See #45-41 HERE
See #40-36 HERE
See #35-31 HERE
See #30-26 HERE
The Lodger gives us something the Doctor hasn't really had before, a recurring mate. For the Doctor is Craig Owen's lodger, in one of the most hilarious Doctor Who stories ever that brings us plenty of heartfelt as well as totally creepy moments. The story even harkens back to seeing the Fifth Doctor play cricket in Black Orchid, by having #11 play football. Now if only they'd actually made Meglos the enemy...
After being mostly absent from the show for 7 years, the Master finally returned to Doctor Who in grand style. Disguised as the truly terrifying Melkur, the Master wrecks havoc throughout Traken in search of a new body. He gets that new body, that of Tremas, father of Nyssa and anagram of Master. Geoffrey Beavers performance as the Master is truly terrific, and it's nice to see the future Master Anthony Ainley in a protagonist role.
The "one with the giant maggots" is a fine example of the Jon Pertwee era, which consistently deals with many ethical and political issues. The Green Death expertly tackles the topic of global warming, and very neatly brings an end to Jo Grant's time with the Doctor. The BOSS is a wonderful idea for a villain: a living, thinking, utterly maniacal computer.
Let's Kill Hitler is my favorite episode from the weakest season of Doctor Who since 2005, Series 6. The scene where Amy and Rory's childhood friend Mels is revealed to be River Song, and then we see that regeneration, left me utterly gobsmacked. It is perhaps for that scene alone that I rank this story so high. Oh, and it's always fun to "put Hitler in the cupboard"
Before Steven Moffat wrote the universally loved Blink, he penned Series 2's The Girl in the Fireplace, another fantastic story expertly tackling time travel. The Doctor meets, and falls in love with Madame de Pompadour, yet due to faulty time travel, what for him is seconds, is years for Pompadour. In the end, the Doctor is devastated by her death. One of David Tennant's best performances as the Doctor, and a pretty hot Pompadour helps too :P
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