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

Re: The Gunfighters

[livii.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THIS ONE AND IT DOES NOT DESERVE A NEGATIVE REP IN FANDOM. MY REVIEW:

OMG, I loved this serial so, so much. One is fantastic in it, absolutely dead-on perfect, and so is Steven - he's really a terrific companion. He might not be as memorable as some of the other 'strong male leads', but he does a very good job and is a good actor. Dodo - she held a gun against Doc Holliday, so more power to the girl. I loved the costumes - Steven's was ROCK - and I loved the actors they had for Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp. Oh, and Earp and Masterson were hilarious together. And I loved seeing the Doctor get deputized zomg rock! And refusing to use guns! And asking for milk rather than alcohol! And having a gun collection in the TARDIS...wait, that one was weird. But he went there cos of a toothache! And he had it pulled with pliers! And they had acronyms and the Doctor called them thespians and everyone called Steven "Regret" zomg rock! And the Doctor was so charmingly concerned over Steven and Dodo the whole time! And the singing thing was a bit annoying but it did have different verses, and it felt like we were in a Western for real! And ZOMG IT WAS DOCTOR WHO IN THE WILD WEST HURRAH. They should go back there every year. I could watch the showdown at the OK Corral - even with inaccuracies - over and over and over again. HURRAH.

Personally, I believe that if you don't like The Gunfighters? Then YOU HAVE NO SOUL.