Doctor Who, Season Nineteen

The shape of Eighties Who has quickly become apparent over the course of this series. Following the blueprint left by Season 18, Season 19 has tried a lot of new things, although its success has been mixed. The overall quality of the episodes is good enough, but the standoffishness of this TARDIS crew has kept me from warming to them as I would have liked. With Adric now out of the picture, I wonder how the remaining leads are going to develop.

With that short dissection out of the way, here's the score breakdown:

Castrovalva - 7.50
Part One - 7.00
Part Two - 7.00
Part Three - 8.00
Part Four - 8.00

Four to Doomsday - 7.25
Part One - 8.00
Part Two - 7.00
Part Three - 7.00
Part Four - 7.00

Kinda - 10.00
Part One - 10.00
Part Two - 10.00
Part Three - 10.00
Part Four - 10.00

The Visitation - 8.50
Part One - 9.00
Part Two - 8.00
Part Three - 9.00
Part Four - 8.00

Black Orchid - 7.00
Part One - 8.00
Part Two - 6.00

Earthshock - 9.50
Part One - 10.00
Part Two - 9.00
Part Three - 9.00
Part Four - 10.00

Time-Flight - 4.50
Part One - 6.00
Part Two - 4.00
Part Three - 4.00
Part Four - 4.00

Best episode: Kinda, Part Four - 10.00
Runner-up: Earthshock, Part One - 10.00
Worst episode: Time-Flight, Part Three - 4.00

Season Nineteen average: 7.81

Best guest appearance: Simon Rouse as Hindle (Kinda)
Best special effect: The Doctor's spacewalk (Four to Doomsday)
Best musical score: Castrovalva (Paddy Kingsland)

Season 20 soon, but first, Spare Parts is next. 

(Modified from the original posted at Gallifrey Base on 13 October 2022.)