Not gonna lie. In my top ten, Rememberance and Fenric at least. I would put Battlefield as well if not for Ancelyn flying through the sky being utterly sloppy. The rest of it is superb.
Disliked because you didn't have caves of androzani in your list. How dare you have a different opinion and not like the stories I like! Unsubscribbed. Lol, seriously though, it's nice to see you had a few different stories in there, a couple of which I haven't seen yet. Most of the top 10 story lists on UA-cam are just more or less the exact same 10 stories in a slightly different order.
I remeber watching Daleks Master Plan (well listening to it) and just being so shocked at all the deaths (pretty gruesome deaths too) from characters you generally expect to survive. Though I couldn't imagine any of the other Doctors taking on someone who killed their own brother on as a companion (if you count Sara as a companion). I really like the Tenth Planet, mainly because the Cybermen are really interesting in that story and not just 'killer robots' which they tended to act as in later stories (new and classic).
I actually LOVE the anticlimax ending of Ambassadors. It feels really modern and mature and 'right'. Great choices here (even if you forgot the Gunfighters!)
It's amazing how well "Pyramid Of Mars" has aged and is one of the few Doctor Who serials that might appeal to a non Who fan or some brand new to Classic Who.
@@colinmcphan Speaking as someone who's just finished Brain of Morbius and only watched the Baker Era thus far i can tell you it is genuinely one of my favourite stories in all of Doctor Who.
Big fan of Pyramids of Mars also. Sutekh is such a great, imposing villain despite the limitations of his costume meaning that he essentially never moves.
A cool list with some rather different choices. My list is a little more straightforwardly obvious: 1. Genesis Of The Daleks (My first ever Who story, so a good start!) 2. Pyramids Of Mars 3. The War Games 4. The Deadly Assassin 5. The Caves Of Androzani 6. The Robots Of Death 7. The Talons Of Weng-Chiang 8. The Seeds Of Doom 9. The Green Death 10. City Of Death It's also worth noting that this functions as my all-time favourites list... What that says about my relationship with new Who I'll leave up to you!
I'm really pleased to see The Mind Robber on this list. It's just a wonderful, fun episode, and I love rewatching it. The scene of the Doctor f****** up the Jamie puzzle is genuinely hilarious, and the Doc's (and Zoe's) reaction is priceless. I suppose a couple of titles that I'd have on this list are: "Terror of the Zygons" because the Zygons are just phenomenal villains. My favourite hands down. "Inferno" is just dripping with atmosphere, and Brigade Leader is brilliant. "Caves of Androzani" is also a gritty treat. For McCoy, I might be inclined to go with "The Curse of Fenric".
10. The Green Death - Best departure for a companion and perhaps the best trivia for a Doctor Who story ever. Condoms were used to make some of the maggots. Only in the 70s. 9. The Chase - A guilty pleasure that's full of bizzare Suess-esque ideas. 8. Caves of Androzani - A great suspense story and the best final Doctor story in the show. 7. Frontios - The amount of hell everyone went through to make this story pays off. 6. Ark in Space - Quite a memorable story with some dark tones scattered about and the Wirrn are simple yet effective. Never has bubble wrapped looked so frightening. 5. Kinda - A great story that has a very suspenseful atmosphere looming over it and the concept of the Mara is interesting until you see the actual thing trapped in the mirrors. Good thing the CGI version looks better. 4. The Tenth Planet - A chillingly great story with the Cybermen reveal in episode 1 sending shivers down my spine. 3. Remembrance of the Daleks - Best Dalek story ever made with stuff the new show would find intimidating. 2. Survival - A fitting end to the classics and an emotionally charged story. 1. Earthshock - Pretty much Doctor Who at it's darkest and the Cybermen look amazing.
Good list but I would have to put "Genesis Of The Daleks" on the list as certainly a top tier episode and add some more Fourth Doctor story's as there were so many quality serials in that era. Glad to see "Ark In Space" getting some much deserved love and loved your assessment of it. Definitely has some wonderfully creepy moments and great atmosphere despite budget limitations. Plus the Doctors speech is one of the best ever in Who and agreed about the use of the bubble wrap.lol. God bless.😀
I don't think everything needs to be categorized on top favourite lists, but this is a good list of episodes, and I was surprised that some of your obscure choices were some I didn't think people noticed how good they are. Thanks for this and I hope more people will find these episodes and watch them.
Thanks for putting this together! Okay to put my thoughts on each pick?10-Part of me wants to treat this as a standalone episode, like Mission To The Unknown and have the 100,000 BC stuff as a three-parter, like Planet of Giants. I feel it works better that way. 9-I didn't know too much about this one, but I was really impressed when I watched the full colour version. Nice conspiracy thriller. Same goes for The Mind of Evil-two fantastic gems buried in the Pertwee era I think. 8-I LOVED the novelisation of this-it helped get me into Doctor Who full stop. Could not believe it when it came back (nearly all of it anyway). Personal favourite here. 7-Watched bits of this on UK Gold years ago (their omnibuses really helped my growing adoration of the show). Watched this fairly recently, and I thought it wasn't half bad. Prefer the previous story though-THAT one left its mark on me. Love it. 6-Got a healthy respect for this one, as it does show that literally ANYTHING is possible in this show. Quite surreal in places. 5-Interesting choice. Never read it, or seen any of what survives. You might have convinced me to rectify that... 4-One of my UK Gold discoveries. Far better than most stories surrounding it. In my opinion, should have been the 25th Anniversary story instead of Silver Nemesis. Fair? [Also loved the stairs cliffhanger!] 3-What can I say? First old serial I showed my new Who fan mates... Says it all I think. 2-Surprised by how much I like this one. 1-YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME...Currently sits with Power and Evil at the top of my 'Wish these would be found' list. Gutted when I learned how little survives of this! Really good novelisation though...thanks for adding this one.
don't hate me but... I really don't like genesis of the daleks. My reasoning: 1) I don't like knowing what the daleks evolved from, I really wish we'd kept that aura of mystery about what they once looked like, a race mutated by nuclear war. 2_ I really dislike the fact that the kaleds were basically just human beings, so many enemies in doctor who are humanoid/originate from humanoids and I feel like the daleks also being added to that list was a mistake 3) I dislike the idea that the daleks were created quickly, I feel like it should have happened over several decades of mutation and development.
Never hate anyone for an opinion on what makes art good or bad :) I see your point, I disagree but I see your point. There's actually an awesome bigfinish audio drama called I'Davros that kinda addresses point 3
Hey Stu, Power of the Daleks is returning to us in animated form. www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-09-07/lost-doctor-who-episode-to-be-remade Hopefully Fury from the Deep isn't far behind!
The Invasion (2006) The Reign Of Terror (2013) The Ice Warriors (2013) The Tenth Planet (2013) The Moonbase (2014) The Power Of The Daleks (2016) Shada (2017) The Macra Terror (2019) The Faceless Ones (2020) We're getting there, Mate! We're getting there!
Pyramids of Mars! The classic show that has it all: time travel, evil from beyond the dawn of time, Tom & Lis firing on all cylinders, loads of scenes in the TARDIS, Michael Sheard - and no bloody Daleks.
Have to agree! "Pyramid Of Mars" is damn brilliant episode and one that you don't have to be a Who fan to enjoy. "Horror At Fang Rock" and "Robots Of Death" are also ones that a casual fan can love as well.
Speaking of the Seventh Doctor and Ace, has anyone hear listened to Thin Ice, Crime of the Century, Animal, and Earth Aid. They were stories originally thought of for Season 27, but didn't officially come out until 2011.
I have, they're okay. Thin Ice was supposed to be Ace's final story from the way the final played out but of course they just rewrote it so that she stays with the Doctor. Crime of the Century is probably my favourite out of the four. Animal was a little bit weird especially with the monsters and Earth Aid had a good concept but felt the ending was a little anti-climatic. Overall, they are fun to listen to.
I've heard all four. Now, Seven and Ace are my all-time favourite TV mixture... in extended fiction, it's Seven, Ace and Bernice, so that'll tell you how I fly my flag. But... didn't like these four stories. Really didn't. Wasn't keen on Raine. Thin Ice was a mess, Crime of the Century was bland, Animal was okay but Bambera was wasted, and Earth Aid, whilst best of all four, was not a patch on anything else Big Finish has done.
Huh, interesting. I've heard that the Virgin New Adventures do great at presenting the continuation of the show from Season 26, taking the series to more mature and deeper areas that probably would have been hard to accomplish on TV.
electricmastro There's a documentary on Virgin Books on one of the Doctor Who DVDs where they say that Bernice sleeps with an Ice Warrior and there's another with some excessive swearing from a character. So you know, a fun bedtime story.
Yes, and the Virgin books also gave us Russell T. Davies first proper Doctor Who story; Bernice as a character at all (which later gave us Big Finish - which in turn gave us Chimes of Midnight, Jubilee and Spare Parts); Human Nature was adapted from one; a continuing series where without it, Who fiction could have been trapped in a one-way nostalgia exercise.The Virgin series is not perfect but most of it stands out as some of the best Who fiction in history. Big Finish have adapted many of them now - the better ones, although many 'better' ones are set to go.It's easy to take pot shots at some of the lesser elements of them, but if we're going to do that, we can do that with any Who fiction or stream. I can understand the NAs aren't for everybody - we all have a Who stream we don't like (for me it's the 8DAs in the books, or the kiddy new series comics from Who Adventures), but we can't just say it's disposable twaddle. Every stream got someone into Who... and I wouldn't still be a fan if not for the NAs. Genuinely.
