Yor top 5 favorite and least favorite Tom Baker 4th Doctor Who stories

[Mikey]

My top favorites

1. Brain of Morbius
2. Robot
3. The Seeds of Doom
4. State of Decay
5. The Face of Evil


My top LEAST favorites

1. Warriors' Gate
2. The Power of Kroll
3. Full Circle
4. Image of the Fendahl
5. The Leisure Hive


See list below to refresh your memory





Robot
The Ark in Space
The Sontaran Experiment
Genesis of the Daleks
Revenge of the Cybermen
Terror of the Zygons
Planet of Evil
Pyramids of Mars
The Android Invasion
The Brain of Morbius
The Seeds of Doom
The Masque of Mandragora
The Hand of Fear
The Deadly Assassin
The Face of Evil
The Robots of Death
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Horror of Fang Rock
The Invisible Enemy
Image of the Fendahl
The Sun Makers
Underworld
The Invasion of Time
The Ribos Operation
The Pirate Planet
The Stones of Blood
The Androids of Tara
The Power of Kroll
The Armageddon Factor
Destiny of the Daleks
City of Death
The Creature from the Pit
Nightmare of Eden
The Horns of Nimon
The Leisure Hive
Meglos
Full Circle
State of Decay
Warriors' Gate
The Keeper of Traken
Logopolis


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[drquest]

Just about any story with Leela I think....

[jds1911a1]

INteresting question
top 5
Genesis of the Daleks
Terror of the Zygons
Android Invasion
Talons of Weng Chiang
Sun Makers
There as so many "close" stories to the top 5

bottom 5
The Leisure Hive
Full Circle
Warriors' Gate
Underworld
Nightmare of Eden

[Bruce Banner]

Top 5 (although the list fluctuates regularly):
Genesis of the Daleks
Pyramids of Mars
Brain of Morbius
Masque of Mandragora
The Deadly Assassin

Bottom 5:
Various ones... will have to think about it further. Mostly from the season JNT took over as showrunner.

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[Gorn Captain]

Robot
Ark in Space
Seeds of Doom
Horror of Fang Rock
Talons of Weng Chiang.

I nominate the Key to Time as the most mind-numbingly boring season ever.
I didn't even finish watching Pirate Planet, which is rare for me.

Mary Tamm was a great actress in a good role (witness Ribos Operation, where sparks flew), then they decided to let her "get captured and scream a lot".
No wonder she left after just one season.
In Power of Kroll the Doctor knocks out a man-sized mushroom, saying he knew it was fake "because the costume wasn't very convincing".
That line has Tom Baker written all over it. He was right!
I still need to finish the last two stories, and I've had the box set for months now. I'll need a bottle of scotch and some medication, I think. Wish me strength...

[Mikey]

^ my fav of the Key to Time is The Stones of Blood

In my opinion it would fit right in with the stories of season 13 and 14

[jds1911a1]

Gorn Capt - actually the classic who era it was very common for the companions to only last a year - 2years at most, LIz Sladen and is the exception. The contracts for the companions were alwyas year by year

I agree Key to time is close to the bottom than the top for me - but then I hate the season long arcs in the new show too. Pirate Planet is one I enjoy but you can see Douglas Adams was playing up the humor (and alot of ideas appear in Hitchhikers guide)

[jwyblejr]

^Was going to mention Adams writing the script. When you take that into account,Pirate Planet isn't that bad.

[Mikey]

The only prob with Pirate Planet was that main guy was too over the top

It was more like a Colin Baker era story

[Gorn Captain]

Stones of Blood was the best of the lot in Key to Time. The creatures/stones looked pretty convincing.

Pirate Planet came across as something that 5 year old kids would like. Just too silly for me.

[Mikey]

Power of Kroll is by far the worst of the lot

Watching that is just plain torture

[Gorn Captain]

Power of Kroll is by far the worst of the lot

Watching that is just plain torture

Thanks, Mike. I'm just in the middle of that one, struggling to get through....

[bobws]

Best:
The Talons Of Weng-Chiang
Robots Of Death
Genesis Of The Daleks
Pyraminds Of Mars
The Sunmakers

Worst:
The Creature From The Pit
The Leisure Hive
Full Circle
The Image Of The Fendahl
Meglos