April 27, 20178 yr Author http://cdn.funkidslive.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cult-doctor-who-cold-war-poster.jpg 83 Cold War Series 7, Episode 8 Doctor: Eleventh Companion: Clara Oswald In 1983, a Soviet submarine is sailing near the North Pole during the Cold War. In the cargo, a sailor begins to prematurely defrost a block of ice that is said to contain a mammoth, but what is inside actually attacks and kills him. The submarine starts to sink, and the TARDIS arrives. The Doctor manages to prevent the submarine from sinking but the TARDIS dematerialises. The Doctor, Clara and the crew come face to face with an Ice Warrior, the first appearance in the show since 1974. The Ice Warrior is named Grand Marshal Skaldak, and despite the Doctor encouraging the crew to be peaceful, Stepashin knocks Skaldak out. The Doctor knows that Skaldak will avenge this, and they chain him up. Clara volunteers to reason with Skaldak, who realises that he was frozen for 5000 years and has no family anymore. He had previously submitted a signal calling for back-up but stopped after hearing this, believing there was nobody out there. Skaldak escapes from his armour and kills three crew members, which the Doctor believes is because he has nothing left to lose. Skaldak plans to launch a nuclear missile to ignite a thermonuclear war and eradicate humans for what they have done to him, but is stopped when a tractor beam from an Ice Warrior ship beams him up. I think this is a pretty solid base-under-siege style episode. The supporting cast aren't very memorable but I like the Ice Warrior, and as someone who's not seen many classic episodes, this is the only time I've seen the race (so far...). The conclusion is a bit rushed and the reasoning for the TARDIS dematerialising (the Doctor accidentally reactivated some emergency protocol) is a bit weak, but it's certainly more enjoyable than a chunk of series 7.
April 27, 20178 yr Aww no, Tooth And Claw is one of my highlights of series 2. I think that's where that (1:15 on) that Series 2 had when the werewolf was set free first came about (to return gloriously in The Satan Pit 2-parter a LOT). And werewolves are some of the essential monsters in folklore for me, very scary and effective when done right and it certainly is here, I'd say this is one of the scariest episodes of DW I can think of. Plus, Queen Victoria was great and all the atmosphere it has with being in the remote Scottish highlands (didn't the werewolves in Being Human also come from Scotland?), the whole history of the werewolf coming to Earth before so well laid out, the decades-long plan of the diamond coming to fruition and it feels like a really well-planned out set piece. And there's the founding of Torchwood and the tongue-in-cheek attempt to suggest the royals are all now lycanthropic. I love it. Actually, there is one thing bad about it, that 'we are not amused' running joke was awful but I'm chalking that up to my dislike of Rose rather than a dislike of the episode. You don't like the best ever companion but lust over personality-devoid Martha bloody Jones?! FLEERRP!!!
April 27, 20178 yr Aww I like Tooth and Claw, one of the best historicals and some really creepy moments too!! Cold War was a bit disappointing, really atmospheric but they shouldn't have removed the Ice Warrior from its armour. That's the one where they can magically speak Russian right? Yeah... :unsure: The TARDIS automatically translates? :P
April 27, 20178 yr You don't like the best ever companion but lust over personality-devoid Martha bloody Jones?! FLEERRP!!! Precisement. Martha is excellent because she's attractive because she represents what the companion should be, a normal, everyday person along for the ride who ends up doing amazing things without any romance, without being so special the universe will bend for her and just thinking about that gets me bored already. Cold War was okay, I never got that much out of it, I feel it could have been a little better - although that guy stanning Ultravox from a Russian sub was cool to see.
April 27, 20178 yr Rose is the PROTOTYPE for the new companions. Martha is sooo bland and uttery dull that she could literally NOT be worse.
April 27, 20178 yr Author http://i.imgur.com/1QZhShX.jpg 82 A Good Man Goes to War Series 6, Episode 7 Doctor: Eleventh Companion: Amy Pond, Rory Williams, River Song Also starring: Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint, Strax The mid-series finale for series 6 sees the truth about River Song revealed, as the Doctor and Rory track down Amy after it's revealed she had been replaced by a flesh imposter. The Doctor realises that Amy was being held on Demon's Run, a top secret military base held on an asteroid ran by Madame Kovarian and inhabited by Headless Monks, and he enlists the help of some old allies, including Dorium Maldovar, and introducing Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax. River Song declines to help, knowing the time is near where the Doctor will learn her identity. The Doctor and his allies infiltrate the base, and Rory goes to save Amy and Melody. The Doctor realises that Melody was conceived in the time vortex, so she is "human plus Time Lord". The group are attacked by Headless Monks, in an attack that sees Dorium beheaded. Kovarian reveals they have fallen into her trap, and baby Melody dissolves into flesh, being yet another duplicate. River arrives, and realises that she is in fact Amy and Rory's daughter, so he heads off alone to track down Melody. The series 6 arc wasn't really a huge favourite of mine, it was very drawn out and totally messy, and unfortunately this episode is bogged down by being totally draped in this story arc. The Headless Monks are cool enemies and I'd be intrigued to see them in a story where they're more central to the plot. The River Song reveal was pretty good, not something I actually saw coming (although it was spoiled for me in advance, not by choice!). Otherwise it's quite messy, the pacing is all over the place and there's a lot to keep track of with the plot. By the time the series returned with Let's Kill Hitler, I'd totally forgotten a lot of this too :') a good set-up ruined by a heavy series arc.
