Poll Results

I have done a poll results post for nearly a year now so I thought it was time to put them all in one place. Thanks yo everybody who votes on the polls - its really interesting watching the trends each week with the people that follow the blog.


What is your favourite Brigadier story?

1) Inferno
2) The Spectre of Lanyon Moor
3) The Invasion
4) The Mind of Evil
5) Mawdryn Undead
6) The Three Doctors
7) The Green Death
8) Spearhead from Space, The Silurians, Battlefield, Old Soldiers & Masters of War
9) Sympathy for the Devil
10) Web of Fear, Terror of the Autons & The Time Warrior
11) Ambassadors of Death & Robot
12) The Daemons & Terror of the Zygons
13) Planet of Spiders & The Warkeepers Crown
14) Claws of Axos, Day of the Daleks, The Time Monster & Invasion of the Dinosaurs
15) Minuet in Hell

No votes - Colony in Space, Dimensions in Time & Downtime


Who is your favourite original Big Finish companion?

1) Evelyn Smythe - 40%
2) Charley Pollard - 18%
3) Lucie Miller & Hex - 11%
4) Erimem
5) Klein & Tamsin
6) C'rizz - 1%

No votes - Amy & Thomas Brewster


What is your favourite trilogy so far?

1) Cobwebs/Forest/Snake - 27%
2) Tiny Wings/Fittest/History - 20%
3) Destiny/Lurkers/Family - 18%
4) Patient/Paper/Planet - 12%
5) Spires/Titan/Legend & Mousetrap/Daleks/Scutari - 6% each
6) Brewster/Axos/Evolution - 4%
7) The Key 2 Time & Castle/Summer/Daleks - 2% each


What is your favourite story from the latest sixth Doctor Brewster story?

1) The Feast of Axos - 45%
2) The Crimes of Thomas Brewster & Industrial Evolution - 27% each


What is your favourite Big Finish spin off series?

1) Companion Chronicles - 28%
2) The Eighth Doctor Adventures - 21%
3) Gallifrey - 19%
4) The Lost Stories - 14%
5) Jago & Litefoot - 8%
6) Unbound - 3%
7) Dalek Empire, Cyberman and Sarah Jane Smith - 1% each

No votes - UNIT & Excelis


What are your favourite companion chronicles?

1) The Mahoghany Murderers & Peri and the Piscon Paradox - 22 votes each
2) Home Truths & The Transit of Venus - 18 votes each
3) Find and Replace - 17 votes
4) The Guardian of the Solar System - 16 votes
5) Solitaire - 15 votes
6) The Blue Tooth & The Glorious Revolution - 13 votes each
7) Old Soldiers & The Drowned World - 12 votes each
8) Mother Russia - 11 votes
9) Ringpullworld - 10 votes
10) Frostfire, The Doll of Death & The Suffering - 9 votes each
11) The Catalyst, Resistance, The Magician's Oath & Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code - 8 votes each
12) Shadow of the Past & The Perpetual Bond - 7 votes each
13) The Prison of Peladon, The Time Vampire & Quinnis - 6 votes each
14) The Stealrs from Saiph - 5 votes
15) Here There Be Monsters & The Prisoner's Dilemma - 4 votes each
16) The Beautiful People, The Darkening Eye, Helicon Prime, Echoes of Grey & A Town Called Fortune - 3 votes each
17) Empathy Games & The Invasion of E-Space - 2 votes each
18) The Great Space Elevator, The Emperor of Eternity, Night's Black Agents & The Forbidden Time - 1 vote each

No votes - Fear of the Daleks


What is your favourite Lost Story Season One story?

1) Leviathan - 30%
2) Paradise Five & Point of Entry - 20%
3) The Nightmare Fair - 16%
4) The Song of Megeptera - 10%
5) The Macros - 3%

No votes - Mission to Magnus (for the record this would have had my vote if it weren't for Point of Entry!), The Hollows of Time



What is your favourite Big Finish Doctor?

1) The Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) - 37% (25 votes)
2) The Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann) - 22% (23 votes)
3) The Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) - 15% (10 votes)
4) The Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) - 8% (8 votes)
5) The Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) - 1% (1 vote)


What is your favourite recurring monster?

