What’s everyone’s favorite Season 13 story or stories? Remember, you can vote for more than one.
- Terror of the Zygons
- Planet of Evil
- Pyramids of Mars
- The Android Invasion
- The Brain of Morbius
- The Seeds of Doom
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What if I love them all though… Pyramids and Zygons top my list but this season rocks
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Then vote for all of them. That is perfectly fine and acceptable. There were only two that I didn’t vote for, and that’s mostly because I don’t remember them well enough.
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Such a strong season!
“Sacred Flame, Sacred Fire”
“It’ll be the end of everything you understand, even your pension!”
The Brig in a kilt!
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I’d rank them
Brain of Morbius > Pyramids of Mars > Terror of the Zygons > Seeds of Doom > the other two (I haven’t watched them)
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The Seeds of Doom is one of the only classic stories I rated 5/5. It was absolutely fantastic in every way.
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A truly near perfect season, it is incredibly hard to pick one.
But I have to go with The Seeds of Doom, it’s genius.
My favourite film of all time is The Thing, and the first half of this story is literally just The Thing half a decade early.
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- Pyramids of Mars (absolute perfection)
- The Seeds of Doom (also pretty perfect)
- Planet of Evil (excellent, and I think it gets better as it goes on)
- The Android Invasion (great fun!)
- The Brain of Morbius (solid)
- Terror of the Zygons (don’t care for it, I think it’s just kinda dull and doesn’t use the premise super well)
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I like Pyramids a lot more these days but have never really understood the hype of it being an absolute classic. For me this season’s two best stories are its final two and then Season Fourteen, aside from Hand of Fear which is just fine, is a run of excellence.
Brain of Morbius through Horror of Fang Rock is, I think, an outstanding run. Happily, I’m in the middle of watching The Seeds of Doom on my marathon so happy as Larry right now.
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A wonderful series, of course - but if I had to choose my personal favourite, it would be Seeds of Doom.
It is presented like a two-parter followed by a four-parter, so there is none of the lagging pace you sometimes get in six-part stories … and it’s terrifying! The horrifying scenes with Keeler, and the possibility that the same thing could happen to Sarah Jane is edge of the seat stuff.
Tom Baker is on fire here. His rage at Scorby shows he’s really, really not to be messed with. And he gets a killer line too - possibly one of his own - (to the civil servant character): “It’ll be the end of everything! Everything, you understand? Even your pension!”
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Seeds feels somewhat like Doctor Who doing a Bond film. It’s more action-oriented with Tom being more physical, the “I win” line feels very much like Conery’s “shocking” or Goldfinger’s “I expect you to die”, Chase is very much a Bond villain and Scorby and Keeler feel very much like Bond henchmen.
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This is, of course, a superb series book-ended by two absolute classics.
Ian Marter doesn’t get enough praise for his performance in Terror of the Zygons. He’s terrifying in that scene, and Elizabeth Sladen’s playing of the terror Sarah feels when she sees what’s happened to her friend is perfect. Only the poor old Skarasen lets this down (a CGI upgrade for the upcoming Blu-ray, perhaps?). Otherwise, the monsters, the setting, the spaceships and the performances are all top-notch. The Doctor’s antics on the moors are straight out of TV Comic!
The Seeds of Doom remains very frightening, which is a compliment, by the way. Scorbie’s fate, the Doctor’s rage (“It will make no difference!!”), Keeler’s predicament and the casual mention of amputation (“You must help yourselves.”) are delicious.
The Doctor has never been more Doctor-y than this, and the old show has rarely been on such blistering form. You can’t expect me to choose just one story here! 
These are great threads, by the way (Edit:) - so good, that I’ve just realised I’ve posted here twice! Sorry about any repetition
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“No touch pod. Could be dangerous.” 
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Somehow I never comment on this Season…
Adore this season, easily the Peak of the early Tom Years. My favorites of the Season is easily Pyramids (do I need to say more?) and seeds (again, do I need to say more?) Happy to see both at the top!
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I’m a S14 guy. But 13 a close second. They’re both in my top 5 classic seasons along with 7, 26, and something else, probably 10 or 25, whichever isn’t is 6th.
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I’ve seen all of these except Terror of the Zygons.
Favourites would be The Brain of Morbius and Pyramids of Mars. I thought Planet of Evil was kinda meh, Pyramids of Mars the first time I watched I liked but didn’t get the hype (on my rewatch it was way better though). I actually really like The Android Invasion, yes the villain plan is kinda overcomplicated, but I thought the setting was interesting and creepy (and the “it’s not Earth” twist was good), the climax with the fakes infiltrating UNIT was really thrilling to me. The eyepatch twist is utter nonsense though.
I loved The Brain of Morbius, probably my second favourite 4 story behind Genesis (cliché, I know). And The Seeds of Doom I might need to rewatch, my first time around I did like it, but I started falling off a little by part 4, when I really enjoyed the prior 3 parts. I think they could have made it 5 parts instead but what do I know?
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