Which Who Stories Have you seen lately?

Four to Doomsday.

An interesting and enjoyable enough adventure to pass the time with.

Time-Flight.

I actually quite enjoyed it when I sat down and watched it earlier. I was honestly expecting to dislike it as I did the last time I viewed it, but I was pleasantly surprised at how much I was entertained by it. Honestly, the script itself is really cool and ambitious. I also quite like the scenes filmed at Heathrow and Ainley's performance as the Master. Even Roger Limb's music was decent compared to his other work in Season 19.

7/10

Snakedance.

Serviceable follow up to Kinda. Sarah Sutton looked real pretty in that outfit

Meglos. Underrated and fun.

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Yeah, I wasn't too keen on Brain of Morbius either.

Black Orchid.


Truly one of the highlights of Peter Davison's first season.

It is a great story.

iank wrote:It is a great story.

It really is. The criticism of it on the DVD commentary is absolutely ridiculous.

The Space Museum.


Another enjoyable Hartnell adventure. Some nice comedy bits in there as well as some genuinely eerie moments during the first episode.

Arc of Infinity. I had fun with it by imagining Commander Maxil actually is the Sixth Doctor checking his past self (and shooting him the minute he says "I am The Doctor"). I also imagined the Ergon immediately forced Colin Frazer to watch New Who Series 11, hence the "face"...

One lovely side effect of New Who being constantly disappointing and dumbed down is it makes stories from the old programme that I thought "average" before now look like mini masterpieces. Arc of Infinity is definitely one of these beneficiaries.

The special edition version of Fenric. Definitely the best "movie" version they've ever done on DVD.

Oh, I hate the DVD SE.

I like the added scenes and the remixed score by Mark Ayres in the SE version. I still prefer the televised version, though.

The one for Enlightenment is the one I truly hate. CGI ships, horrible attempt to make it look widescreen, new music that just doesn't work and some horrific editing. Fiona Cumming must have really hated her stories because she did the same thing to Planet of Fire.

I didn't even attempt to watch either of them!

The Enemy of the World.

A very well acted and intriguing serial from the Patrick Troughton era. I enjoyed it immensely.

Silurians with Jon Pertwee.

Excellent, nicely paced story. I don't think there is a single duff performance by any of the cast. Its slighty let down by one episode only - part 6 - but otherwise it all stands up very well.

My only criticism is the silurian costumes which i think are poor. Far too baggy and the way their heads bob around when they speak looks faintly ridiculous to me. I know it is not a widely held view but i do think the silurian costumes were much better in Warriors of the Deep.

Really enjoyed it. Its just a shame that Dicks and Letts never had the crackin' idea of a spin off series about the bestial relationship between a silurian and her human pet. It took the genius of Steve Moffat to think of that.

Terror of the Zygons. Superb.

The Web Planet.

I really misjudged this one in the past. It boasts arguably Richard Martin's best direction for the series and I simply adore the regulars. I have a problem with its length, though. Still, it's much better than The Gunfighters.


7/10

Green Death.

I really like this story. The departure of Joe Grant was dealt with really well- the gradual build up of her relationship with Jones and the slow transfer of her affection to him from the Doctor over the course of all 6 episodes. The last scenes in the Nut Hutch and the doctor's departure were the right side of sentimental. So much more preferable to RTD's long winded chick flick writing for the end of Doomsday.

I am not quite sure who laid the rugby football sized eggs Joe and the Doctor found.

The Massacre Reconstruction.


Peter Purvis and Eric Thompson give some truly brilliant performances in this tense and foreboding tale that intrigues even without the footage.

10/10

May

Robots Of Death: still my second all time favourite story. 5/5
The Android Invasion: Cure for insomnia. 2/5
Revenge Of The Cybermen: Weak, but fun if viewed in the right mind. 3/5
Earthshock: Brilliant. 5/5
The Enemy Of The World: Good fun. 4/5
The Chase: the weakest of the 60s Dalek stories, but still a cracking romp. 3.5/5
Terror Of The Autons: Meh. 3/5
The Space Pirates reconstruction: Really underrated. 3.5/5
The Awakening: really underrated, but it would have been better if it were a part or two longer. 4/5

iank wrote: I actually warmed somewhat to his snarky series 8 persona this time, but man did they then totally fuck him over in series 9. That guitaring on a tank shite. Jesus.

Kind of like how they neutered Colin between 22 and TOATL

Full Circle. A compelling high-concept sci-fi mystery with some great unexpected twists. It's a very cerebral story, the Doctor feeling like a plausible academic on a research mission. His impassioned confrontation with the Deciders is one of Tom's very best moments. Adric is fine. I've always preferred the more paternal, mentoring relationship he had with the Fourth Doctor.

8/10

State of Decay.

Great story with excellent performances by the "Three Who Rule" - especially Emrys James - and also Baker and Lalla.

Main spoiler for me was the presence of K9 - especially in episode 4. He just seemed to lower the age level of the story to that of a 5 / 6 year old. Why couldn't they just lose him in the Tardis' corridors for goodness sake? Or better still left him on Brighton Beach after he blew up in the sea water.

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Sorry - two other quibbles:

That fuckin hand at the end of episode 4.

Matthew fuckin Waterhouse. He cant even walk convincingly across the Tardis set.

But apart from those things i really like this story.