I'd say Demons of the Punjab deserves a spot on there. Series 11 had many, many flaws, but that episode was incredible. Really great writing, music, and direction. it does something new with the format of the show. Guest performances aren't great, but Walsh is award-worthy and Whittaker is very good too.
Midnight is probably my favorite. The fact that we are shown very little is great and I think it really shows how humans can act when scared. I really enjoy planet of the dead too. Human nature 2 parter is also my favourite....
The Vasta Nevada episode for me. It had the same pain with Doctor loosing a companion but now worse, having to loose the companion first and then going on the adventures.
Huge agree, one of my favourite lines in the entire show was the scene in the airlock - "what if you went somewhere, i dunno, Pompeii. and you tried to stop it, but in doing so you made it happen. everything i does just makes it happen." The change from that resignation to the event to having had enough of people dying and going a little power crazed breaking time rules to save people, only to realise he couldn't actually do it in the end and it took a human to be better than him and understand the responsibility. easily plays with some real great elements to the doctor's character and shows how the rest of the show weighs on him, and also involves some of the most interesting time travel/paradox related aspects.
I remember my younger self being so terrified of the monsters, to the point of nearly passing out due to not drinking. No other episode did that to me.
The Empty Child scared me so much when I was little that I completely forgot it had a happy ending and was so pleasantly surprised when I rewatched it.
My little sister and I watched this when she was nine and I was 40 (big age difference, I know). She kept grabbing my arm for protection, every time the gas mask kid came on the screen, and I was quite sore by the end of the episode.
Already I do have to agree with you in fact I even put down on my comment that's the Endust the empty child was actually not a bad episode and also wasn't a bad episode was parting of what part of The Parting of the ways actually was one of Christopher Eccleston fast and I'm not a big Christopher Eccleston fan but I will say it wasn't bad and I'll also say he had a kick-ass jacket leather jacket on Christopher Eccleston Kick-Ass leather looks good on him I will give him that compliment cuz he did her in it
@@10thdoctor15 That's because while amazing, that two parter requires you to have followed the entire 4 series before it. Parting of Ways really just needs Dalek, and Pandorica Opens almost works on its own too.
I physically felt part of my heart die watching that the first time. Compared to how surreal and dystopian the rest of the world feels at the time, that just brings you crashing back into reality
Reminds me of River Song’s final line in Forest of the Dead (which now I think about it is probably a call back): “Now and then, every once in a very long while, every day in a million days, when the wind stands fair and the Doctor comes to calls... Everybody lives.” Goosebumps every time.
Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead was the best story. The entire concept of meeting the love of his life in the wrong order is brilliant. And that ending!
Same here. This two-parter is hands down the best of Who for me (even though several on this list I love as well), and also the first episodes I ever saw long ago when my class decided to randomly watch something on a break lol. It's not just the story itself, but also the way it deals with audience perspective. First, you are the doctor. In regards to River and the situation, you are lost, curious, and probably have a pretty good/accurate guess as to what's going on and who she is. As the episode reaches its conclusion, you feel the immense pain and loss. It aches, it HURTS. Then you watch the rest of their story And then you rewatch these two episodes. Now you are River. Now you have (almost) all the adventures under your belt, all the kisses, all the hellos and goodbyes. Now you, also, must look at a Doctor who does not know her. You, like her, also know that this means the end of it all. And when she gives her speech at her death, its weight is so much heavier than it was the first time. For an episode(s) to be able to completely re-contextualize itself, and give two paradigms in one go, just masterful to me.
I loved the use of the space suits in that episode the digital ghost being used to communicate with the swarm of vashdanarada. The use of the shaders to hide the reveals. The rich self important business man revealed to be a sentimental man and the introduction to of one river song
@@evierbeach9359 yeah, I didn't get that, all the sudden her version of the doctor is totally ok with letting another person just sacrifice themselves like that. Makes no sense lol
The most underrated and unappreciated episode ever is “the girl in the fire place” is so fantastic in the way it starts to finish, it shows the doctor the worst of traveling in time and how it effects people who he cares about, it also shows the doctor why he can’t fall in love with a human and what really happens, honestly words can’t describe the episode, just watch it again. Ps. The music Murray gold uses is is utterly beautiful
I loved how they tied in "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue" with the TARDIS. I still think of that to this day, it's works perfectly .
My personal top ten would be: 10. The Time of the Doctor 9. The Waters of Mars 8. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 7. The Stolen Earth/Journeys End 6. Human Nature/The Family of Blood 5. The Day of the Doctor 4. World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls 3. The Sound of Drums/The Last of the Timelords 2. The End of Time 1. Heaven Sent
In my high school drama class, we had to do monologues. I did the Doctor’s Pandorica speech. I went all out on it. I dressed the part, found the exact music from the scene and kept in time with it. I even changed my voice to sound like Matt Smith’s (It was hard, since I’m American). I got a 100 and a lot of compliments on it.
Hey, if anyone's interested, I'm reviewing all the Doctor Who stories on my channel, with me just having uploaded Part 3 if my review of: 'The Time-Monster!' No pressure, of course, just if you're interested! :)
i'd argue second best-- after david tennant. i do think that capaldi's acting as the doctor is better than tennant's, but tennant is the better actor overall. tennant is **brilliant** in good omens, broadchurch, and hamlet, to name a few of his more well-known roles. i'm probably biased, though, considering i've seen tennant as 26 different roles (not exaggerating) and capaldi as two.
@@arididomenico6974 I agree with you, however I would say Christopher eccleston is second. Because, like Tennant, he was classically trained and they have both done massive amounts of work with theatre societies like the RSC and the national theatre company. I've seen both of them do theatre work and they're both incredible
Midnight is such a good episode. Showing that humans can become capable of murder within such a short amount of time is truly horrifying. That combined with the fact that the doctor, a character who can always solve a problem, becomes truly powerless in the situation makes for such an amazing episode.
Ive always loved Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead - its always the story that comes to mind when I feel like watchjng DW. Midnight was also brilliant imo.
Ive always loved Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead - its always the story that comes to mind when I feel like watchjng DW. Midnight was also brilliant imo.
Defenetly one of the best. Especially if some idiod *cough* watches the doctors in reverse order while watching doctor who the first time. the feels when the doctor doesn`t recognize river...
VINCENT AND THE DOCTOR. Encapsulating the very essence of The Doctor dipping back into time to “not interfere” (🤣) with history... The end scenes in the art gallery are some of the finest EVER!
I came just to mention Vincent and the Doctor. The whole story, Amy gushing as a fan girl, so certain maybe they could save him... the doctors line about good and bad things, Vincent in the gallery... how much Amy grows up in many ways... it was beautiful and has stayed with me all these years.
Individually this episode gets me every time and before Twelve was my #1 favorite episode. Tie it in with the overarching story and the moment Vincent notices Amy is sad for losing Rory just the episode before but doesn't even know it!!! 💔 💋👌
If the Doctor is not supposed to interfere with events - if he was in the Star Trek universe he'd be put on trial by the time agents for violating the temporal prime directive - or by Q !
