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I absolutely love City of Death. The dialogue, the scenes, Romana's outfit, the time- splintered villain, the buffoon trailing after the Doctor and Romana who ultimately saved the planet... It's terrific.
One of my all time favourites that wasn't on the lust is pyramids of Mars. Ot freaked me out as a kid and still holds up today. Definitely the best of Michael Sheard's many who performances.
I can't stand that one. Back in 1985, I was on the committee for a local science fiction convention. My roommates and I hosted an open room on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (this was Thanksgiving weekend), where we showed Doctor Who episodes for about 10 hours/day. The most-requested one was Pyramids of Mars. To this day I hate that one because I had to listen to it for HOURS. You want a scary Tom Baker story? Seeds of Doom. Houseplants and ivy have creeped me out ever since, and I get the shivers just thinking about woodchippers.
lmao Caves of Androzani absolutely is so much better than Kinda. The cliffhanger at the end of episode 3, where the Doctor laughs at one of the villains holding a gun on him as he deliberately crashes the spaceship they are on, is just so good.
I'm glad Inferno made the list. It is easily Jon Pertwee's best story. Leaving off The Caves of Androzani is utterly ridiculous though. Also, The Invasion is a far better Cybermen story than Tomb.
I guessed City of Death to be at the top, so many classics you could add, The Daemons, Horror of Fang Rock, Caves of Androzani, The curse of Fenric, just shows that this show can do any type of drama and thats why its the greatest show ever.
City of Death is rather good, but the 4th Doctor and Romana are very weak. If my lovely 6th Doctor had a better companion and better scripts, he would be far superior to that wet noodle! How come everybody likes 4th so much? My favorite scene in Castrovalva is the 5th Doctor unravelling that stupid scarf! 😈 Ok, sorry, didn't mean to offend, but I'm still mad that you put 6th (AND 2nd!) at the bottom of the "best Doctor" list, and 4th nearly at the top. OVER 10th!!!! 🤦🏻 🤦🏻
Hello from Colorado. I caught "Inferno", as a wee lad half a century back. The Primords scared me a lot. I'd love to see them return. (maybe a Silurian bio weapon?)
I think Power of the Daleks should replace Evil on this list. Not only is it a more tightly written and well paced story, but it also gave us clever, scheming Daleks and Patrick Troughton's breakout first appearance as The Doctor.
Dude I hope so!! Idk how it will play out but I would love the show to continue playing out thru my lifetime. No other show has touched me like Doctor Who man
That one was my first attempt at watching Doctor Who. I nearly turned it off and left it, except that I'd promised a friend I would give it an honest try. So I forced myself to watch it and hated it. The next one, though... much more to my liking (Stones of Blood). I _loved_ Amelia Rumford!
@@Shan_Dalamani So did Tom Baker - I just re-watched that serial with the informational text turned on, and apparently Tom and Beatrix Lehmann got along famously.
Great list -- I'd have definitely found somewhere to squeeze in Vengeance on Varos, though. And I'm surprised you have Spearhead from Space on there instead of Terror of the Autons, which did everything Spearhead did at least as well while *masterfully* introducing one of the show's best.... ...companions. Oh, okay, and also one of the best villains.
Loved "Kinda". The Mara was scary because they weren't tangible. A very young Simon Rouse losing his mind was also awesome (played CDI Jack Meadows on The Bill).
I can't do a top 10 because there's too many I like, so here's a top 20: 20: The Silurians 19: The Dalek Invasion Of Earth 18: Kinda 17: The Talons Of Weng Chiang 16: The Two Doctors 15: Tomb Of The Cybermen 14: The Sea Devils 13: The Seeds Of Doom 12: The Daemons 11: Evil Of The Daleks 10: Spearhead From Space 09: Fury From The Deep 08: The Curse Of Fenric 07: Pyramids Of Mars 06: Genesis Of The Daleks 05: The Invasion 04: Inferno 03: The City Of Death 02: The Caves Of Androzani 01: The Daleks' Master Plan And Some Honourable Mentions: - The War Machines - Rememberence Of The Daleks - The Aztecs - Horror Of Fang Rock - The Enemy Of The World
Too many of this lists leave me going "no, you've got it wrong". This one, however, is the complete opposite. This is almost exactly what my Top 10 would be, a few of the orders would be tweaked, but City of Death is my undisputed number one.
Some other honourables I would mention that don't get mentioned at all: - The Daleks - The Moonbase - The Macra Terror - Enemy Of The World - The War Games - Terror Of The Autons - The Claws Of Axos - The Daemons - The Curse Of Peladon - The Green Death - Robot - The Pyramids Of Mars - The Brain Of Morbius - The Deadly Assassin - The Face Of Evil - The Robots Of Death - Horror Of Fang Rock - The Sunmakers - The Stones Of Blood - The Leisure Hive - The Keeper Of Traken - Logopolis I'm currently making my way through Classic Who on iPlayer and I've only just finished Castrovalva at the moment. I'm looking forward to Kinda, Earthshock, Attack Of The Cybernen, Vengeance On Varos. Trial Of A Time Lord & The Happiness Patrol as I've heard good things about them.