Alright alright I'll do a list as well... 1. Ghost Light 2. Warrior's gate 3. The Mind Robber 4. Remembrance of the Daleks 5. The Two Doctors 6. The Keeper of Traken 7. The Aztecs 8. City of Death 9. Delta and the Bannermen 10. The Web Planet
1. Genesis of the daleks 2. ghost light 3. vengeance on varos 4. earthshock 5. greatest show in the galaxy 6. caves of androzani 7. mind of evil 8. terror of the zygons 9. The time warrior 10. the invasion (and just because I want to be different here's four more) 11. remembrance of the daleks 12. doctor who and the silurians 13. the seeds of doom 14. the talons of weng-chiang
My list would be 1) The Unearthly Child 2) Dalek Masterplan 3) The Tomb of the Cybermen 4) The War Games 5) Inferno 6) Genesis of the Daleks 7) The Caves of Androzani 8) Revelation of the Daleks 9) The Curse of Fenric 10) Survival
1. The War Games and The Ark in Space 2. Power of the Daleks 3. The Ambassadors of Death 4. The Caves of Androzani 5. Ghost Light 6. Pyramids of Mars 7. The Invasion 8. Doctor Who and the Silurians 9. Genesis of the Daleks 10. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
1. The War Games 2. Inferno 3. Kinda 4. The Seeds of Doom 5. The Ribos Operation 6. Doctor Who and the Silurians 7. The Sun Makers 8. Enlightenment 9. The Curse of Fenric 10. Robots of Death I will never get bored of any of the above, and have watched them far too many times!
Really good list and "The Sunmakers" was a very pleasant surprise when I watched it. I know fans are split on it but my roommate and I really enjoyed it and other fans are ranking it much higher on there lists now and showing it some love. There so many other great episodes of Toms as well like "The Deadly Assassin", "Ark In Space" and "Androids Of Tara" that could be top ten worthy.
Given that I agree with pretty much everything Stu has to say on Who, I'm surprised he doesn't mention my personal favourite classic Who story, _The Curse of Fenric_ more. Brilliantly written, tense, dark, well-paced, creepy, atmospheric and addressing some deep concepts about the morality of using chemical weapons to end a war against a mass-murdering tyrant. And above all else, doing possibly the evil piece of psychological manipulation ever done to a character in Who where Ace (a victim of child abuse) is tricked into loving and caring for their abuser by presenting them to her in the form of a baby. Forced to humanise someone who she's learnt to cope with by creating a barrier of hatred towards them. Come on… this is writing that transcends the usual Who standard several times over. No-one ever talks about this story. It's so good.
Ten great stories. I've got Masterplan, Genesis, Rememberence and Web on my best list too, along with Inferno and Spearhead from Pertwee's first season. Other than maybe Power of the Daleks and An Unearthly Child (episode 1) I really think that Spearhead is the best first new Doctor story that the classic series ever did. Robot is good, Castrovalva is ok. But both Twin Dilemma and Time and the Rani have problems. The Invasion is pretty great too.
1 doctor The gunfighters 2 doctor enemy of the world 3 doctor ambassadors of death 4 doctor sharda 5 doctor Enlightenment 6 doctor terror of vervoids 7 doctor delta and the Bannerman 8 doctor 9 doctor boom town 10 doctor turn left 11 doctor Rings of akhaten 12 doctor Extremist 13 doctor War of the Sontarans
From what I have watched... 10. Terror of the Vervoids 9. Inferno 8. The Tenth Planet 7. Frontier in Space 6. The Stones of Blood 5. Logopolis 4. Delta and the Bannermen 3. The Ultimate Foe 2. Invasion of the Dinosaurs 1. State of Decay
The irony of your point about watching Ace's adventures in chronological order was that Ghost Light was originally meant to be later in the season chronologically than where it ended up being due to references in Fenric.
Some of my personal favourites are... The Daleks The Tenth Planet Power of the Daleks The Faceless Ones Tomb of the Cybermen The Ambassadors of Death Inferno Terror of the Autons Frontier in Space Pyramids of Mars The Sun Makers The Leisure Hive State of Decay Logopolis Vengeance on Varos Delta and the Bannermen Survival
Great list! Some unexpected choices, but not any that I disagreed with. Here's my list: 01: Inferno 02: Genesis Of The Daleks 03: The Talons Of Weng-Chiang 04: Pyramids Of Mars 05: The Seeds Of Doom 06: The War Games 07: The Web Of Fear 08: The Curse Of Fenric 09: The Ambassadors Of Death 10: The Evil/Power Of The Daleks (Technically cheating but I couldn't choose) Honourable Mentions: The Daleks The Daemons The Dalek's Masterplan Remembrance Of The Daleks Revelation Of The Daleks Spearhead From Space The Tomb Of The Cybermen The Caves Of Androzani And so many others!
I'm glad you mentioned TGSITG. It really is an underrated gem and Ian Reddington as the Chief Clown, to this day, is still one of the creepiest things I've ever seen on telly!
Don't agree with you on Survival and The Mind Robber, and although I do like The Greatest Show in the Galaxy and do think it's a highly underrated story, I would not include it as one of my favorites. Loved episode 1 of The Mind Robber, but didn't care for the rest of the story, it's my Space Museum. Like your list for the rest though. And as for me, I liked everything about both An Unaerthly Child, all 4 episodes, and The Daleks' Master Plan, even the Christmas episode. I would also probably include Remembrance of the Daleks as #1. But for the most part, I did like your list. And I know everyone's got different opinions, I personally did liked your video. Thanks for posting it.
1. Genesis of the Daleks 2. The Five Doctors 3. Dalek Invasion of Earth 4. Tomb of the Cybermen 5. The Keys of Marinus 6. The Time Warrior 7. The Robots of Death 8. Resurrection of the Daleks 9. The Invasion 10. Marco Polo
I remember watching Fury from the Deep as a small child and being absolutely spellbound. After the previous (incredible) story, The Web of Fear, I really looked forward with anticipation to the next adventure and I can even recall watching trailers a day or two before and feeling incredibly excited. This was Dr Who at its most mesmerising. (Sigh)
Great list there Stu! As usual on these videos I feel obliged to share my top 10 just to throw my opinion out there (which is probably why my channel is mostly top 5's!) 1. Inferno 2. The War Games 3. Power Of The Daleks 4. Tomb Of The Cybermen 5. Caves Of Androzani 6. The Invasion 7. The Daleks 8. The Time Meddler 9. Genesis Of The Daleks 10. The Deadly Assassin
Good list. I would probably put "Genesis Of The Daleks" much higher up though (just my opinion) and switch out a couple of those for some of the Fourth Doctor serials like "Pyramid Of Mars", "The Deadly Assassin" and "Robots Of Death" or "Ark In Space". God bless.😀
Probably...Sorry. lol. Can't help it. So many truly good or great Hinchcliffe/Tom Baker serials. Plus I've got a thing for tall 6.3" guys with deep voices,curly hair, big smiles, impossibly long scarfs and a great sense of humor! But I do respect you and your 60's bias and enjoy some of the 60's Doctor Who serials. That being said do you have an Orange Jelly Baby? God Bless.
10. The Silurians 9. Frontier in Space 8. the mind of evil 7. Terror of the Autons 6. Ambassadors of death 5. Sphearhead from space 4. The time Warrior 3. The three Doctors 2. Inferno 1. Carnival of monsters
1.Caves Of Androzani 2.Inferno 3. Deadly Assasin 4.Earthshock 5. City Of Death 6. Robots Of Death 7.Remembrance Of The Daleks 8.Talons of weng Chiang 9.Dalek invasion of earth 10. mind robber
10. Completely agree, Part 1 is gold, but the rest is rather tedious and just involves the four crew members badgering on about fire. 9. I really like it, but wouldn't say it's one of the best. 8. Like a few Troughton stories, still need to see it, but my expectations are high. 7. Yeah, it's a shame it's the last one, but it is a fitting end and the final scene can reduce me to tears. 6. See 8. 5. I've watched pretty much all you can see of it and really enjoyed it. Strange, as I normally don't like Hartnell stories that much. 4. The greatest Dalek story ever made, hands down. 3. Personally, I find it a bit long and overrated. I actually prefer Revelation. Controversial, I know. 2. The most flawless piece of television ever made. 1. If they don't find this at some point, I'm going to die unhappy.
"Genesis" is fantastic in my opinion and I love how stark and rather dark the atmosphere is overall. Has the Doctor asking the ultimate question as well...."Do I have the right?". Also outstanding performance's by Tom Baker and Michael Wisher along with several of the supporting cast as well. Fun to see different lists though. God bless.😀
Hi Stuart! Please tell us why "Caves of Androzani" didn't make the cut! It seemed to have everything...great Dr/ companion combo, crazy villain in leather, gratuitous costumed monster, a doomsday clock in the form of the Spectroscopy toximia, and for the first time: and adventure with no sympathetic characters to help the Dr and Peri. The music was incredible, and the last 15 minutes where among the most exciting of all Dr who finales. And the best regeneration with all the companions coming back. It's my #1! What do you think ? Was it your #111 choice?
