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Episode descriptions for the remaining episodes.

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

The TARDIS has crashed, Clara is lost inside, and the Doctor has 30 minutes before his ship explodes!

The Crimson Horror

Something ghastly is afoot in Victorian Yorkshire, as bodies are found with their skin a waxy, glowing red.

Nightmare In Silver

Hedgewick’s World of Wonders: the perfect theme park day out – and ground zero for a deadly silver resurrection.

Finale

Someone is kidnapping the Doctor’s friends, leading him towards the one place in all of time and space that he should never go.

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Oh my, it looks like the BBC were developing an animated Doctor Who spinoff a few years ago. Got shelved but I have to say it looked pretty damn good. The plan would have been to feature every single doctor.

Images weren't working so here's the link.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/04/03/the-doctor-who-animated-series-that-never-was/

Am I alone in wanting this instead of the 50th anniversary?

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They tried this in the 80s as well with Nelvana doing some cracking designs....Bit of everything type of thing. Shame

Oh my, it looks like the BBC were developing an animated Doctor Who spinoff a few years ago. Got shelved but I have to say it looked pretty damn good. The plan would have been to feature every single doctor.

Images weren't working so here's the link.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/04/03/the-doctor-who-animated-series-that-never-was/

Am I alone in wanting this instead of the 50th anniversary?

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Always lovely to see stuff like this but I'm one of those people who was never interested in The Real Ghostbusters and I've got this prejudice against cartoon versions of telly and movie shows. I'm not proud of this.

Actually, I can directly contradict that cos I did really like The Scream of the Shalka! I don't think Richard E Grant's doctor really had legs but I thought the way they did The Master might have been interesting.

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The Green Death

(Blog has pictures)

A change of scenery now, as a strange infection starts killing miners near an oil/chemical facility in the Welsh valleys. Isn't it, boyo? UNIT is called in and the Doctor reluctantly joins them, finding a hive of giant maggots are spewing green goo everywhere, causing people to turn a luminous green and die.

[Picture: The big reveal is the mysterious boss is a computer. In 1970, I would have thought "whoah!". Now I just thought "oh, right."]

The "Evil Corporation" card is pulled out of the Doctor Who Plot Generator hat for this one. A self-aware computer system, not unlike WOTAN ('The War Machines') is controlling its workforce in order to... well, I'm not sure what it's trying to do. Conquer the world using mind control seems to be its goal, but I'm not sure what this has to do with chemicals or why their products were producing massive mutant maggots. It seems to be nothing more than an unfortunate side effect. No alien interference here, just Technology Goes Wrong. It could have been explored better.

[Picture: A brief interlude on an alien blue planet provides some comical moments early on. Plus a convenient hypnosis-reversing crystal.]

On the other side of the fence are the eco-warrior hippie archetypes trying to shut the plant down. Jo goes all goo-goo-eyed over their leader, Professor Jones, and by the end of the story, decides to get married and leave with him on an expedition around the world, which presumably means that is the last we'll see of her. A clichéd end, for sure, but despite this there were some touching moments and fond farewells. Jo may have been a weak character (and I never really felt her performances were convincing), however I could really feel the connection and friendship with the Doctor in those last scenes.

[Picture: Toasting the happy couple, Jo is leaving for new adventures.]

There are some funny moments too, the odd witty line here and there, and a sense of fun throughout, despite the seriousness of the threat. At one point, the Doctor disguises himself as an old milkman, then as an elderly maid, which made me chuckle. Pertwee can clearly do a lot more than be grumpy and condescending and I wish he would be written humourously more often.

[Picture: The Doctor, master of disguise.]

Robert Sloman's previous season finales have both had a slightly bizarre feel to them, dealing with monsters, legends or the occult, which this one doesn't. It's more like the earlier stories with corporations playing with science and going too far; but it isn't really explored a great deal and I didn't feel the story held together all that well. I would have liked more focus on the computer 'BOSS' and less on the maggots. Although, to be fair, the maggots were pretty cool.

[Picture: Maggots. Presumably animatronic puppets; quite well done and a creepy effect. Those teeth!!]

This ends season 10 on a reasonable if unremarkable note, and leads me into the last few chapters of Jon Pertwee's era.

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Funnily enough Pertwee was known primarily as a comic performer before Dr Who. I think he was most known for a thing called The Navy Lark on the radio. Then of course he went on to do Worzel Gummidge, which used to give me the creeps despite being ostensibly a comedy.

I'm very interested to hear what you think of the next story, which is one of my favourites. Robert Holmes again...

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Then of course he went on to do Worzel Gummidge, which used to give me the creeps despite being ostensibly a comedy.

I have the vaguest of vague memories of Worzel Gummidge. I must have been very young, but I recall running and hiding whenever he took his head off. Brrr!!!

EDIT: Most likely repeats, I wasn't born until '82.

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Funnily enough Pertwee was known primarily as a comic performer before Dr Who. I think he was most known for a thing called The Navy Lark on the radio. Then of course he went on to do Worzel Gummidge, which used to give me the creeps despite being ostensibly a comedy.

I'm very interested to hear what you think of the next story, which is one of my favourites. Robert Holmes again...

He had a bit part in at least one Carry On film too (Cleo)

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I think the last season is a total return to form after the silliness of the Douglas Adams years, but it is rather sombre. Some proper sci fi stuff in there though, and a really bold shift in style to usher in the '80s.

What about City of Death from the same season as Destiny? That's pretty much an unimpeachable classic.

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