Doctor Who: The Aztecs

5/2/2021

DOCTOR WHO, SEASON 1! Watched from March 11th, 2020 to April 8th, 2020. I, Gargus, being the greatest proponent of Classic Doctor Who not deserving a space on letterboxd for myriad reasons pertaining to classification and inconsistency with the revival series, do hereby begin a season-by-season review of Classic Doctor Who on letterboxd because I've started watching the episodes in the background at work with <a href = "https://letterboxd.com/adept7777/">Jackie</a> and have nowhere else to put my thoughts. Crown me the King Hypocrite at your leisure so we can get on with the writing. These reviews are just gonna be rankings of each serial from each season, with some brief thoughts on their merits and anything I found interesting, logged only on the serial I consider the best to avoid

7/7/2024

This four-parter allows "Barbara" (Jacqueline Hill) a little more of the plot as the time travellers arrive at the height of the Aztec empire. Despite firm instructions from the "Doctor" (William Hartnell) not to wander, she goes for a stroll and is soon apprehended on the wrong side of a stone door by "Autloc" (Keith Pyott) who takes her somewhat miraculous arrival as a sign from their god "Yetaxa". Next thing, she's the High Priestess and she and her colleagues are all having to walk a fine line between the powers that be in the city and those more sceptical of her appointment and who turn things distinctly perilous for poor old "Ian" (William Russell) who ends up at the mercy of the malevolent "Tlotoxl" (John Ringham). He also has it in for "Susan" (Carole Ann Ford) too! This story work