A space freighter hijacked by Cybermen was thrown back in time to approx 66 Million BC. Adric, a companion of the time traveling alien known as the Doctor, refused to leave the ship when the humans regained control because he was attempting to keep the ship from crashing into the Earth. Adric almost completed his task when a near death Cyberman shot the computer making the boy’s task impossible to complete. Meanwhile the Doctor and his companions defeated the Cyber-Leader holding them captive on the Doctor’s ship the TARDIS but not in time to save Adric as the ship he was on collided with the Earth causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. ("Earthshock", Doctor Who vlm 1, TV Event)
Who is most important to the history of Doctor Who?
ROUND 1: Vote for your choice, the bottom three will be eliminated
Robert Holmes – script editor for the early Tom Baker era
Douglas Adams – script editor for the late Tom Baker era
Eric Saward – script editor in the 80s
Andrew Cartmel – Classic Who’s last script editor
Rona Munro – only writer for both Classic and NuWho
Russell T Davies – revived Doctor Who
Steven Moffat – showrunner for the eleventh and twelfth Doctors
Chris Chibnall – showrunner for the thirteenth Doctor
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Voting ended onNov 27, 2024
TOURNAMENT MASTERPOST
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Douglas Adams – script editor for the late Tom Baker era
the obvious: wrote and helped write some of classic who's best episodes. infuriated everyone with romana's regeneration scene in destiny of the daleks. has had a massive impact both on doctor who specifically and on doctor who through his general impact on scifi, no one is doing it like him. and he's hilarious! (anonymous)
Rona Munro – only writer for both Classic and NuWho
Only person to write an episode for both classic (survival) and new who (eaters of light). responsible for: making the master a catboy and giving ace a cheetah girlfriend. 'death by Scotland' (anonymous)
Russell T Davies – revived Doctor Who
Russell T Davies wasn't just "some guy" they got to run the revival series; He lobbied the BBC to bring the show back and was in discussion talks in 1998 before the show was back on air. Davies brought the show back in a ginormous way and allowed a new generation to fall in love with the series, which translates into people going back and watching Classic Who as well. Under him, the show was immensely popular, regularly being one of the most watched things each week. Doctor Who would not exist today without him and I'm not even sure the classic show would have the same love it currently does without Davies introducing the series to a brand new audience.
Also if we're including extended media not just the main show, Sarah Jane Adventures SLAPS. (anonymous)
Steven Moffat – showrunner for the eleventh and twelfth Doctors
This might be a hard sell on the website that, for some reason, can't seem to progress past 2011 when it comes to evaluating Moffat and his work, but I'm going to try anyway. Curse of the Fatal Death, advocate for female doctor since 1998. First onscreen biracial and bigender regeneration. Wrote some of the most iconic episodes of the series, including the 50th, Blink and Heaven Sent. Things like Weeping Angels, the Empty Child, the Silence, all instantly became part of the show's iconography because his concepts were THAT GOOD. Wrote Missy. The 50th special, again, was basically a love letter to the entire show. Brought Doctor Who to an even bigger audience than ever! It was airing in cinemas worldwide! Stuck around for s10 because there was no clear successor for showrunner position, because he loved the show that much. Took criticism to heart and always tried to better himself as a person and his writing, which - well, Doctor Who's longevity is in its willingness to change. Cast Peter Capaldi. Wrote Heaven Sent. Has written the most stories out of anyone in the show's history.
Most of all, I think he understood the true heart of the series when he ends his first story with "Everybody lives Rose! Just this once, everybody lives!". He gets it. Also Capaldi run again I cannot stress this enough. (anonymous)
Chris Chibnall – showrunner for the thirteenth Doctor
been getting back on my classic who catchup. i watched image of the fendahl, which is completely unremarkable for good or bad, and revelation of the daleks, which is one of the weirdest doctor who stories i think ive ever seen
if you havent seen revelation i cant convey just how odd it is, especially in such a catastrophically shoddy season. it is so fake, but deliberately. davros watches alexei sayle on tv watching doctor who on tv, reacting to his reacting to their reacting. for the cliffhanger the doctor is crushed by an obviously polystyrene statue, and its resolved bc duh, its not a real statue! its polystyrene! why would that crush him? its downright postmodern in its flagrant artifice, i cant think of another who moment like it since the rescue
the doctor even looks directly down the camera at one point! el sandifer compares all the clashing plot points to channel surfing, and it totally fits, the first episode is completely committed to doing just about everything except being doctor who. the only problem is that the second episode remembers its kind of supposed to be that
on top of that its outright self-parody by eric saward, like everyone of his instincts exaggerated. he likes double acts, so theres like six of them all doing bits over one another (who of course point out how the others are like double acts). he doesnt like the doctor, so hes basically not even in the first half and literally does nothing the whole story; his whole purpose here is to try to do things and get stopped by other characters who do it instead. at times hes physically muscled out of his own story
like i dont even know if its good per se, but its utterly fascinating. mad that its as popular as it is though; i mean it deserves its reputation, but for completely different reasons to why it gets that acclaim. what a weird dude saward is
• An American Whovian Reviews: 'Earthshock' — by Eric Saward.
Adric is to the eponymous time wizard — as to what Jason Todd's Robin was to Batman: utterly annoying. So much so, that they even killed him off like the aforementioned character.
I digress: I once wrote a fanfic in which Adric survived this serial by using spare Cybermen parts and was hellbent on getting revenge on the Doctor fer not saving his life.
HUFFLEPUFF: "When did you last have the pleasure of smelling a flower, watching a sunset, eating a well-prepared meal? For some people, small, beautiful events are what life is all about!" –Eric Saward (The Fifth Doctor: Doctor Who: Earthshock)
Eric Sward’s Lytton is fantastic, mainly thanks to Barry Renshaw’s art. Here are 6 stunning pages. I have no clue what is going on with the story, but I love it.
People say JNT killed Dr Who but his bad seasons are the ones Eric Saward worked on. S18 was Bidmead and it’s great. S25-6 is a Cartmel and a peak of creative win. So if I blame any one person who actually worked on the show, I blame Uncle Eric.
