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 Tomb of the Cybermen

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

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Re: The Tomb of the Cybermen

[pink-soprano.livejournal.com]

This is the first Two I saw, and I fell instantly in love.

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[square-baker.livejournal.com]

This is one of the few Cyber stories that is really chilling.

"You will become like us"

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[nam-jai.livejournal.com]

The image of them awakening in their "tombs" gave me chills.

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[kindkit.livejournal.com]

This has one of my favorite Second Doctor bits, when Victoria's worried that her skirt is too short, and the Doctor, reassuring her, says, "Look at Jamie's!"

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[biichan.livejournal.com]

Proves that even in the B&W days they could have awesome visuals. The Cybermen bursting out of their tombs...brrr!

(Also, dodgy racial subtext but yeah.)

Re: The Tomb of the Cybermen

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

"Jamie, remind me to give you a lesson in tying knots, sometime."

:O

Re: The Tomb of the Cybermen

[airie-fairy.livejournal.com]

I've said it before: If you come out of this serial not loving Victoria, I'm pretty sure you don't have a soul.

Re: The Tomb of the Cybermen

[tiamatschild.livejournal.com]

I adore Victoria steadily shooting the cybermat and then dropping the gun and kicking it away. Oh, Victoria.

And her conversation with the Doctor! Who she is trying to take care of! And and and - yes.

Re: The Tomb of the Cybermen

[ryttu3k.livejournal.com]

Short skirts, knots, Victoria being rather awesome, and the 'they sleep in my mind' conversation! And it's a genuinely chilling (...sorry XD) Cyberman story.

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[marah-sarie.livejournal.com]

I can't believe no one's mentioned this yet, but:

Two and Jamie holding hands! *SQUEEEEEEE* If only for a moment.

Re: The Tomb of the Cybermen

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

Read the novelization long before I could ever see this eppie. It's still rather scary. This story just sucks in you and never lets up.