The Doctor Who think positive game ...

[WhiteCrow]

I thought of this just, and thought I'd give it a try.

I'll start with a story I never really liked. The person to reply has to say something positive about the story, then nominates a story they don't like, and so on and so on ...

For example

I don't like Earthshock, feels like such a rip off of Aliens to start with. When we get Beryl Reid as an embittered space captain - what were they thinking?

Reply

But they get rid of Adric once and for all.

I personally didn't like ...

So I'll start the ball rolling with ...

I never liked Peter Davison's Black Orchid. All the cricket talk and the feeling of watching Doctor Who do Agetha Christie annoyed me ...

[Andrew Curnow]

But it's short, so at least you can get it over with quickly.

I personally don't like The Monster of Peladon...

[Rob McCow]

Er... er... er... Vega Nexos is a treat, it makes the Pertwee era seem twice as long, the new Queen of Peladon is very pretty, The Ice Warriors make a return to being evil and we get the line 'Thank you Eckersley. But you're still a traitor!' from Alpha Centauri.

Tenth Planet is a major snooze-fest, except for...

[SiHart]

A fantastic regenration scene that is still magical today...

Dragonmfire is a bit dreary except....

[Dirk Gently]

...for the superb effects of Kane melting. I loved that when I first saw it as I thought Doctor Who would never do any such thing so close to a Hammer film.



The Twin Dilemma is crap except...




(I may have inadvertently killed this thread...)

[Pip Madeley]

...for Azmael's last goodbye to the Doctor. A shiny diamond in a cowpat of a story.

Terminus actually made me want to end my life. But on the bright side...

[Logo Polish]

...Peter Benson makes Bor one of the more likeable support characters the series has had.

Warriors of the Deep is very boring but...

[Pip Madeley]

... there's some nice "TARDIS attacked in space camera tilting" at the start.

The Space Pirates is looooooong and dulllllllll and meh. But...

[SiHart]

It does have a greta bit where the Doctor talks about his love of marbles.

Personally I find Planet of Wretched Evil really dull, but...

[Larry]

oh come off it Si, you know Planet of Evil , is brilliant it's got one of the best sets seen in the whole history of Who..


Invisable Enemy..it's just so embarrassingly cheap.

[SiHart]

But it has some fantastic modelwork that is better than 3/4 of the stuff seen in the original series.

Oh and Planet of Wretched Evil has a good jungle, but there's a better one in Creature from the Pit, and the rest of the sets are very cheap.

The Chase is a bit shoddy, but...

Si xx

[Andrew Curnow]

...it does give us right-minded 80s fans something to point at when people start wittering on about "the good old days".

Timeflight is embarassingly bad, but...

[Larry]

well it's got Concorde in it...


oh dear The Sensorites, only insomniacs watch this brain mumbing tedium...

[Pip Madeley]

I'm an insomniac sometimes and I love it when Dr Who & Ian catch out the lying Sensorite... 'AVE IT!

Four To Doomsday has Perfection but it's anything but... but...

[Dave Tudor]

It's got Burt Kwouk - what more could anyone want?

Time And The Rani - why!?

[Andrew Curnow]

Kate O'Mara in red-leather boots!!

Oh my goodness, Colony in Space is cack, and yet...

[SiHart]

...there's joy to be fond by watching Pat Gorman change sides each week.

I don't think much of The Time Monster, but...

Si xx

[Pip Madeley]

... Delgado's on fire, and Lady Jo-Jo wears nice boots!

I destroyed my VHS of "Snakedance". I shouldn't have really, because there's that good bit where...

[Larry]

well Nyssa gets to get a change of clothes and boy dose she look sexy..

The Kings Deamons..oh dear oh dear..

[Captain Tancredi]

...but watching it in 1983 the bit with the iron maiden at the beginning of Part Two seemed really clever to me (and somewhere I have a giggle of surprise on my off-air audio to prove it).

The last time I tried to watch 'Delta and the Bannermen', I couldn't make it past the first three minutes, however...

[Andrew Curnow]

...the cliffhanger confrontation to part 2 is a great display of the Doctor's righteous indignation.

Oh lordy, lordy, I can't stand The Android Invasion, although...

[Pip Madeley]

Episode 1 looks gorgeous on film, I wish I was running round the countryside with them!

Fury from the Deep's main villain is a man with hairy hands... but it's great because...

[Si Hunt]

It's missing so at least we can't prove that the most menacing thing it has to offer is people with seaweed tied to their sleeves.

"Ghost Light" is a load of pretentious old tosswoggle. However...

Si.

[Pip Madeley]

... since they released the DVD it actually makes a little more sense than before.

The Underwater Menace is embarrassing crap. Still...

[Si Hunt]

At least we can imagine that Frazer Hines might have been seen in a wetsuit in Episode 1. Recover it someone!

"Pyramids of Mars" runs out of money at the end of Part 3. However, it's still good because...

Si.