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Review of Dumb Waiter by Jonathan_

8 July 2025

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It has some really good moments between Leela and 2’s crew but it’s held back now how mediocre the monster plot is. I especially like Jamie and Leela testing their strength against each other and the Doctor being faced with the fact that he will have to face the Time Lords again eventually

The monster plot is just not very interesting and the voice of ms dewinter is so goddamn annoying that I hated every second of it, especially when it interrupts the actual good parts.


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Review of The Ribos Operation by Jonathan_

8 July 2025

The TARDIS crew doesn't actually have a ton to do in this episode but the side characters are a lot of fun and made it enjoyable to watch


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Review of Frostfire by Jonathan_

7 July 2025

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This story blurs the line between a gothic horror/weird tale and a sci-fi and I really enjoyed it. The first half was kind of boring but it really picks up later on


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Review of The Invasion of Time by Jonathan_

7 July 2025

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I liked this story, though the latter 2 parts are not as good as the first 4. The Doctor is acting strangely thoughout the start of this episode, getting himself declared president on Gallifrey and inviting in invaders. Only when he gets inside a lead sealed room does he reveal that his mind is invaded by the Vardans, and he is leading them on to find out where their home planet. Once he foils their scheme, the Sontarans show up, and this is where the episode starts going downhill. The Sontarans are trying to track down the Doctor and get the Key from him and they chase him around the inside of his TARDIS, which is kinda neat but ultimately boring.


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Review of Underworld by Jonathan_

7 July 2025

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This one starts off promising but once we get off the spaceship it's just boring. Especially since we just got a revolution arc that was way better in the previous episode.


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Review of The Sun Makers by Jonathan_

6 July 2025

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Peak

Easily the funniest episode of classic so far. The Doctor starts a revolution against cartoonishly evil bureaucrats. This episode is just such a fun trip. It's not particularly deep or emotional really, its just everybody seems to be having a blast playing these characters and its full of great humor and banter (I was dying when the Doctor called the collector a "Usurian").

Without context this could easily be something straight of out the Hitchhiker's Guide. 5/5


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Review of Image of the Fendahl by Jonathan_

6 July 2025

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This starts off really promising with a really creepy skull and implications on the origin of humanity but the ending doesnt quite pull it off


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Review of The Invisible Enemy by Jonathan_

5 July 2025

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Kind of a boring story to be honest, it starts off kind of cool with an unknown enemy infecting everybody but it's just downhill from there plot-wise. The real highlight of this story is K-9 who is delightful


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Review of The Top of the Tree by Jonathan_

5 July 2025

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Awesome story featuring that one guy from the Christmas Carol episode

The Doctor is investigating a distress signal and lands on an enormous tree. He then has to figure out where he is and what the danger is, and it gets crazy. At the base of the tree he finds a pool of boiling sap, and at the top he finds insects and empty space, the tree is just free floating and is huge enough to have its own atmosphere.

The villagers traditions are very interesting to see play out (they protect the young and mothers based on these from the threat they don't understand) and the ending twist is pretty funny as well.

 


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Review of Horror of Fang Rock by Jonathan_

5 July 2025

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Easily the best 4 story so far. The TARDIS appears at a lighthouse that is under attack by an unknown force.

We get to see the Rutans for the first time (though their design is kind of goofy), and the whole episode has an air of gothic horror to it. Just an amazingly atmostpheric story.


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Review of The Talons of Weng-Chiang by Jonathan_

5 July 2025

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This episode manages to still be pretty good despite the racism. People are disapearing and the Doctor is investigating a Chinese magician. This really feels like a Sherlock Holmes story rather than a Doctor Who episode, right down to the outfits.

Li H'sen Chang is the one trying to stop the Doctor for most of the story and he is probably the most interesting character here (other than Leela maybe). It really is a shame they did not get a Chinese actor to play this role because it's really held back by the fact that it's a white actor in yellowface.

Leela's development in this story and Jago & Litefoot are probably my favorite aspects. Litefoot teaches Leela about Victorian manners and Leela teaches Litefoot how to eat meat like her tribe does (which was very entertaining) and she seems to get less murdery as the story goes. Jago & Litefoot's banter was great as well.


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Review of The Robots of Death by Jonathan_

4 July 2025

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Who dun it?

