Doctor Who: The Library of Carsus discussion

Of the television show Doctor Who, of course...

Here are mine:

10. The War Games
09. Vengeance on Varos
08. The Ark in Space
07. The Curse of Fenric
06. Tomb of the Cybermen
05. The Deadly Assassin
04. The Invasion
03. Inferno
02. The Caves of Androzani
01. City of Death

honourable mention to The Time Warrior

So hard to narrow it down!

10. Terror of the Autons
9. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
8. Horror of Fang Rock
7. Genesis of the Daleks
6. Tomb of the Cybermen
5. The Ark in Space
4. Seeds of Doom
3. Inferno
2. Invasion of Time
1. City of Death

Honorable mentions go to The Talons of Weng Chiang and The Sontaran Experiment

I notice that I'm pretty heavy on the Tom Baker episodes. I'm surprised nothing with Colin Baker got on the list. There are no David Tennant episodes, because I've watched them only once. Everything on my list has had multiple viewings.

Damn, they need to hurry up and release Seeds of Doom on DVD, already!

At least we're in agreement that City of Death is pretty much the pinnacle of Doctor Who.

I really, really liked The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances two parter. The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit stood out as the best part of the rather weak second series, and Human Nature/The Family of Blood was just an incredible adaption of the novel (maybe even a tad better, perhaps?) in series three. I seem to like a bunch of two-parters from the new series, hmm? Recently, I quite enjoyed The Fires of Pompeii.

It's possible some of the new series episodes could force their way into my personal top ten at some point, but I just haven't watched them as much as the episodes from the classic series.

City of Death - the cameo by John Cleese was all gravy! I know that MY copy of the Mona Lisa is the original.

Impossible Planet/Satan Pit was pretty awesome. A lot of times Rose mildly annoyed me, but she was the quintessential tough chick at the end of Satan Pit.

Liked Father's Day, too.

Doctor Who included, it amazes me how many great old movies and TV series aren't available on a digital format.

If I were to do my Top 10 episodes list, I'd have to add The Deadly Assassin, Stones of Blood, The Daemons, and Pyramids of Mars (especially the last one). I wouldn't want to drop any of the other entries, so I'd have to shoehorn them in extradimensionally.

1. Curse of Fenric
2. Caves of Androzani
3. Genesis of the Daleks
4. Tomb of the Cybermen
5. Human Nature/Family of Blood
6. Pyramids of Mars
7. The Aztecs
8. Dalek
9. The Daemons
10. Remembrance of the Daleks

Honorable Mentions: Doctor Who and the Silurians, Blink, Ark in Space, Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Glad to find this Doctor Who group! Hard to limit to tne only but here goes:

1)Ark In Space
2)Pyramids of Mars
3. Spearhead from Space
4. Terror of the Autons
5. Caves of Androzani
6. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
7. The Girl in the Fireplace
8. The Daemons
9. Father's Day
10.Frontier in Space

Even though a lot of people slag off the new series and don't care so much for Ms. Piper, I thought "Father's Day" and "Girl in the Fireplace" were both pretty good.

I think most of the New Series slagging off comes from grouchy old-timers like you and me, pining for more Jon Pertwee/Roger Delgado chase scenes and Patrick Troughton battling tinfoil monsters.

I jest, but I think the long-time fans have found more to nitpick than the more recent fans.

Matthew: Fortunately, I like both the old and new series. Imho, there are really no good or bad Doctors--just good and bad episodes for each. Admittedly, we all have our favorites.

Glad to see another Jon Pertwee fan--the episeds with Pertwee and Delgado are some of the very best!

Truth be told, I have a soft spot for Messrs. Tennant and Eccleston. Not my favorites, but glad the series came back. I think they serve a purpose of being "entry" doctors for new fans. My daughter used to make fun of the old series, but then she had a crush on David Tennant; now I catch her watching my Tom Baker videos.

I have a soft spot for Eccleston and Tennant also. In really, really wish though, that we had two season of Eccleston before he left! We have so very few stories with him and he was a great Doctor!

I probably haven't seen enough classic Who to give a top 10 list, but 'Genesis Of The Daleks' is definately the best of those I have seen. Of the new series, 'Girl In The Fireplace' and 'Blink' are the two stories that stand out for me.