1) The Daleks - 33% (19 votes)
2) The Cybermen - 17% (10 votes)
3) The Sontarans - 15% (9 votes)
4) The Autons - 12% - (7 votes)
5) The Weeping Angels - 10% (6 votes)
6) The Sea Devils - 3% (2 votes)
7) The Ice Warriors, The Yeti, The Silurians & The Slitheen - 1% (1 vote each)


What did you think of the opening two parter - The Impossible Astronaut & Day of the Moon?

1) Not Perfect but almost there - 30% (20 votes)
2) The best of the best - 26% (17 votes)
3) A few faults but bloody good! - 23% (15 votes)
4) Too much cleverness - 10% (7 votes)
5) I was expecting more - 4% (3 votes)
6) Do me a lemon, that was as bad as it gets! - 3% (2 votes)
7) This is not a show I want to watch - 1% (1 vote)


What did you thinki of The Curse of the Black Spot?

1) 7/10 Swashbuckling! No where near as bad as people say! (16 votes) - 39%
2) 8/10 Yo ho ho! Thoroughly entertaining! (12 votes) - 29%
3) 9/10 Shiver me timbers! Almost perfect! & 5/10 A distinctly average bunch'a'Pirates! (4 votes each) - 9% each
4) 4/10 Worst. Siren. Ever. (2 votes) - 4%
5) 10/10 Oh Argh! It doesn't get better than that! & 3/10 Argh I'd rather be stuck in a rum barrel! & Gah! Bring Celebrity Wrestling back me hearties! (1 vote each) - 2% each


What did you think of The Doctor's Wife?

1) 10/10 - A moment of triumph (34 votes) - 50%
2) 9/10 - Practically everything I could have hoped for (18 votes) - 26%
3) 8/10 - Touching and classy, classic Gaiman (7 votes) - 10%
4) 7/10 - Entertaining but not everythin I had hoped & 6/10 - Only pushes my buttons in places & 1/10 - Just dreadful, I want my money back (2 votes each) - 2%
5) 5/10 - Very average & 4/10 - Pushing the boundaries too far & 2/10 - Sentient TARDISes its been done before! (1 vote each) - 1%


What did you think of The Rebel Flesh?

1) 7/10 - A few issues but very watchable (11 votes) - 25%
2) 8/10 - Visually stunning and thoughtful (8 votes) - 18%
3) 9/10 - Spooky and atmospheric - just how I like it! (6 votes) -13%
4) 10/10 - Exactly as NuWho should be! & 5/10 - Average bunch'a'gangers! (5 vote each) - 11%
5) 6/10 - Fun but hardly engaging (3 votes) - 6%
6) 3/10 - Needs several rewrites & 2/10 - Dull in the extreme (2 votes each) - 4%
7) 4/10 - I've seen worse but continues this seasons downfall & 1/10 - Fear Her II, The Edge of Reason (1 vote each) - 2%



What did you think of The Almost People?

1) 8/10 - The Ending raised the bar considerably! - 29%
2) 9/10 - Gripping viewing throughout! - 25%
3) 10/10 - The ending was just the icing on the cake & 7/10 - Better than last week but still a few problems - 18% each
4) 6/10 - Enjoyable but flawed - 4%
5) 5/10 - Even the ending couldn't help & 4/10 - Another loser - 2% each


What did you think of A Good Man Goes To War?

1) 8/10 - Climactic and exciting (21 votes) - 36%
2) 10/10 - Modern Doctor Who at its finest (9 votes) - 15%
3) 9/10 - Practically perfect & 7/10 - Engagaing but still not quite right (8 votes each) - 14%
4) 6/10 - Didn't deliver on its promises but still above average (7 votes) - 12%
5) 4/10 - Another yawnathon with a few noteworthy moments (3 votes) - 5%
6) 5/10 - Distinctly biege (1 vote) - 1%


What is your favourite Lost Story (so far...)?