My Top 10: 10. Colony Of Space 9. The Brain Of Morbius 8. Remembrance Of The Daleks 7. City Of Death 6. The Caves Of Androzani 5. The War Games 4. Inferno 3. Doctor Who And The Silurians 2. Fury From The Deep 1. Genesis Of The Daleks
Yeah....."Genesis Of The Daleks" is brilliant and easily one of my all-time favorite story's! "Also love "City Of Death" and "Brain Of Morbius". I also like "Inferno" and would probably have "The Deadly Assassin", "Seeds Of Doom", "Planet Of Evil", "Pyramid Of Mars" and "Robots Of Death" on mine.
Awesome list Stubagfu, see isn't being mainstream fun? I really want to check out the Ambassadors of Death and Fury from the Deep soundtrack. My top 10 mostly consists of Tom Baker and Robert Holmes stories. They just stand out as contributing quintessential Who for me 10. The Ark In Space (Dodgy effects aside the sheer concept of the Wirrn is terrifying.) 9. The Hand Of Fear ( A B movie style plot with an emotional departure that did not feel jarring to me) 8. The Caves Of Androzani ( The cliffhangers for part 1 and 3 never fail to make my jaw drop every time) 7. Carnival Of Monsters ( Batshit crazy and full of creativity like the Mind Robber but with a bit more substance and intrigue for me) 6. City Of Death (probably the funniest episode in all of Who history all while having a plot with stakes and tension. Plus Paris looks gorgeous New Who should return there) 5. Spearhead From Space ( A daring new set-up for the show. Pertwee just oozes charm and the Autons are an ingenious invention.) 4. The Enemy Of The World (The discovery of this episode was the highlight of the 50th anniversary for me. I enjoy how it broke the conventions of 60's Who. Troughton's performance as both the Doctor and Salamander is really gripping stuff) 3. The Tomb Of the Cybermen ( It maybe dated but this story still has classic status. The Cybermen's voices genuinely creep me out and the touching words of comfort the Doctor gives to Victoria sums up everything Doctor Who is about). 2. The Deadly Assassin (Much like The Caves of Androzani and Heaven Sent this story puts the Doctor through hell by disgracing him and by sending him to the Matrix and turning him into Rambo. I enjoyed seeing the inner workings of Gallifrey's rotten to the core society despite it normalising the Time lords a little bit. It helped us understand why the Doctor left Gallifrey in the first place. 1. Genesis Of The Daleks (Well Stubag summed it up perfectly. I loved how solemn The Doctor is in this story he's far less jokey which really helped emphasis the stakes. I loved Davros's cold and calculating nature. I always get the sense that The Daleks were the most evil little shits in all creation in this story, maybe because the effects of the second world war were still being felt even after 30 years.)
I Love your assessment of "The Deadly Assassin". I enjoyed this story immensely from my first time watching it. I love the Fourth Doctor era the most out of several Doctors that I really enjoy due to the amount of quality serials during his 7 year run. Plus Tom seemed truly born to play the Doctor more then any other actor I have watched in the role. What I liked the most is how physical and dirty the Doctor got in this. The one thing I think later writers and Producers failed to capitalize on to some extent was just how physically imposing and intimidating Tom's Doctor could be. At 6.3" and given the size of Tom's hands alone his Doctor struck me as the one that could stand up the best to physical punishment and dish it out as well. He also seemed like he would be the most capable of physically defending his companions (not that the other Doctors couldn't). Plus you got the sense that Tom was always happiest when the dialogue was sharp and witty and he was allowed to get physical. What do you think? God bless.😀
I agree completely. Tom Baker's Doctor is the complete package for me hence the profile pic :) I also find him to be the most unpredictable, you'd never know if he'd talk his way out of the dilemma or resort to violence.
+Mikey McDonagh Well said about Tom's Doctor. I love how complex his portrayal could be. Unpredictable is a good word. I would love to see the current writers write for his Doctor!
So looking at all of the 'top ten' lists shared below, and Stubagful's own, Rememberance of the Daleks I've counted at least five that include it. That's interesting to me because most people seem to argue that Syl is the 'worst' Doctor but yet most people seem to favour that story as being one of the best. Could it be that Syl is finally getting the credit he deserves?Just want to throw my cards on the table... Rememberance IS my favourite of all-time, but it's only drawback is needing knowledge of Unearthly Child and Davros' arc to really 'get' it. It's fine without it, but not half as good otherwise.
I respect that and I understand why. I just think Syl's run has been criminally underrated for so long, and now stuff like Remembrance is finding popularity, and new people are discovering it all again.
It's been quite sometime since I've seen Doctor Who Classic serials, and I haven't seen too many. I guess here's what I can give and maybe change it someday. Not in any order either, but I tried to pick the ones I remember liking from the 7 Doctors. I think you have a very nice list based on the fact that I've seen most of it and, and I'll try to check some of the ones I didn't since I've also heard that they are really good. 1. Inferno 2. Horror Of Fang Rock 3. The Unearthly Child 4. Tomb Of The Cybermen 5. Vengeance On Varos 6. Remembrance Of The Daleks 7. Terror Of The Zygons 8. The Time Warrior 9. Power Of The Daleks 10. The Caves Of Andrazoni
10. Genesis of the Daleks 9. The Aztecs 8. The Deadly Assassin 7. The Brain of Morbius 6. The Mind Robber 5. Spearhead from Space 4. The Three Doctors 3. Remembrance of the Daleks 2. The Curse of Fenric 1. The Sun Makers
"The Sunmakers" is a criminally underrated serial that is still relevant today with its theme of unfair taxation. Glad to see some other people giving it some love.
The Sun Makers is actually a popular one. I personally feel it's overrated. However, whatever your feelings are about it, and whatever my feelings are about it, I think you'll find most fans love The Sun Makers.
A very unique list you have there Stu. That said I must now do the stereotypical thing of posting my own list in the comments without any context as to why some of episodes are on the list but not others. Because of this I'll be extending the list to 20 so as not to piss people. 20. Kinda 19. Face of Evil 18. Earthshock 17. The Robots of Death 16. The Dalek Invasion of Earth 15. Spearhead from Space & Terror of the Autons 14. The Aztecs 13. The Time Warrior 12. City of Death 11. The Seeds of Doom 10. Remembrance of the Daleks 9. The Curse of Fenric 8. Vengeance on Varos 7. The Talons of Weng-Chiang 6. The Ark in Space 5. Tomb of the Cybermen 4. Genesis of the Daleks 3. The Deadly Assassin 2. The Pyramids of Mars 1. The Caves of Androzani
So many good ones on there. I agree that "Face Of Evil" is such a criminally underrated story. Has so many great and interesting points to it, overall solid story that dares to be different and the scene with the Fourth Doctor and the computer that has part of the Doctors personality and try to kill him is one of the creepiest and chilling in Classic Who.....maybe even Doctor Who history in general!
I agree with your list. Love Survival, An Unearthly child, Remembrance of the Daleks and I absolutely adore The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. It's probably my favourite of all.
I watched Greatest Show recently and honestly it bored me. Maybe I'll give it a re-watch now I've seen this. Daleks' Master Plan really surprised me with how much I liked it. I struggle with 6+ parters but this kept me engaged the whole time (Granted I watched it over 3 days). Maybe that was Loose Cannon doing a good job, but I doubt it was that. (That's not slagging off Loose Cannon by the way. It's slagging off all the shit stories that are missing. Looking at you, Evil of the Daleks, The Massacre, The Smugglers) I probably wouldn't have put Ambassadors on there but it's by no means bad. I can't say I disagree with anything else except that I've not seen Survival yet so I've no idea if I like it. I'd definitely put City of Death in that list though. My 10 would probably be City of Death (Definitely top), and then in no particular order, Tenth Planet, Androids of Tara (I can't explain why I love this one, I just do), The Invasion, Daleks' Master Plan, Castrovalva, Remembrance, Genesis, Web of Fear, and maybe The Gunfighters. That one is seriously underrated.
It is. That bit is truly amazing. But it doesn't make up for 3 and a half episodes of some of the worst television I have ever watched. (Well, as far as a soundtrack with some photoshopped stills counts as watching)
Definitely agree about "City Of Death" just being a great script and cracking good story in general! I also would have to have "The Deadly Assassin" on there as well (great episode and first time the Doctor has no comparison which works because of how good the story is and Tom's brilliant performance as the Doctor). I also really enjoyed "The Androids Of Tara" more then I thought I would and love the sword fight towards the end of the final episode. God bless.😀
Interrsting list. The fact that there are 3 McCoy stories included makes me want to stand up and cheer. I thought I was the only one who included Greatest Show in their top ten....but to see it here. My mind was completely blowm.
My list: 1. The Mind Robber 2. The Caves of Androzani 3. The Genesis of the Daleks 4. The Chimes of Midnight (that may be a cheat tho lol) 5. Greatest Show in the Galaxy 6. The Time Monster 7. The Ambassadors of Death 8. The Time Meddler 9. The War Games 10. Attack of the Cybermen Honestly a Top 50 list would be better.