The Doctor and the crew of the vessel he landed on has to figure out who is responsible for a bunch of murders that keep happening


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Review of The Face of Evil by Jonathan_

4 July 2025

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Fun episode, the Doctor's past adventure accidently creates a big problem on this planet. The theme of superstition and faith plays out pretty well in this episode

Also we are introduced to Leela, who is very cool and very murdery


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Review of The Deadly Assassin by Jonathan_

4 July 2025

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Really good episode, the Doctor has to solve a murder on Gallifrey. We see more of Gallifrey in this episode than any so far and its great. We get a sense of the Doctor's role in the society that we did not have before.

The Master is back, this time as a weird skull face guy. The duel between he (or his henchman I guess) and the Doctor is really cool as well.


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Review of The Hand of Fear by Jonathan_

4 July 2025

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Really cool villain in this one. Also we see a species that evolved an alternate type of regeneration which is interesting.

Sarah Jane's sendoff feels kind of abrupt though


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Review of The Masque of Mandragora by Jonathan_

2 July 2025

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This one is just OK. The plot isnt anything too interesting, though we get some nice sets and a new TARDIS control room


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Review of The Doctor’s Wife by Jonathan_

2 July 2025

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Pretty unique villain in this episode, and we get to see the TARDIS gang fight against the TARDIS itself (possessed by House)

The Doctor has to rebuild a TARDIS (with some fun references to 3) and hang out with an embodiment of the TARDIS who discusses some of their relationship.


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Review of The Curse of the Black Spot by Jonathan_

2 July 2025

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I gotta say, now that I knew who Henry Every was and what he did beforehand it made this episode a lot better for me. The plot of the alien medical ship accidentally causing issues and abducting people is ok (though the Empty Child did it better).

 

 


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Review of Day of the Moon by Jonathan_

29 June 2025

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Amazing episode. The Silence is further explained and we get to see how their abilities work.

They really worked with being in America, making further use of Nixon and the Apollo program to use the Silence’s subliminal messaging against them, it’s just a lot of fun


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Review of Technophobia by Jonathan_

26 June 2025

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This one gets better the later it goes. Good banter between 10 and Donna, pretty true to the show

The first half shows people getting freaked out and scared of technology, and honestly it got very annoying to listen to after a while

The second half is really cool though once they kinda figure out what's going on and the Doctor confronts the aliens.

The "technophobia" is actually pretty neat as a weapon, even though it's basically the plot of a futurama episode


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Review of The Seeds of Doom by Jonathan_

22 June 2025

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Very cool episode

The Antarctic section of the story is pretty intense, some seed pods are found of alien origin and infects a crewmember while thugs from an eco-terrorist back in England are trying to steal it (and another pod)

The England section of the story is probably less interesting but still pretty good, the villain is actually fairly unique for up to this point. Usually the pro-environmental character is a protagonist of the story, but this one takes it to such an extreme that it is anti-humanitarian (and anti-animal as well tbh). Also he has an organ and plays the most hideous music I have heard in my life.

The Krynoid is pretty scary as a villain as well, it kinda reminds me of a less overpowered Gravemind, especially since it seems to have an intelligence.


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Review of Battle Scars by Jonathan_

19 June 2025

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This story starts off pretty well with showing how the Doctor has been affected by the war. The characters in this story show different ways people react to war (time or otherwise).

I have to say the villain really drags down this story for how cartoonish he is. Like in the span of 10 seconds he goes from “life is war and i need to make money so I will screw over everyone possible and even risk lives” to “i was wrong and i will forgive debts and not be bad anymore”. He was just unconvincing as a character and feels more like an afterthought to the story

I do like the Doctor’s message after he leaves though and the way it was delivered


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Review of Chain Reaction by Jonathan_

18 June 2025

Fun short, not a whole lot happens but the Doctor seems to cause a small amount of chaos


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Review of The Other Woman by Jonathan_

16 June 2025

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Nothing particularly interesting about this one

The Doctor meets an alien with a similar machine to the TARDIS but it turns out she is a criminal and in the end he makes no progress getting off of earth


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Review of The Impossible Astronaut by Jonathan_

16 June 2025

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Wild start to S6, lots of character setup here

The Doctor is murdered by a mysterious astronaut but then a younger version meets them with no knowledge of what will happen

The TARDIS crew visit DC and have some hilarious interactions with Nixon and the government agents there


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