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For each of the following categories, what score out of 10 would you give The Creature From the Pit?

Categories:

1. Plot (e.g: Is the story idea good? Does the episode do it justice? Does the plot run smoothly or drag on? etc)

2. Characters (e.g: Are the characters believable? Is there enough focus on characterization overall? Do the recurring characters still feel like themselves?)

3. Entertainment value (How enjoyable you personally found the story)

4. Legacy/Importance (e.g: Does the episode contribute to the lore? Do any milestones occur? Is the story referenced in future episodes?)

5. Fan popularity (In your experience, how do you think the fandom at large rates this story?)

(If you don't want to give me a rating for every category, you don't have to. And if you want to go back and rank other episodes, please do.)

I recently watched Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, amazed to see Dr. Owen Harper HIMSELF (Burn Gorman) playing the reverend.

Today it was announced by Big Finish productions the Christopher Eccleston is NOT done doing audios (despite earlier announcements that he was done) and this time he’s not alone as he will be joined by Billie Piper as Rose Tyler in 12 brand new audio episodes that will “slot into their existing adventures timeline” (to be released every other month from august 2025-august 2027)

What’s especially interesting about this is the release schedule alternates with the previously announced 13th doctor adventures so essentially if one were to buy the bundles of each audio range, you would have a new series monthly range going all

The way until august 2027!

I’m curious about how other people feel about this because I am super excited but at the same time wondering where they are going to fit in these adventures when series one is pretty water tight in terms of narrative so it will be interesting especially since presumably they won’t have any set after the empty child as John barrowman is essentially blacklisted and highly unlikely to be returning as well.

This fandom use to be so active all the time now everything is out of date and not being edited

So recently I've been thinking about the quality of certain stories in Doctor Who, and it made me think, what are the best and worst stories of every Doctor? These are my opinions, but feel free to have different picks in the comments. This time we'll do the first three Doctors, then in the next post I'll do 4 - 7.

HARTNELL

Best - I'm going with The Daleks' Master Plan. This really feels like what the three Dalek stories before this have been building to - an epic battle with the Daleks with the universe at stake. The death toll is crazy in this one - Bret Vyon, Katarina and Sara Kingdom all die, as do many others, either at the hands of the Daleks or external forces. It is awesome, epic and a billion other things as well. It probably shouldn't be a twelve-parter and it probably shouldn't have a Christmas episode slapped down in the middle of it, but I am so glad it does, because we are never getting anything like this ever again.

Worst - The Web Planet. The first and last episodes are alright, but everything in-between is almost to the point of unwatchable. There's only so much you can sit through of people in bee costumes shouting 'ZARBI! ZARBI!'. It gets really annoying, really fast. Moving swiftly on.

TROUGHTON

Best - This one was hard as there's quite a good amount of content in this era. I restrained myself from picking The War Games and decided to go right to other end of his era for The Power of the Daleks.

We have a new Doctor. And what better way to introduce him than pitting him against the Daleks? I think when it comes to the Daleks, David Whitaker wrote them the best. Because they are just superb in both this and Evil. Easily the best parts of both of those stories. 'Why do human beings kill other human beings?' is such a great line.

Worst - Troughton also his fair share of bad stories, and The Space Pirates is one. Boring and dull. The idea for this was apparently a 'wild western in space'. Apparently, just looking at Milo Clancey, they took that literally. If I can say a positive thing I really like Caven's line 'Anyone else want to die like a hero?' which I believe is the cliffhanger to Episode 4. But when I'm picking out random pieces of dialogue, you know it's bad.

PERTWEE

Best - Terror of the Autons. The Master, UNIT, Jo, Autons, what more do you want? It has many iconic scenes such as the introduction of the Master, the Autons handing out daffodils, the policeman turning out to be an Auton and my personal favourite....death by plastic chair. What a fun ride from start to finish.

Worst - Pertwee has a strong era, and the only story I can really call bad is Colony in Space. More focus should've been put on the Master and the Doomsday weapon, rather than this dull run-around between miners and colonists. Basically, this story's two plots should've been swapped in terms of focus. The 'I don't want to rule the universe' scene is brilliant and should be talked about in terms of standout moments for Pertwee more often.

And that's all for now! Comment below on what you think the best and worst stories for Hartnell, Troughton and Pertwee are!

For each of the following categories, what score out of 10 would you give City of Death?

Categories:

1. Plot (e.g: Is the story idea good? Does the episode do it justice? Does the plot run smoothly or drag on? etc)

2. Characters (e.g: Are the characters believable? Is there enough focus on characterization overall? Do the recurring characters still feel like themselves?)

3. Entertainment value (How enjoyable you personally found the story)

4. Legacy/Importance (e.g: Does the episode contribute to the lore? Do any milestones occur? Is the story referenced in future episodes?)

5. Fan popularity (In your experience, how do you think the fandom at large rates this story?)

(If you don't want to give me a rating for every category, you don't have to. And if you want to go back and rank other episodes, please do.)

