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Post by Dominic Smith on May 17, 2006 7:04:37 GMT -5
What are your top three favourite Patrick Troughton stories? Here's mine:
1) The War Games. Some say it's too long but I think it's simply brilliant, a marvelous idea with great execution and some fine performances from the regular actors and the guest artists alike.
2) Power of the Daleks. A classic, a brilliant introduction to Patrick's Doctor with an interesting story and a brilliant ending, very atmospheric and such a pity only the audio exists
3) Tomb of the Cybermen. Again a classic, such atmosphere and menace as the cybermen break free of their tombs. Some wonderful design work and fine performances all round.
So take it away, what're your top three Patrick Troughton stories?
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Post by The Thinker on May 17, 2006 10:28:06 GMT -5
If you ask me my Top Three Troughton stories are:
1.) The Evil of the Daleks
2.) The Web of Fear
and...
3.) The Power of the Daleks
What about a Top 10?
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Post by davisonera on May 30, 2006 6:22:38 GMT -5
1) The Tomb Of The Cybermen
2) The War Games
3) Fury From The Deep
P.S. Sutekh destroyed Fury From The Deep.
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Post by The Thinker on May 30, 2006 10:58:05 GMT -5
P.S. Sutekh destroyed Fury From The Deep. Ah yes I think I saw that one! An extra on the DVD for 'Pyramids of Mars'. |
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Post by sontaran on Jun 24, 2006 10:06:44 GMT -5
1. The Power of the Daleks. As you say, a terrific intro for this fascinating oddball Doctor. With brilliant Daleks, who have character! (Well, cunning and clever, as scripted!)
2. The Moonbase. Because Episode 3 in particular is gone, people seem to overlook this tale. The new Cybermen were chilling, and that hunt on the Moon's surface was eerie and scary. At least, now, 40 years on, I sure hope it was! As an early "base-under-siege" yarn, I prefer it to "The Tenth Planet"; it's a wee bit creepier, with those tough Cybermen lurking in the shadows.
3. The Abominable Snowmen. I just love the slow moody atmosphere in this one. You wait for the Yeti to appear and reappear, and Padmasambvha is properly scary! The themes about the monks' religion being used to deceive them are mythic, reminiscent of how the Devil in different cultures tempts us and lies to us in the name of (false) good, while all the while wanting to spread death and destruction. So it's both a straight-forward adventure tale with great goodies and baddies, yet has that strong mythic/religious undertone, if you want to note it. And unlike a lot of TV, religion is not dismissed out-of-hand, but is respected. It is because Padmasambvha is possessed by an evil alien intelligence (which may or may not be demonic, you decide!), that he is himself being deceived, so as to deceive others.. no wonder one of the authors seems to have inspired The Da Vinci Code!
That's my top 3 Troughton stories, at least for today.
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Post by quatermass on Sept 3, 2006 16:17:18 GMT -5
My current top 3 Troughton stories would be: -
THE INVASION - The best looking Cybermen... ever, Kevin Stoney taking Mavic Chen to the nth degree as mad Vaughn, the noise of the actual invasion, the flying manhole covers, Troughton hopping away as he's shot at, the bezerk Cyberman in the sewers, and the gorgeous Wendy Padbury! Roll on November and the DVD release...
THE MACRA TERROR - It's just lovely! Everything the Pilot says - the forced jollity and the excruciating clichés, the Doctor in the rejuvenation machine, Ben brainwashed into working for "the man", Troughton's wistful "I should like a hat like that", the music made by the Chromophone Band, and the great big cumbersome Macra themselves... Oh to actually be able to see it!
THE MIND ROBBER - I'm a sucker for cheaply-made TV surrealism (Warriors' Gate, The Prisoner, The Avengers et al) so I'm duty-bound to include it here. Gulliver's speeches are wonderful, the Master's sane/mad/sane ranting is sublime (extra points too for the distracting froth at the corners of his mouth), the whole "Sausages" scene, the noise the white robots make... Oh, and the gorgeous Wendy Padbury!
Just noticed that sound (atmospheric and/or musical) seems to figure a lot in my appreciation of a story... And the whole soundscape of 60's Who was certainly a lot more experimental & varied thus interesting...
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Post by horg on May 11, 2007 7:04:06 GMT -5
1) The War Games
2)The Evil of the Daleks
3)The Tomb of the Cybermen
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Post by The Valeyard on May 11, 2007 11:31:09 GMT -5
1. The Evil of the Daleks
2. The Invasion
3.The Tomb of the Cybermen
A lot of his material has been destroyed so we have to judge on photovideos and books.
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Post by horg on May 12, 2007 10:18:24 GMT -5
Ye that's true.
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Post by rutan1 on Aug 10, 2008 6:48:09 GMT -5
The Invasion  Tomb of the cybermen The Macra Terror |
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