10. An Unearthly Child (1:52) 9. The Ambassadors of Death (3:01) 8. The Web of Fear (4:10) 7. Survival (5:10) 6. The Mind Robber (6:22) 5. The Daleks' Master Plan (7:46) 4. Remembrance of the Daleks (10:01) 3. Genesis of the Daleks (10:55) 2. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (11:54) 1. Fury from the Deep (13:13)
Fantastic video mate. My personal favourite story of all time is Daleks Master Plan. I seriously could do an hour to a two hour long review on why it's so fucking incredible in my opinion. I agree that it has flaws, but the positives far out way the negatives. One more thing I'll say on it is that the Daleks are depicted as there best in it. Sure Power shows how manipulative they can be and I can sorta see why power would sometimes be picked over Master Plan, but for me this story is better for them just because it shows how fucking relentless they are; key example being the fact that they assemble a council of aliens just to get the time destructor completed and kill all of them off just so they can have it for there selfish ways in the end. I've experienced Master Plan like 17 times to this day and it's still pure gold for me. Listened to it 10 times in 2014.
Oh i watched The Greatest Show in The Galaxy again not that long ago and its fucking incredible and i say it with "The Curse of Fenric" being my all time favourite Who story. At the start its like "oh god, Season 24 all over again..." and then it starts to flesh out the story and characters that at first seemed one dimensional. My favourite part is Captain Cook manipulating everyone in different ways into taking his spot in the arena.
For me there are too many amazing stories to rank a top 10... i just couldn't do it. Terror of the Zygons, Talons of Weng-Chiang, Wheel in Space, Revelation of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks, Evil of the Daleks, Attack of the Cybermen, Ghost Light, Curse of Fenric, Web of Fear, Spearhead from Space, The Seadevils, Dalek Invasion of Earth, Seeds of Doom, The Visitation, Genesis of the Daleks, Fury form the Deep, Terror of the Autons, Mark of the Rani, Planet of Giants, The Mind of Evil, Robots of Death... Nah mate, i just love too many of them.
1. The Caves of Androzani 2. The Curse of Fenric 3. Pyramids of Mars 4. Genesis of the Daleks 5. Remembrance of the Daleks 6. Inferno 7. Earthshock 8. The War Games 9. The Daleks 10. City of Death
1. The Caves of Androzani 2. The Curse of Fenric 3. Pyramids of Mars 4. Genesis of the Daleks 5. Remembrance of the Daleks 6. Inferno 7. Earthshock 8. The War Games 9. The Daleks 10. City of Death
10)Survival 9)Inferno 8)The Ark in Space 7)Invasion of the Dinosaurs 6)The Crusade 5)The Ambassadors of Death 4)The Seeds of Death 3)The War Games 2)Marco Polo 1)Planet of the Spiders
The War Games Greatest show in the galaxy City of Death Mawdryn Undead Castrovalva The Enemy of the World Kinda Planet of Evil Carnival of Monsters The Face of Evil
Top 10 Classic Stories 10)Survival 9)Inferno 8)The Ark in Space 7)Invasion of the Dinosaurs 6)The Crusade 5)The Seeds of Death 4)The Ambassadors of Death 3)The War Games 2)Marco Polo 1)Planet of the Spiders
To be fair to The Mind Robber it worked insanely well as a concept in the Big Finish 6th Doctor story Legend of the Cybermen - although I don’t know if you’re referring to the fact that the audio that was already released from this episode wouldn’t have held up, in which case totally fair it needs the visuals. This comment isn’t really a slander on your list, I love seeing other people’s opinions. Just thought I’d also shout out an excellent BF story if anyone hasn’t heard it!
my list 10. The Tenth Planet 9. The Daleks 8. The Ice Warriors 7. Genesis Of The Daleks 6.The Web Of Fear 5.The Claws Of Axos 4. Tomb Of The Cybermen 3. Survival 2.The War Machines 1.The Curse Of Fenric
Since the points don't matter, and therefore the reasoning doesn't either...my list will be in chronological order... 1) An Unearthly Child 2) The Tenth Planet 3) Evil Of The Daleks 4) The War Games 5) Death To The Daleks 6) The Deadly Assassin 7) The Armageddon Factor 8) Earthshock 9) Trial Of A Time Lord (yeah, I know, it takes an entire season) 10) Remembrance Of The Daleks
So the baddie of tgsitg was Eric Saward basically? So in your top 10 you have 3 2nd dr, 3 7th dr, 2 1st dr, and one each from 3 and 4. Pretty unusual most top tens have mostly 4th doctor.
Answers to your questions. 1. No (almost 100%). 2. The answer to (1) determines the answer to (2) (A not A etc.), so the answer has be Yes (almost 100%). 3. Not in the least. 4. I can't know for sure, but probably vanishingly close to 0. 5. That is so vague and open-ended a question, it is almost impossible to answer (I don't claim mind reading powers). Here's my list, in no particular order (it does not include episodes I haven't seen (including ones it is impossible to see): 1. Genesis of the Daleks 2. City of Death 3. Pyramids of Mars (I have a copy signed by TB!) 4. Earthshock 5. Caves of Androzani 6. Vengeance on Varos 7. Tomb of the Cybermen 8. Inferno 9. The Edge of Destruction 10. The Happiness Patrol (despite the appalling execution, I love the story) Peace.
My personal favourite is Castrovalva, which I know everyone think is boring, But i find it a masterpiece. Then my top ten would be as follows: 1) Castrovalva 2) The Mind robber 3) Inferno 4) The Invasion of time 5) The moonbase 6) Rememberance of the Daleks 7) Greatest show in the galaxy 8) Enemy of the world 9) The keys of marinus 10) Planet of Fire
The War Games The Talons of Weng Chiang The Mind Robber The Underwater Menace The Moonbase The Tenth Planet The Silurians The Sensorites Remembrance of the Daleks The Greatest show in the Galaxy I prefer then stories from the B&W era generally. Since I discovered classic who and watched every episode from the beginning I prefer most of the classic stories.
6:27 - Thank Christ indeed: Reading the caption "Zoe, wearing a shimmering skintight body suit, is mounted atop the slowly rotating Tardis console - her pert arse thrust into the air" may have been enough to persuade me to trek to Nigeria personally to track down a lost copy...
I sometimes think about ordering top ten best "episodes" nor stories of classic. Like it was said here Unearthyl Child would be there and what else should be there? When I think of somethin is always finale of storie (war games, Earthshock, Evil of Daleks...) or first parts (many of those stories that went terrible wrong have so good first eps like Underworld, Frontios, )
Was kind of hoping for a Big Finish list at some point (probably a Top 10 Worst for the sake of balance) but these lists will still be fun. Will Hell Bent get on the Top 10 worst New Who list who knows? Kill the Moon definitely will be.
i didn't expect Survival to be on there to be honest. i enjoy it too but it's not going to be on my top 10 too and it does kinda feel like the end as you watch it
on the mind robber: It's not just that Jamie wanted a week off; he got the chicken pox and had to take the week off; that's why they swapped him out
Was he okay? I NEED TO KNOW!
@@tv6thdoctor946 of course he was OK, Frazier Hines came back to the show a whole twenty years later to play Jamie again
Watched the first episode with Jon Perwee... never tought I'd see The Doctor run away from unit in a wheelchair...
3 is such a badass. I love him so much.
Stuart even hates Christmas specials in classic Who :)
Thank god Big Finish manages to get Stu!
finally someone with 7th doctor episodes on their top 10!
Not gonna lie. In my top ten, Rememberance and Fenric at least. I would put Battlefield as well if not for Ancelyn flying through the sky being utterly sloppy. The rest of it is superb.
Agreed. I would have had Ghostlight in there as well.
Look, some things arranged into an order, that's popular these days isn't it?
I think so Matthew Santoro.
oh thats some burn.
It's just a social experiment
You´re so fucking awesome, man!!!!
Whaaat? No Douglas Adams stories? They are three best things in this reality...
So glad to see Greatest Show up there. One of the truly underrated gems of Doctor Who!
It's also so meta
Stuff Osgood and LINDA
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy is so much better and so much truer to the show
Disliked because you didn't have caves of androzani in your list. How dare you have a different opinion and not like the stories I like! Unsubscribbed. Lol, seriously though, it's nice to see you had a few different stories in there, a couple of which I haven't seen yet. Most of the top 10 story lists on UA-cam are just more or less the exact same 10 stories in a slightly different order.
I remeber watching Daleks Master Plan (well listening to it) and just being so shocked at all the deaths (pretty gruesome deaths too) from characters you generally expect to survive. Though I couldn't imagine any of the other Doctors taking on someone who killed their own brother on as a companion (if you count Sara as a companion). I really like the Tenth Planet, mainly because the Cybermen are really interesting in that story and not just 'killer robots' which they tended to act as in later stories (new and classic).
I actually LOVE the anticlimax ending of Ambassadors. It feels really modern and mature and 'right'. Great choices here (even if you forgot the Gunfighters!)
My favourite classic who story, and my favourite story overall is Pyramids Of Mars, with Remembrance of the Daleks coming in close.
It's amazing how well "Pyramid Of Mars" has aged and is one of the few Doctor Who serials that might appeal to a non Who fan or some brand new to Classic Who.
@@colinmcphan Speaking as someone who's just finished Brain of Morbius and only watched the Baker Era thus far i can tell you it is genuinely one of my favourite stories in all of Doctor Who.
@@kanashimi4356 I like that story a lot also!!
Big fan of Pyramids of Mars also. Sutekh is such a great, imposing villain despite the limitations of his costume meaning that he essentially never moves.
