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  1. - doctorNum: 1
  2. seasons:
  3. - stories:
  4. - numEpisodes: 4
  5. reccomendation: Partial
  6. note: only episode 1
  7. missing:
  8. tag: None
  9. name: An Unearthly Child
  10. synopsis: Two schoolteachers, Barbara and Ian, follow one of their students
  11. (Susan) home, only to discover a strange policebox in a junkyard...
  12. review: The last 3 episodes of this story are dry and difficult to watch. They
  13. have several repeated scenes, and the plot is not very interesting
  14. number: 1
  15. majorPlotChanges: The Doctor, his grand-daughter Susan, Barbara, and Ian are
  16. all introduced in this story
  17. - numEpisodes: 7
  18. reccomendation: 'No'
  19. note: this story is incredibly slow paced, so I can't recommend it, unless you
  20. really want to watch the origin of the daleks.
  21. missing:
  22. tag: None
  23. name: The Daleks
  24. synopsis: The Tardis crew land on the alien jungle planet Skaro, and are captured
  25. by a mutated race of people known as The Daleks
  26. review: The main cast is fleshed out a lot in this story, and there is a lot
  27. of tension. But the pace is excruciatingly slow.
  28. number: 2
  29. majorPlotChanges: The Daleks are introduced
  30. - numEpisodes: 2
  31. reccomendation: Maybe
  32. note: null
  33. missing:
  34. tag: None
  35. name: The Edge of Destruction
  36. synopsis: Something is wrong with the Tardis, and it seems like one of the crew
  37. has sabotaged the ship...
  38. review: Very tense and mysterious episodes – however the second episode drags
  39. on a bit, and plot contrivances force everyone to act out of character
  40. number: 3
  41. majorPlotChanges: null
  42. - numEpisodes: 7
  43. reccomendation: Maybe
  44. note: if you're ok with a reconstruction (Note – this story contains actors
  45. in yellowface)
  46. missing:
  47. tag: All
  48. name: Marco Polo
  49. synopsis: The travellers arive in China and meet Marco Polo. He coerces them
  50. into joining his caravan, and they end up embroiled in political intrigue
  51. in the far east...
  52. review: One of the first historical stories, and it works really well as a contrast
  53. to the stories around it. The villains are more complex and the problems they
  54. face are more personal. Not much action – which means the lack of video isn't
  55. a problem.
  56. number: 4
  57. majorPlotChanges: null
  58. - numEpisodes: 6
  59. reccomendation: Highly
  60. note: null
  61. missing:
  62. tag: None
  63. name: The Keys of Marinus
  64. synopsis: The Tardis crew must travel all across the planet of Marinus to find
  65. the keys to the AI that runs their society...
  66. review: This is a big story, divided into several little ones – a format that
  67. works very very well, and mitigates a lot of the pacing issues the early seasons
  68. had. However the script was rushed, and you can tell.
  69. number: 5
  70. majorPlotChanges: null
  71. - numEpisodes: 4
  72. reccomendation: 'Yes'
  73. note: null
  74. missing:
  75. tag: None
  76. name: The Aztecs
  77. synopsis: Barbara is mistaken as an Aztec God, and attempts to use this mistake
  78. to end the human sacrifices of the Aztecs, despite the Doctor's warnings about
  79. changing history...
  80. review: The Aztecs is a "historical" story, but it's such an innacurate view
  81. of the situation that it can hardly be called that at all. However, it is
  82. a very interesting plot.
  83. number: 6
  84. majorPlotChanges: This story introduces the concept of fixed points in time
  85. - numEpisodes: 6
  86. reccomendation: Maybe
  87. note: it is very interesting, but also very slow.
  88. missing:
  89. tag: None
  90. name: The Sensorites
  91. synopsis: The sensorites is an interesting idea..... but it's very slow. I remember
  92. enjoying it as a child, but now? I can't really recommend it to everyone
  93. review: The Tardis lands on a ship, trapped in orbit around a planet of Psychic
  94. aliens known as the Sensorites
  95. number: 7
  96. majorPlotChanges: null
  97. - numEpisodes: 6
  98. reccomendation: 'Yes'
  99. note: but note there are missing episodes, which makes it harder to get through
  100. missing:
  101. tag: Some
  102. contents:
  103. - 4
  104. - 5
  105. name: The Reign of Terror
  106. synopsis: The Doctor decides to take Barbara and Ian home... but accidentally
  107. lands them all in the middle of the Reign of Terror, and they instead have
  108. to try not to lose their heads...
