What's Your Opinion Of The E-Space Trilogy?

[Mikey]

On Amazon, this E-Space trilogy has glowing reviews.

Never trust reviews on Amazon.
Many are written by people that haven't even seen the movie they're reviewing.
You don't have to buy the movie to leave a review on Amazon.
That taints all reviews bigtime.
Some people see a Tom Baker Dr Who is being released and leave a great review because they have fond memories of seeing Baker as Who when they were 3 years old ... They don't care what story they're reviewing.


Also,
I've met a lot of Who freaks that are fans to the point of loving everything Dr Who with no discrimination.
They have no scale of what's good or bad.
To them EVERYTHING is "Fantastic"

Finally, many JNT era fans will pick Tom Baker's last season as the start of the best time in Doctor Who history... These people usually list Davison as their favorite Dr Who.

When I read reviews on Amazon, I skim over all the 4 & 5-star reviews and go straight to the 2 & 3's.
These will tell you a lot more.
Reviews that you can trust should never have a top rating.

[samurainoir]

As someone who hasn't rewatched Classic Who since I last encountered it in my early teens, isn't it the general rule of thumb that your favourites are generally the ones you first encounter?

My first Doctor Who episodes as a kid were The Key to Time. Tom Baker was my favourite, but I also have a fondness for Peter Davidson since I eventually watched many more of his than Baker's. In his encouter with the 5th Doctor David Tennant gives that *nudgewink* speech about how Davidson was "his" Doctor.

I actually read more of Doctor Who's adventures via the novels than I actually saw on TV. I guess the problem for me is that SFX budgets for the TV shows never quite matched the scenes in my head.

I often think I'd rather keep my nostalgic memories intact than to try and re-experience them as a more objective adult viewer. I often find that these older movies and TV shows really don't hold up to even an ironic approach. Although any of the Rod Serling or Alfred Hitchcock TV shows seem to be the exception for me.

[palitoy]

Mike makes an interesting point, I bet a lot of the same people would list the Davison era as their favourite. I mean it's all preference but if asked if it's a great example of the Tom Baker era, I'd say no.

As someone who hasn't rewatched Classic Who since I last encountered it in my early teens, isn't it the general rule of thumb that your favourites are generally the ones you first encounter?

Yeah I would agree in general, I have a real fondness for Late era Pertwee/early Baker (from childhood) although I've revisited them and I really am happy to say that they're pretty solid, even today.

Although, I'm also really fond of the McCoy era and I maybe watched a couple of shows in my late teens. Some of my personal favourites are from his era and I was like, 28 when I first saw them.

[Mikey]

As someone who hasn't rewatched Classic Who since I last encountered it in my early teens, isn't it the general rule of thumb that your favourites are generally the ones you first encounter?

That is pretty close, for me.
(not counting a very foggie vision of watching Death To The Daleks on a local channel years before they hit PBS) ... The first episode I ever seen was Robot.
Also, my mom bought me Brain of Morbius when it was first released on VHS back in the 80's ...
Not because it was a fav of mine ...
She only bought it because she remebered I like "doctor who"

So for me, your example is pretty correct.

My fav Doctor is Pertwee, but the early Tom years hold a special place for me.
They were my first Who's.