They filmed a Pertwee episode in my home town in the early 70s. It was The Green Death and it was filmed at the then RCA factory in a town called Brynmawr. We had a day off school to watch the filming and I had a ride in Bessie with JP. Brilliant era.
To be honest from spearhead from space to planet of the spiders is the most consistently good in the shows history. I actually cried during his regeneration
Me too at School on the following Monday I was gutted. I really didn't think they would improve on Pertwee and I'm still in two minds on that having recently watched his stuff back to back. I do like the modern era but it doesn't feel like Doctor Who to me I thought they were getting there with Capaldi then Moffat decided to leave and now we are left with nothing
Tom is my Doctor as I was young during his run but his is a tale of two halves. Great at the beginning and not so great after. I have to agree that Jon had the most consistently great stories but he did have Uncle Terry as script editor and was best mates with Mac Hulke. 5 truly amazing seasons
It helps that unlike say Tom, Pertwee had one Producer instead of three with widely different approaches throught his run. Letts and Dicks made a solid pair.
I remember I got Inferno, saw it was the 3rd Doctor and remembered how bored I was watching Spearhead from Space (I was 12) so I didn't watch it until the end of last year and OH MY GOD... best 3rd Doctor story, not Carnival of Monsters, not The Green Death, this is his best.
I’m not your guy for Season 7 appreciation I’m afraid! I think I just have to admit defeat in this run and say I prefer some sub-genres more than others.
@@SamyulDavis No worries. I dig your take anyway. I like that you have the courage to throw shade on fan favorites. Every one of these stories has flaws, it's just a question of which ones we choose to ignore.
deBebbler I have a paragraph of Inferno bashing around here somewhere and there was just a point where I realised I wasn’t passionate enough about the subject to paint that big a target on my head. There’s very few cold Who stories I would point to as favourites though, so that probably just all.
Pertwee was the first Doctor I really took notice of.I was very young when Hartnell and Troughton were on TV (Although by the End of Troughton's run I was getting hooked) Then Pertwee's Doctor came along. I loved the adventure it was Adam Adamant with Aliens it was Quatermass with sword fights and fight scenes it was far more exciting than it had ever been. and Yes it had the Gorgeous Katy Manning as Jo Grant (my first crush) and The wondefrful Roger Delgado as the Master who in my opinion has never been bettered. Don't get me wrong here I like all the other Masters ( well apart from the American Ambulance driver!) and Missy. But Delgado was the man! he defined the part he was Moriarty to Jon's Sherlock Holmes. I do agree somewhat with your comments here apart from The Daemons, I liked it because as you say there is a lot of the Doctor in this. Although I agree some of the performances from the Supporting cast are a bit iffy ( but I refer you to the acting in the Horns of Nimon and several of Davisons run Ingrid Pitt is particularly bad in one of his series And poor Colin Baker really got a kicking from bad supporting actors (Brian CAN YOU HEAR ME AT THE BACK! Blessed) and then Sylvester McCoy also suffered with some just out of panto acting too!) But I tend to let that go what you have with the Daemons is a Quatermass story with Jokes or a H P Lovecraft story with Jokes ( now there's a man who could have done with a sense of Humour!) I actually like the silliness of this story. As for the Doctor being contradictory in earlier episodes ( watch the current run where the Doctor cannot make up here mind if she loves or hates conspiracy theories) I think that continuity in those day (and character development) were not so important if you take similar shows that where running at the time (even bigger budget U.S) and shows you will find that there wsn't much in the way of character development the Six Million Dollar Man was the same humorless plank at the end of his show than he was at the beginning Kwau Chiang Caine was still a quiet spoken Kung Fu Monk wandering the desert kicking ass and saying he didn't want to fight. This sort of character development didn't happen then so much. it was just what everyone wanted to see good guy versus the bad guys. if you ever watch the 1960's Avengers right up until the show ended John Steed never changed this was just the way ti was back then Simple story telling. Verity Lambert said of some of the Later Doctor Who's "Some people think they are being awfully clever when they are not and this just makes the character just look silly."
I think Spearhead From Space is my favourite, because of the impact it had on me at the time. I was six years old when it was first transmitted in 1970, and I can remember standing outside C&A (clothing store chain, for any non-Brits, or those too young to remember) shortly afterwards, crying my eyes out because I was terrified the dummies in the shop window would come to life and kill me.
