City of Death and mastering the cut-tag

Watching old school Doctor Who eps, as a form of procrastination. The last time I tried this, at least two doctors ago, I was watching them on video, which is a technology currently unavailable to me; this is unfortunate, as I never finished the Black Guardian arc and the BBC DVD release schedule mocks any plans I had to rectify this. Numbering system from the Wikipaedia list, initials of Doctor in question because I'm not memorising all that chronology, nor am I about to look it up each time for reference.

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Pyramids of Mars

Pyramids of Mars (TB, 82). Also very good. A quick check on the fringes of Outpost Gallifrey suggests I have hit another good one (I knew City of Death was) and there may be many lesser episodes lurking in my future, rife with poorly costumed villains, alien quarries and unbelievably bad dialogue (although please, nothing as bad as Blake’s Seven’s The Warriors of Kairos, a permanent scar on my memory).

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