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What was the best
cliffhanger in a Seventh Doctor audio?
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(31st August 2003 - 15th November 2003)
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| The Fearmonger #2 |
(12) |
|
05%  |
The Fearmonger #3 |
(21) |
|
09%  |
The Genocide Machine #1 |
(07) |
|
03%  |
The Fires Of Vulcan #1 |
(17) |
|
07%  |
Shadow Of The Scourge #1 |
(08) |
|
03%  |
Shadow Of The Scourge #3 |
(12) |
|
05%  |
Dust Breeding #2 |
(82) |
|
34%  |
Colditz #1 |
(03) |
|
01%  |
Colditz #2 |
(04) |
|
02%  |
The Rapture #1 |
(11) |
|
05%  |
The Rapture #2 |
(39) |
|
16%  |
Bang-Bang-A-Boom! #2 |
(05) |
|
02%  |
The Dark Flame #3 |
(06) |
|
02%  |
Flip-Flop #1 (Black Disc) |
(12) |
|
05%  |
Other |
(05) |
|
02%  |
Total number of votes cast: 244
Analysis
This poll very quickly - and predictably - became a one horse race.
Episode two of Mike Tucker's Dust Breeding was unstoppable, taking over a
third of the vote by itself. Unlike his predecessors, the Seventh Doctor
hasn't really had that many memorable cliffhangers which could explain
why the field was dominated by Dust Breeding and episode 2 of The Rapture,
which between them won fifty percent of the total vote. The third episode
cliffhanger to The Fearmonger edged out the episode one of The Fires Of
Vulcan to take third place.
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Which is the best
cliffhanger in a Sixth Doctor audio?
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(7th July 2003 - 31st August 2003)
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| Whispers Of Terror (Episode 1) |
(04) |
|
02% |
The Marian Conspiracy (Episode 3) |
(14) |
|
07% |
The Spectre Of Lanyon Moor (Episode 2) |
(07) |
|
04% |
The Apocalypse Element (Episode 3) |
(13) |
|
07% |
The Holy Terror (Episode 2) |
(05) |
|
03% |
The Holy Terror (Episode 3) |
(23) |
|
12% |
Bloodtide (Episode 3) |
(05) |
|
03% |
Project: Twilight (Episode 2) |
(14) |
|
08% |
The One Doctor (Episode 3) |
(07) |
|
04% |
Real Time (Episode 4) |
(10) |
|
05% |
...ish (Episode 2) |
(07) |
|
04% |
The Sandman (Episode 1) |
(03) |
|
02% |
Jubilee (Episode 1) |
(14) |
|
08% |
Jubilee (Episode 2) |
(22) |
|
12% |
Doctor Who and the Pirates (Episode 2) |
(39) |
|
21% |
Total number of votes cast: 187
Analysis
There was little doubt about the winner in this poll, as the threat of
the Sixth Doctor about to burst into song was enough to secure victory
for episode two of Doctor Who and the Pirates, with this cliffhanger
taking just over a fifth of the total vote. The fight for second place
was very close between two Rob Shearman cliffhangers with The Holy Terror
episode 3 just edging out episode two from his more recent Jubilee. Three
stories were tied for fourth place with 14 votes namely The Marian
Conspiracy episode 3, Project: Twilight episode 2 and Jubilee episode 1.
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Which was the best
individual Dalek Empire/Dalek War story?
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(14th May 2003 - 7th July 2003)
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Invasion Of The Daleks |
(04) |
|
06%
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The Human Factor |
(07) |
|
11%
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'Death To The Daleks!' |
(13) |
|
20%
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Project Infinity |
(16) |
|
25%
|
Dalek War - Chapter One |
(03) |
|
05%
|
Dalek War - Chapter Two |
(05) |
|
08%
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Dalek War - Chapter Three |
(07) |
|
11%
|
Dalek War - Chapter Four |
(09) |
|
14%
|
Total number of votes cast: 64
Analysis
There was a low turnout in this poll which meant that there wasn't much
in the final results between the winners. Project Infinity, the
conclusion to Dalek Empire, was the winner with 25% of the vote, closely
followed by 'Death To The Daleks!' with 20%. Dalek War - Chapter Four
took bronze with 14%.