I love classic who primarily so good to see this. Dr Who's golden era was the 2nd-5th dr's era. 7 was great too. I'd have put in The Invasion of Time (great story features Gallifrey+the TARDIS interior), Pyramids of Mars (Sutekh is a timeless one off villain), The Time Warrior (introduced both Sarah Jane and The Sontarans), Terror of The Autons (introduced The Master in an amazing story), The Invasion (Cybermen at their top tier, introduced what would be the style of Cybermen for the rest of the classic era) and The Mind Robber (an entertaining trip into a world of fiction) to name a few more as well.
While both Spearhead from Space and Inferno are great stories and also the best stories of Pertwee's first season, there are four more seasons of Pertwee to choose from: Terror of the Autons, The Three Doctors, The Time Monster, The Daemons, Carnival of Monsters, Curse of Peladon, Death to the Daleks, The Green Death, and Planet of the Spiders.
Speaking of “Planet of the Spiders”, I’m glad this list avoided using regeneration episodes, since those can get a bit overwhelming for newcomers, while almost all the episodes listed here can be great introductions to each Doctor’s respective eras. I mean, the only regeneration episode I think could get a newcomer into Classic Who is ironically the one where it’s recommended you skip the next season if you’re watching in order, Caves of Androzani.
The Peladon ones were so silly, with a green, squeaky-voiced whatever that was wearing a canvas curtain for a costume, not to mention a secret passage that EVERYONE knew about... The part I liked about the Monster of Peladon was the Doctor singing the Venusian lullaby. I actually tried that on my cat to calm her down one night... and it worked. And I didn't even have a sonic screwdriver. In the Curse of Peladon, there's a wonderful exchange between Sarah and the Princess: The Princess says, "But I'm only a girl!" and Sarah comes back with, "There nothing "only" about being a girl!"
Some unusual choices here, but I'm not going to complain. I'd have difficulty limiting myself to just ten stories. Kinda may actually be my favourite Davison story too. It's deep and clever, at times disturbing and surreal, yet hugely entertaining. It has an amazing cast too, nearly everyone in it was either already a well known name and face in some way or was about to become one.
That’s always the challenge with these lists - just ten. Inevitably there will be some bangers that get left off. And on a different day, our choices might have been different! Also, BIG YES for the Kinda love 🙌
I love that in Power of the Doctor they show how much his death has scarred both The Doctor and Tegan. Blatant fan service, yes. Decent piece of character development from an era that suffered in that department, also yes
@@cameronmonaghan6883 Remember how, in Caves of Androzani when the regeneration is in progress, the only companion the Doctor calls out to is Adric? He never stopped feeling guilty about not being able to save him.
Good laugh in Tomb of the Cybermen as the TARDIS Trio is about to enter, 2 and Jamie look straight ahead intently, reach out, and clasp hands. They turn heads, make eye contact, and abruptly end holding hands.
Please do an episode showcasing the greatest audio stories! Spare Parts is basically the Cybermen’s Genesis of the Daleks, and Jubilee is a super creative Dalek story
Weird list. City of Death, Genesis of the Daleks, Inferno, and Remembrance of the Daleks are all certified bangers. Tomb of the Cybermen, The War Machines, and The Aztecs certainly have their strong points too. But the other three are quite poor IMO. Kinda especially feels really out of place. I know Six in general tends to be rather disliked by fans, but Vengeance on Varos is still pretty solid. Seven got really overlooked on your list, though. Dragonfire, The Curse of Fenric, and Ghost Light are all excellent. And Four is a fan-favorite for a reason, yet you didn’t talk about The Ark in Space, The Pyramids of Mars, The Robots of Death, The Talons of Weng-Chiang, or The Horror of Fang Rock. But the most egregious sin of this list is smack-talking The Caves of Androzani. That’s often named the best episode of the entire franchise, and for very good reason. Yet you literally dump on it instead.
As a big kid, Kinda absolutely delighted me. The psychological aspect made me forgive the ridiculous special effects. When it was touched on in the DVD release trailer, I was thrilled. The idea that the Mara never really went away? Oh yes, please.
My view is that Genesis of the Daleks is the Whovian equivalent of City on the Edge of Forever (long regarded as THE best episode of all the versions of Star Trek). Not that there was a love interest involved, but the fate of the entire universe hinged on the "do I or don't I" question, that will have negative consequences either way and condemn an entire possible alternate reality plus trillions+ lifeforms to nonexistence. The Doctor holding those two wires at the crucial moment of decision is like Kirk having to decide in a split second whether or not to save Edith Keeler.
Never have I ever seen The War Machines on a top 10 list!! You were right about the expectation when The Tomb Of The Cybermen was recovered yet The Invasion I'd vastly superior in my opinion. Kinda........🤐 Please don't tell millions of fans (including me) that we are wrong about The Caves Of Androzani. There is a reason why this story appears at the top of every Classic Who listing and ranking - always above Kinda. I shall stop there.
