When I opened this story, and that was the one film I expected to find on the list.

It is true that no two companions had better chemistry than Ian and Barbara.

It is true that no two companions had better chemistry than Ian and Barbara.

Yes, it is a fun/interesting reading of the story, to see the first Doctor is already me mastermind manipulator, long before 7 became "time's champion," and is not inconsistent with the irascible, more-clever-than-he-seems and less than perfectly benign portrayal of the first Doctor.

Yes, it is a fun/interesting reading of the story, to see the first Doctor is already me mastermind manipulator, long before 7 became "time's champion," and is not inconsistent with the irascible, more-clever-than-he-seems and less than perfectly benign portrayal of the first Doctor.

I like the Sontaran's music in The Two Doctors.

I like the Sontaran's music in The Two Doctors.

probably that pederast Hanrahan

probably that pederast Hanrahan

I largely agree about the Pertwee six-parters (I liked Invasion of the Dinosaurs and Planet of the Spiders has some charms), but what I find strange is the three seven-part stories from season seven are all masterpieces.

I largely agree about the Pertwee six-parters (I liked Invasion of the Dinosaurs and Planet of the Spiders has some charms), but what I find strange is the three seven-part stories from season seven are all masterpieces.

"MOONS OF MADNESS!" Did someone disparage or in any way denigrate "The Pirate Planet?" Are you trying to scuttle this thread?! You look like Mentiads to me…

"MOONS OF MADNESS!" Did someone disparage or in any way denigrate "The Pirate Planet?" Are you trying to scuttle this thread?! You look like Mentiads to me…

Yes—I was hoping, contrary to all likelihood, that Mass Appeal would come up. Probably a good Jack Lemmon anecdote in there, and I always liked that movie.

Yes—I was hoping, contrary to all likelihood, that Mass Appeal would come up. Probably a good Jack Lemmon anecdote in there, and I always liked that movie.

This does not really "feel" like a Doctor Who story at times, but it is fabulous.

This does not really "feel" like a Doctor Who story at times, but it is fabulous.

Doesn't he also shoot the Destroyer in Battlefield? As I recall, the blue monster taunts something like "can't the Earth do better than you" and the Brig replies "probably, I just do the best I can."

Doesn't he also shoot the Destroyer in Battlefield? As I recall, the blue monster taunts something like "can't the Earth do better than you" and the Brig replies "probably, I just do the best I can."

Yes, Fendahl and Fang Rock are excellent—standout stories for that season. Fendahl has a particularly grisly moment [spoiler]. The Fendahleen has essentially rendered the human villain—who sought to control it—immobile, and what will ensue will not be pretty. The doomed human villain asks the doctor for a gun, and the…