The Zygon Inversion has to be my favorite. Capaldi's war speech is by far the most moving moment of the entire series for me. While in that room, the Doctor somehow goes through all his previous iterations since the Time War. He sets up this game to prove the humans and the zygons aren't so different, something 9 would do. He tries to seem completely charming and in control like 10. When those fail, he falls back on a quick bit of humor to hide his fear like 11. And finally he bursts into rage, not at them but at himself like 12. And they all come together as the same one man, one life experience as he begs them not to press the buttons. The situation is tense, the speech makes me cry everytime I hear it. I just love that episode
I don't think it's the best episode of new who - competing with Heaven Sent just isn't going to work, but god damn that speech makes Inversion my favourite episode.
I’m not gonna lie ‘the girl who waited’ even though it’s a companion story has always stood out to me. It’s so masterfully crafted and emotional very clever stuff.
"Angel Bob is particularly chilling". That's a fun sentence. Edit: 10 months later. Fuck you TH-cam for letting me get 206 likes and not telling me about it.
'The doctors wife' and 'silence in the library/ forrest of the dead' are 2 of my absolute favourites only because of the lines Idris: "I just wanted to say... hello, hello doctor" and Donna: "this isn't real? My body isn't real?! I've been DIETING"
Idk man Heaven Sent has always been #1 in my heart by FAR. It is on a whole other level from any other episode. The fact that Peter Capaldi could both single handedly carry an entire episode AND have it be one of the best episodes of all time if not THE best episode, is truly a testament to his acting abilities and the writing.
can we talk about The Unicorn and the Wasp as not only one of the funniest episodes ever but also a perfect example of the show paying homage to other genres and forms of storytelling
Heaven Sent all the way, it's my favourite by a fairly long way. Eleventh Hour and Blink are a close second and third for me, and I also like The Doctor's Daughter and Dalek.
@@asagoldsmith3328 well, to be honest, even if whole Moffat era would be an equivalent for S11 and we still had Heaven Sent - it still be worth it, imo
Heaven Sent's twist completely broke me, when I first saw the episode. I just couldn't get over what I just saw and I had to re-watch it like 4 times. It has to be my favorite
My absolute all time favourite episode is Heaven Sent. It’s genius. A beautiful explanation of a simple concept. And an intriguing twist at the very end.
Thank you for mentioning “Father’s Day”. That episode moved me so much and me cry a lot. I thought it would be mentioned on more best episodes list but surprised it wasn’t. Glad it’s finally getting the praise it deserves.
It's a great episode overall but my favourite part is right at the end. The Doctor is DEAD. He just died, right then and there. No funny quips, no massive, drawn-out speeches. He's just gone. So it's up to Pete Tyler, just some guy, to save the world, choosing to die so his daughter can grow up into the person he's bonded with all episode. Remember, one ordinary man. the most important thing in all of creation? love this episode.
I think Father's Day is the most underrated Doctor Who episode. It used to be Gridlock but every fan and their mother calls it underrated so it is appropriately rated now.
Enzophanis1892 To be honest though, both of these episodes have huge gaping plot holes that make no sense. The doctor constantly saves people that would have been dead had he not gone back in time and saved them, so this once off where it almost causes the end of time seems weird. Also Gridlock makes no sense either as the Doctors actions at the end could have been done by anyone, including Novice Hame who had been there all along. Both episodes are built around a specific purpose (Giving Rose more background while introducing Pete so it meant more when he was brought back & closing the Face of Boe mystery and setting up the finale) but the stories around them aren’t logical.
@@APEABOUTSIMS You could just chalk up the scene in Gridlock that the Doctor did something smart that nobody else would think of not to mention it required The Face Of Boe's life-force plus they couldn't get anyone else because they were quarantined so no other planets from other places could really help
“Every story ever told actually happened. Stories are where memories go when they’re forgotten” - 12th Doctor Hell Bent (terrible episode; great lines and moments). Pretty sure there’s also one in the Robot of Sherwood with Robin Hood at the end, but can’t remember it.
1. Face The Raven/Heaven Sent (I know that technically not a two-parter, but I feel like Heaven Sent is made so much better by having the precursor of the episode of Clara’s death. 2. The Angels Take Manhattan 3. Silence In The Library/Forest Of The Dead 4. The Waters Of Mars 5. Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 6. Human Nature/The Family of Blood 7. Bad Wolf/The Parting Of The Ways 8. The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon 9. The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone 10. Mummy On The Orient Express Honourable Mentions: Midnight The Girl In The Fireplace The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit
This is a good list. The only thing I'll say is the sequel to Girl in the fireplace, Deep Breath is brilliant and deserves an honourable mention. The script is so good and Peter Capaldi's version of the doctor feels very true to the character.
Honestly, Face the Raven, Heaven Sent and Hell bent feel best as a sort of three parter. They all flow directly into each other and all deal with 12 processing Clara's unfortunate death. They're some of my favorite episodes for sure
For me, Silence in the Library/ Forest of the Dead is such a fantastic story, with an exceptional set-up of River Song and one of the best endings ever, with a final Song monologue that gives me goosebumps every time I hear it (what can I say, I’m a sucker for a happy ending). “Everybody knows that everybody dies. But not every day. Not today.”
God Human Nature/Family of Blood is a good episode(my favorite in fact). I would also like to mention it's the first time since Smith and Jones that Martha was utilized well and its amazing
If you enjoyed it, I would recommend the book it is based on 'Human Nature' by Paul Cornell in the Virgin New Adventures series. It has the Seventh Doctor become John Smith and Bernice Summerfield as the companion
Jack Souster I’ve always thought the story was extraordinary! But I don’t really hear people talk about it much. It’s definitely one of my all time favorites
It’s between Heaven Sent and Midnight for me. Midnight is a brilliantly constructed episode on human nature and the limitations of the Doctor, but I think Heaven Sent edges it out for me. I was genuinely moved to tears and then letting out cheers seeing Capaldi- my favourite doctor- do what he does best: beautifully delivered monologues.
World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls has to be my absolute favourite story from the revival. I'm honestly surprised it didn't make this list - stellar performances all round, especially from Mackie and Capaldi, with a genuinely inventive and deeply scary script from Moffat which very successfully reinforced the body horror and the human story behind the Cybermen. Just for salvaging the Cybermen from tin robot/BEM status it deserves serious credit.
The Monster in Midnight seems to feed on Paranoia. Skye is a character on the run from something and it uses her fear and paranoia to take her over. It’s like Pennywise from It. It has to build up your fear and make you paranoid in order to take you over. That’s why even the Doctor breaks in the end.
@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 No, not even the best Dalek story. The Genesis of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks and Power of the Daleks and Jubilee were far superior Dalek stories.
1- waters of mars 2- heaven sent 3- listen 4- time of angels/flesh and stone 5- dalek 6- impossible astronaut/day of the moon 7- silence in the library/Forrest of the dead 8-empty child/doctor dances 9- a world enough and time 10- extremis
@@antcoloniesofearth7295 i don't know if you've heard of this thing called civil discussion. Or a thing called an opinion. Believe it or not... not everyone thinks the same things. if you would like to politely explain why you believe that girl in the fireplace and human nature are good then you may. Calling people names and telling them they're wrong generally makes you look like an illiterate idiot =) Have a nice day.
