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@whisht  For me the new series started out quite strong and had a couple of brilliant moments, but nowhere near enough. By the end, there was a general feeling of ‘meh’ for me. It’s strange that they’ve cut beck on how much they are making to keep the quality up but it felt kind of rushed. Not changing the companions clothing for different eras was strange. Plus I don’t think it was different enough to previous ‘new-Who’. Not the worse season by any means, but I was hoping for a big change.

 

But when Yas was used she was a great companion and I was actually worried about Graham’s character (I hate the celebrity-Who thing) but he was brilliant form the start. Much like the early RTD stuff but with a bit more weight. Killing off a character at the start was really good. Episodes 3, 6 and 8 were excellent, classic Who.

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I ‘remember’ Tom Baker being the ‘best Doctor’, but as I was born in 1978, I suspect it’s more that I was told he was the best but probably didn’t see any of it other than clips until I started watching DVDs in 2005! Well, apart from the Doctor and Romana punting on the river Cam!

My clearest memory is Peter Davison regenerating, which was quite shocking. Watching Caves of Androzani back now it seems baffling how a six year old could watch it. I remember Trial of a Time Lord and by Season 26 I was watching religiously.

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Wow! I chose a crazy time to join the forum, then!

I must confess I originally signed up for Gallifrey Base (having read a lot of Gallifrey one years ago – those reviews were brilliant as I was rediscovering the show). I’ve been in the moderation queue for a month, though. I think I can understand why, now! Terrible time to join, really… but I’d like to talk a bit of Doctor Who and the ‘outside world’ has gone completely mad.

I should point out that I’m definitely not a troll or a bot or anything. No, really. Honest. I’m very nice. 🙂

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New to the forum! Hello!

This is a story that I’ve only watched once as part of a run through of the entire Tom Baker run. Needless to say, I wasn’t impressed at the time! After rewatching TB’s first three seasons this whole run was a bit of a damp squib for me, although there are a couple of awesome moments – Horror Of Fang Rock, for example.

That’s partially because I’m a big Hammer fan and my favourite Doctor Who is seasons 13 and 14 (plus a bit of McGann audio! Chimes of Midnight, anyone?), plus as we know things weren’t exactly easy budget-wise at the time and the ominous influence of she-who-shall-not-be-named ruining everything must have made things very difficult. I’ve always felt they’d figured it out by season 16.

So yeah, Invasion of Time felt like a nail in the coffin for the season, but I’ve only watched it once (I think it might be the only Baker story I’ve watched only once) and as we all know some stories can’t be judged after one viewing. I’ll give it another go over the next week – 1 ep per day and try and write a review next weekend.

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