The war games doctor who review

It's him, although it looks like he took fashion tips from the War Lord for his next incarnation. It all comes down to the last two episodes and one of the biggest revelations in the show's history -- the truth, or part of it, about the origins of the Doctor's travels, our first visit to his unnamed here home planet and the debut of the Time Lords.

And yet, although they seem mildly thoughtful in the use of their vast power, they also condemn the Doctor with quite a cold and brutal sentence. At long last forced to face his own people for the crime of meddling in Time with his own morality as his guide, the Doctor is sentenced to exile on Earth in one time period and then, wait for it -- forcibly regenerated.

That's right, the Time Lords execute the Second Doctor. Thankfully, Jamie and Zoe get off lightly with a quick trip back home and their memories wiped of all but their first adventures with the Doctor. But even that is pretty damn harsh.

As the '60s and Troughton's era came to a close, the stage was set for a make-or-break reinvention of the series. Would Doctor Who survive in the '70s with that Earthbound format, full-color production and a frilly shirted tall drink of water named Jon Pertwee stepping into the lead role? Why, my good man, I should think we're about to have the time of our lives! By the way, did you notice that the Second Doctor's trademark recorder can double as a telescope?

Take that, sonic screwdriver! While this is the last of the black-and-white Who stories and consequently from an era that wouldn't necessarily look as pristine on DVD as later productions, color or no color, "The War Games" looks excellent, all things considered. The exterior film sequences are as clean as can be expected, the studio interiors are very sharp, stark contrast between blacks and whites are balanced and Troughton's departure looks as good as it's likely to get.

Score: 8 out of 10 Languages and Audio The episodes are presented with a mono soundtrack and an option for English subtitles. One of the only bits that lets down the story is the interminable one musical theme that replays over and over again as if they could only afford to have one bit of score and used it 47 times. But never mind, because as for the actual quality of the aural presentation, it's as good as the video. Although the score is repetitive, the dialogue and sound effects -- a great mix of '60s-era sci-fi cues -- are great and probably sound better than they did during the original broadcast.

Dan is also a highlight, just as he was in the previous episode. The existence of the Mouri is especially head-scratching when one considers that the Time Lords or if one were to go even more obscure, the Guardians of Time have traditionally been depicted as the ones responsible for maintaining balance in spacetime, making the whole reveal smack of even more needlessly convoluted retcons from Chibnall.

What said designs are, however, is unknown, as none of the mysteries around these new villains are revealed in this episode. Hopefully, future episodes will clear things up — after all, this story is still far from over. But for now, this episode presents more questions than answers, to frustrating effect. While some industry insiders believe the tech shortages could go on until next year, Nvidia says that things may start to improve in a few months.

When he isn't reading comics or watching movies, he's hard at work on his first novel. Share Share Tweet Email. Somewhere after that, however, the story begins wallowing in repetition, needlessly staving off reaching the finish line. We knew he came from another planet, we knew he had a machine that traveled in time and space, and we knew he could change his physical form when near death.

And over the course of six years, that was about all we knew of this mystery man. It was probably a wise move to eventually bring them down to a somewhat more human level. One wonders how on earth this group managed to find four hours worth of stuff to say, but they do an admirable job of keeping the chit-chat going.

This looks to be quite a cool feature to keep an eye out for in the next couple years.