This is just a list I made up, but my top 5 is pretty much definite. 1. Blink 2. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 3. Midnight 4. The Impossible Planet/Satin Pit 5. Dalek 6. The Girl in the Fireplace 7. Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead 8. Vincent and the Doctor 9. Human Nature/The Family of Blood 10. Waters of Mars Seems to be very different to yours.
Dalek is one of the most underrated episodes I feel, with so much dr who that came after it’s difficult to remember quite how terrifying the episode was, and Murray Golds score is as good as ever in the episode.
My favourite scene in all of doctor who has to be in journey's end when you have all the characters from the RTD era together around the tardis console saving the earth, it really felt like a finale not just for series 4 but every episode up until that point.
Reading through some of these top 10s and it's amazing how different they all are, a testament to how diverse the show is and how it's different genres can reach so many different people seeking different things from the show. Top 10: 1) The Eleventh Hour 2) Heaven Sent 3) World Enough and Time 4) The End of Time (both parts) 5) The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon 6) The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone 7) The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang 8) The Stolen Earth / Journeys End 9) Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways 10) The Beast Below I'm missing so many.... need a top 30. Such a good show.
Have you considered the following: Dalek (Series 1) The Impossible Planet/The Beast Pit (Series 2) Army of Ghosts/Doomsday (Series 2) Utopia (Series 3) Silence of the Library/Forest of the Dead (Series 4) The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End (Series 4) Still a really well done list though lads, are y’all gonna do a Top Ten Worst?
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday is kind of the first episode i really watched. I had a girlfriend who was binge watching the series online back before series 3 premiered, i had been mostly ignoring it all, until she got to those two episodes. Then i had to go back and binge it all myself
TheNintendo12 Peter Capaldi’s speech about kindness in The Doctor Falls was far superior. It was less shouty and more quality and emotion. He had a better suit, long styled hair and a balanced persona and a good episode. Zygomatic Inversion was a rubbish episode where he had his worst persona, a hoodie and messy hair and it was loud and shouty, don’t make it good.
Just putting it out there I love, rings of akhaten as well as the angles take Manhattan which I see as the most sad episode ever, so heart wrenching, and the fact that they survived it just to fall at the final hurdle
Bit late to this video but scanned down hoping someone else would say Rings of Akhaten. Not the best story certainly, but the speech at the end to the backing of the singing was epic, one of the best scenes from the recent series.
@@antcoloniesofearth7295 I'm not gonna disagree with you, but I think that is mostly personal preference. I'm a Tennat fanboy through and through, so I might be biased
I don't know how you could have left out Blink. It is simply perfect. Also have to put in a word for A Christmas Carol, easily the best of the Christmas specials.
I don’t ever think that Flesh and Stone (and it’s other episode) could *ever* be better than Blink. Honestly, Flesh and Stone ruins a lot of the idea of the Weeping Angels and makes them less scary. Blink is terrifying and very clever in the way it happens. Flesh and Stone is fun and has a lot of action, but I don’t like it nearly as much as Blink
@@brianjlevine Yes! That was so perfect! I also loved Capaldi reveling in his overblown reaction to the TARDIS being bigger on the inside. Between the fun and the feels this story brought on, in my mind this is the ultimate Doctor Who Christmas special; I don't think it will ever be topped.
I think "The Impossible Planet"/"The Satan Pit" should have been included. It's so captivating and it's also so amazing to see that the doctor actually doesn't know everything and that some things are a mystery even to him
The RTD and SM eras had so many great episodes that it’s difficult to choose. Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead is one of my all time favourites as well. Some others I love not included in your list : Waters of Mars, The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit, The Girl in the Fireplace, Doomsday, The Day of the Doctor, The End of Time, The Name of the Doctor, The Magicians Apprentice/The Witch’s Familiar, Extremis, The Lodger, The Girl Who Waited, Mummy on the Orient Express, Dalek, A Christmas Carol, The Unquiet Dead, The Doctor’s Wife and Utopia/The Sound of Drums/The Last of the Time Lords.
It makes me so happy to see Sound of Drums/Last of the Timelords on other people's top 10 lists I thought everyone hated those and they're my very favorite episodes!! Cheers to ya!!
I think Rings of Akathen is one of the best episodes, the speech he gives makes me cry every time, you realize how old he is ,how much he has seen and lost and loved. We really see the doctor
Empty child/doctor dances turned the series from a cheesy sci-fi show to a story telling machine. It also gave us the line that wouldn’t be appreciated until later when you realized just how true it was: “Just this once, Rose, everybody lives!”
Blink was the better weeping angels episode for 3 reasons: 1. It did some very interesting things with time travel in a show about travelling in time and space 2. The doctor manages to be a crucial character in the story while talking to people on screens for the most part. If this isn’t a show of how productive you can be while mainly working from home using Microsoft Teams, I don’t know what is 3. The angels as characters depend on a simple concept that most viewers will grasp, and the way in which they were defeated was clever
Personally, Vincent and the Doctor will always be my favorite episode, even if it's not technically the best. I first watched that episode in the midst of a deep and crippling depression that had reduced my life to hardly more than panic attacks and sleep, but the episode made me feel as though I was not worthless, that even if I couldn't see it now, I could have a huge impact on the world and make incredible things and be loved. Doctor Who in general gave me a lot of hope in a very dark time, which is what I love most about the show. Despite how dark it gets, and it can get incredibly dark, there is a note of happiness, a potential for good, and strength to carry on. The life is a pile of good things and bad things quote is one of my favorite as it was a mantra that broke down my negative thinking and focus on the bad things in life and resignation to them. I was going to use it for my senior quote, but alas, it was too long, so I used the tenth doctor's "In 900 years of time in space, I've never met someone who wasn't important" which I think did the trick too.
I know it sounds weird, and I don’t know how they could have justified otherwise, but I really like that Vincent still commits suicide at the same time exactly as he did. It was the perfect ending to see that while the Doctor and Amy did have an impact on Vincent, they can’t save everyone. It was dark but right, and it didn’t fall prey to some of the other slightly annoying great everyone lives escapes that other episodes did.
For me, you can't beat the Zygon Invasion/Zygon Inversion story line. It played of the back of the Day of the Doctor (also not mentioned) and the speech at the end will stick with me always
I think The world enough and time should be on here. Peter Capaldis doctor on top form and completing his doctors arc perfectly. Plus double master story and the mondassion cyberman introduced in a creepy new but familiar way. Top tier episode
@@DanTheMan2150AD There are many better stories, in the new series alone. Heaven Sent, World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls, The Doctor's Wife, The Eleventh Hour, Vincent and the Doctor, The Day of the Doctor, Human Nature/The Family of Blood, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead, The Girl in the Fireplace, Blink, The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances etc.
