What is your favorite episode from Series 7 (both 7A and 7B)

He’s not in every single one, but from memory, minisodes produced in his era:

  1. Meanwhile in the TARDIS 1
  2. Meanwhile in the TARDIS 2
  3. Space / Time
  4. Dermot and the Doctor
  5. Death is the Only Answer
  6. Good as Gold
  7. The Naked Truth
  8. Bad Night / Good Night / First Night / Last Night / Up All Night
  9. Pond Life [5 parts]
  10. P.S.
  11. A Hyperscape Body Swap Ticket
  12. The Inforarium
  13. Rain Gods
  14. Clara and the TARDIS
  15. A Night with the Stars
  16. The Ultimate Guide
  17. “The Impossible Astronaut” prequel
  18. The Curse of the Black Spot prequel
  19. A Good Man Goes to War prequel
  20. Let’s Kill Hitler prequel
  21. The Wedding of River Song prequel
  22. The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe prequel
  23. Asylum of the Daleks prequel
  24. The Making of The Gunslinger
  25. The Great Detective
  26. Vastra Investigates
  27. The Bells of Saint John prequel
  28. The Battle of Demon’s Run - Two Days Later
  29. She Said, He Said
  30. Clarence and the Whispermen
  31. The Last Day

And that doesn’t include endless trailers, adverts and idents.

Blimey!

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Impressive for listing them all. Obviously he isn’t in all of them, but lord… I thought I was being hyperbolic when I said 25 :sob: HOW IS IT MORE?

Not that I complain, just kinda shocked about the amount!

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Back when BBC Studios had money. Those were the days. It was a bit of a jolt at the time, when the Capaldi era kicked off and minisodes were like a rare bird.

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Going for The Power of Three and Nightmare in Silver.
I’m really not a fan of this season, it’s difficult to pick two stories I would classify as liking.
If 7V were here, it’d be two stories from there, easily.

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Series 7 is kinda one of those Series where there are several good episodes but everything together just doesn’t gel all that well. At least in my opinion.

Honestly I think there are only a few kinda bad stories (The Doctor, The Widow, and the way too long title; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship though it is entertaining, and Nightmare in Silver) but the whole thing together is just kinda dull. Most episodes are decent at the very least and it has a few really good episodes, but no real heavy-hitters.

For 7A, I really like The Power of Three even if the ending does disappoint (damn you Steven Berkoff, I like you in Octopussy why were you a prick here?) but I have to go with The Angels Take Manhattan. It’s one of those stories where the emotional beats win out over logical flaws.

And for 7B I’m going with Cold War, I actually really like it. Maybe it’s because it was my first Ice Warrior story so it didn’t have standards to beat for me, but I just think the story is tense and scary. Reminded me of Dalek from Series 1 (but that story is definitely better). And Clara gets a great scene with the professor. I didn’t even mind Skaldak leaving his armor, nor his CGI face.

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