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Post by matthewsee on Apr 8, 2013 21:05:57 GMT -5
On The Aztecs Special Edition DVD release, began watching the reconstruction of Galaxy 4 which includes the episode that got recovered in 2011 the third episode Air Lock. Galaxy 4 features the First Doctor, Vicki and Steven.
Four Hundred Dawns:
Episode 1.
Intriguing beginning to Galaxy 4.
I share Vicki’s sentiments on the Chumblies as they are sure cute looking as machines.
The Doctor, Vicki and Steven soon encounter the female race known as the Drahvins. It was with this meeting with the Drahvins we learn what Galaxy 4 is. It is not the planet they are on but a galaxy where the Drahvins’ home planet is located.
The Drahvin leader Maaga says that the Chumblies but frankly she does not look someone to be trusted.
Quite shocking the information that the Doctor had received about the planet one that he was very reluctant to share with the Drahvins.
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Post by matthewsee on Apr 10, 2013 23:02:11 GMT -5
Noticed that for the reconstruction that the first two episodes have been joined together rather than presenting them in the episodic format. Needless to say that I am still addressing individual episodes of the serial regardless of its presentation on the reconstruction.
Trap of Steel:
Episode 2.
Maaga and Steven each tried to trick each other to gain an advantage but neither succeeded. Nice try for both of them anyway.
A Rill sure made an entrance at the end with quite a scream from Vicki.
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Post by matthewsee on Apr 19, 2013 1:00:54 GMT -5
Air Lock:
Episode 3.
Here it is the recovered episode from this story and it is not quite bad viewing.
Quite intriguing and quite eerie seeing the flashback of the Rill’s account of that unfortunate injured Drahvin and what Maaga did to her.
Without knowing that the Chumbly is harmless, Steven is stuck in the air lock (hence the episode title) trapped between the Drahvins and the Chumbly).
The decision that Steven ultimately leads to a good cliffhanger for this episode.
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Post by matthewsee on Apr 23, 2013 21:28:25 GMT -5
The Exploding Planet:
Conclusion to Galaxy 4 and not a bad one at that.
The episode title is exactly what happened on the planet.
Maaga and the Drahvins got exactly what they deserved.
The episode ends with a lead-up to the next episode Mission to the Unknown and it was quite a thrilling one at that.
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Post by matthewsee on Apr 16, 2022 3:02:20 GMT -5
Seeing the official animation of the First Doctor story Galaxy 4 and the end of the first episode Four Hundred Dawns it showed the astral map.
The DVD info text says that the astral map had previously been seen in The Web Planet and after Galaxy 4 it wasn't seen again until 2017.
The info text did not elaborate when in 2017 the astral map was seen and so I looked up on TARDIS Wiki and it was in Twice Upon A Time with the Twelfth and First Doctors.
Surely the significance of having the astral map in Twice Upon A Time was meant as a link back to the First Doctor era especially with Twice Upon A Time showing the First Doctor nearing the end of his time.
In a commentary on Four Hundred Dawns, Gary Russell mentioned the astral map turning up in Peter Capaldi's time but he too did not mention that it was in Twice Upon A Time with the First Doctor.
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Post by matthewsee on May 1, 2022 13:34:19 GMT -5
On the official animation of Galaxy 4, the info text for episode 2 Trap of Steel it noted Stephanie Bidmead's (Maaga) other work which included Invasion & The Web of Fear.
When I first read this I immediately thought that I didn't remember ever seeing her in those two other Doctor Who stories before the text stated that Invasion & The Web of Fear are names of a movie and an episode of Doomwatch respectively.
What a clever way to note these facts out!
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Post by matthewsee on Jan 6, 2023 10:17:43 GMT -5
On the Galaxy 4 DVD release saw the documentary Finding Galaxy 4 which is about how episode 3 Air Lock got recovered.
Included in this documentary is Ralph Montagu who is stated in his capacity as President of the National Motor Museum.
However he is also a contributor to content on the Doctor Who DVD releases and he briefly mentioned working on Doctor Who projects.
The subtitles correlated him saying on him working on the said projects as this:
".....colour restoration of a number of poetry stories."
Somehow I am pretty sure Montagu meant Pertwee stories!
So it is Jon Poetry then.
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