Classic Who: The Tenth Planet

The plot of this story has to be ( one of the most non-sensical Who has ever served up )

( The Cybermen )

( Earth in the near future )

( The First Doctor's last story )

( Ben, Polly and brewing up coffee )

( General Cutler and Agamemnon )

( The handling of black characters )

Not perfect, then, but overall a pretty good story. And with that in the bag, I have now seen all of the First Doctor's televised stories - at least as far as that's possible today. That makes him the third Doctor for whom I've reached that position, the previous ones being the Fourth and the Sixth. I've really enjoyed this era of Doctor Who - the historical stories, the character of Barbara and Hartnell's Doctor himself have been particular draws, but really it has been consistently good on almost every important level. I think it deserves a proper overview eulogy post, just as I did for the Fourth Doctor. But this has been quite enough for one entry!

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