The vote was split 62/38 in favour of the earlier Dalek Empire series,
showing this was the more popular of the two, but Dalek War's linked theme
may have gone against it as it is probably at its best when considered as
one story, rather than broken down into its individual components.
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(2nd April 2003 - 14th May 2003)
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| Phantasmagoria (Episode 3) |
(28) |
|
10% |
The Land Of The Dead (Episode 3) |
(03) |
|
01% |
The Mutant Phase (Episode 2) |
(10) |
|
04% |
Loups-Garoux (Episode 3) |
(63) |
|
24% |
The Eye Of The Scorpion (Episode 1) |
(05) |
|
02% |
Primeval (Episode 3) |
(08) |
|
03% |
Spare Parts (Episode 3) |
(61) |
|
23% |
The Church And The Crown (Episode 1) |
(04) |
|
02% |
Nekromanteia (Episode 2) |
(35) |
|
13% |
Other |
(51) |
|
19% |
Total number of votes cast: 268
Analysis
A very keen contest between two cliffhangers in Marc Platt's two Fifth
Doctor stories dominated this contest but in the end it was the memorable
ending to Loups-Garoux's third episode where the Doctor challenges Pieter
Stubbe in order to protect Illeana De Santos and her people from his
tyranny, but with the unforseen circumstance that she accepts him as her
champion but will also take him as her husband if he proves faithful and
worthy. Spare Parts' episode 3 was incredibly close behind and in the end
there were only two votes in it to separate these two. Somewhat
surprisingly, third place was taken by the 'catch-all' Other category
which either means the combined weight of all the cliffhangers not
chosen for the poll was great enough to take this position, or there
were some memorable ones that should have been included but were not.
Following this was the grisly ending to Nekromanteia part 2 which
polled a respectable thirteen percent of the vote which was enough for
the fairly recently released story by Austen Atkinson to see off its
nearest competitor - Mark Gatiss' Phantasmagoria episode 3. The remaining
options had little to separate them at the other end of the voting scores
with episode 2 of Nicholas Briggs' The Mutant Phase scoring the best.
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(3rd March 2003 - 2nd April 2003)
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| John Ainsworth |
(02) |
|
02% |
Nicholas Briggs |
(20) |
|
17% |
Barnaby Edwards |
(19) |
|
15% |
Mark Gatiss |
(07) |
|
06% |
Jason Haigh-Ellery |
(02) |
|
02% |
Alistair Lock |
(01) |
|
01% |
Nicholas Pegg |
(35) |
|
29% |
Gary Russell |
(25) |
|
21% |
Rob Shearman |
(08) |
|
07% |
Edward Salt |
(02) |
|
02% |
Total number of votes cast: 121
Analysis
Given that he's directed two of Big Finish's most acclaimed Doctor Who plays in The Holy Terror and Loups-Garoux, it's perhaps no surprise that Nicholas Pegg took the biggest share of the vote in this directors poll, with almost a third of the total votes being in his favour. Gary Russell, who is certainly the most prolific of Big Finish's directors, was Pegg's nearest rival taking over a fifth of the vote, and was comfortably ahead of the battle for third place which took place between Nicholas Briggs and Barnaby Edwards. Briggs won out - just - in the end as the number of titles he has directed may have worked for him whereas as Edwards has only directed one released story at the time of the poll, but when it's of the quality of The Chimes Of Midnight, the quality speaks for itself and hopefully bodes well for his next directorial job on Doctor Who and the Pirates. Perhaps surprisingly, Rob Shearman received the next highest amount of votes, with his co-directorial duties with Briggs on his own Jubilee proving popular enough to rank slightly higher than Mark Gatiss, who directed his own story Invaders From Mars. The remaining directors all scored fairly lowly, but this can possibly be attributed to the fact that they have directed fewer titles than the others.
