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POLL: What is your favourite William Hartnell story?


View Poll Results: What is your favourite William Hartnell story?
An Unearthly Child 5 5.32%
The Daleks 13 13.83%
The Edge of Destruction 3 3.19%
Marco Polo 1 1.06%
The Keys of Marinus 6 6.38%
The Aztecs 8 8.51%
The Sensorites 1 1.06%
The Reign of Terror 0 0%
Planet of Giants 0 0%
The Dalek Invasion of Earth 16 17.02%
The Rescue 1 1.06%
The Romans 0 0%
The Web Planet 2 2.13%
The Crusade 3 3.19%
The Space Museum 1 1.06%
The Chase 2 2.13%
The Time Meddler 11 11.70%
Galaxy 4 0 0%
Mission to the Unknown 0 0%
The Myth Makers 2 2.13%
The Daleks' Master Plan 4 4.26%
The Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Eve 2 2.13%
The Ark 2 2.13%
The Celestial Toymaker 2 2.13%
The Gunfighters 1 1.06%
The Savages 0 0%
The War Machines 5 5.32%
The Smugglers 0 0%
The Tenth Planet 3 3.19%
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Old 14-02-2014, 20:56
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I am running a number of polls to discover the favourite story for each Doctor. This one is for the First Doctor.

Please note this does include lost episodes as they still remain in audio.

This poll will be open for 7 days.
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Old 14-02-2014, 20:58
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An Unearthly Child or The Chase
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Old 14-02-2014, 21:08
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"The Ark" or "The Mutants/The Dead Planet/The Daleks"
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Old 14-02-2014, 21:19
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Hard to choose. It would probably be Marco Polo if it wasn't audio-only. As it is, I think I'd go for the Aztecs. Barbara was great in that one.
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Old 14-02-2014, 21:25
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Am currently doing a rewatch from the beginning, loving it so far! Up to the Time Meddler so far, what a great story, a real game changer. The cliffhanger for ep 3 would have been a great wtf moment back in the day!
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Old 14-02-2014, 22:24
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Got a real love for The War Machines so that's got my vote, but The Time Meddler and The Dalek Invasion of Earth aren't far behind.
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Old 14-02-2014, 22:40
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Am currently doing a rewatch from the beginning, loving it so far! Up to the Time Meddler so far, what a great story, a real game changer. The cliffhanger for ep 3 would have been a great wtf moment back in the day!
Totally agree with this. That Cliffhanger is an awesome one for the Hartnell Era and I daresay very few people would have been expecting that at the time. I always regret knowing about The Monk before I watched this story for the first time on BBC2 in the 90's. It sort of was a bit of a spoiler really, it wasn't deliberate, never expected to ever watch it when I first knew about this story.

It's also a story where Hartnell wasn't much missed in the second episode as it was so good. I like the Psuedo-Historical aspect of it and that's what sets it aside from all the other Historicals and just beats The Dalek Masterplan as my fave Hartnell story.

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Old 14-02-2014, 23:58
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I really couldn't pick a single favourite Hartnell serial so I'll just say my favourites are probably 'The Mythmakers' (some of the best scripts Doctor Who has ever had), 'Marco Polo' (the only real 'odyssey' story in the Doctor Who canon), 'The Dalek's Masterpan' (favourite Sci-Fi serial of the era), 'The Aztecs' (just so solid; good in every department) and 'The Romans' (for pure entertainment). Oh, and of course episodes 2 - 4 of 'An Unearhly Child' (watched the first episode too many times and gotten bored with it, but I still find the Tribe of Gum wonderful).
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Old 15-02-2014, 03:08
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Please note this does include lost episodes as they still remain in audio.
And, of course, some of us remember them from their first broadcast.

In the event, I voted for The Aztecs, but it could as easily have been any one of a dozen others. Nice to see The Keys of Marinus and The Time Meddler doing so well.
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Old 15-02-2014, 08:16
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And, of course, some of us remember them from their first broadcast.

In the event, I voted for The Aztecs, but it could as easily have been any one of a dozen others. Nice to see The Keys of Marinus and The Time Meddler doing so well.
Same here, I Iove most of them but the Aztecs was pretty special.
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Old 15-02-2014, 10:17
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It's got to be the Daleks, but it was hard to choose. I really love the Hartnell era, and Hartnell is one of my favorite Doctors.
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Old 15-02-2014, 10:45
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I like Unearthly Child (as a stand alone episode), I wish it was entitled as such and the remaining three episodes remain separate (as a Tribe called Gum), because they were so different, & besides I find the remaining 3 boring.

