Richard Develyn
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Post by Richard Develyn on Nov 9, 2014 15:43:50 GMT
(Excuse me mods, this is only about missing episodes if people vote for a missing episode story)
The thread about Peter Capaldi is throwing up ideas about what is the essence of Doctor Who.
What Doctor Who story would you pick to show someone who knew nothing about the program?
If it was all there, I would pick The Web of Fear, Abominable Snowmen of Power of the Daleks.
Without them, I would go for The Brain of Morbius. That story has everything for me that makes Doctor Who what it is. Setting, story, atmosphere, humour and a little bit of nostalgia thrown in for good measure.
Richard
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Post by richardwoods on Nov 9, 2014 17:08:41 GMT
Hmm,
Perhaps I would go for Web, Invasion, Terror of the Autons, Carnival of Monsters, Genesis of the Daleks and the Seeds of Doom.
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Post by shellyharman67 on Nov 9, 2014 18:19:12 GMT
Brain is my 2nd fav ever mate ! Planet of evil 1st for me
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2014 18:56:32 GMT
Pyramids of Mars or City of Death perhaps. These are not the very best stories but they are easily accessable for new viewers to get into.
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Post by Greg H on Nov 9, 2014 20:39:54 GMT
Web, sea devils, Seeds of doom, caves of androzani, city of death, tomb of the cybermen.
If we are talking about my wild reckonings on missing stories - abominable, fury, Macra and the smugglers would likely be as good as I imagined Web to be all these years.
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Post by Richard Develyn on Nov 9, 2014 22:36:44 GMT
Thanks for the answers so far. Just to reiterate, I want the story which you think is most quintissential Doctor Who for you - the one that you would hold as the flagship of what the program is all about.
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Post by Will Weller on Nov 9, 2014 23:05:31 GMT
If I was showing it to someone who had never seen the show, it would be Marco Polo, The Web of Fear, Spearhead From Space or The Brain of Morbius.
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Post by johnbarbour on Nov 9, 2014 23:12:22 GMT
I agree that Web, Tomb, Power etc but I think that Genesis of the Daleks has (1) the daleks that provided the oomph to make Dr Who more than a one-off series (b) classic gang stuff (Sarah, Mike and Doc) (3) the upgrading of a saga / loop-back feature where we get new slants on things that we thought we knew the facts of - here it's how the daleks were created (4) get to see what the Timelords are up to albeit briefly but it would prompt the new viewer to wonder who the heck the Timelords are...(5) moral dilemmas and (5) a grim story that taps into our nation's memory banks even though the story is on an alien planet - in this case WWI (6) nice bit of horror for tea-time viewing. B
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Post by garysrothwellx on Nov 9, 2014 23:48:12 GMT
I agree with Genesis for all the reasons above, plus, Tom Baker was sensational.
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Post by tom rogers on Nov 10, 2014 0:04:52 GMT
My first experience with the good Doctor was when our local PBS station started running single episodes daily back in 1976. They started with Tom Baker's first season, so he was my first Doctor. I remember watching Robot and Ark in Space (a great story) and Sontaran Experiment and thinking that this was a pretty good show. But when I got to Genesis of the Daleks I realized it was a GREAT show. That was the one that hooked me for good. For six days all I thought about was what the next chapter would bring. Riveting stuff. The Doctor and Davros's conversation about the single celled organism reigning supreme, and Davros' thundering affirmation that he would crush the vial remains a highpoint in my memory of the entire series. As a flagship, Genesis works for me.
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Post by John W King on Nov 10, 2014 0:25:15 GMT
The essence of Dr Who to me can be distilled as follows:- 1) The Daleks 2) The War Games 3) The Daemons 4) Genesis of the Daleks
Each of these stories has good plotting that keeps the viewer watching to the end. They also demonstrate aspects of the Doctor's character. Each story feels as if it actually happened in much the same way as Sherlock Holmes actually existed. There is also strong interaction between the Doctor and his companions
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Post by stephenwit1 on Nov 10, 2014 1:08:26 GMT
Genesis of the Daleks is still my favorite story
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Post by Tony Ingram on Nov 10, 2014 8:52:37 GMT
Difficult. My favourite story of all time is The Mind Robber, but it's very atypical of Doctor Who. My favourites series/seasons include the third, fourth and fifth, thirteenth and fourteenth, eighteenth, twenty sixth, and the fifth, sixth and eighth series of the revived show. And there are huge differences between most of them. But if I had to pick one story which more than any other summed up Doctor Who...
The Talons of Weng Chiang, I think. A mix of period drama, gothic horror, science fiction and wonderfully witty dialogue that's hard to beat.
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Post by shellyharman67 on Nov 10, 2014 10:43:29 GMT
Thanks for the answers so far. Just to reiterate, I want the story which you think is most quintissential Doctor Who for you - the one that you would hold as the flagship of what the program is all about. Ark in space/Masterplan John
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Richard Develyn
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Post by Richard Develyn on Nov 10, 2014 10:44:06 GMT
The difficulty in answering this question is separating your favourite story from the one you think is the best example of the program. My only problem with Genesis as a flagship story is that it's a bit grim - it's missing that dry humour that you get in the other really good stories (from all eras). The stories to either side of Genesis had that humour in, funnily enough (excuse the pun), though they're arguably weaker stories. I also like to think of this question as "what story would you like to tell Steven Moffat - can you make the new series more like this!"
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