Right as I say, I would like your top 5 (or 3)  TV episodes, upto and including Mccoy (not that I can think of any that might be top five?). They don't have to be in any order and please give a 1-2 paragraph review on why you liked it. Possibly a quote also. I'll start:

1) Revenge of the Cybermen - Tom Baker
This episode is either hated or Loved. Most people doubt it due to the way the Cyberleader struts and shows most emotions under the spectrum, Delight, Anger, Bitterness, even Dry wit, You two (Doctor and SJS) are especially privileged. You are about to die in the biggest explosion ever witnessed in this solar system. It will be a magnificent spectacle. Unhappily, you will be unable to appreciate it. It's odd it actually appeals to me. Sure they have emotional issues to make them more ruthless but surly its not 100% no emotions and surly the leaders are given some that are useful?

Any way, the main reason I love ROTC is that Tom is on top form and so is SJS and Harry. The Cyber 'army' is I think scary enough and do what I imagine a small 'vengeful' force would do. But I also love the Grey in it, for example, Kelman, Once again the Cybermen have a stooge or is he, at first he's a serial killer (odd how quickly this is forgiven) then he's working for the Cybermen to help them destroy Voga, it turns out he's actually trying to destroy the Cybermen for the Vogans and ends up helping out the Doctor. The Vogand are also a 'grey' characterful race. At first they seam cowardly, then come out to be brave. They have a Civil war while getting attacked by Cybermen, Vorus is a real cool character, some could see him as a traitor, maybe vain or maybe a liberator. That's why this episode is my No.1




2) Day of the Daleks -  Jon Pertwee
This Episode has all the right ingredients, Pertwee, Jo Grant, Daleks, UNIT, brigadier lethbridge-stewart. But the plot is, I think one of the ground braking, all to do with changing time. Yes I here your cry 'that's been done' but the way they do it is fab! A group of Paramilitary are using crude time travel to come back and stop the 3rd world war by killing a British Ambassador as the future they are from (after WWIII) the Daleks came in and took over and enslaved the half destroyed world.

It also has a bit of mystery at the start when two members of UNIT go missing, scery ape creatures called Ogrons and there is a brilliant bit were BLS comes in on a jeep, before asking the doctor what's going on he HMGs a Ogron! BLS is a Space racist if you ask me. But this is a real smart story, It takes into account the facts of changing time and is it right to kill one man it it helps the future? The new DVD has tastefully added extra Daleks for the end battle (turn your SFX on) as they didn't have the funds to have the Dalek army scripted.




3) Genesis of the Daleks - Tom Baker
Almost all of you would/should put this as one of your top 5. Once again it has SJS and Harry (in fact all of series 12 is good) and like DOTD it's all about changing time. The idea of going back to the start of the Daleks creation and killing them before they become powerful. It has a WWI&II feel to it, and even has space Nazis

It also covers topics of genetically modifying and the powers of corruption that come together with Davros. He's fab in this and in Destiny, but from then on he was in all the classic Dalek episodes and I think it ruined Davros! Fab story and although 6 episodes long I didn't think it dragged at all!




4) The Five Doctors - Davidson  
... Or is it Four? Down sides first, The lack of Tom and the over abundance of assistants was stupid and the writers did seam to have to have a lot of them 'chilling' in the TARDIS. However it was nice to see some old faces. The play between Doctors was fab, the respect for the Original, the spats between II and III however I think the master stole the show from the Doctors. The Time Lord Council scenes with the master was amazing writing and his alliance with Cybermen is brilliant, usually the Cybermen kill there stooge... Not this time Tin man!

We also see a Dalek, it's amazing how we sometimes think of these things a Fearless Tanks, there actually chicken when you get them on there own. Just like real tank crew surrounded by infantry they freak! And the Raston Warrior Robot Vr Cybermen, best DW scene! I actually see this story as a cyberman episode. I think (thanks to Cyber Leader David Banks) they play the role perfect, when I think of Cybermen I think of them in the five Doctors. Three squads of Cybermen, in a battle field, hunting, awesome!




