IT'S CALLED ENTERTAINMENT: Great Plaid Musings

IT'S CALLED ENTERTAINMENT: Great Plaid Musings

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Doctor Who - Deep Breath, Into the Dalek and Robot of Sherwood



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. Time and the Rani by Pip Baker and Jane Baker
10. Robot by Terrance Dicks
11. An Unearthly Child by Anthony Coburn
12. The Twin Dilemma by Anthony Steven






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. Into the Dalek by Phil Ford and Steven Moffat
7. The Beast Below by Steven Moffat
8. Attack of the Cybermen by Paula Moore (Paula Woolsey and Eric Saward)
9. Four to Doomsday by Terence Dudley
10. New Earth by Russell T. Davies
11. The Highlanders by Elwyn Jones and Gerry Davis




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

1. The Sontaran Experiment by Bob Baker and Dave Martin
2. The Unquiet Dead by Mark Gatiss
3. Vengeance On Varos by Philip Martin
4. Kinda by Christopher Bailey
5. Robot of Sherwood by Mark Gatiss
6. Victory of the Daleks by Mark Gatiss
7. The Edge of Destruction by David Whitaker
8. Tooth and Claw by Russell T. Davies
9. The Ambassadors of Death by David Whitaker, Trevor Ray, Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks
10. The Underwater Menace by Geoffrey Orme
11. Delta and the Bannermen by Malcolm Kohll

Monday, September 8, 2014

Doctor Who - The Name of the Doctor, The Day of the Doctor and The Time of the Doctor


I’ve decided to count the 14th Doctor stories as a continuation of Tennant’s run.

Here's my list of favorite 37th stories:

1) The Name of the Doctor by Steven Moffat
2) The Star Beast by Russell T. Davies
3) Meglos by John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch

Here's my list of favorite 38th stories:

1) The Day of the Doctor by Steven Moffat
2) Full Circle by Andrew Smith
3) Wild Blue Yonder by Russell T. Davies

Here's my list of favorite 39th stories:

1) The Giggle by Russell T. Davies
2) State of Decay by Terrance Dicks
3) The Time of the Doctor by Steven Moffat


Doctor Who - Nightmare in Silver

Here's my list of favorite 36th stories:

1) The Leisure Hive by David Fisher
2) Nightmare in Silver by Neil Gaiman 
3) The End of Time by Russell T. Davies

Doctor Who - The Crimson Horror


Here's my list of favorite 35th stories:

1) The Waters of Mars by Russell T. Davies and Phil Ford
2) Shada by Douglas Adams
3) The Crimson Horror by Mark Gatiss

Doctor Who - Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS


Here's my list of favorite 34th stories:

1) Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS by Steve Thompson
2) The Horns of Nimon by Anthony Read
3) Planet of the Dead by Russell T. Davies and Gareth Roberts

Doctor Who - Hide


Here's my list of favorite 33rd stories:

1) The Next Doctor by Russell T. Davies
2) Hide by Neil Cross
3) Nightmare of Eden by Bob Baker

Doctor Who - Cold War


Here's my list of favorite 32nd stories:

1) The Stolen Earth by Russell T. Davies
2) Cold War by Mark Gatiss
3) The Creature from the Pit by David Fisher