Series 7 Countdown: Series 6 Monsters

Today, I shall finally conclude my countdown posts to Series 7. I started by detailing my favourite and least favourite episodes of each series since the revival and last Sunday, I started detailing the monster and aliens that have appeared in each episode since the revival in a series by series format. So today's article is on the main aliens and monsters that appeared in Series 6.

Silence - The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon/The Wedding of River Song 

The Silence have to be the creepiest Doctor Who aliens ever! I loved Moffat's latest creation as they looked scary, they WERE scary and when they moved their arms just before they electrocuted somebody, that was very freaky! Absolutely loved these monsters and I loved how we actually had an alien that was part of the arc so appeared in many episodes of the series. 5/5

Siren - The Curse of the Black Spot 

The Siren was a great alien as it had a well thought out back story and the idea that it used reflection was clever as the setting of the episode was surrounded by water! The Siren looked good the song was creepy as it rose from the water... 4/5

House - The Doctor's Wife

Finally we had an entity that I liked! House was a great villain as it devours TARDISes, an idea which I thought was genius. Thanks to House we also managed to see more of the new TARDIS set and is definitely me favourite entity ever to feature in Doctor Who. 5/5

Flesh - The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People/A Good Man Goes To War

The Flesh story wasn't a favourite of mine but the Flesh did have some good points. The idea surrounding it was good but if you think about it, how can a solar storm make something that was never alive in the first place, alive? 2/5

Kovarian - Day of the Moon/The Curse of the Black Spot/The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People/A Good Man Goes To War/Closing Time/The Wedding of River Song 

The main villain of Series 6 was a clever idea and I loved the mystery as to why she kept on appearing before Amy, before her first proper story (A Good Man Goes To War). In the Battle of Demons Run, we were shown how evil she was as she didn't care about Amy's feelings and just took Melody from her. However, we were never told what happened to her in the current version of reality. 4/5

Teselecta - Let's Kill Hitler/The Wedding of River Song

The introduction of the Teselecta seemed a bit odd at the time of Let's Kill Hitler but I loved how they saved the Doctor from dying in The Wedding of River Song. The whole idea about them I loved just like the Doctor does, and I hope we are given another Teselecta story in the future as you could write a story with them in it surrounding any war event in the whole of time. 5/5

Peg Dolls - Night Terrors 

Don't even get me started on the worst Doctor Who monsters to ever be created. Just look at them and you will get my point! Mark Gatiss, bow your head in shame... 1/5

Handbots - The Girl Who Waited 

Despite their plain look, I quite liked the Handbots and the idea that they actually had human like hands was quite creepy but I was still reeling over the shocking monsters we had the previous week... 3/5

Minotaur - The God Complex 

The Minotaur was a pretty bad monster and this was the third week in a row we had had a fairly bad monster. The Minotaur looked weird and although the idea of The God Complex I liked, the Minotaur could have looked much better. 2/5

Cybermen - Closing Time

Although I loved Closing Time as as episode, I feel the Cybermen were pretty wasted in this episode. It wasn't like the Cybermen were on their last legs, we had been shown that there were Cyber Legions all across space earlier on in the series. That aside, I liked seeing the metal men again but I feel they were defeated in a pretty unsatisfying way. 3/5

And my favourite is...

The Silence

For all the reasons I stated above, the Silence were great monsters and more than deserve a comeback story in the future. I think we will as the legend does say that Silence will fall when the question is asked, so they must be there...

And my least favourite is...

Ped Dolls

Like I said above, don't even get me started on these monstrosities...

In Conclusion...

A series that started of excellent in the monster way of things but as of Episode 9, things went down hill so my final word has to be pretty average but had some of the most fantastic monsters I had seen in a while at the start.

Series 7 Countdown: Series 5 Monsters

Today, I shall continue my Series 7 Countdown posts by looking at the main monsters and aliens that appeared in Series 5.

