in the second to last serial of classic doctor who, the curse of fenric, there are strange pseudo vampires. at one point the doctor explains that - despite the folklore - it’s not the physical crucifix that repels the vampires, it’s the faith of the person holding it, their absolute belief in something more than themselves. the priest present fails to repel the vampires with a crucifix, because his faith had been broken by the events of WWII. the doctor repels the vampires with his faith in those he has had as companions, muttering their names over and over.
i mention all this because - and i am not making this up - it is immediately followed by a soviet man repelling the vampires with the power of belief in communist revolution. they aired this in the 80s.
as the show was then cancelled one story later, it remains the only show to ever be cut down in its prime twenty six seasons in.
This is a fun idea but calling season 26 "prime" doctor who is crazy. It got cancelled because it wasnt getting viewers like it used to (and maybe the communist thing)
the last line of the post is very much just a joke about the fact that season 26 is my own personal favourite season (and i do think the fandom is too harsh on 7’s era, it has some great character work - esp for ace - and really interesting stories), it is not me saying that the actual production of the show was in any way going well lmao - i know it was a total mess. my classic who posts very rarely reach outside the small handful of my followers who care about the classic stuff, so i didn’t really write it to be an intro on the era as a whole i’m just a seven stan having a little joke abt the fact it ended at the season i like the most