As far as 3s contradictory personality goes, i thought it could be the Time Lords tried to modify the doctors personality when they forced his regeneration to make him more in line with what they think a proper Time Lord should be
There was a time when members of the fandom during the 90s-2000s looked down on the Pertwee because of the whole Doctor being an authority figure and member of the status quo but now more people truly appreciate his era for how good it was, true the Doctor may have worked for UNIT but he still butted heads with authority figures including the Brigadier himself. The political tones in some stories were perfect for this era, some of them can be on the nose even more so than New Who episodes like Arachnids in The UK, except the Pertwee stories were better written.
It's good to be aware of such political factors, but the landlocked military years setting really isn't a detriment to the show. It's just exploring a different type of sci-fi and as i've come to learn...the more variety, the better. The one thing I would have wished for would be a more consistent approach to the branches of authority...or at least an arc, showing the Doctor recovering from the Brig's attack on the Silurian base over the course of a season or two. Honestly, more resistance to even take up the job in that first season would be essential if such a change happened now. I'm still happy that it happened.
@@SamyulDavis exactly I want to do another Tardis locked error like just a season but instead of being stuck in one time. The doctor has to slowly live back up to the modern day like he gets sent back in time and the next season is him slowly living back up to the modern day to get back home
the Dameons is my favourite story of all time. In my opinion, it doesn't drag at all and the setting of devils end is brilliant. My least favourite Pertwee Stories would be: Terror of the Autons Colony in Space The Mutants Invasion of the Dinosaurs The Monster of Peladon
Third Doctor is my favourite era.....there isn’t really a complete dud, just a couple of stories that drag a bit that even then always have something to redeem them.
You're not wrong there. A lot of that drag would have been due to eking out the budget by making longer stories - fewer sets/costumes to pay for, etc. Given the quality of the producer, script editor and writers at that time, I can but wonder what other goodies we could have had if just a little more money had been made available. Not only would there have been some new stories, but the padding could have been trimmed from the five, six and seven-parters to make them better stories still.
I agree with you on 'Ambassadors'. Tries to be entertaining but everything just feels flat in action. Although, the ambassadors do look kind of menacing. My favourites; The Silurians The Sea Devils Carnival of Monsters Invasion of the Dinosaurs The Green Death Planet of the Daleks Inferno The Claws of Axos
Funny you should mention CARNIVAL OF MONSTERS as a good introduction to the 3rd Doctor, as I just did so for our 11, 9, and 7-y.o. boys. After getting them hooked on a season+ of Tom Baker stories, I wanted to expose them to another good doctor before they became rigid in their appreciations. Just discovered your channel and looking forward to more! Going to have to try Big Finish for the first time for some good pre-bedtime stories.
My favourites: frontier in space Planet of the daleks The sea devils Inferno Invasion of the dinosaurs My least favourites: Can’t do it. I’m yet to find a pertwee story I truly hate/dislike. His weakest stories are still really solid. Sorry.
I'd have to disagree with a lot of choices in this video (especially the worst list section), but at the end of the day we all love a bit of Pertwee, regardless of the story quality. BTW I love Ambassadors Of Death but that's just me, ya know.
I loved the part where the Brig is like "We need a car" and Benton is like "The only car we have is the Doctor's car", and the Brig is like "Oh... Oh no...". Then the next shot is of a bunch of solders piled onto the little yellow car... 😂
Also the very first time the Monk showed up it put the Doctor in a very weird spot: trying to prevent the Monk from stopping the viking invasion, actively getting the local people, who were already scarred by a viking raid earlier (with it being implied one of the local women got raped) being enlisted by the Doctor to help him ensure they will be invaded, most likely killed and that their country will be taken over by a foreign power as a direct result. And the story never acknowledges that is what he is doing and even ends with the Doctor on good terms with the locals as he leaves, after he destroyed the Monk's invention to stop them all being slaughtered by the Vikings. It's the most bizarre disconnect I've ever experienced in a piece of media and I am rather confused more people don't bring it up.
It’s bizarre! The Monk works best in that appearance as well, as the kooky time travel show hasn’t established ‘fixed point’ lore nonsense and has the most flexible approach to rules of them all...and it STILL doesn’t really work after stories like Aztecs & Unearthly Child where the cast absolutely HAVE openly meddled with time. It’s a concept that’s best not thought about, and the Monk makes you not able to think about anything but.
