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Old 24-06-2014, 08:33
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Think we should have this list as well for balance, seeing as there is a New Who one at the minute

1 - The Robots of Death
2 - The Caves of Androzani
3 - The Ark in Space
4 - The Invasion
5 - City of Death
6 - Pyramids of Mars
7 - The Web of Fear
8 - Earthshock
9 - Genesis of the Daleks
10 - Spearhead from Space
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Old 24-06-2014, 09:04
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1 - The Visitation
2 - The Caves of Androzani
3 - Logopolis
4 - Revelation Of The Daleks
5 - City of Death
6 - Pyramids of Mars
7 - The Web of Fear
8 - Earthshock
9 - The Abominable Snowmen
10 - The Tomb Of The Cybermen
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Old 24-06-2014, 09:34
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1. Talons Of Weng Chiang
2. Marco Polo
3. Robots Of Death
4. The Web Of Fear
5. The Romans
6. Kinda
7. The Massacre
8. The Sunmakers
9. The Myth Makers
10. Fury From The Deep
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Old 24-06-2014, 09:49
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1) Genesis of the Daleks
2) Talons of Wang Chieng
3) Curse of Fenric
4) Earthshock
5) Tomb of the Cybermen
6) Seeds of Doom
7) The Green Death
8) Caves of Androzani
9) An Unearthly Child
10) Robots of Death
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Old 24-06-2014, 12:00
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so much harder!

Genesis of the Daleks
Caves of Androzani
City of Death
Pyramids of Mars
Robots of Death
Talons of Weng-Chiang
Ark in Space
Mind Robber
Aztecs
Spearhead from Space
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Old 24-06-2014, 12:22
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Will be interested to see how the lists of people voting on my poll differs from the final version.

My Hinchcliffe dominated favourite 10 are

Pyramids of Mars
Talons of Weng Chiang
Spearhead from Space
Genesis of the Daleks
City of Death
Robots of Death
The Daemons
Terror of the Zygons
The Web of Fear
The Ark in Space
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Old 24-06-2014, 12:39
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Caves of Androzani
Earthshock
Vengeance on Varos
Revelation of the Daleks
Mindwarp
Attack of the Cybermen
Resurrection of the Daleks
Genesis of the Daleks
Planet of the Spiders
Warriors' Gate
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Old 24-06-2014, 13:28
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I haven't seen a whole lot of Classic Who yet, but I can't believe no-one's put the Brain of Morbius Yet.

Anyway, I'll see if I can remember. I've only watched about 3 seasons of Tom Baker.

Brain of Morbius
Deadly Assassin
Terror of the Zygons
Arc in Space
Pyramids of Mars
Genesis of the Daleks
Horror of Fang Rock
The Talons of Weng Chiang [even if the slight racism feels weird]
The Invisible Enemy
The Face of Evil
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Old 24-06-2014, 14:31
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1. The Sea Devils
2. The Daemons
3. Genesis of the Daleks
4. The Curse of Fenric
5. The Five Doctors
6. The Robots of Death
7. Revelation Of The Daleks
8. The Sunmakers
9. Battlefield
10. The Pyramids of Mars
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Old 24-06-2014, 15:13
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Very difficult. Errrm, in no particular order, today....

Enlightenment
Kinda
Androids of Tara
Pyramids of Mars
The Ark
City of Death
Inferno
Tomb of the Cybermen
Carnival of Monsters
The Deadly Assasin
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Old 24-06-2014, 17:25
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The Deadly Assassin
Genesis of the Daleks
The Talons of Weng Chiang
The Caves of Androzani
The War Games
City of Death
Terror of the Zygons
Inferno
The Seeds of Doom
The Robots of Death
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Old 24-06-2014, 21:00
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The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The War Games
The Tomb of the Cybermen
The Green Death
Genesis of the Daleks
Horror of Fang Rock
The Robots of Death
The Arc in Space
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Enlightenment
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Old 24-06-2014, 21:24
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Impossible to do a TOP ten......but here are ten of my favourites!

The Daleks/ Dead Planet
Keys of Marinus
The Time Meddler
Tomb of the Cybermen
The Mind Robber
The Three Doctors
City of Death
Earthshock
Mark of the Rani
Remembrance of the Daleks


I was being shrewd there - and missed a LOT of stories! Best 20 might be easier for the classic series!
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Old 24-06-2014, 22:07
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Impossible to do a TOP ten......but here are ten of my favourites!

The Daleks/ Dead Planet
Keys of Marinus
The Time Meddler
Tomb of the Cybermen
The Mind Robber
The Three Doctors
City of Death
Earthshock
Mark of the Rani
Remembrance of the Daleks


I was being shrewd there - and missed a LOT of stories! Best 20 might be easier for the classic series!
Yeah why not, I'll certainly have a go at a top 20

Think we should have this list as well for balance, seeing as there is a New Who one at the minute

1 - The Robots of Death
2 - The Caves of Androzani
3 - The Ark in Space
4 - The Invasion
5 - City of Death
6 - Pyramids of Mars
7 - The Web of Fear
8 - Earthshock
9 - Genesis of the Daleks
10 - Spearhead from Space
11 - The Talons of Weng-Chaing
12 - The Tomb of the Cybermen
13 - Kinda
14 - Horror of Fang Rock
15 - Remembrance of the Daleks
16 - The Brain of Morbius
17 - The Curse of Fenric
18 - Attack of the Cybermen
19 - The Time Meddler
20 - Revelation of the Daleks
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Old 24-06-2014, 23:48
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I haven't seen a whole lot of Classic Who yet, but I can't believe no-one's put the Brain of Morbius Yet.

