Thursday, 18 February 2016

Ranking the Hartnell stories in order...


1) The Daleks' Masterplan - Everything that is wonderful about the era encapsulted in an epic adventure


2) The Romans - I don't care what you think of it...I LOVE it


3) The Massacre - A stunning historical, with a terrific central performance from Purves

To be reviewed...

4) Marco Polo - A genuine classic, nuanced, educational and dramatic

To be reviewed...

5) The Crusade - Why are the historicals so much better than the SF tales?


6) The Gunfighters - Jokes, great performances, fantastic direction, a song...


7) The Daleks - One of the first forays into SF...and one of the best


8) The Aztecs - A thrilling moral dilemma and great role for Barbara


9) The Myth Makers - Intelligent and hilarious and beautifully acted

To be reviewed...

10) The Chase - It's absolute guff but it never fails to raise a thousand smiles


11) The Tenth Planet - A story that gets better with each subsequent rewatch


12) The Smugglers - Terrific fun, bolstered by great performances from the regulars


13) Mission to the Unknown - Butch as Rambo but damn exciting


14) The War Machines - Surprisingly stylish direction and Ben and Polly are great


15) The Savages - More complex than I had been led to believe and with a great score


16) The Reign of Terror - Great fun with a top notch TARDIS crew


17) The Ark - Melodramatic and silly but also very stylish and imaginative


18) An Unearthly Child - A top notch first episode and a real atmosphere to the rest

To be reviewed...

19) The Web Planet - Crazy ambitious but worth a watch to see how far they would go


20) The Time Meddler - Ropey history but a great character in the Monk

To be reviewed...

21) The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Terrible direction but it's trying very hard to be epic


22) The Sensorites - It has a great message but it's overlong and seriously theatrical

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-sensorites-written-by-peter-r.html

23) The Celestial Toymaker - Fun but trying a little too hard and not as dark as it could be

To be reviewed...

24) The Keys of Marinus - Some dodgy production work but I love the pace of it


25) Planet of Giants - A very boring narrative enlivened by great sets

To be reviewed...

26) The Space Museum - A fascinating first episode followed by some very trite politics


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

The First Doctor found Dodo's speech "the most annoying form of English ". I wonder what would he.say about Ace's slang XDXD

Anonymous said...

Dear Joe, what a pity you stopped reviewing the Jago and Litefoot adventures! I'm totally enthralled with the two gentlemen

Anonymous said...

Here is the best Clara analysis and its passage in the series from start to finish with its development:


http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/clara-oswald-a-study-of-the-impossible-girl-78428.htm

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/clara-oswald-a-study-of-the-impossible-mirror-78978.htm

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/clara-oswald-a-study-of-the-impossible-storyteller-part-1-79998.htm

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/clara-oswald-a-study-of-the-impossible-storyteller-part-2-80054.htm

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/clara-oswald-a-study-of-the-impossible-storyteller-part-3-80103.htm

Anonymous said...

Where is Galaxy 4

Anonymous said...

And The Rescue? And The Edge of Destruction?