Doctor Who: season 19

[altariel]

Castrovalva
altariel: What a cracking little story! What great design!
mraltariel: What a lot of fine hats.
altariel: Mighty fine hats. The zero room stuff does go on a bit.
mraltariel: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...ero room.
altariel: And Davison spends too long on his back.
mraltariel: I like his Doctor Impressions though. Do you think he got paid extra for them?
altariel: No. Have we done this story justice?
mraltariel: "What a cracking little story" you said, and I mentioned the hats. So, yes.

Four to Doomsday
altariel: Another...
mraltariel: Don't say it!
altariel: ...cracking little story.
mraltariel: Yes.
altariel: Unusual, imaginative, faintly reminds me of a good version of the TV Hitchhikers.
mraltariel: And it has got a Frog from Z-Cars in it. I also like Bigon.
altariel: Have we quite conveyed how brilliant it is?
mraltariel: "A cracking little story" you said, and I mentioned the frog.
altariel: So, yes.

Kinda
altariel: What a...
mraltariel: ...cracking little story.
altariel: Top Five Doctor Who
mraltariel: Classic Doctor Who?
altariel: "Classic", please. Possibly Top Three.
mraltariel: Is it my go now?
altariel: If you must.
mraltariel: Can't think of anything else to say.
altariel: About Kinda?
mraltariel: *mustn'tmakejokeaboutchocolateeggthing*
altariel: You can make a joke about the chocolate egg if you want.
mraltariel: Yeboshakeychocadoobypotswobbletoy.
altariel: And the Mara.
mraltariel: Oooh.Scary.
altariel: This really is a cracking little story.
mraltariel: Especially when the chap from That's Life gets possessed and DCI Meadows goes mad.
altariel: And Nerys Hughes.
mraltariel: Dame Nerys to us.

The Visitation
altariel: You like this a lot more than me. So why don't you explain to the good people at home.
mraltariel: "I am but a poor journeyman..."
altariel: Yes, that explains it.
mraltariel: And it's a cracking little story.

Black Orchid
altariel: I like a Charleston.
mraltariel: And I like a hideously deformed torture victim hidden in the wainscotting.

Earthshock
altariel: Well, that was a thing that happened to me.
mraltariel: It happened to me, too, I think.
altariel: The end is quite touching. I didn't mind Adric. I thought the Fifth Doctor was unnecessarily grumpy with him.
mraltariel: I didn't mind him either. He was no Steven Taylor though. So, ranking "stowaway companions", he comes second.
altariel: Surely there are other stowaways?
mraltariel: I can't think of any. Sarah Jane maybe? So Adric would be 'third best stowaway companion'.

Time-Flight
altariel: That was a bag of shit.
mraltariel: With glimpses. Of more shit.
altariel: What makes it so shit, do you think?
mraltariel: I remember "The Faceless Ones". And this does not bear comparison.
altariel: There's no Pauline Collins, that's for sure.
mraltariel: That's Dame Pauline to us.
altariel: Baron, actually.



Ranking
Kinda
Black Orchid
The Visitation
Four to Doomsday
Castrovalva
Earthshock
Time-Flight


altariel: We have not spoken of Peter Davison.
mraltariel: We have not.
altariel: He's rather good. I feel in safe hands.
mraltariel: He is. A proper actor - we've not had one of those since 1969.
altariel: I like how old he seems - very Hartnellish, and yet he is not. Hartnell. Nor old. Do you like the costume?
mraltariel: Surprisingly, I think I do. It is better than the purple coat from last season.
altariel: I would also say that notwithstanding the last two stories, this season continues in that imaginative vein from Tom's last outings.
mraltariel: Yes, they're interesting and unusual, and quite well-written, designed and performed.
altariel: I'm sure it will carry on like this for another 20 Glorious Years.
mraltariel: Oh, at least.