8 classic Doctor Who episodes on BBC America next week

BBC America airing 8 classic Doctor Who episodes from the Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor years from the mid 1970's thru early 80's including the 6 episode "Genesis of the Daleks" which aired on PBS in the U S back in 1975 and has NOT to my knowledge been on American TV since. Tom Baker is STILL the most popular Doctor in Doctor Who fan polls and "Genesis of the Daleks" is the #1 highest rated epesode EVER. this will be a "blast from the past" for old "Whovians" like myself and should be a "must record" for anyone who is a fan of the new series on BBC America and has never seen them. all times are pacific

Monday 9-28 @ 7:00am. Logopolis first aired March 1981. stars Tom Baker as The Doctor in the last episode in his 8 year run. at the end he "re-generates' into the 5th Doctor played by Peter Davison

Tuesday 9-29 @ 7:00am. City of Death first aired September 1979.

Wednesday 9-30 @ 7:00am. The Keeper of Traken first aired February 1981.

Thursday 10-1 @ 6:00am. Genesis of the Daleks first aired April 1975. introduces the evil genius Davros creator of the Daleks who are The Doctors #1 adversary through the years. IF your going to record just one of the episodes, this is it

Friday 10-2 @ 7:00am. Terror of the Zygons first aired September 1975. the first appearance of Nicholas Courtney as "companion" Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart of UNIT in a Tom Baker episode

Sunday 10-4 @ 7:00am. The Hand of Fear first aired October 1976. was the last appearance of Elisabeth Sladen as long time Doctor's companion Sarah Jane Smith

Sunday 10-4 @ 9:00am The Brain of Morbius first aired January 1976.

Sunday 10-4 @ 11:00am. The Robots of Death first aired February 1977. features Louise Jameson as Doctor's companion Leela

hopefully BBC America will continue to air more classic Doctor Who episodes and add some from other Doctor's like the first three William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee. ALL were excellent as was the 7th Sylvester McCoy who brought a great comedy touch to the roll.

IF I could select I would add The Sontaran Experiment (February1975) because the The Sontaran were one of the more interesting Doctor Who adversaries, The Time Warrior (January 1974) with Jon Pertwee as The Doctor which introduced BOTH longest running companion Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith and Nicholas Courtney as  Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Revenge of the Cybermen (May 1975) because after the Daleks the Cybermen were The Doctor's most used adversaries, and The Pirate Planet (October 1978) because it was a great story and features the "tin dog" K-9 voiced by John Leeson

btw, the NEW season of Doctor Who has started with Peter Capaldi as The Doctor and the lovely Jenna-Louise Coleman as companion Clara Oswald. the first two part episode The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar repeats again Saturday @ 5:00pm & 8:00pm followed by the premier of the second episode of the season Under The Lake

ENJOY!!!

not to hijack your thread but i saw a decent WWI movie you might like.  have you seen it?


https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/joyeux_noel/?search=merry%20chr

looks interesting. I know it is based a true event 1st year of WWI. in fact "Chritmas cease fire" really "hair lipped" the general staffs of BOTH sides. IF the "soldaten" of ALL the waring countries had just refused to fight each other, that damn war might have ended right then and there

trailer >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkKkAg4Ew-s

btw, ClubDirt, DID you check our the Doctor Who episodes? HAVE to at least watch or record Genesis of the Daleks Thursday

i haven't watched any Doctor Who shows.  i have it on my netflix list but just haven't gotten around to it. 

don't you have a DVR and get BBC America? easier than screwing with netflix just to record and I don't know IF netflix offers any of the classic episodes from back in Tom Baker's time

i do but i'm usually several seasons behind every show so i need to go to netflix first to catch up.  right now, i'm watching last season's game of thrones. 

interesting note on The Keeper of Traken. at the end of the 4 part serial the character of Consul Tremas, played by Anthony Ainley, body is taken over by the Doctor's Time Lord arch enemy The Master who's Melkur statue is actually his TARDIS time machine. he went on to play that part until the end of the early Doctor Who series in 1989. way cute Sarah Sutton as Nyssa became a Doctor's companion in subsequent serials with both Tom Baker and Peter Davidson. The Doctors male companion Adric was the one of the most popular in the history of the show

No doubt "Genesis of the Daleks" is a key episode.  Another classic is the one with funniest argument between Davros and McCoy doctor. 

 In "Hand of Fear", rushed abandonment of Sarah Jane on Earth disappointed fans but later Tenant episode gave her a proper farewell. 

 In "Keeper of Traken", new master Ainley seems to be an inferior imitation of Delgado who first defined the character.

Adric is famous for being one of the few companions to die. Another companion died in a Hartnell episode.l

No doubt "Genesis of the Daleks" is a key episode.

well considering it is still THE most watched Doctor Who serial EVER, I would say so

Adric is famous for being one of the few companions to die. Another companion died in a Hartnell episode.

yes, that happened in Earthshock, a Peter Davison as The Doctor serial featuring the Cybermen in March 1982. it is another I wish BBC America would broadcast. was VERY rare for a companion to die in an episode BUT it brought about life on earth.

Adric's Sacrifice (You Tube) >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn2W9vn2yjs

The Seeds of Doom (January - March 1976) was a six episode serial with Tom Baker as The Doctor featuring Elisabeth Sladen as companion Sarah Jane Smith. never seen this one so looking forward to it. plays on BBC America Thursday October 8th @ 11:00pm pacific time

hopefully this means BBC America will be offering even MORE Doctor Who classics

The Seeds of Doom (January - March 1976) was a six episode serial with Tom Baker as The Doctor featuring Elisabeth Sladen as companion Sarah Jane Smith. never seen this one so looking forward to it. plays on BBC America Thursday October 8th @ 11:00pm pacific time

hopefully this means BBC America will be offering even MORE Doctor Who classics

btw, Terror of the Zygons was excellent BUT they got all "arty-smarty" with the Zygon's diction. their whispery, raspy voices were hard to understand

Sunday 10-4 @ 11:00am. The Robots of Death first aired February 1977. features Louise Jameson as Doctor's companion Leela

watched last night and Jameson as Leela was definitely the sexiest of the "classic" companions

Logopolis. watched last night and was one of the better Doctor Who classics BBC America has aired so far. featured Matthew Waterhouse and the lovely Sarah Sutton as "companions" Adric and Nyssa (carry-over from her role in The Keeper of Traken) along with new companion Janet Fielding as Tegan who is almost as sexy as Louise Jameson's Leela. also the first full serial with Anthony Ainley as The Master after he took over Nyssa's father's body at the end of The Keeper of Traken. THE big scene at the end with the Tom Baker Doctor "regenerating" into the Peter Davidson model

Sunday October 11th on BBC America

@ 6:00am (pacific) a re-run of Terror of the Zygons followed by "new" offering

@ 8:00am (pacific) Pyramids of Mars which first aired on the BBC October and November of 1975. stared Tom Baker as The Doctor with Elisabeth Sladen as companion Sarah Jane Smith