A cool list with some rather different choices. My list is a little more straightforwardly obvious:
1. Genesis Of The Daleks (My first ever Who story, so a good start!)
2. Pyramids Of Mars
3. The War Games
4. The Deadly Assassin
5. The Caves Of Androzani
6. The Robots Of Death
7. The Talons Of Weng-Chiang
8. The Seeds Of Doom
9. The Green Death
10. City Of Death
It's also worth noting that this functions as my all-time favourites list... What that says about my relationship with new Who I'll leave up to you!
Phenomenal list. That list works for Who and non Who fans alike! Great story's in general.
I'm really pleased to see The Mind Robber on this list. It's just a wonderful, fun episode, and I love rewatching it. The scene of the Doctor f****** up the Jamie puzzle is genuinely hilarious, and the Doc's (and Zoe's) reaction is priceless.
I suppose a couple of titles that I'd have on this list are: "Terror of the Zygons" because the Zygons are just phenomenal villains. My favourite hands down. "Inferno" is just dripping with atmosphere, and Brigade Leader is brilliant. "Caves of Androzani" is also a gritty treat. For McCoy, I might be inclined to go with "The Curse of Fenric".
The Greatest show in the Galaxy is my favourite serial and The Mind Robber is my second favourite.
10. The Green Death - Best departure for a companion and perhaps the best trivia for a Doctor Who story ever. Condoms were used to make some of the maggots. Only in the 70s.
9. The Chase - A guilty pleasure that's full of bizzare Suess-esque ideas.
8. Caves of Androzani - A great suspense story and the best final Doctor story in the show.
7. Frontios - The amount of hell everyone went through to make this story pays off.
6. Ark in Space - Quite a memorable story with some dark tones scattered about and the Wirrn are simple yet effective. Never has bubble wrapped looked so frightening.
5. Kinda - A great story that has a very suspenseful atmosphere looming over it and the concept of the Mara is interesting until you see the actual thing trapped in the mirrors. Good thing the CGI version looks better.
4. The Tenth Planet - A chillingly great story with the Cybermen reveal in episode 1 sending shivers down my spine.
3. Remembrance of the Daleks - Best Dalek story ever made with stuff the new show would find intimidating.
2. Survival - A fitting end to the classics and an emotionally charged story.
1. Earthshock - Pretty much Doctor Who at it's darkest and the Cybermen look amazing.
Good list but I would have to put "Genesis Of The Daleks" on the list as certainly a top tier episode and add some more Fourth Doctor story's as there were so many quality serials in that era. Glad to see "Ark In Space" getting some much deserved love and loved your assessment of it. Definitely has some wonderfully creepy moments and great atmosphere despite budget limitations. Plus the Doctors speech is one of the best ever in Who and agreed about the use of the bubble wrap.lol. God bless.😀
Linda Taylor Thanks.
I don't think everything needs to be categorized on top favourite lists, but this is a good list of episodes, and I was surprised that some of your obscure choices were some I didn't think people noticed how good they are. Thanks for this and I hope more people will find these episodes and watch them.
Thanks for putting this together! Okay to put my thoughts on each pick?10-Part of me wants to treat this as a standalone episode, like Mission To The Unknown and have the 100,000 BC stuff as a three-parter, like Planet of Giants. I feel it works better that way.
9-I didn't know too much about this one, but I was really impressed when I watched the full colour version. Nice conspiracy thriller. Same goes for The Mind of Evil-two fantastic gems buried in the Pertwee era I think.
8-I LOVED the novelisation of this-it helped get me into Doctor Who full stop. Could not believe it when it came back (nearly all of it anyway). Personal favourite here.
7-Watched bits of this on UK Gold years ago (their omnibuses really helped my growing adoration of the show). Watched this fairly recently, and I thought it wasn't half bad. Prefer
the previous story though-THAT one left its mark on me. Love it.
6-Got a healthy respect for this one, as it does show that literally ANYTHING is possible in this show. Quite surreal in places.
5-Interesting choice. Never read it, or seen any of what survives. You might have convinced me to rectify that...
4-One of my UK Gold discoveries. Far better than most stories surrounding it. In my opinion, should have been the 25th Anniversary story instead of Silver Nemesis. Fair?
[Also loved the stairs cliffhanger!]
3-What can I say? First old serial I showed my new Who fan mates... Says it all I think.
2-Surprised by how much I like this one.
1-YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME...Currently sits with Power and Evil at the top of my 'Wish these would be found' list. Gutted when I learned how little survives of this! Really good novelisation though...thanks for adding this one.
don't hate me but... I really don't like genesis of the daleks.
My reasoning:
1) I don't like knowing what the daleks evolved from, I really wish we'd kept that aura of mystery about what they once looked like, a race mutated by nuclear war.
2_ I really dislike the fact that the kaleds were basically just human beings, so many enemies in doctor who are humanoid/originate from humanoids and I feel like the daleks also being added to that list was a mistake
3) I dislike the idea that the daleks were created quickly, I feel like it should have happened over several decades of mutation and development.
Never hate anyone for an opinion on what makes art good or bad :)
I see your point, I disagree but I see your point. There's actually an awesome bigfinish audio drama called I'Davros that kinda addresses point 3
Hey Stu, Power of the Daleks is returning to us in animated form.
www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-09-07/lost-doctor-who-episode-to-be-remade
Hopefully Fury from the Deep isn't far behind!
The Invasion (2006)
The Reign Of Terror (2013)
The Ice Warriors (2013)
The Tenth Planet (2013)
The Moonbase (2014)
The Power Of The Daleks (2016)
Shada (2017)
The Macra Terror (2019)
The Faceless Ones (2020)
We're getting there, Mate! We're getting there!
Pyramids of Mars! The classic show that has it all: time travel, evil from beyond the dawn of time, Tom & Lis firing on all cylinders, loads of scenes in the TARDIS, Michael Sheard - and no bloody Daleks.
Have to agree! "Pyramid Of Mars" is damn brilliant episode and one that you don't have to be a Who fan to enjoy. "Horror At Fang Rock" and "Robots Of Death" are also ones that a casual fan can love as well.
one of the best of the who villains: The Doctor under the power of sutekh!
Speaking of the Seventh Doctor and Ace, has anyone hear listened to Thin Ice, Crime of the Century, Animal, and Earth Aid. They were stories originally thought of for Season 27, but didn't officially come out until 2011.
I have, they're okay. Thin Ice was supposed to be Ace's final story from the way the final played out but of course they just rewrote it so that she stays with the Doctor. Crime of the Century is probably my favourite out of the four. Animal was a little bit weird especially with the monsters and Earth Aid had a good concept but felt the ending was a little anti-climatic. Overall, they are fun to listen to.
I've heard all four. Now, Seven and Ace are my all-time favourite TV mixture... in extended fiction, it's Seven, Ace and Bernice, so that'll tell you how I fly my flag. But... didn't like these four stories. Really didn't. Wasn't keen on Raine. Thin Ice was a mess, Crime of the Century was bland, Animal was okay but Bambera was wasted, and Earth Aid, whilst best of all four, was not a patch on anything else Big Finish has done.
Huh, interesting. I've heard that the Virgin New Adventures do great at presenting the continuation of the show from Season 26, taking the series to more mature and deeper areas that probably would have been hard to accomplish on TV.
electricmastro There's a documentary on Virgin Books on one of the Doctor Who DVDs where they say that Bernice sleeps with an Ice Warrior and there's another with some excessive swearing from a character. So you know, a fun bedtime story.
Yes, and the Virgin books also gave us Russell T. Davies first proper Doctor Who story; Bernice as a character at all (which later gave us Big Finish - which in turn gave us Chimes of Midnight, Jubilee and Spare Parts); Human Nature was adapted from one; a continuing series where without it, Who fiction could have been trapped in a one-way nostalgia exercise.The Virgin series is not perfect but most of it stands out as some of the best Who fiction in history. Big Finish have adapted many of them now - the better ones, although many 'better' ones are set to go.It's easy to take pot shots at some of the lesser elements of them, but if we're going to do that, we can do that with any Who fiction or stream. I can understand the NAs aren't for everybody - we all have a Who stream we don't like (for me it's the 8DAs in the books, or the kiddy new series comics from Who Adventures), but we can't just say it's disposable twaddle. Every stream got someone into Who... and I wouldn't still be a fan if not for the NAs. Genuinely.
Alright alright I'll do a list as well...
1. Ghost Light
2. Warrior's gate
3. The Mind Robber
4. Remembrance of the Daleks
5. The Two Doctors
6. The Keeper of Traken
7. The Aztecs
8. City of Death
9. Delta and the Bannermen
10. The Web Planet
"A few holes I could poke if I were going deeper" oh come on you knew what you were doing when you wrote that!!
1. Genesis of the daleks
2. ghost light
3. vengeance on varos
4. earthshock
5. greatest show in the galaxy
6. caves of androzani
7. mind of evil
8. terror of the zygons
9. The time warrior
10. the invasion
(and just because I want to be different here's four more)
11. remembrance of the daleks
12. doctor who and the silurians
13. the seeds of doom
14. the talons of weng-chiang
I love ghost light. It's such a different type of story and so underrated.
