Doctor Who: Robot: Part 1 start as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) & journalist Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) look on & witness the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) regenerate into his fourth incarnation, at first the new Doctor (Tom Baker) is a bit confused & doesn't quite know what's going on. The Brigadier ask's for the Doctor's help in the investigation of the theft of some top secret plans for a disintegrator gun, meanwhile Sarah the journalist decides to visit a Government run scientific Think Tank run by Miss Winters (Patricia Maynard) & senses that something sinister might be afoot there but her snooping gets her into great danger as she comes face to face with a huge killer robot...
This Doctor Who adventure was episode 1 from season 11, it first aired here in the UK in late 1974 & has the distinction of being the fabulous Tom Bakers first story, directed by Christopher Barry this is a cracking episode to kick the Tom Baker era off. The script by Terrance Dicks introduces us to the new Doctor & make's him some sort of childish buffoon who is completely mad & I just love Tom Bakers Doctor Who with his quirks & eccentricity, he has a great smile & has a voice of real resonance that I could listen to all day, I mean he can make even bad stories watchable, the quaint scene where he tires on different costumes including a Viking outfit & a clown costume is hilarious. Surely Tom Bakers performance as the Doctor is one of the most endearing & likable in TV history, well it is in my opinion anyway. This episode also features the screen debut of Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter). Here the story is coming along nicely with an unseen menace stealing parts for a disintegrator gun for some unknown yet obviously evil reason & leaving a trail of dead bodies as it does so. Sarah is also given a significant part in this story so far & doesn't just come across as the screaming female sidekick. It moves along at a great pace & is great fun providing plenty of silly entertainment.
The budget for these Doctor Who stories were low but Robot actually look pretty good so far with decent location shooting although there's not been any major special effects scenes as most of the robot sequences have been shot by using the robot's point-of-view with it's crab like pincer hands at the bottom of the screen, great stuff & it's actually very effective.
Robot is another great story from the Tom Bake era, the first of many I suppose, & anyone looking or a bit of light hearted scary sci-fi fun then this one's well worth a watch.
This Doctor Who adventure was episode 1 from season 11, it first aired here in the UK in late 1974 & has the distinction of being the fabulous Tom Bakers first story, directed by Christopher Barry this is a cracking episode to kick the Tom Baker era off. The script by Terrance Dicks introduces us to the new Doctor & make's him some sort of childish buffoon who is completely mad & I just love Tom Bakers Doctor Who with his quirks & eccentricity, he has a great smile & has a voice of real resonance that I could listen to all day, I mean he can make even bad stories watchable, the quaint scene where he tires on different costumes including a Viking outfit & a clown costume is hilarious. Surely Tom Bakers performance as the Doctor is one of the most endearing & likable in TV history, well it is in my opinion anyway. This episode also features the screen debut of Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter). Here the story is coming along nicely with an unseen menace stealing parts for a disintegrator gun for some unknown yet obviously evil reason & leaving a trail of dead bodies as it does so. Sarah is also given a significant part in this story so far & doesn't just come across as the screaming female sidekick. It moves along at a great pace & is great fun providing plenty of silly entertainment.
The budget for these Doctor Who stories were low but Robot actually look pretty good so far with decent location shooting although there's not been any major special effects scenes as most of the robot sequences have been shot by using the robot's point-of-view with it's crab like pincer hands at the bottom of the screen, great stuff & it's actually very effective.
Robot is another great story from the Tom Bake era, the first of many I suppose, & anyone looking or a bit of light hearted scary sci-fi fun then this one's well worth a watch.