In this episode Nathan and Juliette talk about the Doctor Who serial, The Sensorites. Juliette opines on whether Susan’s weird is too weird or gives much needed development. Nathan discusses why visually oriented stories age more poorly than plot oriented ones. They both talk about whether the story has too many ideas and talk about how well the Sensorites work as a concept and how well they’re realized. Near the end they discuss how this story may have influenced Ghostbusters.
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Show Notes
Who’s There – The Life & Career of William Hartnell
Episodes Reviewed:
Serial Title: The Sensorites
Episode One: Strangers in Space (Air Date: June 20, 1964)
Episode Two: The Unwilling Warriors (Air Date: June 27, 1964)
Episode Three: Hidden Danger (Air Date: July 11, 1964)
Episode Four: A Race Against Death (Air Date: July 18, 1964)
Episode Five: Kidnap (Air Date: July 25, 1964)
Episode Four: A Desperate Venture (Air Date: August 1, 1964)
DVD Extras:
We couldn’t find any of the DVD extras online this time.
Next episode of Timestreams: We’ll cover all six episodes of The Reign of Teror. The missing episodes will be the Loose Cannon reconstruction LC37.
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It’s an entire storyline inside the Ship as Nathan and Juliette come to The Edge of Destruction. They discuss the “haunted house” vibe of the story and how that’s an extreme departure from how the TARDIS has been depicted in the past two storylines. Juliette suspects the beds have put everyone one edge. Nathan wants to know if John Williams got some Star Wars inspiration from this serial. They also talk about Super Saiyan Susan, engineering problems, and the awesomeness of Barbara Wright.