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witchofthemidlands · 6 months

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Maureen O'Brien as VICKI PALLISTER Peter Purves as STEVEN TAYLOR Frazer Hines as JAMIE MCCRIMMON Wendy Padbury as ZOE HERIOT Sylvester McCoy as THE SEVENTH DOCTOR Sophie Aldred as ACE MCSHANE Katy Manning as JO GRANT Daniel Anthony as CLYDE LANGER Peter Davison as THE FIFTH DOCTOR Janet Fielding as TEGAN JOVANKA Nicola Bryant as PERI BROWN Colin Baker as THE SIXTH DOCTOR

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cleowho · 8 days

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“And as you play...”

The Romans - season 02 - 1965

#doctor who #classic doctor who #first doctor #william hartnell #the romans #tavius #michael peake #vicki #maureen o'brien

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kitmarlowe · 6 months

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Well, my dear, in one way I don't think things have turned out too badly after all, hmm? You will be much safer under Joanna's wing.

#doctor who #classic who #dwedit #cwedit #first doctor #william hartnell #vicki pallister #maureen o'brien #gif #as it's all coming to iplayer tomorrow #ignore moffat's characterisation of one he's a delight

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zebra3girl · 6 months

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One of my favorite Classic Who moments is when Ian—who had met Daleks, Sensorites, giant insect creatures, mutant amphibian humanoids and other beasts, and was literally about to run into Mechanoids, robot doppelgangers, Frankenstein's monster, and Dracula—is reading a book called "Monsters from Outer Space" and saying it's far-fetched.

#doctor who #classic who #ian chesterton #vicki pallister #gifs #bbc #william russell #maureen o'brien #doctor who: the chase

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upslapmeal · 6 months

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Vicki Pallister in Tales of the TARDIS

It's been two weeks and I still can't quite believe my favourite companion returned to Doctor Who!! (.....sort of)

#from the post editor it looks as though tumblr's butchered the image quality so my fingers are crossed #anyway!! Vicki!!! I know we had the season two announcement trailer but she's actually (almost) back!#vicki pallister #first doctor #doctor who #classic who #maureen o'brien #my art

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yesjamieitisabigone · 2 months

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Vicki ‘redraw’. Others will come as I have time to finish. As I work on therapy stuff, I will soon be selling chibis of these types for 10 dollars on my Artistree account.

#classic who #classic dw #classic doctor who #vicki pallister #maureen o'brien #my art

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junkyardbluebox · 1 year

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Caption This!

#classic doctor who #1st doctor #vicki pallister #william hartnell #maureen o'brien #the crusade

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margflower · 1 year

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I love how they describe William (Bill) Hartnell as either jolly or ENRAGED.

#Doctor Who #Behind the Sofa #maureen o'brien #peter purves #carole ann ford #William Hartnell #my posts #The Chase

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davros42 · 4 months

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Rewatching Classic Doctor Who, some episodes I haven't seen in years, some of the animated reconstructions I haven't seen at all.

The Romans AKA Serial M

David Whitaker, Doctor Who's first script editor (vaguely equivalent to the modern 'show runner' in some respects but also not really in others), was sick of historicals. And to be fair, Marco Polo and The Reign of Terror (and the Tribe of Gum) were, despite their lavish production value, the weakest stories of Season 1. In my opinion, anyway. Verity Lambert convinced him and writer Dennis Spooner to take a more light hearted tone with this one and, with some influence from Carry On Cleo (and maybe a nod toward sword-and-sandal epics like Spartacus), turned in a lovely, breezy pastiche of Roman times. It gets called a 'comedy' fairly often but there's really only a few heavily slapstick moments in between the human trafficking, murder, assassination plots, arson, and sexual harassment. Ok, the sexual harassment is also a slapstick 'comedy' moment. It was the 60's.

To recap: The TARDIS lands and promptly falls off a cliff.

One month later, the TARDIS crew is squatting in a Roman villa while the owner is off campaigning in Gaul. Ian and Barbara are enjoying lounging around post-coitally, blissed out on wine, flirting constantly. Vicki, however, is restless and wants to see history. The Doctor departs with her to visit Rome, leaving Barbara to mommy domme Ian into a new hairstyle.

