The blue light on the top of the TARDIS is so wrong in Tom's titles. I have to work hard to ignore that sometimes.
So here we go, with the 2nd story in the Ark arc.
The hills are alive with the sound of. ... Radiophonic effects!
The Doctor, Sarah & Harry beam down from Nerva...
Though it wasn't called Nerva yet, or hadn't been for thousands of years last week, any way. Never mind. I love the Ark Arc, and the way Genesis of the Daleks comes in the middle of it.
"I feel a bit like a Morse message - old fashioned and hard to understand!"
The Doctor's arrived, Harry's a bit in and out, Sarah's got things a bit back to front.
What a great lineup the Baker/Sladen/Marter team is!
Steve Powner @StevePowner · love Harry and Sarah just a brilliant combination then add the Fourth Dr to the mix perfection 
Strange to think that Tom was still finding his feet at this point. He's so instantly the Doctor.
Would have been great if they could have mocked up a half destroyed monument or two. Wonder if, somewhere nearby, the 6th Doctor & Peri are discovering the remains of Marble Arch?
It's never Sarah just imagining things. Harry will learn.
Tom still can't tune into Sanity FM. Story of his life.
The Doctor is spied on by some "Serth Erfriken" sounding space men. A recurring trope in 60s & 70s Doctor Who.
Oh dear, that poor old robot's a bit naff.
Terry Walsh has had it. Spindly-bot has made him fall off a cliff.
Harry doubts it's Trafalgar Square as there's no lolly sticks. The real TF's knee deep in them, of course.
Is Tom still being written as Jon just a little bit?
Jo @Tegan_Jovanka that's interesting... I didn't think Tom was ever written like Jon...Doesn't come off as Jon in character but a few more "old chap"s here and there that disappear quickly as Tom takes off. To be fair I suppose it's more 'generic Doctor' than Jon as such.
Jo @Tegan_Jovanka yeah, guess the writers had to figure him out. They used to get to grips with a new Doctor much quicker back then though.Harry falls down a massive hole.
"Serth Erfriken" is such a futuristic accent. Apparently. (No, me neither).
Sarah looks for the Doctor...
But he's busy getting zapped by the spacemen who blame him for the death of their mate.
"Don't you worry about it, old chap." Definitely a Pertwee line.
Doctorless, Sarah thinks a big stick will be just as much help to Harry, but somebody's watching her...
It's one of the spacemen, who's actually rescuing her from the Spindly-bot!
I reckon this is one of the few (maybe the only) #DoctorWho's to look better for being shot on video on location.
"I just love clocks." Love Tom's nonsense, and the fact that he follows up being told to shut up with "cuckoo clocks"!
The "Serth Erfriken" spacemen don't believe in transmats.
Such a great shot of Tom noodling at the camera on Vural!
Of course, he's right, it's not a product of human technology, so who's controlling the spindly-bot? Can't be a Sontaran, obviously, as it's got 5 fingers, and we know they're all clones.
Sarah's new mate helps her free the Doctor by distracting his former crewmates.
Terry Walsh takes a spill to give an in-story reflection of the real-life slip that broke Tom Baker's collar bone.
Just when they least need it, the Spindly-bot turns up to ensnare Sarah.
Golf ball spaceship? "I *know* that object!!"
The Doctor wakes up in Harry's hole. (Sorry).
Harry lurks in the rocks to get a good view of the cliffhanger...
"Linx?" (takes helmet off) "Oh, no, my mistake, you're just a clone THAT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE LINX!"
Steve Powner @StevePowner · For a clone species they certainly have their variations! Beautifully filmed though: )
James Smith @thejimsmith · They're clones. They're not necessarily all clones of the same single individual.They do, I think, refer to clone batches, so it's at least implied there could be variations between batches.
The female of the species!" Styre is a big fan of late 90s scouse band, Space.
Sarah's offensive value is nil. ARE YOU LISTENING, MARY WHITEHOUSE?
"Your opinion of my looks is of no value." *silently weeps as soon as she looks away*
Tom's less than pleased to see the spacemen again.
Just when it seems they might rescue him from his hole, the spindly bot arrives.
As you'd expect those crappy Galsec guns are worse than useless. Spindlybot gives it a bit of Dr. Octopus.
Harry finds one of Styre's earlier test subjects but can't do much for him.
The rocky outcrop for Styre's base of operations is an absolutely brilliant location. What a find.
Styre makes Sarah a part of the Experiment. He's an equal opportunities torturer.
When Harry met Sarah: "I'll get you out of there if I have to knock his bally head off and grab his keys!"
"Your opinion of my looks is of no value." *silently weeps as soon as she looks away*
Seems Sarah's new pal's outlived his usefulness.
Tom's less than pleased to see the spacemen again.
Just when it seems they might rescue him from his hole, the spindly bot arrives.
As you'd expect those crappy Galsec guns are worse than useless. Spindlybot gives it a bit of Dr. Octopus.