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(4th February 2003 - 3rd March 2003) |
| Oh No It Isn't! |
(29) |
|
32% |
Beyond The Sun |
(01) |
|
01% |
Walking To Babylon |
(02) |
|
02% |
Birthright |
(09) |
|
10% |
Just War |
(16) |
|
17% |
Dragons' Wrath |
(01) |
|
01% |
The Secret Of Cassandra |
(01) |
|
01% |
The Stone's Lament |
(02) |
|
02% |
The Extinction Event |
(03) |
|
03% |
The Skymines Of Karthos |
(02) |
|
02% |
The Greatest Shop In The Galaxy |
(03) |
|
03% |
The Green-Eyed Monsters |
(06) |
|
07% |
The Plague Herds Of Excelis |
(06) |
|
07% |
The Dance Of The Dead |
(11) |
|
12% |
Total number of votes cast: 92
Analysis
The adaptation of Paul Cornell's Oh No It Isn't! was easily the winner here, taking almost a third of the total vote. This victory proves that Big Finish's first audio production still remains popular to this day. The dark adaptation of Lance Parkin's Just War grabbed second place, taking a credible seventeen percent of the votes putting it ahead of Stephen Cole's The Dance Of The Dead, which at twelve percent, was easily the most popular of Big Finish's original Benny audios.
Indeed, the division between the votes for the adaptations and the original stories is quite stark. Sixty-three percent of the votes went to the first six stories released as part of the Bernice Summerfield range with only thirty-seven percent going to the original ones, with the first batch of these faring particularly badly. With the increased votes for the three most recent Benny titles, culminating in The Dance Of The Dead, the consensus seems to be that the quality of the range is improving, but it's still some way off reaching the high enjoyed by Oh No It Isn't!.
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(31st December 2002 - 4th February 2003) |
| Jubilee |
(44) |
|
13% |
Nekromanteia |
(06) |
|
02% |
The Dark Flame |
(13) |
|
04% |
Doctor Who and the Pirates |
(30) |
|
09% |
Creatures Of Beauty |
(06) |
|
02% |
Project: Lazarus |
(29) |
|
09% |
Flip-Flop |
(20) |
|
06% |
Omega |
(14) |
|
04% |
Davros |
(31) |
|
09% |
Master |
(22) |
|
07% |
Zagreus |
(111) |
|
34% |
The Wormery |
(04) |
|
01% |
Total number of votes cast: 330
Analysis
While this always seemed like a one horse race with the 40th Anniversary special, Zagreus, always favourite to win, the result was not the complete whitewash that some feared. Zagreus proved that it was highly anticipated here taking over a third of the vote and it seems that the lure of Alan Barnes and Gary Russell's multi-Doctor spectacular (also the first 'new' Eighth Doctor audio since last year's Neverland) proved irresistible. Rob Shearman's Dalek story, Jubilee, mounted the strongest challenge to the supremacy of Zagreus, netting 13% of the vote and edging itself out of the following pack. The race for third place was closely contested with Doctor Who and the Pirates, Project: Lazarus and Davros all battling it out before Lance Parkin's tale featuring the return of the Daleks creator edged it, but there was little to separate the three. Of the remaining titles, Nekromanteia, Creatures of Beauty and The Wormery gained the least support.
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(30th November 2002 - 31st December 2002) |
| Comeback |
(11) |
|
09% |
The TAO Connection |
(17) |
|
15% |
Test Of Nerve |
(59) |
|
53% |
Ghost Town |
(06) |
|
05% |
Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre |
(18) |
|
16% |
Total number of votes cast: 111
Analysis
A clearcut victory for David Bishop's Test Of Nerve, the third installment of the Sarah Jane Smith series, which took over half the vote. The battle for second place was more fierce with Barry Letts' The TAO Connection and Peter Anghelides' Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre fighting until the end with the final story winning out in the end by a single vote. Terrance Dicks' Comeback finished fourth with Rupert Laight's Ghost Town trailing in last.
