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Classic Who "The Face of Evil" Parts 1&2 Early Access! (Patreon)

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2023-02-03 14:00:04
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Classic Who "The Face of Evil" Parts 1&2 Reaction

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Daniel Davies

That whole bit of the beginning with the Doctor talking to himself, or to the audience, was a deliberate thing by the producer, Phillip Hinchcliffe, and the script editor, Robert Holmes, to try and say, ‘Yes Tom, you DO need a companion, because you need someone to talk to, otherwise it’ll look weird’.

Anonymous

"Is Leela the only woman in the tribe?" No, there are others, but they're like the Weeping Angels - don't blink, even for a second, or you'll miss them.

James Gorman

The Face Of Evil was written by the late and greatly missed Chris Boucher. A writer new to Doctor Who. He would write the next story and the third story in Season 15. Boucher was a fan of Science Fiction. So he was thrilled to be writing for Doctor Who. Because of his work on Doctor Who, Boucher became script editor of a new Sci Fi series Blake’s 7. Blake’s 7 was created by Terry Nation. This series was broadcast in 1978. Blake’s 7 became very popular with viewers. I hope you will do a reaction to this series!

Ryan
>>101090437

Especially known for being comparatively edgier than most British sci-fi at the time, with its heroes often doing morally grey things in the name of sheer survival.

James Gorman

That’s why I loved Blake’s 7. One of the best British Sci Fi TV Dramas produced in the late 70s!

James Fish

Thank you for an excellent reaction. I find this story to be fascinating on many levels, especially for the sheer mystery of it - just what did happen and when did this occurr? There is an explanation which I'll save for next time if nobody else mentions it. It kind of reminds me a little of The Forbidden Planet. See you next time!

Kleineganz
>>101091022

I'm a big fan of Blake's 7, too. I loved how dark it was, and it was so different from other shows at the time. Especially with that surprising ending.

Kleineganz

This was always one of my favorite stories, and I love Leela. Honestly, after rewatching this episode, I think it was one of the many influences on the sci-fi novel I wrote.

Nicole Mazza

LEEEEEEEEELA! Here's where I started watching Doctor Who as a kid (though it was on PBS in the mid-80s, so I had no idea these stories were a decade old at that point!). ❤️ Leela was my first companion and still means sooo much to me! (Also, the beautiful wooden secondary console room was my first TARDIS, and that's from this season too, so I have so many warm fuzzies about this season of Doctor Who -- hell, the next story is my all-time fave Fourth Doctor story!) ❤️❤️

Nicole Mazza
>>101090437

Boucher is definitely one of my fave writers to have ever worked on Doctor Who. I'm sad we only get three stories from him, because they're three of my all-time faves (especially the next story and the one next season). ❤️❤️

James Gorman

I remember watching thisseason when they were first broadcast in 1977.

Nicole Mazza

WHAT? A LACK OF WOMEN IN THE HINCHCLIFFE ERA? YOU DON'T SAY! 😉 (Seriously though -- I know it's held up as 'THE DOCTOR WHO GOLD STANDARD', but I personally have such love/hate feelings for the Hinchcliffe era of the show. I love the gothic horror aspects and much of the writing during this time, but female characters are few and far between and sadly, when there, often are just relegated to being damseled or one-dimensional. Many times just about the only real female in the story is the companion and there are some stories that have ZERO women in it -- see 'The Deadly Assassin' for example. Blerg.)

David Vandervliet

In the TARGET novel version of this story, it says that during the story THE ROBOT, a fairly recently regenerated Doctor slipped away in the TARDIS, and ended up here. This era of WHO really enjoyed exploring different types of stories. And brought a lot of new characters and one off monsters. The Daleks and Cybermen ruled the 60s But the 70s, especially the Baker Era, they liked to mix things up. In the first scenes with the tribe, there is at least one other woman in the tribe, with no lines. But yeah in this whole story miserably fails the Bechdel Test LOL

Anonymous Goanna
>>101109662

May have dropped a spoiler there, but alot of Dads started watching the show with their children from here on.

Anonymous

omg yess!!

Josef Schiltz
>>101109662

And Louise was rather surprised about the type of attention she was getting. This was the era that drew more attention from magazines such as Starlog. I think the UK SF magazine Starburst started around this time. My data banks may be in error though. Oh, my dears. It was such a long, long time ago!

Josef Schiltz
>>101090437

Either Blake's Seven or Primeval - or both? Both with a cast of regular characters. Just the sort of shows Jess enthuses about!

James Gorman

I have to agree with you on that. Female characters were few and far between during the Hinchcliffe/Holmes Era.