The Chase

In the very first episode of Doctor Who, Ian and Barbara force their way into the TARDIS and become wrapped up in the Doctor's aimless travels through time and space. It's worth remembering that the first Doctor is a fugitive who may or may not be in control of his ship. The Doctor is seemingly unable to return Ian and Barbara to their proper time and place and so they go with him, unsure if they'll ever make it back home. By the time we get to The Chase, the crew of the SS TARDIS have settled into a routine. They no longer seem impressed by or afraid of what awaits them outside the TARDIS's doors. They've become reckless tourists, content to sun themselves on a dying world. But as we learned at the end of the previous serial, The Space Museum, the Daleks have their own time machine now and they are ready to follow our friends until the end of eternity. This six part serial is almost like a greatest hits package, dropping our characters into and out of a variety of stories and locations. They're never in one place for more than two episodes and each place they visit could easily have been the setting for an entire serial. In the end, Ian and Barbara are able to make it back home, but the Doctor continues onward, into the unknown.

Rating: I shall miss them. Silly old fusspots%

Fun Fact: In the first episode of the serial, The Doctor repairs a Time-Space Visualiser (essentially an intergalactic DVR) that he got from the Space Museum. The device is capable of showing any event from history. Vicki uses the machine to watch The Beatles perform "Ticket to Ride" on Top of the Pops. Because of the BBC's policy of erasing old tapes, this is the only surviving footage of The Beatles on Top of the Pops.

Love by "The Beatles"

Love is a remix album of practically a million Beatles songs that was made so some crazy weirdos in leotards could synchronized-jump on trampolines for a lot of money.George and Giles Martin use pretty much only sounds created by the Beatles to make this album, and it's always fun to hear how they're going to change up some classic song. However, the caveat is that they've successfully drained whatever emotion or power existed in the old versions by just making this 70 minute barrage of song clips. I also don't think I believe in the mythology of the Beatles the way this album seems to (a lot of ambient tones and symphonic builds suggest the Beatles are SAVING THE WORLD damnit), but it's a fun listen anyway.

RATING: 63%

The Beatles by The Beatles

The is probably one of the most pretentious albums ever made by a rock band, and I say that as a fan of Sonic Youth. Sure, it's got a lot of great songs, but does it need to be a double album? Does it need "Revolution 9?" According to Wikipedia, the most reliable source on the web, this album is "lyrically sophisticated." Yeah, sure, "I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping." The problem is when you believe too much in your own stardom, you forget about simple things such as revision and cutting the fat. In conclusion, this could have been one of the best single albums of all time.

RATING: Still a 76% (Back In The USSR, Dear Prudence, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Martha My Dear, I'm So Tired, Rocky Racoon, Don't Pass Me By, Why Don't We Do It In The Road, Julia, I Will, Birthday, Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey, Sexy Sady, Helter Skelter, Long Long Long, Revolution, Honey Pie, Savoy Truffle, Cry Baby Cry...)

Ok, RATING: 89%

Let It Be by The Beatles

Let It Be is a troubled album for a lot of people (mainly the Beatles I guess) but for me, that's what makes it work. By the time The Beatles were at the end of their career, they were really into massive, spliced together, heavily produced studio tracks that could never in a bajillion years be performed live. They realized that, and wanted to make a live album (despite having not played live for like three years), and this is sort of that attempt. This is the album that the Beatles broke up recording (although Abbey Road was recorded afterward so they didn't go out on such a bad note), but the rough, unfinished nature of it is what is so appealing to me. I like it better than Sgt. Pepper, The White Album, and maybe even Revolver. You already know these songs.

RATING: 85%