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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 420881" data-attributes="member: 8">I continued with the soft-space story of the Sensorites, not expecting too much, but gradually I started to realise how funny it was.Oddly enough, it is that funniness that makes it intriguing to watch even if it feels like it goes on forever.Schemes and treachery and kidnapping and blackmail...it&#039;s not that different from a Roman Empire drama.Some Sensorites pretend to be other Sensorites and because they all look the same you need to pay attention to what&#039;s being said.Yes it is all very childish but that also makes it very &quot;Batman&quot;.Doctor: What are all these things?Sensorite: Left behind by the humans that were killed in the spaceship explosion.Ian (laughs): Look at these, Doctor. Family snapshots.At the end of the story, John and Carol (Ilona Rodgers) travel back to earth in the 28th century.Ian casually mentions &quot;at least they&nbsp; know where they&#039;re going on&quot;.This results in one of the Doctor&#039;s bizarrely bipolar reactions.[ATTACH=full]55846[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]55847[/ATTACH]It&#039;s such a strange and downbeat way to end an adventure, but at the same time I love it when Ian or Barbara are being shouted down by the Doctor.They never really know where they stand in all of this.Sometimes I think of new Doctor Who when I watch these old stories, and how incredibly lavish those episodes looked.But part of the fun of watching the beginning is knowing where it all leads up to. And that Clara Oswald is the invisible co-traveller which may or may not explain some peculiar events.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 420881, member: 8"] I continued with the soft-space story of the Sensorites, not expecting too much, but gradually I started to realise how funny it was. Oddly enough, it is that funniness that makes it intriguing to watch even if it feels like it goes on forever. Schemes and treachery and kidnapping and blackmail...it's not that different from a Roman Empire drama. Some Sensorites pretend to be other Sensorites and because they all look the same you need to pay attention to what's being said. Yes it is all very childish but that also makes it very "Batman". Doctor: What are all these things? Sensorite: Left behind by the humans that were killed in the spaceship explosion. Ian (laughs): Look at these, Doctor. Family snapshots. At the end of the story, John and Carol (Ilona Rodgers) travel back to earth in the 28th century. Ian casually mentions "at least [I]they[/I] know where they're going on". This results in one of the Doctor's bizarrely bipolar reactions. [ATTACH type="full"]55846[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]55847[/ATTACH] It's such a strange and downbeat way to end an adventure, but at the same time I love it when Ian or Barbara are being shouted down by the Doctor. They never really know where they stand in all of this. Sometimes I think of new Doctor Who when I watch these old stories, and how incredibly lavish those episodes looked. But part of the fun of watching the beginning is knowing where it all leads up to. And that Clara Oswald is the invisible co-traveller which may or may not explain some peculiar events. [/QUOTE]

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