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|
(15th October 2002 - 30th November 2002) |
| William Allen |
(07) |
|
03% |
Nicholas Briggs |
(60) |
|
23% |
Neil Clappison |
(02) |
|
01% |
David Darlington |
(67) |
|
26% |
Alistair Lock |
(50) |
|
19% |
Jim Mortimore & Jane Elphinstone |
(15) |
|
06% |
Toby Richards & Emily Baker |
(01) |
|
00% |
Russell Stone |
(58) |
|
22% |
Total number of votes cast: 260
Analysis
David Darlington, composer of the music for The Eye Of The Scoprion, the Excelis adventures and the Sarah Jane Smith audios, wins out in this category taking just over a quarter of the total vote, and beating his closest rival Nicholas Briggs by seven votes. Both Russell Stone and Alistair Lock polled around 20%. It doesn't appear to be coincidence that these four all received substantially more than the other composers as these ones have worked the most on the BF audios, therefore giving them a greater chance of popularity over those who have recorded less. Jim Mortimore and Jane Elphinstone were paired together as it seemed silly to split their vote up into two categories for those stories they worked on seperately and those they worked on as a pair, but it is surprising they didn't perhaps fare a little better than they actually did. The remaining composers, William Allen, Neil Clappison and Toby Richards & Emily Baker all suffered from only having worked upon one story each, and while they have their admirers it wasn't enough to challenge the core group of music composers.
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(9th September 2002 - 15th October 2002) |
| Excellent |
(48) |
|
30% |
Good |
(59) |
|
36% |
Average |
(23) |
|
14% |
Below Par |
(07) |
|
04% |
Poor |
(25) |
|
15% |
Total number of votes cast: 162
Analysis
A different type of poll for a different type of story - one simply to gauge opinion on how well Real Time was received, and the result was overwhelmingly positive with two thirds of the vote finding the story either excellent or good. Fifteen percent felt that the story was poor with slightly less than that finding it decidedly average.
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(2nd August 2002 - 9th September 2002) |
| Storm Warning |
(Alan Barnes) (21) |
|
06% |
Sword Of Orion |
(Nicholas Briggs) (15) |
|
04% |
The Stones Of Venice |
(Paul Magrs) (20) |
|
06% |
Minuet In Hell |
(Alan W. Lear & Gary Russell) (33) |
|
09% |
Invaders From Mars |
(Mark Gatiss) (20) |
|
06% |
The Chimes Of Midnight |
(Rob Shearman) (107) |
|
31% |
Seasons Of Fear |
(Paul Cornell & Caroline Symcox) (34) |
|
10% |
Embrace The Darkness |
(Nicholas Briggs) (31) |
|
09% |
The Time Of The Daleks |
(Justin Richards) (19) |
|
05% |
Neverland |
(Alan Barnes) (50) |
|
14% |
Total number of votes cast: 350
Analysis
Rob Shearman's The Chimes Of Midnight, the story that TCR visitors voted most anticipated of the then forthcoming Eighth Doctor audios back in January, didn't disappoint and romped home to victory over all ten of the Eighth Doctor stories released to date. At over 30% of the total vote, The Chimes Of Midnight was unstoppable as it took an early lead which the other stories could never compete with. Alan Barnes' season finale Neverland took second place with a very commendable 50 votes, well ahead of the threats of Paul Cornell & Caroline Symcox's Seasons Of Fear, Alan W. Lear & Gary Russell's Minuet In Hell and Nicholas Briggs' Embrace The Darkness who all battled closely for third place, but Seasons narrowly snatched it. The remaining stories all gained about the same level of the vote, but perhaps surprisingly, given their famous foes, both The Time Of The Daleks and Sword Of Orion proved to be the least popular here.
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(1st July 2002 - 2nd August 2002) |
| Excelis Dawns |
(Paul Magrs) (47) |
|
32% |
Excelis Rising |
(David A. McIntee) (45) |
|
30% |
Excelis Decays |
(Craig Hinton) (45) |
|
30% |
The Plague Herds Of Excelis |
(Stephen Cole) (12) |
|
08% |
Total number of votes cast: 149
Analysis
In possibly the tightest poll yet, Paul Magrs Excelis Dawns snatched victory from both David A. McIntee's Excelis Rising and Craig Hinton's Excelis Decays by literally a couple of votes. The fact that the three Doctor Who titles all fared similarly seems to indicate that the Excelis series as a whole was well received but with the three differing styles of the stories dividing the vote almost equally, meaning there was no clear favourite. Stephen Cole's The Plague Herds Of Excelis - the series effective coda story, starring Lisa Bowerman as Professor Bernice Summerfield, polled less than ten percent, perhaps suffering from being compared to the Doctor Who releases themselves.
