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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Doctor Who on the Planet of the Apes
Doctor Who with Tom Baker was appointment television after school when I was growing up. I was also a fan of the short lived Planet of the Apes TV series. If there had been a crossover between the two, I think that I would have been beside myself.
I, too, would've loved a crossover between these two. In fact, I sometimes wonder if those Dalek mercenaries, the Ogrons, were created by the writers of the original Doctor Who series as a subtle homage to POTA. The 1968 film having come out while Jon Pertwee was still the 3rd Doctor, I believe.
That's an interesting and plausible-looking hypothesis. And does anybody else here remember a short-lived 1980s series called 'The Futurians'? One issue of that included a superhero named Doctor Zeus...
If we had a photo cover of "Red Guardian and Stranger Things Have a Violent Night," I'd be beside myself -- and so would David Harbour (who is coming to Rose City Comic Con this year)!
I too loved the PotA TV series and since I was too young to see the movies, thought it started out on TV. Roddy McDowell loved being behind that mask a little too much methinks. 1970's NBC were full of one season SciFi shows I presume were trying to replicate the success of Star Trek. Logan's Run was one. But my favorite was Fantastic Journey, also with Roddy McDowell. You can think of it as a precursor to Sliders as our heroes hop from "time zone" to time zone looking for a way to get out of the Bermuda Triangle and back home.
would sarah jane smith aka elisabeth sladen be in it?
ReplyDeleteI would Have had Leela in it,she'd make mincemeat of General Urko
DeleteYES! :-D
ReplyDeleteI, too, would've loved a crossover between these two. In fact, I sometimes wonder if those Dalek mercenaries, the Ogrons, were created by the writers of the original Doctor Who series as a subtle homage to POTA. The 1968 film having come out while Jon Pertwee was still the 3rd Doctor, I believe.
That's an interesting and plausible-looking hypothesis.
DeleteAnd does anybody else here remember a short-lived 1980s series called 'The Futurians'? One issue of that included a superhero named Doctor Zeus...
I do! I do! :-)
DeleteMe, too. I loved the look! Sort of like Space Ghost wearing Metallis' body armor (after a paint job).
DeleteThe Dr going for a trip into "a future" with divergent timestreams from a "fixed point"! nice one, Ross!!
ReplyDeleteIf we had a photo cover of "Red Guardian and Stranger Things Have a Violent Night," I'd be beside myself -- and so would David Harbour (who is coming to Rose City Comic Con this year)!
ReplyDeleteHow about a hawkman\ Harvey bird man crossover?
ReplyDeleteTentative title: "The Carter Hall of Justice!" ?
Deleteit might need a wing and a prayer!
Delete"Wing and a Prayer" might be a good title for a team-up between Hawkman and the Confessor.
DeleteThank you, Tobor! I couldn't think of a way to work that in, myself. From now on, when I can't think of puns on my own, you'll be my wing man.
ReplyDeleteI too loved the PotA TV series and since I was too young to see the movies, thought it started out on TV. Roddy McDowell loved being behind that mask a little too much methinks.
ReplyDelete1970's NBC were full of one season SciFi shows I presume were trying to replicate the success of Star Trek. Logan's Run was one. But my favorite was Fantastic Journey, also with Roddy McDowell. You can think of it as a precursor to Sliders as our heroes hop from "time zone" to time zone looking for a way to get out of the Bermuda Triangle and back home.
Actually, LOGAN'S RUN THE SERIES was a CBS one-season wonder.
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