Seasons 13 Best Doctor Who Season Ever!

It my is my strong belief that Season 13 is the greatest Doctor Who season ever. Here are the reasons why:

Season 13

This season featured the height of the Gothic era and the time when the Doctor/companion relationship has never and will never be beaten. Tom Baker and the late, great Elisabeth Sladen imbue their respective characters with such a warmth for each other without ever needing to be overtly affectionate like in the current series. They also have have a sense of joy travelling with each other but this never trivialises the threat facing them like the 10th Doctor and Rose who seemed to laugh in the face of adversity.

The stories are classics without a clanger amongst them. Terror of the Zygons (hurry up 2Entertain and release this tale on DVD) sees the Doctor, Sarah and the wonderful Harry team up with the Brigadier (the dearly departed Nick Courtney) to face the threat of the Zygons in Scotland. Surely the Zygons are long overdue a welcome return.

Pyramids of Mars is often cited as the greatest story ever with threads of Egyptology, walking mummies and human cadavers. It also contains the voice of Gabriel Woolf as Sutekh, Woolf would later voice the Beast in 'The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit'. A glorious tale that has memories burned into the minds of any fan that has ever watched it. Who can forget the relentless pursuit of the Poacher in the woods!

Planet of Evil is a 'Forbidden Planet' homage as well as clearly being influenced by Jekyll and Hyde and Brain of Morbius is a tribute to Frankenstein.  Both are gloriously dark and about as frightening as Doctor Who has ever been.

The wonderful Seeds of Doom is the Doctor Who version of Day of the Triffids and even a story such as The Android Invasion, commonly thought to be the weakest of the season, is a nice spin on Invasion of the Bodysnatchers.

This season features God like foes, carnivorous vegetable matter, shape changing enemies and sentient anti matter. It is also fantastic from start to finish. Script edited by Robert Holmes, produced by Philip Hinchcliffe and featuring two guest stars acting their socks off, TV will never get better than this. All the stars aligned for this Doctor Who cold to be made all at once.

Of course if you do not agree...let me know and why!!!