5) Robots of Death - Tom Baker
I was stuck on the last between Tomb of the Cybermen (it has a fab sound track and plot) Talons of Weng Chang (Sci Fi Sherlock homes) Brian of Morbious (Sci Fi Hammer Horror) and this. Yes I realise the who done it was spoilt by the Story's name. But this pipped the rest. Not just for the good preformencess by Baker and Jameson (Leela) and D84, but I think this story has it due to the the following;

The Sets, built very nicely and have aged very well. The Robots, fit the bill perfect, not the usuall old sci fi box robot either, almost Japanese samurai looking with the shoulders and flat clogs and there was or at least (through changing number plates) appears to be a lot if them, not the usual Doctor who army of 4.  The model design of the mining ship gave scale and looked well and finally the crew members costume I think are quite fancy, almost steam punky. Odd that the Beeb spent so much on this Story for something they couldn't/wouldn't re-use.  But I'm glad they did!

If you don't have a list general comments on good classic episodes or my choices is good 

In truth V, I simply can't remember individual episodes from all those years ago.
I can remember enjoying a lot of them.....especially when Tom Baker was the Doctor.

But I reckon I could watch an episode now as a repeat, or on DVD, and find that I was watching it as a 'fresh' programme....I don't think I'd remember the plot at all.
If I do manage to find that copy of the Five Doctors at the local market, I'll let you know how i get on with it.

Cheers - Phil.

Not from 60s - 80s - but this, this wins:

Not smut again! Top totty page mate, don't want that filth here 

Quote from: Vulpine on 10 January 2013, 10:27:08 AM
Not smut again! Top totty page mate, don't want that filth here  

Smut? That's not smut...or filth...that's a children's programme's star  

And she's already been strongly featured on the Top Totty thread already (just ask Nosher & Kiwidave)  

I post I really nice thread about classic dr who eps and no one replies. Then... You should be disgusted with your self   

Doctor Who, that's some kind of BBC sfi-fi series from long ago, isn't it? 


I only remember seeing episodes on television when I was younger. And I really mean when I was little, some episodes I found quite scary at the time. I was born in 1964, so that's probably early/mid seventies. But I really only remember very little of it nowadays. Like investigating a colony ship (with cryogenic berths?) that proved an ideal environment for some kind of creature to lay eggs in.

Which makes me wonder. I can't remember ever seeing many re-runs of this series, anyone know why? Other series from this time-period (like original Star Trek, or Batman or some sitcoms) seem to be on all the time (at least on some commercial channels). I gather that there are DVD's available, so it can't be that all tapes have been lost (as I know happened with some Dutch TV series, early tapes were quite expensive, so were re-used later on). Something to do with rights, maybe?

Well the BBC doesn't rerun it here, I think it's a way to make us by the DVDs. But you can get almost very story now on DVD.

The one your talking about was Ark in Space, season 12, Tom Bakers 2nd ever story.

Netflix has a lot of old episodes of the early Dr Who on it

Quote from: Fenton on 10 January 2013, 11:45:38 AM
Netflix has a lot of old episodes of the early Dr Who on it

That's kind of what I mean. With the current glut of TV channels, you'd expect more of that. People getting on in years, and being nostalgic about what they saw when they were younger. And pretty low-cost, I would assume. But it doesn't seem to happen all that much for some series (or I don't know about it/can't get those channels). And I have a satellite setup, so I get a lot of channels.

So why do some series (Star Trek, Dad's Army) get aired all the time, and other's only sometimes/never? Is DVD sales the main answer? Or are there other reasons?

Yep, DVD sales. Evey doctor who story goes from aroun £12 each. Some up to £20ish!

The Daemons: Jon Pertwee and Katy Manning classic UNIT story with Delgado as the Master. This is basically Quatermass and the Pit retold. Has the classic line winged chap five rounds rapid fire in it.

Inferno: Another Pertwee and Manning story with UNIT set in an alternate timeline.

Genesis of the Daleks: Baker's classic, just has to be included.

Remembrance of the Daleks: McCoy and ACE story that has to rank as the second best Dalek, story after Genesis, in the Who universe.

Power of the Daleks: Troughton's first outing and a spooky claustrophobic tale of Daleks doing waht they do best.

Rememberence??? I think it was 5 out if 10... I'd except some may think is a decent episode, but top 5 all time DW?