Remember the 5th Doctor story "Kinda" which aired in Peter Davison's first season, has to be paired with it's sequel from the 2nd Peter Davision season "Snake Dance"....it sets the precedence for the mini-sode they filmed to promote the Season 20 box set....the Mara (that snake) is the embodiment of evil...and both Snakedance and season 20 blue ray promo is basically saying the theme is "No matter how much we fight, no matter how many battles we win, our own inner evil is NEVER gone from us. So we keep fighting it."
He was talking out of his ass and if we wasn't then he absolutely failed. Tomb is the complete opposite to Moffat's overcomplicated "I'm so damn smart" garbage.
I love City of Death and between it and Shada, it’s probably the Douglas Adams-penned Doctor Who story I like best. But I am shocked a second McCoy story did not make this list. Remembrance is fantastic and I am undoubtably a season 25 fan (though McCoy had a perfect run in my opinion), I am shocked Curse of Fenric did not beat it. 😂 Also, The Enemy of the World? Arguably one of the absolute best Troughton stories (especially since its recovery in the 90s!)
I recently saw Enemy of the World, and was suitably impressed, especially by Troughton's dual role in it. But I did feel like it was missing something that would have put it over the top as a really great episode. I'm just not sure what that something would have been.
I wish Enemy of the World, The War Games, or The Robots of Death was included. Those are some of the best serials I’ve ever seen from Classic Who! (And any Delgado one.)
The Robots of Death was amazing. The show finally created an alien civilization that feels like it's still happening off-camera, when not being directly referenced or shown.
Beggin' your pardon, but The Great Intelligence is not artificial. He is a living being. But come on, Kinda? That's not only low-budget flop, but it wasn't even good writing. I was glad to have been recording when I watched those episodes, so I could fast forward through them. You don't put Kinda on the same level as The War Machines or anything to do with the Daleks, Cybermen, and Nestene. That's just no bueno. I would replace it with one of Roger Delgado's better appearances as The Master. Perhaps his first, showing his ingenuity in Terror of the Autons, or The Mind of Evil, where we play with the morality of sucking away all negativity from a human being, or *something.* Honorable mentions to Terror of the Zygons, The Seeds of Doom, The Invasion, The Chase, The War Games, and ANY Key to Time episode,, but ESPECIALLY The Pirate Planet and The Armageddon Factor. Thank you.
I will never understand why The Aztecs ends up on best lists, I think it’s one of the most soporific Doctor WHO stories ever made. Any other season 1 story is better.
"The Talons of Weng-Chiang" will never be on a mainstream favorite stories list ever again due to its racial issues. Having acknowledged that, however, it's still my favorite Classic Who story.
Others have probably mentioned this by now, but WHO 3:16, as in three minutes and sixteen seconds in, I see a FAR different Sci-fi SCAPE....yah know what I mean?
I couldn't stand Peter Davison. Tom Baker's Doctor breezed through the universe with a quirky confidence and a sharp wit. Davidson's Doctor stumbled through it like a low-level civil servant left in charge while his superiors go to lunch. They went from Sorcerer to sorcerer's apprentice. It's no wonder Davison only lasted two seasons.
Green Death - genuinely terrifying as a kid and still possibly now… a tale of environmental disaster brought about by human stupidity. Not relevant to today at all really
Of the John pertwee serials I have seen between dvds and Pluto tv planet of the spiders is really good and we get the doctor’s name mentioned in the serial and it’s a great regeneration serial also
Good list, especially as it's near impossible to make one as there's always another story to add. Each one feels special, especially War Machines, which feels like its writing the future of Who. I'm happy with City of Death at the top spot, it's so much fun, like a holiday special, you could watch it as its own thing and fall in love with the show. I'm glad you didn't go to the usual choices, Genesis of the Daleks is epic but a little too serious and Caves of Androzani, apart from the ending, I'm sorry its just a chore and unspectacular to me.
Kinda is good, but no way is it the best Fifth Doc story. That honour belongs to Caves of Androzani though Earthshock is my favourite. It's also my favourite classic Who story.