Atraxi - The Eleventh Hour 

This episode wasn't about the monster threat really, just about introducing a new Doctor and a new companion. The episode was brilliant but the thing which I disliked about it was the introduction of another space police. What's wrong with the Judoon? The Judoon are far better in my opinion. 3/5

Smiler - The Beast Below

The Smiler's were pretty rubbish 'monsters', as for one, where did they're voice come from? Definitely not that painted on face that 'turns' from happy to angry... The cage they were in was not very futuristic and they reminded me of Max Capricorn... 1/5

Daleks - Victory of the Daleks

The end of the RTD era Daleks (or so we thought) saw the entrance of new 'hump-back jelly bean' Daleks which I really like and I think look far superior to their bronze predecessors. They have bigger, better guns, they are taller and can now stare straight at their enemies instead of looking up at them and for in their first appearance these Daleks actually won! 4/5

Weeping Angels - Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone

The return of the Weeping Angels was fantastic and although there was more of them and don't get me wrong, I love the Weeping Angels, I did prefer Blink. However, they were still terrifying but I think showing us how they move (which doesn't look that fast at all) was a bad move. 4/5

Vampires - Vampires in Venice

I didn't like this episode that much mainly because of the Vampires which I think was a little too fairytale, something Doctor Who has done a few times before... Anyway, the Vampires had been affected by the cracks and now they wanted to kill everyone on Earth, heard it all before... 2/5

The Dream Lord - Amy's Choice

The Dream Lord was a good villain and I loved him taunting The Doctor! The resolution was good though as you really see that the Dream Lord is weak and only has influence over dream states. 3/5

Silurians - The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood

The re-introduction of the Silurians was great and made a great two-parter. The new look was fantastic and the way their history was written into this episode was very good and I hope one day we get to see what happens in 1000 years time when the Silurians come to the surface once more... 5/5

Krafayis - Vincent and the Doctor

This episode (as you can tell by the title) was not about a monster at all, but about Vincent Van Gogh. I like these type of episodes but if you are going to have an alien threat, you need to put a great deal of thought into it, something I don't think was really done here with the Krafayis. 2/5

They're was no alien threat in The Lodger.

The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang didn't have one alien threat but loads which all had similiar screen time so I will not be writing about any of them.

And my favourite is...

The Silurians

Definitely the best threat and if you think about it, they're not even alien!

And my least favourite is...

Smiler

Poor robots and I'm sure Steven Moffat could have came up with something much better than this.

In Conclusion...

Not a great series for alien threat stories but for some reason, I think it is my favourite series!

Series 7 Countdown: Series 4 and the 2008-10 Specials Monsters

Today, I shall continue my Series 7 Countdown by detailing the main aliens and monsters that appeared in Series 4 and the 2008-10 Specials.

So lets start with Series 4...

Heavenly Hosts - Voyage of the Damned

The Hosts were average robots and I liked their line 'Information: You are all going to die.' because it shocked you as you thought 'Oh god, they're not heavenly at all!'. Anyway, the Hosts were pretty good monsters and I can't find many faults about them at all to be honest! 4/5

Adipose - Partner's In Crime 

In no way Monsters as they were just born, who can help that?! I loved their cuteness and the whole story of Partner's In Crime was great (apart from the title). The Adipose were a great use of CGI but did look a tiny but fake at times... 3/5

Pyrovile - The Fires of Pompeii

The Pyroviles were menacing monsters but the fact that they were simply defeated by a basin of water sort of took away a bit of the fear factor from them. But, they were greatly thought out and I loved how a real Earth event was written in, to be part of Doctor Who. 4/5

Ood - Planet of the Ood 

I loved how the Ood were given their own story at last after their medium-sized part in Series 2. Also, I really liked how were told the story of the Ood and why they want to serve. 4/5

Sontarans - The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky 

This highly unpopular two-parter re-introduced the Sontarans as cowards... in a way! If you are going to re-introduce something, then make sure that that story is fully about who the monster really is. Anyway, when the Sontarans were on a murder spree, it showed who they really were... shame this couldn't have been for the whole story. 3/5

