snowkatt: well the sixth doctor doesnt get better untill the audio drama's and books
and his swan song is a bit ....pathetic
you will see what i mean when you hit time and the rani
RWarehall: Oh God, how I hate the Rani...so glad the character didn't return in the new series...
I just saw "The Mark and Rani". Pretty boring story - the only redeeming fact being the land mines that turned people into trees. Pretty hilarious.
Anyway, I don't see why you hate Rani that much. She is a boring character, yes, but no more boring that the Master. In fact, I rarely like the Master stories. It is always the same story about him wanting to kill the Doctor and rule the Universe. Gets pretty trivial after the n'th time. I, by far, prefer the stories that are actually original.
So far the stories since the 70'ties have had two standard formats. Either,
1. The Master comes and devices some scheme til kill the doctor and rule the universe. He usually get a chance to do so but blows it because he talks too much.
2. The Doctor arrives somewhere in the universe in danger. The locals good guys are hostile because he is an outsider until he slowly gains the confidence battling the external enemy; typical some alien species.
And sometimes a combination of the two...
So I like stories like "Vengeance on Varos" or "The Caves of Androzani" since they don't use any one of these templates.
