The biggest problem with Peri's death was (SPOILER!) that the writers un-killed her at the end of the serial. Makes all the drama of this scene meaningless - Six's reaction, everything. It was all fake, like Bobby's death in 'Dallas'. It would have been better dramatically if they'd left her dead.
@pokemonman001 Thats right she was originally going to die as Nicola Bryant had asked for her character to be killed off but they chickened out at the last minute and wrote her into episode 14 saying that she survived and is living with the King
8:04 I died :c I love Colin Baker. One of my favorite doctors (well... tbh, they're all my favorites. I find it hard to dislike any of them- they're all the doctor, after all)
I never understood it either. Can't you go back and save someone as long as your past self continues to believe that they died?
The Doctor certainly could've pulled it off with Adric seeing he was stuck a million miles away and only saw the ship with Adric on it go up in a gigantic explosion.
@marcsharp82 I agree with you all wholehearedly. The "Marry the Space Viking" explanation was so lame and unbelievable it doesn't ring true. I like to think he went back for her and that they ended up in other adventures like the first Stranger story where "The Doctor" exiles himself. (The Doctor did once threaten do such a thing) Eventually Peri ends up deposited back on Earth on the beach in Greece moments after he first met her. But she's 25 years older! How's that for a twist?
@marcsharp82 Last minute rewrite or not it happened. It was bad enough the way it ended up. I liked Peri. For The Doctor to have let her get killed would've been unforgivable. I still say he should go rescue her. Why you should want her dead is beyond me.
@stramayne The New Series spelled that out: you don't get any do-overs. You can't go back into your own timeline and change things. If you do, you run the risk of tearing a hole in the time-space continuum through which scavenging chronovores can enter this world and devour all sentient life.
@cpuwrite I'm sorry. I guess I was unclear. I meant that after the Trial of A Time Lord The Doctor should've gone to the space viking planet and rescued Peri from a life as wife to that silly space viking fellow. Not go back on her time line. He didn't have to do that anyway as she was not dead. The Time Lords expressly say so and there is no evidence to contradict them nor reason to disbelieve them. Of course having ended up a "Space Viking Queen" Peri might've wished she were dead. :)
@cpuwrite I'm sorry. I guess I was unclear. I meant that after the Trial of A Time Lord The Doctor should've gone to the space viking planet and rescued Peri from a life as wife to that silly space viking fellow. Not go back on her time line. He didn't have to do that anyway as she was not dead. The Time Lords expressly say so and there is no evidence to contradict them nor reason to disbelieve them. Of course having ended up a "Space Viking Queen" Peri might've wished she were dead. :)
When I first saw this episode of "Trial of a Time Lord" segment "Mindwarp", I cried when Peri died, it was bad enough the Doctor lost Adric. The Doctor's anger was awesome, loved it when he showed his anger for what the Time Lords allowed to happen. I was relieved in "The Ultimate Foe" to find out that Peri survived, rescued by Yrcanos.
@johnhamilton08 Yeah. all that big-talk-y facade of his just shatters away and reveals a simple, helpless man... The entire thing is a very powerful scene....
@johnhamilton08 Yeah, at that moment I just wanted to give the Doctor a big ol' hug. It's the one moment in his tenure as The Doctor where he lets all the bluster and swaggering fall away and we see how vulnerable he is.
I think all the Doctors have the same core of somewhat desperate sensitivity within them. They all know their job is to save the universe; they all know they can't do it all the time. To survive, each Doctor has to bury that sensitivity, and they each do it in different ways. #5 didn't hide it much at all, he was VERY openly sensitive. #10 was a chatterbox. #9 was a moody war veteran. #1 was a prickly authoritarian.
#6? He was all pithy remarks and theatrical strutting about - until this moment. He's shocked, and drops every defense he has against his own emotions. The shield is down, and in #6 the shield doesn't fall very often. That's why this moment is so powerful, at least for me.
@SarahB1863 I agree. I've been saying for a while now that, even though each Doctor has had a different personality, he has always had an underlying streak of kindness, nobility, bravery, sadness, mercy, anger, weariness, and, of course, genius. That's what reminds us that he's always the Doctor, no matter what he looks or acts like. But he can never let himself just BE those things, because if he does he'll just collapse under the weight of it all. So he just hides it.
