Doctor Who Recap Archive

  • Doctor Who Recap: Season 1

    Doctor Who Recap: Season 1: Episode 13: The Brink of Disaster

    With the fast tracked script, also came the time sensitive nature of filming. Due to budge restrictions, most episodes were allowed only one take.  William Hartnell was gradually succumbing to the disease which would eventually rob him of his memories.  Viewers may notice when he...

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  • Doctor Who Recap: Season 1

    Doctor Who Recap: Season 1: Episode 12: The Edge of Destruction

    The next two episodes were  filmed entirely within the Tardis, marking it as one of the more unusual episodes filmed at the beginning.  Although these episodes worked brilliantly as a suspense filled, cabin fever style character driven plot, the real reason there were no planets...

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  • Doctor Who Recap: Season 1

    Doctor Who Recap: Season 1: Episode 11: The Rescue

    The last episode left Ian being dragged to the edge of an abyss.  The Thal who slipped and is hanging at the other end of the rope, cuts it and sacrifices himself for the good of the tribe and their ultimate goal. The group seem...

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    Doctor Who Recap: Season 1: Episode 10: The Ordeal

    Climbing over styrofoam boulders and pushing their way through plastic leaves and branches, Ian, Barbara and the small group of Thals continue their search for a secret way into the Dalek City via the mountains. The viewer is treated to several ‘swaps’ between the journey...

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  • Doctor Who Recap: Season 1

    Doctor Who Recap: Season 1: Episode 9: The Expedition

    Things become very exciting in the storyline as writers begin to ease into their role and viewers fanatically tune in each week. The Thals are convinced by the time travellers that violence can be used for good and it is decided that the tribe will...

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  • Doctor Who Recap: Season 1: Episode 8: The Ambush

    The Time Travelers’ plan works, and they stumble through the Dalek City, whilst initially the Doctor and Susan push the Dalek around  and Ian struggles to work out how to control the Dalek from the inside. However, they are discovered when questioned by another Dalek....

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  • Doctor Who Recap: Season 1: Episode 7: The Escape

    Susan struggles out of the city and into the (very fake) forest, where she meets an attractive athletic man who identifies himself as Alydon of the Thal race. It would seem that the Daleks perception of mutation is a little different to ours. Thankfully, the...

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  • Doctor Who Recap: Season 1: Episode 6: The Survivors

    With Barbara lost in the deserted city, the time travellers continue to search and explore their surroundings, not only for their missing companion, but for mercury they need to fill up a vital piece of the Tardis. They begin to weaken, feeling the effects of...

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  • Doctor Who Recap: Season 1: Episode 5 :The Dead Planet

    When the Doctor announces that they have landed, they discover his calculations and navigation have brought them to a petrified forest presumably on a planet far away from Earth. The Tardis needs time to recalibrate, which leaves the travellers at a lose end. The forest...

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  • Doctor Who Recap: Season 1: Episode 4: The Fire Maker

    Sadly, just as the Doctor and the companions reach the Tardis, they are captured and brought back to the cave by Kai. Kal repeats his story that Zaw killed the old woman. The Doctor points out that Za’s knife is clean but Kal’s knife is...

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