Deserted London - Doctor Who - BBC classic sci-fi

The Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith wander around London, amazed by the absence of people - until they spot a rogue car...Jon Pertwee stars as The Doctor in this clip from Classic Doctor Who 'Invasion of the Dinosaurs'.
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[glnelson1956]

This is an excellent story. Many viewers like to harp on the limited special effects, and forget to actually look at the otherwise great production of INVASIONS OF THE DINOSAURS.

The comment about the great team of Pertwee/Sladen is right. Teaming with Lis Sladen makes any Doctor better, and DrWho would have lost much had she never appeared in the program.

[maccagrabme]

The old ones are much better than the new stuff. More mysterious and slower paced without all the gloss. I've not seen this one before but it held my interest unlike the new version.

[MrClassicDoctorWho]

wow 3:19 is pretty graphic for Doctor Who in the 70s. AND its only in B&W! haha

[MarkAJAgi]

@Thoroughbred17

Getting a bit technical here.

We now use pitches to send the phone number down the line,

but in the 70's we where still using pulses to send a number down the phone line.

1 is one click, 2 two clicks ... 9 nine clicks and zero is ten clicks.

If the wind blow two telephone lines together that would cause one click (Or dial 1)

On a windy day if the line hit 3 times that would dial 111, which would be a lot of false calls to the police.

999 was 9 clicks space, 9cl space, 9cl

[MarkAJAgi]

The phone number 0 was for the operator, so you could not use 000 as you where connect to the operator before dialing the second zero.

With the pulse system you could phone a number by tapping the handset rest button.

Now you need to whistle at the correct frequencies. (Like listening to an old computer modem)

I'm guessing your American and use 911.

999 was first introduced in London on 30 June 1938.

911 was first introduced in Haleyville (Ala.) in 1968.

[Thoroughbred17]

@Baz76 Ahhh... I definitely didn't think of that. You'd think 111 would be easy enough, too, and that would take far less time to dial. That really does make sense, though. Thanks! :D

[Baz76]

@Thoroughbred17 It was supposed to be easier to find the 9 hole by touch on the rotary dial in case of an emergency (like a house fire where you would be blinded by the fumes). I think there used to be a metal stop at the end of the dial so it was just a case of feeling one hole up from the stop,something similar to the idea of a dimple on the number 5 key on most modern keypads to help blind people.

[anothercanofworms]

R.I.P Elisabeth Sladen

[Thoroughbred17]

Something I've never understood was WHY, in the time of rotary phones, was the emergency number 999? That takes FOREVER to dial!

[YorikoSakakibara]

ahhh, rotary phones. I feel old.

[63DW89A]

Oh, almost forgot. Sarah also meshed well with Dr#11, in the "Sarah Jane Adventures" episodes of "Death of the Doctor". Brilliant two episodes by the way. SJA, in many ways, is more "Dr Who" and on par with Classic Who at its best, than the New Series.  As a matter of fact, Sarah's first 6 shows in Season 11 & 12 of Classic Who, look much like a "Sarah Jane Adventure", she is so independent of the Dr, her actions directly affecting the stories!

Sarah was never a "tag-along" companion!