  109. review: Surprisingly accurate and interesting. The 2 episodes which are missing
  110. footage are a slog to get through – without the motion, the pacing is more
  111. obviously slow
  112. number: 8
  113. majorPlotChanges: null
  114. seasonNum: '1'
  115. - stories:
  116. - numEpisodes: 3
  117. reccomendation: 'Yes'
  118. note: null
  119. missing:
  120. tag: None
  121. name: The Planet of Giants
  122. synopsis: The travellers find themselves on a planet much like Earth, but many
  123. times larger
  124. review: Entertaining and fun, and a good start to the second season – although
  125. some of the actors give rather stilted performances
  126. number: 9
  127. majorPlotChanges: null
  128. - numEpisodes: 6
  129. reccomendation: Maybe
  130. note: it's good, just be warned of the usual slowness
  131. missing:
  132. tag: None
  133. name: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
  134. synopsis: The tardis crew land in a mysteriously abandoned london… and discover
  135. that the daleks have invaded earth
  136. review: This story is very important and very good, but at the same time the
  137. pacing is still incredibly slow. Definitely more worth a watch than many of
  138. the other early stories, which is why it gets a Watch recommendation
  139. number: 10
  140. majorPlotChanges: Susan leaves the TARDIS to marry a man she met, and help humanity
  141. to rebuild. The Doctor says a very heartfelt fairwell, and that scene alone
  142. is definitely worth watching.
  143. - numEpisodes: 2
  144. reccomendation: Highly
  145. note: null
  146. missing:
  147. tag: None
  148. name: The Rescue
  149. synopsis: The two survivors of a spaceship crash are held in captivity by a
  150. mysterious alien
  151. review: Very short, and quite interesting. It introduces a new regular cast
  152. member, and does so quite well!
  153. number: 11
  154. majorPlotChanges: Vicki, a young crewmember of a crashed spaceship, joins the
  155. TARDIS crew.
  156. - numEpisodes: 4
  157. reccomendation: Highly
  158. note: null
  159. missing:
  160. tag: None
  161. name: The Romans
  162. synopsis: The TARDIS crashes in Ancient Rome, The Doctor impersonates a Lyre
  163. player, and Barbara and Ian are kidnapped and sold as slaves...
  164. review: Very, very good! And notable for using quite a lot of humour, which
  165. makes it stand out from the episodes around it
  166. number: 12
  167. majorPlotChanges: null
  168. - numEpisodes: 6
  169. reccomendation: 'No'
  170. note: null
  171. missing:
  172. tag: None
  173. name: The Web Planet
  174. synopsis: The TARDIS is pulled down to the insect planet of Vortis, where they
  175. struggle to help it's former inhabitants reclaim the planet from the malignant
  176. Animus
  177. review: This story is incredibly dull, and full of obnoxious and annoying sounds.
  178. It's a shame – the concept is good, and they clearly put a lot of effort into
  179. making an alien planet with the sets and costumes.
  180. number: 13
  181. majorPlotChanges: null
  182. - numEpisodes: 4
  183. reccomendation: 'Yes'
  184. note: despite the reconstructions
  185. missing:
  186. tag: Some
  187. contents:
  188. - 2
  189. - 4
  190. name: The Crusade
  191. synopsis: The Tardis Crew find themselves embroiled in a conflict between Richard
  192. the Third and Saladin
  193. review: Exceptional quality, with some incredibly good acting. The two reconstructed
  194. episodes are, of course, harder to watch, but the other episodes in this story
  195. make up for it in spades.
  196. number: 14
  197. majorPlotChanges: null
  198. - numEpisodes: 4
  199. reccomendation: 'Yes'
  200. note: null
  201. missing:
  202. tag: None
  203. name: The Space Museum
  204. synopsis: The TARDIS is knocked slightly out of sync with time, and the crew
  205. have to fight against the clock to avoid a horrible fate
  206. review: An all-round decent story
  207. number: 15
  208. majorPlotChanges: null
  209. - numEpisodes: 6
  210. reccomendation: 'Yes'
  211. note: null
  212. missing:
  213. tag: None
  214. name: The Chase
  215. synopsis: The TARDIS crew travel to a various locations as they are chased through
  216. time and space by the daleks
  217. review: An important story, that is told well
  218. number: 16
  219. majorPlotChanges: Barbara and Ian are sick of travelling with the Doctor, and
  220. want to go home. They take the dalek time machine and return back to Earth,
  221. to continue their lives. Steven, a human who had been imprisoned on the planet,
  222. manages to get into the TARDIS just before it dematerialises.
