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#13 The Enemy of the World (1967-1968)
Because the show was by episode in the sixties and not by story, it was fairly obvious when a member of the mail cast went on vacation. Their character would be locked up, knocked out, or otherwise ignored for a whole episode, leaving the absence notable but…
Because the show was by episode in the sixties and not by story, it was fairly obvious when a member of the mail cast went on vacation. Their character would be locked up, knocked out, or otherwise ignored for a whole episode, leaving the absence notable but…
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
#13 The Enemy of the World (1967-1968)
Because the show was by episode in the sixties and not by story, it was fairly obvious when a member of the mail cast went on vacation. Their character would be locked up, knocked out, or otherwise ignored for a whole episode, leaving the absence notable but…
Because the show was by episode in the sixties and not by story, it was fairly obvious when a member of the mail cast went on vacation. Their character would be locked up, knocked out, or otherwise ignored for a whole episode, leaving the absence notable but…
#14 The Time Warrior (1973-1974)
This is my vote for which story to show someone who had never seen the show but was interested. It soundly introduces the premise of the show, provides a POV character through new companion Sarah Jane, and delivers an exciting and funny story to boot. Linx debuts…
This is my vote for which story to show someone who had never seen the show but was interested. It soundly introduces the premise of the show, provides a POV character through new companion Sarah Jane, and delivers an exciting and funny story to boot. Linx debuts…
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
#14 The Time Warrior (1973-1974)
This is my vote for which story to show someone who had never seen the show but was interested. It soundly introduces the premise of the show, provides a POV character through new companion Sarah Jane, and delivers an exciting and funny story to boot. Linx debuts…
This is my vote for which story to show someone who had never seen the show but was interested. It soundly introduces the premise of the show, provides a POV character through new companion Sarah Jane, and delivers an exciting and funny story to boot. Linx debuts…
#15 The Aztecs (1964)
The first two historical stories looked at questions of survival and escape. This story touches on those themes, but it more prominently looks at questions of power, influence, and change. Barbara, being a master historian, has great respect and interest in the Aztec…
The first two historical stories looked at questions of survival and escape. This story touches on those themes, but it more prominently looks at questions of power, influence, and change. Barbara, being a master historian, has great respect and interest in the Aztec…
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
#15 The Aztecs (1964)
The first two historical stories looked at questions of survival and escape. This story touches on those themes, but it more prominently looks at questions of power, influence, and change. Barbara, being a master historian, has great respect and interest in the Aztec…
The first two historical stories looked at questions of survival and escape. This story touches on those themes, but it more prominently looks at questions of power, influence, and change. Barbara, being a master historian, has great respect and interest in the Aztec…
#16 The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)
The Daleks were obviously the first runaway success of the show, so bringing them back virtually in the same season (in the same production block and calendar year but technically held for the second season) was a no brainer. Their first appearance saw the…
The Daleks were obviously the first runaway success of the show, so bringing them back virtually in the same season (in the same production block and calendar year but technically held for the second season) was a no brainer. Their first appearance saw the…
November 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#16 The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)
The Daleks were obviously the first runaway success of the show, so bringing them back virtually in the same season (in the same production block and calendar year but technically held for the second season) was a no brainer. Their first appearance saw the…
The Daleks were obviously the first runaway success of the show, so bringing them back virtually in the same season (in the same production block and calendar year but technically held for the second season) was a no brainer. Their first appearance saw the…
#17 The Invasion (1968)
It's wild that Troughton's last season featured not one but two massive epics. This is the shorter of the two, a whopping eight episodes. It has a surreal opening, with the TARDIS reassembling itself after returning from the Land of Fiction, invisibly landing after in a…
It's wild that Troughton's last season featured not one but two massive epics. This is the shorter of the two, a whopping eight episodes. It has a surreal opening, with the TARDIS reassembling itself after returning from the Land of Fiction, invisibly landing after in a…
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
#17 The Invasion (1968)
It's wild that Troughton's last season featured not one but two massive epics. This is the shorter of the two, a whopping eight episodes. It has a surreal opening, with the TARDIS reassembling itself after returning from the Land of Fiction, invisibly landing after in a…
It's wild that Troughton's last season featured not one but two massive epics. This is the shorter of the two, a whopping eight episodes. It has a surreal opening, with the TARDIS reassembling itself after returning from the Land of Fiction, invisibly landing after in a…
#18 Planet of Evil (1975)
