Unfortunately
Colin Baker’s tenure as The Doctor wasn’t that long to warrant a top 10
list. Being unceremoniously fired after
The Trial of a Time Lord Colin’s Doctor wasn’t able to build a big back catalog
of stories to pick from and he only had 11 stories so in fairness I picked the
top 5 from his era which is often overlooked and has some really good stories
in it.
5. The Mark of the Rani
Written By Pip and Jane
Baker
Directed By Sarah Hellings
Why It’s In The Top 10:
It’s a fun story that pits
The Doctor against two renegade Time Lords.
We get to see the return of The Master and the first appearance of the
Rani. This double act worked so well together
that seeing the two villains trying to outdo one another makes the story pretty
entertaining and the chemistry between them really does work well. Plus it has one of the funniest scenes in it
ever when the tree saves Peri.
4. Attack of the Cybermen
Written By Paula Moore
Directed By Matthew
Robinson
Why It’s In The Top 10:
It is more of a guilty
pleasure than anything. Here we have the
Cybermen lurking in the sewers of London waiting for Mondas to return. Then the Cybermen take over the TARDIS and
head to Telos where a very over weight Cybercontroller is waiting for them. Attack of the Cybermen is a good story where
The Doctor misjudges someone and learns a hard lesson.
3. The Trial of a Time
Lord
Part 13 -14 The Ultimate
Foe
Written By Robert Holmes
and
Pip and Jane Baker
Directed By Chris Clough
Why It’s In The Top 10:
Well it is the story where
we find out that The Valeyard is really The Doctor. Imagine the shock and surprise at the reveal
of this mind blowing revelation. Way
before The Name of The Doctor did it with the John Hurt reveal we were treated
to this plot twist that kept Who fans talking for quite a while and made it
worth trudging through the whole mediocre Trial season.
2. The Two Doctors
Written By Robert Holmes
Directed By Peter Moffatt
Why It’s In The Top 10:
It is pretty obvious why
The Two Doctors is on the list. You have
the return of Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines as The Second Doctor and Jamie
and it is as if they had never left the show. It is good to see The Sixth Doctor
interacting with his past self after searching and rescuing him. One of the funniest scenes is when The Doctor
is turned into an Androgum and goes out to eat with Shockeye. Patrick Troughton was marvelous in that
sequence.
1. Revelation of the
Daleks
Written By Eric Saward
Directed By Graeme Harper
Why It’s In The Top 10:
It is one of the best
Davros stories in a long time. The
Daleks are seen mainly in the background and do not have a big presence until
the last half of episode 2. Revelation
of the Daleks has some pretty interesting characters in it which make watching
this story even more enjoyable. Davros
has come up with a pretty good scheme using people to make a new breed of
Daleks while using the dead bodies as food protein to help stave off the famine
in that part of the universe. It is
also one of the best performances by Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant. You can really see their chemistry gel and it
is too bad that they were not able to continue longer.
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