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Classic Who "Earthshock" Parts 1&2 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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Ryan

This is nigh-universally considered as one of Five's best stories, and even a popular choice for the best Cyberman story ever (and of course it really helps that the crew finally learned their lesson about spoiling a popular villain's return in the title; I imagine your delayed shriek of joy was how just about everyone reacted). Even with the unfortunately silly line about how they can't "enjoy a well-prepared meal," the gritty tone was very welcome after the show had strayed rather far over the sillier side of the line in recent years, and the fans also enjoyed how much it clearly trusted them to remember these villains who hadn't appeared in a decade. Plus, Adric gets easily his best writing so far, and your reaction to his standing up for himself so well was killer.

Andrew Vignaux

"E-space is another universe. There isn't a taxi service goes back and forth.", The Doctor, "Earthshock" The cybermen are back! - and, I think, looking good in this version of their design. I was looking forward to your reaction to them and you didn't disappoint. BTW: it was a deliberate decision to allow the actor's jaws to be visible in this version to demonstrate what was inside used to be a person. David Banks plays the Cyber Leader and I love his voice acting here - "Excellent!". And Beryl Reid! - a big-name actor - she has a long list of screen credits. (My favourite role for her was as an elderly feminist/political subversive in "The Beiderbecke Tapes" mini-series. I adore that show and she was lovely in her small role in it.) Was she the best casting for the role of Captain Briggs? It's certainly not an obvious one. I think she does a fair job, but she was probably cast because getting a big-name actor would get the show noticed in the media. It has been widely reported that she really didn't have a clue about what some of the dialog was about - which is sweet. I like the callback to Romana being in E-Space. And the various prop callbacks from recent stories - like the "Black Orchid" book, the mask of the Terileptil's android, the Kinda's pendant. But the biggest callback sequence - the scenes from the previous Doctors. This was mind-blowing when I first saw it - the episodes were from so long ago! "I'm going outside now. I might be gone some time.", The Doctor, "Earthshock" Which, of course, is a reference to the ill-fated Scott Antarctic expedition. "I wonder what evolutionary stage my ancestors were at?", "Primitive, Tegan. Very primitive.", Tegan and the Doctor, "Earthshock" "Brave heart, Tegan.", The Doctor, "Earthshock"

Thomas Corp

It’s great to see at the conclusion of the first half of this story that you are quite excited. As I see Ryan noted, this is one of the rare occasions that the crew successfully kept under wraps, the return of an old villain. In this case, the Cybermen. Your own reaction, Jess, was one of the most delightful parts of the reaction. There was quite the dramatic Leader-Cyberman with impressive line reads such as the rather saucy way he said “immediately” as you highlighted, and the Mr. Burns-esque, “Excellent.” I lived for the drama as well, so I’m not complaining. This did have a rather grim and gritty tone to it, which I liked as you did. Most amusing, how our heroes kept getting blamed for murder. I quite adored your reaction to the Doctor indulging in bilious Betty besmirching bullshit, which you, of course, do not sanction, at all. That got me in the heart when you reacted to the moment when they sucker punch you with the clips of Doctors past, especially that small bit of One in The Tenth Planet. Now to talk about the companion aspect of the story. There was a bit of clashing going on. All this tension in the TARDIS; you think they’d pay a visit to Sesska’s Spa to relax and cool off just a mite. I like how you described, it’s interesting when there is some clashing opinions or personalities with Doctor and companion. Using New Who for examples, one moment with Ten’s era that made an impression was in the one Cybermen story how Ten was far more concerned with Rose and didn’t seem to give much if any shits about Mickey, and how Mickey finally calls him out on that. Or during Twelve’s run, much though Danny Pink was not the most popular, I honestly liked how he and Twelve had their frostiness to each other, and ultimately settled on a reasonably civil enough not quite friendship for Clara’s sake and were more or less fine with her being with the other so long as she was happy. Here, it is great how Adric voices his feelings to the Doctor. Adric did indeed say to the Doctor that he would sit right there and be read to filth, his filth would be read. Love that part of the reaction. I love how though the Doctor is adamantly sticking to the idea that it’s impossible to take Adric back home, Adric’s defended with the thought that the Doctor could at least take a gander at Adric’s findings as maybe he did find something that could work. And to the Doctor’s credit, he concedes that he’ll look, but he can’t make any promises. It leads to the great scene between the Doctor and Adric at the end of the one episode. That’s very sweet that you hope they continue with the strong growth of the Doctor and Adric’s relationship. Thanks for the fun reaction, Jess.

Thomas Corp
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That’s the thing with Doctor Who: it’s scary and silly simultaneously sometimes. Thus, we get lots of silly lines like the well-prepared meal line, which I do hear it gets mocked every now and then for being clunky. Seems less clunky than the admittedly accurate lines about how sand is coarse, and rough, and irritating. And it gets everywhere, too. I concur about the love of Jess having the reaction to Adric being as assertive as he was.