Well I've done my favourites so now it's time for the opposite side of the spectrum. again remember I haven't yet seen all stories so these could potentially change. Anyway welcome to... my least favourite classic stories!... 5) Trial of a time lord: The ultimate foe. What the heck was this? After the previous 3 instalments to the trial of a time lord series which weren't perfect but weren't bad ether we get this. Everything is just thrown out of the window, one minute we have the valeyard is a future doctor, then we have the master then we have being eaten by sand then we have going into the dream factory (which I may add is obviously a cheap knock off from The deadly assassin) and to top it all off we have the sixth doctor being reduced to childish name calling throughout the whole trial of a time lord (the 'scrapyard', I mean come on) Overall the whole thing is just one big mess. 4) Warriors of the deep. The reason I hate the 5th doctor era is because of the predominately 80's style of everything! Even if the story is set 1000 years in the future we still have a bunch of camp 80's people looking ghastly. This is why this story kind of sums up why I hate the 5th doctor era. Although the plot is quite good, the costumes, set's, effects and directing just fail the plot. Creating a bit of a bore-fest. And the mighty Silurains we saw in the 3rd doctor era are reduced to embarrassing shadows of what they once were... 3) The ambassadors of death. Now this one always causes conflict. Season 7 (Spearhead from space, The Silurians, The ambassadors of death and Inferno) is repeatedly called the greatest season in the whole of doctor who. For me I wouldn't call it my favourite. They are all pretty average stories for me (apart from the amazing Inferno!). The ambassadors of death just doesn't keep me interested for long enough, I usually only get to part 4 then fall asleep or turn it off, which is a shame because part 5,6 and 7 are all great but the first parts are just torture! 2) The Sensorites. Now don't get me wrong, part 1 and it's cliff hanger are quite good but then it just goes downhill from there... The plot just doesn't go anywhere and just takes ages to get to the small amount of action there is. The Sensorite costumes are pretty naff (although the head's aren't too bad) and finally the script and plot is just boring, the whole 6 episodes could have easily been put into a pretty interesting 2 parts. 1) Terminus (or ‘Terminally Boring’). Complete and utter crap! A total and utter embarrassment to the doctor who world. The whole thing is total rubbish with no logic and a crappy writer who won't even acknowledge what an embarrassment it is. I can't even put into words how bad it is therefore I'll leave you with I 'overheard someone telling their friend that Terminus was the best example of horror fiction he’d seen in the last 10 years.' This quote is from the writer in the DVD extras. If this doesn't show how deluded he is, I don't know what will. Sorry if these are anyone's favourite story, but I just hate them. Of course even though I dislike them, I won't forget the hard work (apart from Terminus) that went into them. Some of these problems that I mentioned were maybe unavoidable or a low budget therefore we can think that at least they tried... (apart from Terminus :P)
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Although I have already told you my big favourites, in these coming articles I will be going in depth on all my favourite episodes, doctor's companions etc... as well as my least favourite episodes, doctor's and companions etc... I will also be mostly splitting them up into classic and new who, maybe even involving spin offs or even you... (as I may decide to do polls but not sure). Anyway we'll start off with My top 5 classic stories, there are so many great one's it's really hard to choose, but this is what I've decided. Please bear in mind I haven't seen all classics but have been lucky enough to see most (see episode guide). Enjoy... 5) The daemons. As the title suggests this story is strongly about demons and dark things like that therefore we already know it's quite a spooky and dark story, all of which are helped a lot by the effects and cast. Also I love the resolution to this story which will definitely remain one of my favourites visually. Also the fact this is last in the season means that we have quite a good happy ending of the doctor dancing around a maypole.... aww... 4) The deadly assassin. Quite and important story in the world of Doctor who. It features our first proper look at the time lords since 'The war games' as well as being a rare story where the doctor doesn't have any companions and this story showed excellently what the doctor was like without companions creating one of the most scariest stories in all of doctor who, especially those scenes in the matrix. Suspense filled and exiting as well as a great cast and locations make a thrilling story! 3) Dalek invasion of Earth. Our second ever story featuring the Daleks and it is just perfect. Usually stories like this (6 parts) get really boring but this story uses every second to it's advantage. The cast really help but the effects are what really stands out. We have some huge set's as well as excellent locations. Also the Daleks are really menacing and scary which I think they have kind of lost now and mainly only appear to please fan's. Finally, the London locations like Trafalgar Square have created some of the most memorable scenes ever! 2) Carnival of monsters. The episode that surprised me most. I was expecting it to be another dull story where we are just bombarded with cardboard monsters. But I was really shocked to see a well paced, creative story full of excellent characters and brilliant monsters as well as a brilliant cast of characters. The fact the plot is so simple (set in a box) yet could become so big (we go to a boat as well as the home of the Drashig's all in this box) also I love the idea how this box is a futuristic circus, it's complete genius! 1) City of death. What an excellent episode, full of comedy as well as suspense. In my opinion Tom Bakers best ever performance in doctor who with the dynamic and friendship bouncing between him and Romana helping to this. The plot is also brilliant with excellent locations such as the Eiffel Tower. Also the villain is great too and played perfectly. Just overall such a great episode where everything's perfect and definitely deserves the title of having the highest viewing records of any classic story. Notable mentions include; The keys of Marinus, The web of fear, Frontier in space, Terror of the Zygons, The two doctor's and Resurrection of the Daleks. |
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