Something that I take exception to is the title of this story. There is no one on this planet who is evil. Misguided or ignorant of the truth of the situation like Sorenson, yes. Unstable due to being unable to control the situation like Salamar, yes. Defending its home…
Something that I take exception to is the title of this story. There is no one on this planet who is evil. Misguided or ignorant of the truth of the situation like Sorenson, yes. Unstable due to being unable to control the situation like Salamar, yes. Defending its home…
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 AM
#18 Planet of Evil (1975)
Something that I take exception to is the title of this story. There is no one on this planet who is evil. Misguided or ignorant of the truth of the situation like Sorenson, yes. Unstable due to being unable to control the situation like Salamar, yes. Defending its home…
Something that I take exception to is the title of this story. There is no one on this planet who is evil. Misguided or ignorant of the truth of the situation like Sorenson, yes. Unstable due to being unable to control the situation like Salamar, yes. Defending its home…
Visionary is a minor time travel story, one that almost doesn't register as a time travel story so much as another story about O'Brien being inconvenienced by science. O'Brien gets to jump momentarily five hours into the future, predicting minor accidents that start adding up to a fairly…
November 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Visionary is a minor time travel story, one that almost doesn't register as a time travel story so much as another story about O'Brien being inconvenienced by science. O'Brien gets to jump momentarily five hours into the future, predicting minor accidents that start adding up to a fairly…
Destiny is the story of minority orthodox extremists again messing with Bajor. Interestingly, Kai Winn is not involved, nor is she a weird minority anymore. This time, disgraced Vedek Yarka misreads some scripture to determine that Cardassians will somehow destroy the Wormhole. This result is…
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Destiny is the story of minority orthodox extremists again messing with Bajor. Interestingly, Kai Winn is not involved, nor is she a weird minority anymore. This time, disgraced Vedek Yarka misreads some scripture to determine that Cardassians will somehow destroy the Wormhole. This result is…
#19 The Crusade (1965)
Here is the classic format of one or more members of the TARDIS crew being separated from the ship, prompting a whole adventure to get everyone back to the start. This was standard for historicals since there wasn’t an alien menace to defeat or space revolution to instigate…
Here is the classic format of one or more members of the TARDIS crew being separated from the ship, prompting a whole adventure to get everyone back to the start. This was standard for historicals since there wasn’t an alien menace to defeat or space revolution to instigate…
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
#19 The Crusade (1965)
Here is the classic format of one or more members of the TARDIS crew being separated from the ship, prompting a whole adventure to get everyone back to the start. This was standard for historicals since there wasn’t an alien menace to defeat or space revolution to instigate…
Here is the classic format of one or more members of the TARDIS crew being separated from the ship, prompting a whole adventure to get everyone back to the start. This was standard for historicals since there wasn’t an alien menace to defeat or space revolution to instigate…
#20 The Moonbase (1967)
The Tenth Planet is interesting, but it doesn’t seem like the sort of story to launch the show’s second most successful monster. The Daleks certainly had a much stronger and distinctive debut. So having the Cybermen return just four stories after their introduction is…
The Tenth Planet is interesting, but it doesn’t seem like the sort of story to launch the show’s second most successful monster. The Daleks certainly had a much stronger and distinctive debut. So having the Cybermen return just four stories after their introduction is…
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
#20 The Moonbase (1967)
The Tenth Planet is interesting, but it doesn’t seem like the sort of story to launch the show’s second most successful monster. The Daleks certainly had a much stronger and distinctive debut. So having the Cybermen return just four stories after their introduction is…
The Tenth Planet is interesting, but it doesn’t seem like the sort of story to launch the show’s second most successful monster. The Daleks certainly had a much stronger and distinctive debut. So having the Cybermen return just four stories after their introduction is…
#21 The Seeds of Doom (1976)
As far as straight body horror goes, this is near the top for the show, especially given how it contrasts with the ongoing themes of gothic horror. The first two episodes are cousins with The Thing, with an Antarctic base uncovering alien like that soon infects one of…
As far as straight body horror goes, this is near the top for the show, especially given how it contrasts with the ongoing themes of gothic horror. The first two episodes are cousins with The Thing, with an Antarctic base uncovering alien like that soon infects one of…
November 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
#21 The Seeds of Doom (1976)
As far as straight body horror goes, this is near the top for the show, especially given how it contrasts with the ongoing themes of gothic horror. The first two episodes are cousins with The Thing, with an Antarctic base uncovering alien like that soon infects one of…
As far as straight body horror goes, this is near the top for the show, especially given how it contrasts with the ongoing themes of gothic horror. The first two episodes are cousins with The Thing, with an Antarctic base uncovering alien like that soon infects one of…
There are some goofy questions, obviously intended to make one group point a finger at another yell about sinning, whilst the reverse is happening at the same time.
