Where can I even start about Doctor Who?
My gods. I was whovian long before I considered myself a trekker.
I have this personal theory that everything ever done on televised Sci-Fi was done better, and a lot of the times first, on Dr. Who.
Arrogant theory, but I can hold it up with plenty of evidence.
Favorite stories: Anything with a horror theme. In fact a lot of the RPG work I do now has a direct link to some Dr. Who episode. My first version of the Daughters of the Flame are from the "Sisterhood of the Sacred Flame" in the episode "The Brain of Morbius". The Tom Baker years were great for this, but so were some of the McCoy episodes.
Favorite Doctor: Wow that is a hard one, they all had their charm. Tom Baker was my first, but Sylvester McCoy was allways fascinating. I also liked Colin Baker.
Favorite Companion: Had a big deal crush on Sarah Jane, but I loved Leela. Finally! A companion that did run in terror or scream. Hell Leela was more likely to kill someone than run from them. I also liked Ace for many of the same reasons. BTW. Ace was saying "wicked" when Faith was still riding her tricycle. But I also loved Romana II (Lala Ward).
Favorite Villians: The Master and the Cybermen. Though I do credit Trek for fufilling the potential of the Cybermen in the Borg. And the Doctor Who "Master" was far more evil and dangerous than some other "Masters" I could mention.
I thought "Trial of a Time Lord" was great season long arc, something that Doctor Who pioneered mind you with 1965's "The Dalek Master Plan" and the very famous Tom Baker "Key to Time" durning the 78-79 season.
I even thought that the Doctor battled vampires well in "The State of Decay" and again in "The Curse of Fenric", which also happens to be one of my all time favorite episodes. And even handled the death of a character (Adric) very well in "Earthshock".
Despite the low budget, some slipping of the continutity and some real stinkers ("The Happiness Patrol" anyone?) Doctor Who has stood the test of time. No pun intended.
Some shows talk about long runs, Doctor who was on TV for 26 years and is coming up on it's 40 anniversary. No other Sci-Fi show can remotely claim that.
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