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Your Best & Worst T Baker Stories
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1)The Deadly Assassin 2)City of Death 3)Genesis of the Daleks 4)Talons of Weng-Chiang 5)The Robots of Death Worst 1)Underworld(worst) 2)The Invisible Enemy 3)The Invasion of Time 4)Meglos 5)Horns of Nimon |
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1)The Deadly Assassin 2)City Of Death 3)Genesis Of The Daleks 4)The Talons Of Weng-Chiang 5)The Robots Of Death Worst 1)Underworld (worst) 2)The Invisible Enemy 3)The Invasion Of Time 4)Meglos 5)The Horns Of Nimon as voted for by readers of "Doctor Who Magazine" in a poll cast in 1998 - but from your 'Worst' section, only "Underworld" is in the Bottom 10! Since I still have not seen of all classic Who, I can only say the best Tom Baker story was "City Of Death" while his weakest ('worst' is too harsh a word) is "Meglos", for one plot element being repeated so often! |
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Interesting list - within your 'Best' section, numbers 2 to 5 all featured in the Top 10 most popular stories of all time (with "Genesis"... ranking at No. 1)
as voted for by readers of "Doctor Who Magazine" in a poll cast in 1998 - but from your 'Worst' section, only "Underworld" is in the Bottom 10! |
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Best: City of Death
The Deadly Assassin The Masque of Mandragora Full Circle Worst: Creature from the Pit The Android Invasion The Horns of Nimon |
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Terror of the Zygons Genesis of the Daleks Stones of Blood Talons of Weng Chiang Planet of Evil Brain of Morbius Worst Logopolis All the E Space stories Horns of Nimon The Deadly Assassin (controversial, but I find it so boring) |
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I'm not entirely sure I understand the concept of a 'worst' Tom Baker story. Surely Tom's presence guarantees that any story will be at the very least entertaining?
However, I'll make a stab at it... Best: 1) Horror of Fang Rock 2) Terror of the Zygons 3) Talons of Weng Chiang 4) Pyramids of Mars 5) Warrior's Gate Worst: 1) Underworld 2) The Sunmakers 3) The Invisible Enemy 4) Meglos 5) The Sontaran Experiment Though I would place all of Tom's other stories far nearer to best than worst, and could easily have turned the top five into a top ten by adding City of Death, Robots of Death, Ark in Space, Brain of Morbius and Seeds of Doom. |
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One story that has not been listed by anyone is thread...is Tom Baker's debut "Robot".
![]() And surely someone is willing to list "Shada" - even though it was never completed or broadcast! |
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Since I still have not seen of all classic Who, I can only say the best Tom Baker story was "City Of Death"
while his weakest ('worst' is too harsh a word) is "Meglos", for one plot element being repeated so often! Interesting that his one of his best stories (the former) was from the season directly before! |
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One story that has not been listed by anyone is thread...is Tom Baker's debut "Robot".
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Best: City Of Death
Worst: The Horns Of Nimon and the latter closed it, after "Shada" got disrupted by a strike. |
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1. Meglos 2. Meglos 3. Meglos 4. Meglos 5. Meglos Worst: 1. Everything else Just kidding! Even I don't like Meglos very much. Best: 1. Talons of Weng Chiang 2. Deadly Assassin 3. City of Death 4. Stones of Blood 5. Horror of Fang Rock (a few that missed out - Robots of Death, Warriors' Gate, Pyramids of Mars, Logopolis) Worst: 1. Nightmare of Eden 2. Underworld 3. Creature from the Pit 4. Full Circle 5. The Invisible Enemy |
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Are you sure? Why??
Regarding Logopolis, its not a bad story or concept, but I have never really enjoyed it that much. I can't really pin-point why, but it is one of the stories I find a slog to get through. |
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Surely someone is willing to list "Shada" - even though it was never completed or broadcast!
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Okay, this is hard but here goes......
