I am running a number of polls to discover the favourite story for each Doctor. This one is for the Sixth Doctor.

Please note: The poll can sometimes take a while to appear.

This poll will be open for 7 days.

Revelations - a very scary story indeed!

A tough question because I think a few of his stories offer something different to the others, so it depends what you're looking for.
I personally like Mark of the Rani because it feels like actual fun and a genuine breath of fresh air compared to the brutality of the stories surrounding it.
Plus it's got The Rani in it, who makes an amusing counterpart to the Doctor and the Master's somewhat childish rivalry.

But I do think Vengeance on Varos is the quintessential 6th Doctor story, it's tailor-made for him and represents his era perfectly.
Attack of the Cybermen has so many facets to it though. A great mix of humour and action, I with it had been his debut story. The chameleon circuit on the Tardis becoming operational again is something that should happen way more often.

The Ultimate Foe is surreal and bizarre, literally anything could happen next. I wish The Doctor had regenerated in this story. It would have given him a very memorable exit, as there was a sense of impending doom throughout and it would have given The Trial of a Time Lord season more relevance.

I like Revelation of the Daleks but I feel like it takes ages to get going, plus some moments are a little bit too unpleasant to enjoy.

I voted Attack of the Cybermen - it's aged quite well and a bit of a romp.

The Two Doctors was very nearly my vote though. Lovely to see Patrick Troughton and Jamie again

Tough choice between Mark of the Rani and The Two Doctors for me!
Loved the Rani and Kate O'Mara's role in it, and all the filmwork done on location....oh and the story too!
But I had to relent and go with the 3-part Two Doctors! Filmed on location in foreign parts, the return of my favourite Doctor 2 and Jamie, Servalan from Blakes Seven as the guest Villainess, and the actor who played 'Sexton Blake' from the 60's!! PLUS the Sontarans - what more could one wish for?
OK - maybe a better storyline...but hey, it was fun all the way!!

Vengance on varos. it just work's in every way.

If I could have said two though would definitely pick the two doctor's. I'm alway's a sucker for a multi doctor story, and I like that this one is unique in being the only multi doctor story which actually opens on the past doctor. from what I can remember, you don't even see colin baker for a good 10 min's or so.

Some great stories in this era too. Revelation Of The Daleks is a brilliant story and an excellent end to Season 22.

However, because of it's Colin Baker's last story, the presence of The Master, plus the fact The Doctor finally got out of that ruddy courtroom, it has to be The Ultimate Foe for me. A worthy sequel of sorts to the Matrix stuff in The Deadly Assassin, everything just works brilliantly and the banter between Glitz and The Master was good as well.

Honestly, much as I like to give Colin Baker a chance, these days I think only two of his stories strike me as being above average: Revelation and Vengeance. Colin himself is okay (no more) as the Doctor; for me, the blame lies largely on the production side and on the scripts. JNT and Saward were not a good working combo. I would say both were questionably suitable for Doctor Who in their own right and together...

Hated Twin Dilemma and disliked the Trial of a Timelord but with the exception of Timelash quite enjoyed Season 22.

Mark of the Rani has an old time Doctor Who feel to me, the sort of story that the first 4 Doctors might have. It also had Kate O'Mara in it.

Two reasons why it's my favourite.

Attack of the Cybermen. Best CB Doctor story out of all the ones the Sixth Doctor featured in.

This is my favourite scene from AOTC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...q46kC9c#t=1158

Presumably we should tactfully avoid asking you how many you'd rate as below average?

I'm in the same boat. Something about Colin Baker's years just doesn't work — and it isn't him.

No, it's the writing. The scripts didn't seem as though they were up to standard in his two seasons.

One reason, I have to say, is Eric Saward, who was Script Editor during both PD and CB's days between 1981 and 1986. Eric left DW around October 1986, just before SM came along the following year.

There was a 55 minute documentary on YouTube, all about Colin Baker's time on DW. It explained how he came to be cast as the Time Lord, up to him being given the boot, before a proper regeneration scene could be filmed.

I've just looked for the DVD extra of that documentary, and it seems as though it's been taken off YouTube. Sad! Would have been nice to have put a link for that here, so that DS DW fans could have watched it.

I do so love what you said here. Really funny!

But, seriously though. Have both Peri and the Sixth Doctor 'Die' in the same season? That would have been too much for the fans to take in at that time, as it was the first time that the fans were watching the 'Trial' season.

