The Zero Room is the depository for all the things that we absolutely hate about Doctor Who. At this point, let me cheerfully acknowledge that I ripped the idea wholesale off Anorax Anonymous, the erstwhile Isle of Man group, with whom we share David Guest as a member. They of course ripped it off BBC2s Room 101, which in turn took the idea from its original home on Radio 5 (before it became Five Live and lost its non-news and sport content.) I, Colin, act as Gatekeeper, the final arbiter on which loathsome objects are thrown sceaming into the infinite depths of the Zero Room, and which the candidates must take home with them and treasure forever. In the true spirit of the thing, my decisions will be totally impartial, and based solely on the relative worth of each suggestion, and how much I want to arbitrarily annoy people at the time.

Anyway, enough of the guff, let's get to the slagging...

Candidate 1: Steve Woolfall Steve's choices include Richard Briers, a brick wall and the BBC...

Candidate 2: Maria Sutton Maria's choices include Zoe's catsuit, Dalek novels and Adric...

Candidate 3: Martin McClure Martin's choices include the Toll Booth, David Schwimmer and Jon Pertwee's nose...

Candidate 4: Dave May Dave's choices include Aggedor, Exxillon and Brian Blessed...

Candidate 5: Adam Vernon Hodgson Adam's choices include Whizzkid, the Myrka and Colin Baker's coat...

I am still accepting entries to the Zero Room, so if you want to submit an entry just follow these few rules:

• Read the existing entries, and do not submit a choice already made, whether it got into the Zero room or not.
• The categories are fairly fluid: feel free to omit one or two and add one or two of your own, but in general stick to
  • Costume
  • Monster
  • Setting
  • Music
  • Effect
  • Actor
  • Cliffhanger
  • Miscelleny
• Make your reasons succint, remember that my replies also have to go onto the page
• While I will not unnecessarily censor or edit suggestions, I do reserve the right to subedit for grammar and spelling, and remove potentially litigious material.

Send entries to me at Nyssas_skirt@hotmail.com