Good list! My list would probably go something like this: 1. Heaven Sent 2. The Day of the Doctor 3. The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar 4. The Stolen Earth/Journey's End 5. World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls & Twice Upon a Time 6. Human Nature/The Family of Blood 7. The Eleventh Hour 8. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 9. Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead 10. The Girl Who Waited
The best it may not be, but one of the most memorable... the episode, without which I can not imagine rewatching Doctor Who is... The Rings of Akhaten. Aside from that, Silence in the Library, The Sound of Drums and much as it may not be the popular opinion - Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit, are some of my favorites.
Favourite episode from each Doctor 9th: Dalek and Father's Day 10th: End of Time Part 1 and 2 11th: The Pandorica Opens and Rings of Akhaten 12th: Heaven Sent and Listen 13th: Praxeus (A lot of ties I know, there are just so many good ones in my eyes)
My rating for each of these episodes: -Father’s Day 8/10 -The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone 9/10 -The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang 9.5/10 -Turn Left 10/10 -Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways 9.5/10 -The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 10/10 -Midnight 10/10 -Heaven Sent 10/10 -The Eleventh Hour 10/10 -Human Nature/The Family of Blood 10/10 Overall a pretty solid list, and many of these episodes would make it into my top 10.
10: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 9: Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead 8: The Time of the Doctor 7: The Day of the Doctor 6: Deep Breath 5: The Eleventh Hour 4: The Waters of Mars 3: The End of Time 2: The Doctor's Wife 1: Heaven Sent
"Hide" is high on my list. Ignore the lovesick monster at the end, but you have a good ghost story with a philosophy lesson hidden in the middle as Clara realizes just how alien the Doctor really is. Similarly, "The Woman Who Lived" has an interesting take on the consequences of immortality. It's not all fun and games.
My favorite episode is by far "The girl in the Fireplace" Even with David Tennant not being my favorite Doctor, There is just a charm to this episode. I really wish the companions were in it less and it was more just the Doctor's story. I still do this day think "Madame De Pompadour" Should've been a companion
1. Day of the Doctor (50th Anniversary Special) 2. Blink (Series 3) 3. The Stolen Earth/Journey's End (Series 4) 4. Vincent and the Doctor (Series 5) 5. Girl in the Fireplace (Series 2) 6. A Christmas Carol (2010 Christmas Special) 7. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (Series 1) 8. The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky (Series 4) 9. Human Nature/The Family of Blood (Series 3) 10. The Doctors Wife (Series 6)
Something I find remarkable about The Family of Blood is that even though John Smith is human, he's also decidedly still the Doctor. He's vulnerable, scared, and anxious (things we never get to see the Doctor show), yet when the school is attacked, he leaps into action decisively and to the best of his abilities. When he sees someone about to be crushed, he acts on instinct, throws a cricket ball, and saves them in an utterly ridiculous way. And when the time comes for him to give his life to save others, he does that too. I'd actually like to see this side of the Doctor return in a proper regeneration. A Doctor that is actually afraid. That doubts himself. That remembers everything he used to be, and is equal parts incredulous that he could be capable of such things, and terrified that he is. All the revival Doctors have a tendency to devolve into a yelling, angry, moralizer. It's tired. I'd like to see a Doctor that reacts with grief instead of anger, because he never is sure if he'll save the day, or what the cost will be. The above paints this Doctor as a major bummer. But remember how damn endearing John Smith was? Imagine that character getting to show the universe to his companions of choice. How damn wholesome it would be. Each revival Doctor (except 13, which is why she sucks) has had a fatal flaw. 9 hid his trauma behind anger. 10 hid his guilt behind a smile. 11 was arrogant to a fault. 12 took a while to figure out what he was, but eventually settled on endlessly stubborn. I'd like to see a Doctor whose fatal flaw was that he was afraid. Afraid that he wasn't capable enough, and afraid of what it means about him if he is. I think it would up the tension, which has been lacking a bit the past several seasons.
I’d say that John Smith is the true 10th Doctor. The one who doesn’t hide his vulnerability with a facade. The part of him that deep down just wants to settle down and find love.
@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 There's definitely an argument to be made for that. But he also doesn't have the rage and the grief that the Doctor does, because he doesn't remember.
Love how we have 3 writers in this Video xD Paul Cornell both opens and closes this Video, Steven Moffat has one half and Russel T Davies the Rest xd Really good list btw love how much love 9 got in this Video :D
Heaven Sent was the episode that convinced me to watch this "silly British scifi show" in it's entirety, and Midnight was practically X Files in space, which is awesome by any stretch. Shame they never did anything more with that, probably for the best. (and just for the record, Matt Smith is my favourite doctor too, i just like the idea that this war torn ancient alien being child like with flaly arms at the same time be aptly dramatic when the moment calls for it. Donna Noble the best companion, just because she's the only one i can imagine whacking the doctor across the head and saying "Get a grip" and who can forget "You're not Matin with Me sunshine!!!")
'Time of the Angels' was my first every Doctor Who episode, and was the reason why I kept watching even when it got weird in 2013!! So glad it made this list
Vincent and the Doctor, and The Day of the Doctor are two of my favourites with most of this list being up there as well. I also really love Tennant's final adventure. Its a bit stuffed with plot but the final montage of 10th looking out for his companions and the speech before he saves Wilf, who I'd argue is one of the best companions the doctor has ever had is just great
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I'd say Demons of the Punjab deserves a spot on there. Series 11 had many, many flaws, but that episode was incredible. Really great writing, music, and direction. it does something new with the format of the show.
Guest performances aren't great, but Walsh is award-worthy and Whittaker is very good too.
Midnight is probably my favorite. The fact that we are shown very little is great and I think it really shows how humans can act when scared.
I really enjoy planet of the dead too.
Human nature 2 parter is also my favourite....
The Vasta Nevada episode for me. It had the same pain with Doctor loosing a companion but now worse, having to loose the companion first and then going on the adventures.
Waters of mars is my all time favourite episode
For me it has to be The Day of the Doctor.I loved John Hurts performance.
Waters Of Mars is my favourite. It shows how the Doctor falls when he doesn't have a companion to stop him, and the ending is horrific and amazing.
Good call. Not my absolute favourite, but is not mentioned enough. Yeah, that ending. Chilling.
Huge agree, one of my favourite lines in the entire show was the scene in the airlock - "what if you went somewhere, i dunno, Pompeii. and you tried to stop it, but in doing so you made it happen. everything i does just makes it happen."
The change from that resignation to the event to having had enough of people dying and going a little power crazed breaking time rules to save people, only to realise he couldn't actually do it in the end and it took a human to be better than him and understand the responsibility. easily plays with some real great elements to the doctor's character and shows how the rest of the show weighs on him, and also involves some of the most interesting time travel/paradox related aspects.
I remember my younger self being so terrified of the monsters, to the point of nearly passing out due to not drinking. No other episode did that to me.
I tried to watch it as a kid and it absolutely petrified me, I still can barely get through it.
@@maxringold5872To this day, I still cannot get through the Waters of Mars.