Hath - The Doctor's Daughter

The Hath were strange creatures and I thought it was very unnatural for them to have green glass tanks for mouths! I didn't really like the Hath as you couldn't understand what they are saying, and I think language is something monsters need to be able to do well in, Judoon to the side as at least they can speak English in the end. 2/5

Vespiform - The Unicorn and the Wasp 

My favourite episode of Series 4 (excluding the Specials) saw a giant wasp take hold and I loved this as we were told later on in the series, they're not the only 'buzzing' creature to come fro, another planet... Anyway, a fantastic monster but the changing from human to wasp thing could have looked better. 4/5

Vashta Nerada - Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead

The Vashta Nerada were another great invention of Moffat's as all you do to stop them from getting you is... RUN! Also loved how they kept the last words of their hosts constantly being said and this added to the eeriness of them. 5/5

Midnight Entity - Midnight

During the time of it's broadcast I highly disliked Midnight as I thought it was a cheap cop out but as I have re-watched it, I have started to really like it and I now love the mystery of the Midnight entity. Although, the thing that bugs me about it is we will never know what it really was... 3/5

Time Beetle - Turn Left

The Time Beetle was rarely seen but caused all the events to happen in Turn Left so it was a main monster. However, when we did see the Time Beetle, it looked like a cheap plasticky toy so this let the episode down a little bit... 3/5

Daleks - The Stolen Earth/Journey's End 

Finally after three series' we got a Dalek story with an empire at the height of its power! Absolutely fantastic from the Daleks as they were entirely ruthless and I liked how it rounded of the ending to the turbulent and some what controversial, Cult of Skaro saga with Dalek Caan nothing more than a Dalek traitor... Although they're cheated end did let them down a bit. 4/5

Davros - The Stolen Earth/Journey's End 

Couldn't decide whether to write about Davros or the Daleks so decided to write about both! Davros' reintroduction was good but not brilliant as it sort of took away the fact of the Time War never being able to be accessed by any living thing. But Davros' was pretty mad which I absolutely loved! 4/5

Now for the 2009 Specials...

Cybermen - The Next Doctor

The Cybermen were finally given another story after what had felt ages! I really liked the Cybershades coming back and the CyberKing was great as it once again got the Cybermen working at their best. 4/5

Stingray - Planet of the Dead

The Stingrays were good monsters as they were just ruthless creatures destroying entire planets to get what they want! They're look was great as for once I actually believed an alien with metal body parts to be natural. 4/5

The Flood - The Waters of Mars 

The Flood was a terrifying monster even though, it had no physical form. Definitely one of RTD's best episodes ever and The Flood's story left us wondering right to the end, what was going to happen... Also, I loved the whole just one drop thing. 5/5





The Master - The End of Time

The Master was back and this time was entirely MAD! His plan however was even better than his last and how he and The Doctor were deep down still friends, was great! At the end when the Master saved the Doctor's life, it was heart warming as we all knew that after all he had done to him, The Master was still the Doctor's friend. 5/5

Time Lords - The End of Time 

I thought I would just add these classic guys in as well as after all that time, we finally saw the Time Lords again! Their part in this episode was great as we finally found out the secret to why the Doctor had to kill them at the end of the Time War... 4/5

And my favourite is...

The Flood

It was just something about them and the great story they were given that I absolutely loved and they will be remembered by me, forever.

And my least favourite is...

The Hath

Not great monsters mainly because of the language barrier and they're unnatural appearance.

In Conclusion...

A fantastic collection of Monsters with ALL the classics: Daleks, Cybermen, The Master, Sontarans and Davros and also some one-off great monsters: Vashta Nerada, The Flood and The Vespiform. Definitely the best series so far for Monsters!

Series 7 Countdown: Series 3 Monsters

Today, I shall continue my Series 7 Countdown, by briefly detailing about the main monster and aliens that appeared in Series 3.

