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"Countrycide" for mine, though I haven't watched that much beyond Season 1.
How about original Who? I think my pick would be "The Curse of Fenris". There were also some Fourth Doctor eps before Mary Whitehouse made the Beeb tone it down, notably "The Horror of Fang Rock" and "The Image of the Fendahl". It's "The Deadly Assassin" that carries, for me, the single most scary image; the soldier in a gas mask, leading a horse that was wearing a gas mask too.
Yeah... even the best Who is problematic, but if you can count half a miniseries as a masterpiece, there are certainly individual episodes that should be included. Agreed on Image of the Fendahl & Fang Rock -- I don't remember much of Deadly Assassin, but I'll throw in in Pyramids of Mars because I heart Sutekh.
Agreed on Image of the Fendahl & Fang Rock -- I don't remember much of Deadly Assassin, but I'll throw in in Pyramids of Mars because I heart Sutekh.
Pyramids of Mars is a great choice. Have you seen the DVD? The special features include an interview with Sutekh, which includes him turning up at someone's door to give them "his gift of marmots".
That was the season where they started going for that kind of tone, I think. "The Brain of Morbius", "Seeds of Doom" and "Masque of Mandragora" all had their moments too.
Oooo, I haven't! But a friend of mine is quite likely to have the DVD, so I will poke him about it.
I forget -- you knew about Faction Paradox, right? Sutekh is featured in the Magic Bullet audios, along with a lot of the Osirian Court. It's a hoot.
Was Faction Paradox actually in the series? I always assumed they were NA and magazines only.
I forget -- you knew about Faction Paradox, right? Sutekh is featured in the Magic Bullet audios, along with a lot of the Osirian Court. It's a hoot.
I do! I'm actually rereading "The Ancestor Cell" at the moment. I should look into the audios, FP is one of the better inventions of the interim period.
Was Faction Paradox actually in the series? I always assumed they were NA and magazines only.
Technically, "New Adventures" is one particular series of novels, centred on the Seventh Doctor. Faction Paradox has appeared in BBC novels, audios and comics (but not the television series). There's a list here: [link]
Also, in terms of New Who, there's both "Empty Child" and "The Impossible Planet". The respective second-parters aren't as scary.
Neither of those matched "Midnight", for me.
My mistake with The Empty Child was watching it on the computer, in the dark, with headphones.
Midnight, Blink, and The Empty Child are pretty much the new Who trifecta of scary for me.