When I talk about Doctor Who with my friends, I will occasionally remark upon the quality of the episode that I'm currently watching. In particular, if the story is bad, I will go for the hyperbolic reaction of stating "It's the worst Doctor Who story that doesn't feature spousal abuse". In other words, I am referring to the fact that The Twin Dilemma is easily the worst Doctor Who story of all time.
Post regeneration crises occasionally feature the Doctor acting somewhat erratically. Tom Baker's Doctor was a little more zany than usual, while Davison's Doctor became rather unwell and needed rest to recover from the ordeal. And then we reach Colin Baker's Doctor. Here, the decision has been made to make the Doctor completely unlikeable. This is achieved by making him a pompous and arrogant character who occasionally strangles Peri. This is a terrible decision to make, as it immediately starts you off disliking the current Doctor, with no real intention of ever wanting to watch the series again. What makes it worse is that there is virtually no sign that the Doctor will go back to being the normal hero that we're used to, instead he's downright abusive to Peri throughout, who, lest we remind ourselves, this character died to save last episode.
It immediately starts the programme off on the wrong foot, and far worse than that, destroys any of the good reputation that the series has built up over the past 21 years. It is for this reason and so many others that this is the worst Doctor Who story of all time.
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