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Classic Who - "Meglos" Part 1/2 Full Reaction

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Ryan

A new video just one day after claiming you needed to delay other shows for a week? I'VE SEEN YOU WALKING!

Josef Schiltz

I hope that there has been some improvement Jess. Take care.

Joe Crammond

you reaction to seeing Jacqueline Hill back in Doctors who was amazing, too bad the story isn't that good, in my opinion at least

Andrew Vignaux

"Somehow I feel they're not going to outsmart the cactus. Not a sentence I thought I'd say", sesskasays, "Meglos" reaction. I adore seeing the lovely Jacqueline Hill return to Who as Lexa - it had been 15 years for viewers since she had appeared in "The Chase". The Grugger and Brotadac (BTW: Brotadac is an anagram) pair remind me a bit of previous Classic Who Robert Holmes duos (Jago and Litetfoot, or actually more like Irongron and Bloodaxe). General Grugger is played by Bill Fraser who was (actually, will be in the following year) in "K9 and Company". Actually, I just saw Bill Fraser in a "Rumpole of the Bailey" episode yesterday in the role of that week's judge that Rumpole runs rings around. That tracking shot with the actors overlayed onto a model of the planet was revolutionary. The camera shooting the model was slaved to the main camera shooting the actors - an early (first?) use of a motion-controlled camera with CSO. "Flies trapped in amber!", Meglos, "Meglos" I like the quote - although I always mis-attribute it to another story this season. But I was reminded of your love of "Jurassic Park" here. Madame Tussauds in London had a "Doctor Who Exhibition" at the time this was produced and both the 4th Doctor and his Meglos version were included. So Tom got to be in Madame Tussauds twice! It's a nice joke when the guard says it's the second time he'd been there and the Doctor assumes he must mean the time 50 years ago. It's a bit similar to the interplay in Shada with the porter recalling the Doctor's previous visits. I wonder if, given that Shada had not been transmitted, whether the script writer re-used the idea. "First things first? ... But not necessarily in that order.", The Doctor, "Meglos"

Thomas Corp

I didn’t immediately clock the reference. I still took the general meaning of your jest. Now I know it’s from The Giggle, nicely done.