The Moonbase
Joe Siegler
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The Moonbase
This Story: Season 4, Story 6. Production Code HH.
Overall: Story 33, Episodes 149-152
Airdates: 11 Feb 1967 – 4 Mar 1967
Written by Kit Pedler. Directed by Morris Barry.
Notes
- Episodes 2 & 4 exist. 1 & 3 do not. This story was animated to cover the missing episodes. It is also the final story to use the original title sequence that started in 1963 with “An Unearthly Child”. The following story introduces a new title sequence that uses Patrick Troughton’s face.
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[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 149 - The Moonbase 1/4 (Serial HH, Story 33) - 11 Feb 1967. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 14, 2022
The Cybermen return for the first time, and in what becomes a habit, they're redesigned each time they show up to varying degrees. Jamie spends nearly all of this ep unconscious. pic.twitter.com/adY2weEQ39
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 149 - The Moonbase 1/4 (Serial HH, Story 33) - 11 Feb 1967. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 14, 2022
Most of this ep is our crew interacting with the Moonbase people, as a Cyberman doesn't appear (in full) until the cliffhanger. I wonder if the Cybermen appearance was known in 1967. pic.twitter.com/WfkMRGYGwV
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 150 - The Moonbase 2/4 (Serial HH, Story 33) - 18 Feb 1967. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 15, 2022
One of the Second Doctor's best lines comes from here, the one about "things that act against everything we believe in. These must be fought" - A classic line for sure. pic.twitter.com/LDFBmgwHhz
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 150 - The Moonbase 2/4 (Serial HH, Story 33) - 18 Feb 1967. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 15, 2022
The Doctor works to figure out the disease on the station & the humans try to fix their weather control gear. Cybermen (who don't talk this ep) capture humans, but we don't know why. pic.twitter.com/naHBVZdWFH
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 151 - The Moonbase 3/4 (Serial HH, Story 33) - 25 Feb 1967. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 15, 2022
The Cybermen finally talk, and while it's similar to Tenth Planet, it's not quite the same. I miss the true original voice. They reveal the humans are being "converted" (to Cybermen) pic.twitter.com/Y3GMvtkjEX
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 151 - The Moonbase 3/4 (Serial HH, Story 33) - 25 Feb 1967. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 15, 2022
The Cybermen want to take control of the Gravitron & destroy all life on Earth for an invasion.
We're still in the 60's as we get this.. "Not you Polly, this is men's work". pic.twitter.com/CI05tLKUCf
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 152 - The Moonbase 4/4 (Serial HH, Story 33) - 4 Mar 1967. #DoctorWho 1/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 17, 2022
The Cybermen surround the base, and try to take over everything. They first reactivate their zombies inside the base & take control. The Cybermen redirect a relief ship into the sun. pic.twitter.com/UCHQw3cXL9
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 152 - The Moonbase 4/4 (Serial HH, Story 33) - 4 Mar 1967. #DoctorWho 2/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 17, 2022
More Cybermen arrive & attack the base again. In the end the Doctor has the idea to point the graviton to the ground and "space" the Cybermen. One of the more enjoyable 60's stories. pic.twitter.com/tRPw3z4QhF
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 152 - The Moonbase 4/4 (Serial HH, Story 33) - 4 Mar 1967. #DoctorWho 3/3
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) January 17, 2022
One of the more enjoyable 60's stories, even if the ending is a bit of a cheat - I mean, what’s to stop the Cybermen from just landing again? Just being in space won’t kill them. ? pic.twitter.com/vR8KspsBLc
