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Classic Who "Doctor Who and the Silurians" Parts 5&6 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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2021-02-19 12:59:07
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Azmat Mahmood

I really love the concept of certain humans being driven mad with fear the closer they are to the caves. Not only is it just creepy that certain humans unlock genetic memories within themselves that throw their minds back millions of years, it also serves an important narrative purpose. It shows us the Silurians' pov, it tells us what they see us as. To them we are just like mindless cattle that they easily hunted and killed, which is why it's hard for some of them to accept our evolution into becoming a much more intelligent species.They can't accept sharing a planet they ruled over first with a species they consider inherently inferior. It's basically racism on their part and I think it's really interesting to show a totally 'alien' (technically they're not as the Silurians are from Earth) having this view of humans. This is also why I think this much weirder, original design of the Silurians works better. There's such a stark, physical contrast between humans and Silurians that it's almost impossible for them to relate to one another. I feel this is lost with the modern designs, who are just humanoid with scaly skin. They're too close and within reach of humans for the conflict to work as well as it does in this story. This story does a brilliant job of not only showing moral conflict, but a visual one too. I also think that the Silurians retreating into hibernation because of the moon coming into the Earth's orbit is a really clever idea. Their disaster never happened and so they understanbly feel like their planet was stolen from them, they feel cheated. It gives them a proper motivation as to be angry and want their planet back. It is because of this that the virus subplot feels like a natural progression, as harrowing as it is. I absolutely adore how those scenes are shot too. It really gives the story a sense of scale and doom. It really feels desperate and that the world is ending. It's also eerily prescient for what's happening right now....

Ian Smith
>>53961763

My only problems with the Silurians in this story are their frankly awful head-pieces;and the over-gesticulating. (Oh - and the parping music whenever we see them). Other than that,I had completely forgotten how involving this story is. I've just re-watched it for the purpose of Jess' reaction;and I am so impressed with how the story builds into this truly epic,multi-faceted,tale. I'd only watched it once before,many years ago; and I remembered as being little more than 'that rubber monster one;that went on for a long time". Oh boy,how wrong could I have been! As I wrote in YT comment,Classic Who at it's best was far superior to the Revived series when it came to 'fully developed storylines' - because they had the space in which to tell them. (Although,obviously,a lot were also victim to humongous padding!) The Revived series,because of the stand-alone nature of its episodes,often had to revert to the 'rushed ending' or 'good - but somewhat wasted - idea'.

James Fish

Thanks for another great reaction. I'm not sure if you read these posts or your Youtube comments, but I did comment on parts 3 and 4. A little while ago I became somewhat aware that you have particularly sensitive hearing (during your coverage of the last era). I'm not going to give spoilers away as I would never do that but I feel it's right to mention that going forward during the course of this era, you will come across several stories where the sounds are frankly horrendous. Two stories in particular feature sounds which are really not pleasant to the ear - probably more from your point of view. They don't just last a few seconds either - one lasts for a good minute or two. I did say it may be worth considering getting ear plugs for those moments (but I guess pillows, cushions or even tuning the sound down a bit may work just as well). During the early 70's there was a lot of work being done on experimental electronic sounds/music within the radiophonic workshop where sounds for this show & others were made. Please don't let this spoil your enjoyment of this era, which is brilliant. So this is really just a heads up. That being said, I hope you enjoy the final part to this & see you next time!

Azmat Mahmood
>>53961763

Well, you know me!😅 I'd argue this issue is almost exclusively reserved for after the RTD era ends. The RTD era itself was incredibly efficiently written, RTD knew how to get the most out of the 45 min format.

Paul Hayes

I rewatched this for the first time in a few years last month, in preparation for your reaction. I remembered the Silurian plague element of course, but I was surprised by just how on-the-nose it felt for the current situation. It really does feel as if it could have been written yesterday, doesn't it?