Racnoss - The Runaway Bride 

The Racnoss was a strange creature and talked in a tone that was quite hard to understand... But apart from that a giant alien spider tied in well with the Christmas Star (or web) and the whole idea of it being around from the start of the Earth and how it was the centre of the Earth, was highly well thought out. 3/5

Judoon - Smith and Jones 

The introduction of a space police organization was a great idea and I loved the Judoon apart from the fact, why would alien police look like Earth rhinos? Not quite working for me... Loved the language and formality of them though. 4/5

Carrionites - The Shakespeare Code

Witches, like the werewolf of Series 2, was a little too much fairytale for me so the Carrionites weren't one of my favourite's, however they're story was quite interesting but the idea of them being defeated by words was rubbish! Doctor Who is sci-fi not fairytale! 2/5

Macra - Gridlock

A monster-lite episode, saw the return of a classic monster? Why? If you're going to re-introduce something, be sure to give it an episode which actually about it and not just a few seconds on screen. Very disappointed with this decision. 1/5

Daleks - Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks 

The return of the Cult of Skaro saw the worst Dalek two-parter ever written. The Daleks evolving into human-like creatures?! I was totally behind Cann, Thay and Jast by the end as they over through their leader, but of course they got defeated... 3/5

Lazarus - The Lazarus Experiment

Professor Lazarus creature thing, was a pretty bad monster. As I explained in my recent article saying how bad The Lazarus Experiment was, the Lazarus creature was very unbelievable and the questiuon remains, why would Lazarus turn evil and try to kill innocent people? 1/5

The Sun - 42

The whole sun being alive thing was OK but nothing great. Even today, I am still making my mind up on whether it was a little bit too far creating a sun that was alive. Good story but once again we had no alien threatening presence. 3/5

Family of Blood - Human Nature/The Family of Blood

The Family of Blood were grear villains and very memorable. A fantastically written story and an enemy that has so many good factors, I simply can't detail them all in this article. What I will say though is, the Family of Blood saved the monster factor of Series 3, as so far it was very bad. 5/5

Weeping Angels - Blink 

The introduction of the stone statues was by far one of the best Doctor Who episodes ever. The Weeping Angels were introduced shrouded in mystery and I loved how they had actually caught the Doctor! Their appearance is fantastic as they could turn from looking like innocent statues one minute, to claws out, sharp teeth, angry look, the next! 5/5

Futurekind - Utopia

The idea of the futurekind I feel was just to put a monster in to an episode which wasn't really about aliens at all, just the backstory to the series finale. However, the futurekind were not good monsters and how they could be humans is weird, as why on earth would humans in the future turn stupid, rabid and tribal all of a sudden? 1/5

The Master - Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords 

The re-introduction of THE classic villain was absolutely mind blowing! For one, he actually won... for a year, anyway! Two, he's mental and will stop at nothing to achieve universal domination. And three, he's a genius but his biggest fear is something that it shouldn't be... The Doctor! A friend, even after the hell The Master puts him through for 'the year that never was', all the way to their deaths. 5/5

And my favourite is...

Weeping Angels or The Master

It's an impossible decision as both really turned Series 3 around in the monster way of things and both had two of the most fantastic Doctor Who stories ever!

And my least favourite is...

Futurekind

Although I really dislike Lazarus, at least his episode was actually about him whereas the Futurekind, in my opinion, were not really needed and I feel the episode would have been just as good, albeit slighly altered, without them.

In Conclusion...

A series which started off average and then by episode 6/7, was pretty shocking in the monster factor. But as of episode 8 (except episode 11) the series featured some timeless classics which will remain with us Whovians, forever.

Series 7 Countdown: Series 2 Monsters

Yesterday saw me begin the second part of my Series 7 Countdown by detailing the main Monsters and Aliens from Series 1. Today I shall continue with the main Monsters and Aliens of Series 2.

