Favourites from the Infernoverse! - Six

The COLIN BAKER Era - 1984 to 1986

1. 'Revelation of the Daleks' - a grisly rematch with the classic foe for a new Doctor. Baker is very good, the Daleks are different and refreshing, possibly the second best Davros story to 'Genesis'. Some nice double acts (Orcini and Bostok, Kara and her Vogel), very nice dialogue and diabolical morals.

2. 'Attack of the Cybermen' - awful music, tenuous plot, atrocious eighties vibe to begin, but picks up all the way through until the surprisingly intense and ultimately emotional endgame redeems earlier mistakes. Very, very enjoyable.

3. 'The Two Doctors' - a nice romp unfortunately tempered by chronic wheelspinning. Great Robert Holmes script, Troughton's last reappearance and a fitting tribute to his Doctor, some good Sontarans and an interesting new enemy. Dark, very funny, but the quality is restricted largely to the final part.

4. 'Mindwarp' - the best contribution from the horrible monster that is 'The Trial of a Timelord', a description that really isn't saying very much at all. Quite well done and acted, a welcome return for Sil (even if he's underused) and a really shocking companion death. Not that good, but better by half than its contemporaries.

5.'Vengeance on Varos' - an interesting-ish look at television culture with some decent token world-building, a great villain in Sil. Here mostly because I have to fill spaces in this list, and decent enough if caught at the right time.