Although this is an animated reconstruction, this Troughton story feels *very* prescient about workers, mind control, etc...
and it's not the giant-crabs-attack-a-base story you think it is. /2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unipaGm8Pbo
and it's not the giant-crabs-attack-a-base story you think it is. /2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unipaGm8Pbo
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It may be a bit dated, but Troughton's dual portrayal of the Doctor and a slippery power-mad dictator is worth checking out /3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnAek_pT-3E
Think of it as the British "Mirror, Mirror" or "the BBC version of DARK SHADOWS' Parallel Time story...
except with green werewolves. /4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1GvKLllyYE
have them search the name "Malcolm Hulke".
This story involves bringing England back to a "Golden Age"...and highlights some interesting political dynamics /5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOqUNoPQdfE
Nation's *other* Daleks-as-Nazis story is blatant - so much that the production team had to remove some references.
It also inspired "The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar" from the Season Nine (Capaldi) opener /6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaxBbcbkAtQ
or Holmes' frustration with the BBC...
this is a good story focused around workers' rights and capitalism. /7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRMvqyxQdnM
Yes, it's considered a poor story, but I couldn't find a better one to encapsulate his era. /8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuq95DAgjic