10 Most Cringeworthy Doctor Who Moments From The 60s
6. Ian Chesterton's Dance Party - The Chase (1965)
Sorry, but we're not quite done with The Chase yet, and as bad as the Daleks and Morton Dill are in that story, there's a far more cringey moment near the very beginning. It comes when the Doctor is using his time-space visualiser to tune into a performance of the Beatles for Vicki, who doesn't realize they played "classical music." Bless her. Problem is, Ian gets a little too into their performance of "Ticket to Ride" and starts to dance...well, sort of. Sadly, there's no clip of this anywhere on YouTube, which is a sure sign that fans would rather forget it. Oh, and his impersonation of a Dalek at the end of the story isn't as fun as he thinks, either, but we could forgive that if he simply never...dances...ever...again. Goodness, we could've compiled a whole list of moments from this story alone, couldn't we? Good thing there's plenty more in the '60s where this moment came from...
Tony Whitt has previously written TV, DVD, and comic reviews for CINESCAPE, NOW PLAYING, and iF MAGAZINE. His weekly COMICSCAPE columns from the early 2000s can still be found archived on Mania.com. He has also written a book of gay-themed short stories titled CRESCENT CITY CONNECTIONS, available on Amazon.com in both paperback and Kindle format. Whitt currently lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.