Into The Vortex...Revisited

[MacNimon]

Last call for Series 6...the results will be posted tonight

Time to move on now, though to

Series 7

Marks out of 10 please for...

Asylum Of The Daleks
Dinosaurs On A Spaceship
A Town Called Mercy
The Power Of Three
The Angels Take Manhattan
The Snowmen
The Bells Of St John
The Rings Of Akhaten
Cold War
Hide
Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS
The Crimson Horror
Nightmare In Silver
Name Of The Doctor

and the specials...

Night Of The Doctor (and why not? It may be only 5 minutes or so but it's still an official entry in the series)
Day Of The Doctor
Time Of The Doctor

[Perry Vale]

Asylum Of The Daleks 7/10
Dinosaurs On A Spaceship 9/10
A Town Called Mercy 7/10
The Power Of Three 8/10
The Angels Take Manhatten 7/10
The Snowmen 7/10
The Bells Of St John 8/10
The Rings Of Akhaten 6/10
Cold War 6/10
Hide 8/10
Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS 6/10
The Crimson Horror 9.5/10
Nightmare In Silver 9/10
Name Of The Doctor 9.5/10

and the specials...

Day Of The Doctor 7/10
Time Of The Doctor 9/10

[SiHart]

Asylum Of The Daleks 5
Dinosaurs On A Spaceship 8
A Town Called Mercy 7
The Power Of Three 6
The Angels Take Manhatten 3
The Snowmen 8
The Bells Of St John 9
The Rings Of Akhaten 4
Cold War 7
Hide 8
Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS 5
The Crimson Horror 8
Nightmare In Silver 6
Name Of The Doctor 7

and the specials...

Night of the Doctor 9
Day Of The Doctor 10
Time Of The Doctor 9

[Wayne]

Asylum Of The Daleks 4
Dinosaurs On A Spaceship 1



..... stopped watching......

[MacNimon]

Asylum Of The Daleks 4
Dinosaurs On A Spaceship 1



..... stopped watching......

[MacNimon]

The Series 6 Results are now up here

Asylum Of The Daleks 3/10 Dull - still trying to forget about last season
Dinosaurs On A Spaceship 2/10 - this didn't help things any...forgettable
A Town Called Mercy 2/10 - this would have been better if they'd simply ripped off Westworld...but they didn't
The Power Of Three 4/10 Can't even remember what this was about...although I remember it being more enjoyable than the last few
The Angels Take Manhattan 5/10 This was better...but then they had to spoil it with that Statue Of Liberty Angel
The Snowmen 7/10 This was the first episode that I had really enjoyed for some considerable time...the unexpected (by me, at any rate) return of the Great Intelligence was a nice bonus
The Bells Of St John 5/10 Normal service resumes
The Rings Of Akhaten 1/10 One of the poorest stories of them all...dull
Cold War 6/10 Much better, but could have been much more so...a lost opportunity
Hide 8/10 If they could make them as good as this each week, this could be a great series once again
Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS 5/10 Again, a missed opportunity...could have been so much better
The Crimson Horror 6/10 Enjoyable, but if they had just told it in a straightforward chronological way rather than revealing stuff in flashback...again, could have been so much better. Frustrating.
Nightmare In Silver 5/10 I can't actually remember too much about this, but it wasn't memorably bad or good...
Name Of The Doctor 8/10 Great clips,an interesting story for once and a great cliffhanger.

and the specials...

Night Of The Doctor 10/10 The highlight of the year for me. It didn't have a long enough running time for padding, and filled in an important gap in Who history. No-one needs to rate this one if they don't wish to...but my single score currently makes it the Best Story Ever...
Day Of The Doctor 9/10 I saw this on the big screen in 3D but haven't watched it again since. Great fun, it did what was needed to celebrate the series past and try to give us a clean slate for the future.
Time Of The Doctor 8/10 A little bit of a let-down after the previous few installments, but a much better send-off for Matt than what Tennant got a few years earlier.

[Wayne]

Night Of The Doctor 7


I did watch this.

[Darren]

Asylum Of The Daleks 8/10
Dinosaurs On A Spaceship 10/10
A Town Called Mercy 7/10
The Power Of Three 1/10
The Angels Take Manhattan 1/10
The Snowmen 8/10
The Bells Of St John 6/10
The Rings Of Akhaten 1/10
Cold War 2/10
Hide 9/10
Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS 8/10
The Crimson Horror 1/10
Nightmare In Silver 7/10
Name Of The Doctor 2/10

and the specials...

