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THE Worst Doctor Who Story.
daveyboy7472
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On another thread, I casually mentioned that The Web Planet is possibly the worst Doctor Who story ever, worse than even the awful Paradise Towers and yes, Love and Monsters.
So that thread can continue on it's original topic, I thought I'd start this thread for those people who were talking on there to continue the discussion. It's a topic which probably has been done a zillion times since I joined this forum and if that's the case, I apologise.
Just to get things moving, the reason I chose The Web Planet as my least favourite story ever is because A)It's so outdated and b)It's so slow and C)The Optera with their dodgy mexican accents and shouts of Zarbbbbbiii! make me cringe every time I see it(which is thankfully few). The only saving grace is Hartnell's performance which saves it from being a total disaster.
Okay, over to you guys if you wish to discuss it. Who will be the first to mention Love and Monsters?! Lol!(Dammit that's me! )
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So that thread can continue on it's original topic, I thought I'd start this thread for those people who were talking on there to continue the discussion. It's a topic which probably has been done a zillion times since I joined this forum and if that's the case, I apologise.
Just to get things moving, the reason I chose The Web Planet as my least favourite story ever is because A)It's so outdated and b)It's so slow and C)The Optera with their dodgy mexican accents and shouts of Zarbbbbbiii! make me cringe every time I see it(which is thankfully few). The only saving grace is Hartnell's performance which saves it from being a total disaster.
Okay, over to you guys if you wish to discuss it. Who will be the first to mention Love and Monsters?! Lol!(Dammit that's me! )
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I defy anyone to say anything good about The Lazarus Experiment.
<Cue Mark Gatiss fanboys>
The worst Old Who story must be Time-Flight
I like 'em both.
Love & Monsters is meta-fiction which only the Victor Kennedys of the world actively dislike & Fear Her is the last episode in which Rose is any way, shape or form bearable as a companion.
*steches fingers* well.......
I loved the atmosphere of it
It was the first story where Martha seemed to becoming a more trusted companion and appreciated by the Doctor...with no Rose references whatso ever.
I loved the idea of an old man wanting to be young and how far he would go
And how that was then compared to the Doctor as being old, and how living a long life isn't always a better life
The set up of the Saxon mystery was developing
I liked the The Quatermass Xperiment homage to it
I thought the Jones were used enough not to make it all about them and Martha..unlike Aliens of London with Rose and Jackie (saying that I still enjoyed that too, but it was nice too see a different style)
I loved all the T S Elliot references, and how they fitted it in
The idea of the monster inside was great....just shame about the CGI
Overall it was great watch, and I still enjoy it....
So. Damn. Poor.
And don't get me started on the camp wankfest that was Journey's End. Sheesh.
Maybe I'll give it another go but I've tried twice and switched off both times.
The worst Nu Who story is IMO Fear Her, although I'm not very keen on the Idiot's Lantern, the Lazarus Experiment or New Earth either.
As for Love and Monsters, I actually don't think it's too bad.
NuWho, it must be 'Fear Her'. Just horrid tripe.
ClassicWho, it has to be the incredibly horrible 'Nightmare of Eden'.
I'm actually starting to warm to Daleks in Manhattan in a so bad it's good fashion.
I agree Midnight was a good story. Thought the acting was amazing for all the actors to stay in sync, must have taken some rehearsing!
I still think Love and Monsters is the worst story of the new series so far. I have never been a big fan of stories without The Doctor in a lot. Though Blink and Turn Left have something going for them, Love and Monsters was the utter pits, added to it the dodgy send up of Who Groups, dodgy monster and just about everything else. You know when Terrance Dicks said there's not one good redeeming feature about a Dalek, think the same can be said about Love and Monsters......
One redeeming feature - Mr Blue Sky.
I don't mind love and monsters so much. It's a little fluffy, little meh, but there's nothing in there that really grates with me. And the Elton/Jackie interplay's reasonably amusing.
Followed by 42, awful and if I was Moffet I would never let Chris Chibnall near the program again but on the other hand I am all for giving writers a second chance, so let’s hope he does better this year. Then followed by Fear Her (Matthew Graham should stick with his own creations) then Love and Monsters and finally School Reunion.
Worst Classic Who is The Two Doctors; I have failed to watch this is full. The first time I fell asleep and all the rest I've had to turn it off but then what do you expect from that era. I can only assume Patrick hadn’t read the script before he signed his contract. Then Pyramids of Mars, I just struggle to keep awake during it. It’s just so incredible boring with a laughable villain. I will never understand why it ranks so highly with fans.
Revolting.
Ugh. That spoiled the whole story-up till then we believed
Elton loved Ursula and wanted to stay with her for the
rest of their lives.
Then it turns out Elton's just using her as a sex toy. :eek:
Really? I must have missed that episode because that's not how I remember it. At all.
Worst original series story - Revenge of the Cybermen. Dull script, dull direction and awful music. New series - Fear Her. Worst child actor since the dawn of time.
The DWM poll to mark 200 stories rated "The Twin Dilemma" in bottom place, and that hasn't even been mentioned yet!