I feel like the story expects us to view Galloway as the villain but I really don't. Is his compromise with the Daleks imperfect, yes. Is he going to be betrayed by the Daleks, always. Yet he is doing this to save tens of millions of people #DoctorWho #DeathtotheDaleks

At the risk of contradicting myself a little, I don't like how easily this Dalek is destroyed. It is interesting to have them without weapons, but the idea that if a primitive stabs them with an spear they just explode is going too far #DoctorWho #DeathtotheDaleks

The whole Daleks being defenceless sub plot is wrapped up fairly quickly. I would have liked to have seen a genuine alliance between the Humans and the Daleks. Masters of War is probably my favourite Dalek story because it does that concept perfectly #DoctorWho #DeathtotheDaleks

The first two people we see killed are felled by a single shot and yet here they don't seem to be able to hit anyone or anything. #DoctorWho #DeathtotheDaleks

I like the idea of the Daleks being without power. What threat is a Dalek whose gun stick won't fire? At this point in the show at least a Dalek who can't fire is no threat at all and that is an interesting concept I wish they had done more with #DoctorWho #DeathtotheDaleks

It is a fairly regular criticism that the comics wrap up quickly, but this one is enough to give whiplash #DoctorWho #Disintegrator

Which is your favourite story? Stories will be allocated points based on finishing position. Please comment and score out of 10 for each story (even if the poll is closed!) #DoctorWho #DoctorWhoRanking 1) Robot of Sherwood 2) The Categories of Life 3) The Invisible Enemy 4) The Zygon Invasion

If every system in the TARDIS has completely ceased to function why does the translation feature still seem to work just fine... #DoctorWho #DeathtotheDaleks

This has all of the elements I loved in the 60's stories but for me they aren't really working here. I've surprisingly little to say about all of this #DoctorWho #DeathtotheDaleks

I would always have said that the #TimeMonster console room was my least favourite, but I think this is worse. It feels claustrophobic. The console is almost touching the wall #DoctorWho #DeathtotheDaleks

Say what you like about the rest of this episode, it has a brilliant opening scene #DoctorWho #DeathtotheDaleks

I feel like I should be enjoying this more than I am. It all just feels a little disjointed #DoctorWho #Disintegrator

Which is your favourite story? Stories will be allocated points based on their finishing position. Please comment and score out of 10 for each story (even if the poll is closed!) #DoctorWho #DoctorWhoRanking 1) Dot and Bubble 2) The Leisure Hive 3) The Daleks 4) The Legend of Ruby Sunday

So I have decided to go ahead with a competition to find the ultimate Doctor Who story. BUT I need your help for a future project too! In the comments, please rate each story out of 10 (even if the poll has closed) These scores will be used to create a league table. #DoctorWho #DoctorWhoRanking

I personally like the ending of this story (episode 6 has been really good overall) but it does have a He-Man style lets sit down and talk about the moral of the story feel, just in case anyone wasn't paying attention #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

If this story were to be made today I'm almost certain it would end with Yates making a heroic sacrifice to save the day and atone for his betrayal. Here he just disappears from the story and we are told he is being allowed to resign in disgrace. Very understated #DoctorWho

There is an interesting comparison to be made here with #EnemyoftheWorld We have very similar stories and yet the people deceived here feel like they have far more agency than those in Salamanders bunker #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

"I can only hope that in the future we shall be friends" Charles Grover is a fascinating character, willing to see countless Billions of people wiped out but unwilling to kill Sarah who he knows could ruin everything #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

As much as I like this story, I can't see that the Time Lords would have allowed this to stand even if the Doctor had failed to stop them. Wiping out all of your ancestors sounds like the worst kind of paradox you could cause #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

"Oh go and make us all a cup of tea" I love the confused Sergeant who manages to save the day with a cup of tea #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

This is what I have been calling for more of, conflict between UNIT and the British Army. It makes for a fascinating dynamic #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

Maybe I might have been better off sticking to the television to watch this, rather than watching in cinema mode on my quest... #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

Not sure how I feel about the idea that the Daleks basically hire a group of criminals to run over a school boy for peaking through some curtains and seeing nothing in particular... #DoctorWho #Disintegrator

I'll be getting back to the marathon tomorrow but just had a random idea to hold a competition where we pit each TV story and full cast Big Finish against each other on here, Mastodon, Twitter and Threads Curious whether #DoctorWho fans have different views on different platforms. Anyone interested?

