Hello! We're back for a new season with Patrick Troughton, plus new friends and old foes! Think of us as your sheepish Dalek servant and what treats we have for you!

First broadcast from 5 November to 10 December 1966. Following the Doctor's renewal (we don't have the word regeneration yet!) the TARDIS lands on an Earth colony on Vulcan. The Doctor finds a scientists trying to reanimate three Daleks. Naturally, his dire warnings are ignored, and the Daleks become the colonists' servants, for a short time anyway!

We discuss Dalek reproduction in some detail, delicious lobsters and how the bio-Dalek-mutant reminds us of a poached egg. Sarah is delighted there's a hysterical scientist and he's not a woman! Progress! David chuckles about cables.

Ready your clipboard and finish your liquid! We've got counting to do!

Shout out to Film is Fabulous, a charity working on finding and preserving film treasures for future generations.

Firsts: Our first new Doctor!

Returning faves: Mercury swamps and static electricity!

Ice ice baby! The TARDIS lands at the Snowcap space tracking station in Antarctica in 1986 and shortly afterwards the Cybermen appear!

A very serious Gerry Anderson-style space mission is interrupted by Earth’s twin planet Mondas showing up uninvited to the party.

We’re excited by the global ambition and international cast, especially the cool spacemen and the important work of the (sort-of) UN, despite some hit-and-miss accents. We’re worried about the Very Angry General’s lack of curiosity - the gang show up in their loveliest winter coats and none of the soldiers seem to care. The wonderfully creepy Cybermen are Sarah’s highlight and she loves their fully-fledged backstory but gets confused by everyone's motivations by the end of the story. Who wants to do what to which planet? And which Spice Girl would you call on in an emergency?

And suddenly, that's it. The Hartnell era is over. Sarah and David sum it all up and discuss their favorite moments, the eps they've had to reevaluate and the ones they'll be glad never to watch again! Join us in September when we'll be back to continue the ramble through the Troughton years.

Firsts: our first regeneration (only it doesn't have the name yet) and our first glimpse of Patrick Troughton, near-future base under siege, Cybermen!

The TARDIS arrives in 1966’s London and the Doctor investigates the new super computer housed in the ultra-modern Post Office Tower.

The doctor slips past security and blags himself a scientific advisor role with WOTAN, a computer that can think and never makes mistakes. Uh-oh! They've only gone and invented a techbro AI bot with his army of boxy machines. But he's got to phone you to make you his slave. Hello? It's WOTAN. Is Dodo in?

We both praise an incredibly modern, well-crafted and pacey first episode, and marvel at how the writers make us care even for the most minor characters. We agree that Dodo is done dirty but we are enamored with the new companions, especially the fabulous Polly.

And there’s another singing warning here Ramblers, because there's an irresistible song for the war machines. Less singing when we get to Troughton? We can’t make any promises!

Firsts: proper contemporary Earth story, use of a real TV newsreader Kenneth Kendall, first time we see the TARDIS in a proper street setting.