@@SamyulDavis I'm rather annoyed at them recasting the Monk as basically a bad guy in all subsequent outings because in his first appearance he was genuinely a decent person with overall good intentions. I wish we got this side of the character back, the fumbling somewhat amateurish Time Lord who wants to fix things and help people even if they're a "fixed" point. Minf you what the devil a "fixed" point is I will never know. Presumabely anything that happened before the Doctor's furthest most visit to Earth time-wise but even then, this never seems to be an issue when time traveling to other planets.
What, no mention of Death to the Daleks that made the Daleks into an absolute joke....where one dalek is defeated by freaking sticks and one commits suicide? And you all thought that the Daleks hit rock bottom with Daleks in Manhattan
Oh I love the monk as time lord villains go he’s probably my favourite, He is like the doctor but if the doctor was obsessed with power to an almost comical extent but I will freely admit that story is really bad, but stories like the black hole, the blame game, how to win planets and all his episodes in season 4 of the 8th doctor adventures make me love him. #BringBackTheMonk
19:43 💯 I'm glad I wasn't the only one who found Alpha Centauri super adorable. I was browsing PlutoTV and and it captivated me into watching the whole episode. I think it was my first Pertwee story.
Jon pertwee was my introduction to classic Who with Three doctors being the first story I watched with it not only being my first introduction to Jon pertwee but also Patrick Troughton and William Hartnell.
Bruh Pertwee had some many classics, lots of high highs and not many lows. If I really had to narrow it down here are my favourites: The Silurians Inferno The TIme Warrior The Sea Devils Carnival of Monsters The Green Death
The Third Doctor’s era was consistently decent throughout. It was quite radical too with him being earthbound and now working for UNIT rather than travelling in space and time.
When you posted your Doctor 4 retrospective, I was one of the pricks that called you a smug millennial. But, since then, I have watched your other videos, and have learned to appreciate your perspective, and hard work putting these videos together. And, I have to admit, this Doctor 3 retrospective is pretty spot on, with my own opinion. So keep up the good work, and this ancient gen-x-er, will keep watching.
Thanks for the comment Mark, as you can see from the comments already- not everyone is as well-adjusted. The thing is, my perspective is far from fully formed or perfect. Hell, I mispronounce Apartheid in this video! Just completely not my era and not something I’ve ever needed to say out loud before! I just like experiencing and sharing media with other people.
"There are points where the Time Monster feels like it's fucking you" And that's why it's such a great episode. You say that like it's a bad thing but Doctor Who (and science-fiction) should definitely have an element of 'fucking with you' because the entire genre is a head trip. The Time Monster is one of my favourite classic who stories. It starts off pretty standard and then quickly strands you in the middle of a trip. I love how surreal this one gets and also how much the story progresses throughout the six episodes.
It's moreso with the pacing. There's a heavy block of filler in there, but it's impossible to hate it. We did a video about how great it is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fQWQdPqBQn0.html
I know I was only born in 1993... But ever since I saw Pertwee fall out of that TARDIS I've been in love. He'll always be my Doctor! Thanks for a great video. Really gave me the feels.
Much of my love for the Ambassadors of Death comes from the cover of the novelization sitting on my bookshelf. Like most of the 60 other novelisations I have I haven't read it, but the cover is brilliantly designed and eerie.
I've always loved Ambassadors but I can't genuinely argue against any of the points you make! I would have probably put the Three Doctors in the top 5 over Time Warrior though. I do enjoy your videos a lot and hope you do finish the set off!
I love your videos, Sam. They might just be my favourite Doctor Who videos on this site. So I hope you've got more ideas for once you've finished going through the doctors - rankings, perhaps?
Watching this splendid video got me wondering how many separate TV stories each Doctor had. I won't bore you with all the details, but one curious fact is that Tom Baker made 41... ironically, it would have been *"FORTY TWO"* if Douglas Adams' _Shada_ had been completed.
