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Like many stories of this era my first introduction was the novelisation, which was fantastic. A really atmospheric, exciting story, with a fascinating alien enemy in the Great Intelligence. Having since seen the reconstructions, the filmed version seems to plod along and doesn't look that...

A fitting finale for the Third Doctor (although it's a shame that the death of Roger Delgado prevented the planned Master story). It's a bit bloated (you could easily cut at least an episode and probably 2 without affecting the story) but a lot of fun.

An all round great story. The shock of seeing the Cybermen at the end of the first episode. A solid amount of death and destruction (before such things came to be standard). The sudden (and final) death of Adric (complete with silent credits at the end).

I enjoyed this a lot, especially meeting H.G. Wells (hints of the modern era's propensity for the Doctor interacting with famous historical figures). Although, as someone who hadn't seen much of the third Doctor, the references to a previous adventure had me eager to go back and find the...

For all the criticism John Nathan-Turner has received over the years, the final Tom Baker season demonstrated that he had enough understanding of the show to reclaim the serious side of the Doctor from Tom Baker's ego and the enhanced production values helped bring the show into the (then)...

You mean you're not going to buy the enhanced holo-vision version when they release it? :emoji_grinning:

I agree that the filmed episodes don't live up to promise of the book. I think that's true of a lot of the stories really, at least those that had good quality novelisations done. Free from the constraints of budgets and special effects limitations, the books gave full reign to the imagination...

I enjoyed this introduction to Sylvester McCoy despite the awful regeneration and terrible special effects (I don't think the effects were significantly worse than they had been previously it's just that from this point the show seemed to rely more and more on the special effects that simply...

That will remain canon (in my mind) until something on the show forces me to concede otherwise.

Definitely Pat stole the show in this one, but it's a shame that William Hartnell wasn't well enough to film the bigger role that had originally been planned for him. I suspect he'd have stolen the show from Pat. Even the few minutes he was on screen were delightful as he scolded his successors...

I've always suspected that this one got a bit of a bad reputation, not because it's bad, but simply because it followed on from Ark in Space, The Sontaran Experiment, and Genesis of the Daleks, and the story simply didn't live up to the high standard that had been set by those stories. Watch it...

Based on this mission statement they seemed to be thinking the right way about it. Work out the key factors that are important, identify some "rules" to break to keep things interesting without taking away what makes the monsters who they are. And focus on the characters highlighting the...

I can't see how a prequel series would work. Sure there's a lot of story ideas but if you're looking at the history of the characters in LOTR then you've got a series of unconnected stories with characters that don't meet until Fellowship of the Ring. I suppose it would be possible to have the...

The movies took a number of liberties with the character (most notably making the Doctor a human from the future) but I always felt Cushing did a great job with the role (as you'd expect from such a great actor).

I expect they'll be using this episode as a "jumping on" point for new viewers similar to Rose and The Eleventh Hour. So there'll be (hopefully brief) explanations of the TARDIS, regneration, Time Lords, etc. They've got to establish the character of The Doctor as well as three new companions so...

Well, I know I'm going against the crowd, but I quite like the costume. But then, I never really had an issue with Colin Baker's costume either, so it's possible that my fashion sense isn't as finely honed as I might imagine.

I was always disappointed that they never explored the character more. I thought there was a load of potential. I know they had issues with the robotics, which limited the use of the robotic appearance of Kamelion, but the character was a shape-shifter! How did no-one ever say "we don't need to...

Saw this for the first time not long ago. I'm usually not a big fan of biopics, given that they tend to be far more fiction than fact, but this one was very enjoyable and, yes the ending was a sad reminder of how gay people were treated not all that long ago.

I must say, I really enjoyed episode 8 "Into the Fold". I read the synopsis and expected it to be fairly predictable, and to a degree it was. Shades of "Gallileo 7" from TOS but differences too. There was a level of tension throughout the episode that I hadn't expected. Even though I expected a...

It looks like the Orville producers have been very careful in terms of their scripts to avoid anything that is an actual copyright breach. They're similar in format and style but there's nothing illegal about that. The only thing that makes this show "like" Star Trek is the tone and a range of...