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Best Season Opener

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An Unearthly Child - 0 (0%)
Planet Of Giants - 0 (0%)
Galaxy 4 - 0 (0%)
The Smugglers - 0 (0%)
Tomb Of The Cybermen - 4 (16%)
The Dominators - 0 (0%)
Spearhead From Space - 3 (12%)
Terror Of The Autons - 0 (0%)
Day Of The Daleks - 0 (0%)
The Three Doctors - 0 (0%)
The Time Warrior - 0 (0%)
Robot - 0 (0%)
Terror Of The Zygons - 2 (8%)
The Masque Of Mandragora - 0 (0%)
Horror Of Fang Rock - 0 (0%)
The Ribos Operation - 0 (0%)
Destiny Of The Daleks - 0 (0%)
The Leisure Hive - 0 (0%)
Castrovalva - 0 (0%)
Arc Of infinity - 0 (0%)
Warriors Of The Deep - 0 (0%)
Attack Of The Cybermen - 0 (0%)
The Mysterious Planet - 0 (0%)
Time And The Rani - 0 (0%)
Remembrance Of The Daleks - 3 (12%)
Battlefield - 0 (0%)
Rose - 0 (0%)
New Earth - 0 (0%)
Smith And Jones - 0 (0%)
Partners In Crime - 1 (4%)
The Eleventh Hour - 12 (48%)
The Impossible Astronaut - 0 (0%)
Total Voters: 25

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« on: June 11, 2011, 09:05:50 am »

Biggest poll on the forum yet, I think Tongue

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
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« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2011, 10:09:59 am »

Erm I think The Impossible Astronaut it was pretty darn good Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2011, 06:20:53 pm »

My vote goes to Tomb Of The Cybermen
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« Reply #3 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.
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« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2011, 03:09:07 am »

Nooooo 3 of my fav ever  Undecided

Eleventh Hour

(Just won over Rose and Castrovalva)
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« Reply #5 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 Smiley
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« Reply #6 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 Smiley

Pretty much sums it up for me too  Smiley
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« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2011, 03:04:40 pm »

Is no-one going to vote for The Dominators?  Cool
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« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2011, 03:20:03 pm »

Not if they've seen it they won't Tongue

So many great choices there. I went though with Terror of the Zygons. Love it!
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« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2011, 04:48:22 pm »

I went with Spearhead
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« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2011, 04:35:31 pm »

Just giving this a little bump for people to keep voting and sharing their thoughts Smiley

I havent seen many of the classic openers, but went with The Eleventh Hour anyway of all the ones I have seen
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« Reply #11 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
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« Reply #12 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.
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« Reply #13 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...
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« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2011, 07:14:33 pm »

Terror Of The Zygons got my vote. Loads of potential candidates though
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« Reply #15 on: December 13, 2011, 07:27:53 pm »

Really hard between The Eleventh Hour and The Impossible Astronaut but...

Went for TEH
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« Reply #16 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
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« Reply #17 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.
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« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2012, 03:13:04 pm »

I could have chosen loads, but I went with The Eleventh Hour
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« Reply #19 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.
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