Anyway, I'll see if I can remember. I've only watched about 3 seasons of Tom Baker.

Brain of Morbius
Deadly Assassin
Terror of the Zygons
Arc in Space
Pyramids of Mars
Genesis of the Daleks
Horror of Fang Rock
The Talons of Weng Chiang [even if the slight racism feels weird]
The Invisible Enemy
The Face of Evil
Emphasis mine.

You must remember the times. Things were different back then and people weren't so thin skinned about this stuff. Mickey Rooney's role in Breakfast at Tiffany's is another example in this wheelhouse.

Heck, eighty years ago, blackface was still very common. It was even occasionally used up to thirty years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eubhg1gTyj8

It was just the day and age.
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Old 25-06-2014, 00:14
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1. The Deadly Assassin
2. The Talons of Weng-Chiang
3. The Stones of Blood
4. City of Death
5. Horror of Fang Rock
6. The Robots of Death
7. Pyramids of Mars
8. The Daemons
9. State of Decay
10. Logopolis

Including another 10 to add a bit of variety to it. lol
11. The Face of Evil
12. Terror of the Zygons
13. Spearhead from Space
14. The Curse of Peladon
15. The War Machines
16. Ghost Light
17. The Sea Devils
18. The Sontaran Experiment
19. Mark of the Rani
20. Inferno
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Old 25-06-2014, 02:03
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Pyramids of Mars
Talons of Weng Chiang
Spearhead from Space
Genesis of the Daleks
City of Death
Robots of Death
The Daemons
Terror of the Zygons
The Web of Fear
The Ark in Space

Well as other people are going for a top twenty, my next 10 would be

The Time Meddler
The War Machines
Tomb of the Cybermen
The Invasion
The Three Doctors
The Time Warrior
Image of the Fendahl
The Stones of Blood
The Visitation
Earthshock

(top thirty?)

The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Moonbase
The Abominable Snowmen
Inferno
Claws of Axos
The Sea Devils
Robot
The Brain of Morbius
The Seeds of Doom
Logopolis
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Old 25-06-2014, 10:49
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Top 20 now thats more like it!

Genesis of the Daleks
Caves of Androzani
City of Death
Pyramids of Mars
Robots of Death
Talons of Weng-Chiang
Ark in Space
Mind Robber
Aztecs
Spearhead from Space
Brain of Morbius
Terror of the Zygons
Deadly Assassin
Time Meddler
The Invasion
Kinda
Sontaran Experiment
Planet of Evil
Seeds of Doom
Mind of Evil


(if we go for 30

Horror of Fang Rock
Sea Devils
The Green Death
Stones of Blood
Time Warrior
State of Decay
Enemy of the World
Web of Fear
War Games
Dalek Invasion of Earth )
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Old 25-06-2014, 10:55
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Very difficult. Errrm, in no particular order, today....

Enlightenment
Kinda
Androids of Tara
Pyramids of Mars
The Ark
City of Death
Inferno
Tomb of the Cybermen
Carnival of Monsters
The Deadly Assasin
Yay.10 more!

The Aztecs
Dalek Invasion of Earth
The War Games
The Silurians
Terror of the Zygons
The Ribos Operation
Warrior's Gate
Snakedance
Caves of Androzani
Greatest Show in the Galaxy
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Old 25-06-2014, 11:06
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I thought I'd keep it to just the top 10, but break it up highlighting the ones that so far have been missed altogether. Also, these are my favourites, I'm not trying to rate them on technical merit, the best acting/ directing or story in general.

The ones no-one else seems to mention are:
Dr Who & the Silurians
Planet of Evil

Ones that commonly feature with other opinions:
The Deadly Assassin
Horror of Fang Rock
Pyramids of Mars

Ones that less commonly feature in others' lists but still make my top 10:
The Invasion
The Green Death
The Visitation
The Seeds of Doom
State of Decay
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Old 25-06-2014, 16:01
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My Top twenty classic stories would be:

1. City of Death
2. The War Games
3. Inferno
4. Remembrance of the Daleks
5. The Daleks' Master Plan
6. The Seeds of Doom
7. Terror of the Zygons
8. Doctor Who and the Silurians
9. Horror of Fang Rock
10. The Five Doctors
11. Enlightenment
12. The Talons of Weng-Chiang
13. The Myth Makers
14. Genesis of the Daleks
15. Spearhead from Space
16. The Power of the Daleks
17. The Enemy of the World
18. The Happiness Patrol
19. Planet of Evil
20. The Aztecs

It'll be a completely different list next week for me. That's what I love about Doctor Who. There are just too many good stories to have a top twenty IMO.
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