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Classic Who "The Seeds of Death" Parts 5&6 Full Reaction - Google Drive

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Kevin Nauta

Classic Who most often succeeds when we as an audience get characters we can become invested in and Seeds of Death is no exception to that. I think the Second Doctor is held in much higher regard today than he was contemporaneously and it has been a great pleasure to revisit his stories again.

Azmat Mahmood

You're very right that the second Doctor is held in much higher regard these days than he was contemporaneously. It's quite surprising to see how much lower his ratings were in comparison to the Doctors around him. Reaching as low as 3.5 million for episode 8 of 'The War Games'! The BBC even considered cancelling the show after 'The War Games'. Thank God they didn't because it led to season 7, which is still the best season/series of Doctor Who ever, imo. The Pertwee era as a whole is arguably the most consistent era in Doctor Who history for that matter, but we'll get to all that in due time.... Overall, Troughton's era averaged between 6.5 - 7.5 million viewers, while Hartnell, Pertwee and T.Baker all regularly got in excess of 8.5 million viewers for most of their eras. Thankfully, Troughton's reputation has grown to the point that he's now regarded as one of the finest Doctors and rightly so. His Doctor set the template for what the Doctor should (broadly) be after him. Every Doctor that followed Troughton used the blueprint he formulated, but of course every actor still put their own unique spin on the character.

Jake Thornhill

I started watching your classic reactions just over a month ago I think and I'm about to be caught up. (Probably won't watch the full reaction for Fury though) A lot of the rest of the classic era i've not watched in 15 years so it'll almost be as fresh to me :) !