Here are the runners-up, according to what we all voted for Doctor Who Magazine's poll (at least, the ones that made their way to the finals): The Dalek Invasion of Earth (the episode that defined Doctor Who as the show we know today); The Time Meddler (a comedy that paved the way for later pseudo-historicals, and the first to feature one of the Doctor's race); The Daleks' Master Plan (which manages to do everything that epic fiction worth its salt can and should entail, even with the padding); The Power of the Daleks (the story that introduced us to the possibility of another Doctor, and is to this day one of the best "new Doctor" stories); The War Games (a very neat inversion of the "base under siege" plots [this time, the Doctor and co. is doing the besieging] that manages to introduce us to the Time Lords at long last); The Green Death (a brilliant love story, whose emotional ending, special effects and green aesop still holds up to this day); Pyramids of Mars (the epitome of the Phillip Hinchcliffe Era of Doctor Who storytelling); Earthshock (a very good example on how to do explosive high-stakes action in a Doctor Who story [though the actual story hasn't aged well, and I prefer the audiobook]); The Five Doctors (still one of the greatest anniversary stories that the series has given, and a testament to the late, great Terrance Dicks); The Caves of Androzani (the perfect example on how to do Doctor Who without all the silly bits [though I myself am not a fan, and I'd rather go with a Gallifreyan Skulduggery Pleasant Fan Convention / wacky bunch of edgelord Time Lord cultists in cool skull masks any day*]); Vengeance on Varos (a surprisingly prescient take on Reality TV that remains an underrated gem in the rough [which I'm not a fan of]); The Two Doctors (AKA the least bad of the bad Colin Baker stories [though I prefer Attack of the Cybermen]); Revelation of the Daleks (the quintessential Davros story, and in other places, a very good black comedy indeed); The Curse of Fenric (the most ambitious story of the Cartmel era, and a brilliant Grand Finale to the show as we knew it); Survival (the figurative missing link between old and new Doctor Who, and an episode that still manages to be a riveting epilogue to the original run). *That is to say, Faction Paradox from BBC Books' Eighth Doctor Adventures, as written before "The Ancestor Cell" by Peter Anghelides and Steve Cole wrote them off as just another group of generic psychopaths. Doesn't make them any less cool though, and technically, they're still being written about. Wonderful thing, paradoxes?
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I absolutely love City of Death. The dialogue, the scenes, Romana's outfit, the time- splintered villain, the buffoon trailing after the Doctor and Romana who ultimately saved the planet... It's terrific.
Romana's reaction to the most famous painting in Earth history (the Mona Lisa): "Why hasn't she got any eyebrows?" 🤣
I don't. They both are such sissies...
One of my all time favourites that wasn't on the lust is pyramids of Mars. Ot freaked me out as a kid and still holds up today. Definitely the best of Michael Sheard's many who performances.
I can't stand that one. Back in 1985, I was on the committee for a local science fiction convention. My roommates and I hosted an open room on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (this was Thanksgiving weekend), where we showed Doctor Who episodes for about 10 hours/day.
The most-requested one was Pyramids of Mars. To this day I hate that one because I had to listen to it for HOURS.
You want a scary Tom Baker story? Seeds of Doom. Houseplants and ivy have creeped me out ever since, and I get the shivers just thinking about woodchippers.
Yes!! I love this story and it's soooo good!
lmao Caves of Androzani absolutely is so much better than Kinda. The cliffhanger at the end of episode 3, where the Doctor laughs at one of the villains holding a gun on him as he deliberately crashes the spaceship they are on, is just so good.
I'm glad Inferno made the list. It is easily Jon Pertwee's best story. Leaving off The Caves of Androzani is utterly ridiculous though. Also, The Invasion is a far better Cybermen story than Tomb.
Totally agree!!
Agree totally, Caves of Androzani is far superior than Kinda. Snake dance is a better Mara story.
I didn’t care for Tomb either. What other stories stand out for you guys? I’m only just getting back into Doctor Who after 40 years
I loved Tomb of the Cybermen. A great story and forerunner for Dark Water in the Capaldi era
I guessed City of Death to be at the top, so many classics you could add, The Daemons, Horror of Fang Rock, Caves of Androzani, The curse of Fenric, just shows that this show can do any type of drama and thats why its the greatest show ever.
what about "The Horns of Nimon"...that was a good one too
And Genres
Flexible cast, flexible writing, fluidic cannon and flexible with Genres… AND creativity is limitless, best. Show. Period.
@@knitcrochettiger361”How many Nimon’s are there!?” *”THREEE!”*
City of Death is rather good, but the 4th Doctor and Romana are very weak.
If my lovely 6th Doctor had a better companion and better scripts, he would be far superior to that wet noodle!
How come everybody likes 4th so much?
My favorite scene in Castrovalva is the 5th Doctor unravelling that stupid scarf! 😈
Ok, sorry, didn't mean to offend, but I'm still mad that you put 6th (AND 2nd!) at the bottom of the "best Doctor" list, and 4th nearly at the top. OVER 10th!!!! 🤦🏻 🤦🏻
Hello from Colorado. I caught "Inferno", as a wee lad half a century back. The Primords scared me a lot. I'd love to see them return. (maybe a Silurian bio weapon?)
I think Power of the Daleks should replace Evil on this list. Not only is it a more tightly written and well paced story, but it also gave us clever, scheming Daleks and Patrick Troughton's breakout first appearance as The Doctor.
Evil seemed to drag
120 Years of Doctor Who here we come!!!
I just want doctor who to end on its 100th anniversary
YES
@@WhoCulture I just got back from 2083, they just reintroduced an earlier incarnation of River Song, and Susan's back too. 🥰
Dude I hope so!! Idk how it will play out but I would love the show to continue playing out thru my lifetime. No other show has touched me like Doctor Who man
Saddened to see Androzani left out. My all-time fave classic Who story.
My personal #11 would be The Pirate Planet. Douglas Adams, some wonderful scenery-chewing, and some pretty good twists and ideas in there too.
The Pirate Planet has Tom Baker's single most impassioned speech.