The Empty Child scared me so much when I was little that I completely forgot it had a happy ending and was so pleasantly surprised when I rewatched it.
To this day my wife will occasionally mimic the line "Are you my mummy?" to get under my skin
Zed Not Zee I can’t look at a gas mask without twitching at this point
My little sister and I watched this when she was nine and I was 40 (big age difference, I know). She kept grabbing my arm for protection, every time the gas mask kid came on the screen, and I was quite sore by the end of the episode.
Same
Already I do have to agree with you in fact I even put down on my comment that's the Endust the empty child was actually not a bad episode and also wasn't a bad episode was parting of what part of The Parting of the ways actually was one of Christopher Eccleston fast and I'm not a big Christopher Eccleston fan but I will say it wasn't bad and I'll also say he had a kick-ass jacket leather jacket on Christopher Eccleston Kick-Ass leather looks good on him I will give him that compliment cuz he did her in it
> Says "The Pandorica Opens" is the best finale ever
> Ranks "The Parting of the Ways" higher
ok.
exactly what I thought, he probably meant in terms of scale
Maybe he considers regeneration episodes separately?
The parting ways could be a better episode overall, not just as a finale.
@@skeleetoon And then doesn't even include Stolen Earth / Journey's End.
@@10thdoctor15 That's because while amazing, that two parter requires you to have followed the entire 4 series before it. Parting of Ways really just needs Dalek, and Pandorica Opens almost works on its own too.
"Labour Camps... that's what they called it last time. It's happening again"
Such a gut punch from Wilf in that episode
That one hits hard
I physically felt part of my heart die watching that the first time. Compared to how surreal and dystopian the rest of the world feels at the time, that just brings you crashing back into reality
"Everybody lives, Rose. Just this once.... EVERYBODY LIVES!!"
THE best Christopher Eccleston lines. Ever.
Reminds me of River Song’s final line in Forest of the Dead (which now I think about it is probably a call back): “Now and then, every once in a very long while, every day in a million days, when the wind stands fair and the Doctor comes to calls...
Everybody lives.”
Goosebumps every time.
Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead was the best story. The entire concept of meeting the love of his life in the wrong order is brilliant. And that ending!
Absolutely agree! My favorite episode by far
All the others on this list are fabulous but I really cannot believe Silence was left off the list..
Same here. This two-parter is hands down the best of Who for me (even though several on this list I love as well), and also the first episodes I ever saw long ago when my class decided to randomly watch something on a break lol.
It's not just the story itself, but also the way it deals with audience perspective. First, you are the doctor. In regards to River and the situation, you are lost, curious, and probably have a pretty good/accurate guess as to what's going on and who she is. As the episode reaches its conclusion, you feel the immense pain and loss. It aches, it HURTS.
Then you watch the rest of their story
And then you rewatch these two episodes. Now you are River. Now you have (almost) all the adventures under your belt, all the kisses, all the hellos and goodbyes. Now you, also, must look at a Doctor who does not know her. You, like her, also know that this means the end of it all. And when she gives her speech at her death, its weight is so much heavier than it was the first time.
For an episode(s) to be able to completely re-contextualize itself, and give two paradigms in one go, just masterful to me.
Ikr
I loved the use of the space suits in that episode the digital ghost being used to communicate with the swarm of vashdanarada. The use of the shaders to hide the reveals. The rich self important business man revealed to be a sentimental man and the introduction to of one river song
"Coward, any day"
God DAMN remember when writers had the balls to give the Doctor great lines like this
I cannot imagine Tennant say that.
@@mayotango1317 or any of the other new ones
@@firstname1154 Maybe Jodie Whittaker.
Mayo Tango131 lmao especially after her cowardice in the Timeless Children
@@evierbeach9359 yeah, I didn't get that, all the sudden her version of the doctor is totally ok with letting another person just sacrifice themselves like that. Makes no sense lol
"Just this once everybody lives!" Favorite line in the entire show
My favorite moment with the fantastic Doctor. His performance is something I will always remember and be thankful we had Ecclestone.
Just a shame they made a habit of it...
Sameeeeewsweeeeeeeee
"I don't want to go."
AnimeOtakuDrew that hit right in the hearts with those 4 words.
I don’t think any other Doctor could’ve pulled off Heaven Sent even though they are all great actors. Goes to show how great Capaldi was in the role
I could possibly see Tenannt or Hurt, but I wouldn't choose them over Capaldi
The most underrated and unappreciated episode ever is “the girl in the fire place” is so fantastic in the way it starts to finish, it shows the doctor the worst of traveling in time and how it effects people who he cares about, it also shows the doctor why he can’t fall in love with a human and what really happens, honestly words can’t describe the episode, just watch it again.
Ps. The music Murray gold uses is is utterly beautiful
Love Girl in the fireplace.
I freaking LOVE that episode. So well written. So poignant. And the final shot after the TARDIS departs is just heartbreaking, honestly.
That was my first episode :D
I'd never say it's underrated, everybody likes it!
I was waiting for this episode and it wasn’t on the list👺👺👺👺👺
I loved how they tied in "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue" with the TARDIS.
I still think of that to this day, it's works perfectly .
Agreed
My favourite two episodes
@@LeoGuidi I always love big reveals so the fact that all her family realises her imaginary friend is real. I love it.
It's literally one of the biggest coincidences ever.
Freyja Richardson coincidence? really?
My personal top ten would be:
10. The Time of the Doctor
9. The Waters of Mars
8. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
7. The Stolen Earth/Journeys End
6. Human Nature/The Family of Blood
5. The Day of the Doctor
4. World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls
3. The Sound of Drums/The Last of the Timelords
2. The End of Time
1. Heaven Sent
Hated water of mars, and family of blood was ok but agree with the rest. I think. Gone are the days where I could remember each episode name!
Change place between the waters of Mars and family of blood and this list is perfect!
That’s a hell of a list
YES THANK YOU SOMEONE ELSE WHO LOVES THE SOUND OF DRUMS/THE LAST OF THE TIMELORDS!!!! My all time favorite episodes
Heaven sent is absolutely amazing. People hate on it because of "ahhh moffat bad" but it's really good.
In my high school drama class, we had to do monologues. I did the Doctor’s Pandorica speech. I went all out on it. I dressed the part, found the exact music from the scene and kept in time with it. I even changed my voice to sound like Matt Smith’s (It was hard, since I’m American). I got a 100 and a lot of compliments on it.
nice
Well, I guess Words Win Wars (and praise, too)
Epic
We don’t have drama classes in my high school 🌚💔😢
Cool
"I think you've forgotten the gravity of the situation" May infact be the most cheesiest quote in the whole series,but I still love it
I would have loved it if he had just spent like 5 whole minutes doing nothing but making gravity puns
Just something about the way Matt Smith says it makes it ~chefs kiss~
I don't know why, but it reminds me of something Heath Ledger's joker would say.
*mavity
you mean the mavity
Heaven sent is by far the best doctor who episode. It stands alone almost perfectly as it’s own short film. Utter brilliance
Agreed!
