Underworld
Joe Siegler
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Underworld
This Story: Season 15, Story 5. Production Code 4Y
Overall: Story 96, Episodes 470-473
Airdates: 7 Jan 1978 – 28 Jan 1978
Written by Bob Baker & Dave Martin
Directed by Norman Stewart
Notes
- Botched the details on the second tweet for Episode 1. I called it Episode 2 (it wasn’t), and I called it part 1 (it was part 2).
Links
[ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | SPS Historium | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 470 - Underworld 1/4 (Serial 4Y Story 96) - 7 Jan 1978. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 17, 2022
This is a story that has a really bad reputation, but I don't know why. I thought the story was always good. I suspect it's all down to the special effects, nearly the entire thing being pic.twitter.com/eXY8oYsjqZ
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 470 - Underworld 2/4 (Serial 4Y Story 96) - 7 Jan 1978. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 17, 2022
done in CSO (old school blue screen). But character wise and plot wise I had no problems here. There's some nice Time Lord history in this one. Sets are prety small. #TheQuestIsTheQuest pic.twitter.com/HljATu2MlZ
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 471 - Underworld 2/4 (Serial 4Y Story 96) - 14 Jan 1978. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 17, 2022
The cliffhanger was inventive. The ship they're on becomes buried when their gravity was greater than anything else, so it becomes buried by rocks. The Doctor is oddly calm in this. The pic.twitter.com/PwxVgSLsYW
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 471 - Underworld 2/4 (Serial 4Y Story 96) - 14 Jan 1978. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 17, 2022
problems with CSO start here. Only thing that makes me wonder about this story is why the Doctor can't just take them all way with the Tardis. The people already here bit of a mystery. pic.twitter.com/sOSubj2MhU
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 472 - Underworld 3/4 (Serial 4Y Story 96) - 21 Jan 1978. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 19, 2022
As we explore into the planet, we see more the CSO stuff that makes people not like this story, but I find myself intrigued to find the result of #TheQuestIsTheQuest. The Doctor finds pic.twitter.com/RaSuvZg9wH
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 472 - Underworld 3/4 (Serial 4Y Story 96) - 21 Jan 1978. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 19, 2022
there is another ship on the planet. After some back and forth, the Doctor leads a raid/escape from the other ship. This story has a lot of characters just standing around at times. pic.twitter.com/GBKEul0Q3a
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 473 - Underworld 4/4 (Serial 4Y Story 96) - 28 Jan 1978. #DoctorWho 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 19, 2022
The Doctor ends up at the Oracle and talks another computer down. In the end he saves the Minyans from death by explosion on takeoff. The quest is over, and everyone goes on their way. pic.twitter.com/Eeqo3poCQf
#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 473 - Underworld 4/4 (Serial 4Y Story 96) - 28 Jan 1978. #DoctorWho 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) November 19, 2022
Despite the bad CSO sfx and limited sets here, I always liked this one. I do know that's a minority opinion. Also, I had forgotten exactly how much skin Leela showed in this story. pic.twitter.com/L3TimHHaW4