1) Farewell Great Macedon - 42% (14 votes)
2) Leviathan - 18% (6 votes)
3) Point of Entry - 12% (4 votes)
3) The Fragile Yellow Arc of Fragrance & Animal - 6% (2 votes each)
4) The Nightmare Fair, Paradise Five, The Song of Megeptera, The Macros & Crime of the Century


What is your favourite Jago & Litefoot story?

1) The Mahoghany Murderers - 30%
2) The Bellova Devil - 13%
3) The Spirit Trap, Litefoot & Sanders, The Theatre of Dreams, Swan Song & Chronoclasm - 8% each
4) The Bloodless Soldier, Dead Mans Tales & The Man at the End of the Garden - 4% each

No votes - The Similarity Engine, The Necropolis Express & The Ruthven Inheritance


What is your favourite Jonathan Morris story?

1) The Eternal Summer - 21% (12 votes)
2) Max Warp, Cobwebs & Theatre of Dreams - 10% (6 votes each)
3) Flip Flop, The Haunting of Thomas Brewster, Mary's Story - 8% (5 votes each)
4) Bloodtide - 7% (4 votes each)
5) The Glorious Revolution - 3% (2 votes each)
6) The Cannabalists, Deimos/Ressurection of Mars, The Crimes of Thomas Brewster, The Mists of Time, The Beautiful People & The Great Space Elevator - 1% ( 1 vote each)

No votes - A Perfect World, Hothouse & The Spirit Trap


What is you favourite Marc Platt audio?

1) Spare Parts - 30%
2) Frostfire -17%
3) The Cradle of the Snake - 12%
4) Auld Mortality - 7%
5) Loups Garoux, A Storm of Angels, Point of Entry & Relative Dimensions - 5% each
6) Valhalla, Mother Russia, The Doll of Death & Paper Cuts - 2% each

No votes - The Skull of Sobek, Time Reef, An Earthly Child, Quinnis & Thin Ice


What is your favourite Rob Shearman audio?

1) Chimes of Midnight - 30% (22 votes)
2) Jubilee - 29% (21 votes)
3) The Holy Terror - 20% (15 votes)
4) Scherzo - 8% (6 votes)
5) Deadline - 6% (5 votes)
6) My Own Private Wolfgang - 2% (2 votes)
7) The Maltese Penguin - 1% (1 vote)


Who is your favourite Big Finish director?

1) Lisa Bowerman - 38% (16 votes)
2) Barnaby Edwards - 22% (14 votes)
3) Nicholas Briggs - 11% (5 votes)
4) Ken Bentley - 7% (3 votes)
5) John Ainsworth - 4% (2 votes)
6) Gary Russell & Nicholas Pegg - 2% (1 vote each)

No votes - Jason Haigh-Ellery & Ed Salt


Of the Top Ten winners of this years BF Survey on GB, which was your favourite?

1) A Death in the Family - 23% (14 votes)
2) The Chimes of Midnight - 20% (12 votes)
3) The Holy Terror - 18% (11 votes)
4) Spare Parts - 10% (6 votes)
5) Farewell Great Macedon - 8% (5 votes)
6) Dr Who & the Pirates - 6% (4 votes)
7) The Mahoghany Murderers - 5% (3 votes)
8) Homes Truths & The One Doctor - 3% each (2 votes each)
9) Solitaire - 1% (1 vote)


Of these Big Finish heavyweights who is your favourite writer?

1) Rob Shearman - 25% (12 votes)
2) Jonathan Morris - 12% (6 votes)
3) Jacqueline Rayner & Simon Guerrier - 10% (5 votes each)
4) Paul Cornell & Paul Magrs - 6% (3 votes each)
5) Alan Barnes, Nicholas Briggs, Mark Gatiss, Nev Fountain, Eddie Robson & John Dorney - 6% (2 votes each)
6) Barnaby Edwards & Cavan Scott & Mark Wright - 2% (1 vote each)

No votes - Gary Russell, Justin Richards, Marc Platt, Joseph Lidster, Mike Maddox & Steve Lyons


Since they have all had audio adventures in one way or another, which Doctor do you think is best represented on audio?

1) 6th - 52% (32 votes)
2) 8th - 26% (16 votes)
3) 1st - 8% (5 votes)
4) 5th & 7th - 4% (3 votes each)
5) 3rd Doctor - 3% (2 votes)

No votes - 2nd, 4th, 9th, 10th & 11th


What did you think of Let's Kill Hitler?

