Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television series featuring The Doctor, a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey whose adventures see him travel through time and space. Over the years, different actors have starred in the role, and to compensate for the realities of the television business Time Lords were given the ingenious ability to regenerate their bodies when they die.
The Space Museum is the 15th story of the Doctor, first broadcast in four weekly parts from April 24 to May 15, 1965, and The Chase is the 16th story, first broadcast in six weekly parts from May 22 to June 26, 1965. The First Doctor (William Hartnell) is accompanied in these adventures by schoolteachers Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) and Ian Chesterton (William Russell) from 20th century Earth and Vicki (Maureen O'Brien), a young woman from 25th century Earth. This was my first encounter with Hartnell's Doctor other than another actor playing the character in The Five Doctors. He plays the Doctor as a cranky, grandfatherly type.
In The Space Museum, the TARDIS lands on the planet Xeros inside a museum although something is amiss. They don't leave footprints and can't touch anything. While wandering the museum, they find themselves on display, which they presume are future versions themselves. After Moroks discover the TARDIS, the crew's footprints appear. They then vanish from the display and begin work to keep from ending up there. At different times, they find themselves prisoners, but escape rather easily.
This is an odd story because writer Glyn Jones doesn’t seem to understand time travel. Something happens that allows the TARDIS crew to keep from becoming exhibits though it's not clear why it hadn’t happened initially in the timeline to keep it from occurring in the first place. The series comes across more like a children's program where no one bothered to care if the story made sense.
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Article comments
1 - Ally916
I remember watching Dr. Who many years ago on PBS, and I have to tell you that it's an acquired taste. In the 60s and 70s there were no realistic special effects or animation in science fiction shows or movies, you had to suspend your disbelief and go with the flow. And Dr. Who had possibly the absolute worst special effects of any show made, but it was also a fun, campy show to watch, and it will hook you. What the author thinks are children's episodes were actually not, it just always had wierd British writing, although the stories did improve some as the series progressed. It was always a show that was so bad that it was good. I recommend it to anyone who likes old science fiction shows. Great bad stuff.
2 - El Bicho
When it started it was much more of a family show and they dumbed it down so kids could keep up.
"It was always a show that was so bad that it was good. I recommend it to anyone who likes old science fiction shows. Great bad stuff."
Plenty of fans would disagree with that assessment