Top 5 1)Logopolis 2)Pyramids Of Mars 3)City Of Death 4)The Sontaran Experiment 5)The Brain Of Morbius Bottom 5 1)Revenge Of The Cybermen 2)Warriors Gate 3)The Ribos Operation 4)Underworld 5)The Talons Of Weng-Chiang Okay, before everyone starts jumping to the defence of Talons Of Weng-Chiang, I acknowledge that it is a good story but I don't like historical stories that much, and there's something about it I don't like; I sometimes find hard to put a finger on it what it is. There's something about the whole period towards the end of Season 14 I don't like, again hard to put it into words. Saying that, I do like the Jago/Litefoot relationship.
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Season 12:
01=) The Ark In Space 01=) Genesis Of The Daleks 03) Robot 04) The Sontaran Experiment 05) Revenge Of The Cybermen ++ I like both of the stories in joint 1st place a lot and, depending on my feelings at the time, either of them could be ranked in first place whenever I was asked about them. Season 13: 01) The Seeds of Doom 02) Pyramids Of Mars 03) The Brain Of Morbius 04) The Android Invasion 05) Planet Of Evil 06) Terror Of The Zygons Season 14: 01) The Deadly Assassin 02) The Robots Of Death 03) The Masque Of Mandragora 04) The Hand Of Fear 05) The Talons of Weng Chiang 06) The Face Of Evil Season 15: 01) Horror Of Fang Rock 02) Image Of The Fendahl 03) The Sunmakers 04) The Invisible Enemy 05) Underworld 06) The Invasion Of Time Season 16: 01) The Androids Of Tara 02) The Stones Of Blood 03) The Ribos Operation 04) The Power Of Kroll 05) The Pirate Planet 06) The Armageddon Factor Season 17: 01) Destiny Of The Daleks 02) City Of Death 03) Nightmare Of Eden 04) The Creature From The Pit 05) The Horns Of Nimon Season 18: 01) The Keeper Of Traken 02) State Of Decay 03) Full Circle 04) Logopolis 05) Meglos 06) The Leisure Hive 07) Warriors Gate Worst Episodes: 01) Warriors Gate 02) The Horns Of Nimon 03) The Leisure Hive 04) The Armageddon Factor 05) The Invasion Of Time 06) Underworld 07) Meglos 08) The Creature From The Pit 09) The Planet Planet 10) The Face Of Evil Best Stories: 01) The Seeds Of Doom 02) The Deadly Assassin 03=) The Ark In Space 03=) Genesis of The Daleks 05) The Robots Of Death 06) The Keeper Of Traken 07) Pyramids Of Mars 08) Horror Of Fang Rock 09) The Androids of Tara 10) The Masque of Mandragora |
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Top 5:
1. State of Decay 2. The Talons of Weng-Chiang 3. Genesis of the Daleks 4. Pyramids of Mars 5. The Brain of Morbius Bottom 5: 1. The Pirate Planet (worst) 2. Robot 3. Terror of the Zygons 4. Revenge of the Cybermen 5. Full Circle |
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Genesis of the Daleks Pyramids of Mars Robots of Death Talons of Weng Chiang City of Death Worst: Meglos Underworld Nightmare of Eden Creature from the Pit Leisure Hive (because it bores me..all flash) |
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I'll keep it simple.
Best: anything with Harry or Leela. Worst: anything with Adric. |
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Bottom 5:
1. The Pirate Planet (worst) At least Adams bounced back with "City Of Death" - and the incomplete "Shada". |
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I'll keep it simple.
Best: anything with Harry or Leela. Worst: anything with Adric. ![]() Despite his pessimism, he did NOT deserve to die, at the end of "Earth-shock".
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Initially, Davison had to put with Adric, too!
![]() Despite his pessimism, he did NOT deserve to die, at the end of "Earth-shock". ![]() Ha, I'm so mean. |
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No, he deserved to die before the beginning of Full Circle.
Ha, I'm so mean. |
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What about Adric's deceased brother?
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Despite being written by Douglas Adams? Dear oh dear.
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