I also have to admit for having a soft spot for the 1996 movie. Yes, I'll admit that as a televistion story it is a big piece of American shambles, but having been born in 1985 it was my first proper experience of watching Doctor Who, and as such shall always be special to me.

I haven't seen any of the classic Doctor Who - have just recently discovered the Doctor. Working my way through the new series at the moment and favourite episodes are Blink, Human Nature/The Family, The Unquited Dead (mostly because of the Dickens stuff), The Girl in the Fireplace and School Reunion (because of Anthony Steward Head).

Hi guys, I reckon I am the biggest Doctor Who fan on the planet. Here is my top 10

1. The Talons of Weng Chiang
2. The Impossible Planet/The Satan pit
3. The Invasion
3. The Caves of Androzani
4. The Deadly Assassin
5. Genesis of the Daleks
6. The Ark in space
7. Doctor Who and the Silurians
8. The Mind of evil
9. Logopolis
10. Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel

Favourate Doctor

1. Jon Pertwee
2. Tom Baker
3. David Tennant
4. Peter Davison
5.Colin Baker
6.Christopher Eccleston
7.Patrick Troughton
8. William Hartnell
9.Sylvestor Mccoy
10. Paul Mcgann

Best season ever- can't split 7,12,14,18 and the last one

Favourite Episodes

Old Series:

10. The Tenth Planet
9. The Robots of Death
8. Resurrection of the Daleks
7. Tomb of the Cybermen
6. The Dalek Invasion of Earth
5. Inferno
4. Remembrance of the Daleks
3. Caves of Androzani
2. Talons of Weng Chiang
1. Genesis of the Daleks

Honourable Mentions:

Death to the Daleks, The Curse of Fenric, Spearhead from Space, The Time Warrior

New Series:

10. Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone
9. The Girl in the Fireplace
8. Blink
7. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday
6. The Pandorica Opens/ The Big Bang
5. Dalek
4. The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances
3. Human Nature/Family of Blood
2. Bad Wolf/Parting of Ways
1. The Stolen Earth/Journey's End

Honourable Mentions

The Eleventh Hour, Turn Left, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead, Water on Mars, The End of Time, Vincent and the Doctor
Favourite Doctors:

1. Tom Baker
2. David Tennant
3. John Pertwee
4. Matt Smith
5. Sylvester McCoy
6. William Hartnell
7. Chrsitopher Eccleston
8. Patrick Troughton
9. Peter Davidson
10. Paul Mcgann
11. COLIN BAKER!!!!! DARN YOU!!!

I can't do this type of list. It varies too much. Whenever I review an older storyline half the time it becomes one of my top 10. Especially with the Reboot series.

My top doctor's are:
1:Patrick Troughton
2:Jon Pertwee
3:Sylvester McCoy
4:Christopher Eccleston
5:Tom Baker (mainly the Philip Heincliffe era)
6:William Hartnell
7:Matt Smith
8:Colin Baker
9:Peter Davision
10:David Tennant i hate he just ruined the show
11:Paul McGann so bad i have nothing to say
Now my top 10 episodes are
10:The Curse of Fenric
9:City of Death
8:The Ambassodors of Death
7:Genesis of the Daleks
6:The Sensorites
5:The Invasion
4:The Web of Fear
3:The Talons of Weng-Chiang
2:Inferno
1:Tomb of the Cybermen

I've watched every single Doctor Who episode .... beginning with "Rose" with Christopher Eccleston as the doctor. Earlier episodes aren't readily available here in America, especially if one has a limited budget. (I do remember seeing a couple of episodes with the doctor with the long scarf -- internet tells me that was Tom Baker -- back in the 1970s, but after all this time, I couldn't tell you which ones they were.)

I'll answer the question posed as regards the seasons I have viewed.

Top doctors:
#1 David Tennant
#2 Matt Smith
#3 Christopher Eccleston

Top ten episodes:
1. Vincent and the Doctor
2. The Girl in the Fireplace
3. The Lodger
4. Blink
5. Father's Day
6. The Stolen Earth / Journey's End
7. Turn Left
8. Amy's Choice
9. The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang
10. Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead

and an honorable mention to:
Christmas Special: The Next Doctor

Looking forward to the American premier of the next season of Doctor Who, now just 4 days away! :0)

mmmm I am with Kirk
The only thing I can say without a doubt is the Number One episode for me is......
The Seeds of Doom

The fourth Doctor episode. The Reason
Its the first episode I saw.

