IT'S CALLED ENTERTAINMENT: Great Plaid Musings

IT'S CALLED ENTERTAINMENT: Great Plaid Musings

Saturday, May 25, 2024

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

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 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

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