The second and third episodes of The Dalek Invasion of Earth contain some of the worst pieces of direction I have ever seen. Even worse than the worst of The Chase
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This is both entirely true & also hard for me to knock cos I love that recorded-as-live crackle. It’s so ramshackle & chaotic but strangely thrilling cos it’s teetering on descending into an irretrievable mess. It has the edge of an under rehearsed stage show 😂
I still love DIOE but last time I watched these two episode really clunked! I will say 4 to 6 are so much stronger! The final episode is really good! I wonder if someone had a word between episodes!
Not a fan of the searchlights that illuminate the boom mike, or that give away the flat photo blow up Daleks in the background, or the production assistants clearly in shot a couple of times, or the complete failure to disguise the tiny sets, or various other issues, then....
The heliport set isn’t great… not just the blow up Daleks but the control towers they’ve added. And the bendy ramp. I think I’m more forgiving of The Chase because it’s such a silly script. Invasion with tighter direction in the studio would have been astounding
Off the top of my head I can't think of any that even come close to it! So unless there's one in a missing episode we don't know about... I think you're on safe grounds with that
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It’s just so bad.
DIoE is massively overrated imho.
For me, it’s the worst Old Who Dalek story.
(I see your hand reaching for my wallet and my Doctor Who Fan card.)