Upon some reflection some of the episodes that usually stick in my top ten are:

Classic Episodes:
Pyramids of Mars
Day of The Daleks
The Five Doctors
The Three Doctors
City of Death

Reboot:
Blink
The Pandorica Opens
The Big Bang
Silence in the Library

10. The Sontaron Experiment
9. The Curse of Fenric
8. City of Death
7. Blink
6. The Sea Devils
5. The Beast Below
4. The Tomb of the Cybermen
3. The Silurians
2. Father's Day
1. The Invasion
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This list was hard... I will probably change my mind by tomorrow.

Just ten? Tricky.

Robots of death
Romans
School Reunion
Sea Devils
Eleventh Hour
Invasion of Time
Ark in Space
Five Doctors
Two Doctors
Three Doctors

Honorable mention:
All three Angel stories, Parting of the Ways, Unearthly Child, Dalek and Invisible enemy.

This could be my top fifty and it would still feel too short.

my favourite ones would have to be
new earth
all of the angels
the end of time pt1&2
girl in the fire place
the empty child
silence in the library
the christmas invasion
the lodger
the Shakespeare code
the sontaran stratagem
okay i have too many favorites don't make me choose!
xxme

Not in order of preference

1. Talons of Weng-Chiang
2. Pyramids of Mars
3. Genesis of the Daleks
4. The Sunmakers
5. The Five Doctors
6. The Pirate Planet
7. The Ark in Space
8. Masque of Mandragora
9. The Time Monster
10. Terror of the Zygons

You can tell I'm a newbie.
Don't even know the name of my top one, The Doctor and Martha go to a party and the man changes his appearance to become younger
The End of Time 1&2
Vincent and The Doctor
The Girl in the Fireplace
The Silurians (not sure if this is the title, the enemies made themselves look like humans and farted all the time)
The Shakespeare Code
The Christmas Invasion
the one where the Doctor and Donna visit the Oods
Turn Left

It's Professor Lazarus :)

stormhawk wrote: "Not in order of preference

1. Talons of Weng-Chiang
2. Pyramids of Mars
3. Genesis of the Daleks
4. The Sunmakers
5. The Five Doctors
6. The Pirate Planet
7. The Ark in Space
8. Masque of Mandrag..."

Wow.. another Tom Baker diehard. I will never understand the Tom Baker lovers, haha.

As the majority of episodes that I've watched have been from 2005 onwards, my top ten are from these. And they're not in order of preference.

1. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances: The gas-mask people were the first 'monsters' to really scare me.
2. The Unquiet Dead:I like period dress, the blue ghosts were cool and the conversation between the Doctor and Charles Dickens was amusing.
3. School Reunion:A good introduction to Sarah-Jane and the interaction between her and Rose was well-played.
4. The Girl in the Fireplace: I love the idea of the revolving fireplace and the clockwork men were great, scary use of ticking plus the fact that they liked to carve people up was creepy.
5. Blink:I'm not the greatest fan of series 3 but these monsters were beyond scary. Plus Carey Mulligan was a great guest start.
6. Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead:Steven Moffat again. He has this knack for taking something you can easily find in the real world and making it extremely scary.
7.Turn Left:A well-done episode but also harrowing.
8.The Doctor's Wife:I love the conversation between the Doctor and his....
9.A Good Man Goes to War:Sad in places but River Song!
10. Tooth and claw:I happened to be visiting Scotland when this aired, and it added to the atmosphere. Plus it made me jump.

Matt wrote: Wow.. another Tom Baker diehard. I will never understand the Tom Baker lovers, haha."

I find that people tend to love The Doctor they saw first the most.

I don't know that I would have connected as well with the series had I seen Hartnell, first, for example. For me, Who is Tom Baker. Everybody else's Doctor gets compared to him, not necessarily favorably. Colin Baker, for instance. Never thought Sylvester McCoy really got it, either. And I never really got into Tennant, although I enjoyed Eccleston.

Eeek, ten? Hard to whittle it down! These are in chronological order, because I can't decide which ones are better than which.