Your MCU vids are great but its refreshing seeing some Doctor Who stuff, its less talked about in the video essay community
Agreed. Reason I first subscribed actually
We have no plans to stop making Who vids! :D
Yeah I feel it doesn't get the respect it deserves.
Have you seen killing eve? The first season is especially great
Hey, if anyone's interested, I'm reviewing all the Doctor Who stories on my channel, with me just having uploaded Part 3 if my review of: 'The Time-Monster!' No pressure, of course, just if you're interested! :)
I loved Silence in the Library and The Forest of the Dead
Same those are the first eposides i watched of doctor who, so those hold a special place for me.
Me too. I am surprised that these episodes never get covered on the top lists. To me even the second best episode of all time, right after BLINK.
YESSSSS. Those are my all time favorites.
The scariest Dr Who episodes ever.
They're my favourite episodes aswell
Turn left was like the Black Mirror episode of Who, it's incredible
"...arguably the best pure actor to play The Doctor." [speaking of Peter Capaldi]
Damn right!
He can't ever be topped
i'd argue second best-- after david tennant. i do think that capaldi's acting as the doctor is better than tennant's, but tennant is the better actor overall. tennant is **brilliant** in good omens, broadchurch, and hamlet, to name a few of his more well-known roles. i'm probably biased, though, considering i've seen tennant as 26 different roles (not exaggerating) and capaldi as two.
@@arididomenico6974 I agree with you, however I would say Christopher eccleston is second. Because, like Tennant, he was classically trained and they have both done massive amounts of work with theatre societies like the RSC and the national theatre company. I've seen both of them do theatre work and they're both incredible
I argue third Tennant then Smith then capaldi
@@arididomenico6974 Who brainwashed ya? Capalfi is the best.
Midnight is such a good episode. Showing that humans can become capable of murder within such a short amount of time is truly horrifying. That combined with the fact that the doctor, a character who can always solve a problem, becomes truly powerless in the situation makes for such an amazing episode.
Of all episodes midnight is the one that to this day scares me the most
Always loved Vincent and the Doctor, maybe not the best overall but the last 15 minutes or so is perfect.
I always like to think that Vincent's death is a moment that must happen, that his death was so impacting to history that he HAD to die.
The worst episode of Series 5 which was Already bad
seth oconnor Vincent and the Doctor was one of the best doctors.
The last 15 minutes don't account for a good _episode_ .
@@ArlanKels Well, that's pretty much obvious from the story, so...
Ive always loved Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead - its always the story that comes to mind when I feel like watchjng DW. Midnight was also brilliant imo.
Astip, you are my mental equal! That is exactly what I do
Ive always loved Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead - its always the story that comes to mind when I feel like watchjng DW. Midnight was also brilliant imo.
Molto Béne
Defenetly one of the best. Especially if some idiod *cough* watches the doctors in reverse order while watching doctor who the first time. the feels when the doctor doesn`t recognize river...
would have picked it as number 1
VINCENT AND THE DOCTOR.
Encapsulating the very essence of The Doctor dipping back into time to “not interfere” (🤣) with history...
The end scenes in the art gallery are some of the finest EVER!
the end of that episode makes me tear up every time, so sad and beautiful
I came just to mention Vincent and the Doctor. The whole story, Amy gushing as a fan girl, so certain maybe they could save him... the doctors line about good and bad things, Vincent in the gallery... how much Amy grows up in many ways... it was beautiful and has stayed with me all these years.
Individually this episode gets me every time and before Twelve was my #1 favorite episode.
Tie it in with the overarching story and the moment Vincent notices Amy is sad for losing Rory just the episode before but doesn't even know it!!! 💔 💋👌
Agreed. Those last moments are absolutely heart wrenching.
If the Doctor is not supposed to interfere with events - if he was in the Star Trek universe he'd be put on trial by the time agents for violating the temporal prime directive - or by Q !
The Zygon Inversion has to be my favorite. Capaldi's war speech is by far the most moving moment of the entire series for me. While in that room, the Doctor somehow goes through all his previous iterations since the Time War. He sets up this game to prove the humans and the zygons aren't so different, something 9 would do. He tries to seem completely charming and in control like 10. When those fail, he falls back on a quick bit of humor to hide his fear like 11. And finally he bursts into rage, not at them but at himself like 12. And they all come together as the same one man, one life experience as he begs them not to press the buttons. The situation is tense, the speech makes me cry everytime I hear it. I just love that episode
I don't think it's the best episode of new who - competing with Heaven Sent just isn't going to work, but god damn that speech makes Inversion my favourite episode.
I’m not gonna lie ‘the girl who waited’ even though it’s a companion story has always stood out to me.
It’s so masterfully crafted and emotional very clever stuff.
I'm dissapointed by the lack of The Impossible Planet in this list, the Ood were fan-freaking-tastic. By I am pleased by the abundance of Eccleston.
David Del Pozo Filíu definitely agree about the Impossible Planet and the Satan Pit. Personally my favourite episodes for new who.
Agreed
Agreed, I loved that episode, top 3 easy
Is that the one where the Satanic entity is possessing the Ood? That was a masterful combination of thriller, mystery and sci-fy elements imo
Damnit you havent included two of my all time favourites. A Girl in the Fireplace and Vincent and the Doctor
Yeah, Girl in the fireplace was one of my favorites from tennants era, just under human nature/family of blood
Those two are beautiful episodes!
Girl in the fireplace is soooo good!!!
Same
Ouch, Vincent. Vincent legit made me cry
"Angel Bob is particularly chilling".
That's a fun sentence.
Edit: 10 months later. Fuck you TH-cam for letting me get 206 likes and not telling me about it.
W E H A V E N O N E E D O F F U N S E N T E N C E S
@@MatthewsStopMotions No fun allowed.
'The doctors wife' and 'silence in the library/ forrest of the dead' are 2 of my absolute favourites only because of the lines
Idris: "I just wanted to say... hello, hello doctor" and
Donna: "this isn't real? My body isn't real?! I've been DIETING"
Idk man Heaven Sent has always been #1 in my heart by FAR. It is on a whole other level from any other episode. The fact that Peter Capaldi could both single handedly carry an entire episode AND have it be one of the best episodes of all time if not THE best episode, is truly a testament to his acting abilities and the writing.
Personally, I think that's one hell of an episode!
can we talk about The Unicorn and the Wasp as not only one of the funniest episodes ever but also a perfect example of the show paying homage to other genres and forms of storytelling
One of my fav too. Can rewatch it endless times
“What’s that?”
“SALt!!”
“That’s too salty!”
Donna never failed to crack me up
Love this and Partners in Crime as well
I think the "detox" is the funniest scene in all of the DW.
@@adams2627 Copyright Donna Noble
Why would anyone want to watch anything except Love and Monsters on repeat?
Sheffield steel video coming soon DW
Long live the mighty Absorvatoff!
Joe Brennan Get out. 😜
"She tastes like chicken"
Cease
Heaven Sent all the way, it's my favourite by a fairly long way. Eleventh Hour and Blink are a close second and third for me, and I also like The Doctor's Daughter and Dalek.