Night Of The Doctor 7/10 (and why not? It may be only 5 minutes or so but it's still an official entry in the series)
Day Of The Doctor 8/10
Time Of The Doctor 5/10

[Andrew Curnow]

Definitely a season of two halves for me this one...

Asylum Of The Daleks 7/10
Victim of its own "every Dalek ever" hype, but that apart it's quite a nice little Dalek tale.

Dinosaurs On A Spaceship 10/10
This is just how I like my Who - if only they'd had the technology/budget to do this one in 1979!! Such a romp, but still with its dark moments. Just brilliant.

A Town Called Mercy 8/10
Not everyone's cup of tea I know, but I really like this; the central dilemma, when Karla Jax (sp?) tells the Doctor "It would be so much easier if I was one thing or the other" is a really intriguing one - and it's a lovely performance from Adrian Scarborough, being nice enough for us to like him, but not so nice that we can't believe he has a dark past. Matt is in fine form as well (of course!!)

The Power Of Three 6/10
Could have scored higher, as I enjoy much of this one a great deal... but then it loses its way completely when the boxes open and the 'plot' kicks in. The story starts to fall apart, the characters start behaving like idiots, and the resolution is for once genuinely all down to the sonic. Shame.

The Angels Take Manhattan 7/10
Similarly, this would have scored higher if I liked River Song. Even so, mainly for the sadness of seeing Amy & Rory go, and also for Matt & Karen's acting, it's a good one.

The Snowmen 8/10
The 'fairy tale' feel suits this one, and suits Matt, very well. A nicely paced, seasonal delight. And the death of Clara a real surprise twist.

The Bells Of St John 7/10
It's a bit dull, but OK - and Celia Imrie is really rather good.

The Rings Of Akhaten 4/10
Another story which I really really enjoy... until the plot starts up and ruins things!! I don't much like the Doctor's speech either, sorry.

Cold War 4/10
I would have thought it impossible to make a story set in a stranded, sunk submarine with a marauding alien on board that was lacking in tension. Yet here it is. For all the drama they get out of the situation, it might as well have been set in the queue at the Post Office.

Hide 6/10
Better than those around it, but I'm not sure of itself it's all that (although the guest actors, especially Dougray Scott (is that his name?) are very good). And it may be petty, but "Metebelis" still rankles!!

Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS 4/10
Has ever such an exciting title been linked to such a disappointing tale?

The Crimson Horror 9/10
At last, the best story of this second half of the season, by a huge gap. Another season 17-esqu story in places, nuff said!!

Nightmare In Silver 4/10
Stick to the books, Neil

Name Of The Doctor 7/10
An enjoyable season finale... except it doesn't really feel like it ends properly, and it IS very 'talky' - I'm not sure how many 8 year olds would particularly enjoy this.

and the specials...
Night Of The Doctor 8/10
To be fair, if they'd bunged 5 minutes of anything up with McGann in it, we'd have been pretty excited wouldn't we. The script is nice enough, but I think the main joy and thrill of this one is simply the presence, and then the regeneration, of Dr 8.

Day Of The Doctor 10/10
Moffat's finest hour-and-a-bit. Just when you think it can't get any better, Tom Baker turns up!!

Time Of The Doctor 7/10
Disappointing after 'Day of...' but it's not too bad. It certainly fits with the Matt Smith/Moffat era, and Mr Smith certainly gives an extraordinary final performance.

[Perry Vale]

I'll vote on Night Of The Doctor if we can include The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.

[MacNimon]

Funilly enough, I was going to include that in a miscellaneous section next week along with Time Crash, etc...probably Night Of The Doctor would have been better placed in that section but as it was part of the ongoing narrative I just decided to include it this week. The miscellaneous section will be shown separately from regular series stories (I'm pretty sure we even voted on A Fix With Sontarans back in the day) but using colour-coding will temporarily superimpose the results on the main table just for the fun of it.