1. Rose -- very underestimated, IMHO! It was the perfect way to bring back the series! Plus it has one of my favorite lines ever, "Nice to meet you, Rose! Now run for your life!"
2. The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances -- for obvious reasons. And for the introduction of Captain Jack.
3. Tooth and Claw -- for David Tennant's Scottish accent. Sigh.
4. School Reunion -- because I <3 Sarah Jane.
5. Blink -- though it was Doctor-light, it was amazing!
6. Voyage of the Damned -- because Kylie Minogue. Enough said?
7. The Eleventh Hour -- amazing intro for a new doctor and new companion!
8. Vincent and the Doctor -- OK, my FAVORITE episode ever. I just loved Vincent, and I cried with Amy at the end!
9. The Lodger -- because the Doctor, trying to be a regular bloke? Fantastic!
10. The Doctor's Wife -- because how can you NOT love Sexy?

I will admit The Doctor's Wife may crack my top ten...it's definitely top 20 of the entire run from 1963 onward.

Now that I've seen Season Six part one, I need to add 'Doctor's Wife' to my list and maybe...'Good man goes to war'.

1-Human Nature/The Family of Blood

2-Blink

3-Last of the Time Lords

4-Planet of the Ood

5-Turn Left

6-A Good man goes to War

7-Voyage of the Damned

8-The Girl in the Fireplace

9-Tooth and Claw

10-The End of the World

i just joned today.

My top 10 classic eps is:
1.The five doctors
2.The robots of death
3.Spearhead from space
4.Rememberance of the dalek
5.The caves of Androzani
6.The Movie
7.Vengeance on Varos
8.The tomb of the cybermen
9.The ark in space
10.Carnival of monsters
Other Bests:
The Aztecs
Earthshock
Ghost Light

Hi! I'm a new member.
These are my favorite episodes.

Classic series:

1. The Deadly Assassin
2. Inferno
3. Genesis of the Daleks
4. The Three Doctors
5. Talons of Weng-Chiang
6. The Time Warrior
7. Ghost Light
8. Carnival of Monsters
9. The Curse of Fenric
10. The Robots of Death


Honorable mentions: Earthshock, Remembrance of the Daleks, The Ark in Space, Horror of Fang Rock, Revelation of the Daleks

2005 revival (top 15):

1. Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead
2. Midnight
3. Human Nature / Family of Blood
4. The Waters Of Mars
5. The Girl in the Fireplace
6. Blink
7. The Doctor's Wife
8. Dalek
9. The Eleventh Hour
10. Vincent and the Doctor
11. Amy's Choice
12. Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways
13. The Pandorica Opens / The Big Band
14. The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances
15. The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit

Honorable mentions: Doomsday, The Fires Of Pompeii, Gridlock, The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone

Favorite Doctors:

1. David Tennant
2. Jon Pertwee
3. Tom Baker
4. Matt Smith
5. A tie between Christopher Eclesston and Sylvester McCoy

This awesome seeing what doctors and episodes the fans like. I have a new fav ep:
Warriors of the deep or something by Peter davion. It's a pretty good episode if you haven't seen it.

Oh boy! Top ten episodes? This is a tricky one. I think I'll divide them up.

First from the classic series:
1. Robots of Death.
2. Earthshock.
3. Spearhead From Space
4. The Time Warrior
5. The Moonbase
6. City of Death
7. Genesis of the Daleks
8. Remembrance of the Daleks
9. The Stones of Blood
10. Terror of the Zygons (despite the really bad monster)

New series...
1. Blink
2. Dalek
3. School Reunion
4. Rose
5. Silence in the Library
6. The Girl in the Fireplace
7. Father's Day
8. Vincent and the Doctor
9. The Time of Angels (both parts)
10. The Impossible Astronaut (both parts)

My Favourite Doctors:

1. Tom Baker
2. David Tennant
3. Patrick Troughton
4. Jon Pertwee
5. Christopher Ecclestone
6. Matt Smith
7. Sylvester McCoy
8. Peter Davidson
9. William Hartnell
10. Paul McGann

Favourite companions
1. Sarah Jane Smith
2. Rose Tyler
3. Romana (the one played by Lalla ward)
4. Leela
5. Jo Grant
6. Zoe
7. Polly
8. Donna
9. Jamie
19. Barbara

Hey David. Blink is not the best episode from the new series. I agree on Robots of death.

So many to choose from, I'll pretty much do one for each to keep it simple. (Other than #8's only appearance. Which, while having some strong points, is severely flawed.)

