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Title: Best Season Opener
Post by: Aneurin on June 11, 2011, 09:05:50 am
Biggest poll on the forum yet, I think :P

32 stories to choose from, which was the best opener for a series?

I went with Spearhead From Space though it was a tossup between that and The Impossible Astronaut for me


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: missadric2 on June 11, 2011, 10:09:59 am
Erm I think The Impossible Astronaut it was pretty darn good :)


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: Oh-Wise-One on June 11, 2011, 06:20:53 pm
My vote goes to Tomb Of The Cybermen


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: Nyki on June 11, 2011, 09:05:37 pm
There were at least half a dozen I was tempted by, old and new, but I went with Tomb of the Cybermen.


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: 2cajuman2 on June 12, 2011, 03:09:07 am
Nooooo 3 of my fav ever  :-\

Eleventh Hour

(Just won over Rose and Castrovalva)


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: Tardis-Console on June 13, 2011, 02:24:01 pm
The Eleventh Hour. It was the first episode I ever saw so it's very special to me :)


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: poprockgeek on June 13, 2011, 02:42:00 pm
The Eleventh Hour. It was the first episode I ever saw so it's very special to me :)

Pretty much sums it up for me too  :)


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: Nyki on June 13, 2011, 03:04:40 pm
Is no-one going to vote for The Dominators?  8)


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: Twisted-Sister on June 13, 2011, 03:20:03 pm
Not if they've seen it they won't :P

So many great choices there. I went though with Terror of the Zygons. Love it!


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: Saber on June 13, 2011, 04:48:22 pm
I went with Spearhead


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: Roranicus on July 18, 2011, 04:35:31 pm
Just giving this a little bump for people to keep voting and sharing their thoughts :)

I havent seen many of the classic openers, but went with The Eleventh Hour anyway of all the ones I have seen


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: Peri-Peri on July 19, 2011, 09:43:21 am
I very nearly went with 'Tomb' but decided on 'Spearhead' instead. I was obsessed with it as a kid and I still always enjoy it now


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: Vampyros Adric on July 24, 2011, 09:02:21 pm
It was a three way tie for me between "Terror of the Autons", "The Three Doctors" and "Castrovalva". So i tossed a coin and decided upon Remembrance of the Daleks. A crackling little tale from Ben Aaronovitch full of lovely little back references without being heavy handed. Ace was wonderful, that fella from Upstairs Downstairs did a brilliant impression of the Brigadier. Pilot Toos from Robots of Death turned up as did Mr Bronson. But a-top the tree is the majestic performance of Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith aka Sylvester McCoy. This performance was everything I want from a the Time Lord. He was the cosmic sprite of Troughton, mingled with the authority of Pertwee, mingled with Davison's easy manner and wrapped up with his own personal charisma. To say I love this story is something of an understatement - one of the finest stories in Who's glorious 50 year history.


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: thebunnyinthetardis on July 25, 2011, 04:52:37 am
Oh, that's tough with so many to choose from.  The scope and pace of the older episodes vs. the new make them so different.  Of the Classic series I love Jon Pertwee in Spearhead from Space. Shoes!!  LOL   But the post-regeneration kitchen scene in The Eleventh Hour had us in stitches and still cracks me up every time I watch it.  All trepidation about Matt Smith went down the drain, along with the evil beans.  Bad, bad beans...


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: TheDoctorDonna on November 27, 2011, 07:14:33 pm
Terror Of The Zygons got my vote. Loads of potential candidates though


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: Joshua on December 13, 2011, 07:27:53 pm
Really hard between The Eleventh Hour and The Impossible Astronaut but...

Went for TEH


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: HuonEnergetic on December 13, 2011, 09:35:21 pm
Hard decision between "partners in crime" (i laughed so much) and the eleventh hour.
It was the eleventh hour in the end, but i still love PIC


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: hannahcole93 on December 14, 2011, 10:41:23 am
I was stuck between Catrovalva and Eleventh Hour. Went for Eleventh hour in the end, as Catrovalva is kind of a follow of from Logopolis, so unless you watch the two together I think you get a bit left out/lost, whereas The Eleventh Hour is kind of totally a stand alone story which will perfectly introduce any viewer into Who.


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: Scott on March 09, 2012, 03:13:04 pm
I could have chosen loads, but I went with The Eleventh Hour


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: Blazin Goliath on March 09, 2012, 04:35:11 pm
I went with The Eleventh Hour, mostly because it managed to do what I thought was impossible- ween me off of David Tennant.


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: Sparky on January 28, 2013, 02:31:57 am
It's an old thread so I went with The Eleventh Hour but I think Asylum beats that now.


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: The Cyber Mistress on January 31, 2013, 02:49:50 pm
Tomb of the Cybermen. No contest


Title: Re: Best Season Opener
Post by: lastofthejagaroth on February 25, 2015, 09:28:11 pm
I was really struggling between Remembrance of The Daleks and Rose but eventually I ended up with Remembrance, mainly because of all the great lines and, of course, one of, if not THE, best cliffhanger (That Dalek gliding up the stairs, much to the Doctor's horror.) Still, I love Rose too.