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Classic Who "Warriors of the Deep" Parts 3&4 EARLY Early Access! (Patreon)

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Classic Who "Warriors of the Deep" Parts 3&4 Reaction

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Si Burdett

I know this story gets pelters, it's wrought with production gaffes and camera crew in some shots, but the plot isn't terrible and the Sea Devils look mint

Darren Seal

“There should have been another way” is Peter Davison breaking the forth wall and talking to the production team…

Josef Schiltz

It’s in the very nature of the universe that life has problems. But it’s better to figure out how to solve them, rather than exacerbate them. The problem is people believing their certainties that they are doing the former, whilst all the time doing the latter.

Peter Wood
>>152673934

Actually watching it, I liked it a lot more this time round, but the stand out has to be Mark Strickson for me. I feel like historically Turlough has been written off a bit, but he actually has a lot to do and Mark is always giving it everything.

Rob Walters
>>152673934

The Target novelisation is brilliant and conjures up a brilliantly atmospheric story in one's imagination.

Faction Paradox

I completely agree with Jess about this story being frustrating. I hope the War between the land and the sea will cover similar themes and do them justice

James Fish

Thanks for another great reaction. As I said in my previous comment, this story never really gelled with me. The problem is, I'd only just been born when the original Sea Devil story came out, so when this aired, them & the silurians were not creatures I was familiar with at all. I've since come to appreciate the concept of it a lot more and it indeed does have a very dark ending but still not one of my favourites. The one thing that makes me laugh every time I see it is the character of Solow's attempt to take out the Myrka. This thing is impervious to bullets & everyone it touches gets electrocuted, so why she thought she could take it out with some goofy arsed moves and a Karate kick is beyond me lol! Jess, you're not alone in not knowing the Silurians names in the original story. This is because they didn't have names. Unless the official Target novelisation gave them names and identified them as a Triad, I'm unsure as I haven't read them but I think they tried to loosely link the stories with this, perhaps not thinking anyone would remember or maybe not even remembering themselves. I think the dark ending is probably the stories one saving grace but overall, not a fan. See you next time!

Josef Schiltz
>>152696838

Mac Hulke, the creator of the Silurians, died in 1979 and this was written by Johnny Byrne. Annoyingly, I can't find some of the novelizations since the move, and I've not read them in many years, but a Triad doesn't ring any bells with me. They 'may' have had names in the books. Time distorts memory. Mac did flesh out the serial quite and they certainly were a good read.

David Cole

The Myrka, Ingrid Pitt's weird karate kick at it, "Face it, Tegan; he's drowned." Not one of my faves but entertaining in all the wrong ways.

Josef Schiltz
>>152696838

The interesting thing about Mac Hulke's creation of the Silurians is the proximity of the original Planet Of The Apes film, which leaves me wondering if there was some inspiration there. He may even have read the novel, Monkey Planet by Pierre Boulle, from which POTA was inspired. In both, the apekinds have risen to dominance over what are viewed as inferior species whom are absolutely viewed as vermin, except by the Chimpanzee - or Silurian in this case - scientists. In POTA, over Homo sapiens, In Doctor Who and the Silurians, over Homo reptilia.

James Fish
>>152696838

Interesting you mention that, I never noticed that comparison. I've watched all the original POTA films barring the remakes & series. I haven't read the book & didn't know of it. Also to note that the whole situation in POTA was caused by a paradox, a theme Dr Who has often made use of.

Josef Schiltz
>>152696838

The line, "Get your stinking paws off of me, you damn dirty ape!" could easily be said by a Silurian. I have Monkey Planet, it's a very good read. Hardcover copies are very expensive, but reading paperback copies are comparably cheap. Good, at roughly £20 to 30. It was published in 1966 by Penguin Books in translation by Xan Fielding from the original book, La Planete Des Singes, which was, coincidentally, published in 1963 in January.