The Chase
Joe Siegler
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The Chase
This Story: Season 2, Story 8. Production Code R.
Overall: Story 16, Episodes 72-77
Airdates: 22 May 1965 to 26 Jun 1965
Written by Terry Nation. Directed by Richard Martin
Episode Titles
- The Executioners
- The Death of Time
- Flight Through Eternity
- Journey Into Terror
- The Death of Doctor Who
- The Planet of Decision
Notes
- This was the final story for the last of the OG companions, Ian & Barbara.
- It was the first story for new companion Steven Taylor.
- Peter Purves played two characters in the story. New companion Steven Taylor as well as “American tourist” Morton Dill, although not in the same episode.
- The Beatles clip in Episode 1 is removed from US prints of the story, but is in the UK originals.
- An amusing fact about that Beatles clip is that it was taken from an episode of “Top of the Pops” which is now missing, so the only segment of that episode that survives is the clip that is in this Doctor Who episode.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD | Amazon US Blu-Ray | Amazon UK Blu-Ray]
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 72 - "The Executioners" (1/6 - Serial R, Story 16) - 22 May 1965. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 29, 2021
The first of 6 episodes of "The Chase", the third overall Dalek story. This first ep has a sequence w/the Beatles that was excised from US DVDs, but is fun if you can see it. pic.twitter.com/acUCuGZFcy
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 72 - "The Executioners" (1/6 - Serial R, Story 16) - 22 May 1965. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 29, 2021
The Tardis lands and the crew explore. Barbara sees the Daleks on the visualizer and realizes the Daleks are chasing them. The Doctor & Barbara set off to find Ian & Vicki. pic.twitter.com/4jUN0YBliQ
A quick follow up to yesterday's #DoctorWhoMarathon post. This scene with Bill Hartnell exclaiming "THE DALEKS!" gets me every time. I love the inflection here. It's both comical and serious at the same time. I don't know why, but I love this small bit. #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/pBRHMEIjkw
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 29, 2021
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 73 - "The Death of Time" (2/6 - Serial R, Story 16) - 29 May 1965. #DoctorWho
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 29, 2021
The crew are eventually reunited w/help of natives, but are blocked by the Daleks who have surrounded the Tardis. After some fun with a Dalek, they escape and the chase is on. pic.twitter.com/z4KIpgF2Cl
... and in another video update for #DoctorWhoMarathon, Episode 2 of "The Chase" might have the first ever levitating Dalek in #DoctorWho history. ;) pic.twitter.com/xNrkS6SxlP
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 29, 2021
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 74 - "Flight Through Eternity" (3/6 - Serial R, Story 16) - 5 Jun 1965. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 30, 2021
The crew are chased by the Daleks, landing on top of the Empire State Building in New York & the Mary Celeste trying to get away. That's the bulk of this episode. But.... pic.twitter.com/uJeTpbuWJD
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 74 - "Flight Through Eternity" (3/6 - Serial R, Story 16) - 5 Jun 1965. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) October 30, 2021
The glory here is 5 mins w/the character "Morton Dill" played by @purves_peter. His "stereotypical American" interactions w/crew & a Dalek are awesome. #BringBackDill pic.twitter.com/NupNpb2mYZ
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 75 - "Journey Into Terror" (4/6 - Serial R, Story 16) - 12 Jun 1965. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 1, 2021
The chase continues, with the crew landing in basically a haunted house. Made for silliness with Daleks interacting with Frankenstein. The Tardis leaves Vicki behind, tho. pic.twitter.com/g0OpGUeF3E
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 75 - "Journey Into Terror" (4/6 - Serial R, Story 16) - 12 Jun 1965. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 1, 2021
The Daleks decide to duplicate the Doctor so their robot can kill the Tardis crew. Doesn't look a whole lot like Hartnell, tho. The crew decide to stop & fight the Daleks. pic.twitter.com/j1pDGUWqhB
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 76 - "The Death of Doctor Who" (5/6 - Serial R, Story 16) - 19 Jun 1965. #DoctorWho
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 1, 2021
The crew searches for Vicki, while being tracked by the clone. They meet up, & the Doctor defeats the clone. The crew escapes from the Daleks w/help from a Mechanoid. pic.twitter.com/Scv5UPyJox
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 77 - "The Planet of Decision" (6/6 - Serial R, Story 16) - 26 Jun 1965. #DoctorWho 1/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 3, 2021
The crew meets the Mechanoids - a race of robots intended to be the "new Daleks", but they only appeared here. They meet Steven Taylor, the next companion for the show. pic.twitter.com/jHM5CvA8X6
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 77 - "The Planet of Decision" (6/6 - Serial R, Story 16) - 26 Jun 1965. #DoctorWho 2/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 3, 2021
The Daleks eventually get into the city and there's a huge fight between them and the Mechanoids - which for 1965 Who has some decent sfx. Very 60's stuff here for sure. pic.twitter.com/iHMsCwQzh0
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 77 - "The Planet of Decision" (6/6 - Serial R, Story 16) - 26 Jun 1965. #DoctorWho 3/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 3, 2021
During the battle, the city is destroyed w/Daleks & Mechanoids. Ian & Barbara depart the show and return home in the Dalek ship. Steven stows away in the Tardis. pic.twitter.com/XaDZr2SkDG
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 77 - "The Planet of Decision" (6/6 - Serial R, Story 16) - 26 Jun 1965. #DoctorWho 4/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 3, 2021
Forgot this. @Purves_Peter played both Morton Dill from Ep3 and Steven Taylor from Ep6. It's one of the only times (only?) an actor has played 2 characters in same story. pic.twitter.com/tITkM3ceMl
