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    GROUP E

     

    01. Fawlty Towers: 19

    02. The Royle Family: 11

     

    03. My Family: 10

    04. Dad's Army: 7

    05. The Good Life: 2

     

    Fawlty Towers is one that regularly tops Greatest Sitcoms polls and has now topped another one with Group E! This was a round of classic British sitcoms so it only feels right that it won. The Royle Family proves to be a better family than the one in My Family as we prefer watching people sitting in front of a TV. Sadly, Dad's Army isn't kidding us as it falls short as does The Good Life.

     

    GROUP F

     

    01. The IT Crowd: 17

    02. Only Fools and Horses: 15

     

    03. Father Ted: 11

    04. Derry Girls: 9

    05. The Big Bang Theory: 8

     

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAH. The Big Bang Theory comes LAST HAHAHAHAHAHAHA in this group as SIX episodes of Derry Girls manage to rightfully beat 11 seasons of 20+ episodes of the show. The IT Crowd proves to be both the better show about geeks and the better Graham Lineham show as it tops the group whilst Father Ted sadly misses out. Another sitcom classic in Only Fools and Horses secures second place.

    This is a series that definitely gets better as it goes along, the second half is MUCH stronger than the first.

     

    I do feel sorry for Freema/Martha as she is definitely let down by being after Martha. It's kind of like the difficult second album, she'd been so popular with the audience and the Doctor that she just gets so undeservedly overshadowed even though there's elements there to a really strong character. She has to put up with being stuck in the past while the Doctor isn't even himself anymore and then has to walk around an Apocalyptic Earth, partially caused by her, for a year without anyone by her side whilst her family are being tortured! Speaking of her family, they themselves were really weak. I felt there is maybe too many of them and they perhaps didn't get enough screentime to solidify any connections - possibly harmed by the fact the two parter went to 1930s New York rather than the usual present day Earth. It might have worked better with just Francine and Tish. tbh it might have been nice to see Tish join for like 42 or something.

     

    Blink is an absolute classic, such a brilliant concept for a monster and the video tape sequences are genius. Such a strong character in Sally Sparrow as well. (look at this series with its Academy Award nominated actors with Carey Mulligan, Gugu Mbatha Raw and Andrew Garfield!! support that young talent). The season long tease of Harold Saxon was something I (and basically everyone else) guessed very early that the Master would be returning but I LOVED the reveal in Utopia all the same! It led to an epic finale, although the end of Last of the Time Lords is still very jarring.

     

    I didn't appreciate Human Nature as much as I should have done on first watch, I was perhaps a bit to young to appreciate it as I just wanted adventure and MONSTERS and the highlights of this is the human Doctor and the love story. David Tennant plays an absolute blinder and the human version becomes a really complex version and such an interesting character. Voyage of the Damned is such a perfect Christmas special, it wouldn't really work as part of a regular series but it's just a brilliant disaster movie - although odd seeing so many 'nice' characters die! It is let down by Max Capricorn I feel as he's really uninteresting/generic.

     

    Gridlock is a nice bookend to the New Earth trilogy and I love the sequence when the Doctor goes down through all the cars. The biblical/religious elements completely went over my head though on first watch. The Lazarus Experiment is the usual FUN watch, nothing bad nothing amazing - just a fun romp. Daleks in Mahattan does get a loooooooooot of stick, some deservedly but I still do enjoy watching it even though it is completely bonkers! It kind of reminds me of a classic Doctor Who episode in parts where there's so many elements brought in, some just for show and some are there just because they though what if? I remember being terrified of the Human Dalek Sec when I saw it on the Radio Times cover but it was just funny to watch when seeing it in the episode. At least it makes the story memorable... I do love the setting though, although you can't go wrong with it!

     

    42 is just a complete rip off from The Impossible Planet which just dampened by enjoyment of it. It just came too soon after that story with far less engaging characters, far less engaging monsters and a far less engaging final villain. Who wants an angry sun when you can have the DEVIL. The Shakespeare Code is just there for me, not a fan of Shakespeare in any event so it will never be my favourite celebrity historical - good sets though! Smith & Jones I'm not a big fan of - I just really find the Judoon so bland and there's so much fake tension in the episode. The Slabs are just nothingy and the villain is essentially a straw.

     

    1. Blink

    2. Utopia / The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords

    3. Human Nature / The Family of Blood

    4. Voyage of the Damned

    5. Gridlock

    6. The Lazarus Experiment

    7. Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks

    8. 42

    9. The Shakespeare Code

    10. Smith and Jones

    The Key to Time makes for an odd series as there's no classic stories there really, and no classic monsters (either new or old)! I find The Ribos Operation a bit doll and The Power of Kroll falls short with its ambition. I really enjoy the rest of the stories though, particularly the madness of The Pirate Planet (what a beautifully bonkers idea from Douglas Adams!). I love the supporting characters in The Stones of Blood but the monsters are a bit crap. The Android Invasion does androids better but still an enjoyable watch!

     

    Romana Mark I is a bit of duller companion when compared to Jo, Sarah Jane and Leela that came before her, and Mark II that came after her but she does bring the glamour :lol:

    Brioney stood out as a favourite for me in that episode! I feel she could have a lot of potential!

     

    It was nice to see Terry turn it around so well actually. He seems to have good ideas and looks to be one who will take a risk. As we've seen from that episode though, it can pay off just as much as it can ruin you...

     

     

    More leaked lyrics:

     

    When I saw you for the very first time

    Looked like Fred Astaire, drinking your red wine

    Wasn’t sure if I was really dreaming

    My ceramic eyes, they started gleaming

    I agree, overall it was a better episode somehow! The van and the car shooting was once again edge of the seat stuff!

     

    Only problem is that I really rolled my eyes at them getting together, just felt out of place, particularly on his part.

    Edit... actually they're 2.99 :D

     

    Actually the first 50 and some of the other ranges are also on Spotify - in fact the first 8th Dr/ Lucie Miller series is on there

    WHAT. Why did I not know they were on Spotify before?? :o

     

    Thanks for the heads up!

     

    I’m in shock at how much is on there - bye bye Apple Music