Well, as I say somewhere else here, I think Survival is an example of Cartmel and his writer getting close to hitting the mark. I do think the ideas were generally good, I just think it was at cross purposes with the need to salvage the program from its ratings slump. To me, I think of episodes like Delta, Fenric and…

I wouldn't quite call it amazing, but there was definitely an attempt to turn the engine over after the late Saward years. I do think they had a special Doctor in Sylvester McCoy, I just wish they'd played a bit more to his strengths - that sly vaudevillian side you see in Greatest Show In The Galaxy - rather than to…

Yeah, these reviews were fun and I'll miss them. So good on ya, Chris.

I might take Happiness Patrol over something like Timelash, but it's not a huge jump on those. But Six gets a bad rap, in general. I like most of his stories more than their reputation suggests. Mark of the Rani is pretty great. I even have some kind things to say about Twin Dilemma.

I admire greatly what Cartmel was trying to do - and I love it when he just about hits his target, as in Remembrance, Greatest Show and Survival. But my biggest criticism of the era isn't the production, which was always tacky on Doctor Who and really no worse than during Sixie's era. Nah, I think they'd have been…

"Bowser! We-a talked about this last-a time we play tennis!"

I never realized it before, but clearly Superman is just another member of the liberal media. Luthor has some great ideas about the role of government.

I always felt the key to understanding Mario was his determination. I'm a little old school and I still think of him as a blue collar worker - a plumber, a carpenter, a guy who works on a wrecking crew. Those are the kinds of jobs he does. He's a real get-your-hands-dirty sort of guy.

Yeah, there's apparently a pretty bad glitch on the GC version of Majora's Mask. Just a heads up, because that disk ain't cheap.

"What do you think that is, hmm? A space helmet for a cow?"

Last season was really great, though. Seriously.

I dunno. I think there are still plenty of Dalek stories left. I'd love to see, for instance, another episode discussing how the Daleks have enslaved other races to work for them. Really see the Daleks doing more than just exterminating.

Honestly, that whole story is a sad tragedy.

Not one of my favorites, but it has that line about "fondue forks for everybody", so it's pretty hard to hate it.

Dirt Bike was my least favorite song on John Henry when it came out. Now it's damn near my favorite. Similar thing happened with Hall of Heads.

It's definitely about a car crash, but I'm not so sure it's as cut and dry of a case of "inanimate object sings a song" the way Birdhouse is. After all, people who get in car crashes often use a similar way of speaking - "I was coming over the bridge when she hit me" still means "I'm a human being who was driving a…

Pretty good list, though a catalog as varied and weird and lacking in "hits" as TMBG's seems particularly hard to do one of these things for. Still, you got most of the must-haves in here, from Ana Ng/Birdhouse to Boat of Car/Spider. Nice to see Weep Day and Spiraling Shape make the list, too. That said, any…

I remember liking the first season or so, but then feeling like it got preachy and self-important as it went on. Not sure if that's a fair assessment or not, but that's what 13 year old me thought. Like someone said, "Hey, we got this sitcom platform, why don't we use it to say something important?" Like the teenybop…

Shame on you. Surely they'd be at least an 8.

When masturbation's lost its fun you're fucking lazy.