So to begin, the worst. And in my opinion, you cant get worse... than 'The Dominators' and 'The Krotons'. These episodes were SO SLOW! They're not even slightly boring, they're completely mind-numbing! They make 'The Romans' look like the most epic thing to be televised! The stories barely progress and the monsters...they just look stupid. Both feature glorified boxes with legs and silly looking arms as a threat. They were just so bad! |
Some episodes did suffer from being to long. Though this is probably controversial, I admit I found 'The Web of Fear' to be one of these. I didn't feel it needed to be 6 parts, as it was slow. And not liking long episodes, you could probably guess I was going to bring this up: 'The War Games'. The 10 part episode. Yeah. Don't get me wrong, I loved parts 1-4 and 9-10, but felt that it was made long just for the sake of it. Some bits just weren't needed. Yeah, it shocking to see the Doctor on court martial the first time, but is it necessary to do it again? However the last parts were great as I loved the mystery around the Time Lords, the goodbyes, and the regeneration. |
But some episodes were brilliant. the parts of 'The Underwater Menace' that did survive were great and I long to see the rest. Like 'TDIOE', I have seen 'Tomb of the Cybermen' hundreds of times, but it still great. The recently rediscovered 'The Enemy of the World' was also brilliant. It was well paced and didn't get boring. I loved this episode and was very impressed. |
So there we go. Sorry, I can ramble on a bit when I'm on a rant (just you wait till 'JTTCOTT!'). I really enjoyed the 2nd Doctors tenure, aside from a couple of bad episodes and some slow paced ones. I have certainly gained some new favourites. I have already started the Third Doctor. I am even watching 'The Mind of Evil' part 2 as I type this (it's pretty good). I hope to have finished this in 2 to 3 weeks.
Until then,
NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN STOP ME NOW...er...I mean,
See Ya!