SUSAN: “I can't, Mister Chesterton. You can't simply work on three of the dimensions.”
IAN: “Three of them? Oh, time being the fourth dimension, I suppose? Then what do you need E for? What do you make the fifth dimension?”
SUSAN: “Space.”
“DOCTOR: Yes, the planet Quinnis, of the fourth universe.”
VICKI: “Time [fourth dimension], like space [fifth dimension], though a dimension in itself, has dimensions of its own.”
THE RILLS: “Though we are beings of separate planets, you from the solar system and we from another space, our ways of thought, at times, do not seem all that different.”
MALPHA: “Suppose they send a message through this universe?”
[...]
MALPHA: “This is indeed an historic moment in the history of the universe. We six from the outer galaxies, joining with the power from the solar system, the Daleks!”
Revisiting this post of mine after rewatching Galaxy 4 and fixating on the Rills’ phrasing a little. Playing with the Hartnell era’s outdated (often intentionally) or kitschy, already rusted “space-age” approach to cosmology.
The outdated way of viewing galaxies as “island universes,” the idea of “galaxy” and “universe” being interchangeable terms. “Space” as something just as surreal, strange, as “Time,” with multiple dimensions of its own. The reverberation, the haunted humming, of evil and machine monsters tapping into a sort’ve “cosmic unreality.” The night sky endless “island universes” drifting past, beside, and through each other. Different galaxies, sure, but evidently equal as different dimensions, entirely different definitions of “space” and “universe.” Different properties. Dreamlike. Child’s logic.
And this approach to space sort’ve slips away textually with Troughton, replaced with the eerie, spooky sense of vast space, of whole worlds and universes hidden in the folds of humming velvet black, but it still... I dunno.
And it’s all so... empty.
Perhaps, to jump a few eras and (extreme) aesthetics later, distressingly empty.
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Doctor who went 'woman? I don't know what a woman is' in 1966. Iconic
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It Looks Like Doctor Who Missing Episode Animations Will Be on BBC iPlayer Too!
It Looks Like #DoctorWho Missing Episode Animations Will Be on BBC iPlayer Too!
Animated versions of missing Doctor Who episodes are likely to be included in the haul of over 800 episodes from the Whoniverse being added to BBC iPlayer to celebrate the show’s 60th anniversary.
When it was announced that the back-catalogue of Doctor Who would be coming to the streaming service, alongside spin-off material like The Sarah Jane Adventures and Doctor Who Confidential, many fans…
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Doctor Who: Drahvin
Favourite Episode: They only appear in their story: Galaxy 4
Home Planet: Drahva
Scary Factor: 4/10 - Purely because a group of women can be scary, but in a way I like, it that makes sense
My Personal Rating: 5/10 I liked them, they made me chuckle a few times, and I didn't mind their story
(Please don't take these too seriously, it's just a bit of fun)
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Someone wrote a long essay on here about history but also how the latter part of The First Doctor gets increasingly dark and now it's all I can think about as I sit here and watch the Drahvins explode and prepare myself for some future companion deaths...
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Earth Station Who - Galaxy 4
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Earth Station Who - Galaxy 4
The First Doctor and company land on a doomed planet with two warring races, one of which is more concerned with destroying the other than saving themselves. Mike, Mike, Mary, and Matt Sweatman review this newly animated lost adventure full of distrustful blondes and roving Chumbleys.
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Out Now: Doctor Who Magazine #583 Features a BBC Production Supplement and TARDIS Diorama
Out Now: #DoctorWho Magazine #583 Features a BBC Production Supplement and TARDIS Diorama
Yes, the Thirteenth Doctor’s final episode has now been broadcast, but you can still learn more about the behind-the-scenes action in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine.
In DWM #583, Jodie Whittaker (the Doctor), Mandip Gill (Yasmin Khan), John Bishop (Dan Lewis), and showrunner, Chris Chibnall talk about making The Power of the Doctor across a 19-page feature. Plus, Chibnall signs off in…
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