#27: Keys of Marinus: The Snows of Terror
Doctor Who S1E24
Title: Doctor Who (1963)
Director:
John Gorrie
Writer:
Terry Nation
Release Date:
May 2, 1964
Network: BBC
Production No: 124
Times Watched: 134
Times Rated: 76
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Baron Karza
Nov 3, 2025
I liked it a lot better on this watch through. I have accepted that it is the Ian and Barbara show and I'm here for it.
Dragonwitch
+2
May 1, 2025
Susan helped rescue everyone! One thing I appreciate in these two middle episodes is the focus on the other characters while The Doctor is away. In the previous part, we were treated to Barbara and Ian working on their own, and here it's those two with actual help from Susan, which may be the first time since she navigated the petrified jungle to fetch the medicine in The Daleks. I'm also loving the swift location-hopping in this story and the sense of actual menace from anything and everything around them - acid oceans, sentient vegetation, roving wolves, bitter cold, booby traps...
Aug 25, 2020
SUSAN: "Hey, look at these weapons. Wouldn't like to come across one of these in a battle... He's alive! He's alive!"
This was even more boring than the last episode. We need a better adversary.
This was even more boring than the last episode. We need a better adversary.
Sep 19, 2019
Ok, the story wasn't that bad. But them creating new little stories within the story isn't a good narrative trick. It works in small doses like in Marco Polo but there it's just too much.
And I know Hartnell had health problems but having no doctor for 2 whole episodes is a bit annoying.
And I know Hartnell had health problems but having no doctor for 2 whole episodes is a bit annoying.
Crasty
+1
Nov 7, 2021
The doctor was on his two weeks holidays during the filming of these two episodes. Honest, it was in his contract. I think the other regulars only got one week off per series.
Mar 26, 2019
Vasor's not a creepy guy at all by my first impression, lol. If there is a rope bridge, it won't last long.
Aug 27, 2017
Not sure why they needed Vasor to guide them in the mountain (apart from him being in the right position to betray them AGAIN), when he made it clear that he never goes there.
TStarnes
+4
Apr 30, 2017
Seriously, these guys trust people at the drop of a hat.
