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The Last Doctor wrote:
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
For Me Inferno Ports 1 to 7
Best Doctor Who episodes ever? Off the top of my head I'd
have to go with "City of Death"... of course, when I say
ever I don't mean post-2005.
For a show made on a limited budget, the 1970's excel for how
the producers of Doctor Who managed to cope and still churn
out exciting television with enjoyable stories. The 1980's
are a good example of how they didn't cope with the limited
budget and churned out less enjoyable stories.... but that's
another discussion.
Inferno, like a lot of Jon Pertwee's era of the show is a
very strong story, but there's nothing to match Tom Baker at
his very best... and "City of Death" is pretty much as good
as the show got back then.
Hmm. For me - I liked City of Death but it has one major
downside, and her name is Lalla Ward.
I didn't like her Romana that much either, but I did like her in
"City of Death". The Doctor and Romana II looked like they were
having fun in Paris (They probably were!!!) so it worked okay
for me.
Mary Tamm was the BEST Romana. (So hot.)
Definitely a better looking woman than Lalla Ward, and a better
Romana overall. It is a pity that Mary Tamm only did the one
season.
It was good to hear Mary return for some Big Finish Doctor Who
audio stories with Tom before she got sick. ("The Auntie Matter"
being my favourite of her Fourth Doctor stories.)
The best Tom Baker - Douglas Adams Who was, for me, The Ribos
Operation. Comic heist / con gone wrong, Iain Cuthbertson,
Prentis Hancock, Tom on top form … AND Romana I?
5 gold stars and a laurel and hearty handshake.
A great start to S16, "The Ribos Operation" is definitely up
there with the best of Tom's era.
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