That one was my first attempt at watching Doctor Who. I nearly turned it off and left it, except that I'd promised a friend I would give it an honest try. So I forced myself to watch it and hated it.
The next one, though... much more to my liking (Stones of Blood). I _loved_ Amelia Rumford!
@@Shan_Dalamani So did Tom Baker - I just re-watched that serial with the informational text turned on, and apparently Tom and Beatrix Lehmann got along famously.
Thank you for including Inferno. One of my absolute favorites! 😊
The Macra Terror should've made the list lol
"Spearhead from space" is what inspired "Rose" (The episode)
Great list -- I'd have definitely found somewhere to squeeze in Vengeance on Varos, though.
And I'm surprised you have Spearhead from Space on there instead of Terror of the Autons, which did everything Spearhead did at least as well while *masterfully* introducing one of the show's best....
...companions.
Oh, okay, and also one of the best villains.
But Spearhead from Space featured the Doctor singing in the shower...
I was on pins and needles waiting for City of Death to make this list. You didn't disappoint. Including Genesis of the Daleks, too, made my whole day.
Held off pressing "like" until City of Death confirmed as #1. Julian Glover as the villain/monster plus the score just adds more stardust to this one.
City of Death is unapologetically Doctor Who. It’s everything I love about this show.
Great video Ellie and Who Culture! 😊😊
Great list. I would have to add Power of the Daleks, Terror of the Zygons, The War Games, Terror of the Autons, Seeds of Doom.
That is a list. I like it. I wouldn't have put City of Death at the top, but it's defensible.
"Kinda" also had one of my favorite _Doctor Who_ quotes. The Doctor hands an apple to someone and says, "An apple a day keeps ... well, never mind." 😁
Loved "Kinda". The Mara was scary because they weren't tangible. A very young Simon Rouse losing his mind was also awesome (played CDI Jack Meadows on The Bill).
DCI Meadows would arrest him pronto! Though Reg Hollis (also in Kinda) might try to stop him ;o)
I can't do a top 10 because there's too many I like, so here's a top 20:
20: The Silurians
19: The Dalek Invasion Of Earth
18: Kinda
17: The Talons Of Weng Chiang
16: The Two Doctors
15: Tomb Of The Cybermen
14: The Sea Devils
13: The Seeds Of Doom
12: The Daemons
11: Evil Of The Daleks
10: Spearhead From Space
09: Fury From The Deep
08: The Curse Of Fenric
07: Pyramids Of Mars
06: Genesis Of The Daleks
05: The Invasion
04: Inferno
03: The City Of Death
02: The Caves Of Androzani
01: The Daleks' Master Plan
And Some Honourable Mentions:
- The War Machines
- Rememberence Of The Daleks
- The Aztecs
- Horror Of Fang Rock
- The Enemy Of The World
This made me so happy because City of Death was always a favorite of mine and has my favorite Companion!
Too many of this lists leave me going "no, you've got it wrong". This one, however, is the complete opposite. This is almost exactly what my Top 10 would be, a few of the orders would be tweaked, but City of Death is my undisputed number one.
Some other honourables I would mention that don't get mentioned at all:
- The Daleks
- The Moonbase
- The Macra Terror
- Enemy Of The World
- The War Games
- Terror Of The Autons
- The Claws Of Axos
- The Daemons
- The Curse Of Peladon
- The Green Death
- Robot
- The Pyramids Of Mars
- The Brain Of Morbius
- The Deadly Assassin
- The Face Of Evil
- The Robots Of Death
- Horror Of Fang Rock
- The Sunmakers
- The Stones Of Blood
- The Leisure Hive
- The Keeper Of Traken
- Logopolis
I'm currently making my way through Classic Who on iPlayer and I've only just finished Castrovalva at the moment. I'm looking forward to Kinda, Earthshock, Attack Of The Cybernen, Vengeance On Varos. Trial Of A Time Lord & The Happiness Patrol as I've heard good things about them.
2:33 - "Kinda is the best Doctor Who Serial in Peter Davison's entire era, and it may even be the best serial of all time".
No.
Not even the best serial of Season 19.
City of Death took Adams only 2 days to write but he liked it so much he reused the basic plot in his first Dirk Gently novel.
Ark in Space needs to be here 😢
A well argued list 👍
I love classic who primarily so good to see this. Dr Who's golden era was the 2nd-5th dr's era. 7 was great too.
I'd have put in The Invasion of Time (great story features Gallifrey+the TARDIS interior), Pyramids of Mars (Sutekh is a timeless one off villain), The Time Warrior (introduced both Sarah Jane and The Sontarans), Terror of The Autons (introduced The Master in an amazing story), The Invasion (Cybermen at their top tier, introduced what would be the style of Cybermen for the rest of the classic era) and The Mind Robber (an entertaining trip into a world of fiction) to name a few more as well.
While both Spearhead from Space and Inferno are great stories and also the best stories of Pertwee's first season, there are four more seasons of Pertwee to choose from: Terror of the Autons, The Three Doctors, The Time Monster, The Daemons, Carnival of Monsters, Curse of Peladon, Death to the Daleks, The Green Death, and Planet of the Spiders.