Just watched "The Daleks" for the first time a few weeks ago -what a superb first episode -really up there with some of the best. I think the bulk of the first season's $'s must have been spent on this story.

The Dalek Invasion of Earth is okay, but I think maybe a little too highly regarded by some. Personally I prefer the movie version. Maybe I prefer it as I saw it first and it is really a copy, but with a bigger budget. I don't know.

I like the Aztecs, The Time Meddler & The War Machines too, these are good solid stories. There's a couple I'm yet to see (half way through "The Sensorites" & yet to watch "The Web Planet" or "The Tenth Planet", will get to those in the coming weeks).

But of the ones I've seen, my favourite is "The Ark". If you look beyond the look of the Monoids (which I thought was rather clever), the "Security Kitchen" & Dodo (a companion who tends to rank near the bottom of "favourite" companions rankings), it is a well paced, great story with a nice twist half way through.
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Old 15-02-2014, 11:15
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I'm not really sure. I'm not that big a fan of the Hartnell era. It's between The Aztecs and The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
I think I'll vote for The Dalek Invasion of Earth.

Honourable mentions: The Time Meddler and The Romans.
I've also never watched The Dalek Masterplan reconstructions. I probably should one day.
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Old 15-02-2014, 20:43
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I can see a few stories are going to be fighting for the top spot.
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Old 15-02-2014, 20:47
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Love the era so this is tricky. The Ark came close, but voted for The Rescue because a)I love it, b) it's probably my favourite performance by Hartnell, and c) no-one else has voted for it yet.
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Old 15-02-2014, 20:56
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Definately The Dalek Invasion of Earth. The Doctor saying goodbye to Susan at the end of episode 6 is so moving!

Gets me every time. A little tear begins to trickle down. [Sniff!]

Anyway, a good story all round. The scripts are well written, and what improves it a little is having CGI on the DVD release. Battersea Power Station done up with CGI is much better, plus the Dalek Ships look better too.
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Old 15-02-2014, 23:11
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Love the era so this is tricky. The Ark came close, but voted for The Rescue because a)I love it, b) it's probably my favourite performance by Hartnell, and c) no-one else has voted for it yet.
Maureen O'Brien is also excellent in it as Vicki.
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Old 16-02-2014, 02:17
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There's a vote for The Web Planet and none for The Romans?!?
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Old 16-02-2014, 10:23
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There's a vote for The Web Planet and none for The Romans?!?
That is a mystery but guess when you have only one vote to choose from out of so many stories, something's gotta lose out. I rate The Romans quite highly, it's a different sort of historical and Hartnell is just superb in it. I'd definitely have it in my Top Ten Hartnell Stories, if not the Top Five.

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Old 20-02-2014, 10:00
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The Smugglers and The Savages are both excellent in soundtrack CD form, and totally overturn their reputations as being silly (Smugglers) or boring (Savages).

I have voted for The War Machines: the story where DW begins to turn intot he show we still see today. So many others could have got a vote from me, though: DIoE, Time Meddler, Aztecs, Marco Polo (only based on soundtrack obvs).

The 1st Dr is my current favourite Doctor.
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Old 20-02-2014, 10:11
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OP just wondering are we going to get polls for 9,10 and 11? I think it would be silly not to, I can understand skipping 8, 12 and War but really the others should get a poll
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Old 20-02-2014, 14:33
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I voted The Aztecs. Poor Barbara in a quandary and a silly hat.

Great story.
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Old 20-02-2014, 15:10
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The Smugglers and The Savages are both excellent in soundtrack CD form, and totally overturn their reputations as being silly (Smugglers) or boring (Savages).

I have voted for The War Machines: the story where DW begins to turn intot he show we still see today. So many others could have got a vote from me, though: DIoE, Time Meddler, Aztecs, Marco Polo (only based on soundtrack obvs).

The 1st Dr is my current favourite Doctor.
I always struggle with The Smugglers, even in telesnap form. I think it's because it's sandwiched between two great sci-fi stories that it loses it's effectiveness and though it's entertaining in places I don't think it's as strong as earlier historicals. You can maybe see why they were phased out not long after this.

The Savages, love that story and I agree it's far from boring.

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Old 20-02-2014, 16:06
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OP just wondering are we going to get polls for 9,10 and 11? I think it would be silly not to, I can understand skipping 8, 12 and War but really the others should get a poll
Don't worry you will indeed be able to vote for 8, 9, 10 and 11. The War Doctor, The Meta-Crisis Doctor and 12 obviously will not get a poll.
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Old 20-02-2014, 20:48
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difficult to pick just one but i voted for

The Dalek Invasion of Earth
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