Yacrnos actually saves Peri & gets her mind back. They eventually get married although this is never seen but it is actually mentioned in another episode.
I know someone who knows the guy who wrote this story.
TTTEproductions 1 week ago
I wonder if her head was really shaved?
Puzzoozoo 2 weeks ago
This freaked the hell out of me first time I saw Peri like that.
busterkeatonsbriefs 2 weeks ago
The biggest problem with Peri's death was (SPOILER!) that the writers un-killed her at the end of the serial. Makes all the drama of this scene meaningless - Six's reaction, everything. It was all fake, like Bobby's death in 'Dallas'. It would have been better dramatically if they'd left her dead.
SarahB1863 2 weeks ago
Best score for a dr who ep ever
thebladerunner11 3 weeks ago
Splooge attack on Peri
Chinaboatman 3 weeks ago
2:30 The Doctor: "Wow. I finally found something that's louder than my coat!"
SarahB1863 4 weeks ago
Poor Sixth Doctor at the end of the video :(
lightningboysgirl16 1 month ago
....such good acting....and I see someone else recognised Brian Blessed....Augustus from I Claudius, yay.......
SleepWhenIamDead 1 month ago
she didnt die in the end though
pokemonman001 1 month ago
@pokemonman001 Thats right she was originally going to die as Nicola Bryant had asked for her character to be killed off but they chickened out at the last minute and wrote her into episode 14 saying that she survived and is living with the King
ktpmbrtn 1 month ago
Wow, I saw this episode when I was a kid. I really cried. I'd never seen anyone die on Doctor Who before. (Good thing I hadn't seen Earthshock...)
mugiwaraboshi37 2 months ago
8:04 I died :c I love Colin Baker. One of my favorite doctors (well... tbh, they're all my favorites. I find it hard to dislike any of them- they're all the doctor, after all)
glasssilhouette 2 months ago
brilliant! I really wish he was given a proper chance ! it shows how good of a doctor he was
TheThedoctor11th 2 months ago
The way he said that, " You....killed peri...?" Totally tore my heart apart. :(
jediewok16 2 months ago
Random BRIAN BLESSED!!!
skitster 2 months ago
It's amazing how this doctor came forth at first as probably the worst to alot of people, but later on loved by alot, or so i've read.
kingkris1645 2 months ago
@kingkris1645 Big Finish audio stories.
darthbandon10 1 month ago
What's with all the back up dancers from a Modonna video? :)
LibraGamesUnlimited 2 months ago
You...Killed Peri
YOU BASTARD
daleksvscybermen 3 months ago
Thank God that was mitigated in The Ultimate Foe.
TheDoctorWhoFan909 3 months ago
Poor Peri....The Doctor's reaction was pretty perfect though, I must say.
TimBurtonRules 4 months ago 3
Bring back brian blessed
DeadlyNightShade60 4 months ago
Apart from one playing Tuza, the actors in this story really made a convoluted story shine.
Thermodynamic 4 months ago
This needs to happen to Amy Pond.
bromixsr 5 months ago
I never understood it either. Can't you go back and save someone as long as your past self continues to believe that they died?
The Doctor certainly could've pulled it off with Adric seeing he was stuck a million miles away and only saw the ship with Adric on it go up in a gigantic explosion.
Takeshi357 5 months ago
@Takeshi357 That would create a paradox, I believe.
ComradeNerd 4 months ago
@ComradeNerd In what way?
Takeshi357 4 months ago
BRIAN BLESSED!!!!! :D
OTimeMasterXO 7 months ago
@marcsharp82 I agree with you all wholehearedly. The "Marry the Space Viking" explanation was so lame and unbelievable it doesn't ring true. I like to think he went back for her and that they ended up in other adventures like the first Stranger story where "The Doctor" exiles himself. (The Doctor did once threaten do such a thing) Eventually Peri ends up deposited back on Earth on the beach in Greece moments after he first met her. But she's 25 years older! How's that for a twist?
stramayne 7 months ago
@marcsharp82 Last minute rewrite or not it happened. It was bad enough the way it ended up. I liked Peri. For The Doctor to have let her get killed would've been unforgivable. I still say he should go rescue her. Why you should want her dead is beyond me.
stramayne 7 months ago
@stramayne The New Series spelled that out: you don't get any do-overs. You can't go back into your own timeline and change things. If you do, you run the risk of tearing a hole in the time-space continuum through which scavenging chronovores can enter this world and devour all sentient life.
