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Friday, 5 February 2016

Ranking series one in order...


1) The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances - Putting Steven Moffat's name on the map

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-empty-childthe-doctor-dances.html

2) Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - Whacky, dark, emotional and climactic

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/02/bad-wolf-parting-of-ways-written-by.html

3) The End of the World - The story that convinced me the new series would be fantastic

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-end-of-world-written-by-russell-t.html

4) Aliens of London/World War Three - No I'm not crazy, I love it

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/02/aliens-of-londonworld-war-three-written.html

5) Boom Town - A unique experience, character drama over plot

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/02/boom-town-written-by-russell-t-davies.html

6) The Unquiet Dead - A beautiful Christmas ghost story

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-unquiet-dead-written-by-mark-gatiss.html

7) Dalek - Macho and exciting but I wasn't sure about the limp conclusion

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/02/dalek-written-by-rob-shearman-and.html

8) Rose - A duff plot but lots of excellent work around the new Doctor

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/01/rose-written-by-russell-t-davies-and.html

9) The Long Game - Not as bad as people make out but unambitious

Not reviewed yet...

10) Father's Day - Just about everything I don't want Doctor Who to be...

http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2014/02/fathers-day-written-by-paul-cornell-and.html 

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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous5 February 2016 at 09:43

    Jubilee was a thousand times better than Dalek.
    Moffat episodes were great under RTD showrunning.
    I wonder in what direction will Chibnall take the show...

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  2. Phil Hansen5 February 2016 at 10:49

    Wacky is not spelled with a h!!

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  3. ali5 February 2016 at 16:59

    Here's to series one! Series 1-2 are still my favorites. It might not reinvent the wheel, but passes the time more amiably than [fill in the blank].

    Long Game is almost an 80s serial squashed into one episode, isn't it? RTD pulls off a remake of Varos and vindicates Colin to a degree. That really tickled me at the time.

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  4. Doc Oho5 February 2016 at 23:41

    Phil, it is in my world.

    Ed, I really must get around to reviewing it. It's a bizarre one for sure. Thanks for the many comments, I know I don't often answer but I read every one and even if I don't always agree they are always interesting and thought provoking.

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  5. Lisa6 February 2016 at 02:37

    I like when the comments section becomes like a DW forum. I don't like Gallifrey Base and they closed the BF forums which I loved, so I'm usually hanging out here in Doc oho's reviews ^^

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  6. Urlance Woolsbane6 February 2016 at 11:55

    @Lisa

    The BF forum lives, in the form of the Divergent Universe! Most of the old regulars are there, and some of the Big Finish employees have made the leap as well (e.g. John Dorney, Rob Morris.)

    Here's the link: http://notthebigfinishforum.freeforums.net/

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  7. Cynical Classicist19 February 2016 at 15:12

    I look forward to your review of The Long Game. Have you watched MrTARDIS? He's reviewed all of Series 1 and he's a brilliant reviewer. Maybe before you put down your review of The Long Game you should watch his review.

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