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Top 10 worst Doctor Who stories (classic series)
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col b
26-06-2010
Just added this because we have a "best of" running at the moment.Here goes in no particular order;

PARADISE TOWERS
MARK OF THE RANI
HORNS OF NIMON
THE MUTANTS
THE WEB PLANET
THE GUNFIGHTERS
THE DOMINATORS
PLANET OF THE SPIDERS
THE RIBOS OPERATION
TIME FLIGHT
TEDR
26-06-2010
It's hard to pick just ten when Adric was in a total of eleven stories.

Putting that aside, I disagree with your assessment of Paradise Towers. The bit where the Doctor learns the Kang greeting elevates it above at least ten stories.
kendoguk
26-06-2010
But Adric was in Earthshock which was good take that one out lol.
TimCypher
26-06-2010
Erm, well my list tends to fluctuate a bit, but generally it'd be:

Colony In Space
Terminus
The Keeper Of Traken
Planet Of The Daleks
Planet Of The Spiders
Battlefield
The Monster Of Peladon
The Daemons
The Sea Devils
The Sensorites

Regards,

Cypher
TEDR
26-06-2010
Originally Posted by kendoguk:
“But Adric was in Earthshock which was good take that one out lol.”

The ending was fantastic! He was also in Kinda, so I guess that actually makes room for one non-Adric story in the ten worst...
tingramretro
26-06-2010
Time & the Rani
The Dominators
Paradise Towers
Delta & the Bannermen
Dragonfire
The Happiness Patrol
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
The Sunmakers
The Twin Dilemma
Underworld

However, I'd still rather watch any of the last three than about two thirds of nu-Who. The writers of Sylvester McCoy's first two seasons and of The Dominators are to be commended for doing the impossible and creating scripts worse than those of RTD at his most excessive. In particular, writer Stephen Wyatt wins the award for the most ironically titled script for 'The Greatest Show in the Galaxy', surely one of the worst shows in the universe!
chuffnobbler
26-06-2010
WORST: Colony In Space
SECOND WORST: Underworld

OTHER WORSTS:
The Armageddon Factor
The Time Monster
Four to Doomsday
The Chase
The Twin Dilemma
The Dominators
Silver Nemesis
The Invasion of Time

Longwinded six-parters are always thankless, so that accounts for the terrible Colony in Space, and for The terrible Armageddon Factor, The terrible Time Monster and The terrible Invasion of Time.

The Greatest Show in the Galaxy has real moments of greatness, I think, and Ian Reddington gives one of the scariest baddie performances the show has ever seen. Colony in Space has some people having a shootout in a room no more than ten feet square, hiding behind filing cabinets.
Old Man 43
26-06-2010
Originally Posted by TimCypher:
“Erm, well my list tends to fluctuate a bit, but generally it'd be:

Colony In Space
Terminus
The Keeper Of Traken
Planet Of The Daleks
Planet Of The Spiders
Battlefield
The Monster Of Peladon
The Daemons
The Sea Devils
The Sensorites

Regards,

Cypher”

Sorry but are you sure that these are not your ten best. I would have put at least four of those in my short list for the top ten with some of the others being in my top 50.
allisonbm2
26-06-2010
Colony in Space
Underworld
Four to Doomsday
Twin Dilemma
The Dominators
Time and the Rani
Paradise Towers
The Gunfighters
Delta and the Bannermen
The Happiness Patrol
Face Of Jack
26-06-2010
As I love everything 'WHO' I can't really say "worst" stories. But a few that I got bored with were:-
Ambassadors Of Death
The Silurians
Colony In Space
The Leisure Hive
Terminus
The Caves Androzani ( Yes really! I've got the DVD but have only watched it twice since - second time for the commentary! Just don't see the attraction of it )
The Twin Dilemma
Timelash
Time and The Rani, and subsequent stories with Doctor 7 (Sorry - but just 'No Like') **apart from :-
Resurrection of The Daleks.
I thought 7th Doctor stories looked cheap and cheerful due to it all being on video, instead of using film for exterior shots too.
alphonsus
26-06-2010
Right, of the stories I've actually seen, in descending order