Worth bearing in mind that after the first Pertwee season, this era really started focusing on a 4x5+6 format. They really nailed the 4 part structure (even when the stories weren't the best) but struggled with the 6 parters and what mostly worked was subdivision. Inferno worked for being effectively 2+4+1, Daemons (only 5 parts but still roughly in the same mould) was a rare success in through storytelling but most dragged. Invasion of the Dinosaurs showed the way ahead in a sense because it was basically a 2+4 subdivision. Most of the Baker era refined this with 2+4 (eg Seeds of Doom) or 4+2 (eg Invasion of Time), although Genesis and Talons were rare beasts and were completely successful as through written 6ers. Worth considering too that the revival era's standard of 45 mins per story is the screen time equivalent of 2 old episodes but the action is very compressed (hence the common complaint about rushed resolutions) so they can be compared to truncated 4 parters. The modern doubles are the equivalent of 4 old episodes but similarly compressed so can roughly be regarded as shortened 6 parters. Notable they generally involve a major switch of emphasis at the halfway mark. Finally, recalling my past, we generally didn't regard the bloat as particularly bloaty. If you'd missed an episode it was gone forever and you couldn't rewatch or binge, so the recapitulation of events, characters and even settings every week was necessary. By that I don't just mean the repeated lead up to the cliffhanger, I mean everything about the story. The show had to constantly put you firmly back into the situation after a week off.
The reason why The Time Monster is the way it is is because it was originally meant to be a Dalek story with the Daleks experimenting with time but then they decided to bring the Daleks back early for day of the Daleks a story which wasn’t meant to have the Daleks in it in the first place
The third Doctor is the only one that has ever defied time itself without the tardis. If I recall correctly a time device was making everything move backwards in time. The Doctor moved forward in time against the revers time flow and pushed the off button.
I enjoy looking at fans different favourites and er not favourites. I forgot how bad Mutants is and what a drag time monster is but most I could happily chill out with a beer and see again.
I probably love Ambassadors of Death because it's cold and procedural, not in spite of it. And I probably love Time Monster because it's a silly, goofy slice of 70s Dr Who hokum, not in spite of it. But if anyone threatened to burn the master tapes of The Mutants and The Daemons, well, I'd be too busy watching Time Monster to stop them. Not sure why an audio was included... I took this to be about the TV stories... but the Pertwee era is so good, I find it hard to dislike any of them. Probably the most consistently good era of the lot.
I can admit the stoic goodness of season 7 just isn’t remotely for me, but I hope I made it clear just how much I love the Time Monster in this. I also try to cover all Who media. Comics and fan-made stories have even ended up in here, but for 3- the TV stories are actually the brightest of the lot.
@@SamyulDavis I think season 7 is an odd beast. It's clearly trying harder to be Quatermass the series than Dr Who, unlike the next four seasons where the Pertwee era establishes its own voice. And it's also trying hard to reflect the cold, intellectual, epic seriousness of 2001: A Space Odyssey which was the big deal in cinema SF at the time. So, I love Ambassadors for what it is... but I think I'd be watching Time Monster for fun, these days, if I was choosing. Mutants and Daemons bore more and the other ones I find a chore to sit through are Curse of Peladon with its "Nice Warriors" and possibly Invasion of the Dinos, which is okay, but a bit padded and patronizing. Having said all that, I can't call any Pertwee story downright bad. They're all well conceived and they all try hard to deliver quality tele on a low budget, which is impressive.
I'm not sure if there really is a bad pertwee story to be quite honest. I think the vast majority of them range anywhere from ok to absolutely amazing. My personal favourite is the three doctors because i absolutely love omega and it proved that multi doctor stories could work. If it wasn't for the success of the three doctors then we might not have had great stories like the five doctors and day of the doctor.
Favourite 3rd Doctor stories: 5) Inferno 4) The Sea Devils 3) The Paradise Of Death 2) Ambassadors Of Death 1) The Mind Of Evil Worst is Invasion Of The Dinosaurs, great story but it needs an effects make over. With Jurassic Park and Walking with Dinosaurs technology it should be fairly straightforward if a bit expensive. The story is worth it and a makeover would take it from laughable to classic excellence.
I’m so chomping at the bit for the new Pertwee boxset, it’s just unreal how cleaned up they are now, and they get better every new release, and he’s my fave classic Doctor, cuz as you say, they’re just so very James Bond, lots of action and adventure, good stuff!
I agree with you concerning the Ambassadors of Death, but the Daemons has been a favourite story of mine since it was first broadcast. And where were the Sea Devils and the Green Death, other stories that burnt themselves into my memory when they were first broadcast?
I’ve been collecting all of the classic stories. I only need one more Pertwee story to have them all. Here in North America Doctor Who dvds are quite expensive. I mix n match the DVDs and the blu ray sets all long as I can get all 159 stories I’ll be happy (not counting the missing ones of course).
Believe it or not, you can find well-running VHS players pretty cheaply, and the '90s Who VHS tapes are easy to find for filling in gaps. I'll likely let mine go soon, as BBC continues their blu-ray sets. Happy hunting!
