Whofest 2024

 In person at my house for the first time in years with Christa.

November 23rd & 24th, 2024

Theme: Timey-Whimey

1) The Space Museum

2) The Evil of the Daleks (episode 2 and animated eps. 1, 3-7)

3) Day of the Daleks (special edition)

4) Warriors' Gate

5) Mawdryn Undead (CGI version)

6) Terror of the Vervoids (trial-less version)

7) Battlefield (special edition)

8) Shada Part Six (McGann version)

9) Father's Day

10) The Fires of Pompeii

Let's Kill Hitler Tardisode

11) Let's Kill Hitler

12) Under the Lake (includes Before the Flood)

13) Eve of the Daleks

15) The Legend of Ruby Sunday (includes Empire of Death)

Doctor Who - The Legend of Ruby Sunday/Empire of Death

 Here's my comparison of each Doctor's eighth stories:

1) The Empty Child by Steven Moffat
2) The Satan Pit by Matt Jones
3) The Tomb of the Cybermen by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis
4) Pyramids of Mars by Stephen Harris (Pseudonym of Robert Holmes and Lewis Greifer)
5) Mummy on the Orient Express by Jamie Mathieson
6) Vincent and the Doctor by Richard Curtis

7) The Witchfinders by Joy Wilkinson

8) The Reign of Terror by Dennis Spooner

9) The Mysterious Planet by Robert Holmes 

10) The Legend of Ruby Sunday by Russell T. Davies

11) Arc of Infinity by Johnny Byrne

12) Colony in Space by Malcolm Hulke
13) The Greatest Show in the Galaxy by Stephen Wyatt

Doctor Who - Rogue

 Ranking each Doctor's seventh story:

1) The Evil of the Daleks by David Whitaker
2) Revelation of the Daleks by Eric Saward
3) Father's Day by Paul Cornell
4) Kerblam! by Pete McTighe
5) Cold Blood by Chris Chibnall
6) The Claws of Axos by Bob Baker and Dave Martin

7) Rogue by Kate Herron and Briony Redman

8) Kill the Moon by Peter Harness
9) Time-Flight by Peter Grimwade
10) Silver Nemesis by Kevin Clarke
11) Planet of Evil by Louis Marks
12) The Idiot's Lantern by Mark Gatiss
13) The Sensorites by Peter R. Newman

Doctor Who - Dot and Bubble

The rankings for all the sixth stories for each Doctor. 

1) Earthshock by Eric Saward
2) The Aztecs by John Lucarotti
3) Terror of the Zygons by Robert Banks Stewart
4) Rise of the Cybermen by Tom MacRae
5) Amy's Choice by Simon Nye

6) Dot and Bubble by Russell T. Davies

 

7) Demons of the Punjab by Vinay Patel
8) The Mind of Evil by Don Houghton
9) The Faceless Ones by David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke
10) The Caretaker by Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat
11) The Long Game by Russell T. Davies 
12) Timelash by Glen McCoy

13) The Happiness Patrol by Graeme Curry

Doctor Who - 73 Yards

My rankings for the fifth story for each Doctor:

1) Dalek by Robert Shearman

2) The Two Doctors by Robert Holmes

3) Remembrance of the Daleks by Ben Aaronovitch

4) Terror of the Autons by Robert Holmes

5) The Girl in the Fireplace by Steven Moffat

6) The Vampires of Venice by Toby Whithouse

7) 73 Yards by Russell T. Davies

8) Revenge of the Cybermen by Gerry Davis

9) Black Orchid by Terence Dudley

10) The Keys of Marinus by Terry Nation

11) The Tsuranga Conundrum by Chris Chibnall

12) The Macra Terror by Ian Stuart Black

13) Time Heist by Steve Thompson and Steven Moffat

Doctor Who - Boom

 Here are my rankings for the fourth stories of each Doctor:

1) Genesis of the Daleks by Terry Nation

2) Inferno by Don Houghton

3) The Time of Angels by Steven Moffat
4) Marco Polo by John Lucarotti
5) School Reunion by Toby Whithouse

6) Boom by Steven Moffat

7) The Visitation by Eric Saward
8) The Mark of the Rani by Pip Baker and Jane Baker
9) The Moonbase by Kit Pedler
10) Listen by Steven Moffat
11) Aliens of London by Russell T. Davies
12) Arachnids in the UK by Chris Chibnall
13) Dragonfire by Ian Briggs

Doctor Who - The Devil’s Chord

 Here is my now traditional list comparing the Doctor's respective third stories.

1. Rosa by Malorie Blackman and Chris Chibnall
2. The Sontaran Experiment by Bob Baker and Dave Martin
3. The Unquiet Dead by Mark Gatiss
4. Vengeance on Varos by Philip Martin
5. Kinda by Christopher Bailey

6. The Devil’s Chord by Russell T. Davies
7. Robot of Sherwood by Mark Gatiss
8. Victory of the Daleks by Mark Gatiss
9. The Edge of Destruction by David Whitaker
10. Tooth and Claw by Russell T. Davies
11. The Ambassadors of Death by David Whitaker, Trevor Ray, Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks
12. The Underwater Menace by Geoffrey Orme
13. Delta and the Bannermen by Malcolm Kohll