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Post by Luke Sherlaw on Oct 27, 2018 3:56:41 GMT
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?
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Post by Alistair Gordon on Oct 27, 2018 6:30:24 GMT
"Small prophet, quick return."
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Post by Qasim Yusuf on Oct 27, 2018 7:23:45 GMT
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
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Post by Chris Wilkinson on Oct 27, 2018 10:21:56 GMT
Hartnell: An Unearthly Child The Edge of Destruction Mission to the Unknown
Troughton: The Faceless Ones Fury from the Deep The Mind Robber
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Oct 27, 2018 12:19:50 GMT
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
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Post by lousingh on Oct 27, 2018 19:15:27 GMT
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
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Post by charles drummel on Oct 29, 2018 15:09:36 GMT
(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.
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Post by Ralph Rose on Nov 9, 2018 3:45:51 GMT
The Death of Doctor Who Just think seeing that next episode caption, watching it first run ...
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Post by joemendoza23 on Nov 9, 2018 9:20:51 GMT
Mawdryn Undead
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Post by stephen macpherson on Nov 9, 2018 15:09:22 GMT
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
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Post by lousingh on Nov 9, 2018 15:09:51 GMT
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
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Post by timmunton on Nov 10, 2018 4:19:59 GMT
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.
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Post by cjones on Nov 10, 2018 4:38:43 GMT
Just for fun, you say?
Shreddies Frosties Sugar Puffs
*gets coat*
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Post by Ace St.John on Nov 10, 2018 12:31:36 GMT
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
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Post by Luke Sherlaw on Nov 11, 2018 14:10:30 GMT
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.
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