I think the best story of the Jon Pertwee is The Curse of Peladon. Good story. Good cast of aliens and a good performance by David Troughton as King Peladon.
I truly believed Dr Who became more adult oriented series under John Pertwee. His being stuck in Earth and working with Brigader and UNIT. Most stories feature Earth science going terrifying wrong; alternate Earth timelines etc. I would've like see episode feature William Tesla who turn out be a Time Lord.
I really love Ambassadors. It does drag in the middle a bit if you watch it in one sitting. I usually split it into 2 sittings. Always pulls me in more that way. Completely with you on Day Of The Daleks s.e. Great adventure.
I don't get why people say "Doctor Who" isn't political when THIS era exists. I can spot quite a few overtly political stories in most eras but over half of his stories deal with real world problems to some degree. The Green Death, the Silurians, Sea Devils, Frontier in Space the Mutants, Ambassadors of Death, Carnival of Monsters, Colony in Space, Inferno and so many more.
@stephen noonan I'll admit that that things like the Trump caricature in Arachnids in the UK was stupid and hamfisted but all people seem to comment on is the fact that political messages were included and that the show is "pushing an agenda" rather than the execution of the message. The Green Death is just as blatantly political and unsubtle as that episode- the Doctor teams up with eco warriors to fight an oil company run by a computer called "BOSS". The execution is much better because it has realistically portrayed and written characters, a stronger villain, more original monsters and a great companion exit. Arachnids didn't even seem to be making a statement or a message, it just had a Trump caricature in because he's topical and easy to make fun off. He didn't fit into the plot or the themes of the episode and was completely unnecessary.
I don't know if the full speech has more to it, but the clip you played of the "disease has it's benefits" speech makes perfect sense, and it's very 3rd Doctor. He didn't say disease killing people was ultimately the best outcome, he said that overpopulation was a problem and one of the benefits of disease was in solving it. He didn't advocate a position either way on whether this was moral, he just said it as a cold fact, which it is. And it's very Doctor, and especially very 3rd Doctor, to chastise people for failing to take into account all the facts because of personal bias, or emotional assumptions.
this is the first classic era i saw and i gripped me instantly, picking lits for this one is very hard. Worst: The Mutants - it just bored me. The Monster of Peladon - a shit sequal to one of the best stories in classic who. The Time Monster (TOM TIT? TOM TIT!) - i dont know why i just didnt grab me, its incredibley bat shit though so i might like it more upon rewatch. also has a terrible TARDIS interior. Best: Planet of The Spiders - you cant beat that chase scene its peak pertwee, 3s last words are so accepting and probably the best in the entire show. Death to The Daleks - also known as Doctor Who and the tiled floor of doom! this one is just fun and belal is one of the best supporting characters dont @me The Claws of Axos - this is 3s era at its best, UNIT, Jo Grant, Alien Invasion that some how has the Master behind it and terrible monster costumes, it really has it all Spearhead from Space - the best classic post regeneration story by a mile, autons are great, Pertwee steals the show but so do Courtney and John. Curse of Peladon - this one just pulls you straight in, Pertwees brilliant fight scene, Jo masquerading as a princess, Alpha Centuri being Alpha Centuri and friendly Ice Warriors, 10/10
Season 8 of Dr Who, Pertwee's second season, is imho the finest single season of Dr Who in its entire history. It's the Dr vs Master show like Bugs Bunny vs Daffy Duck. It's perfect.
Thanks for doing all of these! Always gives me something to look forward to. As someone who has recently fallen madly in love with Big Finish, I'd love to know your biggest recommendations. What are the best starting points? Best audio companions? Or maybe just a 4-hour-long video discussing the miracle that is "Doctor Who and the Pirates?"
Molly from Dark Eyes and Hex from the 7th Doctor era :) My personal favourites are still Scherzo, Davros, Silver Turk and the Classic Doctors New Monsters sets. Thanks for the great comment, you'll love 90% of what you find regardless of where you start but I recommend The Harvest or Storm Warning for jumping on points with story arcs...though like the core TV stuff, most of it really is episodic without any needed prior knowledge of other stories. (Except for 7. I'll make a video about his messy run soon.)
Thank you very much! I’ve listened to everything up to “Creatures of Beauty” and I’ve got the rest free up to Zagreus. I’m insanely excited for Hex, but so far Evelyn is my new favorite companion.
