The Chase
Joe Siegler
The Chase
This Story: Series 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
The six individual episode titles are:
- The Executioners
- The Death of Time
- Flight Through Eternity
- Journey Into Terror
- The Death of Doctor Who
- The Planet of Decision
Links: [ Wikipedia | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]
#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
