Day 17 – Least Favorite Season/Series – Doctor Who 30 Day Challenge
Least favorite Classic Who season is difficult, not because there are more than one, but I have finding any. There are a lot of episodes that I like within a season, a few are meh, and some it has been a long time since I’ve seen it so It wouldn’t be fair to say “I don’t like this season because of these 2, or 3, or 4 stories that I have not seen in years”.
And, of course, some stories are missing :'(. So I’m going to pass on my least favorite season.
However, I do have a least favorite New Who series, and that would be series 2. (I can almost feel the ire of 10/Rose shippers towards me right now)
Not to say I don’t like 10 (I love them all), these stories were some of my least likedin New Who, and most were in this series.
Stories from this series are (along with short notes about each):
The Christmas Invasion (only good when the Doctor wakes up, and that’s near the end)
New Earth (eh)
Tooth and Claw (seeing Queen Victoria was neat, but other than that, meh)
School Reunion(only really good episode. Sarah Jane!!! And K9!!!)
The Girl in the Fireplace (almost always bothers me when the Doctor gets romantic with other characters. And where is the French accent?!?)
Rise of the Cybermen (this and the next episode is a two-parter and meh stories. Wasn’t crazy about this version of the Cybermen either.)
The Age of Steel (example of why I had a bad taste in my mouth about 2 parters)
The Idiot’s Lantern (meh)
The Impossible Planet (this and the next one made a 2 parter again. Story just was meh. One reason why I was not impressed with “under siege” stories)
The Satan Pit (another reason why 2 part stories were losing my interest)
Love & Monsters (not too bad, I like it more than most fans. Some interesting ideas they were testing out. But that ending is ewww! TMI !!)
Fear Her (meh)
Army of Ghosts (another beginning of a 2 parter. One great scene was the Daleks and Cybermen facing off. And dissing each other. Other than that…)
Doomsday (and yet another reason why 2 parters just didn’t do it for me. And Rose’s departure has lost it’s effect. Also she’s still alive at the end when she said she was dead? Being in a parallel universe is not the same as being actually dead.)
The cool thing that came out of season 2 were David’s vlogs where he would carry around a video camera and film what it’s like starting on Doctor Who. My favorite “episode” is below:
There he is, watching Doctor Who with family like when he was a kid, except now he’s watching himself as the Doctor. And his parents were adorable. Glad that they lived long enough to see their son play as his childhood hero.
If you want to see more of those video diaries, here’s a playlist:
Always like to end things on a high note, because it’s really difficult to stay in a bad mood when talking about Doctor Who, even the things with it that I’m not crazy about :).
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