Nightmare of Eden
Leisure Hive
Invisible Enemy
Warriors Gate
Revelation of the Daleks
Time and the Rani
Sunmakers
Andriods of Tara
Timelash
Time-Flight
Glorfindel
26-06-2010
My list would be (in no particular order):

The ambassadors of death
The monster of Peladon
Revenge of the cybermen
The leisure hive
The pyramids of Mars
Time-flight
Timelash
Attack of the cybermen
Terror of the vervoids
Delta and the bannermen
MDB316
26-06-2010
Paradise Towers
The Two Doctors
The War Machines
Warriors Gate
Invasion of the Dinosaurs
The Keys of Marinus
Revelation of the Daleks
Image of the Fendahl
Planet of Evil
The Gunfighters

I don't understand the Dominators hate. Sure it isn't the best but there is a hell of a lot worse
THEHANDOFOMEGA
26-06-2010
Mine

Underworld
Creature from the Pit
Robot
Resurrection of the Daleks
Terminus
Twin Dilemma
War Machines
Tenth Planet
Colony in Space and



(preparing for abuse) - Caves of Androzani
meglosmurmurs
26-06-2010
Here we go:

1. Space Pirates
2. Colony in Space
3. Frontios
4. Time and the Rani
5. Planet of Giants
6. Time Monster
7. Underworld
8. Four To Doomsday
9. Trial of a Time Lord parts 1-4
10. The Mutants
rossyrahrah
26-06-2010
Anything with Colin*hammy* Baker in.

And I agree about The Caves of Androzani

and stop picking on Adric
THEHANDOFOMEGA
26-06-2010
Originally Posted by rossyrahrah:
“Anything with Colin*hammy* Baker in.

And I agree about The Caves of Androzani

and stop picking on Adric”

Hooray!
DavetheScot
27-06-2010
Again, with the proviso that I've only seen a few episodes from the Hartnell, Troughton and early Pertwee eras, my worst ten would be;

The Monster of Peladon
Revenge of the Cybermen
Underworld
Destiny of the Daleks
Time Flight
The King's Demons
The Twin Dilemma
Attack of the Cybermen
Time and the Rani
Silver Nemesis
JCR
27-06-2010
Underworld
Colony in Space
Delta and the Bannermen
Paradise Towers
The Twin Dilemma
Silver Nemesis
Attack of the Cybermen
Warriors of the Deep
Time and the Rani
Destiny of the Daleks

The Twin Dilemma is the worst one.
DavetheScot
27-06-2010
Originally Posted by JCR:
“The Twin Dilemma is the worst one.”

Agreed.
chuffnobbler
28-06-2010
I don't agree with a lot of the stories suggested (Terror of the Vervoids, Delta and the Bannermen, The Gunfighters), I can see why others may not like them.

But ...

Revelation of the Daleks?
Frontios?
The Ambassadors of Death?
The Caves of Androzani?
The Daemons?
The War Machines?
Pyramids of Mars?

Takes all sorts, I spose ...
darthbibble
28-06-2010
Silver Nemesis
Time And The Rani
Timelash
The Twin Dilemma
Time Flight
Creature From The Pit
The Horns of Nimon
Destiny Of The Daleks
Invasion Of Time
Underworld
daveyboy7472
28-06-2010
1. The Web Planet
2. Paradise Towers
3. The Twin Dilemma
4. Time And The Rani
5. The Happiness Patrol
6. Timelash
7. The Greatest Show In The Galaxy
8. Underworld
9. Doctor Who and The Silurians(Too long, too Earthbound)
10. Mindwarp (Hate this story and Peri 'died'. )
TimCypher
28-06-2010
Originally Posted by Old Man 43:
“Sorry but are you sure that these are not your ten best.”

Very sure!

Regards,

Cypher
nebogipfel
28-06-2010
Originally Posted by col b:
“THE WEB PLANET”

Web planet? Web planet?! What strange parallel universe have I dropped unwittingly into where The Web Planet is considered in poor regard?

Someone will be saying next that the Silurians is too earthbound.

Oh, they have.

Forums in this universe are too dangerously close to free speech for my liking.
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