I'm not really sold on the Generals motivations here. The idea that this very British senior military figure is willing to commit treason to help what are essentially a bunch of hippies in suits and lab coats needed more explanation #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

There is padding and then there is spending more than half of the episode literally going around in circles #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

I really think that the revelations about Mike came far too early. How much better would it have worked to have discovered it here along with the Doctor #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

"Well, don't just stand there, Benton. Go and put yourself under arrest." I actually laughed at that, best part of this episode #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

This whole video about the collapse of society sounds exactly like the kind of video people make now...50 years later and still no societal collapse #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

It has taken a while but I've finally found an episode which has made me warm to Benton. Who knew #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

"It's that brat next door. I shall have to take measures to silence him!" And the moral of todays story is staring through your elderly neighbours window is never going to end well #DoctorWho #Disintegrator

I like the parallels between this and #GreenDeath We have famous intellectuals who have dropped out of society. The nuthutch are shown as the heroes who choose to work to save humanity. These passengers are shown as the villains who abandon it #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

"We shall have to destroy her" I love this scene. Just because someone is liberal/pro environment does not automatically make them a good person. They can be as susceptible to corruption and dogmatism as anyone. People are complex #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

Why did no one think to try and recreate this scene in season 1 of Torchwood? #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

This whole elevator disguised as a janitors cupboard feels like a spy cliché and yet at the same time feels very Doctor Who #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

I guess the arrival of dinosaurs and the evacuation of central London must have been dominating the news and partly acting as a cover for hundreds of famous people going missing #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

Is it bad that I think I prefer the Whomobile to Bessie... #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

The comics set on contemporary Earth always work the best for me. The Doctor being drafted in by the police to investigate a mysterious bank robbery is quite a nice set up #DoctorWho #Disintegrator

"We left Earth 3 months ago" Now that is how you do a cliffhanger! 3 episodes in when the audience feel they know what kind of story they are getting, it changes everything up #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

GROVER: In there are confidential ministerial files going back years. Let's take a look. A minister taking a journalist to rummage through all of those top secret files is surely a red flag Sarah #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

I actually quite like Charles Grover MP, he seems a pleasant and competent minister. But if there is one golden rule of the Pertwee era it is never trust a politician #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

There must have been a better way to have directed this. Believe it or not I don't like criticising the effects, but this sequence could have been far shorter #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

I guess the thinking went something like, lets do a story in which almost everyone is a traitor except for Benton, the audience will never see that coming #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

After my comments for episode 2 Sarah has gone into full on journalist mode. I'm not sure when she has had the time or means to conduct all of this research but this is the version of SJ I like #DoctorWho #DinosaurInvasion

I might strongly disagree with the moral behind this story, but at least I understand now why we suddenly get the WW1 sub plot out of nowhere #Amateur

I really love Notebook LM and have used it for all kinds of things. Here is its commentary on #DinosaurInvasion episode 2 notebooklm.google.com/notebook/7f6...

I'm a little suprised at Sarah in this one. There is a mystery to solve and I would have expected her to be digging around and using her journalism skills to investigate where could be generaing their own power. Instead she decides to spend her time flirting with Mike #DinosaurInvasion

I hadn't remembered there being this many comedy scenes in the story. Pertwee seems to be enjoying himself at least #DinosaurInvasion

If there's one thing that does disappoint me with this though, it is this scene. The revelation that the ever trustworthy Captain Yates has chosen (without hypnotism) to become a traitor deserved a cliffhanger, not to be randomly dropped mid episode #DinosaurInvasion

We do actually get a call back to the Green Death here and Mike is clearly acting very out of character after his experiences. I am liking this relatively subtle foreshadowing in this scene and his scene questioning the Doctor #DinosaurInvasion