Re: Doctor Who "The Sun Makers" November and December 1977

The Last Doctor wrote on 5/06/2024 1:45 pm:

The Last Doctor <mike@xenocyte.com> wrote:

Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

The Doctor wrote:

In article <xn0omoj5f1xx5vh000@post.eweka.nl>, Blueshirt
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

Adam H. Kerman wrote:
 

I obtained DVDs from the library, starting with one of my favorite episodes, "The Sun Makers". This episode made
quite the impression on me as a child.
 [Snip]
 The Fourth Doctor just works best in social satire;
Baker's performance is a delight.

 A good episode, but it wouldn't be in my 4th Doctor top ten!

 Touch to say what is 4thDoctor Top 10.
 1) Warrior's Gate
 2) Genesis of the Daleks.
 3 ...

 I assume you meant 'tough to say'... and yes, it is.
 But "Warriors Gate" wouldn't be in my top ten!
 Off the top of my head...
 City/Genesis/Pyramids/Talons/Fang/Assassin/Seeds/ Ark/Morbius/Face/Robots/Zygons (etc.)
 

 1. Genesis of the Daleks. 2. City of Death. 3. Talons of Weng
Chiang. 4. Pyramids of Mars. 5. City of Death. 6. Terror of the
Zygons. 7. Horror of Fang Rock. 8. The Seeds of Doom. 9. The Brain
of Morbius. 10. The Ribos Operation.
 11. The Robots of Death. 12. The Ark in Space. 13. The Androids of
Tara. 14. The Hand of Fear. 15. The Masque of Mandragora. 16. The
Stones of Blood. 17. The Keeper of Traken. 18. The Deadly
Assassin. 19. The Android Invasion. 20. The Sontaran Experiment.
 21. Full Circle. 22. The Invasion of Time. 23. The Face of Evil.
 After that we move into the mid and even lower reaches of the 4th
Doctor era.
 Those could easily move about a bit on rewatching. But I’m pretty
sure that neither Warriors Gate nor The Sun Makers would ever break
into my Top 20 Tom stories, let alone my Top 10.

 It seems I like City of Death so much it placed twice. Ah well, not
going to redo it - the principle stands. Probably easier to state the
ten worst Toms … I don’t think the two stories above would make that
list either. So they’re both mid twenties for me.
 

Yes, it seems you liked lot a lot, but at least you re-ranked them close together ..... it would have been really embarrassing for you if you'd ranked them 3rd and 25th or some such!! ;-P
--
Daniel