  223. - numEpisodes: 4
  224. reccomendation: 'Yes'
  225. note: null
  226. missing:
  227. tag: None
  228. name: The Time Meddler
  229. synopsis: The TARDIS lands in 1066, but Steven doesn't believe it, and several
  230. anachronistic artifacts abound...
  231. review: I like this story, even if it is a bit slow.
  232. number: 17
  233. majorPlotChanges: The Time Meddling Monk is introduced, as well as the idea
  234. that there are other people with TARDISes.
  235. seasonNum: '2'
  236. - stories:
  237. - numEpisodes: 4
  238. reccomendation: Maybe
  239. note: this story is missing a lot of footage. The reconstruction is well done,
  240. but it can be hard to sit through. (Note – this story contains more sexism
  241. than is usual)
  242. missing:
  243. tag: Some
  244. contents:
  245. - 1
  246. - 2
  247. - 4
  248. name: Galaxy 4
  249. synopsis: The TARDIS crew land on a planet on the brink of destruction, with
  250. two marooned species trying to escape it
  251. review: It's passable, nothing to really write home about. The Loose Cannons
  252. reconstruction works well, especially considering how little surviving footage
  253. they had to work with.
  254. number: 18
  255. majorPlotChanges: null
  256. - numEpisodes: 1
  257. reccomendation: 'Yes'
  258. note: if you're willing to watch a reconstruction
  259. missing:
  260. tag: All
  261. name: Mission to the Impossible
  262. synopsis: A Space Security Agent Attempts to warn Earth of the dalek's latest
  263. plan
  264. review: This episode is very unique, because it does not feature the doctor
  265. or any companions at all. It's worth a watch, just for the sheer uniqueness
  266. of it.
  267. number: 19
  268. majorPlotChanges: null
  269. - numEpisodes: 4
  270. reccomendation: 'No'
  271. note: null
  272. missing:
  273. tag: All
  274. name: The Myth Makers
  275. synopsis: The Doctor and companions find themselves in the battle for ancient
  276. troy... and accidentally make the myth of the trojan horse come true.
  277. review: A silly concept, with poor execution – the trojans are portrayed as
  278. unbelievably dense, and then Vicki falls for one and runs off with him. I
  279. had trouble suspending my disbelief for this one.
  280. number: 20
  281. majorPlotChanges: Vicki stays with a warrior from Troy, to help him rebuild.
  282. (As I mentioned above, I did not find this a particularly realistic or interesting
  283. way for the character to be written out). As she leaves, she sends Katarina,
  284. a handmaiden, into the TARDIS to help the Doctor.
  285. - numEpisodes: 12
  286. reccomendation: Partial
  287. note: don't watch episode 7 ("The Feast of Steven"). (Note – this story contains
  288. an actor in yellowface)
  289. missing:
  290. tag: Some
  291. contents:
  292. - 1
  293. - 3
  294. - 4
  295. - 6
  296. - 7
  297. - 8
  298. - 9
  299. - 11
  300. - 12
  301. name: The Daleks Master Plan
  302. synopsis: Mavic Chen, the guardian of the solar system, is hatching a plan with
  303. the daleks that will allow them to take over the universe with a device known
  304. as The Time Destructor
  305. review: One of the darkest and most violent stories in the early show, and it
  306. is incredibly engaging... with the exception of the 7th episode, which was
  307. scheduled to be broadcast on Christmas Day. It doesn't tie in to the actual
  308. plot, and is basically just a farcical interlude
  309. number: 21
  310. majorPlotChanges: Katarina is killed while saving the Doctor from an assailant
  311. (the first death of a companion in the series). Sara Kingdom, a former guard
  312. of Mavic Chen, joins the Doctor for a while, but she too meets her end. The
  313. story concludes with the Doctor and Steven lamenting their deaths.
  314. - numEpisodes: 4
  315. reccomendation: 'No'
  316. note: null
  317. missing:
  318. tag: All
  319. name: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
  320. synopsis: The Tardis lands in Paris, just as tensions between the Protestants
  321. and the Catholics have reached their peak
  322. review: Not an awful story, and would be a 'Maybe' if it weren't for the fact
  323. that it's a reconstruction, and very difficult to watch.
  324. number: 22
  325. majorPlotChanges: Dodo Chaplet, the descendent of one of the characters in Paris,
  326. joins the TARDIS while it makes a pit-stop in 1960s london.