Harry finds one of Styre's earlier test subjects but can't do much for him.
The rocky outcrop for Styre's base of operations is an absolutely brilliant location. What a find.
Styre makes Sarah a part of the Experiment. He's an equal opportunities torturer.
When Harry met Sarah: "I'll get you out of there if I have to knock his bally head off and grab his keys!"
Styre won't give up the fruits of his project till he's obsessively detailed every last thing. Conspiracy theorists, knock yourselves out...
The Doctor arrives to snap Sarah out of her hallucinations with a bit of sonic screwdrivering.
The Doctor calls Styre an "unspeakable abomination!" and is thumped to the ground.
Think that was when Tom had his slip. The Doctor's able to do a runner, but Styre stuns him, honourably shooting him in the back. Er, what?
"Dependence on fluid is a significant weakness that should be exploited..." So expect a Sontaran plot in future based around removing the Earth's water supplies.
Spot the shots where Tom can't use his left arm at all, his hand through his looped scarf for support.
This lovely little scene of him deactivating the hapless spindlybot was obviously shot a bit earlier.
Styre takes great delight in outing Vural as the snitch then setting his mates up to hold up a weight that could crush him.
The Doctor earwigs the Marshall nagging him. "Styre! Stop twatting about, we're all waiting here, bored off our arses."
The Doctor starts to make plans.
The Doctor decides to take Styre on in single combat. Easy when he knows Terry Walsh will do all the work.
"Single combat - or are you a chicken, McFly? Bwark, bwark-bwark, bwark!"
Tom always says "Root-Ons" (see also Horror of Fang Rock).
"Do you mind if Terry fights for me, though? Dicky collarbone, you see." The Doctor points out the earlier dishonour and persuades Styre to ditch the laser.
Terry Walsh doesn't really have Tom's movement down, does he? His wig's no good either. Obviously more stunt/double work in this one after Tom broke his collarbone.
Styre gets knackered all too soon and needs to recharge...
...but Harry's nicked his charger...
...and the Sontaran liquefies.
Harry's sucked all the life out of Styre. I say.
The Marshall's skyping again: "Styre, you plum! Where's this sodding report! I've gone grey waiting!"
Daft ending. It's not brinksmanship, it's the Sontarans giving up after just taking the Doctor's word for it. "Not today thank you!" "Oh, okay, shan't bother then." They give up WAAAAYY too easily. The Experiment was a failure :-( poor old Styre.
Lovely jokey finish with the transmat. We can be sure the next story will be a lighthearted romp, yeah? Well, no, because the next one's Genesis of the Daleks - for a while Mary Whitehouse's favourite story until the Deadly Assassin came along!
TTFN! K.
Coming Soon... The Ribos Operation
The Doctor calls Styre an "unspeakable abomination!" and is thumped to the ground.
Think that was when Tom had his slip. The Doctor's able to do a runner, but Styre stuns him, honourably shooting him in the back. Er, what?
"Dependence on fluid is a significant weakness that should be exploited..." So expect a Sontaran plot in future based around removing the Earth's water supplies.
Spot the shots where Tom can't use his left arm at all, his hand through his looped scarf for support.
This lovely little scene of him deactivating the hapless spindlybot was obviously shot a bit earlier.
Styre takes great delight in outing Vural as the snitch then setting his mates up to hold up a weight that could crush him.
The Doctor earwigs the Marshall nagging him. "Styre! Stop twatting about, we're all waiting here, bored off our arses."
The Doctor decides to take Styre on in single combat. Easy when he knows Terry Walsh will do all the work.
"Single combat - or are you a chicken, McFly? Bwark, bwark-bwark, bwark!"
Tom always says "Root-Ons" (see also Horror of Fang Rock).
"Do you mind if Terry fights for me, though? Dicky collarbone, you see." The Doctor points out the earlier dishonour and persuades Styre to ditch the laser.
Terry Walsh doesn't really have Tom's movement down, does he? His wig's no good either. Obviously more stunt/double work in this one after Tom broke his collarbone.
Styre gets knackered all too soon and needs to recharge...
...but Harry's nicked his charger...
...and the Sontaran liquefies.
Harry's sucked all the life out of Styre. I say.
The Marshall's skyping again: "Styre, you plum! Where's this sodding report! I've gone grey waiting!"
Daft ending. It's not brinksmanship, it's the Sontarans giving up after just taking the Doctor's word for it. "Not today thank you!" "Oh, okay, shan't bother then." They give up WAAAAYY too easily. The Experiment was a failure :-( poor old Styre.
Lovely jokey finish with the transmat. We can be sure the next story will be a lighthearted romp, yeah? Well, no, because the next one's Genesis of the Daleks - for a while Mary Whitehouse's favourite story until the Deadly Assassin came along!
TTFN! K.
Coming Soon... The Ribos Operation
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