The Doctor could not go back and save Peri.
cpuwrite 5 months ago
@cpuwrite I'm sorry. I guess I was unclear. I meant that after the Trial of A Time Lord The Doctor should've gone to the space viking planet and rescued Peri from a life as wife to that silly space viking fellow. Not go back on her time line. He didn't have to do that anyway as she was not dead. The Time Lords expressly say so and there is no evidence to contradict them nor reason to disbelieve them. Of course having ended up a "Space Viking Queen" Peri might've wished she were dead. :)
stramayne 5 months ago
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@cpuwrite I'm sorry. I guess I was unclear. I meant that after the Trial of A Time Lord The Doctor should've gone to the space viking planet and rescued Peri from a life as wife to that silly space viking fellow. Not go back on her time line. He didn't have to do that anyway as she was not dead. The Time Lords expressly say so and there is no evidence to contradict them nor reason to disbelieve them. Of course having ended up a "Space Viking Queen" Peri might've wished she were dead. :)
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When I first saw this episode of "Trial of a Time Lord" segment "Mindwarp", I cried when Peri died, it was bad enough the Doctor lost Adric. The Doctor's anger was awesome, loved it when he showed his anger for what the Time Lords allowed to happen. I was relieved in "The Ultimate Foe" to find out that Peri survived, rescued by Yrcanos.
jeffman52001 9 months ago
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jeffman52001 9 months ago
GORDONS ALIVE!!
badwolf66 9 months ago
at 3:47 i was like NO!
at 8:04 i was like, Colin Baker can still play a good doctor. no mattter what ppl say
Smallvillenerd 10 months ago 17
@Smallvillenerd I agree Baker's reaction to Peri's death was perfect. "You... killed Peri?"
johnhamilton08 5 months ago 13
@johnhamilton08 Yeah. all that big-talk-y facade of his just shatters away and reveals a simple, helpless man... The entire thing is a very powerful scene....
KendrixTermina 4 months ago
@KendrixTermina Agreed.
johnhamilton08 4 months ago
@johnhamilton08 Yeah, at that moment I just wanted to give the Doctor a big ol' hug. It's the one moment in his tenure as The Doctor where he lets all the bluster and swaggering fall away and we see how vulnerable he is.
SarahB1863 1 month ago
I think all the Doctors have the same core of somewhat desperate sensitivity within them. They all know their job is to save the universe; they all know they can't do it all the time. To survive, each Doctor has to bury that sensitivity, and they each do it in different ways. #5 didn't hide it much at all, he was VERY openly sensitive. #10 was a chatterbox. #9 was a moody war veteran. #1 was a prickly authoritarian.
SarahB1863 1 month ago 2
#6? He was all pithy remarks and theatrical strutting about - until this moment. He's shocked, and drops every defense he has against his own emotions. The shield is down, and in #6 the shield doesn't fall very often. That's why this moment is so powerful, at least for me.
SarahB1863 1 month ago
@SarahB1863 I agree. I've been saying for a while now that, even though each Doctor has had a different personality, he has always had an underlying streak of kindness, nobility, bravery, sadness, mercy, anger, weariness, and, of course, genius. That's what reminds us that he's always the Doctor, no matter what he looks or acts like. But he can never let himself just BE those things, because if he does he'll just collapse under the weight of it all. So he just hides it.
thatwhichisgiven 6 days ago
@sebbrown1 she did get married to Ycarnos. if you say you dont know why did you mention what really happened?
Smallvillenerd 10 months ago
Brian Blessed, hell yes!
Kouban 10 months ago
Despite all the problems with the Trial of a Timelord, this has to rank as one of the most dramatic moments in the series' history.
jmercer79 10 months ago
Yacrnos actually saves Peri & gets her mind back. They eventually get married although this is never seen but it is actually mentioned in another episode.
Astroboi5 10 months ago 4