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DVD: Doctor Who: The Beginning: Disk 2

I’ve for some reason not posted about this yet, but a couple of weekends ago Brandy and I watched the second disk of this three disk set. (Although Netflix is still confused and thinks this is the first disk.)

This is the second Doctor Who story ever shown. “The Daleks” is also of course the first appearance of the now iconic Daleks although their exact configuration and capabilities has evolved quite a bit from this first appearance at the end of 1963 to their most recent earlier this year in Evolution of the Daleks.

This one though is your typical First Doctor story meaning it is a bit slow, you laugh a lot at the “special” effects, and the Doctor himself doesn’t do all that much while his companions run around.

And this was also a pretty LONG story. Seven 25 minute episodes. I like this stuff, but even for me, 7 of these is pretty long.

Amy on the other hand long ago gave up joining us when we watch “Classic” Doctor Who episodes. They are just too slow moving for kids these days. :-)