-The Web Planet, Frontier in Space, Revenge of the Cybermen: all very enjoyable. -Narratively, the 4th Doctor should have regenerated at the end of The Armageddon Factor. -Enlightenment is only very good, not a classic. - ThreadSky

tygerwhocame2t.bsky.social • 4 days ago

-The Web Planet, Frontier in Space, Revenge of the Cybermen: all very enjoyable.
-Narratively, the 4th Doctor should have regenerated at the end of The Armageddon Factor.
-Enlightenment is only very good, not a classic.

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paulvcooke.bsky.social•4 days ago

Do people not like Frontier? Weirdos!

natashas.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm curious to hear the case for that Armageddon Factor take

tygerwhocame2t.bsky.social•4 days ago

It only works in hindsight, there's no case to be made for it in 78/9 in production terms (unless Tom actually quits), but going out in a blaze, defeating the most powerful evil in the universe by re-setting all of time and space, regenerating in the process, would have made for an epic finale.

natashas.bsky.social•4 days ago

Ah true! Plus it would prevent that story from being a bit of an anti-climax to the first proper season arc

natashas.bsky.social•4 days ago

"DOCTOR! You Shall Die For This!" would certainly carry a lot more weight if it happened instantly rather than a whole Doctor later and, y'know, at the hands of some random dramatic schoolboy

natashas.bsky.social•4 days ago

OH WAIT! I just realized the Black Guardian could also take out Romana at the same time! Obvi, no one had the foresight to know Mary Tamm wouldn't be returning, but still.... the pieces are there

tygerwhocame2t.bsky.social•4 days ago

That too! 😂

tygerwhocame2t.bsky.social•4 days ago

But I guess you can turn any story into a regeneration story if you squint hard enough!

tygerwhocame2t.bsky.social•4 days ago

More:
-JNT should have bowed out with Davison, and his incoming successor should've planned S22.
-The War Doctor was a mistake, it should've been McGann in Day of the Doctor (but John Hurt was sensational)

pj-galley.bsky.social•4 days ago

Completely agree. 100%.

natashas.bsky.social•4 days ago

I agree w both of these

tygerwhocame2t.bsky.social•4 days ago

-The Timeless Child concept, or at least "hidden incarnations", is absolutely terrible (but Jo Martin is sensational). Just get over the "Morbius Doctors".
-Bi-regeneration is a terrible concept.
- The Church on Ruby Road was v. weak.
-Space Babies was a bafflingly substandard launch to NG's era.

pj-galley.bsky.social•4 days ago

Absolutely correct.

tygerwhocame2t.bsky.social•4 days ago

-The Time Meddler is quite plodding, even if Hartnell's jolly allows Purves an episode to shine.
-The War Games completely justifies its 10 episode duration, a masterpiece in escalation and expansion, with abundant lovely character work.
-The Time Monster is silly but fun, never less than watchable.

natashas.bsky.social•4 days ago

You're completely right about War Games

tygerwhocame2t.bsky.social•4 days ago

I mean, that'll do for now, I've got plenty of other terrible opinions if anyone gets bored.

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