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Flirty Second Doctor might be my favourite this go around. #DoctorWhoRewatch #TheEnemyOfTheWorld

It's interesting reading my reference books from before the serial was rediscovered and how perceptions change, and how they have to theorise about different aspects we now *know* (About Time spends a lot of time considering when this was set).

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Doctor Roo

Interesting what you say about perceptions. One of the reasons I gave up on Doctor Who podcasts was after listening to a twenty-something year-old podcaster slating another Troughton story, The Space Pirates. The thing is, unlike him, I'm old enough (ancient) to have watched that story when it was broadcast, and I recall how much I enjoyed it. Watching The Space Pirates one episode a week in a Britain that had yet to experience Star Trek was quite something. Context counts. 🙂
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Mrs McCrimmon

I think that’s one of the many reasons I love #DoctorWho - it is in many ways a chronicle of the history of (British) tv and how we experience it over the years - experiences like your childhood are not the prominent way anymore in this streaming/binging age (for good or ill).

And surely how a modern audience ‘consumes’ old tv changes that relationship so I think we should put increasing effort into recognising the original experience/context. If only for the die-hard fans or tv historians.

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