Old School Doctor Who Episodes Love Meme

[doyle]

I've run memes like this before for companions and for ships (and I'm trying to dig up links to those) and decided it might be fun to try one for all the episodes of old school Doctor Who. In the comments are threads for every story from An Unearthly Child to The TV Movie (actually, The Curse of Fatal Death, because I couldn't leave Lumley Doc out); reply to these comments with what you loved about the episode, whether it's favourite lines, moments, squee for the rubbish dinosaurs, character love, shippiness, screencap picspam, or just 'best episode ever'. No harshing others' squee, please - there are 160 serials linked, there must be some you loved... Loving on stories generally derided by fandom is positively encouraged.

For some help navigating, this wiki page has the serials in order.

If any have been missed, feel free to stick them on at the end - I've just realised The Myth Makers isn't there...

Comments

The Massacre

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

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Re: The Massacre

[bibliophile1887.livejournal.com]

An okay story. But emo!First in the last eppy is heart-wrenching. It should be viewed for Hartnell's monologue alone.

Re: The Massacre

[barkinmad.livejournal.com]

I had to study the French Revolution last night and I seriously could not think of ANYTHING aside from this serial. Lots of Steven love.

Re: The Massacre

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

"Steven... Even after all this time, he cannot understand. I dare not change the course of history. Well, at least I taught him to take some precautions; he did remember to look at the scanner before he opened the doors. And now, they're all gone. All gone. None of them could understand. Not even my little Susan. Or Vicki. And as for Barbara and Chatterton - Chesterton - they were all too impatient to get back to their own time. And now, Steven. Perhaps I should go home. Back to my own planet. But I can't... I can't..."

Re: The Massacre

[tigerkat24.livejournal.com]

There is so much to love about this story. One's amazing monologue at the end (let's face it, not many actors could pull that off without sounding emo, and Billy Hartnell did it brilliantly), Steven and Nicholas obviously being gay for one another, Steven's general awesome, the wonderful historical sets and costumes, and DODO.