The Krotons
Joe Siegler
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The Krotons
This Story: Series 6, Story 4. Production Code WW
Overall: Story 47, Episodes 228-231
Airdates: 28 Dec 1968 to 18 Jan 1969
Written by Robert Holmes. Directed by David Maloney
Links: [ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 228 - The Krotons 1/4 (Serial WW, Story 47) - 28 Dec 1968. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 3, 2022
This is a story that has a very bad reputation. I never understood that. The actual Krotons themselves are a bit of a letdown, but other than that the story was fine. Was written by pic.twitter.com/PNQuA3084s
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 228 - The Krotons 1/4 (Serial WW, Story 47) - 28 Dec 1968. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 3, 2022
long time Doctor Who legend Robert Holmes. The Krotons are discovered to be killing local residents who always believed them to be their benefactors. The Doctor decides to interviene. pic.twitter.com/nIneifGKIb
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 229 - The Krotons 2/4 (Serial WW, Story 47) - 4 Jan 1969. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 4, 2022
We're into the final year of black & white Doctor Who now with the first episode in 1969. The leader of the Gonds has a problem whether to tell his people they've been misled by the pic.twitter.com/UdXjZZqMH4
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 229 - The Krotons 2/4 (Serial WW, Story 47) - 4 Jan 1969. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 4, 2022
Krotons for ages, or lie to them about their people being killed. Zoe outwits the Doctor which is funny. The Doctor/Zoe enter & escape the ship, while progressing on his research. pic.twitter.com/htY7Mpnjf4
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 230 - The Krotons 3/4 (Serial WW, Story 47) - 11 Jan 1969. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 5, 2022
We get a good bit of the Krotons in this ep. They're my least fav part of the story. Not in concept, but in execution - their arms reminded me of the Robot from Lost in Space. pic.twitter.com/7dSwlSuUKE
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 230 - The Krotons 3/4 (Serial WW, Story 47) - 11 Jan 1969. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 5, 2022
The Krotons seemingly destroy the Tardis. The Gonds overthrow their leader and plan on attacking the Krotons by sabotaging support beams for their ship, causing an rock collapse. pic.twitter.com/rdr3teiVYC
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 231 - The Krotons 4/4 (Serial WW, Story 47) - 18 Jan 1969. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 6, 2022
I didn't think it possible, but the Krotons look even worse in Episode 4 - there's a shot of this in one of the screenshots in this tweet. pic.twitter.com/7g0ODvcGW5
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 231 - The Krotons 4/4 (Serial WW, Story 47) - 18 Jan 1969. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) April 6, 2022
The ending of this story is kind of predictable in how the Krotons are defeated - by dropping acid on their machine. This is a Robert Holmes story, and doesn't feel like one. pic.twitter.com/KQVX24Kidg
