TV writers' course? You mean writers for the McCoy era had some level of training?

Only kidding, despite the majority of it being rubbish I do enjoy the 7th Doctor era very much. Though Delta and the Bannermen has to be the worst. It just looks like some fan shot it on a camcorder using any bit of tat they could find as props. It's the cheapest looking story in the show's history.

Other contenders for my worst list:

Revenge of the Cybermen - utterly boring.

The Two Doctors - a budget wasted on a pointless location. A sinful waste of Troughton, an insult to the Sontarans.

The Unicorn and the Wasp - an example of why having a Doctor Who fan write a story isn't always the best thing. They think they can offer any old garbage, slap Doctor Who in the titles and get away with it. It's so bad it makes me question if Gareth Roberts is such a fan that he'd drag Who down like that.

The End of Time - as above

Fourth Doctor low points:
[LIST][*]'The Invasion of Time' and 'The Armageddon Factor'. Whilst 'Seeds of Doom' and 'Talons of Weng-Chiang' proved that 6-parters can sometimes be great, these two stories prove they can also be over-long and stuck with large amounts of tedious padding.[/LIST][LIST][*]Tom's silliness - always compelling and brilliantly eccentric, Tom Baker will forever remain my favourite Doctor, but there were times he was bordering on panto. The early (Hinchcliffe) seasons are OK, as Tom's humour is reigned in - but by season 17 it's almost like watching the 'Tom Baker Show', which feels like an over-long 'Two Ronnies' sketch at times. However, by season 18 (and the arrival of JNT) the pendulum has swung too far the other way, and he's more like Dr Gloom...[/LIST][LIST][*]Christopher H Bidmead (though this also bleeds into Peter Davison's first series). Whilst Bidmead may think his scripts are the greatest thing since Shakespeare put quill to parchment, the vast majority of Who viewers find them pretentious and dull. Yes, Who can be informative and educational, but primarily its purpose is to be entertaining. It's no wonder Who was getting thrashed in the ratings by ITV's imported offering of 'Buck Rogers' during season 18.[/LIST][LIST][*]David Brierley voicing K9 - I can see why they brought John Leeson back...[/LIST][LIST][*]'Underworld' - oh dear, why...? I know the money had run out, but why not just do a cheaper story? But then a story can look good, but still be crap...[/LIST][LIST][*]...'The Leisure Hive' - it looks amazing and the opening shot on Brighton Beach is fantastic, suggesting something brilliant is happening with Who. But the actual story (and poorly-realised Foamasi) let it down badly. [/LIST][LIST][*]'Warrior's Gate' - another story that looks brilliant, but is let down by the fact it's just so ...king dull!![/LIST][LIST][*]JNT introducing question marks to the Doctor's collar - does anyone out there actually like them...?[/LIST]

I dont mind them

I don't hate the question marks but they works better in the context of Seven's umbrella though.

As far as the seventh Doctor is concerned, as others have said, Remembrance of the Daleks takes a lot of beating.
I have loved most of the new Who storys. Even the ones, that most on here dislike. However, apart from one gem, series six has to be the low point for me.
I hope that series seven and the 50th puts Doctor Who back on top of peoples must see programmes.

It might look pretty good when compared to other McCoy stories, but that's not really saying much. It has some decent scenes with Daleks in it, but otherwise I think it gets remembered as some kind of all-time Doctor Who classic because it has Daleks in it and because it's a marginal improvement on the crud from the previous season and in Season 25 it's the only story that isn't utterly dire.

They should have left him with laryngitis in the meantime.

Blimey, I don't think I've seen anyone say they don't mind the question marks before.

I think the problem is the writing should convey the mysterious nature if The Doctor, not his clothing. It just cheapend him.

Totally agree with your Bidmead assessment. As Tom said he couldn't stand that sort of "middle class put down".

I take your point on that. However, the reason I liked Remembrance, is not just because of the Daleks. Although, they are a plus No, I liked it because it showed very well the manipulative and dark side of the Doctor.

Well, yes, it did show his manipulative and dark side. But it also made the Doctor the instigator of everything that happened and as much as I understand and respect the desire to take the series in new directions when that happens I do not think it is Doctor Who any more.Nor am I keen on the idea of the Doctor being ten steps ahead of everyone else so that everything more or less works out as he'd planned. And that scene with Davros at the end is just an appalling scenery-chewing contest.

Sorry I've not ever watched any Classic Who (I inevitably will when I have time or money) what happens in Remembrance?

Two opposing factions of Daleks come looking for a... I suppose I should wrap spoiler tags around this, shouldn't I...

The 7th Doctor era was absolutely fantastic how they were going more mysterious and dark.

DAMN I didn't realise the Doctor was that... well you know.

Exactly the same for me. Even the much lauded 'Remembrance ' I find badly acted and badly filmed.

Fifth Doctor low points:
[LIST] 'Castrovalva' - looked brilliant, but is just such a ludicrous and dull plot; it's like an elegantly-gilded turd
[*]'Time-Flight' - they should have ended the season on a high (or low, depending on your take on Adric) with 'Earthshock'. 'Earthshock' was gutsy and daring and brought back the Cybermen after a lengthy hiatus. 'Time-flight' was so lame if it had been a horse someone somewhere would have put it out its misery
[*]The celery - as if the question marks on the shirt collars weren't bad enough...
[*]Season 20 - could have been brilliant, but contained so many tedious stories it doesn't do the twentieth anniversary justice. (I've still never seen 'Terminus' right to the end: I get as far as half-way through episode 3 and lose the will to watch)
[*]'Frontios' - destroying the Tardis and then rebuilding it so easily
[*]Not filming 'Kinda' on location - sorry, but the forest just looks like a TV studio. Why not go back to Black Park at Iver where 'Full Circle' was filmed? OK, it might have upped the budget a bit, but it would have been worth it. Kinda is a great story pulled down by poor production values
[*]Studio lighting - in some stories ('Warriors of the Deep' to name but one) the studio lighting is so bright, I'm surprised the cast aren't wearing sunglasses
[*]Tegan in a boob tube - fair enough, it was the 80s, and we all made some horrendous fashion faux-pas, but did she really think that was a good look?[/LIST]

Well yeah but not normally in that way, just because he has no other choice. That suggests

A lot of bad stories aired in 2005 - 2009.