1) The Talons of Weng-Chiang - Sublime, colourful, dark and
beautifully directed
Not reviewed yet...
2) The Seeds of Doom - One of the scariest Who's of all time
3) Pyramids of Mars - Three outstanding episodes, one
slightly disappointing climax
Not reviewed yet...
4) Genesis of the Daleks - As good as everybody says it is...
5) The Robots of Death - Psychologically disturbing, expert
world building
6) The Brain of Morbius - Playful and sick, I adore this
naughty slice of Who
7) Terror of the Zygons - Traditional but realised within an
inch of its life
8) The Ark in Space - Clinical horror, scripted by a master
and superbly played
9) The Deadly Assassin - Gallifrey as we have never seen
before or since
10) The Masque of Mandragora - Beautifully produced with
great characters
11) Robot - A crazy fun story, Terrance producing some
awesome character material
12) Planet of Evil - Surprisingly atmospheric for SF horror,
not an area this show always excels in
13) The Hand of Fear - I appreciate this one more than most,
especially for loopy Lis Sladen
14) The Face of Evil - Chris Boucher is a great writer but
this is his weakest story for me
Not reviewed yet...
15) The Sontaran Experiment - For such a short story it is
packed with lovely moments
16) The Android Invasion - Great first episode but goes
downhill from there...
17) Revenge of the Cybermen - Pants
5 comments:
"Revenge of the Cybermen - Pants"
I never considered it from that angle, but yes, pants is the perfect descriptor for that story. Gets right to the meat of the nut, this Joe Ford.
I'm listening to Jago and Litefoot audios and I feel the need from time to time to rewatch Talons only to see this great duo in the flesh!
About your ranking, I would put The ark in Space second to Talons of Weng Chiang and The Face of Evil much higher, but, again, it's all question of personal tastes
and totally agree with your positioning of Revenge of the Cybermen, pants indeed (from this story onwards, it was all downhill for the Cybermen in my eyes, from the scary soulless monsters from the Troughton era to camp, hands-on-hips and emotional robots of the Eighties. Maybe I'm the only person in Who fandom who isn't fond of Earthshock, but since my favourite cybermen story and design is The Tenth Planet... You can shoot me now)
I am the only one that thinks Pyramids of Mars isn't brilliant? It's certainly good, part one is faultless but after that I think it loses steam, it would be nearer the bottom of my version of this list
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