My list would be 1) The Unearthly Child 2) Dalek Masterplan 3) The Tomb of the Cybermen 4) The War Games 5) Inferno 6) Genesis of the Daleks 7) The Caves of Androzani 8) Revelation of the Daleks 9) The Curse of Fenric 10) Survival
1. The War Games and The Ark in Space
2. Power of the Daleks
3. The Ambassadors of Death
4. The Caves of Androzani
5. Ghost Light
6. Pyramids of Mars
7. The Invasion
8. Doctor Who and the Silurians
9. Genesis of the Daleks
10. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
1. The War Games
2. Inferno
3. Kinda
4. The Seeds of Doom
5. The Ribos Operation
6. Doctor Who and the Silurians
7. The Sun Makers
8. Enlightenment
9. The Curse of Fenric
10. Robots of Death
I will never get bored of any of the above, and have watched them far too many times!
Really good list and "The Sunmakers" was a very pleasant surprise when I watched it. I know fans are split on it but my roommate and I really enjoyed it and other fans are ranking it much higher on there lists now and showing it some love. There so many other great episodes of Toms as well like "The Deadly Assassin", "Ark In Space" and "Androids Of Tara" that could be top ten worthy.
Also "Pyramid Of Mars", Planet Of Evil" and Genesis Of The Daleks", for me, are very re-watch able. But very good list.
Given that I agree with pretty much everything Stu has to say on Who, I'm surprised he doesn't mention my personal favourite classic Who story, _The Curse of Fenric_ more. Brilliantly written, tense, dark, well-paced, creepy, atmospheric and addressing some deep concepts about the morality of using chemical weapons to end a war against a mass-murdering tyrant. And above all else, doing possibly the evil piece of psychological manipulation ever done to a character in Who where Ace (a victim of child abuse) is tricked into loving and caring for their abuser by presenting them to her in the form of a baby. Forced to humanise someone who she's learnt to cope with by creating a barrier of hatred towards them. Come on… this is writing that transcends the usual Who standard several times over.
No-one ever talks about this story. It's so good.
Ten great stories. I've got Masterplan, Genesis, Rememberence and Web on my best list too, along with Inferno and Spearhead from Pertwee's first season. Other than maybe Power of the Daleks and An Unearthly Child (episode 1) I really think that Spearhead is the best first new Doctor story that the classic series ever did. Robot is good, Castrovalva is ok. But both Twin Dilemma and Time and the Rani have problems. The Invasion is pretty great too.
FYI, in The Mind Robber, Frazer Hines didn't want the week off; he had chicken pox.
Finally someone else who shows love for The Greatest Show in the Galaxy!
Knowing we have vaguely similar tastes and not having seen old who, this is very useful.
1 doctor The gunfighters
2 doctor enemy of the world
3 doctor ambassadors of death
4 doctor sharda
5 doctor Enlightenment
6 doctor terror of vervoids
7 doctor delta and the Bannerman
8 doctor
9 doctor boom town
10 doctor turn left
11 doctor Rings of akhaten
12 doctor Extremist
13 doctor War of the Sontarans
From what I have watched...
10. Terror of the Vervoids
9. Inferno
8. The Tenth Planet
7. Frontier in Space
6. The Stones of Blood
5. Logopolis
4. Delta and the Bannermen
3. The Ultimate Foe
2. Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1. State of Decay
The irony of your point about watching Ace's adventures in chronological order was that Ghost Light was originally meant to be later in the season chronologically than where it ended up being due to references in Fenric.
Some of my personal favourites are...
The Daleks
The Tenth Planet
Power of the Daleks
The Faceless Ones
Tomb of the Cybermen
The Ambassadors of Death
Inferno
Terror of the Autons
Frontier in Space
Pyramids of Mars
The Sun Makers
The Leisure Hive
State of Decay
Logopolis
Vengeance on Varos
Delta and the Bannermen
Survival
I'm surprised you haven't put Enemy of the World in it. Anyway, I agree with most of the points even though there are best episodes than these.
Greatest show has been on my "next to buy" list for a while. This has pushed it over the edge and is getting ordered now.
No Talons Of Weng Chiang? How dare you Sir! :O
Great list! Some unexpected choices, but not any that I disagreed with. Here's my list:
01: Inferno
02: Genesis Of The Daleks
03: The Talons Of Weng-Chiang
04: Pyramids Of Mars
05: The Seeds Of Doom
06: The War Games
07: The Web Of Fear
08: The Curse Of Fenric
09: The Ambassadors Of Death
10: The Evil/Power Of The Daleks (Technically cheating but I couldn't choose)
Honourable Mentions:
The Daleks
The Daemons
The Dalek's Masterplan
Remembrance Of The Daleks
Revelation Of The Daleks
Spearhead From Space
The Tomb Of The Cybermen
The Caves Of Androzani
And so many others!
I'm glad you mentioned TGSITG. It really is an underrated gem and Ian Reddington as the Chief Clown, to this day, is still one of the creepiest things I've ever seen on telly!
I agree with Ambassadors of death. Great story.
Don't agree with you on Survival and The Mind Robber, and although I do like The Greatest Show in the Galaxy and do think it's a highly underrated story, I would not include it as one of my favorites. Loved episode 1 of The Mind Robber, but didn't care for the rest of the story, it's my Space Museum. Like your list for the rest though. And as for me, I liked everything about both An Unaerthly Child, all 4 episodes, and The Daleks' Master Plan, even the Christmas episode. I would also probably include Remembrance of the Daleks as #1. But for the most part, I did like your list. And I know everyone's got different opinions, I personally did liked your video. Thanks for posting it.
You said season 26 was the most consistent in Old Who.
Just curious, what do you think is the most consistent series of New Who?
I would have to say a couple of Tom Baker's seasons were more consistent even then season 26 (Which was pretty good).
I think Series 1 is the most perfect in terms of story and character arcs and consistent quality
1. Genesis of the Daleks
2. The Five Doctors
3. Dalek Invasion of Earth
4. Tomb of the Cybermen
5. The Keys of Marinus
6. The Time Warrior
7. The Robots of Death
8. Resurrection of the Daleks
9. The Invasion
10. Marco Polo
I remember watching Fury from the Deep as a small child and being absolutely spellbound. After the previous (incredible) story, The Web of Fear, I really looked forward with anticipation to the next adventure and I can even recall watching trailers a day or two before and feeling incredibly excited. This was Dr Who at its most mesmerising.
(Sigh)
Ian Strange wait were you alive in 1967? If you cool
It was early 1968! A great time to be a child.😀
Fury animated? Little did he know.......
Great list there Stu! As usual on these videos I feel obliged to share my top 10 just to throw my opinion out there (which is probably why my channel is mostly top 5's!)
1. Inferno
2. The War Games
3. Power Of The Daleks
4. Tomb Of The Cybermen
5. Caves Of Androzani
6. The Invasion
7. The Daleks
8. The Time Meddler
9. Genesis Of The Daleks
10. The Deadly Assassin
Good list. I would probably put "Genesis Of The Daleks" much higher up though (just my opinion) and switch out a couple of those for some of the Fourth Doctor serials like "Pyramid Of Mars", "The Deadly Assassin" and "Robots Of Death" or "Ark In Space". God bless.😀
Linda Taylor So more or less you'd replace my huge 60s bias with a Hinchcliffe bias 😂
Probably...Sorry. lol. Can't help it. So many truly good or great Hinchcliffe/Tom Baker serials. Plus I've got a thing for tall 6.3" guys with deep voices,curly hair, big smiles, impossibly long scarfs and a great sense of humor! But I do respect you and your 60's bias and enjoy some of the 60's Doctor Who serials. That being said do you have an Orange Jelly Baby? God Bless.
Linda Taylor Its fair enough, I'm the one with the 60% 60s in my top 10.
+Lord Slarr 😊😀😆😄
10. The Silurians
9. Frontier in Space
8. the mind of evil
7. Terror of the Autons
6. Ambassadors of death
5. Sphearhead from space
4. The time Warrior
3. The three Doctors
2. Inferno
1. Carnival of monsters
1.Caves Of Androzani
2.Inferno
3. Deadly Assasin
4.Earthshock
5. City Of Death
6. Robots Of Death
7.Remembrance Of The Daleks
8.Talons of weng Chiang
9.Dalek invasion of earth
10. mind robber
10. Completely agree, Part 1 is gold, but the rest is rather tedious and just involves the four crew members badgering on about fire.
9. I really like it, but wouldn't say it's one of the best.
8. Like a few Troughton stories, still need to see it, but my expectations are high.
7. Yeah, it's a shame it's the last one, but it is a fitting end and the final scene can reduce me to tears.
6. See 8.
5. I've watched pretty much all you can see of it and really enjoyed it. Strange, as I normally don't like Hartnell stories that much.
4. The greatest Dalek story ever made, hands down.
3. Personally, I find it a bit long and overrated. I actually prefer Revelation. Controversial, I know.
2. The most flawless piece of television ever made.
1. If they don't find this at some point, I'm going to die unhappy.
"Genesis" is fantastic in my opinion and I love how stark and rather dark the atmosphere is overall. Has the Doctor asking the ultimate question as well...."Do I have the right?". Also outstanding performance's by Tom Baker and Michael Wisher along with several of the supporting cast as well. Fun to see different lists though. God bless.😀
I was gonna do list, then I changed my mind. But I did find Ambassadors spooky when I saw it age 10.
