Integration

Dr Kain · 03-16-2025, 09:48 PM

The Greatest Show in the Galaxy - Every time I hear the ring master do his little rap number, I keep expecting him to sing the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme. :lol Anyway, I love this story so much and the Gods of Ragnarok are such an interesting trio. Ace is great as is the werewolf girl. If there is anything I have to complain about this story it's that I want more of the Psychic Circus. I really feel this story could have been a 6 parter.

With that said, I am ecstatic that McCoy is the first Doctor to have his run fully complete on BD. I can't wait until I can start saying that about the rest.

We watched all of the bonus features on The Happiness Patrol except the two Matthew Sweet interviews while we did everything on the Silver Nemesis discs. The Sweet interview with Cartmel was quite good. The 1988 making of Silver Nemesis was a bit of a bore, but had some solid moments. On the other hand, I did not care for the NJN interviews with Turner and Clough at all. I got a laugh out of Aldred talking about an outtake from Silver Nemesis got her more money in royalties over the years than doing the entire show. Alternatively, I was not a fan of how Fielding guided her biasness against The Happiness Patrol onto her cohorts, causing them to not enjoy the story either. She really did a disservice to the show.

Anyway, for the season, I'm going to rank the stories in the following order:

1. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
2. The Happiness Patrol
3. Remembrace of the Daleks
4. Silver Nemesis.

This is easily the best season the show has had since Tom's third. Now if I were to rank all of the McCoy stories:

1. Curse of Fenric
2. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
3. The Happiness Patrol
4. Ghost Light
5. Remembrace of the Daleks
6. Battlefield
7. Survival
8. Silver Nemesis
9. Paradise Towers
10. Dragonfire
11. Delta and the Bannerman
12. Time and the Rani

McCoy started out on a low point and worked himself up immensely to provide an solid experience overall. It is a shame a fourth season was not allowed to even give the characters a proper send-off.

03-16-2025, 09:48 PM	#42
Dr Kain King of Nerdom Join Date: May 2012 Location: Melbourne FL Posts: 11,760	The Greatest Show in the Galaxy - Every time I hear the ring master do his little rap number, I keep expecting him to sing the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme. :lol Anyway, I love this story so much and the Gods of Ragnarok are such an interesting trio. Ace is great as is the werewolf girl. If there is anything I have to complain about this story it's that I want more of the Psychic Circus. I really feel this story could have been a 6 parter. With that said, I am ecstatic that McCoy is the first Doctor to have his run fully complete on BD. I can't wait until I can start saying that about the rest. We watched all of the bonus features on The Happiness Patrol except the two Matthew Sweet interviews while we did everything on the Silver Nemesis discs. The Sweet interview with Cartmel was quite good. The 1988 making of Silver Nemesis was a bit of a bore, but had some solid moments. On the other hand, I did not care for the NJN interviews with Turner and Clough at all. I got a laugh out of Aldred talking about an outtake from Silver Nemesis got her more money in royalties over the years than doing the entire show. Alternatively, I was not a fan of how Fielding guided her biasness against The Happiness Patrol onto her cohorts, causing them to not enjoy the story either. She really did a disservice to the show. Anyway, for the season, I'm going to rank the stories in the following order: 1. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 2. The Happiness Patrol 3. Remembrace of the Daleks 4. Silver Nemesis. This is easily the best season the show has had since Tom's third. Now if I were to rank all of the McCoy stories: 1. Curse of Fenric 2. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 3. The Happiness Patrol 4. Ghost Light 5. Remembrace of the Daleks 6. Battlefield 7. Survival 8. Silver Nemesis 9. Paradise Towers 10. Dragonfire 11. Delta and the Bannerman 12. Time and the Rani McCoy started out on a low point and worked himself up immensely to provide an solid experience overall. It is a shame a fourth season was not allowed to even give the characters a proper send-off. __________________