The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Mind Robber
Terror of the Autons
The Hand of Fear
Warriors of the Deep
Mark of the Rani
The Curse of Fenric
The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
School Reunion
The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang

My ones are
10 Bad Wolf/Parting of the ways
9 The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit
8 Curse Of Fenric
7 Terror Of The Vervoids
6 Carnival Of Monsters
5 Unicorn And The Wasp
4 City Of Death
3 Revelation Of The Daleks
2 The War Games
1 The Seeds of Doom
Honourable mentions to The Mind Robber, The Ark In Space and The Keeper Of Traken

10)the mind robber- i thought it was entertaining and the chemistry of the leading roles were great
9)dalek- oh my god this was amazing, a great story and christopher ecclestons performance was great
8)the ark in space- the wirrn are great monsters sadly they were never seen again
7)earthshock- this was my first cybermen story i watch i think its great plus adric dies for no apparent reason
6)blink- chilling amd clever from steven moffat why does he make more episodes like this now
5)the robots of death- great story and tom baker at his peak
4)terror of the autons/spearhead in space- one word autons
3)the empty child/doctor dances-the first episode i was truly scared of
2)the invasion-patrick troughtons best episode same with the cybermen
1)genesis of the daleks-i just love this episode its a classic

honourable mentions to the caves of androzani, revalation of the daleks, tomb of the cybermen, pyramids of mars, inferno, the war games and the daleks invasion of earth

man this was harder than i thought, didnt know i had so much episodes i liked

Hmmm, let’s see ... classic series:

An Unearthly Child (just the first episode, I actually count it separately from 100,000 BC, so it’s story 0 for me)
The Mind Robber
The Time Meddler
Enemy of the World
The Moonbase
The Faceless Ones
The Web of Fear
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
The Daleks’ Master Plan
The Aztecs

New series (this is tough), but if I’ve got to go with ten (Okay, I give up, my first version of this list basically had almost every episode of series 4 on it and there wasn’t room for anything else, which isn’t really fair - so I’m cheating):
Series 4 (Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead; Midnight; Partners in Crime; The Unicorn and the Wasp, The Fires of Pompeii; Turn Left; The Stolen Earth / Journey’s End)
Rosa
Vincent and the Doctor
The Demons of Punjab
The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit
Human Nature / The Family of Blood
Blink
The Day of the Doctor
Empty Child / The Doctor Dances
School Reunion

But I’ve also got to give a shout out to these:
The Magician’s Apprentice / The Witch’s Familiar
Dark Water / Death in Heaven
The Zygon Invasion / The Zygon Inversion
Time Heist
Twice Upon a Time
Spyfall Part 1 / Spyfall Part 2

And I’m also quite fond of these as they subvert some of the conventions of the series and audience expectations:
Last Christmas
The Idiot’s Lantern
The God Complex
Sleep No More
Hell Bent
Love & Monsters
Amy’s Choice
Fugitive of the Judoon
The Timeless Children

Christ what a cruel question. 10!? uh...here goes nothing...

1. Genesis of the Daleks
2. The Deadly Assasin
3. Talons of Weng Chiang
4. Earthshock
5. Caves of Androzani
6. Curse of Fenric
7. Inferno
8. The Invasion
9. Snakedance
10. City of Death.

One should point out, putting City of Death last shows the quality of the show if that's one I least favour from the list. I could have also just basically listed everything from Phillip Hinchcliffe and Robert Holme's tenure on the show, 74-77 being just an unprecedented period of brilliance. I could also do a list of ones most people think are shit/average but I think are great/brilliant.

The Time Monster
The Mutants (yes, really to both)
The Gunfighters
Thr Horns of Nimon
The Awakening
Paradise Towers
Dragonfire (I like Slyvester McCoy's 1st season, its good!)
The Happiness Patrol
Nightmare on Eden
Ambassadors of Death
Terminus

for new series (roughly)

1) Human Nature/Family of Blood (without hesitation the crowning piece of NewWho. Unsurpassed in my opinion.
2) Hell Bent (okay, perhaps this surpassed it).
3) Turn Left
4) Impossible Planet/Satan Pit
3) Midnight
4) Fires of Pompei (season 4 was fucking amazing!)
5) Utopia
6) Dalek
7) Unicorn and the Wasp
8) Love and Monsters
9) Shakespeare Code
10) Listen.

I think. I may of course completey change my mind. :S

It was a rather cruel question, wasn’t it?