Hi Stuart! Please tell us why "Caves of Androzani" didn't make the cut! It seemed to have everything...great Dr/ companion combo, crazy villain in leather, gratuitous costumed monster, a doomsday clock in the form of the Spectroscopy toximia, and for the first time: and adventure with no sympathetic characters to help the Dr and Peri. The music was incredible, and the last 15 minutes where among the most exciting of all Dr who finales. And the best regeneration with all the companions coming back. It's my #1! What do you think ? Was it your #111 choice?
My Top 10: 10. Colony Of Space 9. The Brain Of Morbius 8. Remembrance Of The Daleks 7. City Of Death 6. The Caves Of Androzani 5. The War Games 4. Inferno 3. Doctor Who And The Silurians 2. Fury From The Deep 1. Genesis Of The Daleks
CrazyFunTVMovieGuy fuck yeah Inferno and The Silurians, they're both part of my favourite series of DW
Yeah....."Genesis Of The Daleks" is brilliant and easily one of my all-time favorite story's! "Also love "City Of Death" and "Brain Of Morbius". I also like "Inferno" and would probably have "The Deadly Assassin", "Seeds Of Doom", "Planet Of Evil", "Pyramid Of Mars" and "Robots Of Death" on mine.
But what about The Web Planet :-(
Got to get a like for having a bunch of 7th doctor stories in the list!
Awesome list Stubagfu, see isn't being mainstream fun? I really want to check out the Ambassadors of Death and Fury from the Deep soundtrack. My top 10 mostly consists of Tom Baker and Robert Holmes stories. They just stand out as contributing quintessential Who for me
10. The Ark In Space (Dodgy effects aside the sheer concept of the Wirrn is terrifying.)
9. The Hand Of Fear ( A B movie style plot with an emotional departure that did not feel jarring to me)
8. The Caves Of Androzani ( The cliffhangers for part 1 and 3 never fail to make my jaw drop every time)
7. Carnival Of Monsters ( Batshit crazy and full of creativity like the Mind Robber but with a bit more substance and intrigue for me)
6. City Of Death (probably the funniest episode in all of Who history all while having a plot with stakes and tension. Plus Paris looks gorgeous New Who should return there)
5. Spearhead From Space ( A daring new set-up for the show. Pertwee just oozes charm and the Autons are an ingenious invention.)
4. The Enemy Of The World (The discovery of this episode was the highlight of the 50th anniversary for me. I enjoy how it broke the conventions of 60's Who. Troughton's performance as both the Doctor and Salamander is really gripping stuff)
3. The Tomb Of the Cybermen ( It maybe dated but this story still has classic status. The Cybermen's voices genuinely creep me out and the touching words of comfort the Doctor gives to Victoria sums up everything Doctor Who is about).
2. The Deadly Assassin (Much like The Caves of Androzani and Heaven Sent this story puts the Doctor through hell by disgracing him and by sending him to the Matrix and turning him into Rambo. I enjoyed seeing the inner workings of Gallifrey's rotten to the core society despite it normalising the Time lords a little bit. It helped us understand why the Doctor left Gallifrey in the first place.
1. Genesis Of The Daleks (Well Stubag summed it up perfectly. I loved how solemn The Doctor is in this story he's far less jokey which really helped emphasis the stakes. I loved Davros's cold and calculating nature. I always get the sense that The Daleks were the most evil little shits in all creation in this story, maybe because the effects of the second world war were still being felt even after 30 years.)
I Love your assessment of "The Deadly Assassin". I enjoyed this story immensely from my first time watching it. I love the Fourth Doctor era the most out of several Doctors that I really enjoy due to the amount of quality serials during his 7 year run. Plus Tom seemed truly born to play the Doctor more then any other actor I have watched in the role. What I liked the most is how physical and dirty the Doctor got in this. The one thing I think later writers and Producers failed to capitalize on to some extent was just how physically imposing and intimidating Tom's Doctor could be. At 6.3" and given the size of Tom's hands alone his Doctor struck me as the one that could stand up the best to physical punishment and dish it out as well. He also seemed like he would be the most capable of physically defending his companions (not that the other Doctors couldn't). Plus you got the sense that Tom was always happiest when the dialogue was sharp and witty and he was allowed to get physical. What do you think? God bless.😀
I agree completely. Tom Baker's Doctor is the complete package for me hence the profile pic :) I also find him to be the most unpredictable, you'd never know if he'd talk his way out of the dilemma or resort to violence.
+Mikey McDonagh Well said about Tom's Doctor. I love how complex his portrayal could be. Unpredictable is a good word. I would love to see the current writers write for his Doctor!
Mikey McDonagh I'd rather watch furry from the deep ;)))))))))))))) (I'm so sorry)
So looking at all of the 'top ten' lists shared below, and Stubagful's own, Rememberance of the Daleks I've counted at least five that include it. That's interesting to me because most people seem to argue that Syl is the 'worst' Doctor but yet most people seem to favour that story as being one of the best. Could it be that Syl is finally getting the credit he deserves?Just want to throw my cards on the table... Rememberance IS my favourite of all-time, but it's only drawback is needing knowledge of Unearthly Child and Davros' arc to really 'get' it. It's fine without it, but not half as good otherwise.
"Rememberance " is good but, for me, "Genesis Of The Daleks" is brilliant and a better story overall. But I like both.
I respect that and I understand why. I just think Syl's run has been criminally underrated for so long, and now stuff like Remembrance is finding popularity, and new people are discovering it all again.
The Mind Robber scared the hell out of me (as a young kid hiding behind the sofa) when it aired in the '60s.
It's been quite sometime since I've seen Doctor Who Classic serials, and I haven't seen too many. I guess here's what I can give and maybe change it someday. Not in any order either, but I tried to pick the ones I remember liking from the 7 Doctors. I think you have a very nice list based on the fact that I've seen most of it and, and I'll try to check some of the ones I didn't since I've also heard that they are really good.
1. Inferno
2. Horror Of Fang Rock
3. The Unearthly Child
4. Tomb Of The Cybermen
5. Vengeance On Varos
6. Remembrance Of The Daleks
7. Terror Of The Zygons
8. The Time Warrior
9. Power Of The Daleks
10. The Caves Of Andrazoni
You know that if Moffat was in charge the Doctor would have timey-wimey his way to save Sara Kingdom
Katarina worshipping the Doctor as a God is strangely prophetic considering his Space Jesus status nowadays.
+HowlingSnail Amen
Random Moffat hate
[Spoiler]............... Moffat may not have done, but Big Finish did.
JeremiahEcks777 I've not listened to many Big Finish audios but aren't Sara's ones all just set between DMP 7 and 8?
I agree with all of these and greatest show is too underrated and deserved some love
10. Genesis of the Daleks
9. The Aztecs
8. The Deadly Assassin
7. The Brain of Morbius
6. The Mind Robber
5. Spearhead from Space
4. The Three Doctors
3. Remembrance of the Daleks
2. The Curse of Fenric
1. The Sun Makers
"The Sunmakers" is a criminally underrated serial that is still relevant today with its theme of unfair taxation. Glad to see some other people giving it some love.
The Sun Makers is actually a popular one. I personally feel it's overrated. However, whatever your feelings are about it, and whatever my feelings are about it, I think you'll find most fans love The Sun Makers.
The Deadly Assassin would be dramatically higher up on the list for me
+Amir Pourghoureiyan Me too! Such a great episode and Tom looked great dirty and beat up! You could tell he loved making "The Deadly Assassin".
I love the sunmakers
A very unique list you have there Stu. That said I must now do the stereotypical thing of posting my own list in the comments without any context as to why some of episodes are on the list but not others. Because of this I'll be extending the list to 20 so as not to piss people.
20. Kinda
19. Face of Evil
18. Earthshock
17. The Robots of Death
16. The Dalek Invasion of Earth
15. Spearhead from Space & Terror of the Autons
14. The Aztecs
13. The Time Warrior
12. City of Death
11. The Seeds of Doom
10. Remembrance of the Daleks
9. The Curse of Fenric
8. Vengeance on Varos
7. The Talons of Weng-Chiang
6. The Ark in Space
5. Tomb of the Cybermen
4. Genesis of the Daleks
3. The Deadly Assassin
2. The Pyramids of Mars
1. The Caves of Androzani
So many good ones on there. I agree that "Face Of Evil" is such a criminally underrated story. Has so many great and interesting points to it, overall solid story that dares to be different and the scene with the Fourth Doctor and the computer that has part of the Doctors personality and try to kill him is one of the creepiest and chilling in Classic Who.....maybe even Doctor Who history in general!
...and Fury from the Deep was even more terrifying!!!
Great list, although I would put "The Invasion" in place of "The Web of Fear. (But that's probably because I don't live in London)
What about The War Games?
I agree with your list. Love Survival, An Unearthly child, Remembrance of the Daleks and I absolutely adore The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. It's probably my favourite of all.
I watched Greatest Show recently and honestly it bored me. Maybe I'll give it a re-watch now I've seen this.
Daleks' Master Plan really surprised me with how much I liked it. I struggle with 6+ parters but this kept me engaged the whole time (Granted I watched it over 3 days). Maybe that was Loose Cannon doing a good job, but I doubt it was that. (That's not slagging off Loose Cannon by the way. It's slagging off all the shit stories that are missing. Looking at you, Evil of the Daleks, The Massacre, The Smugglers)
I probably wouldn't have put Ambassadors on there but it's by no means bad. I can't say I disagree with anything else except that I've not seen Survival yet so I've no idea if I like it.