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(26th May 2002 - 1st July 2002) |
| Lisa Bowerman |
(Whispers Of Terror) (06) |
|
03% |
Eleanor Bron |
(Loups-Garoux) (49) |
|
23% |
Clare Buckfield |
(The One Doctor) (13) |
|
06% |
Lucy Campbell |
(The Land Of The Dead) (10) |
|
05% |
Tracey Childs |
(Colditz) (07) |
|
03% |
Sarah Gale |
(Loups-Garoux) (19) |
|
09% |
Caroline John |
(Dust Breeding) (06) |
|
03% |
Holly De Jong |
(Project: Twilight) (07) |
|
03% |
Katy Manning |
(Excelis Dawns) (15) |
|
07% |
Sarah Mowat |
(The Sirens Of Time; Dalek Empire) (12) |
|
06% |
Jacqueline Pearce |
(The Fearmonger) (09) |
|
04% |
Susan Penhaligon |
(Primeval) (04) |
|
02% |
Louise Rolfe |
(The Chimes Of Midnight) (17) |
|
08% |
Jessica Stevenson |
(Invaders From Mars) (13) |
|
06% |
Roberta Taylor |
(The Holy Terror) (22) |
|
11% |
Total number of votes cast: 209
Analysis
A very clear victory for Eleanor Bron, whose captivating performance as Ileana De Santos in Loups-Garoux proved to be unbeatable, taking nearly a quarter of the vote. Some distance behind were The Holy Terror's Roberta Taylor, and also from Loups-Garoux, Sarah Gale, who were fairly evenly matched for second place. The battle for third place was more keenly fought with The Chimes Of Midnight's Louise Rolfe eventually coming out on top, pushing Katy Manning's Iris Wildthyme back into fourth.
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|
(6th May 2002 - 25th May 2002) |
| Geoffrey Beevers |
(Dust Breeding) (31) |
|
13% |
Christopher Biggins |
(The One Doctor) (14) |
|
06% |
James Bolam |
(The Spectre Of Lanyon Moor) (14) |
|
06% |
Nicholas Courtney |
(Minuet In Hell) (35) |
|
15% |
Stephen Greif |
(Primeval) (03) |
|
01% |
Peter Guinness |
(The Holy Terror) (12) |
|
05% |
Anthony Stewart Head |
(Excelis) (14) |
|
06% |
Nicky Henson |
(Loups-Garoux) (17) |
|
07% |
Peter Jurasik |
(Winter For The Adept) (05) |
|
02% |
Sam Kelly |
(The Holy Terror) (42) |
|
18% |
Burt Kwouk |
(Loups-Garoux) (22) |
|
09% |
Simon Pegg |
(Invaders From Mars) (08) |
|
03% |
Michael Sheard |
(The Stones Of Venice) (03) |
|
01% |
Gareth Thomas |
(Storm Warning) (11) |
|
05% |
David Ryall |
(Phantasmagoria) (02) |
|
01% |
Total number of votes cast: 233
Analysis
Sam Kelly's performance as Eugene Tacitus in the ever popular The Holy
Terror proved to be the winner here, beating off tough competition from the dependable
Nicholas Courtney, whose Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart is still popular after all
this time, and from Geoffrey Beevers and his villainous turn as the deadly Mr. Seta
in Dust Breeding. Of The rest, Burt Kwouk edged out his
Loups-Garoux co-star Nicky Henson, to take the fourth largest
vote, but there was very little to separate the rest really.
