The Absolute Worst of the Worst...

[alex]

Okay, fess up y'all and tell us what you think the absolute WORST Doctor Who story ever is...?

I can't stand:

Enlightenment
Vengeance on Varos
The Space Museum
Planet of Evil
Colony in Space
The Masque of Mandragora
The Face of Evil
Meglos
The Leisure Hive
Ghost Light

And from the new series...
The Long Game
The Shakesppear Code

[J. R.'s Piece]

I don't easily warm to:

The Time Monster
The Mutants
The Claws of Axos
Time Flight
Planet of the Daleks
The Krotons
The Dominators
Logopolis
Castrovalva
Death to the Daleks
The Keys of Marinus
The Space Pirates
The Sensorites
Timelash
Time and the Rani
The Space Museum
Colony in Space
Meglos
The Leisure Hive
The Invisible Enemy
The Armageddon Factor
Destiny of the Daleks
The Invasion of Time
Terminus
Arc of Infinity
The Twin Dilemma
Revenge of the Cybermen
Galaxy 4


And from the new series...
The Long Game
New Earth

Stories I'm ambivalent to:
The Myth Makers
The Gunfighters
The Rescue
The Horns of Nimon
The Creature From the Pit
Day of the Daleks
Nightmare of Eden
Vengeance on Varos
The Power of Kroll
The Stones of Blood
Attack of the Cybermen
Resurrection of the Daleks
Revelation of the Daleks
'Season 23'

[J. R.'s Piece]

....and The Android Invasion

[J. R.'s Piece]

....and The Android Invasion
Warriors of the Deep
Underworld

[J. R.'s Piece]

The Web Planet

[alex]

I thought that the web planet was hilariously funny, the Zarbi were all so - akward looking on screen

[alex]

The Krotons

This was horrible, I couldn't understand exactly what that stupid robot was saying...

Nightmare of Eden

This was hilarious, I never stopped kicking myself because I never caught the final part of it...

The Creature from the Pit

I was actually shocked I liked this, it was very funny, you didn't really need to pay that much attention to get the gist of it, that big green blob had me in sticthes...

The Keys of Marinus

This one was all over the place, the couple of episodes that the Doctor was missing from were absolutely sooooo boring, the hats that the judges wore were funny, they looked like muffins

Destiny of the Daleks

I've never seen this, I was so excited when it was going to come on the T.V. in Australia, but that was admist the copywright issues for the Daleks in the new series so they couldn't show ANY Dalek stories, and even any episode that had a Dalek clip - so they couldn't show the War Games...we missed Planet of the Daleks/Colony in Space, Day of the Daleks, but they showed Death to the Daleks then Genesis, but then they pulled them after that...

[garry]

Okay, fess up y'all and tell us what you think the absolute WORST Doctor Who story ever is...?

I can't stand:
The Masque of Mandragora

The Leisure Hive
Ghost Light

And from the new series...
The Shakesppear Code

Funny but these episodes would appear in my top 20 favourite stories.

Maybe you don't like the period piece episodes, which for me, Doctor Who does so well.

[alex]

Actually Garry, I think you might have a point, I didn't notice that until you pointed it out, although I am a fan of the serials set in the past with nothing but historical content - Marco Polo is great

[J. R.'s Piece]

Yes, the soundtrack to Marco Polo is excellent. Shame about the lack of pictures.

Mark Eden (Marco Polo), Derren Nesbitt (Tegana) and Martin Miller (Kublai Khan) were all in the same episode of The Prisoner, 'It's Your Funeral', in 1967.

As for the historicals, Doctor Who is often at it's best when it's being something else....if you see what I mean.

[J. R.'s Piece]

This was horrible, I couldn't understand exactly what that stupid robot was saying...

Apparently Patrick Troughton kept laughing at them, whilst on location and Frazer Hines has mentioned this as being his least favourite story, calling it 'The Croutons'.

This was hilarious, I never stopped kicking myself because I never caught the final part of it...

I was actually shocked I liked this, it was very funny, you didn't really need to pay that much attention to get the gist of it, that big green blob had me in sticthes...

Erato has his strong point. I read an interview with Geoffrey Bayldon where he said his first thought upon seeing Erato was, "My, that is a big one!"

This one was all over the place, the couple of episodes that the Doctor was missing from were absolutely sooooo boring, the hats that the judges wore were funny, they looked like muffins

Wasn't it great when one of the Voord disguised itself as Arbitan? The old hidden face trick.

I've never seen this, I was so excited when it was going to come on the T.V. in Australia, but that was admist the copywright issues for the Daleks in the new series so they couldn't show ANY Dalek stories, and even any episode that had a Dalek clip - so they couldn't show the War Games...we missed Planet of the Daleks/Colony in Space, Day of the Daleks, but they showed Death to the Daleks then Genesis, but then they pulled them after that...