Sycorax  - The Christmas Invasion

The Sycorax were average aliens and had a pretty strange storyline with blood control. Also their skeletal look wasn't that great and the fact that blood control can't kill is just weird! So overall not great as it bored me with the fact that you couldn't understand what they were saying... 2/5

Cassandra - New Earth

The living trampoline's second and final appearance was a shock as everyone thought she got killed at the end of The End of the World. However, Cassandra wasn't actually the main villain in this episode but I put her in this article as she was a main character. But the whole thing of her going from person to person and her body disappearing when she started this, was weird as you would have thought it would have just been an essence?! 3/5

Werewolf - Tooth and Claw

The Werewolf I liked as it brought together fairytale and sci-fi in a way that was believable and also it was a great looking monster and the first time I can remember from New Who, a thing that could have been a man in a suit, not being a man in a suit! Overall, a great monster with a chilling ending that Queen Victoria could have been a werewolf... 4/5

Krillitanes - School Reunion 

A little bit too much resemblance of the Reapers was seen in these aliens however, their story was pretty good. Looks-wise I didn't really like them but their idea was good. Not really worth another appearance. 2/5

Clockwork Droids - The Girl in the Fireplace

Moffat's second story of Doctor Who was much loved by fans but the thing that let it down for me is the strange idea of the Clockwork Droids. Their 'costume' was bad and why humans in the future would make their repair droids in a clock form is anybody's guess. 1/5

Cybermen - Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel/Army of Ghosts/Doomsday 

The re-introduction of the Cybermen was fantastic and I love their re-design but the thing I didn't like about their first story of Series 2 was why did they have to be reborn on a parallel universe? What's wrong with ours?! Anyway, this was sort of resolved as it gave the series finale an edge and fueled a lot of the story. 4/5

The Wire - The Idiot's Lantern

Another average villain and adds to my ever growing list of hated entities. I feel there needs to be a really strong story in the future that is around an entity as I don't think we have really had one so far. Anyway, the Wire's story wasn't a good one and the Wire isn't on my list of aliens I would like to return someday. 2/5

The Beast  - The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit 

The Beast was a great monster as it really chilled you and frightened you but it wasn't even on screen! The closest we got for most of this story to seeing the Beast was through a red-eye Ood. Anyway, the Beast was great and shrouded in mystery so the Doctor Who team had finally created a fantastic new monster for Series 2, something I don't feel they had done yet. 5/5

Abzorbaloff - Love and Monsters 

The cousin of the Slitheen didn't go down too well with fans for three main reasons. One: how can something that fat run that fast?, Two: weird black hair... and Three: it looked really bad and weird... 1/5

Isolus - Fear Her

The Isolus was yet another fairly average alien and I found the whole idea of it drawing it's victims slightly weird. The Isolus lacked a few things that Doctor Who aliens should have: be atleast a bit scary, look good and have a believable back story. 2/5

Daleks - Doomsday 

The introduction of the Cult of Skaro was great and was a truly believable way of how the Daleks would have survived Rose's inferno at the end of Series 1. I also liked how we were introduced to a different coloured Dalek (black) and how these Daleks were different from any others. Definitely the best Cult of Skaro story. However, they didn't have as much screen time as I feel they should have had in this story. 4/5

And my favourite is...

The Beast

Mystery, fear and excitement all came together to create Series 2's best alien!

And my least favourite is...

Abzorbaloff

Need I say much more?!

In Conclusion...

Not the best range of monsters with only a few getting 4 or 5 points in my article, however the good stories made up for this. I don't think any of the new monsters will be making any more appearances.

Series 7 Countdown: Series 1 Monsters

Yesterday, saw the conclusion of the first part of my Series 7 Countdown, which s me detail, day by day, my favourite and least favourite episodes from each series of New Who. But as promised, I am continuing my countdown posts with one article over the next six days detailing about the Monsters for each series of New Who. In these articles I will write a short passage about the main monsters from each episode in each series and I will conclude each article with my favourite and least favourite monster from that series. Today I start with the Monsters and Aliens from Series 1.