Speaking of “Planet of the Spiders”, I’m glad this list avoided using regeneration episodes, since those can get a bit overwhelming for newcomers, while almost all the episodes listed here can be great introductions to each Doctor’s respective eras. I mean, the only regeneration episode I think could get a newcomer into Classic Who is ironically the one where it’s recommended you skip the next season if you’re watching in order, Caves of Androzani.
The Peladon ones were so silly, with a green, squeaky-voiced whatever that was wearing a canvas curtain for a costume, not to mention a secret passage that EVERYONE knew about...
The part I liked about the Monster of Peladon was the Doctor singing the Venusian lullaby. I actually tried that on my cat to calm her down one night... and it worked. And I didn't even have a sonic screwdriver.
In the Curse of Peladon, there's a wonderful exchange between Sarah and the Princess: The Princess says, "But I'm only a girl!" and Sarah comes back with, "There nothing "only" about being a girl!"
Think you've got your Peladons mixed up. Sarah and the Queen were in Monster.
I love your choices there. Although I'd replace Kinda with Power of the Daleks, apart from that, we seem to mostly agree.
Surprisingly I've seen most of these and love all of them that I've seen.
Some unusual choices here, but I'm not going to complain. I'd have difficulty limiting myself to just ten stories.
Kinda may actually be my favourite Davison story too. It's deep and clever, at times disturbing and surreal, yet hugely entertaining. It has an amazing cast too, nearly everyone in it was either already a well known name and face in some way or was about to become one.
That’s always the challenge with these lists - just ten. Inevitably there will be some bangers that get left off. And on a different day, our choices might have been different!
Also, BIG YES for the Kinda love 🙌
Spearhead from space is so similar to Rose love it
Autons aside, not really - I would say the Eleventh Hour has more in common.
Kinda being chosen over the likes of Earthshock or the Caves of Androzani is very questionable. But No.3 being Inferno has won me back over.
Remembrance imo is the best first episode for people tryna jump to the classic series, watched that when i was probably 8 or 9 and loved it
Everyone hates on Adric but his final line makes me cry.
One of the saddest deaths even tho i dont like him
I love that in Power of the Doctor they show how much his death has scarred both The Doctor and Tegan.
Blatant fan service, yes.
Decent piece of character development from an era that suffered in that department, also yes
Adric's death episode gets me every time. Complete silence at the end and his shattered badge of Mathematical Excellence is all that is on the screen.
I never hated Adric.
@@cameronmonaghan6883 Remember how, in Caves of Androzani when the regeneration is in progress, the only companion the Doctor calls out to is Adric? He never stopped feeling guilty about not being able to save him.
I have seen five of these episodes. 😁 Now I have to watch the rest.
Good laugh in Tomb of the Cybermen as the TARDIS Trio is about to enter, 2 and Jamie look straight ahead intently, reach out, and clasp hands. They turn heads, make eye contact, and abruptly end holding hands.
Please do an episode showcasing the greatest audio stories! Spare Parts is basically the Cybermen’s Genesis of the Daleks, and Jubilee is a super creative Dalek story
Yes I would love that video!! Finally give the chance for 8, one of my favorite Doctors to shine :)
Weird list.
City of Death, Genesis of the Daleks, Inferno, and Remembrance of the Daleks are all certified bangers. Tomb of the Cybermen, The War Machines, and The Aztecs certainly have their strong points too. But the other three are quite poor IMO. Kinda especially feels really out of place.
I know Six in general tends to be rather disliked by fans, but Vengeance on Varos is still pretty solid. Seven got really overlooked on your list, though. Dragonfire, The Curse of Fenric, and Ghost Light are all excellent. And Four is a fan-favorite for a reason, yet you didn’t talk about The Ark in Space, The Pyramids of Mars, The Robots of Death, The Talons of Weng-Chiang, or The Horror of Fang Rock.
But the most egregious sin of this list is smack-talking The Caves of Androzani. That’s often named the best episode of the entire franchise, and for very good reason. Yet you literally dump on it instead.
Tomb Of The Cybermen also had an unforgettable music soundtrack.
I like Adric and Nyssa more than Tegan
Nice video but you forgot to mention how much the Cyberman theme tune slaps in Tomb of the Cybermen, lol
As a big kid, Kinda absolutely delighted me. The psychological aspect made me forgive the ridiculous special effects. When it was touched on in the DVD release trailer, I was thrilled. The idea that the Mara never really went away? Oh yes, please.
What “DVD release trailer”‽ 🤷♂️
Oh my God I love that 4 moment with the Daleks. He plays the weight of the decision well. I say he made the right choice
My view is that Genesis of the Daleks is the Whovian equivalent of City on the Edge of Forever (long regarded as THE best episode of all the versions of Star Trek). Not that there was a love interest involved, but the fate of the entire universe hinged on the "do I or don't I" question, that will have negative consequences either way and condemn an entire possible alternate reality plus trillions+ lifeforms to nonexistence. The Doctor holding those two wires at the crucial moment of decision is like Kirk having to decide in a split second whether or not to save Edith Keeler.
