Rewatch - Genesis of Daleks

Four - Genesis of the Daleks


I am very familiar with this one, I have on it DVD. Even though it's considered a pivotal Dalek episode, aside from the "big scenes" - the ones everyone talks about - it's never been a particular favorite of mine. I do consider it a must see, from a fandom point of view, but if I'm picking an ep to just watch, it's low on my list.

My main complaint (ambivalence?) about Classic Who is what I call the "back-n-forthing". IE: "Oh lets go over there and check things out. Oh lets go back to where we were. Wait we need to go back and check out that place once again. Oh darn we got captured, lets escape. Yay we escaped now lets go back to the place we escaped from." I know it's the serialized storytelling at work, but sometimes it gets tedious, especially if there's not interesting character stuff going on.

This ep has a lot of back-n-forthing.


Stats:

Four unconscious x2
1) Electrocution
2) hit by Nyder
3) Gassed and sickened but not knocked out


Companion Trauma -
1) Gassed and unconscious and left behind - Sarah
2 Gassed and sick - Harry
3) knocked out, slave labor, exposed to radiation - Sarah
3) Harry is Harry and hurts his ankle