at the time how iconic that would be. Or vice-versa, anyone who remembered this scene was happy when 11 picked up another fez. "I've been here before.", "Déjà vu?", "No, with the school.", Ace and the Doctor, "Silver Nemesis" The tourist crowd have a large number of Who-people - like the director of "Remembrance of the Daleks", the director of "The Five Doctors", the writer of "The Happiness Patrol", the writer of this story. "Join the tour.", sesskasays, Reaction to "Silver Nemesis" Did I forget anyone? Yes, also in the tour is the wonderful ** Nicholas Courtney **! "Act as if you own the place.", The Doctor, "Silver Nemesis" Nice gag about wandering around Windsor Castle and not quite meeting the Queen. "Don't thank them yet. We might live to regret it.", "What are they?", "Cybermen.", The Doctor and Ace, "Silver Nemesis" It's always fun for the main monsters to appear at the cliffhanger. "Ah! Gold dipped in poison. Lady Peinforte's calling card.", The Doctor, "Silver Nemesis" Gold affecting Cybermen - what was the last time that idea was used? Oh, ... (sob) ..., Adric. "Created by Omega?", "Yes.", "And?", "Rassilon.", "And?", Ace and the Doctor, "Silver Nemesis" A deeper, darker Doctor. "Interference, origin unknown.", Cyberman, "Silver Nemesis" And it turns out it's Courtney Pine's jazz tape! Fun. "Come. The bear will not pursue us. Such things happen only in the theatre.", Lady Peinforte, "Silver Nemesis" We like a Shakespeare reference - we also have a "palpable hit". "Hmm, this game is going rather badly.", The Doctor, "Silver Nemesis"

Andrew Vignaux