First Round Matches

Genesis of The Daleks a number one seed is the definitive origin story of the Daleks.  

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The Awakening.  The fifth Doctor takes on The Malus as it nearly restarts the English Civil War.  The story features Keith Jaynes as Will Chandler who should have stayed on to become a companion.

   

WINNER:  GENESIS OF THE DALEKS

8th seeded The Time Robber finds the second Doctor, along with Jamie and Zoe, trapped in a world of make believe.  The culprit?  The Master but not THAT master.  Also there's a new Jamie for a few episodes.  

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The Curse of Peladon a 9th seed.  The third Doctor and Jo take the Tardis out for a test drive and end up in the middle of a mess with the Ice Warriors, Alpha Centuri, and a big furry beast named Aggador.  Also there is the coronation of Peladon's new King about to happen.

WINNER: THE CURSE OF PELADON

Terror of the Autons a fourth seeded story featuring the third Doctor, Jo Grant, The Master, and The Nestene Consciousness.  

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The Enemy of the World which is a 14th seeded story.  The Doctors evil Mexican twin decides to take over the world and he's gonna use volcanoes to do it.

WINNER: TERROR OF THE AUTONS

The Dalek Invasion of Earth.  The second ever Dalek story is a fifth seed and it finds the evil aliens taking over Earth in the year 2164.  At the end of the story we are down a companion for the first time.  

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Twelfth seeded The Leisure Hive.  John Leeson returns as K9, the Doctor is rapidly aged to a decrepit old man, and Romana's sea side vacation is ruined.  This story also heralded the arrival of the burgundy jacket and scarf along with the question mark motif.  

   

WINNER: THE DALEK INVASION OF EARTH

The second Doctor faces off against the Cybermen in the third seeded The Tomb of the Cybermen.  The Cybermen introduce us the The Controller as well as the Cybermats for the first time in this story.

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Destiny of the Daleks.  A 14th seeded story that I feel like I should like more than I do.  It has the first appearance of Romana 2 but the Movellans aren't much to write home about.  

WINNER: THE TOMB OF THE CYBERMEN

Here we have the first appearance of Sarah Jane Smith, the first time we meet a member of the Sontaran race, and the first time Galifrey is mentioned as being the name of the Doctor's home planet.  All three of those things happen in The Time Warrior; a sixth seed.

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The Claws of Axos an eleventh seeded story also featuring the third Doctor but this time with Jo Grant as companion.  The Master and UNIT also show up.  The end of the episode we hear the Doctor declare that the Time Lords have made him into a galactic yo-yo.  It's a classic quote, I swear, look it up. 

 

WINNER: THE TIME WARRIOR

The very first Dalek story ever; The Daleks (how appropriately named) is a seventh seeded story that finds the evil Daleks trying to destroy the Thals.

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The 10th seeded story The Masque of Mandragora.  The fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane go to Italy.  This one always reminds me of The Mask of the Red death for some reason.  

WINNER: THE DALEKS  

Spearhead in Space is the first time we meet the third Doctor.  He's got a tattoo and we know that because we see him half naked.  It's also was the first time we met the Autons as well as the Nestene Consciousness.  We also meet the Doctor's new companion Liz Shaw and the Brigadier becomes a regular cast member.

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The Gunfighters; a 15th seed.  A Doctor Who musical?  This is probably as close as we ever get to one anyway.  I like this episode more than most Who fans.  What can I say?  I'm a western sort of guy I guess.  The Doctor travels back to the OK Corral to have a tooth pulled by Doc Holliday.  Did I mention the story is hilarious?

 

 

WINNER: SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE