Fun Factoid #1: Peter Davsion was the youngest actor to play The Doctor in this series about a renegade time-traveller on the run from his own people.He is considered the last great Doctor from the series broadcast in the eighties, originally.He spent three full years on the programme and had the dubious task of replacing the previous incumbent(and my favorite) Tom Baker.
Hmm, Revenge always seemed a bit limp to me. Coming just after Genesis it doesn't look very good in comparison.
Peter Davison is my favourtie Doctor and Caves of Androzani my favourite story. I have a smeaking suspicion Patrick Troughton would have been my favourite if they had had better production values in those days; his performance in the Three, Five and Two Doctors was wonderful. And I have always had a sneaking regard for the mammoth story "The War Games" even though it was blatantly five episodes too long.
If this thread is primarily going to be about the series then I really should move it to the GDF... in fact I shall do so now because frankly the movies don't get much attention in comparison...
Yes the spinoff movies never did as good as the series from which they sprang. Although the series started in 1963 and lasted in first-run production until 1989, there were seven actors in the lead role. Of these, Peter Davison had the hardest job of all- replacing the legendary Tom Baker at a point when a new production crew were coming onto the series. Earthshock and Caves of Andrazani are two of his stories most people remember. I personally like The King's Demons and The Awakening.