[3] Anthony Coburn
[10] David Whitaker
[9] John Lucarotti
[1] Peter R. Newman
[8] Dennis Spooner
[3] Louis Marks
[3] Bill Strutton
[5] Glyn Jones
[8] Donald Cotton
[3] Brian Hayles
[6] Ian Stuart Black
[6] Kit Pedler/Gerry Davis
[-1] Paul Erickson/Lesley Scott
[3] Anthony Coburn
[10] David Whitaker
[9] John Lucarotti
[1] Peter R. Newman
[9] Dennis Spooner
[3] Louis Marks
[3] Bill Strutton
[5] Glyn Jones
[8] Donald Cotton
[3] Brian Hayles
[6] Ian Stuart Black
[4] Kit Pedler/Gerry Davis
[3] Anthony Coburn
[10] David Whitaker
[11] John Lucarotti 
[1] Peter R. Newman
[8] Dennis Spooner
[3] Louis Marks
[3] Bill Strutton
[3] Glyn Jones 
[8] Donald Cotton
[3] Brian Hayles
[6] Ian Stuart Black
[4] Kit Pedler/Gerry Davis
The Space Museum has had a free pass for too long!
[3] Anthony Coburn
[10] David Whitaker
[12] John Lucarotti
[1] Peter R. Newman
[8] Dennis Spooner
[3] Louis Marks
[1] Bill Strutton
[3] Glyn Jones
[8] Donald Cotton
[3] Brian Hayles
[6] Ian Stuart Black
[4] Kit Pedler/Gerry Davis
[3] Anthony Coburn
[10] David Whitaker
[12] John Lucarotti
[9] Dennis Spooner
[3] Louis Marks
[1] Bill Strutton
[3] Glyn Jones
[8] Donald Cotton
[3] Brian Hayles
[6] Ian Stuart Black
[4] Kit Pedler/Gerry Davis
[-1] Peter R. Newman Bye bye Mr Newman, go take some classes on writing pacing
[1] Anthony Coburn
[10] David Whitaker
[12] John Lucarotti
[9] Dennis Spooner
[3] Louis Marks
[1] Bill Strutton
[3] Glyn Jones
[8] Donald Cotton
[3] Brian Hayles
[7] Ian Stuart Black
[4] Kit Pedler/Gerry Davis
[1] Anthony Coburn
[10] David Whitaker
[12] John Lucarotti
[9] Dennis Spooner
[1] Louis Marks
[1] Bill Strutton
[3] Glyn Jones
[9] Donald Cotton
[3] Brian Hayles
[7] Ian Stuart Black
[4] Kit Pedler/Gerry Davis
I’d watch The Web Planet over Planet of Giants or most of An Unearthly Child any day, so I’m marking down Marks equal to Strutton and Coburn, while continuing to bump up the tragicomic talents of Donald Cotton
[10] David Whitaker
[12] John Lucarotti
[9] Dennis Spooner
[2] Louis Marks
[1] Bill Strutton
[3] Glyn Jones
[9] Donald Cotton
[3] Brian Hayles
[7] Ian Stuart Black
[4] Kit Pedler/Gerry Davis
Trying to save Louis because I have a soft spot for Planet of Giants.
Meanwhile, out here taking heads, first Nation now COBURN
He wasn’t even gonna have the cavemen talk.
[11] David Whitaker
[12] John Lucarotti
[9] Dennis Spooner
[1] Bill Strutton
[3] Glyn Jones
[9] Donald Cotton
[3] Brian Hayles
[7] Ian Stuart Black
[4] Kit Pedler/Gerry Davis
[0] Louis Marks
[11] David Whitaker
[12] John Lucarotti
[9] Dennis Spooner
[2] Bill Strutton
[3] Glyn Jones
[9] Donald Cotton
[3] Brian Hayles
[7] Ian Stuart Black
[2] Kit Pedler/Gerry Davis
Still flying the flag for Strutton but The Tenth Planet is actually quite boring beyond the excellence of the Cybermen themselves.
[11] David Whitaker
[12] John Lucarotti
[9] Dennis Spooner
[2] Bill Strutton
[3] Glyn Jones
[10] Donald Cotton
[3] Brian Hayles
[7] Ian Stuart Black
[0] Kit Pedler/Gerry Davis
Got 'em!
Tenth Planet is incredibly dull. Sure, the first regeneration and the Cybermen have never been better but it still manages to draaaaaag.
Whittaker’s doing OK so Cotton can have a point…
[11] David Whitaker
[13] John Lucarotti
[9] Dennis Spooner
[3] Glyn Jones
[10] Donald Cotton
[3] Brian Hayles
[7] Ian Stuart Black
[0] Bill Strutton
Sorry Web Planet fans, i had no idea y’all even existed.
[11] David Whitaker
[13] John Lucarotti
[10] Dennis Spooner
[3] Glyn Jones
[10] Donald Cotton
[3] Brian Hayles
[5] Ian Stuart Black
I’m surprised Bill Strutton didn’t get out in the first few rounds. According to wiki he only wrote The Web Planet which I think is the worst First Doctor era story.
Anyways I found Ian’s The Savages and The War Machines incredibly boring and both stories had a very awkward companion exit (especially for Dodo).
It’s really hard to decide which writer is the best of this era but for now I’m giving Dennis Spooner a point because he wrote one of my favorite stories of the era: The Romans which is a full on comedy.
[11] David Whitaker
[13] John Lucarotti
[10] Dennis Spooner
[3] Glyn Jones
[11] Donald Cotton
[1] Brian Hayles
[5] Ian Stuart Black
I was hoping to be the one to remove Strutton from the game, but fortunately there are other sensible people on this forum who made the important move for me!
How Hayles is still around is beyond me - the writing is the worst aspect of The Celestial Toymaker and The Smugglers is dull beyond reason.
[11] David Whitaker
[13] John Lucarotti
[10] Dennis Spooner
[1] Glyn Jones
[12] Donald Cotton
[1] Brian Hayles
[5] Ian Stuart Black
[12] David Whitaker
[13] John Lucarotti
[10] Dennis Spooner
[12] Donald Cotton
[1] Brian Hayles
[5] Ian Stuart Black
Goodbye [-1] Glyn Jones, I don’t mind the Space Museum, but it’s not a favorite.
[12] David Whitaker
[13] John Lucarotti
[10] Dennis Spooner
[12] Donald Cotton
[5] Ian Stuart Black
[-1] Brian Hayles You’ve written some terrific scripts Mr. Hayles but The Celestial Toymaker is very much not one of them.
[12] David Whitaker
[13] John Lucarotti
[11] Dennis Spooner
[12] Donald Cotton
[3] Ian Stuart Black
[13] David Whitaker 
[13] John Lucarotti
[11] Dennis Spooner
[12] Donald Cotton
[1] Ian Stuart Black
‘The War Machines’ is good but the contribution of the rest is consistently greater.
Whitaker is, for me, one of the finest and most important writers of the entire show!
[14] David Whitaker
[13] John Lucarotti
[11] Dennis Spooner
[12] Donald Cotton
[-1] Ian Stuart Black