  327. - numEpisodes: 4
  328. reccomendation: 'Yes'
  329. note: null
  330. missing:
  331. tag: None
  332. name: The Ark
  333. synopsis: The Doctor, Steven, and Dodo land on a ship carrying humanity to a
  334. new home... but accidentally bring the common cold, which turns out to be
  335. fatal...
  336. review: A very good story from the classic era
  337. number: 23
  338. majorPlotChanges: null
  339. - numEpisodes: 4
  340. reccomendation: 'No'
  341. note: null
  342. missing:
  343. tag: Some
  344. contents:
  345. - 1
  346. - 2
  347. - 3
  348. name: The Celestial Toymaker
  349. synopsis: The TARDIS crew land in te Celestial Toymaker's domain, and have to
  350. play his games to earn their freedom
  351. review: Really just garbage.
  352. number: 24
  353. majorPlotChanges: null
  354. - numEpisodes: 4
  355. reccomendation: 'Yes'
  356. note: null
  357. missing:
  358. tag: None
  359. name: The Gunfighters
  360. synopsis: The Doctor is mistaken for Doc Holiday, a famous outlaw in the wild
  361. west
  362. review: Not much to say – a solid story, and fun to watch.
  363. number: 25
  364. majorPlotChanges: null
  365. - numEpisodes: 4
  366. reccomendation: 'Yes'
  367. note: null
  368. missing:
  369. tag: All
  370. name: The Savages
  371. synopsis: The far future. Humanity has reached new levels of peace and prosperity...
  372. but a sinister secret lies behind their success.
  373. review: A very good story, that feels very well paced – one of the few reconstructions
  374. that I didn't have difficulty watching.
  375. number: 26
  376. majorPlotChanges: Steven stays behind to help humanity rebuild and repay the
  377. savages for what they had done.
  378. - numEpisodes: 4
  379. reccomendation: Highly
  380. note: null
  381. missing:
  382. tag: None
  383. name: The War Machines
  384. synopsis: The computer WOTAN is a wonderful invention, and is set to improve
  385. humanity... until it decides that humanity is no longer needed
  386. review: One of the most engaging doctor who stories, and very well worth the
  387. watch
  388. number: 27
  389. majorPlotChanges: Dodo is hypnotised and sent to the country to recover, and
  390. decides to stay there. Polly and Ben, who are both major characters in this
  391. story, enter the TARDIS just before it dematerialises.
  392. seasonNum: '3'
  393. - stories:
  394. - numEpisodes: 4
  395. reccomendation: 'No'
  396. note: null
  397. missing:
  398. tag: All
  399. name: The Smugglers
  400. synopsis: Polly and Ben do not believe that they can be travelling through time...
  401. and yet, they find themselves in Cornwall in the 17th century, right at the
  402. height of the smuggling era
  403. review: Boring and bland and racist, and even I had trouble watching through
  404. this one
  405. number: 28
  406. majorPlotChanges: null
  407. - numEpisodes: 4
  408. reccomendation: 'Yes'
  409. note: null
  410. missing:
  411. tag: Some
  412. contents:
  413. - 4
  414. name: The Tenth Planet
  415. synopsis: Mondas, the Tenth Planet of the solar system, appears in the sky,
  416. bringing with it the cybermen, who are planning to drain the Earth's Energy...
  417. review: This is a good story, however the doctor is absent for half of it, and
  418. thus we don't really get to see much of what made William Hartnell great.
  419. number: 29
  420. majorPlotChanges: The Doctor collapses, and only just makes it back into the
  421. tardis in time before he regenerates into the second doctor...
  422. seasonNum: '4'
  423. - doctorNum: 2
  424. seasons:
  425. - stories:
  426. - numEpisodes: 6
  427. reccomendation: Maybe
  428. note: I can't recommend the reconstruction, however the animated re-release
  429. is quite good!
  430. missing:
  431. tag: All
  432. name: The Power of the Daleks
  433. synopsis: The Doctor, in his new body, brings the TARDIS to Vulcan, where a
  434. dalek capsule has laid dormant for centuries...
  435. review: An interesting take on a Dalek story, where humans cause more issues
  436. than the daleks do.
  437. number: 30
  438. majorPlotChanges: null
  439. - numEpisodes: 4
  440. reccomendation: Maybe
  441. note: if you can stand a reconstruction. (Note – this story uses the "man crossdresses
  442. for laughs" trope.)
  443. missing:
  444. tag: All
  445. name: The Highlanders
  446. synopsis: The travellers arrive just after the Battle of Culloden, in Scotland,
  447. and gain the trust of some desperate Jacobites
  448. review: One of the better historical stories (and the last). I'm glad that Doctor
  449. Who moved away from this format, but this was a good story regardless.
  450. number: 31
  451. majorPlotChanges: Jamie, a Scotsman they befriended, is invited to join the
  452. travellers in the TARDIS.
