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17 June 2025
This review contains spoilers!
Sky Ray is an interesting Piece of Media, it makes me question what is or isn't a Story, because we all know it's a Commercial (or at least I would hope you know it's a Commercial). Are Commercials stories in their own right? Let's find out, shall we?
The Death of Art
Media has been in a bit of a tough Spot lately, we are getting a lot of Remakes, Reboots, Renewals, Revivals and what else that starts with "Re" and is revisiting something again. Oh, that's another good word: Revisiting!
Anyway the fact of the matter is, we live in a Time of Franchises, a lot of the new big budget Films will be the next major Blockbuster by Michael Bay, for crying out loud he is making a Skibidi Toilet Film (yes this is real, look it up (actually forgot what I said apparently it's not real, but I am too lazy to find a new Counterpart)). One would argue it looks dry for Art, but I argue otherwise, despite people not wanting to acknowledge it, often in times people will yearn for an older Time for Media. But why? You, the reader may or may not ask. Well it's simple: Nostalgia, too many people are consumed by their Nostalgia and think 'New thing= ALWAYS bad', but is it true? Well, yes and no. It varies, like with everything, all of it is much more complex. What does this have to do with 'Sky Ray'? Well let me explain..
A Cheap Fake
A lot of times, rankings need a last Place. Who is your least favorite Doctor? That question can be quite a tricky one, do you wanna point to one of the great Actors and say "Well they weren't very good.."? Of course not. Well let me tell you this Question has been answered now. One of the very first people to play a Doctor Who was the Actor of this Commercial. No, they were too cheap to get Patrick Throughton to do it, or maybe he was too cowardly to do this, but this is clearly not Pat Throughton. This guy is a cheap, annoying & very bad Imposter! And we never even see his Face, he always covered it with his Hands and/or Recorder. Why? Because he isn't REAL
Reality or how I learned to love the Classic Camp
Once an Upon a Time ago, I would say I didn't get Camp, but that would be a lie. After all, I am one of the most idiotic Who-Fans to ever who, which makes me also one of the smartest one. So is this Point of the Review utterly useless? Yes. And I knew that. I even bet on it, after all, you are just another Pawn in my Chess Game. Do you see that? Would you like to be known as the Pawn one? Of course not and that's why..
The uncanny Parallels between this and Paw Patrol
Paw Patrol is an animated Media Franchise, which is going strong, with two cinematic Outings and one still upcoming it had a lot to offer and of course it did also have Commercials. Were any of those like this one? Not at all, they were too modern and not as charming, as cheap, as direct as this one.
Have Commercials lost their Charm and being direct? One could argue that, I would go even so far and tell you that in fact it's true. More than true even! So anyway, can you count with me? Just this once, hmm? Well who I am? Who are you?
That's what they call an Identity Crisis
One of the most interesting Things about 'Sky Ray' is the fact that it delves into the second Doctor's Identity Crisis. But is that really true, you may ask? Well one could argue that, for an evidence: He covers his face. Now, why would he do that? Is he scared from the Daleks? Is that so the Kids at home can't see it's not Pat Throughton? Or might be much deeper.
In the Story 'Power of the Daleks' we see Two basically referring to his past self as 'The Doctor', never himself, at least for a while. Why is that? Well how good that you ask this, to me, it reads like he is trying to move away from his past Identity, something clicking in his mind: The timelords could be finding him at any moment now, so if he stops intervening into events of other Planets, he might escape them. But at least, there is a sense of irony to it. His adventure after his Regeneration brings him up against the Daleks. A Reminder that is present here. The Daleks actually are causing this Incarnation of the Doctor to not really know who they are. A Tragedy hidden in just a Minute.
But is the second Doctor real?
Number 9: The last Thing you want in your Doctor Who is a fraud, but that's what you might get.. Doctor Who played by Patrick Throughton is fake, to me, he is not the real one. He is too much of a clown, and he has a weird dress sense, besides that he isn't William Hartnell, that makes him not real to me. Not to mention how many of his Episodes are missing, how can he be real if I can't see him jump into a Sea or wear his iconic Stovepipe Hat? Are you telling me that Stovepipe Hat is meaningless?
The Meaning of the Stovepipe Hat
There is no Meaning behind the Stovepipe Hat.
But seriously?
This is a Story that made me feel a lot of Things: Regret, Anger, Confusion, Fear and so much more. Doctor Who could have died with this Story and yet it didn't, to me that's the Beauty of the Show. Every time you think "Oh they have really done it, didn't they?" they CAN come back stronger. With the Future of the Show currently unknown, I look back at the Times of Sky Ray and find weirdly comfort in this Oddity. Yes, Doctor who do get exterminated so children in the 1960s want to buy that Product. It's something you won't see them do with any of the modern Doctors (maybe Smith), so in a way it's unique to its Time, to me, it's certainly something that could barely count as a Story, but at the End of the day.. who defines what a Story is or isn't. It's about how it makes you feel, it's about how it helps you or entertains you. Stories at the end are flexible and Humanity's greatest Invention and to me that's beautiful and 'Sky Ray' is by far not one of the best, but it´s unique, it makes me write this entire dumb Review to end it on a thought-provoking Note, and what is great Art if not silly?
3.5/5: Kinda good?
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