November 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
There are some goofy questions, obviously intended to make one group point a finger at another yell about sinning, whilst the reverse is happening at the same time.
#22 The Mind of Evil (1971)
This is my favorite story with Roger Delgado’s portrayal of the Master. It sees UNIT depicted as a full-on intelligence agency, with multiple ongoing priorities that of course all intertwine into the Master’s plan. UNIT is responsible for security at an international…
This is my favorite story with Roger Delgado’s portrayal of the Master. It sees UNIT depicted as a full-on intelligence agency, with multiple ongoing priorities that of course all intertwine into the Master’s plan. UNIT is responsible for security at an international…
November 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#22 The Mind of Evil (1971)
This is my favorite story with Roger Delgado’s portrayal of the Master. It sees UNIT depicted as a full-on intelligence agency, with multiple ongoing priorities that of course all intertwine into the Master’s plan. UNIT is responsible for security at an international…
This is my favorite story with Roger Delgado’s portrayal of the Master. It sees UNIT depicted as a full-on intelligence agency, with multiple ongoing priorities that of course all intertwine into the Master’s plan. UNIT is responsible for security at an international…
#23 Fury from the Deep (1968)
This is a proper scary story, with characters getting possessed by seemingly innocent objects (seaweed, in this case) and otherwise being driven into paranoia but an increasingly dangerous but inexplicable situation. As it often happens, the Doctor is st loggerheads…
This is a proper scary story, with characters getting possessed by seemingly innocent objects (seaweed, in this case) and otherwise being driven into paranoia but an increasingly dangerous but inexplicable situation. As it often happens, the Doctor is st loggerheads…
November 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
#23 Fury from the Deep (1968)
This is a proper scary story, with characters getting possessed by seemingly innocent objects (seaweed, in this case) and otherwise being driven into paranoia but an increasingly dangerous but inexplicable situation. As it often happens, the Doctor is st loggerheads…
This is a proper scary story, with characters getting possessed by seemingly innocent objects (seaweed, in this case) and otherwise being driven into paranoia but an increasingly dangerous but inexplicable situation. As it often happens, the Doctor is st loggerheads…
October ’25 spooky movie watching. All twenty-eight of these movies were new to me.
🎖️: Sinners
🗑️: Nosferatu
🎖️: Sinners
🗑️: Nosferatu
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
October ’25 spooky movie watching. All twenty-eight of these movies were new to me.
🎖️: Sinners
🗑️: Nosferatu
🎖️: Sinners
🗑️: Nosferatu
November 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#24 Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)
This isn’t strictly the twenty-fifth anniversary story, but it functionality is, celebrating the origins of the show as much as it carves a new path forward for the Daleks. Starting off in Totter’s Lane and Coal Hill School, just like An Unearthly Child, the…
This isn’t strictly the twenty-fifth anniversary story, but it functionality is, celebrating the origins of the show as much as it carves a new path forward for the Daleks. Starting off in Totter’s Lane and Coal Hill School, just like An Unearthly Child, the…
October 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#24 Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)
This isn’t strictly the twenty-fifth anniversary story, but it functionality is, celebrating the origins of the show as much as it carves a new path forward for the Daleks. Starting off in Totter’s Lane and Coal Hill School, just like An Unearthly Child, the…
This isn’t strictly the twenty-fifth anniversary story, but it functionality is, celebrating the origins of the show as much as it carves a new path forward for the Daleks. Starting off in Totter’s Lane and Coal Hill School, just like An Unearthly Child, the…
#25 Terror of the Autons (1971)
The Third Doctor’s era is defined very much by Pertwee’s dominating powerhouse performance. It can easily be overlooked how much the character of the Brigadier also came into its own during this era, after just two previous appearances. This story steps up the level…
The Third Doctor’s era is defined very much by Pertwee’s dominating powerhouse performance. It can easily be overlooked how much the character of the Brigadier also came into its own during this era, after just two previous appearances. This story steps up the level…
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
#25 Terror of the Autons (1971)
The Third Doctor’s era is defined very much by Pertwee’s dominating powerhouse performance. It can easily be overlooked how much the character of the Brigadier also came into its own during this era, after just two previous appearances. This story steps up the level…
The Third Doctor’s era is defined very much by Pertwee’s dominating powerhouse performance. It can easily be overlooked how much the character of the Brigadier also came into its own during this era, after just two previous appearances. This story steps up the level…
