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.
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Strega - Oct 31, 2011 2:35:16 pm PDT #16570 of 30000
billytea - Oct 31, 2011 3:00:08 pm PDT #16571 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
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.
Strega - Oct 31, 2011 3:36:23 pm PDT #16572 of 30000
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.
Typo Boy - Oct 31, 2011 3:48:21 pm PDT #16573 of 30000
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Was Faction Paradox actually in the series? I always assumed they were NA and magazines only.
billytea - Oct 31, 2011 3:57:19 pm PDT #16574 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
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]
Dana - Oct 31, 2011 4:29:52 pm PDT #16575 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Also, in terms of New Who, there's both "Empty Child" and "The Impossible Planet". The respective second-parters aren't as scary.
DebetEsse - Oct 31, 2011 4:31:19 pm PDT #16576 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Neither of those matched "Midnight", for me.
Dana - Oct 31, 2011 4:33:31 pm PDT #16577 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
My mistake with The Empty Child was watching it on the computer, in the dark, with headphones.
§ ita § - Oct 31, 2011 4:48:38 pm PDT #16578 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Midnight, Blink, and The Empty Child are pretty much the new Who trifecta of scary for me.
Amy - Oct 31, 2011 4:50:21 pm PDT #16579 of 30000
Because books.
Oh yeah, Blink! One of the only Who episodes I've seen all the way through, and it was terrifying.