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|
(1st April 2002 - 6th May 2002) |
| The Sirens Of Time |
(Nicholas Briggs) (08) |
|
03% |
The Fearmonger |
(Jonathan Blum) (47) |
|
16% |
The Genocide Machine |
(Mike Tucker) (68) |
|
23% |
The Fires Of Vulcan |
(Steve Lyons) (62) |
|
21% |
The Shadow Of The Scourge |
(Paul Cornell) (64) |
|
21% |
Dust Breeding |
(Mike Tucker) (46) |
|
15% |
Colditz |
(Steve Lyons) (06) |
|
02% |
Total number of votes cast: 301
Analysis
This was easily the closest poll conducted to date, with only a few votes separating the top three. In the end, perhaps surprisingly, The Genocide Machine triumphed after making a strong run during the last few weeks of the poll, overtaking the two stories which made the early headway in The Shadow Of The Scourge and The Fires Of Vulcan, and pushing them into second and third place respectively. Jonathan Blum's The Fearmonger started well, but failed to last the distance despite taking a very respectable share of the vote. In contrast, Mike Tucker's second Seventh Doctor story, Dust Breeding made a very slow start before rallying strongly to almost equal The Fearmongers' total vote. It was perhaps a little unfair to include The Sirens Of Time in the Seventh Doctor poll, but it felt more at home here due to the nature of the story than with either the Fifth or Sixth Doctor story polls. Steve Lyons' Colditz was the least favoured Seventh Doctor story, gaining very little support at all.
|
| (25th February - 1st April 2002) |
| Phantasmagoria |
(Mark Gatiss) (20) |
|
09% |
The Land Of The Dead |
(Stephen Cole) (12) |
|
05% |
Red Dawn |
(Justin Richards) (09) |
|
04% |
Winter For The Adept |
(Andrew Cartmel) (14) |
|
06% |
The Mutant Phase |
(Nicholas Briggs) (34) |
|
15% |
Loups-Garoux |
(Marc Platt) (69) |
|
31% |
The Eye Of The Scorpion |
(Iain McLaughlin) (25) |
|
11% |
Primeval |
(Lance Parkin) (23) |
|
10% |
Excelis Dawns |
(Paul Magrs) (14) |
|
07% |
Total number of votes cast: 220
Analysis
Marc Platt's Fifth Doctor story of werewolves in
Brazil Loups-Garoux was easily the winner here, gaining almost a third of the entire
vote, with Nicholas Briggs' Dalek story
The Mutant Phase finishing a clear second. The battle for third place here was more fierce with
Phantasmagoria, The Eye Of The Scorpion and
Primeval all running close to each other, with
Iain McLaughlin's Egyptian story eventually taking third place, but
very narrowly.
|
| (28th January - 25th February 2002) |
| Nyssa |
(Sarah Sutton) (10) |
|
07% |
Turlough |
(Mark Strickson) (09) |
|
06% |
Peri |
(Nicola Bryant) (10) |
|
07% |
Erimem |
(Caroline Morris) (08) |
|
06% |
Frobisher |
(Robert Jezek) (12) |
|
08% |
Evelyn |
(Maggie Stables) (49) |
|
35% |
Mel |
(Bonnie Langford) (09) |
|
06% |
Ace |
(Sophie Aldred) (03) |
|
02% |
Bernice |
(Lisa Bowerman) (10) |
|
07% |
Charley |
(India Fisher) (26) |
|
18% |
Total number of votes cast: 146
Analysis
A clear victory for Maggie Stables' character Evelyn
Smythe here taking the lions share of the vote, with her closest rival being
India Fisher's Charley Pollard who her self was a comfortable second place. The interesting thing about this is
that both of these are characters specifically created for the audio range by Big Finish and the overwhelming amount
of support for these two seems to indicate that these companions have been better served than the others.
Caroline Morris' Erimem, who falls into the same category as Evelyn
and Charley of being a companion created specifically for the audio series probably suffered here because of the fact
she has only had one appearance so far - after more stories with her are released she may fare better.
