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The Increasingly Manic Tom Bak
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Indeed.  I think after Christopher hits most of the really high spots, there ought to be a mixture of good, middling and horrible serials instead of just proceeding gradually down into the dregs.  The next Tom serial after "Genesis" should be something like "Meglos".

If you adjust the brightness and contrast on your TV set properly, Warriors stops looking like it was filmed in a 7-11 and improves by at least 5%.

I think Tegan is a great companion.  The companion situation definitely improves after Adric gets blowed up.  Nyssa gets a little bit more to do for a few serials and gets a decent send off.  Turlough gets off to a bit of a rough start, but after "Enlightenment", I think the combination of Tegan and Turlough works

As a reformed archaeologist, I would have to say that digging up dead people's garbage is not really any more important than whatever the fuck it is that Franco is doing.

I am the increasingly manic Tom Baker.  Would you like a Jelly Baby?

She does the Charleston!  And pretty damn well, too.

Ooh, sorry.  It is "Seeds of Doom".  At least for today.  Seeds, Genesis and Talons are pretty much neck and neck.  Then there is a large gap between them and "The Invasion of Time" and then another sizable gap before you get to "The Armageddon Factor".

Part of that was the BBC forcing her to use her American-ish accent in interviews.

Christopher Benjamin (Jago) is also among the few actors who have appeared in both the classic and revived series.

I hated this serial as a kid.  I can't even really say why, but whenever it came on, I quit watching until it was over.  Watching it now though, I'd rank it second among Tom's six-parters.

Matisyahu/Grand Belial's Key

Bo-ring!  You can't even see her etheric beam locators.

Everyone, be sure to listen to the Taake stream next month.  You'll see how well a banjo works in black metal.

Of the Cirith bands, my favorite is Cirith Gorgor.

In this analogy, shouldn't the Daleks be the Washington Generals of Doctor Who?

A really useful robot dog could have saved many Filipino lives at the Battle of Reykjavik.

That right there is how you do fanservice.

Will somebody please, for the love of Rassilon, write a decent Cyberman story?

I'm surprised you didn't get anything related to Indira Varma's vagina, since there are plenty of pictures of it on the internet.

Sounds good to me, as long as it's Matt Smith plus 10 Tom Bakers.