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Doctor Who: Top 3 Third Doctor Stories

3/26/2013

 
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By Alex Doust

Sly, wise, intelligent and with wit beyond measure, the third Doctor as portrayed by Jon Pertwee was stranded on Earth for most of his incarnation. But he put his time to good use, bringing the thrills of the universe home to earth not only saved the show money, but added realism too! Here are my top 3 third Doctor adventures…

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Inferno

As you may know the Doctor had certain restrictions placed on the TARDIS upon his exile to Earth. Not content to lie down and take it, the Doctor begins attempting to repair the TARDIS, in this episode he removes the central console and begins work on it, tapping power from a nearby project to drill to the centre of the Earth. After angering the project leader, he cuts the power to the TARDIS mid-materialization and the Doctor his hurtled not forwards or backwards in time, but sideways, into another reality…

Inferno is a fantastic episode. For the first time we actually get to see the Doctor fail, we see the consequences as the world comes speeding to an end, we see the Doctors friends killed one by one as they attempt to help him escape the same fate by returning to his own universe, a mere few hours behind this one, so the Doctor can attempt to save our earth. Inferno is a brilliant roller coaster, which scares, chills and thrills. I’d highly recommend you get yourself online and buy it if you haven’t seen it already! 

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The Green Death

This is one of the first episodes which ever truly scared me when I was a kid, firstly I love the Doctors continued stubbornness, having very recently been granted the use of his TARDIS by the Time Lords again he is just determined to go on a trip he and Jo Grant were planning. But Jo sets off elsewhere with the Brigadier, to investigate why a miner was found dead, glowing bright green. There are no aliens in this episode, no extra-terrestrial involvement, just a computer advanced enough to think for itself, which corrupted the minds of employees and a waste product from a new industrial process being illegally pumped down a mine shaft, where it was hideously mutating creatures below, most notably mutated, giant maggots. Upon realizing that the Doctor knows about this, the computer orders the mine to be blown up. As the mine is destroyed, the maggots burrow up through the earth and begin to attack…

When I was a kid this always hit me really hard, it really freaked me out, giant maggots, weapons don’t touch them and they just burrow out of the ground and attack; it’s fantastic! Worthy of a horror film! One other thing that I’ve always loved about this episode is the ending, it’s yet another emotional goodbye for the Doctor as he bids farewell to his companion Jo Grant. As is typical with later Doctors, he acts as though it does not bother him, but leaves the party early and sets of home, unable to contain his disappointment. The image of the Doctor, driving Bessie (his car) home at twilight is very iconic and saddening. 

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The Time warrior

Why do I love this episode? Two reasons; two characters, both of whom are introduced in this episode, both of whom have been continually involved in Doctor Who ever since. First, Sarah Jane Smith, one of the most iconic companions ever, who accidentally winds up back in time after stowing away aboard the TARDIS, joining the Doctor on a quest to find people and equipment which have been kidnapped through time. Second, to be introduced, the Sontarans, a squat brutish clone race who care about nothing but war, a war going on for so long neither side really knows what they are fighting for. Sontarans are proud and intelligent and certainly a force not to be reckoned with!

This is a historic episode, and certainly not one to be missed! If you’ve not seen it, you know what to do!

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