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#29: The Keys of Marinus

Doctor Who S1E26

Title: Doctor Who (1963)

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: Terry Nation

Release Date: May 16, 1964

Network: BBC

Production No: 126

Times Watched: 131

Times Rated: 73

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Baron Karza

Nov 3, 2025

Ian pulls a fast one on Yartek. I wonder why Yartek doesn't have a spatula on his nose like the rest of the Voord? Anyone this was a good, fun series.

Dragonwitch +1

May 3, 2025

This is quite possibly the best story of Season One. It's at least the most consistent, with none of the episodes appreciably dropping in quality, plus the ending was at once touching and sagacious. All the characters had a chance to shine, and the seeds of what is to come have clearly been sown. And so, we venture into The Temple of (Elemental) Evil...

Psycho_Mantis

Sep 21, 2022

Niche little serial all things considered. Wasn't as bad as most folks online have said it is.

Baron Karza

Aug 26, 2020

DOCTOR: "I don't believe that man was made to be controlled by machines. Machines can make laws, but they cannot preserve justice. Only human beings can do that."

I enjoyed this story. I had tried to watch it years ago and for some reason never made it past the first episode so I was not looking forward to revisiting it. While I didn't like The Snows of Terror or The Screaming Jungle, the rest of the episodes were quite good.

Magik_Rune +2

Aug 30, 2017

Nice little twist with Kala, just sad they didn't really did anything with that.

Also, that execution clock must be the slowest moving clock ever.