Autons  - Rose 

One of my least favourite aliens ever, just because of their rubbish plastic-like appearance! I hope the production team have realised this, so they never bring them back ever again. Also I feel they definitely weren't the best alien to be in the return story of Doctor Who as there were hundreds of other monsters they could have included which would have made the story much better. 1/5

Cassandra - The End of the World

I loved The End of the World for two reasons: a great story and the introduction of so many new , bizarre and brilliant aliens with one being the evil Cassandra. I really liked the idea of her being 'the last human' and her trampoline-like appearance showed that this was a woman who would do anything to stay alive, no matter how many people died... 4/5

Gelth - The Unquiet Dead

The gaseous Gelth were not great aliens and I feel started of the trend of all of Mark Gatiss' episodes being rather rubbish! Anyway, the Gelth looked like a gas hob more than anything else and I think because they didn't have the 'remembrance' factor, we won't be seeing them again. 1/5

Slitheen - Aliens of London/World War Three/Boom Town

The Slitheen were my favourite new monsters of Series 1 because they were everything humanity thought aliens would look like: green, blobby men! Plus their first story was all about mans first contact with an alien species that the public knew about. Well in the Whoniverse anyway... Also I am very disappointed that they haven't made another appearance in Doctor Who but I hope they do soon! 5/5

Daleks - Dalek/Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways

The return of the Daleks was fantastic and they couldn't have had a better two-parter at the end of the series. The Emperor Dalek returning was good, however I would have liked him to have survived because I feel his character had more to give other than the one episode he got given. The Bronze Daleks are my favourite's because they look brutal and whoever designed them has really put the fear back into them! 5/5 

Jagrafess - The Long Game

The Jagrafess was a good monster however I don't see how the Dalek's needed to install the Jagrafess into Satellite 5 in the first place as I feel it would have been much easier for them to control it! Anyway, back to the Jagrafess, this blobby pink monster looked the part but as it was stuck on the roof the whole time I don't feel it was that well protected and was easily defeated. 3/5

Reapers - Father's Day

The Reapers were average aliens and I don't think their part in the changing of time was that well put down as time has been changed many times after and they haven't dared make the slightest appearance. Anyway, in the one story they did appear, they weren't there that often and I didn't really like the idea that there was actual creatures who came to 'sterilize the wound' and I feel if time just blanked out (or something similar to what happened in The Wedding of River Song), then this would have made a better story. 2/5

Nanogenes - The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances

The Nanogenes were a great alien as they were only trying to help but in actual fact they were on their way to wiping out an entire species! The kind of monster that is killing people but doesn't actually know they are doing it, is a great kind and probably even more deadly... 3/5

And my favourite is...

The Daleks

Undoubtedly, the greatest alien to ever grace our TV screen and had a stellar two-parter at the end of this series!

And my least favourite is...

The Autons

The plastic menaces were pretty bad and were actually so bad looking it was almost funny! And that is something that I thought I would only do with some of the classic monsters!

In Conclusion...

A good range of monsters and aliens featured in this series and most are definitely memorable and deserve more episodes in the future.

Series 7 Countdown: Worst Christmas Special

With Series 7 only a week away, my countdown posts of my favourite and least favourite episodes for each series of New Who is coming to an end. Today I will conclude with my least favourite Christmas Special. But... as I revealed on Thursday, with six other days before next Saturday, I will be continuing my countdown posts with a different subject! You want to know? Wait until tomorrow...

Before I reveal what my least favourite Christmas Special is, lets look back at the episodes I have written about in my Series 7 Countdown posts.

Best Series 1 - Bad Wolf
Worst Series 1 - The Unquiet Dead
Best Series 2 - Doomsday
Worst Series 2 - Love and Monsters
Best Series 3 - Last of the Time Lords
Worst Series 3 - The Lazarus Experiment
Best Series 4 - The Unicorn and the Wasp
Worst Series 4 - The Poison Sky
Best 2009 Special - The End of Time: Part 2
Worst 2009 Special - Planet of the Dead
Best Series 5 - The Eleventh Hour
Worst Series 5 - The Beast Below
Best Series 6 - The Wedding of River Song
Worst Series 6 - The Rebel Flesh
Best Christmas Special - Voyage of the Damned

So that's it! Almost...
So my least favourite Christmas Special is...