There was very little between the remainder of the companions with them all polling around ten votes
each. Robert Jezek's Frobisher who featured in
The Holy Terror just edged out the competition to finish third. The
companion to gain the least amount of votes was Sophie Aldred's Ace, who
had considerably fewer votes than the others.
|
| (15th December - 28th
January 2002) |
| Invaders From Mars |
(Mark Gatiss) (17) |
|
14% |
The Chimes Of Midnight |
(Rob Shearman) (32) |
|
26% |
Seasons Of Fear |
(Paul Cornell
& Caroline Smycox) (11) |
|
09% |
Embrace The Darkness |
(Nicholas Briggs) (12) |
|
10% |
The Time Of The Daleks |
(Justin Richards) (26) |
|
21% |
NeverLand |
(Alan Barnes) (26) |
|
21% |
Total number of votes cast: 124
Analysis
A much more keenly fought contest than previous polls, this was a close result. Given the popularity
of The Holy Terror, it was perhaps no surprise that Rob Shearman's second Doctor Who drama is more widely anticipated
than any of the others in the new McGann 'season'. That said, The Chimes Of Midnight's victory was marginal as the
promise of hearing Paul McGann confront the Daleks in Justin Richards' The Time Of The Daleks and NeverLand - the
story which will end this run of the Eighth Doctor's run on an 'explosive high' and ensure that 'nothing will ever be
the same again'. Mark Gatiss' Invaders From Mars took fourth spot, scoring more than both Nicholas Briggs' Embrace
The Darkness and perhaps surprisingly Paul Cornell & Caroline Symcox's Seasons Of Fear, which gained the fewest
votes.
|
| (13th November - 15th
December 2001) |
| Whispers Of Terror |
(Justin Richards) (09) |
|
11% |
The Marian Conspiracy |
(Jacqueline Rayner) (13) |
|
16% |
The Spectre Of Lanyon Moor |
(Nicholas Pegg) (07) |
|
08% |
The Apocalypse Element |
(Stephen Cole) (04) |
|
05% |
The Holy Terror |
(Rob Shearman) (32) |
|
40% |
Bloodtide |
(Jonathan Morris) (04) |
|
05% |
Project: Twilight |
(Cavan Scott & Mark Wright) (11) |
|
13% |
Total number of votes cast: 80
Analysis
The Holy Terror romped home to victory in what always looked like a one horse race. The Marian
Conspiracy took second place, narrowly defeating Project: Twilight, with Whispers Of Terror following close behind.
What this poll showed was that although the Sixth Doctor audios have been of a very high standard, none of them have
come close to matching the brilliance of The Holy Terror amongst the voters in this poll which is still massively
popular over a year after it's release.
Perhaps if the poll had been conducted after the release of The One Doctor, the results might not have been s
uch a landslide...
Voter Comments
| 'That was really difficult - all are good (those I've heard from above at leas).
Spectre won for me, but I'm sure Holy would have won if I'd heard it.' |
3/12/01 10:08:06 PM |
'It is a hard decision to make as every single sixth Doctor audio has been
head and shoulders above all releases' |
02/12/01 03:44:1 PM |
|
| (13th October - 12th
November 2001) |
| Peter Davison |
(The 5th Doctor) (10) |
|
14% |
Colin Baker |
(The 6th Doctor) (42) |
|
60% |
Sylvester McCoy |
(The 7th Doctor) (09) |
|
12% |
Paul McGann |
(The 8th Doctor) (09) |
|
12% |
Total number of votes cast: 70
Analysis
A clear victory for Colin Baker!
Whilst given the quality of his releases, his victory might
have been expected but the margin of it is perhaps the most surprising, gaining a massive 60% of the vote. There was
very little to separate the other three Doctors with Peter Davison narrowly ahead of Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann.
McGann might have suffered due to the fact that he has only four stories released at the moment, and after his next
six stories are released throughout 2002, he might gain bigger support should his performances match the quality of
his first four.
Voter Comments
| 'I always thought he was good' |
21/10/01 9:32:15 PM |
'Colin, really. Followed By Davison. As well as Having a chance at better stories,
Colin has a good voice for the audio medium.' |
20/10/01 10:12:9 PM |
'Seeing as Paul McGann will only get the one television outing, his are a
bit special.' |
20/10/01 2:22:40 PM |
'Just shows what an excellent dr he could have been on tele given the
time scripts' |
20/10/01 1:51:49 PM |
'colin has made the change from a screen doctor to audio doctor much easier than
the others, with superb performances in all his stories.' |
16/10/01 4:46:5 PM |
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