Seeds of Doom was my first ever Doctor Who episode! Still love it 42 years later!

Great walk down memory lane. Thanks

Nice work. Thanks. I agree Talons is excellent.

I'm so happy to see Talons of Weing- Chiang and Robots of Death getting more love, they are some of my favourites!!

A very good ranking, not easy to do for a 7 year era with three different producers 👍

Great job, much appreciated. Gave me some ideas of where to go next on my meandering first watch through classic who

Android invasion deserved more love, far better than rated and certainly more/scarier than others further ahead.

You say what you like, the cliffhanger at the end of episode 4 of The Invasion of Time, when the Doctor thinks he's won and the Sontarons appear from nowhere, was one of the most thrilling things I've ever seen in my life. I was 8 and in heaven.

If I had seen Talons when it was first broadcast, I would have enjoyed it, but I only saw it recently, and couldn't get the modern sensibility goggles off when it comes to its casting. I think because it's such a well accomplished story that it's hurt more by those seventies attitudes. As for my favourites... anything with Douglas Adams' DNA in is particularly appreciated, especially City of Death, and even The Pirate Planet. For me, Genesis and Destiny of the Daleks are two sides of a coin, the shiny head and the tarnished tail, but they go together. I also love The Sunmakers, The Deadly Assassin, and when it comes to by #1, I'm torn between Pyramids of Mars, The Ribos Operation, and The Stones of Blood (not least because I read those particular Target novelisations until the books disintegrated).

Excellent video 😎👍

I'm a horror fan, so my top 5 are Talons, Stones of Blood, Seeds of Doom, Horror of Fang Rock and Pyramids of Mars. Funny thing is: so many 4th Doc serials make my top 10 overall list because of the horror vibe, yet the 4th Doc is only in the middle of the pack as far as me ranking the Doctors :)

Swap Planet of Evil with The Deadly Assassin and that would be a list hard to argue with.

shout out to your dog at 33:18 . Great video and ranking

By virtue of the fact that he was on so long, combined with the dynamic duo of Holmes and Hinchcliffe, the task of ranking is almost impossible. 1. The Deadly Assassin 2. The Ark in Space 3. The Sun Makers 4. Robots of Death 5. Pyramids of Mars

i enjoy agreeing & disagreeing with your choices - have a soft spot for Horns of Nimon also

I adore The Leisure Hive and not so much Meglos. Rating either below The Invisible Enemy or Nightmare of Eden just says something about your taste, I suppose. But the delicious, dark fun and great ideas of season 18 definitely has my love, even as it evolved gradually out of the messy madness of the Season 17 mode.

Meglos was a real waste of the superb Jacqueline Hill too. I would have loved to see her return in a story where she played Barbara again.

My Top 5 'Fourth Doctor' Stories : 5. State of Decay 4. The Seeds of Doom 3. The Talons of Weng-Chiang 2. The Robots of Death 1. Pyramids of Mars

I’d still rewatch Invasion of Time and Creature from the Pit over ANYTHING that’s been released since Peter Capaldi left That being said, I can’t argue with your top 20. Spot on.

Talons is definitely one of the best Doctor Who serials ever made that a lot of fans get tore up about because of the yellow face but I say, get over it as they got an excellent actor to play the magician...probably the best they could get. I say Horns is the worst 4th Doctor story, like many others but again, my order may be different but I agree with with your top, middle and bottom tier parts of the list fairly close to what you said. I will say this...despite it's issues of budget and how it was thrown together I believe during some strike action, I have a soft spot for Invasion...if for no other reason than the great byplay between the Doctor and Borusa.

You know, I really thought Tom Baker was the ONLY actor to do justice to the Prydonian uniform. Everyone else just looks silly. 😋 Tom Baker, to this day, is the one actor non-fans think of when someone mentions Doctor Who. Even The Simpsons - when they find a reason to mock Doctor Who, it is Baker's Doctor with that scarf that they depict. You have to admit that Tom really knew how to create this totally alien character while still being approachable. I enjoyed most of his stories, and Tom could always add something to the sillier episodes. The only stories I really didn't much care for were the E-Space stories - I thought by that point, Tom was getting tired of the role and could no longer bring the enthusiasm. The switch in costumes to the magenta kinda brought that home to me - it was just darker and less approachable. The stories didn't make a lot of sense either. Very hard to really pick out my favorite stories from the Tom Baker era. Genesis of the Daleks, City of Death, Robots of Death, and Pyramids of Mars, are definitely on my list. There were so many good stories, and Tom was MY Doctor - he was the Doctor who appeared most on PBS, and, of course, he did more stories than anyone before or since. The writers seemed to really want to stretch the boundaries of what they could get away with during Baker's era. Doctor Who should be the show that could do ANY kind of story, from science fiction to fantasy to horror to historical, and, more than any other era, that was exercised very well here. The Horns of Nimon is kind of a guilty pleasure mostly due to Graham Crowden (whom I know best from Waiting for God) overacting his heart out throughout. The Key to Time Saga brought an interesting Doctor/Companion pairing with Romana, which sadly I thought suffered when Lalla Ward took over the role. Bit of a shame that Mary Tamm decided not to stick around for a second season, and I felt then that Lalla Ward was a reversion to the typical screaming girl companion role. Doctor Who just didn't do well with companions who are almost as smart as the Doctor (Liz Shaw in particular, though, of course, Zoe Heriot fit in well with the Second Doctor). Ward did have her moments, however. City of Death may be her best appearance, IMO. The Tom Baker era is definitely the Golden Age of Doctor Who, and, in many ways, the show never really reached those heights again. He is still one of my favorite Doctors (along with Patrick Troughton and Sylvester McCoy). No wonder they brought him back as the Caretaker - and he was still wonderful.

1. The Armageddon Factor 2. The Android Invasion 3. Robots Of Death 4. Terror of The Zygons 5. Pyramids Of Mars 6 Genesis Of The Daleks 7 Revenge Of The Cybermen 8 The Talons of Weing Chang 9 Robot 10 The Androids Of Tara

I loved the bottom one

The essential Tom Baker stories imo are: 1. Seeds of Doom 2. Pyramids of Mars 3.Talons of Weng Chiang 4. Terror of the Zygons 5. The Ark in Space 6. Horror of Fang Rock 7. The Brain of Morbius 8. Robots of Death 9. Hand of Fear... Plus honorable mentions 10. Genesis of the Daleks 11. The Sunmakers 12. The Mask of Mandragora 13. Stones of Blood Don't like the, 'Oh, so clever' flippancy/slapstick style of 'City of Death', so one my least favourite. Too many lesser stories/companions in the second half of Baker's run, Pertwee's run was more consistent overall. However, that combination of Tom Baker's Doctor/Sarah Jane Smith(The best ever companion)/Robert Holmes' scripts/Dudley Simpson soundtracks and Philip Hinchcliffe's production vision is unsurpassed. The first two on my list are my favourite stories of all-time.

The only Tom Baker story i ever watched was genesis of the daleks

do you have a stutter or is there something wrong with the audio that stops at certain words and then picks up almost a second later

I'd say Power of Krull and Creature from the pit are bad but most of Bakers last season is mostly bad apart from state of decay warriors gate the rest are pretty terrible especially Logoplis and I'd say the last Gothic Horror was Stones of Blood not Image of Fendahl

you pronounced it "mandragora" when i always assumed that it was pronounced "mandragora"

Not a bad list. City of Death is overrated and Invasion of Time is hugely underrated though.

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