It's weird to have four hours' worth of 'The War Games' pulled for a clip of less than twenty seconds. Hope you see it, the others and finish your nightmare soon.

[J. R.'s Piece]

Okay, fess up y'all and tell us what you think the absolute WORST Doctor Who story ever is...?

Fraxer Hines (Jamie from 1966-69) made a couple of records based on the show. That's the worst Doctor Who story I can ever think of.



....Whooooo is Doctor Who. Where is he from. What can he do?



I'm the pride of the Highlands. That's the truth
I do all my travelling in a telephone booth
Cause I'm a time-traveller honey and I can't get away from your love

[Final Terror]

The only story I can't stick in my VCR, and have a jolly good Who watching time is UNDERWORLD.
It's boring, badly made, crappily acted, anger-inducing and just an overall complete pile of tosh... give me Tetraps, Green Illuminous Phallises, tinsel-Timelashes and a 14 part Trial over it any bloody day.

[James from London]

Wow, you people know your WHO. I know next to nothing of the McCoy and Colin Baker years, so I guess I'd have to pick "Lazarus" from the latest series which was very disappointing--lazy and dull in an EASTENDERS sort of way. And "The Pirate Planet" from "The Key To Time" drags on a bit.

"Underworld": What era is that one from? Is it about a factory in Manchester that makes evil knickers by any chance?

[Mayor Gregory]

"Underworld" is mooted as being Tom Baker's worst story

... though Tom's worst are better than others best IMHO

[garry]

Wow, you people know your WHO. I know next to nothing of the McCoy and Colin Baker years, so I guess I'd have to pick "Lazarus" from the latest series which was very disappointing--lazy and dull in an EASTENDERS sort of way. And "The Pirate Planet" from "The Key To Time" drags on a bit.

Nah, The Lazarus Experiment was pretty entertaining, unlike 42, which was just a Doctor Who by numbers episode. Evolution Of The Daleks was the biggest disappointment for me this series. Such a let down after an interesting build up.

[J. R.'s Piece]

"Underworld" is mooted as being Tom Baker's worst story

... though Tom's worst are better than others best IMHO

'The quest is the quest'....didn't Imogen Bickford-Smith (from Underworld)'s agent try to suggest that she might be replacing Louise Jameson?

"Whatever blows can be sucked!"

Some actors can raise the quality of a weakly-realised story by putting in a good performance. Patrick Troughton gives a wonderful performance in 'The Krotons'....a story that isn't very good.

Peter Cushing is another example....even in his lesser films, he brings quality to the production.

Come to think, both Troughton and Cushing were part of Laurence Olivier's acting company.

[J. R.'s Piece]

Wow, you people know your WHO. I know next to nothing of the McCoy and Colin Baker years, so I guess I'd have to pick "Lazarus" from the latest series which was very disappointing--lazy and dull in an EASTENDERS sort of way. And "The Pirate Planet" from "The Key To Time" drags on a bit.

"Underworld": What era is that one from? Is it about a factory in Manchester that makes evil knickers by any chance?

If Doctor Who script editor, Dennis Spooner and actor Patrick Troughton could both do stints on Coronation Street, why not?

Underworld is the penultimate story (penultimate Leela story, too) of Season 15, Season 16 is the 'Key to Time' season.

I've now decided that the song, 'I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek' is the worst of the worst, too....what with it's Dalek declaring, "I love you!"

I found Bob Baker & Dave Martin (recently deceased) Doctor Who stories hard to take...(eg. Claws of Axos, The Invisible Enemy) ...It was like they had a jumble of ideas, which could never be properly realised with the facilities.

I wasn't too sure about the Tom Baker story, 'Shada'.....but as it was unfinished, it's not really that fair to comment on it, I suppose.

[J. R.'s Piece]

"Underworld": What era is that one from? Is it about a factory in Manchester that makes evil knickers by any chance?

Doctor Who/Sarah Jane Adventures writer, Gareth Roberts, used to be a storyliner for Coronation Street and named the knicker factory after the story title.

[Daniel Avery]

I was willing to accept just about anything in the classic Who episodes simply because the lousy effects and tight budget were parts of its charm. Even if the story was rather...thin I typically found something to like in it--usually a Doc/Companion scene, or an unintentionally funny villain who was over the top. I guess my expectations were a lot lower.

In this current version, I disliked "Fear Her," mostly because of the un-needed sentimental crap about the Olympic torch being love (or some such nonsense), and that first "Doctor-less" episode with the guy talking into his video camera (I'm blanking on the title--shows how much I want to forget) was just dreadful. Other than that, I'm really liking the new version, especially the Martha stories.