Whofest 2015

At Derek and Roxanne's house as usual with Derek, Fer, Amy, Lisa, and myself  The theme is monsters for the 10th anniversary of the relaunch of Doctor Who. We actually did this on two separate occasions.

Event One: February 28-March 1, 2015

1st) The Chase
3rd) The Monster of Peladon
5th) Warriors of the Deep
7th) Silver Nemesis
9th) Aliens of London (includes World War III)
10th) Blink (Bonus Doc-lite story)
11th) The Impossible Astronaut (includes Day of the Moon)
Auton
Auton 2: Sentinel
Auton 3: Awakening

Event Two: November 13-15, 2015

2nd) The Web of Fear (Episode 3 recon)
4th) Destiny of the Daleks
6th) Trial of a Time Lord: The Mysterious Planet
8th) The Night of the Doctor
10th) The Sontaran Stratagem (includes The Poison Sky)
12th) Death in Heaven (includes Dark Water)
12th) Face the Raven (Bonus due to airdate)
Torchwood: Everything Changes
Sarah Jane Adventures: Prisoner of the Judoon
Daemos Rising
Zygon: When Being You is Not Enough

Whofest 2014

We actually had some timey-whimeyness this year as we missed 2014 but couldn't catch up until 2016 so we watched two marathons in 2016. At Derek and Roxanne's house as usual with Derek, Fer, and myself with Lisa popping over on Sunday for some games. The theme is the best story of each era as voted in DWM #474 (and with the trying not to repeat too much caveat.)

May 28-29, 2016

1st) The Rescue
2nd) The Invasion (Animated episodes 1 & 4)
3rd) Day of the Daleks
4th) The Robots of Death
5th) Frontios
6th) Vengeance on Varos
7th) Ghost Light
8th) Shada Part One (McGann version)
9th) The Empty Child (includes The Doctor Dances)
Minisodes:
School Reunion Tardisode
The Girl in the Fireplace Tardisode
Rise of the Cybermen Tardisode
The Age of Steel Tardisode
The Impossible Planet Tardisode
The Satan Pit Tardisode
10th) The Girl in the Fireplace
11th) Vincent and the Doctor
12th) Heaven Sent, Hell Bent

Whofest 2016

At Derek and Roxanne's house as usual with Derek, Fer, and myself with Lisa popping over on Sunday for some games. The theme is the worst story of each era as voted in DWM #474.

November 26-27, 2016

1st) The Web Planet
2nd) The Underwater Menace
3rd) The Time Monster
4th) Underworld
5th) Time-Flight
6th) Timelash
7th) Delta and the Bannermen
8th) Shada Part Two (McGann version)
9th) The Long Game
Minisode:
Fear Her Tardisode
10th) Fear Her
Minisodes:
Good as Gold
Death is the Only Answer
The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe Tardisode
11th) The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe
12th) In the Forest of the Night

Doctor Who - Ascension of the Cybermen/The Timeless Children

Here's the list of nineteenth stories for each doctor from most to least favorite:

1. Ascension of the Cybermen (The Timeless Children) by Chris Chibnall

2. Human Nature (The Family of Blood) by Paul Cornell

3. The Girl Who Waited by Tom MacRae

4. The Green Death by Robert Sloman and Barry Letts
5. Face the Raven/Heaven Sent/Hell Bent by Sarah Dollard and Steven Moffat

6. Planet of Fire by Peter Grimwade

7. The Seeds of Death by Brian Hayles and Terrance Dicks

8. Mission to the Unknown by Terry Nation

9. The Invisible Enemy by Bob Baker and Dave Martin

Doctor Who - The Haunting of Villa Diodati

Here's the list comparing each Doctor's eighteenth stories:

1) Resurrection of the Daleks by Eric Saward

2) Horror of Fang Rock by Terrance Dicks

3) The Haunting of Villa Diodati by Maxine Alderton

4) Planet of the Daleks by Terry Nation
5) Sleep No More by Mark Gatiss

6) 42 by Chris Chibnall

7) Night Terrors by Mark Gatiss

8) Galaxy 4 by William Emms

9) The Krotons by Robert Holmes

Doctor Who - Can You Hear Me?

Here's my list of comparing each Doctor's seventeenth stories in my opinion from best to weakest:

1) The Time Meddler by Dennis Spooner

2) The Talons of Weng-Chiang by Robert Holmes

3) The Invasion by Derrick Sherwin and Kit Pedler

4) The Zygon Invasion by Peter Harness and Steven Moffat

5) Let's Kill Hitler by Steven Moffat

6) Frontier in Space by Malcolm Hulke

7) Can You Hear Me? by Charlene James and Chris Chibnall
8) Frontios by Christopher H. Bidmead

9) The Lazarus Experiment by Stephen Greenhorn

Doctor Who - Praxeus

Here's the comparison of the Doctors' sixteenth adventures from best to worst:

1) The Robots of Death by Chris Boucher

2) The Mind Robber by Peter Ling and Derrick Sherwin
3) A Good Man Goes to War by Steven Moffat

4) The Chase by Terry Nation

5) Carnival of Monsters by Robert Holmes
6) The Woman Who Lived by Catherine Treganna

7) Praxeus by Pete McTighe and Chris Chibnall
8) Evolution of the Daleks by Helen Raynor

9) The Awakening by Eric Pringle

Doctor Who - Fugitive of the Judoon

1) The Three Doctors by Bob Baker and Dave Martin

2) Fugitive of the Judoon by Vinay Patel and Chris Chibnall

3) Warriors of the Deep by Johnny Byrne

4) The Face of Evil by Chris Boucher

5) The Girl Who Died by Jamie Mathieson and Steven Moffat

6) The Rebel Flesh by Matthew Graham

7) Gridlock by Russell T. Davies

8) The Dominators by Norman Ashby (pseudonym of Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln)

9) The Space Museum by Glyn Jones

Doctor Who - Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror

My list of favorite fourteenth stories in order from best to last:

1) The Five Doctors by Terrance Dicks

2) The Doctor's Wife by Neil Gaiman

3) The Deadly Assassin by Robert Holmes

4) Under the Lake by Toby Whithouse

5) The Crusade by David Whitaker

6) The Shakespeare Code by Gareth Roberts

7) Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror by Nina Metivier

8) The Time Monster by Robert Sloman and Barry Letts

9) The Wheel in Space by David Whitaker and Kit Pedler

Doctor Who - Orphan 55

List of thirteenth stories for each Doctor from my favorite to least favorite:

1) The Magician's Apprentice by Steven Moffat

2) The Hand of Fear by Bob Baker and Dave Martin

3) Smith and Jones by Russell T. Davies

4) The Mutants by Bob Baker and Dave Martin

5) Fury from the Deep by Victor Pemberton
6) Orphan 55 by Ed Hime

7) The Curse of the Black Spot by Steve Thompson

8) The King's Demons by Terence Dudley

9) The Web Planet by Bill Strutton

Doctor Who - Spyfall

Here's my list of comparing the Doctors' twelfth stories:

1) Spyfall by Chris Chibnall

2) The Impossible Astronaut by Steven Moffat
3) The Romans by Dennis Spooner

4) The Web of Fear by Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln

5) The Sea Devils by Malcolm Hulke
6) Last Christmas by Steven Moffat

7) The Runaway Bride by Russell T. Davies

8) Enlightenment by Barbara Clegg

9) Survival by Rona Munro

10) The Masque of Mandragora by Louis Marks