Well-directed scenes in Tru Who

Just watched Inferno again this afternoon: a truly cracking tale, as always.

One thing that came across to me this time was not just how much is crammed into the opening episode yet it never feels cluttered, but also how well-directed the opening scene is. Pertwee's Doctor singing opera to himself in Bessie would normally be a highly-comic sequence but the way it's filmed, with the car and its driver subsequently looking tiny and out-of-place among the looming smokestacks which dominate the shot, gives the viewer an ominous feeling. It also foreshadows the events of the story and its environmental concerns very neatly.

Any similar scenes in Tru Who particularly stand out for people?

I love the vicar and the vampires scene from Fenric. The way they're just slowly walking toward him is very spooky as is the swirling mist and graveyard setting. I love how the girls are just taunting him in their calm and seductive voices while he looks on with increasing despair. It's extremely well performed by the actors and the dialogue is particularly strong. You can pinpoint the exact moment where the vicar's faith in his own beliefs completely dies just by looking at Parsons' face at the end. The Mark Ayres music is also very chilling and effective.

A good choice, Commander.

Another I think is very well-directed is in Caves Of Androzani - it's one I mentioned a while back on the old Hive, where Chellak looks just past the camera as he sentences the Doctor & Peri to death, which makes the viewer feel associated even further with the protagonists. Great stuff!

The Yeti being activated in the museum in The Web Of Fear, just from how its shot, scored (Bartok's music never fails to amaze) and acted sets the horror of the story and remains one of the most frightening scenes in Who.

When the Cybermen break out the sewers and march down the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral in The Invasion.