Heaven Sent revitalized my faith in Moffat's writing abilities. It's such a well executed story
@@weatherboy8252 and then he took that faith and soiled it lol
Absolutely. Finest piece of television.
@@asagoldsmith3328 well, to be honest, even if whole Moffat era would be an equivalent for S11 and we still had Heaven Sent - it still be worth it, imo
I agree completely but The Doctor’s Daughter?
Heaven Sent's twist completely broke me, when I first saw the episode. I just couldn't get over what I just saw and I had to re-watch it like 4 times. It has to be my favorite
Agreed. Great writing, acting direction, cinematography, sound design and acting - Capaldi is outstanding.
"That's what they called them last time" That is a brilliant line tinged with sadness. And some real world significance.
My absolute all time favourite episode is Heaven Sent. It’s genius. A beautiful explanation of a simple concept. And an intriguing twist at the very end.
It’s a fantastic episode, shame that it’s followed by Hell Bent which is laughably bad.
It’s The worst episode ever
It was absolutely brilliant. What pisses me off is how absolutely dissapointing the 2nd part is.
JustSomeRandomGuy Online lmao stfu you’re always be hating on Heaven Sent.. bet you love it and just have a second account for clout.
honestly Captain Jack is just the absolute greatest
I was really annoyed when twitter spoiled it for me beacause I would have been amazed at the natural reveal
I used to hate him but he has grown on me so much.
I agree :)
Thank you for mentioning “Father’s Day”. That episode moved me so much and me cry a lot. I thought it would be mentioned on more best episodes list but surprised it wasn’t. Glad it’s finally getting the praise it deserves.
It's a great episode overall but my favourite part is right at the end. The Doctor is DEAD. He just died, right then and there. No funny quips, no massive, drawn-out speeches. He's just gone. So it's up to Pete Tyler, just some guy, to save the world, choosing to die so his daughter can grow up into the person he's bonded with all episode. Remember, one ordinary man. the most important thing in all of creation? love this episode.
One of my all time favourites. The acting and emotion are just amazing.
Great vid guys, but I don’t think “fear her” needed to be in first, with a 10 minute standing ovation
docthany whotano here
When the comments are the click bait, or would it be watch bait?
Ok this should have been pinned
closely followed by "sleep no more"
“I’ve got my leg back!” “Well,there is a War on!”
Are you sure you didnt miscount?
I think Father's Day is the most underrated Doctor Who episode. It used to be Gridlock but every fan and their mother calls it underrated so it is appropriately rated now.
Enzophanis1892 To be honest though, both of these episodes have huge gaping plot holes that make no sense.
The doctor constantly saves people that would have been dead had he not gone back in time and saved them, so this once off where it almost causes the end of time seems weird.
Also Gridlock makes no sense either as the Doctors actions at the end could have been done by anyone, including Novice Hame who had been there all along.
Both episodes are built around a specific purpose (Giving Rose more background while introducing Pete so it meant more when he was brought back & closing the Face of Boe mystery and setting up the finale) but the stories around them aren’t logical.
@@APEABOUTSIMS
You could just chalk up the scene in Gridlock that the Doctor did something smart that nobody else would think of not to mention it required The Face Of Boe's life-force plus they couldn't get anyone else because they were quarantined so no other planets from other places could really help
5:22 I literally have this quote framed on my wall: "We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one eh?"
- The Doctor, Season 5, Episode 13
“Every story ever told actually happened. Stories are where memories go when they’re forgotten” - 12th Doctor Hell Bent (terrible episode; great lines and moments).
Pretty sure there’s also one in the Robot of Sherwood with Robin Hood at the end, but can’t remember it.
1. Face The Raven/Heaven Sent (I know that technically not a two-parter, but I feel like Heaven Sent is made so much better by having the precursor of the episode of Clara’s death.
2. The Angels Take Manhattan
3. Silence In The Library/Forest Of The Dead
4. The Waters Of Mars
5. Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
6. Human Nature/The Family of Blood
7. Bad Wolf/The Parting Of The Ways
8. The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon
9. The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone
10. Mummy On The Orient Express
Honourable Mentions:
Midnight
The Girl In The Fireplace
The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit
I love this list, good rankings
This is a good list. The only thing I'll say is the sequel to Girl in the fireplace, Deep Breath is brilliant and deserves an honourable mention. The script is so good and Peter Capaldi's version of the doctor feels very true to the character.
Honestly, Face the Raven, Heaven Sent and Hell bent feel best as a sort of three parter. They all flow directly into each other and all deal with 12 processing Clara's unfortunate death. They're some of my favorite episodes for sure
"What was her name?"
Still one of the most important lessons DW taught us/me
For me, Silence in the Library/ Forest of the Dead is such a fantastic story, with an exceptional set-up of River Song and one of the best endings ever, with a final Song monologue that gives me goosebumps every time I hear it (what can I say, I’m a sucker for a happy ending).
“Everybody knows that everybody dies.
But not every day.
Not today.”
God Human Nature/Family of Blood is a good episode(my favorite in fact). I would also like to mention it's the first time since Smith and Jones that Martha was utilized well and its amazing
If you enjoyed it, I would recommend the book it is based on 'Human Nature' by Paul Cornell in the Virgin New Adventures series. It has the Seventh Doctor become John Smith and Bernice Summerfield as the companion
Jack Souster I’ve always thought the story was extraordinary! But I don’t really hear people talk about it much. It’s definitely one of my all time favorites
I hate that episode because the Doctor wasn't there. I watched the show to see the enthusiastic funny Doctor
Doctor Who: *being dramatic*
Me: It's a terrible day for a rain.
( I had to do that) )
Aysa The Not So Great i absolutely love those episodes.
It’s between Heaven Sent and Midnight for me. Midnight is a brilliantly constructed episode on human nature and the limitations of the Doctor, but I think Heaven Sent edges it out for me. I was genuinely moved to tears and then letting out cheers seeing Capaldi- my favourite doctor- do what he does best: beautifully delivered monologues.
Midnight is far better than Heaven Sent. Midnight is part of The Best Series Of Modern Doctor Who whilst Heaven Sent is the worst episode of the show
JustSomeRandomGuy Online do you have a reason why you think this?
Squantle because it’s bad and most people hate it
JustSomeRandomGuy Online are you getting it mixed up with Hell Bent maybe?
Squantle I would say Heaven Sent is better.
Time of the Angels was fantastic, though Blink had me literally unable to sleep for a while after the first viewing.
Yes Blink is in a completely different league
Blink should have been top 3. Absolutely iconic.
World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls has to be my absolute favourite story from the revival. I'm honestly surprised it didn't make this list - stellar performances all round, especially from Mackie and Capaldi, with a genuinely inventive and deeply scary script from Moffat which very successfully reinforced the body horror and the human story behind the Cybermen. Just for salvaging the Cybermen from tin robot/BEM status it deserves serious credit.