I'd definitely put City of Death in that list though. My 10 would probably be City of Death (Definitely top), and then in no particular order, Tenth Planet, Androids of Tara (I can't explain why I love this one, I just do), The Invasion, Daleks' Master Plan, Castrovalva, Remembrance, Genesis, Web of Fear, and maybe The Gunfighters. That one is seriously underrated.
It is. That bit is truly amazing. But it doesn't make up for 3 and a half episodes of some of the worst television I have ever watched. (Well, as far as a soundtrack with some photoshopped stills counts as watching)
Definitely agree about "City Of Death" just being a great script and cracking good story in general! I also would have to have "The Deadly Assassin" on there as well (great episode and first time the Doctor has no comparison which works because of how good the story is and Tom's brilliant performance as the Doctor). I also really enjoyed "The Androids Of Tara" more then I thought I would and love the sword fight towards the end of the final episode. God bless.😀
Interrsting list. The fact that there are 3 McCoy stories included makes me want to stand up and cheer. I thought I was the only one who included Greatest Show in their top ten....but to see it here. My mind was completely blowm.
My list:
1. The Mind Robber
2. The Caves of Androzani
3. The Genesis of the Daleks
4. The Chimes of Midnight (that may be a cheat tho lol)
5. Greatest Show in the Galaxy
6. The Time Monster
7. The Ambassadors of Death
8. The Time Meddler
9. The War Games
10. Attack of the Cybermen
Honestly a Top 50 list would be better.
10. An Unearthly Child (1:52)
9. The Ambassadors of Death (3:01)
8. The Web of Fear (4:10)
7. Survival (5:10)
6. The Mind Robber (6:22)
5. The Daleks' Master Plan (7:46)
4. Remembrance of the Daleks (10:01)
3. Genesis of the Daleks (10:55)
2. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (11:54)
1. Fury from the Deep (13:13)
Fantastic video mate.
My personal favourite story of all time is Daleks Master Plan. I seriously could do an hour to a two hour long review on why it's so fucking incredible in my opinion. I agree that it has flaws, but the positives far out way the negatives.
One more thing I'll say on it is that the Daleks are depicted as there best in it. Sure Power shows how manipulative they can be and I can sorta see why power would sometimes be picked over Master Plan, but for me this story is better for them just because it shows how fucking relentless they are; key example being the fact that they assemble a council of aliens just to get the time destructor completed and kill all of them off just so they can have it for there selfish ways in the end.
I've experienced Master Plan like 17 times to this day and it's still pure gold for me. Listened to it 10 times in 2014.
Yes me too, this one has to be found.
Oh i watched The Greatest Show in The Galaxy again not that long ago and its fucking incredible and i say it with "The Curse of Fenric" being my all time favourite Who story. At the start its like "oh god, Season 24 all over again..." and then it starts to flesh out the story and characters that at first seemed one dimensional. My favourite part is Captain Cook manipulating everyone in different ways into taking his spot in the arena.
Yes! I 100% agree with you! The captain was my favourite character alongside the doctor and ace.
For me there are too many amazing stories to rank a top 10... i just couldn't do it. Terror of the Zygons, Talons of Weng-Chiang, Wheel in Space, Revelation of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks, Evil of the Daleks, Attack of the Cybermen, Ghost Light, Curse of Fenric, Web of Fear, Spearhead from Space, The Seadevils, Dalek Invasion of Earth, Seeds of Doom, The Visitation, Genesis of the Daleks, Fury form the Deep, Terror of the Autons, Mark of the Rani, Planet of Giants, The Mind of Evil, Robots of Death... Nah mate, i just love too many of them.
1. The Caves of Androzani
2. The Curse of Fenric
3. Pyramids of Mars
4. Genesis of the Daleks
5. Remembrance of the Daleks
6. Inferno
7. Earthshock
8. The War Games
9. The Daleks
10. City of Death
1. The Caves of Androzani
2. The Curse of Fenric
3. Pyramids of Mars
4. Genesis of the Daleks
5. Remembrance of the Daleks
6. Inferno
7. Earthshock
8. The War Games
9. The Daleks
10. City of Death
10)Survival
9)Inferno
8)The Ark in Space
7)Invasion of the Dinosaurs
6)The Crusade
5)The Ambassadors of Death
4)The Seeds of Death
3)The War Games
2)Marco Polo
1)Planet of the Spiders
The War Games
Greatest show in the galaxy
City of Death
Mawdryn Undead
Castrovalva
The Enemy of the World
Kinda
Planet of Evil
Carnival of Monsters
The Face of Evil
Top 10 Classic Stories
10)Survival
9)Inferno
8)The Ark in Space
7)Invasion of the Dinosaurs
6)The Crusade
5)The Seeds of Death
4)The Ambassadors of Death
3)The War Games
2)Marco Polo
1)Planet of the Spiders
To be fair to The Mind Robber it worked insanely well as a concept in the Big Finish 6th Doctor story Legend of the Cybermen - although I don’t know if you’re referring to the fact that the audio that was already released from this episode wouldn’t have held up, in which case totally fair it needs the visuals.
This comment isn’t really a slander on your list, I love seeing other people’s opinions. Just thought I’d also shout out an excellent BF story if anyone hasn’t heard it!
my list
10. The Tenth Planet
9. The Daleks
8. The Ice Warriors
7. Genesis Of The Daleks
6.The Web Of Fear
5.The Claws Of Axos
4. Tomb Of The Cybermen
3. Survival
2.The War Machines
1.The Curse Of Fenric
Since the points don't matter, and therefore the reasoning doesn't either...my list will be in chronological order...
1) An Unearthly Child
2) The Tenth Planet
3) Evil Of The Daleks
4) The War Games
5) Death To The Daleks
6) The Deadly Assassin
7) The Armageddon Factor
8) Earthshock
9) Trial Of A Time Lord (yeah, I know, it takes an entire season)
10) Remembrance Of The Daleks
So the baddie of tgsitg was Eric Saward basically?
So in your top 10 you have 3 2nd dr, 3 7th dr, 2 1st dr, and one each from 3 and 4. Pretty unusual most top tens have mostly 4th doctor.
Answers to your questions. 1. No (almost 100%). 2. The answer to (1) determines the answer to (2) (A not A etc.), so the answer has be Yes (almost 100%). 3. Not in the least. 4. I can't know for sure, but probably vanishingly close to 0. 5. That is so vague and open-ended a question, it is almost impossible to answer (I don't claim mind reading powers).
Here's my list, in no particular order (it does not include episodes I haven't seen (including ones it is impossible to see):
1. Genesis of the Daleks
2. City of Death
3. Pyramids of Mars (I have a copy signed by TB!)
4. Earthshock
5. Caves of Androzani
6. Vengeance on Varos
7. Tomb of the Cybermen
8. Inferno
9. The Edge of Destruction
10. The Happiness Patrol (despite the appalling execution, I love the story)
Peace.
My personal favourite is Castrovalva, which I know everyone think is boring, But i find it a masterpiece.
Then my top ten would be as follows:
1) Castrovalva
2) The Mind robber
3) Inferno
4) The Invasion of time
5) The moonbase
6) Rememberance of the Daleks
7) Greatest show in the galaxy
8) Enemy of the world
9) The keys of marinus
10) Planet of Fire
The War Games
The Talons of Weng Chiang
The Mind Robber
The Underwater Menace
The Moonbase
The Tenth Planet
The Silurians
The Sensorites
Remembrance of the Daleks
The Greatest show in the Galaxy
I prefer then stories from the B&W era generally. Since I discovered classic who and watched every episode from the beginning I prefer most of the classic stories.
I used to have "Greatest Show in the Galaxy" on VHS, loved it.
6:27 - Thank Christ indeed: Reading the caption "Zoe, wearing a shimmering skintight body suit, is mounted atop the slowly rotating Tardis console - her pert arse thrust into the air" may have been enough to persuade me to trek to Nigeria personally to track down a lost copy...
I sometimes think about ordering top ten best "episodes" nor stories of classic. Like it was said here Unearthyl Child would be there and what else should be there? When I think of somethin is always finale of storie (war games, Earthshock, Evil of Daleks...) or first parts (many of those stories that went terrible wrong have so good first eps like Underworld, Frontios, )
No one remembers the tomb of the cybermen ;-; sad days.
How chuffed/disappointed (delete, as appropiate) were you when it was announced that Fury From The Deep was being animated?
Was kind of hoping for a Big Finish list at some point (probably a Top 10 Worst for the sake of balance) but these lists will still be fun. Will Hell Bent get on the Top 10 worst New Who list who knows? Kill the Moon definitely will be.
This is the worst list ever. Are you f-ing kidding me, The Greatrst Show in the Galaxy. But hey, it's your list.
Hi
You should change your name to He Who Swears. Then we'd know who to steer the kids away from.
I watched "An Unearthly Child" on the day it was released...
i didn't expect Survival to be on there to be honest. i enjoy it too but it's not going to be on my top 10 too and it does kinda feel like the end as you watch it
That doctor who youtuber called Billy really likes ambassadors of death
Yes that Billy
Go get me some food?
Rememberance of the Daleks is my personal favorite
Are you going to do
Top 10 best big finish
Yes I know you kinda already have but still