April 28, 20178 yr Author http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/night-terrors-generic-promo.jpg 81 Night Terrors Series 6, Episode 9 Doctor: Eleventh Companion: Amy Pond, Rory Williams The Doctor receives a message on his psychic paper in this episode, from a frightened 8 year old boy called George. He, Amy and Rory split up to find where he lived on a council estate, and the Doctor finds him, with his father Alex. George had been frightened of many things for his whole life, and anything scary is put, metaphorically, inside his wardrobe. Amy and Rory however take the lift, and are taken down into what appears to be a doll's house. They are found by life size peg dolls, which transform Amy into a doll. After Alex shows the Doctor some old photos, the Doctor notices that George's mum Claire did not appear to be pregnant in the weeks leading up to George's birth, and Alex then remembers that Claire cannot have kids. George feels scared after the Doctor realises that he is an alien called a Tenza child, and puts them both into his wardrobe, where they meet Rory in the doll's house. The Doctor suggests that George is scared that Alex and Claire will send him away, so Alex rushes to embrace his child, which calms him down and everything is restored to normal. I find George's story pretty sweet I must say, and Alex is very likeable. Much like The Curse of the Black Spot, this is a welcome break from the heavy series 6 arc, but otherwise it's pretty bog standard for an episode. Very interesting concept, and the threat is very much at the forefront of the episode. Solid but not a big favourite.
April 28, 20178 yr Author I'll continue this later on (post-chart show) but in the mean time, a reminder of what's in the top 80! Any particular faves you'd like to see nice and high? A Town Called Mercy Aliens of London / World War Three Amy’s Choice Army of Ghosts / Doomsday Asylum of the Daleks Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways Blink Boom Town Closing Time Dalek Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks Dark Water / Death in Heaven Deep Breath Face the Raven Father’s Day Flatline Gridlock Heaven Sent Hell Bent Human Nature / The Family of Blood Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS Last Christmas Listen Midnight Mummy on the Orient Express New Earth Partners in Crime Planet of the Dead Planet of the Ood Rise of the Cybermen / Age of Steel Rose School Reunion Silence of the Library / Forest of the Dead Smith and Jones The Angels Take Manhattan The Beast Below The Bells of Saint John The Caretaker The Christmas Invasion The Day of the Doctor The Doctor’s Daughter The Eleventh Hour The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances The End of the World The End of Time Pts 1 and 2 The Fires of Pompeii The Girl in the Fireplace The Girl Who Waited The God Complex The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood The Husbands of River Song The Idiot’s Lantern The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit The Lazarus Experiment The Lodger The Long Game The Magician’s Apprentice / The Witch’s Familiar The Next Doctor The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang The Power of Three The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People The Runaway Bride The Shakespeare Code The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky The Stolen Earth / Journey’s End The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone The Time of the Doctor The Unicorn and the Wasp The Unquiet Dead The Vampires of Venice The Waters of Mars The Wedding of River Song The Zygon Invasion / The Zygon Inversion Time Heist Turn Left Under the Lake / Before the Flood Utopia / The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords Vincent and the Doctor Voyage of the Damned
April 28, 20178 yr Idk names but that one where Clara has died and The Doctor is stuck in that capsule for billions of years. Also the first two where River Song is introduced and that guy repeatedly shouts 'Oy, who turned out the lights!' EDIT: Just looked them up, I'm thinking of Heaven Sent and Silence In the Library/Foresst of the Dead Edited April 28, 20178 yr by PeteFromLeeds
April 28, 20178 yr I am so surprised and pleased A Town Called Mercy is still in the running. And I do have a certain minimum where I shall require Vincent to be, I won't say but that better be high x Night Terrors was abysmal, everything about it was wrong (the dolls) and annoying (the kid).
April 28, 20178 yr I am hoping to see a lot high particularly The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit and Silence In The Libary/Forest Of The Dead :wub: also Blink to go far!
April 28, 20178 yr I liked Tooth and Claw, it's certainly one of the better historical ones. Really fab episode! A Good Man Goes To War was a bit too sensationalist but I did enjoy it. Night Terrors was pretty bad, certainly worse than some of those below it.
April 28, 20178 yr Night Terrors is a lot worse than some jt's above!! That Melody Pond one was a good episode, but the whole arc was confusing and I kept thinking I'd lost a part of it or another. By the next episode I was back to being confused by forgetting a lot too!!
April 28, 20178 yr My fave is the Bad Wolf two parter, the London blitz two parter with Rose, the one where the Ponds snuff it, the arc heavy Good Man Goes To War, the mannequin one of season one, the one where Rose comes back with a gun and the one in Pompeii and the Agatha Christie and Charles Dickens ones.
April 28, 20178 yr I do like the set up for A Good Man Goes to War and it very much does its job as a mid-season finale! Not really something you can watch as a standalone though and there was a lot more potential for the Headless Monks! Still, a very ambitious episode and of course that interesting shock at the end! The kid is Night Terrors was extremely annoying! I would probably put it in a similar position as you, a good concept but I feel it was probably quite restricted in terms of budget and making it child-friendly. Possibly with a couple more re-writes it would have been a stronger episode. The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit MUST be at least Top 10 please, along with The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances and Blink!! Rooting for Last Christmas too but I'm scared it will soon become a victim to the Christmas massacre :kink:
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