  453. - numEpisodes: 4
  454. reccomendation: Maybe
  455. note: null
  456. missing:
  457. tag: Some
  458. contents:
  459. - 1
  460. - 4
  461. name: The Underwater Menace
  462. synopsis: The travellers find themselves in the underwater city of Atlantas,
  463. where a scientist has hatched a plan to raise Atlantas up... but at what
  464. cost?
  465. review: A decent story, and still watchable - half of the episodes have been
  466. recovered. The costumes for the fish people are.... not amazing, however.
  467. number: 32
  468. majorPlotChanges: null
  469. - numEpisodes: 4
  470. reccomendation: 'Yes'
  471. note: null
  472. missing:
  473. tag: Some
  474. contents:
  475. - 1
  476. - 3
  477. name: The Moonbase
  478. synopsis: The Earth's weather is controlled with a device called a gravitron
  479. on the moon. The crew up there have been using it to control rain over crops,
  480. and to provide sunny beaches. But something is going wrong, and if they don't
  481. fix it, then the Earth's weather will become disastrously chaotic... the perfect
  482. time for the cybermen to show up.
  483. review: A really good sci-fi story, and a really good cybermen story.
  484. number: 33
  485. majorPlotChanges: null
  486. - numEpisodes: 4
  487. reccomendation: Maybe
  488. note: null
  489. missing:
  490. tag: All
  491. name: The Macra Terror
  492. synopsis: The Travellers arrive in a colony of humans, living a happy and idyllic
  493. life... but one man claims to have seen terrible crab-like creatures roaming
  494. the colony at night.
  495. review: A fairly good story, and the reconstruction works quite well. Would
  496. be a "Watch" recommendation, if the full episodes still existed. This story
  497. also develops both Ben and Jamie as characters, and gives them an interesting
  498. dynamic.
  499. number: 34
  500. majorPlotChanges: null
  501. - numEpisodes: 6
  502. reccomendation: 'Yes'
  503. note: this story is incredibly good
  504. missing:
  505. tag: Some
  506. contents:
  507. - 2
  508. - 4
  509. - 5
  510. - 6
  511. name: The Faceless Ones
  512. synopsis: The TARDIS lands in Gatwick Airport, right in the middle of a runway.
  513. While the travellers are evading the airport police, they discover that something
  514. sinister is happenning in the Chameleon Tours hanger...
  515. review: This story is incredibly creepy and incredibly tense – possibly one
  516. of the creepiest stories. It is definitely worth watching, despite the reconstruction
  517. – if it wasn't missing episodes, it would have a <span class="highly"> ✨Highly
  518. Recommended✨</span> rating.
  519. number: 35
  520. majorPlotChanges: Ben and Polly, upon realising that they are back in London
  521. on the same day that they left, decide to return to their normal lives.
  522. - numEpisodes: 7
  523. reccomendation: 'Yes'
  524. note: null
  525. missing:
  526. tag: Some
  527. contents:
  528. - 1
  529. - 3
  530. - 4
  531. - 5
  532. - 6
  533. - 7
  534. name: The Evil of the Daleks
  535. synopsis: The Doctor and Jamie search for the TARDIS, and are lured into a trap
  536. – the Daleks want the Doctor to enhance them with the human factor, to make
  537. them undefeatable...
  538. review: This is a really interesting dalek story – it's slow burn, but also
  539. the stakes are high and it manages to keep you on the edge of your seat for
  540. quite a lot of it. The reconstruction team went to a lot of effort to recreate
  541. this one, with several CGI sets and animated sections, making it one of the
  542. highest quality reconstructions.
  543. number: 36
  544. majorPlotChanges: Victoria Waterfield joins the TARDIS.
  545. seasonNum: 4 (continued)
  546. - stories:
  547. - numEpisodes: 4
  548. reccomendation: Highly
  549. note: null
  550. missing:
  551. tag: None
  552. name: The Tomb of the Cybermen
  553. synopsis: The travellers arrive on Telos, where they discover an expedition
  554. who are trying to uncover the Tomb of the Cybermen
  555. review: A very good story – it's a lot more action focused than previous cybermen
  556. stories, but it also has a lot more intrigue, and is well paced. The cinematography
  557. in this story is also much more impactful than usual.
  558. number: 37
  559. majorPlotChanges: null
  560. seasonNum: '5'