Saturday 13 February 2016

Ranking the third Doctor adventures in order...


1) Inferno - Dramatically speaking, the strongest Doctor Who of all time

Not reviewed yet...

2) Carnival of Monsters - So different from the story above, but just as strong


3) Day of the Daleks - Plotting wise, this just about perfect


4) Invasion of the Dinosaurs - No I'm not crazy, I love this


5) Spearhead from Space - A gripping opening for Pertwee


6) The Daemons - A classic, with a great role for everyone


7) Frontier in Space - Ridiculously entertaining for a story that is just escape/capture


8) Dr Who & the Silurians - Powerful drama and a great moral dilemma


9) Ambassadors of Death - A fine thriller with terrific direction


10) The Mind of Evil - Drama, action, scares...


11) The Time Warrior - Pertwee in history just feels right


12) The Green Death - A great moral and a fine character tale for the Doctor and Jo


13) The Sea Devils - Forget the terrible score, this is exciting stuff


14) Planet of the Spiders - Pertwee's swansong is a lot stronger than people think


15) The Curse of Peladon - Terrific alien characters and a fine plot


16) Terror of the Autons - Crazy, colourful fun with the Master making a striking debut


17) Death to the Daleks - A zippy adventure with lots of memorable scenes


18) The Claws of Axos - Doctor Who as influenced by mind altering drugs


19) Colony in Space - Overlong but not without its charms


20) The Monster of Peladon - See above, overlong but not without its charms


21) Planet of the Daleks - A fun, tradition adventure that is never once innovative


22) The Three Doctors - Aside from the titular Doctors, mostly embarrassing


23) The Time Monster - An rich amount of embarrassments


24) The Mutants - Claustrophobic, confused and terribly boring




9 comments:

Nesta said...

I enjoy The 3 Doctors more than I should due to Patrick Troughton's presence there. I could watch him all day!

Arkleseizure said...

I would just like to mention on thing I love about the unloved Mutants: The scenes where The Doctor and Sondergaard send everybody else to safety and then get to work in figuring out what the tablets mean. Here, we have two scientists risking life and limb while they work together to solve a mystery. I can't think of another scene in Doctor Who that so well captures the sheer joy of science. The two scientists are clearly loving it, bouncing ideas off one another and every step they take towards the solution is its own reward. The story as a whole might not be much cop, but I could never tire of watching that bit.

Liam Morrell said...

Surprised how low The Three Doctors is. I think its full of great ideas and more troughton is a gift. Not a fan of the daemons, a step too far into fantasy for Doctor Who i think

Anonymous said...

Season 7
1. Inferno
2. Ambassadors of Death
3. The Silurians
4. Spearhead from Space
Can't believe I am saying this as Spearhead is one of my favourites, but I really enjoyed the other 3 more this time round.

Anonymous said...

Season 8
1. The Daemons
2. Claws of Axos
3. Mind of Evil
4. Terror of the Autons
5. Colony in Space

Best so far, Inferno.

Anonymous said...

Season 9
1. The Sea Devils
2. Curse of Peladon
3. Day of the Daleks
4. The Time Monster
5. The Mutants

Best so far, Inferno

Linx D Oderant said...

Season 10
1. The Green Death by a mile
2. Carnival of Monsters
3. Frontier in Space, just
4. The Three Doctors
5. Planet of the Daleks

Best so far, Inferno

Linx D Oderant said...

Season 11. Love it. My favourite so far.
1. Planet of the Spiders
2. Invasion of the Dinosaurs
3. Time Warrior
4. Monster of Peladon
5. Death to the Daleks
Coming 5th or even 4th does not make these bad stories. Just a really strong season. Really enjoyed it.

Linx D Oderant said...

Best. Watching all in order.
1. Inferno
2. Green Death
3. Planet of the Spiders
4. Daemons
5. Invasion of the Dinosaurs.

Worst.
1. The Mutants
2. Time Monster
3. Colony in Space
4. Planet of the Daleks
5. Day of the Daleks

But I enjoyed all of them to be honest. None dragged, watch them 2 parts at a time. I do prefer Troughton as a Doctor. Season 8 Pertwee was not at all likeable, mellowed from Curse onwards. Some great stories though. Can't look past Inferno, but really enjoyed Green Death this time and Spiders, especially. Brilliant era.