Never have I ever seen The War Machines on a top 10 list!! You were right about the expectation when The Tomb Of The Cybermen was recovered yet The Invasion I'd vastly superior in my opinion. Kinda........🤐 Please don't tell millions of fans (including me) that we are wrong about The Caves Of Androzani. There is a reason why this story appears at the top of every Classic Who listing and ranking - always above Kinda. I shall stop there.
I love Inferno. I must've watched that one a hundred times at least
I agree with you for the Evil of The Daleks but I think The Dalek Invasion of Earth is better
Remember the 5th Doctor story "Kinda" which aired in Peter Davison's first season, has to be paired with it's sequel from the 2nd Peter Davision season "Snake Dance"....it sets the precedence for the mini-sode they filmed to promote the Season 20 box set....the Mara (that snake) is the embodiment of evil...and both Snakedance and season 20 blue ray promo is basically saying the theme is "No matter how much we fight, no matter how many battles we win, our own inner evil is NEVER gone from us. So we keep fighting it."
Great top choice! This is the episode I always recommend for Classic Who newbies. Such a winner.
The War Machines is amazing❤
City Of Death is like a primer for Doctor Who. Everything the show is about is in this one story
City of death is a good choice
There aren't any Moffat stories with Tomb vibes though.
He was talking out of his ass and if we wasn't then he absolutely failed. Tomb is the complete opposite to Moffat's overcomplicated "I'm so damn smart" garbage.
I love City of Death and between it and Shada, it’s probably the Douglas Adams-penned Doctor Who story I like best. But I am shocked a second McCoy story did not make this list. Remembrance is fantastic and I am undoubtably a season 25 fan (though McCoy had a perfect run in my opinion), I am shocked Curse of Fenric did not beat it. 😂
Also, The Enemy of the World? Arguably one of the absolute best Troughton stories (especially since its recovery in the 90s!)
No "Pirate Planet" by Douglas Adams? He co-wrote "City of Death" but wrote "Pirate Planet" all by himself, in the Key to Time season (Romana I).
@@just_kos99 Idk Pirate Planet is good but his season 17 stories have that distinct Douglas Adams-ness that I love 😂
Enemy of the World's missing episodes were recovered in 2013.
I recently saw Enemy of the World, and was suitably impressed, especially by Troughton's dual role in it. But I did feel like it was missing something that would have put it over the top as a really great episode. I'm just not sure what that something would have been.
My favorite McCoy stories are Battlefield and Silver Nemesis. Brigadier Winifred Bambera is a hoot!
Key Doctor quote from City of Death:
'You're a beautiful woman, probably.'
I'd add 2nd's Web of Fear. While I was raised on some old 4th Doctor stuff, the Great Intelligence is kinda the story that got me to love classic who.
I wish Enemy of the World, The War Games, or The Robots of Death was included. Those are some of the best serials I’ve ever seen from Classic Who! (And any Delgado one.)
The Robots of Death was amazing. The show finally created an alien civilization that feels like it's still happening off-camera, when not being directly referenced or shown.
Douglas Adams was arguably the best classic doctor who writer
Had he been more prolific, maybe.
from colin bakers era I liked mark of the rani a lot
City of death is amazing tom baker at his best
I thought "Evil of the Daleks" was completely missing
Beggin' your pardon, but The Great Intelligence is not artificial. He is a living being.
But come on, Kinda? That's not only low-budget flop, but it wasn't even good writing. I was glad to have been recording when I watched those episodes, so I could fast forward through them. You don't put Kinda on the same level as The War Machines or anything to do with the Daleks, Cybermen, and Nestene. That's just no bueno. I would replace it with one of Roger Delgado's better appearances as The Master. Perhaps his first, showing his ingenuity in Terror of the Autons, or The Mind of Evil, where we play with the morality of sucking away all negativity from a human being, or *something.* Honorable mentions to Terror of the Zygons, The Seeds of Doom, The Invasion, The Chase, The War Games, and ANY Key to Time episode,, but ESPECIALLY The Pirate Planet and The Armageddon Factor. Thank you.
The cave of Andrew's Dasani is cray
Ah, the joys of predictive text!😃
Maybe 4 is put in my top ten
I will never understand why The Aztecs ends up on best lists, I think it’s one of the most soporific Doctor WHO stories ever made. Any other season 1 story is better.
The lack of The Caves of Androzani and, to a lesser extent, The Talons of Weng Chiang just completely invalidates this list entirely.
"The Talons of Weng-Chiang" will never be on a mainstream favorite stories list ever again due to its racial issues. Having acknowledged that, however, it's still my favorite Classic Who story.
The Talons of Weng Chiang has a bit of a racist overtone by modern standards. Not even Tom Baker in a deerstalker hat can save it.
Genesis is the greatest doctor who story by far and wheres daleks masterplan. Just coz its nearly all missing doesn't diminish its greatness
The greatest classic episode is "An Unearthly Child". I will brook no dispute on this.
On its own it is a great introduction. The Tribe of Gum is a yawn.
