Comments on: Classic Doctor Who Review – The Ribos Operation http://www.robotpanic.com/2010/06/classic-doctor-who-review-%e2%80%93-the-ribos-operation/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:17:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: tribrix http://www.robotpanic.com/2010/06/classic-doctor-who-review-%e2%80%93-the-ribos-operation/comment-page-1/#comment-7321 tribrix Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:34:29 +0000 http://www.robotpanic.com/?p=8431#comment-7321 I knew Tom Baker's face and the title, Doctor Who, but that was it. From that, I gathered it was a supernatural procedural show, and not really very interesting to me. Had it not been for the cyborg captain, I'd have missed it a while longer still. Had I known it was a sci-fi adventure series, I'd have sought it out sooner. I was pleasantly surprised by it, and interested enough to keep watching, though, after a time, I did get quite obsessed. Despite trying to watch all of them now, I'm not obsessed. I totally agree that the key to time season is of uneven quality. But on the whole I like it a lot, and wish they had tried to do more in that vein. I liked the E-Space trilogy too (which I'll be writing about soon enough). I knew Tom Baker’s face and the title, Doctor Who, but that was it. From that, I gathered it was a supernatural procedural show, and not really very interesting to me. Had it not been for the cyborg captain, I’d have missed it a while longer still. Had I known it was a sci-fi adventure series, I’d have sought it out sooner. I was pleasantly surprised by it, and interested enough to keep watching, though, after a time, I did get quite obsessed. Despite trying to watch all of them now, I’m not obsessed.

I totally agree that the key to time season is of uneven quality. But on the whole I like it a lot, and wish they had tried to do more in that vein. I liked the E-Space trilogy too (which I’ll be writing about soon enough).

]]> By: Andrew Stevens http://www.robotpanic.com/2010/06/classic-doctor-who-review-%e2%80%93-the-ribos-operation/comment-page-1/#comment-7315 Andrew Stevens Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:51:32 +0000 http://www.robotpanic.com/?p=8431#comment-7315 Ribos Operation is a pretty standard Robert Holmes script, neither particularly good nor particularly bad (for Robert Holmes). So I believe that you're correct in saying that, if you don't like it, Doctor Who isn't for you. Most Doctor Who, after all, isn't as good as a standard Robert Holmes script and Robert Holmes did more to shape Doctor Who than anybody since David Whitaker. Obviously, I love Ribos Operation, though my feelings on the Key to Time season as a whole are much more mixed. So I take it that you knew about Tom Baker's Doctor before ever seeing the show? This doesn't surprise me, as I'm sure that's true for a lot of Americans. Ribos Operation is a pretty standard Robert Holmes script, neither particularly good nor particularly bad (for Robert Holmes). So I believe that you’re correct in saying that, if you don’t like it, Doctor Who isn’t for you. Most Doctor Who, after all, isn’t as good as a standard Robert Holmes script and Robert Holmes did more to shape Doctor Who than anybody since David Whitaker.

Obviously, I love Ribos Operation, though my feelings on the Key to Time season as a whole are much more mixed. So I take it that you knew about Tom Baker’s Doctor before ever seeing the show? This doesn’t surprise me, as I’m sure that’s true for a lot of Americans.

]]> By: tribrix http://www.robotpanic.com/2010/06/classic-doctor-who-review-%e2%80%93-the-ribos-operation/comment-page-1/#comment-7308 tribrix Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:34:25 +0000 http://www.robotpanic.com/?p=8431#comment-7308 Glad I wasn't alone on that account. It's funny too, because on almost any other season of the show, the episodes being out of order wouldn't be such a big deal, but when you're telling a story which takes place over a whole season, it's more crucial to get the order right. Glad I wasn’t alone on that account. It’s funny too, because on almost any other season of the show, the episodes being out of order wouldn’t be such a big deal, but when you’re telling a story which takes place over a whole season, it’s more crucial to get the order right.

]]> By: Hilden http://www.robotpanic.com/2010/06/classic-doctor-who-review-%e2%80%93-the-ribos-operation/comment-page-1/#comment-7301 Hilden Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:00:13 +0000 http://www.robotpanic.com/?p=8431#comment-7301 Man, as soon as you mentioned Romana I remembered that THIS is the series that I first saw as well. In fact, I had a lot of trouble following this series because our local PBS station used to show these out of order as well. I remember being very, very lost. Man, as soon as you mentioned Romana I remembered that THIS is the series that I first saw as well. In fact, I had a lot of trouble following this series because our local PBS station used to show these out of order as well. I remember being very, very lost.

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