IT'S CALLED ENTERTAINMENT: Great Plaid Musings

IT'S CALLED ENTERTAINMENT: Great Plaid Musings

Sunday, December 9, 2018

Doctor Who - The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

This was a tough one. I really enjoyed this story but there are a lot of good ones in this position.

Here's my list of 10th adventures for each Doctor.

1) The Pandorica Opens by Steven Moffat
2) Mawdryn Undead by Peter Grimwade
3) The Dalek Invasion of Earth by Terry Nation
4) Day of the Daleks by Louis Marks
5) The Parting of the Ways by Russell T. Davies
6) The Brain of Morbius by Robin Bland (Pseudonym of Terrance Dicks and Robert Holmes)
7) The Ice Warriors by Brian Hayles
8) The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos by Chris Chibnall
9) Terror of the Vervoids by Pip Baker and Jane Baker
10) Ghost Light by Marc Platt
11) In the Forest of the Night by Frank Cottrell Boyce
12) Fear Her by Matthew Graham


Sunday, December 2, 2018

Doctor Who - It Takes You Away

Here's my list of favorite ninth stories for every Doctor:

1) Mindwarp by Philip Martin
2) The Daemons by Guy Leopold (Pseudonym for Barry Letts and Robert Sloman)
3) It Takes You Away by Ed Hime
4) The Abominable Snowmen by Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln
5) Battlefield by Ben Aaronovitch
6) Flatline by Jamie Mathieson
7) Planet of Giants by Louis Marks
8) Boom Town by Russell T. Davies
9) The Android Invasion by Terry Nation
10) Love & Monsters by Russell T. Davies
11) The Lodger by Gareth Roberts
12) Snakedance by Christopher Bailey

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Doctor Who - The Witchfinders


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) The Witchfinders by Joy Wilkinson
7) The Reign of Terror by Dennis Spooner
8) The Mysterious Planet by Robert Holmes
9) Vincent and the Doctor by Richard Curtis
10) Arc of Infinity by Johnny Byrne
11) Colony in Space by Malcolm Hulke
12) The Greatest Show in the Galaxy by Stephen Wyatt

Sunday, November 18, 2018

Doctor Who - Kerblam!

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

Sunday, November 11, 2018

Doctor Who - Demons of the Punjab

The rankings for all the sixth stories for each Doctor. Tough competition this time. I thought Demons of the Punjab was excellent but there were a lot of excellent stories in this slot.

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

Sunday, November 4, 2018

Doctor Who - The Tsuranga Conundrum

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) Revenge of the Cybermen by Gerry Davis
8) Black Orchid by Terence Dudley
9) The Keys of Marinus by Terry Nation
10) The Tsuranga Conundrum by Chris Chibnall
11) The Macra Terror by Ian Stuart Black
12) Time Heist by Steve Thompson and Steven Moffat


Sunday, October 28, 2018

Doctor Who - Arachnids in the UK


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

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Doctor Who - Rosa

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

Excellent episode! A classic! And such an important episode at this moment in our history.



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. Robot of Sherwood by Mark Gatiss

7. Victory of the Daleks by Mark Gatiss
8. The Edge of Destruction by David Whitaker
9. Tooth and Claw by Russell T. Davies
10. The Ambassadors of Death by David Whitaker, Trevor Ray, Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks
11. The Underwater Menace by Geoffrey Orme
12. Delta and the Bannermen by Malcolm Kohll

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Doctor Who - The Ghost Monument

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

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Doctor Who - The Woman Who Fell to Earth

It's time again to post the debut stories of each Doctor in order of how much I enjoyed them.
A lot of tough competition. I really enjoyed The Woman Who Fell to Earth but it ended up coming in  ninth place even though I thought it was excellent. The strongest part for me was the character development and introduction of all the companions and the new Doctor. Tim Shaw was a fairly forgettable villain and the plot itself was just OK. But the characters were all excellent.

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