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My pilgrimage through Doctor Who, one episode at a time. https://jacondaforever.blogspot.com
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Jaconda Forever @jacondaforever.bsky.social · Dec 31
I feel like I should belatedly post my introductory blog entry, if only so I can pin it to my profile.

Introduction, aka "What I'm Doing and Why I'm Doing It":
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Colin Baker as the 6th Doctor
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101. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part XI: The Abandoned Planet jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2026/01/101-... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B-Plus
101. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part XI: The Abandoned Planet
Nice to have an episode heavy on the weirdos on the Galactic Council. But surprised it was also a Doctor Lite episode. Let’s see how they wr...
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January 19, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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100. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part X: Escape Switch jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/12/100-... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B
100. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part X: Escape Switch
I realize I shouldn’t expect total plot consistency, but it seems like the Daleks let Mavic Chen off the hook an awful lot, even when he mes...
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December 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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99. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part IX: Golden Death jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/12/99-d... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B-Plus
cover of the Bangles' "Walk Like An Egyptian"
December 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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98. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part VIII: Volcano jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/12/98-d... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: C
Image from Monty Python sketch "Pasolini's The Third Test Match"
December 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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97. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part VII: The Feast of Steven jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/12/97-d... #DoctorWho #Hartnell #ClassicWho GRADE: D or B?
97. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part VII: The Feast of Steven
From listening to various podcasts, I knew this episode had a reputation of some sort – I assumed for not being good. I didn’t know the deta...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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96. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part VI: Coronas of the Sun jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/12/96-d... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B
96. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part VI: Coronas of the Sun
If there were either coronas or suns involved in this episode, I missed them. Also, the physics of Steven’s force field seem ... contradicto...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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95. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part V: Counter Plot jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/11/95-d... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B
95. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part V: Counter Plot
Nice to have a surviving episode, although the dudes working in the lab had horrible haircuts. The molecular dissemination gave me Phantom Z...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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94. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part IV: The Traitors jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/11/94-d... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B
94. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part IV: The Traitors
Lots of death in this episode, and it was a bummer to see Nicholas Courtney go so soon. Also surprising to see a companion killed off. Still...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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93. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part III: Devil’s Planet jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/11/93-d... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B-minus
93. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part III: Devil’s Planet
Slow episode, with not much happening in the grand scheme of the plot. Ship takes off, Daleks force a landing, ship takes off again. (Ship g...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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92. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part II: Day of Armageddon jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/10/92-d... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B+
92. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part II: Day of Armageddon
I wasn’t sure how I’d watch this episode, as I don’t have the “Lost in Time” DVD. Fortunately, I did a Google search and learned some sites ...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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91. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part I: The Nightmare Begins jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/10/91-d... #ClassicWho #DoctorWho #Hartnell GRADE: B-plus
91. The Daleks’ Master Plan, Part I: The Nightmare Begins
With the exception of the representation of Mavic Chen’s racial identity, this was a pretty good story that moved along well. An engaging fi...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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90. The Myth Makers, Part IV: Horse of Destruction jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/10/90-m... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B
90. The Myth Makers, Part IV: Horse of Destruction
They certainly did a good job making Odysseus out to be a prick, and I have to assume all the Trojans we’ve come to know and love are going ...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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89. The Myth Makers, Part III: Death of a Spy jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/10/89-m... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B-minus
89. The Myth Makers, Part III: Death of a Spy
Did Odysseus really say “You're making me as nervous as a Bacchante at her first orgy!”? Grade: B-minus
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October 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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88. The Myth Makers, Part II: Small Prophet, Quick Return jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/10/88-m... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B
88. The Myth Makers, Part II: Small Prophet, Quick Return
I’m starting to gather this will be Vicki’s last story, given her comments about how handsome Troilus is. Priam randomly naming Vicki Cressi...
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October 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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87. The Myth Makers, Part I: Temple of Secrets jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/10/87-m... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B
close up of Francis de Wolff's impressive eyebrows
October 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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86. Mission to the Unknown jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/10/86-m... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: A-minus
86. Mission to the Unknown
For this one, I watched the student reconstruction . I think I read a novelization maybe 30+ years ago, but don’t remember much. I was intri...
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October 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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85. Galaxy 4, Part IV: The Exploding Planet jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/10/85-g... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B-minus
A Rill, the reptilian race from Galaxy 4
October 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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84. Galaxy 4, Part III: Air Lock jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/10/84-g... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B
84. Galaxy 4, Part III: Air Lock
I was listening to the most recent episode of the podcast Radio Free Skaro , and they were talking about the possibility that new missing ep...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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83. Galaxy 4, Part II: Trap of Steel jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/10/83-g... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: C-plus
83. Galaxy 4, Part II: Trap of Steel
This was a really slow episode. I think the entire plot consisted of the Doctor and Steven going to the Drahvin ship, and then the Doctor an...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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82. Galaxy 4, Part I: Four Hundred Dawns jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/10/81-g... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B
82. Galaxy 4, Part I: Four Hundred Dawns
I know I read a novelization of this story maybe 35 years ago, but I remembered nothing about it, except that it featured a woman-dominated ...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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81. The Time Meddler, Part IV: Checkmate jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/10/81-t... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B
81. The Time Meddler, Part IV: Checkmate
I’m surprised a Time Lord cares so much about British history that he wants to rewrite it. That being said, I don’t know enough about Britis...
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October 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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80. The Time Meddler, Part III: A Battle of Wits jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/10/80-t... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B-Plus
The Monk's "Progress Chart" from this episode
October 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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79. The Time Meddler, Part II: The Meddling Monk jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/10/79-t... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: C
79. The Time Meddler, Part II: The Meddling Monk
Um, did something really bad happen to Edith? I was uncomfortable with the way Sven said “Well, Ulf, you liked the provisions we found?” Isn...
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October 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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78. The Time Meddler, Part I: The Watcher jacondaforever.blogspot.com/2025/10/78-t... #DoctorWho #ClassicWho #Hartnell GRADE: B-minus
October 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM