Meanwhile, I thought I would post a list of Hartnell's stories and order it according to how they scored. You may be surprised at some of the positions, I know I was, but I've tried to stay consistent with my scoring and just because I like something on the surface doesn't mean it's actually good. Ordering by Production and Content scores produce interestingly different lists.
| # | Title | Content | Production | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | The Romans | 71% | 100% | 85.5% |
| 21 | The Daleks' Master Plan | 81% | 86% | 83.5% |
| 17 | The Time Meddler | 74% | 90% | 82.0% |
| 10 | The Dalek Invasion of Earth | 77% | 82% | 79.5% |
| 11 | The Rescue | 73% | 86% | 79.3% |
| 7 | The Sensorites | 69% | 88% | 78.5% |
| 2 | The Daleks | 73% | 78% | 75.5% |
| 3 | The Edge of Destruction | 73% | 76% | 74.5% |
| 9 | Planet of Giants | 68% | 80% | 74.0% |
| 16 | The Chase | 71% | 74% | 72.5% |
| 27 | The War Machines | 68% | 76% | 72.0% |
| 13 | The Web Planet | 65% | 78% | 71.5% |
| 6 | The Aztecs | 59% | 84% | 71.5% |
| 4 | Marco Polo | 47% | 96% | 71.5% |
| 8 | The Reign of Terror | 48% | 92% | 70.0% |
| 1 | 100,000 BC (An Unearthly Child) | 61% | 76% | 68.5% |
| 29 | The Tenth Planet | 60% | 74% | 67.0% |
| 26 | The Savages | 68% | 64% | 66.0% |
| 20 | The Myth Makers | 47% | 82% | 64.5% |
| 24 | The Celestial Toymaker | 53% | 74% | 63.5% |
| 5 | The Keys of Marinus | 53% | 72% | 62.5% |
| 14 | The Crusade | 44% | 80% | 62.0% |
| 25 | The Gunfighters | 43% | 78% | 60.5% |
| 18 | Galaxy 4 | 36% | 80% | 58.0% |
| 23 | The Ark | 51% | 50% | 50.5% |
| 22 | The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve | 38% | 62% | 50.0% |
| 15 | The Space Museum | 42% | 38% | 40.0% |
| 28 | The Smugglers | 27% | 52% | 39.5% |
| 19 | Mission to the Unknown | 29% | 46% | 37.5% |
By way of comparison, when listed by Production scores the top five would be "The Romans", "Marco Polo", "The Reign of Terror", "The Time Meddler" and "The Sensorites" showing that historicals were by far the BBC's strong area. Conversely, when listed by Content scores the top five would be "The Daleks' Master Plan", "The Dalek Invasion of Earth", "The Time Meddler", "The Daleks", and "The Edge of Destruction" which clearly highlights the strength of the Daleks and the value of science fiction in a, well, science fiction series!
Perhaps unsurprisingly, at the bottom of the list in Production terms are "Galaxy 4", "Mission to the Unknown", and "The Smugglers", while Content puts "The Ark", "Mission to the Unknown" and "The Space Museum" at the bottom.
All this gives William Hartnell's stories a total score of 66.6% (Content 58%, Production 76%), though there is a strong bias towards the 70-75 mark and it's the bottom six that really drag him down so I'd be inclined, pragmatically, to score him 70% (+/- 5)
