2 Days-To-50: Poll of Polls Countdown: Bubbling Under
I thought I’d give a little bit extra to my poll-of-polls countdown, so here are the 10 best loved books, audios & TV stories that failed to crack the top 50:
#51-60
51. The Turing Test (8th Doctor Novel)
Companions: None
Aliens: The Strangers
Synopsis:
It is the height of the Second World War and three men are about to cross paths. Alan Turing, Graham Greene and Joseph Heller. They are brought together by interest in the mysterious 'strangers' and the even more mysterious Doctor...
52. The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (5th Doctor Audio)
Companions: Nyssa
Aliens: Death Wraiths
Synopsis:
Thomas Brewster, orphaned by five,made to work for criminals by fifteen. His life seems to have no purpose. That is until his mother returns...
Following a timebreach The Doctor and Nyssa find themselves stuck in Victorian London. Here they soon are forced to investigate a series of thefts of advanced scientific equipment. Equipment which, when put together, could destroy the future of humanity.
53. Son of the Dragon (5th Doctor Audio)
Companions: Peri, Erimem
Aliens: None (Pure Historical)
Synopsis:
Arriving in 1462, The Doctor Peri and Erimem become caught in the middle of a war between two legendary figures. Sultan Mehmed II and Prince Vlad III, also known as Dracula!
54. Terror of the Zygons (4th Doctor TV Serial)
Companions: Sarah-Jane, Harry, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Aliens: Zygons
Synopsis:
Following an emergency message from the Brigadier The TARDIS lands in Scotland. UNIT are investigating a series of attacks on Oil rigs, attacks apparently carried out by The Loch Ness Monster!
55. Cold Fusion (5th Doctor & 7th Doctor Novel)
Companions: Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Chris & Roz
Aliens: Ferutu
Synopsis:
The Scientifica have discovered a vast alien machine beneath the surface of a planet and they are determined to learn its secrets. In particular who are the ghosts that keep attacking them?
Meanwhile, not one but two Doctors arrive. They will have to somehow work together if they want to make sure our universe ever existed.
56. Damaged Goods (7th Doctor Novel)
Companions: Chris & Roz
Aliens: N-Forms
Synopsis:
Following a shipment of drugs the Doctor and his companions move onto a council estate in 1980s London. Inside the Quadrant strange things are happening and there seems to be a mystery behind every door. But what does all this have to do with vampires?
57. The Eleventh Hour (11th Doctor TV Episode)
Companions: Amy & Rory
Aliens: Prisoner Zero, The Atraxi
Synopsis:
Little Amelia Pond is scared by a strange crack in her wall and prays for someone to help. When a mysterious Doctor crash lands in her garden the course of her life is destined to change.
58. Eye of the Scorpion (5th Doctor Audio)
Companions: Peri, Erimem
Aliens: The Entity
Synopsis:
When The Doctor saves the life of a girl he does not realise what he has let himself in for. She is the Pharoah Erimemushinteperem and forces are arranged to ensure her death, not all of which are of this planet.
59. The Daleks (1st Doctor TV Serial)
Companions: Susan, Barbara & Ian
Aliens: The Daleks, The Thals
Synopsis:
The time travellers emerge on to an apparently dead planet, one with petrified forests and animals of metal. However, when they investigate the city this world may not be as lifeless as it first appeared, for The Doctor is about to meet his deadliest enemy for the first time...
60. The Aztecs (1st Doctor TV Serial)
Companions: Susan, Barbara & Ian
Aliens: None (Pure Historical)
Synopsis:
Emerging from a tomb at the centre of the great pyramid Barbara is mistaken for the living goddess Yetaxa. The Doctor wants them all to keep a part of history until the TARDIS is recovered but Barbara has other ideas. She will end human sacrifice and save their civilization from destruction.
There we go, that’s all you’re getting. See you back Saturday Evening.
#51-60
51. The Turing Test (8th Doctor Novel)
Companions: None
Aliens: The Strangers
Synopsis:
It is the height of the Second World War and three men are about to cross paths. Alan Turing, Graham Greene and Joseph Heller. They are brought together by interest in the mysterious 'strangers' and the even more mysterious Doctor...
52. The Haunting of Thomas Brewster (5th Doctor Audio)
Companions: Nyssa
Aliens: Death Wraiths
Synopsis:
Thomas Brewster, orphaned by five,made to work for criminals by fifteen. His life seems to have no purpose. That is until his mother returns...
Following a timebreach The Doctor and Nyssa find themselves stuck in Victorian London. Here they soon are forced to investigate a series of thefts of advanced scientific equipment. Equipment which, when put together, could destroy the future of humanity.
53. Son of the Dragon (5th Doctor Audio)
Companions: Peri, Erimem
Aliens: None (Pure Historical)
Synopsis:
Arriving in 1462, The Doctor Peri and Erimem become caught in the middle of a war between two legendary figures. Sultan Mehmed II and Prince Vlad III, also known as Dracula!
54. Terror of the Zygons (4th Doctor TV Serial)
Companions: Sarah-Jane, Harry, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
Aliens: Zygons
Synopsis:
Following an emergency message from the Brigadier The TARDIS lands in Scotland. UNIT are investigating a series of attacks on Oil rigs, attacks apparently carried out by The Loch Ness Monster!
55. Cold Fusion (5th Doctor & 7th Doctor Novel)
Companions: Adric, Nyssa, Tegan, Chris & Roz
Aliens: Ferutu
Synopsis:
The Scientifica have discovered a vast alien machine beneath the surface of a planet and they are determined to learn its secrets. In particular who are the ghosts that keep attacking them?
Meanwhile, not one but two Doctors arrive. They will have to somehow work together if they want to make sure our universe ever existed.
56. Damaged Goods (7th Doctor Novel)
Companions: Chris & Roz
Aliens: N-Forms
Synopsis:
Following a shipment of drugs the Doctor and his companions move onto a council estate in 1980s London. Inside the Quadrant strange things are happening and there seems to be a mystery behind every door. But what does all this have to do with vampires?
57. The Eleventh Hour (11th Doctor TV Episode)
Companions: Amy & Rory
Aliens: Prisoner Zero, The Atraxi
Synopsis:
Little Amelia Pond is scared by a strange crack in her wall and prays for someone to help. When a mysterious Doctor crash lands in her garden the course of her life is destined to change.
58. Eye of the Scorpion (5th Doctor Audio)
Companions: Peri, Erimem
Aliens: The Entity
Synopsis:
When The Doctor saves the life of a girl he does not realise what he has let himself in for. She is the Pharoah Erimemushinteperem and forces are arranged to ensure her death, not all of which are of this planet.
59. The Daleks (1st Doctor TV Serial)
Companions: Susan, Barbara & Ian
Aliens: The Daleks, The Thals
Synopsis:
The time travellers emerge on to an apparently dead planet, one with petrified forests and animals of metal. However, when they investigate the city this world may not be as lifeless as it first appeared, for The Doctor is about to meet his deadliest enemy for the first time...
60. The Aztecs (1st Doctor TV Serial)
Companions: Susan, Barbara & Ian
Aliens: None (Pure Historical)
Synopsis:
Emerging from a tomb at the centre of the great pyramid Barbara is mistaken for the living goddess Yetaxa. The Doctor wants them all to keep a part of history until the TARDIS is recovered but Barbara has other ideas. She will end human sacrifice and save their civilization from destruction.
There we go, that’s all you’re getting. See you back Saturday Evening.