1) 8/10 Witty and clever but not quite there - 30% (19 votes)
2) 7/10 Needs a few tweaks but otherwise good - 23% (15 votes)
3) 9/10 Practically perfect! - 22% (14 votes)
4) 3/10 I was expecting so much more - 6% (4 votes)
5) 10/10 The best of the best & 6/10 - Above average but only just - 4% each (3 votes each)
6) 2/10 Bloody daft - 3% (2 votes)
7) 5/10 Not great, not terrible, just sort of there & 4/10 Continues this seasons decline & 1/10 The Nadir of all NuWho - 1% each (1 vote each)


What did you think of Night Terrors?

1) 7/10 Minor niggles but I still really enjoyed it - 33% (16 votes)
2) 8/10 Very, very good - 18% (9 votes)
3) 6/10 Not bad - 14% (7 votes)
4) 9/10 Rivetted but something kept it back from perfection - 12% (6 votes)
5) 5/10 About as middle of the road as Who comes - 6% (3 votes)
6) 10/10 This is everything I want from Doctor Who, 4/10 Let me down & 3/10 Very poor - 4% (2 votes)
7) 2/10 Nearly switched off - 2% (1 vote)

No votes - 1/10 I wish I had watched Red & Black



What did you think of The Girl Who Waited?

1) 10 - Absolute Perfection - 23% (11 votes)
2) 9 - Brilliant but not quite perfect & 7 - Tries hard but doesn't quite succeed - 21% each (10 votes each)
3) 8 - Hugely enjoyable - 19% (9 votes)
4) 6 - Above average but only just - 4% (2 votes)
5) 5 - Some good bits, not enough, 3 - Very Bad, 2 - Just wrong & 1 - The worst - 1 vote each (2% each)


What did you think of The God Complex?

1) 9 This is what I want to see! - 37% (12 votes)
2) 8 Really Good - 6 votes 18% (6 votes)
3) 7 Not bad at all, a few niggles - 15% (5 votes)
4) 10 It doesn't get better than this! - 12% (4 votes
5) 4 Not great - 6% (2 votes)
6) 6 Could have been better, still watchable, 5 As vanilla as these things come, 3 Too many problems for me - 3% (1 vote each)


What do you think of Closing Time?

1) 7/10 A few problems but otherwise great fun! - 27% (8 votes)
2) 8/10 Really good - 24% (7 votes)
3) 9/10 Nearly the best - 13% (4 votes)
4) 6/10 Above average, could have been better - 10% (3 votes)
5) 5/10 Pretty balnd but okay, 4/10 I expect more than this - 6% (2 votes each)
6) 10/10 Perfect Doctor Who, 3/10 Boring & 2/10 What is this? A sitcom? - 3% (1 vote each)


What did you think of The Wedding of River Song?

1) 8/10 Really good fun - I like! - 31% (14 votes)
2) 9/10 Practically perfect madness! - 22% (10 votes)
3) 7/10 Entertaining but with some problems - 15% (7 votes)
4) 7/10 Better than I was expecting - 9% (4 votes)
5) 2/10 Ugh! - 6% (3 votes)
6) 10/10 Absolute genius!, 4/10 Let me down & 3/10 A whole season for that? - 4% (2 votes each)


What is your favourite Sarah Jane Adventures story?

1) Death of the Doctor - 54% (23 votes)
2) Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? - 11% (5 votes)
3) Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith - 7% (3 votes)
4) Enemy of the Bane, The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith & The Nightmare Man - 4% (2 votes each)
5) The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith, Mona Lisa's Revenge, The Empty Planet, The Curse of Clyde Langer, The Man Who Never Was - 2% (1 vote each)


What is your favourite Torchwood episode?

1) Children of Earth - 58% (21 votes)
2) Captain Jack Harkness - 11% (4 votes)
3) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - 8% (3 votes)
4) Countrycide & Miracle Day - 5% (2 votes each)
5) They Keep Killing Suzie, Meat, Reset & Fragments - 2% (1 votes each)