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  Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction 1964

  ★★★½ Added

  I really want to love this one, and I think my bias towards small-scale psychological stories has already made me overrate this, but alas. The climactic boiling point in the conflict and distrust between the protagonists is great stuff that perfectly connects these first batch of stories with the larger mythos of the show as we know it today. But the exploration of the character's personalities is somewhat diminished when its pretty unclear when they are acting based upon their…

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  Doctor Who: The Daleks 1964

  ★★★ Added

  Conceptually a perfect follow-up to An Unearthly Child and a great introduction to one of the most iconic villains in sci-fi. And in many respects, the contrast between the Thals and Daleks becoming the catalyst for The Doctor to become the character he is today? Great stuff. However, this 3 hour story would have greatly benefit from an hour being axed from the runtime. Preferably from the latter half where the story takes an abrupt turn into quest fantasy?

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  Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child 1963

  ★★★½ Added

  To get the elephant out of the room, yes, the first episode is truly one of the best pilots of any series, and most will attest to that. However, the other 3 episodes are really overhated in my opinion. While you could easily shave a whole episode of caveman melodrama, there is still good here.
  The quartet is immediately thrust into danger that is large enough to explore the personalities and interplay of the protagonists, but small enough to give…

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