Favourite Episodes

[DVD]

I watched that one two nights ago. Did you turn on the new SFX?

[van Statten]

Nope we don't watch Classic Who with new FX, they never look right, it was fine back in the day and it stands the test of time now.

[DVD]

I have to admit to being a fan of the new SFX. Some are very good.

[van Statten]

I'll admit I like the shots in space and stuff... where everything is new but when they change the laser gun effects and everything else around them is the same standard it still looks silly. Although.... Day of the Daleks... I may just watch with the SFX for curiosity sake!

[dalekdrone]

I've only seen clips of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd! However they're definitely on my list of things to watch. All 3 of them have stories I would like to check out. It's just a matter of setting the time aside. I started with Baker because I had always heard so much about him and when I saw clips of Genesis and Deadly Assassin I was hooked. Those were the first two Baker stories I watched. I'm by no means done, though!! Van and I are watching Destiny of the Daleks right now. Just finished part 2!

The deadly assassin was the first tom baker episode i watched and the deadly assassin master was my first classic figure

[Obi-Jiff Kenobi]

Well, Van and Shopgirl, although I'm (just) old enough to remember the Third Doctor, my interest in DW really started with the Fourth. I remember the first airing of Genesis, and I watched DW regularly after that, but I got tremendously excited when it was announced the Daleks were returning for Destiny. That's when I turned the corner from being a viewer to a fan, and I've never looked back. I've always loved that story, and have watched the DVD both with and without the new effects. I prefer without, because that's how I remember it, but the new stuff is not bad.

If you're after some recommendations for the earlier Doctors, I'd have to nominate these three:

First Doctor: The Daleks. In the UK at least, it comes as part of a box set that also includes An Unearthly Child and Edge of Destruction. If you can get that in the States, you must; it's great to see how it all started. If they're sold individually, I'd start with The Daleks, simply because I think it's the best of the three. It does slow a bit in the middle, though, but it gets better.

Second Doctor: No contest for me, it's Tomb of the Cybermen all the way. This was one of the missing stories for a while, and as a young fan I could only dream of being able to watch it. Now it's out on DVD, I don't have to dream. It was one of the first Classics I bought, too. Excellent story, well told, and with some 'interesting' acting - especially Kaftan!

Third Doctor: Bit trickier, but I'd probably pick The Three Doctors, as it's a cracking yarn, and has the last screen appearance of William Hartnell, who is as curmudgeonly as ever. It's also got the Brigadier, Bessie, a guest appearance by the Second Doctor's recorder, some nice quarry filming (a prerequisite for Classic Who!), and introduces Omega, as well as a lot of Time Lord back story which would later become very important. More than that, though, it has a great sense of fun!

[van Statten]

Second Doctor: No contest for me, it's Tomb of the Cybermen all the way. This was one of the missing stories for a while, and as a young fan I could only dream of being able to watch it. Now it's out on DVD, I don't have to dream. It was one of the first Classics I bought, too. Excellent story, well told, and with some 'interesting' acting - especially Kaftan!

As if you have a choice of Second Doctor stories?

Third Doctor: Bit trickier, but I'd probably pick The Three Doctors, as it's a cracking yarn, and has the last screen appearance of William Hartnell, who is as curmudgeonly as ever. It's also got the Brigadier, Bessie, a guest appearance by the Second Doctor's recorder, some nice quarry filming (a prerequisite for Classic Who!), and introduces Omega, as well as a lot of Time Lord back story which would later become very important. More than that, though, it has a great sense of fun!

Since she's a huge Star Trek fan I have her sold on the Mirror Universe episode!

[TV21_Dalek]

As much as I love the classics I always watch them with the new FX where available. They enhance what are already excellent stories, especially "The Dalek Invasion of Earth"... I mean flying saucepan lid or lovely retro flying saucer totally in keeping with the feel of the thing? Same with "Ark in Space" and "Earthshock" - the new FX aren't in your face and only serve to enhance the story.

Look at Star Trek: TOS - reissued with beautiful new effects, making the series look the way we always wanted it to. No clipping, no fuzzy edges. Heavenly. Even the first series of Red Dwarf got the make-over.

It gives us the chance to see our favourite stories without the cringe element... I just wish they had removed the Action Man Scorpion Tank from "Robot" and re-filmed that scene I remember watching it as a boy and shouting that Action Man was on telly

[Obi-Jiff Kenobi]

Since she's a huge Star Trek fan I have her sold on the Mirror Universe episode!

Ah, Inferno. I watched that not long before Christmas, and enjoyed it. Funnily enough, though I'm a Trekkie, I didn't make the connection between Who and Trek in that context.

[The Time Lord]

Since she's a huge Star Trek fan I have her sold on the Mirror Universe episode!

Ah, Inferno. I watched that not long before Christmas, and enjoyed it. Funnily enough, though I'm a Trekkie, I didn't make the connection between Who and Trek in that context.

I love how all mirror universe stories involve facial hair on the male characters.

TL