A Christmas Carol

Yes, Moffat's first Christmas Special isn't the best and I hope to detail why I don't think it was that good in this article.

A little bit too Christmassy...

Although it was Christmas and everybody was in the festive spirit, I feel personally, that Moffat took the Christmas theme a little too far with this one. Although their wasn't actually ghosts, I like Christmas episodes that have a Christmassy theme but is not about an actual Christmas story (All of the RTD era Xmas Specials).

Wouldn't that be a paradox?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but young Kazran seeing his future self and then changing his mind about how to live his life, would create a paradox wouldn't it?

No alien

The thing that really bugged me about this episode is the fact that it was missing the thing that makes Doctor Who what it is: an alien! Yes we had the shark, but there was no real villain in this episode and I felt it was really missing an alien being the main villain.

No more Christmas Stories

(WARNING: this section may contain spoilers!) According to filming reports, this years Christmas Special will be about the story, The Snowman. I'm not too fussed about this because it looks like Moffat has gone for a happy medium: a Christmas story mixed with aliens!

In Conclusion...

Had some big names (Michael Gambon and Katherine Jenkins), but I feel the story didn't live up to my expectations. The story wasn't bad and their have definitely been much worse Doctor Who stories, but for a Christmas Special I feel Moffat could have done a better job.

Tomorrow: Surprise...

Series 7 Countdown: Best Christmas Special

With Series 7 only 8 days away, my countdown posts of my favourite and least favourite episodes for each series of New Who is coming to an end. Today I will write about my favourite Christmas Special and tomorrow I will conclude with my least favourite Christmas Special. But... as I revealed yesterday, with six other days before next Saturday, I will be continuing my countdown posts with a different subject! You want to know? Wait until Sunday...

So, what's my favourite Christmas Special? Below I have written three good points about each one.

1. The Christmas Invasion - evil Santa's, Killer Christmas Tree and good alien (Sycorax)
2. The Runaway Bride - introduced Donna, more evil Santa's and Christmas Star
3. Voyage of the Damned - Kylie!, Titanic crashing and Bannakafalata!
4. The Next Doctor - another Doctor, Cybershades and CyberKing
5. A Christmas Carol - Scrooge-like man (Kazran), Shark and Christmas Carols
6. The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe - trees, WW2 setting and acid rain!

So which one could it be? The festiveness of The Christmas Invasion, the comedy of The Runaway Bride, the excitement of Voyage of the Damned, the metalness of The Next Doctor, Scrooge from the A Christmas Carol and the widow from The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe are the highlights of the festive episodes but which is best?

So my favourite Christmas Special is...

Voyage of the Damned

Ok, maybe it isn't the most Christmassy festive episode we have ever had but it's the story and excitement that counts and this episode certainly delivered a great story and bags of excitement.

Sto-aways

I liked the fact that this year's adventure wasn't really set on Earth and that the main companion was an alien! The main characters of Astrid Peth, the Van Hoffs, Mr Copper, Bannakaffalatta and Rickston Slade were all their own and very cleverly thought up by RTD. My favourite has to be the innocent Mr Copper who after all his hard work in life, has finally been awarded with a house (with doors and windows!). 

Not so Heavenly Hosts

The Hosts were great robots as they could be either very deadly or very kind - it justs depends who's controlling them! The idea that they used their halos as weapons was a fantastic idea and the fact that they had many angel-like features about them was very entertaining.

My Name is... Max

Max Capricorn was evil but did provide the Doctor with some comedy material! He was a great villain as he didn't mind who died, as long as he got his money. Also, I liked how he was seemed to be weakened by the fact that all that was left of him was his head. He reminded me of Cassandra in a way.

The Titanic Crash

If your going to have an episode with the Titanic it has to go wrong sometime! The episode was pure excitement during the time when the ship was about to crash and I loved how it was about to crash into Buckingham Palace. Pure genius!

In Conclusion...

A very exciting and memorable episode with the only down point being, it wasn't that Christmassy! But that can be forgiven as the episode was genius and is one of my favourite's... ever!

Tomorrow: Worst Christmas Special