[MacNimon]

I've just been looking back at the Results thread and see that Time Crash has already been done. There are other CIN skits for inclusion, though

[Paul Clement]

Asylum of the Daleks 8/10
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship 3/10
A Town Called Mercy 6/10
Power of Three 5/10
The Angels Take Manhattan 3/10
The Bells of St John 5/10
The Rings of Akhaten 3/10
Cold War 3/10
Hide 9/10
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS 6/10
The Crimson Horror 8/10
Nightmare in Silver 6/10
Name of the Doctor 7/10

Night of the Doctor 9/10
Day of the Doctor 10/10
Time of the Doctor 7/10

[duncan]

Asylum of the Daleks 7/10
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship 4/10
A Town Called Mercy 9/10
Power of Three 3/10
The Angels Take Manhattan 6/10
The Bells of St John 3/10
The Rings of Akhaten 3/10
Cold War 8/10
Hide 7/10
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS 6/10
The Crimson Horror 7/10
Nightmare in Silver 5/10
Name of the Doctor 7/10

Night of the Doctor 9/10
Day of the Doctor 8/10
Time of the Doctor 7/10

[Dirk Gently]

Asylum Of The Daleks 7/10
Dinosaurs On A Spaceship 8/10
A Town Called Mercy 6/10
The Power Of Three 6/10
The Angels Take Manhattan 6/10
The Snowmen 7/10
The Bells Of St John 7/10
The Rings Of Akhaten 5/10
Cold War 7/10
Hide 9/10
Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS 6/10
The Crimson Horror 7/10
Nightmare In Silver 8/10
Name Of The Doctor 9/10

and the specials...

Night Of The Doctor 10/10
Day Of The Doctor 10/10
Time Of The Doctor 8/10

A season that is very enjoyable. I need to see it again, repeatedly.

[MacNimon]

Sorry I haven't got back to finish this off, guys...I've just been very busy over the past few weeks. My aim at the moment is to get this completed before Capaldi's debut episode airs, so we'll finish things off just shortly.

[MacNimon]

Today, we'll give the two returned stories another look. Although we've rated these stories before, what I'll do is replace the original scores for anyone who gave them a score before, and then combine it with any scores unchanged from last time round giving the stories an amended score. You'll find a reminder of what we all thought back in 2006 here.

There are also a few mini-sodes to be looked at as well, I'm just going to mention those which appeared on tv in 2011 rather than specially made prequels for dvd or online only...of course, these won't get an official placing but will be slotted in with Night Of The Doctor, Curse Of Fatal Death etc just to see how much we enjoyed them all the same.



So,marks out of ten please for...

The Enemy Of The World
The Web Of Fear

and

Space/Time
The National Television Awards Sketch

[Rob McCow]

Asylum Of The Daleks 4/10
Dinosaurs On A Spaceship 5/10
A Town Called Mercy 6/10
The Power Of Three 5/10
The Angels Take Manhattan 5/10
The Snowmen 7/10
The Bells Of St John 8/10
The Rings Of Akhaten 1/10
Cold War 4/10
Hide 7/10
Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS 8/10
The Crimson Horror 6/10
Nightmare In Silver 7/10
Name Of The Doctor 5/10

and the specials...

Night Of The Doctor 9/10
Day Of The Doctor 10/10
Time Of The Doctor 7/10

[Rob McCow]

Night Of The Doctor 7


I did watch this.

You did watch the Doctor Who Anniversary story...

Though probably not the one we were expecting!

[MacNimon]

Before we go any further, a couple of you - Paul Clement and Duncan - didn't rate The Snowmen...and as you rated the other stories, I assume this was accidental. If you could do so, please leave a score before this thread finishes.

For my own part, I totally forgot to add in one important special in this last round, The Five(ish) Doctors. So what we're actually looking for now is:

Marks out of 10 please for -

The Enemy Of The World
The Web Of Fear

and just for fun...

The Five(ish) Doctors

Space


Time (2011 Comic Relief Sketches)


2011 Television Awards Sketch

[Paul Clement]

Snowmen 7/10

[Paul Clement]

Enemy of the World 8/10
Web of Fear 10/10
Five(ish)Doctors 6/10
Space 6/10
Time 5/10
2011 TV awards sketch 6/10

[Wayne]

Enemy of the World 6/10
Web of Fear 8/10

[duncan]

The Snowmen 6/10

Enemy of the world 6/10
The Web of Fear 8/10

The Five(ish) Doctors 9/10

[SiHart]

Enemy of the World 7
Web of Fear 9
Five(ish)Doctors 9
Space 5
Time 5
2011 TV awards sketch 6