Quote me if I'm wrong, but to my knowledge, both the Doctor and the Companion haven't 'died' in the same season/series before. With the exception of Jack Harkness in 2005, although Rose did bring him back to life just before Chris's Doctor changed.

Terror Of The Vervoids - I just love it from beginning to end. It is slightly cheesey, but it's a great story that hangs together nicely, some nice scary moments and Mel isn't too bad in it either...

Revelation for me.

Yay, a fellow Vervoids liker. Whilst no classic, like Colin but afraid I wouldn't define any of his stories thus, it's an entertaining tale and actually thought the chemistry between Colin and Bonnie was good from the off. Bit of a relief after all the whining we had from Peri.

It's good fun and Colin is at his most endearing here. Love the bit when he produces the flowers from nowhere.

It's strange...Season 22 had better production values and wasn't burdened with the rather intrusive Trial arc (season 16 showed how to do it) but in retrospect I just find it a rather joyless affair. At least Season 23 was quite fun.

Went for Revelation Of The Daleks.

The trial scenes ruin the story and only interrupt the story and action. Its still one of Colin Baker's best though along with Revelation and Attack.

Most of Colins are terrible but not as terrible as made out. I have onlhy seen Twin and Timelash twice and enjoyed them more on the second screening. Mark of the Rani is still shit though.

The Vervoid Story is the one in the Trial Season where the courtroom scenes are kept to a minimum, which is in stark contrast to Mindwarp. I think in Part 4 it's nearly twenty minutes or so before you see any courtroom action.

And I thoroughly disagree about The Mark Of The Rani. Though agreeably not a classic, compared to the next Rani story it's a masterpiece and I find it fascinating that The Doctor faced not one, but two Time Lords, though the presence of The Master was not really needed.

Love the vervoid story! They are the scariest monsters in the whole of DW, and there's a great sense of claustrophobia and doom as the monsters leap out at people from behind air conditioning units and corner their prey in cramped corridors.

Mel gets plenty to do. The murder mystery is nicely complex. There are some fantastic cliffhangers (the "Ruth Baxter" moment is wonderful).

I rather like Pip & Jane Baker's scripts. I think they write archetypal, textbook DW, with well-drawn characters and memorable situations and decent monsters. Some of their dialogue is a bit arch, but I can forgive that because they have such an immediate understanding of DW. Mark of the Rani is great fun, and Time and the Rani is hilarious. The Vervoid story is their best, though, and I am glad to see it holding its own in the poll here.

Was it a DVD extra? Which DVD?

The first Colin Baker story I saw was Vengeance on Varos and I loved it, I couldn't actually understand why people said Colin was awful and his era was bad after seeing it... But then I saw Timelash

The Two Doctors

Had to look up Ruth Baxter as I don't rewarch Trial that much.
She was Dolands assisstant.
Sadly Doland, or rather actor Malcolm Tierney died yesterday.
Fabulous character actor who I will always remember for Lovejoy and the 'where are you taking that...thing?' line in Star Wars but he did so much more. RIP.

Cheap, lazy (in my opinion) production and weak scripts would have made it difficult no matter what, and then they exacerbated the problem with brave / foolish creative decisions like making the Doctor initially unlikable, making him constantly bicker and quarrel with Peri etc.

There was a strong sense of 'it doesn't really matter' in the latter JNT years. For evidence of that you only have to listen to the DVD commentaries; a lot of people were going into the show with the attitude of 'it's only Doctor Who'. JNT himself I believe did care but unfortunately was not able to instill that attitude into everyone who worked for him. Previous great producers on the show like Barry Letts, Phillip Hinchcliffe and Verity Lambert were always strong on making sure everyone involved with the show took it 100% seriously. They never would have allowed actors to come in and play a character like Paul Darrow played Tekker or a director with the attitude of Chris Clough to work on the show (again, listen to his DVD commentaries; he comes across every bit as a man who didn't give a s***).

As much as I dislike the sensibility Chris Bidmead brought to the show for example, he at least took his job seriously and gave his utmost to making the scripts he was responsible for work in context of his vision for the show. Saward comes across as a terribly harrassed man, out of his depth and just desperately trying to deliver anything, a lot of the time. I have sympathy for him in some places; his battle with JNT to do the 'Trial of a Timelord' story how he and Bob Holmes had originally intended to do it, for example. JNT really killed the ending of that season-long storyline. The sensibilities of the two men didn't line-up at all, hence my comments about them being a poor pairing.