When it comes to the monk and the doctor, the 4th series of the 8th doctor lucy miller series (from the two part ice warrior story to to the death) does the monk well and makes him a good villian and shows why the doctor can meddle with time and the monk can't.
@@SamyulDavis it's a good series as a whole (even the doctor who does the apprentice story somehow worked well) and has companions discussing which one of the two are right and wrong and has one of my favourite finales of doctor who, although before you listen to the whole series you'd need to listen to an earthly child (most people put it between the first and aecond story of that series) as it sets up curtain plot points (like the doctors great grandson and susan). But i really enjoyed the monk in that series as the over arcing villian and how they put his and the doctors methords and views at odds. They did the character well and at one point i kind of agreed with the monk a bit. Generally that era of the 8th doctor is worth listening to (it's very classic who meets new who, with one of my favourite companions).
Great vids, chief! I think the reputation of Ambassadors of Death was elevated for several decades by the fact that you could only ever see it in black and white. The original colour masters were wiped for most of the episodes, and the only existing colour tapes were poor quality taped off air versions. Same for The Dæmons, Terror of the Autons and episode 3 of Planet of the Daleks. The black and white hits some of the flaws of the CSO bluescreening, and enhances the atmosphere - some of the recoloured eps look *rough*.
The Daemons is one of my favourites. The 2 Peladon stories are 2 of my least favourite. I always find it extremely hard to get through them and believe me I’ve tried on a few occasions but they just drag.
I actually had to check to see which came first out of the Daemons or the Wicker Man movie, there's some obvious similarities there I would have thought.
Eugenics speeches don’t have a place in optimistic sci-fi IMO as the true problems are usually a result of how those resources are distributed, There’s a reason that the final villain in the biggest Superhero blockbuster series totes such ideology, because it’s quite commonly understood as villainous rhetoric. There’s hard truths and then there’s culling-excusing...and no person IRL who would ever argue this claim would put themselves up for said culling. It’s villainous rhetoric that would undoubtedly be decided by class divides or xenophobia. The world superior is usually used...and then to me, you sound like a Dalek. The character of the Doctor is shown to be too effective and optimistic for the future for this speech to ever work with him. The show is just too hopeful and utopian to have the Doctor adopt a hard stance on Ayn Rand theory lmao. It’s a struggle to even imagine some forms of the Master believing that. He and the show are just not objectivist fiction.
It’d be pretty sick if you did videos in the best and worst of writers like moffat and RTD. You could even do classic series script editors like Douglas Adams or a personal favorite of mine: Robert Holmes.
Wasn’t The Ambassadors of Death originally written for Patrick Troughton’s Doctor, and rewritten for Jon Pertwee’s? This, if true, probably accounts for its awkward, uncertain tone.
I love Ambassadors. I think the problem with it is it doesn't feel like a Dr Who franchise story (to a lesser extent Inferno is the same). Daemons, I'm too flabbergasted by your comments to comment. I assumed it was common knowledge it was one of the greatest Who stories of all-time. I'm at a loss as to why you see it so negatively but then I HATE End of Time so what would I know. I agree there are no bad stories during Pertwee's era but there were some dreadful ideas. Talking autons, the dinosaurs in invasion (great story but the BBC production department were NEVER pulling that off), bullet shooting Daleks, the invisibilty factor of Planet of the Daleks, Alpha Centauri's voice (which would shatter a Dalek or poor old Agador), showing Dr Who with a tattoo in Spearhead (LOL), and those guard anti-matter things in the 3 Doctors which always looked terrible. The padding in the longer episodes shows now when we pulp watch all 6 or 7 episodes. There's an episode of Silaurians which just reiterates everything that's happened in the first four or five episodes! To be fair to Time Monster, it was terrifying at the time but ironically, time hasn't aged it well. And no Cybermen for Pertwee...that stands out like a sore thumb in hindsight. As for best...pretty...Tommy's pretties...all praise to the great one!
Dimensions In Time, would be too of my list, then the 2 episodes that retcon Clara ding split through time. Then Decalog 1 & 2, but only due to Pertwee having limited roles in these fan-fiction novels
Pertwee is my second favourite Doctor mainly because of the bond I have with my Daddar and Pertwee being the Doctor he actually grew up with. With the 3rd Doctor, I don't think I could choose a worst story but I could definitely pick a top five, so here's my top five 3rd Doctor story: 5) The Mind of Evil 4) The Claws of Axos 3) Spearhead from Space 2) Invasion of the Dinosaurs 1) The Green Death
