I was a teenager / early 20-something when this show originally aired.  I rarely watched it, mainly because the characters seemed old and too yuppie for me to care about. But I do recall that the show was considered cutting-edge and ground-breaking for PRECISELY the reason that most of the posters here say it is dated…

One of the saddest concert-going experiences I ever had was attending an early 90s Bowie show at the NJ Meadowlands.  Nine Inch Nails was the opening act and when Reznor was on stage, that stadium was packed to the rafters.  Almost as soon as NIN ended their set, the stadium began clearing out.  When Bowie came on, he…

The fatal flaw about the whole "very special episode" syndrome is (as some of the writers noted) that these episodes were supposed to encourage family dialogue about serious issues.  Well, as a suburban TV watching adolescent / young teen during this time period, I can assuredly say that all the Very Special Episodes…

"…although [Ian & Barbaa] don’t say so to the Doctor directly, they’ve begun to enjoy the life of the temporal vagabond too…"

Have I missed the deadline to nominate shows?  Probably, but there's one old chestnut that I happened to see last night, and hadn't seen mentioned in this thread - Charlie's Angels!  Yes, it's considered kitschy fluff now (and was then too), but it was a hugely controversial show when it aired.  And I know the…

I don't think so.  Despite it being a hit show, it was taken off the air after the religious right conducted a boycott campaign against the network.  The last episode of the series ended with several cliffhangers, all were intended to be wrapped up in the next season premiere, and many cast & crew members have stated…

Even better would be the episode where Nuse Daniels shot him in the balls and then left him to bleed to death.

Maude has an abortion.

First Doctor: "The Ark" was well done, with an interesting use of time travel.

The way I heard it, Nyssa was supposed to have been a 'temporary companion' - just one more (semi) familiar face to help bridge the transition from the last few Tom Baker stories to the first few Peter Davison stories.  In fact, I think the scene in "Four to Doomsday" when she faints was originally going to be a death…

Apparently I grew up in the same relative time period that the author of the article did.  The way he describes his teen years is spot on the same as mine.

How could a list like this be compiled and not mention the 70s era Batman cartoon? Definitely inspired by the campy 60s TV show, it had Batman, Robin, occasionally Batgirl and even Bat-Mite.

Hopefully the new series will explain the single biggest nagging question I ever had about the 60s TV series - How did Barbara "Batgirl" Gordon ever possibly manage to find, much less afford a swanky one-bedroom apartment in midtown Gotham City with 1) a turntable wall, 2) a secret superhero den, 3) a private elevator…

Some possible foreshadowing - Megan does not like to be called Mrs. Draper. In the context of the episode it's a generation gap issue (Megan wants to be seen as the cool hip pal of Sally and her friend, not one of the square adults.) But in the larger season arc it could meant that despite her behavior, she really is…

1015 reasonable discussions - wow!  Well I'm not going to scroll through all that to make sure I'm not repeating something, but…was the little moment of Bobby Draper explaining how he's 'Bobby Five", and how some other kid is Bobby two, and some other kid is Bobby one (who went home) an in-joke reference to the (how…

Hey what about the crusty cantankerous calamity prone Wizard of Id? He certainly belongs on any list of inept spell casters.

I was puzzled at the end when the Doctor kept saying (paraphrasing) "just this ONE TIME let ME save YOU, rather than the other way around!"  Huh?  The Doctor saved Clara from being downloaded by the Great Intelligence twice, pulled her away from the soul-eating 'voice' of Akhaten, saved her from Sardek, and rescued…

I think that that was Don's plan going into the hotel room.  He went there intending to scare her away by acting brutal and domineering.  BUT remember as the saying goes  'the best laid plans of Mice & Men always go awry' (or something like that.)  Once he realized Sylvia was actually into the whole Dominance /…

SC Starship.

About the Doctor's ongoing debate with the Cyber-Controller - It struck me that there is an innate dichotomy to the Cybermen that often gets overlooked.  The Cybermen are supposed to be coldly, mechanically logical, with no emotions whatsoever.  Yet their one over-riding goal and motivation is to survive and multiply…