Worth Watching

5.1: The Tomb of the Cybermen *
5.3: The Ice Warriors
5.4: The Enemy of the World *
5.5: The Web of Fear

* indicates a Must See story.

What's Interesting About the Season?

This is the season that seemingly wasn't meant to be for modern viewers. Until Tomb was discovered in 1991, there wasn't a single complete story from this season. And now, as of a few months ago, suddenly we have three complete stories and another reconstructed with animation.

Going by audio and video snap reconstructions, The Web of Fear was considered the classic that fans pined to see in full glory, and The Enemy of the World didn't seem to get too much attention. Now that we have both, there has been at least some fan reconsideration, realizing that Enemy is in fact a classic, and Web maybe wasn't quite all that.

We're fortunate that we now have these stories and can experience much more of the Troughton era. His charms elude me a bit, though, and I don't see what makes so many consider him their favorite Doctor. However, he has one more season to win me over...