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« on: February 01, 2012, 02:25:14 am » |
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According to the most recent DWM poll of all the stories, which is about 3 or 4 years old now, this was the worst rated Fourth Doctor story (coming fourth from bottom behind only Time And The Rani, Timelash and The Twin Dilemma), but do you agree with their ranking?
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« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2012, 02:28:06 am » |
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Not sure why I hit post before giving my thoughts Ok, so I am really not a fan of this story, but rating it the worst Fourth Doctor story, or even fourth worst story overall, I think it probably too harsh on it. Meglos I think is probably worse. Nightmare of Eden too. This story has a lot of faults but there are plenty worse ones.
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« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2012, 06:00:12 pm » |
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No, definately not the worst of the Fourth Doctor stories. Meglos is worse. The Horns of Nimon is worse. Others too. I haven't seen all of the Fourth Doctor stories, but even of the ones I have seen I can safely say this one isn't the worst.
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« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2012, 06:08:52 pm » |
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I'd definitely rate The Creature From the Pit, The Horns of Nimon and Meglos as worse. Nightmare of Eden is OK. I consider this a slightly disappointing story during a great era.
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« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2012, 06:17:20 pm » |
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It was part of a very odd season, too, if you ask me. With the exception of Fang Rock, all the other stories it was grouped with were just above average but still better than this one. I like this but it is sort of the runt of the season.
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« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2012, 06:25:22 pm » |
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I wouldn't quite have said that - I love Image of the Fendahl and The Sun Makers as well. It definitely wasn't as good as the previous few series (apart from having Leela in it ) but I'd say it was pretty strong.
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« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2012, 06:41:31 pm » |
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I do think it's a good story. Perhaps runt was the wrong word to use, but I don't think it was a series of many highs and this (along with The Sun Makers for me) was the weakest of the bunch. I still think there are far worse stories though and it definately isn't the worst of the Fourth Doctor era. Or the fourth worst overall, for that matter.
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« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2012, 01:32:16 am » |
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I don't think it's the worst. I haven't seen a Fourth Doctor story so far that I haven't enjoyed. Not that I can think of, anyway, but I disliked The Sun Makers more than this one. I'm not saying that one is the worst either, but I suppose it means I have seen enough to rank this one above others.
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« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2012, 07:07:11 pm » |
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The Creature From The Pit is definately worse. A couple of others are two.
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« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2012, 01:47:15 pm » |
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I've not seen very many but if this is the worst then I can't wait to get through the rest because I though this was excellent.
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« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2012, 05:02:17 pm » |
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Of the Fourth Doctor stories I have seen, I think this one is my least favourite, but there is definately more than three that are worse out of all the stories so I don't agree with it's list placing
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« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2012, 11:05:21 pm » |
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It's not the absolute worst, but it is pretty dire.
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« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2012, 07:34:17 pm » |
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Definately not the worst, but I would say it's among the weakest.
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