Odd pronunciation for someone who (presumably) has watched Remembrance of the Daleks : "The hand of O-megga"??
You were doing so well until you reached No.1. City of Death? Really?!! I've never understood it's appeal.
Others have probably mentioned this by now, but WHO 3:16, as in three minutes and sixteen seconds in, I see a FAR different Sci-fi SCAPE....yah know what I mean?
I couldn't stand Peter Davison. Tom Baker's Doctor breezed through the universe with a quirky confidence and a sharp wit. Davidson's Doctor stumbled through it like a low-level civil servant left in charge while his superiors go to lunch. They went from Sorcerer to sorcerer's apprentice. It's no wonder Davison only lasted two seasons.
The newest Doctor is pants
No caves of Androzani?
Alternate reality? Don't you mean Mirror Universe? 😂😂😂😂
Who writes this stuff... Kinda is not Peter Davison's best story, just like the Aztecs isnt William Hartnell's.
Wow, I definitely don't agree with this list, but it was fun to watch!
Green Death - genuinely terrifying as a kid and still possibly now… a tale of environmental disaster brought about by human stupidity. Not relevant to today at all really
Two of these stories are in the same season, and another two came one after the other.
Of the John pertwee serials I have seen between dvds and Pluto tv planet of the spiders is really good and we get the doctor’s name mentioned in the serial and it’s a great regeneration serial also
Why no vengeance on varos and curse of fenric
I think half of them were Darlek
I've only seen one full season of classic who, the one with Genesis of the Daleks, but damn was that some good doctor who.
Indeed. What a pity RTD has retconned Davros.
Good list, especially as it's near impossible to make one as there's always another story to add. Each one feels special, especially War Machines, which feels like its writing the future of Who. I'm happy with City of Death at the top spot, it's so much fun, like a holiday special, you could watch it as its own thing and fall in love with the show. I'm glad you didn't go to the usual choices, Genesis of the Daleks is epic but a little too serious and Caves of Androzani, apart from the ending, I'm sorry its just a chore and unspectacular to me.
No Caves of Androzani?!
5:00🎶 In West Gallifrey born in raised, in a Tardis is where I spend most my days… etc lol ✌🏼
I noticed none of the Colin Baker era made it to the top 10
The War Games #1
Kinda is good, but no way is it the best Fifth Doc story. That honour belongs to Caves of Androzani though Earthshock is my favourite. It's also my favourite classic Who story.
Here are the runners-up, according to what we all voted for Doctor Who Magazine's poll (at least, the ones that made their way to the finals):
The Dalek Invasion of Earth (the episode that defined Doctor Who as the show we know today);
The Time Meddler (a comedy that paved the way for later pseudo-historicals, and the first to feature one of the Doctor's race);
The Daleks' Master Plan (which manages to do everything that epic fiction worth its salt can and should entail, even with the padding);
The Power of the Daleks (the story that introduced us to the possibility of another Doctor, and is to this day one of the best "new Doctor" stories);
The War Games (a very neat inversion of the "base under siege" plots [this time, the Doctor and co. is doing the besieging] that manages to introduce us to the Time Lords at long last);
The Green Death (a brilliant love story, whose emotional ending, special effects and green aesop still holds up to this day);
Pyramids of Mars (the epitome of the Phillip Hinchcliffe Era of Doctor Who storytelling);
Earthshock (a very good example on how to do explosive high-stakes action in a Doctor Who story [though the actual story hasn't aged well, and I prefer the audiobook]);
The Five Doctors (still one of the greatest anniversary stories that the series has given, and a testament to the late, great Terrance Dicks);
The Caves of Androzani (the perfect example on how to do Doctor Who without all the silly bits [though I myself am not a fan, and I'd rather go with a Gallifreyan Skulduggery Pleasant Fan Convention / wacky bunch of edgelord Time Lord cultists in cool skull masks any day*]);
Vengeance on Varos (a surprisingly prescient take on Reality TV that remains an underrated gem in the rough [which I'm not a fan of]);
The Two Doctors (AKA the least bad of the bad Colin Baker stories [though I prefer Attack of the Cybermen]);
Revelation of the Daleks (the quintessential Davros story, and in other places, a very good black comedy indeed);
The Curse of Fenric (the most ambitious story of the Cartmel era, and a brilliant Grand Finale to the show as we knew it);
Survival (the figurative missing link between old and new Doctor Who, and an episode that still manages to be a riveting epilogue to the original run).
*That is to say, Faction Paradox from BBC Books' Eighth Doctor Adventures, as written before "The Ancestor Cell" by Peter Anghelides and Steve Cole wrote them off as just another group of generic psychopaths. Doesn't make them any less cool though, and technically, they're still being written about. Wonderful thing, paradoxes?
…Where’s Caves of Androzani?
Kinda would barely scrape into Davison’s top 10 it certainly shouldn’t be anywhere near a top 10 list of all of classic Who.
Used to respect this channel until it named Kinda over Caves of Androzani. Absolute B-O-L-L-O-X.
I think one if the autos in Spearhead from Space was named Rory.