The Doctor and Vicki discover the corpse of a lyre player and The Doctor steals his identity and gets swept off to court of Nero, as one does. Ian and Barbara suffer a home invasion, during which Barbara smashes a vase over Ian's head and gets them both trafficked into slavery. Ian gets sent a galley crew and Barbara gets sold into Nero's court. Vicki and The Doctor just miss seeing Barbara get sold into slavery as they arrive in Rome, setting up the most amusing running gag of the serial. Ian gets shipwrecked and escapes. The Doctor, meanwhile, has to keep flattering Nero to keep from having to admit that he can't actually play the lyre. It becomes clear that the person that The Doctor is impersonating has some kind of mysterious task or mission. Nero, of course, has taken a shine to Barbara (who wouldn't?) and has decided to chase her around the palace like fucking Benny Hill. Vicki befriends the court poisoner and accidentally saves Barbara from poisoning by Nero's jealous wife by almost poisoning Nero instead. The Doctor gives her the standard lecture about changing history and then saves Nero's life. The poisoner takes the fall for Barbara's survival. The Doctor pretends to play music that only the most refined can hear (an idea he once loaned to Hans Christian Anderson) to once again get out of playing the lyre. However, Nero is preparing to kill him out of jealousy.

But first, sports. Ian and his friend have gotten themselves recaptured and sent to gladiator school. And they have been chosen to fight to the death in front of Nero. And Barbara, but that's not important right now. Ian loses but his friend doesn't kill him and attacks Nero instead. They escape. But Nero sets a trap for Ian with Barbara as bait. The Doctor (and Vicki) are informed that Nero plans to kill The Doctor but when The Doctor accidentally sets Nero's schematics for a new Rome on fire... well... Inspiration strikes. Nero goes off to burn down Rome and in the chaos Ian and Barbara reunite and escape. Vicki tells The Doctor off for changing history by inspiring the Fire of Rome.. but that wasn't really a change if it always happened anyway? Ian and Barbara return to the villa, get changed, and pass out. The Doctor and Vicki return and The Doctor chastises them for idleness and won't hear a word of explanation as he decides it is time to depart.

The story hits the gas pedal and doesn't let up. The two parallel plots are well structured and well paced. If they slowed down at all, the whole thing would fall apart under it's own weight. All the essential Roman elements are present.. weird food, galley slaves, statues, saunas, centurions, mad emperors, gladiators. The history is.. ok? By AD 64 (when the story was set) Nero was known for his strange behavior, being susceptible to flattery, and violent temperament. His wife Poppaea Sabina was apparently a bit of schemer, and may have been the sort to poison a slave girl. Anyway, no one really knows how or why the Fire of Rome started. Most of the history we have of Nero was written by people who may have been biased. Even more biased than most historians, I mean. Anyway, it's a fun little Cliff Notes version of history that works a lot better than the longer, more slowly paced dramatic historicals that preceded it. No coincidence that the shorter, more action oriented The Aztecs is easily the best historical so far, with The Romans close behind.

Next up: The Web Planet (but not the Web of Fear)

#doctor who #classic doctor who #first doctor #ian chesterton #barbara wright #william hartnell #jacqueline hill #william russell #doctor who rewatch #vicki pallister #maureen o'brien #the romans #Serial M

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hartnellwho · 3 months

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Such a great trailer! I'm only halfway through episode four but the story itself is amazing so far. Noonan is incredible and has definitely improved since his previous sets. And it's so nice to get more of the older Vicki after her trailer for the S2 Collection blu-ray.

Can't wait to hear the rest...

#Fugitive of the Daleks #Big Finish #First Doctor #Vicki Pallister #Stephen Noonan #Maureen O'Brien #Classic Who #Doctor Who #Youtube

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6-and-7 · 1 month

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Time Ram - Drashigs or Dishrags?

Roll up, roll up! Come and see the funny little actors rammed into a story from the Pertwee era! Thrill as Vicki attempts a triangle! Shriek at the extraterrestial bureaucrats and their malevolent schemes! Gasp as Ian and Barbara face down a man in a sack with prongs (or possibly still just glove puppets)! Look at this turtle! That's prehistoric, that is. On after The Pyramid Game.

Time Ram art masterpost

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