#26 The Evil of the Daleks (1967)
The last Dalek story of the decade is one of the greatest. It starts off from the cliffhanger at the end of The Faceless Ones and jumps straight into the thick of it, with a complex plot involving time travel, human nature, and a desperate hostage family. The…
The last Dalek story of the decade is one of the greatest. It starts off from the cliffhanger at the end of The Faceless Ones and jumps straight into the thick of it, with a complex plot involving time travel, human nature, and a desperate hostage family. The…
October 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
#26 The Evil of the Daleks (1967)
The last Dalek story of the decade is one of the greatest. It starts off from the cliffhanger at the end of The Faceless Ones and jumps straight into the thick of it, with a complex plot involving time travel, human nature, and a desperate hostage family. The…
The last Dalek story of the decade is one of the greatest. It starts off from the cliffhanger at the end of The Faceless Ones and jumps straight into the thick of it, with a complex plot involving time travel, human nature, and a desperate hostage family. The…
#27 Frontier in Space (1973)
This is about as close as the show ever got to pure space opera. We have two contesting empires, Earth and Draconia, with uneasy politics, concerns about economy, and threats of war. The Draconians themselves are some of the best aliens ever seen in the show. Their…
This is about as close as the show ever got to pure space opera. We have two contesting empires, Earth and Draconia, with uneasy politics, concerns about economy, and threats of war. The Draconians themselves are some of the best aliens ever seen in the show. Their…
October 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
#27 Frontier in Space (1973)
This is about as close as the show ever got to pure space opera. We have two contesting empires, Earth and Draconia, with uneasy politics, concerns about economy, and threats of war. The Draconians themselves are some of the best aliens ever seen in the show. Their…
This is about as close as the show ever got to pure space opera. We have two contesting empires, Earth and Draconia, with uneasy politics, concerns about economy, and threats of war. The Draconians themselves are some of the best aliens ever seen in the show. Their…
Man, I forgot how much I used to love reading through Conservapedia articles. It’s a whole other world out there.
October 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Man, I forgot how much I used to love reading through Conservapedia articles. It’s a whole other world out there.
#28 The Green Death (1973)
This is at its core a love story. There have been lots of companions that have left the TARDIS because they fell in love with someone they just met, like Susan, Vicki, Leela, and (maybe?) Peri. Jo can join their ranks as she falls for Cliff Jones, but the love story is…
This is at its core a love story. There have been lots of companions that have left the TARDIS because they fell in love with someone they just met, like Susan, Vicki, Leela, and (maybe?) Peri. Jo can join their ranks as she falls for Cliff Jones, but the love story is…
October 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#28 The Green Death (1973)
This is at its core a love story. There have been lots of companions that have left the TARDIS because they fell in love with someone they just met, like Susan, Vicki, Leela, and (maybe?) Peri. Jo can join their ranks as she falls for Cliff Jones, but the love story is…
This is at its core a love story. There have been lots of companions that have left the TARDIS because they fell in love with someone they just met, like Susan, Vicki, Leela, and (maybe?) Peri. Jo can join their ranks as she falls for Cliff Jones, but the love story is…
This is the cropped version of the one I originally saw.
October 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is the cropped version of the one I originally saw.
#29 Planet of the Spiders (1974)
This is the end of the Third Doctor’s era, and it brings that era to a close thematically and celebratorily. Regarding the later, it piles on everything that we like about the Third Doctor, as well as about Pertwee himself, who is probably the actor that poured the…
This is the end of the Third Doctor’s era, and it brings that era to a close thematically and celebratorily. Regarding the later, it piles on everything that we like about the Third Doctor, as well as about Pertwee himself, who is probably the actor that poured the…
October 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
#29 Planet of the Spiders (1974)
This is the end of the Third Doctor’s era, and it brings that era to a close thematically and celebratorily. Regarding the later, it piles on everything that we like about the Third Doctor, as well as about Pertwee himself, who is probably the actor that poured the…
This is the end of the Third Doctor’s era, and it brings that era to a close thematically and celebratorily. Regarding the later, it piles on everything that we like about the Third Doctor, as well as about Pertwee himself, who is probably the actor that poured the…