15th Century Italy to a Contemporary Quarry, Time Lords to Xoanon, Killer Robots and Giant Rats. Welcome back to 1976-77. This is ‘Doctor Who’.
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Are you still doing the Big Finish Book club or is it cancelled?
@maldon3659 it’s still happening, however YouTube has done everything it can to bury the series so it needs re-structuring.
@MrTARDIS ok
Happy birthday Trilbee! Have a goodun, and thank you for that Thomas the Tank Engine joke lol
wait did u say that 14 was the highest viewing figures of classic who, if u did just NO, its season 17
Talons is the only 6 part story of the classic show that I feel like actually has enough plot and has sufficiently well written side characters to justify its length
At least half of the six parters are awful, but Talons is one of those that has enough story to go round.
6) The Masque of Mandragora
5) The Robots of Death
4) The Hand of Fear
3) The Deadly Assassin
2) The Talons of Weng-Chiang
1) The Face of Evil
“Til we meet again, Sarah”
Awwww….
And I remember how exciting it was to get the Deadly Assassin video.
16:45 I may be wrong but I thought that when the doctor says “they’re what’s known as a very nasty bunch” he was referring to the local Chinese gangs not Chinese people in general? If I’ve missed some context then I stand corrected but that’s what I thought it was. The doctor does also ask Chang if he is Chinese meaning the doctor doesn’t see race initially. But the yellow face is more of a blatant issue.
6. The face of evil
5. The hand of fear
4. The masque of Mandragora
3. The robots of death
2. The deadly assassin
1. The talons of Weng Chiang
That’s mine .
I disagree with your ranking… who doesn’t? I would just go first to last in the season for last to first importance. Maybe flopping Assassin and Face. Holmes-Hinchcliffe were upping their game continuously throughout this season.
6. The Hand of Fear
5. The Deadly Assassin
4. The Face of Evil
3. The Masque of Mandragora
2. The Robots of Death
1. The Talons of Weng Chiang
Would be my ranking.
There are no duds in this season, I like every story. Even though Hand is my least favorite story I’d still rate it as B tier, good, but not great.
I share the criticisms of Talons, regarding yellowface. Despite the actor’s great performance, it should have been given to an Asian actor. But even with this counting against it, it is close to, or is, one of the top 10 Doctor Who stories of all time.