Now these two are interesting. I feel like I need to include them as one as neither of them really contribute as a companion but as a duo I love them even more

With that said its time for..

AND

I know what your thinking. But let me explain.

Jackie regrettably doesn't do all that much so having her as a stand out companion would just be silly.

Same for Mickey. As much as I love him it's just the same. Admittedly he did do a lot more than Jackie. Do you see where I'm getting at?

Anyways, back to the main point I'll start with Jackie, Camille does an incredible job of portraying this ordinary middle aged mother who struggles with a lot of things but is still kinda hopeful to Rose which could be the reason why she pushes her to get compensation. While not doing much on her own, she does ground the Doctor to the point where he takes Roses feelings into him which can be seen in s2

Mickey I also adore. Again an incredible performance of portraying this ordinary middle class boyfriend who is sorta sidelined sadly. Now he is important because he paves the way for other characters who do get the third wheel like Rory.

But because they don't do much I regrettably have to put both of them in OK

For each of the following categories, what score out of 10 would you give Destiny of the Daleks?

Categories:

1. Plot (e.g: Is the story idea good? Does the episode do it justice? Does the plot run smoothly or drag on? etc)

2. Characters (e.g: Are the characters believable? Is there enough focus on characterization overall? Do the recurring characters still feel like themselves?)

3. Entertainment value (How enjoyable you personally found the story)

4. Legacy/Importance (e.g: Does the episode contribute to the lore? Do any milestones occur? Is the story referenced in future episodes?)

5. Fan popularity (In your experience, how do you think the fandom at large rates this story?)

(If you don't want to give me a rating for every category, you don't have to. And if you want to go back and rank other episodes, please do.)

For context, the first arc of the 13th Doctor comic series had minor antagonists in the form of The Just, an army of aliens with tater-tot heads who are devoted to a multi-headed god called The Judge.

I'm just putting this out there as I found it weird they didn't even have a article on the wiki nor a mention on the New Beginnings page.

I don't know where this screenshot came from, mind: there still seems to be no sign of the episode on iPlayer again yet.

For each of the following categories, what score out of 10 would you give The Armageddon Factor?

Categories:

1. Plot (e.g: Is the story idea good? Does the episode do it justice? Does the plot run smoothly or drag on? etc)

2. Characters (e.g: Are the characters believable? Is there enough focus on characterization overall? Do the recurring characters still feel like themselves?)

3. Entertainment value (How enjoyable you personally found the story)

4. Legacy/Importance (e.g: Does the episode contribute to the lore? Do any milestones occur? Is the story referenced in future episodes?)

5. Fan popularity (In your experience, how do you think the fandom at large rates this story?)

(If you don't want to give me a rating for every category, you don't have to. And if you want to go back and rank other episodes, please do.)

This has always bugged me and I'm curious what others think. We're always told how the War Doctor was willing to be a soldier and do what other Doctors couldn't, but this has never seemed accurate to me. Several Doctors have killed people and destroyed planets, but the War Doctor is supposed to be the one who broke the promise.

Same with the War Master, who claimed his other incarnations couldn't do what he did; keep in mind all these others are killers, one of which wiped out a good chunk of the universe.

Is there something I'm missing? Is it more show vs tell? I'd love to hear what everyone else thinks.

For each of the following categories, what score out of 10 would you give The Power of Kroll?

Categories:

1. Plot (e.g: Is the story idea good? Does the episode do it justice? Does the plot run smoothly or drag on? etc)

2. Characters (e.g: Are the characters believable? Is there enough focus on characterization overall? Do the recurring characters still feel like themselves?)

3. Entertainment value (How enjoyable you personally found the story)

4. Legacy/Importance (e.g: Does the episode contribute to the lore? Do any milestones occur? Is the story referenced in future episodes?)

5. Fan popularity (In your experience, how do you think the fandom at large rates this story?)

(If you don't want to give me a rating for every category, you don't have to. And if you want to go back and rank other episodes, please do.)

Jeez it feels like a while. But it's time for the time agent himself

Captain Chunk Harkness!

He's one of those companions that are just...fun! He just brings that fun, energy and maybe was the one who inspired Steven Moffats one handed jokes...

Despite that, he's technically a creation of the Moff so I have to give him credit for that at least as well as debuting in one of the best episodes of all time. That alone is very good on any companion really. Then again that's the case for every companion (NOT ADAM)

Back to Jack I just love that he has this sass in him and the fact that he's avaliable to anybody. His lines may be a little...cringe but I can look past that with his fun personality.

Despite all this the only thing that puts me off him is the actor himself. Now I don't know the whole story but I got put of by Jack by the alleged actions. And that's sad. I don't wanna do that to someone who I adored the first moment I saw him

My most memorable moment of Jack will have to be that conversation between him and Tennant in Utopia. Seeing Jack actually have an insecurity about dying and kinda being pissed at the doc can make for some fantastic television!

So without further ado I'm putting him in Perfect. Not quite as good as Donna but still a very good companion (can't talk about torchwood since I haven't seen it.)

You guys have been noticing that there's a lot of positivity of these companions.

That will change