[Just for fun] What are your favourite serial names?

[Luke Sherlaw]

I was thinking earlier about how the serial/episode names for the show were much better back in the 1960s and 70s (in my humble opinion) which prompted me to ask here: which 1960s Doctor Who serials have the best name in your opinion? Pick three serials from the Hartnell years, and three from the Troughton years (or alternatively just list a few).

I'll go first:

Hartnell: 

• The Reign of Terror
• The Edge of Destruction
• The Daleks Master Plan

Troughton:

• Fury From the Deep
• The Web of Fear
• The Enemy of the World

How about you?

[Alistair Gordon]

"Small prophet, quick return."

[Qasim Yusuf]

Hartnell:
The Reign of Terror
Mission to the Unknown
The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve

Troughton:
The Abominable Snowmen
The Mind Robber
The Space Pirates

[Chris Wilkinson]

Hartnell:

An Unearthly Child

The Edge of Destruction

Mission to the Unknown

Troughton:

The Faceless Ones

Fury from the Deep

The Mind Robber

[Jaspal Cheema]

Hartnell:100,000bc
The Dead Planet/The Mutants/Edge of Destruction/Beyond the Sun...Oh I give up.
The War Machines.

Troughton:The Tomb of the Cybermen
The Web of Fear
The Evil of the Daleks

[lousingh]

Special note to _Doctor Who Weekly_ issues 2-5, which makes these the titles which I refer to the first three serials by:
An Unearthly Child
The Dead Planet
Beyond the Sun

Hartnell:
Planet of Giants
The Space Museum
The Time Meddler
Galaxy Four
The Tenth Planet

Troughton:
The Faceless Ones
The Tomb of the Cybermen
Fury from the Deep
The Mind Robber

[charles drummel]

(Obligatory pointing out that while a lot of the 60s names are great, they are of course also retroactively named in many cases. )

I also like the 60's serial names, and the alternative ones as lousingh mentioned.

But I'll also add that the whole Davison era had some excellent titles. For the amount of made up/'nonsense' words that were used, most of them work surprisingly well.

[Ralph Rose]

The Death of Doctor Who

Just think seeing that next episode caption, watching it first run ...

[joemendoza23]

Mawdryn Undead

[stephen macpherson]

Hi There,

Here are my 6 favourite individual Hartnell ep titles:

The Singing Sands
Rider From Shang-Tu
The Screaming Jungle
Day of Reckoning
The End of Tomorrow
The Wheel of Fortune

[lousingh]

joemendoza23 got me thinking:

Pertwee:
Doctor Who and the Silurians
The Ambassadors of Death
Death to the Daleks

T.Baker:
The Android Invasion
The Masque of Mandragora
The Robots of Death
The Invasion of Time
The Ribos Operation
State of Decay

Davison:
Castrovalva
Black Orchid
Snakedance
Mawdryn Undead
Terminus

C.Baker:
The Mark of the Rani
The Trial of a Time Lord

McCoy:
The Happiness Patrol
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Survival

[timmunton]

I'm not sure if I can pick favourites, but I've often thought that 'The Evil Of The Daleks' is the most iconic.

This is because although there is much more to Who than Daleks (& overall, like many, I probably mainly prefer the Cybermen) - those 5 words seem to sum up so much of Who and it perfectly encapsulates - like a sensational grim monument in words - the essential nature of the Daleks.

Like many other Who titles it also has that bizarre, potent, pulp-like quality reminiscent of old comic book stories such as those found in 'Weird Tales' & similar. A promise of excitement & adventure.

[cjones]

Just for fun, you say?

Shreddies
Frosties
Sugar Puffs

*gets coat*

[Ace St.John]

Nov 10, 2018 4:19:59 GMT timmunton said:

I'm not sure if I can pick favourites, but I've often thought that 'The Evil Of The Daleks' is the most iconic.

This is because although there is much more to Who than Daleks (& overall, like many, I probably mainly prefer the Cybermen) - those 5 words seem to sum up so much of Who and it perfectly encapsulates - like a sensational grim monument in words - the essential nature of the Daleks.

Like many other Who titles it also has that bizarre, potent, pulp-like quality reminiscent of old comic book stories such as those found in 'Weird Tales' & similar. A promise of excitement & adventure.

The Evil of the Daleks

aso sounds like some kind of title for a Hammer Horror movie

such as: The Evil of Frankenstein

[Luke Sherlaw]

Nov 9, 2018 15:09:51 GMT lousingh said:

The Ambassadors of Death

I think most people can agree that "The Ambassadors of death" is one of the most badass serial names in the whole of the show, let alone from the Pertwee era.