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Meglos

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on December 26, 2022December 26, 2022
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Meglos

This Story: Series 18, Story 2. Production Code 5Q
Overall: Story 111, Episodes 536-539
Airdates: 27 Sep 1980 – 18 Oct 1980
Written by John Flanagan & Andre McCulloch
Directed by Terence Dudley

Links: [ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]

NOTE: Original cast member Jacqueline Hill returns to Doctor Who. Not as Barbara, but as Lexa, one of the locals in the story.

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 536 - Meglos 1/4 (Serial 5Q Story 111) - 27 Sep 1980. #DoctorWho 1/2🎄

I have little memory of this except for Jacqueline Hill making a return to Doctor Who here. She wasn't Barbara, but a new character, which at the time I thought was disappointing. Oddly, pic.twitter.com/DsHXGJf6cO

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 25, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 536 - Meglos 1/4 (Serial 5Q Story 111) - 27 Sep 1980. #DoctorWho 2/2🎄

I saw Hill in Meglos first before I saw any of her 60's stories. This one doesn't have the best reputation. We'll see. The Doctor & Romana never leave the Tardis in ep 1 - that's odd. pic.twitter.com/XfVPaJTtx8

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 25, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 537 - Meglos 2/4 (Serial 5Q Story 111) - 4 Oct 1980. #DoctorWho 1/2🎄

Doctor Who does that famed sci-fi trope of having the Tardis stuck in a repeating loop where they have to find their way out. Fixing K9 by wagging his tail seems like a cheap script idea. pic.twitter.com/NWF7Dy0bld

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 25, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 537 - Meglos 2/4 (Serial 5Q Story 111) - 4 Oct 1980. #DoctorWho 2/2🎄

Meglos impersonates the Doctor in the first part of this ep. That gives Tom a chance at doing something different with the Doctor. Meglos as the Doctor gets the real Doctor arrested. pic.twitter.com/xmqwiAMFUJ

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 25, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 538 - Meglos 3/4 (Serial 5Q Story 111) - 11 Oct 1980. #DoctorWho 1/2🎄

The Doctor of course talks his way out of being accused unjustly, because that's what he always does. As this ep progresses I find it interesting to try and figure out what Meglos is pic.twitter.com/fgzv3o5oNL

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 26, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 538 - Meglos 3/4 (Serial 5Q Story 111) - 11 Oct 1980. #DoctorWho 2/2🎄

actually doing. The Doctor freeing himself is no real drama, he always does as the title character. I rather liked the incidental music here. Romana's adventure is amusing but pointless. pic.twitter.com/X4elhjC439

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 26, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 539 - Meglos 4/4 (Serial 5Q Story 111) - 18 Oct 1980. #DoctorWho 1/2

I wonder if Meglos being Tom Baker was a concession to him/cost cutting. Resolution was kind of eh, but overall, I enjoyed this story more than I thought I would. Nice when that happens. pic.twitter.com/hVqO9QbRjV

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 26, 2022

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 539 - Meglos 4/4 (Serial 5Q Story 111) - 18 Oct 1980. #DoctorWho 2/2

It was nice seeing Jacqueline Hill again, although I wished she was doing Barbara. This was her last time in Doctor Who, and as one of the original '63 cast, mad props to her for her work. pic.twitter.com/kTCO94BoPK

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) December 26, 2022

Romana’s red outfit reminds me a bit of Lady Gaga’s suit of meat.
What’s Sela from Star Trek: TNG doing here?

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