Series 1
So that's series 1 done. It occurred to me that while I have prattled on about various episodes I haven’t actually rated any. So let’s do a bit of that.
An Unearthly Child (Episode 1) – 10/10 – Perfect. Utterly perfect. Does everything inside 25 minutes to set up the next 50 years.
An Unearthly Child (The rest of it) – 4/10 – Less perfect.. Drags, just a touch…
The Daleks – 7/10 – Should have been a 4 parter and would probably have been great. But it introduced the Daleks when everyone else was doing men in funny suits and calling them aliens so it gets points for that.
Edge of Destruction – 7/10 – Brave idea so early on in the show. Worked well even if Part 1 was bizarre.
Marco Polo – 9/10 – Very good. Educational and engaging. 7 parts long but could have gone on for another 7.
The Keys of Marinus – 3/10 – Disjointed and weird. I can see they were going for some sort of quest epic but it simply did not work.
The Aztecs – 8/10 – Shakespearian villain and a bit of a treatise on faith. Brilliant story.
The Sensorites – 7/10 – Points lost for a dodgy couple of episodes on the spaceship but overall enjoyed it a lot more than I was expecting. Gets a lot of bad press. Watched in one sitting, which I didn’t expect.
The Reign of Terror –5/10 Would have been less if it wasn’t for the last episode. And involves a silly hat so gets marks for that.
Quite an enjoyable season overall. A couple in there I’ve definitely never seen before and the season as a whole is a lot stronger than I remember. Cracking start.
So that's series 1 done. It occurred to me that while I have prattled on about various episodes I haven’t actually rated any. So let’s do a bit of that.
An Unearthly Child (Episode 1) – 10/10 – Perfect. Utterly perfect. Does everything inside 25 minutes to set up the next 50 years.
An Unearthly Child (The rest of it) – 4/10 – Less perfect.. Drags, just a touch…
The Daleks – 7/10 – Should have been a 4 parter and would probably have been great. But it introduced the Daleks when everyone else was doing men in funny suits and calling them aliens so it gets points for that.
Edge of Destruction – 7/10 – Brave idea so early on in the show. Worked well even if Part 1 was bizarre.
Marco Polo – 9/10 – Very good. Educational and engaging. 7 parts long but could have gone on for another 7.
The Keys of Marinus – 3/10 – Disjointed and weird. I can see they were going for some sort of quest epic but it simply did not work.
The Aztecs – 8/10 – Shakespearian villain and a bit of a treatise on faith. Brilliant story.
The Sensorites – 7/10 – Points lost for a dodgy couple of episodes on the spaceship but overall enjoyed it a lot more than I was expecting. Gets a lot of bad press. Watched in one sitting, which I didn’t expect.
The Reign of Terror –5/10 Would have been less if it wasn’t for the last episode. And involves a silly hat so gets marks for that.
Quite an enjoyable season overall. A couple in there I’ve definitely never seen before and the season as a whole is a lot stronger than I remember. Cracking start.