IT'S CALLED ENTERTAINMENT: Great Plaid Musings

IT'S CALLED ENTERTAINMENT: Great Plaid Musings

Saturday, May 18, 2024

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 (2-parter) 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 (2-parter) by Russell T. Davies
12) Arachnids in the UK by Chris Chibnall
13) Dragonfire by Ian Briggs

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

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

Doctor Who - Space Babies


1. The End of the World by Russell T. Davies

2. Paradise Towers by Stephen Wyatt

3. The Silurians by Malcolm Hulke

4. The Daleks by Terry Nation

5. The Ark in Space by Robert Holmes

6. The Ghost Monument by Chris Chibnall

7. Attack of the Cybermen by Paula Moore (Paula Woolsey and Eric Saward)

8. The Beast Below by Steven Moffat

9. Into the Dalek by Phil Ford and Steven Moffat

10. Four to Doomsday by Terence Dudley

11. New Earth by Russell T. Davies

12. The Highlanders by Elwyn Jones and Gerry Davis

13. Space Babies by Russell T. Davies




Monday, January 1, 2024

Whofest 2023 - 60th Anniversary

 December 30th 2023

The Tenth Planet (Episode 4 Animated)

The Power of the Daleks (B & W)

The Three Doctors

Shada 6 (Animated Episodic Version)

The Five Doctors (Special Edition)

The Two Doctors

A Fix with Sontarans

Silver Nemesis


December 31st 2023

Doctor Who (TV Movie)

The Night of the Doctor

The Last Day

The Day of the Doctor

The Parting of the Ways

Born Again

The Christmas Invasion

Time Crash

The Pandorica Opens

Twice Upon a Time

Fugitive of the Judoon

The Power of the Doctor


January 1st, 2024

The Giggle

The Church on Ruby Road

Dimensions in Time

The Curse of Fatal Death


Monday, December 25, 2023

Doctor Who - The Church on Ruby Road

 It's time again to post the debut stories of each Doctor in order of how much I enjoyed them.


1. Doctor Who (TV Movie) by Matthew Jacobs
2. The Eleventh Hour by Steven Moffat
3. Spearhead From Space by Robert Holmes
4. The Power of the Daleks by David Whitaker
5. Deep Breath by Steven Moffat
6. Castrovalva by Christopher H. Bidmead
7. The Christmas Invasion by Russell T. Davies
8. Rose by Russell T. Davies
9. The Woman Who Fell to Earth by Chris Chibnall
10. The Church on Ruby Road by Russell T. Davies
11. Time and the Rani by Pip Baker and Jane Baker
12. Robot by Terrance Dicks
13. An Unearthly Child by Anthony Coburn
14. The Twin Dilemma by Anthony Steven



Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Whofest 2022

We decided to hold Whofest virtually using Kast again. The theme was doppelgangers.

 November 19th-20th, 2022

1st) Galaxy 4 (Animated Eps. 1, 2, & 4 B & W)

2nd) The Faceless Ones (Animated Eps. 2 & 4-6 B & W)

3rd) Inferno

4th) The Androids of Tara

5th) Black Orchid

6th) The Twin Dilemma

7th) Time and the Rani (New CGI)

8th) Shada Part Five (animated)

9th) Boom Town

10th) The Doctor's Daughter

11th) The Rebel Flesh (with The Almost People)

12th) The Zygon Invasion (with The Zygon Inversion)

13th) It Takes You Away

Whofest 2021

Due to the pandemic and rise in COVID numbers we decided to hold Whofest virtually using Kast. The theme was stories inspired by horror movies.

October 30th-31st, 2021

1st) The Chase (Edited)

2nd) The Macra Terror (B & W animated version)

3rd) The Daemons

4th) The Brain of Morbius

5th) The Caves of Androzani (Extended edition)

6th) Timelash

7th) The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

8th) The Night of the Doctor

9th) The Unquiet Dead

Tooth and Claw Tardisode

10th) Tooth and Claw

11th) The Vampires of Venice

12th) Mummy on the Orient Express

13th) The Haunting of Villa Diodati