The Monster in Midnight seems to feed on Paranoia. Skye is a character on the run from something and it uses her fear and paranoia to take her over. It’s like Pennywise from It. It has to build up your fear and make you paranoid in order to take you over. That’s why even the Doctor breaks in the end.
Silence in the library is one of my favourites for sure, kind of can't believe it's not here somewhere
Thank you for Turn Left, it's super underrated imo
it is!
Turn left had me gripped throughout. Amazing
But it's _exploding_ with fucking plot holes.
Lettuce Prime, like what?
I LOVED IT SOOOO MUCH
Wait a minute, both The Pandorica and Big Bang, but no Dalek?
Mr Beckegruvan Dalek was not that good, Dalek isn’t the best story isn’t the best story in the world. It doesn’t even make it into the top 10.
Dalek was that good. Dalek was the GOAT. Best Dalek story by far.
@@antcoloniesofearth7295 Jubilee is the superior version.
@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 No, not even the best Dalek story. The Genesis of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks and Power of the Daleks and Jubilee were far superior Dalek stories.
@@mayotango1317 Yes, Jubilee is better than Dalek and one of the best Dalek stories.
Series 1 is so underrated I'm so glad the gems of series 1 are in this
Honestly still my favourite series. The quality was so high across the series as a whole and so much less convoluted than later series.
I sighed a breath of relief when you said Midnight. Easily my top Who episode.
Impossible for me to decide the top 10 even without orders... Glad to see so many Eccleston episodes!
1- waters of mars
2- heaven sent
3- listen
4- time of angels/flesh and stone
5- dalek
6- impossible astronaut/day of the moon
7- silence in the library/Forrest of the dead
8-empty child/doctor dances
9- a world enough and time
10- extremis
My god do I love Day of the Moon. Includes what is probably the most logical and clever way of defeating a villain in the Doctor Who.
PhulaTrox yes! And in impossible astronaut where they ‘kill’ the doctor! Shame the whole series didn’t carry on the hype
Very nice list
Where the F is Human Nature???
@@antcoloniesofearth7295 i don't know if you've heard of this thing called civil discussion. Or a thing called an opinion. Believe it or not... not everyone thinks the same things. if you would like to politely explain why you believe that girl in the fireplace and human nature are good then you may. Calling people names and telling them they're wrong generally makes you look like an illiterate idiot =) Have a nice day.
This is just a list I made up, but my top 5 is pretty much definite.
1. Blink
2. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
3. Midnight
4. The Impossible Planet/Satin Pit
5. Dalek
6. The Girl in the Fireplace
7. Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead
8. Vincent and the Doctor
9. Human Nature/The Family of Blood
10. Waters of Mars
Seems to be very different to yours.
Yes I pretty much agree with that though there are so many great episodes I can't think what would be in my top 10
Dalek is one of the most underrated episodes I feel, with so much dr who that came after it’s difficult to remember quite how terrifying the episode was, and Murray Golds score is as good as ever in the episode.
My favourite scene in all of doctor who has to be in journey's end when you have all the characters from the RTD era together around the tardis console saving the earth, it really felt like a finale not just for series 4 but every episode up until that point.
Reading through some of these top 10s and it's amazing how different they all are, a testament to how diverse the show is and how it's different genres can reach so many different people seeking different things from the show.
Top 10:
1) The Eleventh Hour
2) Heaven Sent
3) World Enough and Time
4) The End of Time (both parts)
5) The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon
6) The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone
7) The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang
8) The Stolen Earth / Journeys End
9) Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways
10) The Beast Below
I'm missing so many.... need a top 30.
Such a good show.
Have you considered the following:
Dalek (Series 1)
The Impossible Planet/The Beast Pit (Series 2)
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday (Series 2)
Utopia (Series 3)
Silence of the Library/Forest of the Dead (Series 4)
The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End (Series 4)
Still a really well done list though lads, are y’all gonna do a Top Ten Worst?
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday is kind of the first episode i really watched. I had a girlfriend who was binge watching the series online back before series 3 premiered, i had been mostly ignoring it all, until she got to those two episodes. Then i had to go back and binge it all myself
Top ten worst would all be Chibnall episodes lol
do a top 10 modern who speeches. mainly for the its not a game capaldi speech
I completely agree
TheNintendo12 Peter Capaldi’s speech about kindness in The Doctor Falls was far superior. It was less shouty and more quality and emotion. He had a better suit, long styled hair and a balanced persona and a good episode. Zygomatic Inversion was a rubbish episode where he had his worst persona, a hoodie and messy hair and it was loud and shouty, don’t make it good.
Voyage of the Damned has the best speech. I'm 904, Gallifrey, constellation Kasterborous, etc. Got a problem with that?
The Rings Of Akhaten speech was the best I reckon
You're building a top ten all ready
Just putting it out there I love, rings of akhaten as well as the angles take Manhattan which I see as the most sad episode ever, so heart wrenching, and the fact that they survived it just to fall at the final hurdle
Bit late to this video but scanned down hoping someone else would say Rings of Akhaten. Not the best story certainly, but the speech at the end to the backing of the singing was epic, one of the best scenes from the recent series.
Midnight is my favorite episode, and also the episode that scares me the most
Essay on Matt Smith vs David tenant
In my opinion they are both great for different reasons and it would be cool to hear your take
Yes. Just Yes.
Sad that I cannot like more than once.
David Tennant has better writing in series 3 and 4 but Matt Smith was a better casting.
@@antcoloniesofearth7295 I'm not gonna disagree with you, but I think that is mostly personal preference. I'm a Tennat fanboy through and through, so I might be biased
@@antcoloniesofearth7295 No, I hate the soap opera style of RTD.
@@mayotango1317 Yes, I didn't like the RTD era. It had a miserable feel to it.
"The Empty Child / The Doctor Dance"
YES! MY BOY! MY FAVOURITE EPISODES!
Yes me too
I don't know how you could have left out Blink. It is simply perfect.
Also have to put in a word for A Christmas Carol, easily the best of the Christmas specials.
Yeah a lot don't like a Christmas Carol but to me its able to me magic, a good scifi timey wimey twist and its quite emotional to
I don’t ever think that Flesh and Stone (and it’s other episode) could *ever* be better than Blink. Honestly, Flesh and Stone ruins a lot of the idea of the Weeping Angels and makes them less scary. Blink is terrifying and very clever in the way it happens. Flesh and Stone is fun and has a lot of action, but I don’t like it nearly as much as Blink
The Husbands of River Song. A great story, and a beautiful culmination of her arc.
@@AnimeOtakuDrew Yup. The scene when she finally recognizes the Doctor is magical.
@@brianjlevine Yes! That was so perfect! I also loved Capaldi reveling in his overblown reaction to the TARDIS being bigger on the inside. Between the fun and the feels this story brought on, in my mind this is the ultimate Doctor Who Christmas special; I don't think it will ever be topped.
I think "The Impossible Planet"/"The Satan Pit" should have been included. It's so captivating and it's also so amazing to see that the doctor actually doesn't know everything and that some things are a mystery even to him
The RTD and SM eras had so many great episodes that it’s difficult to choose. Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead is one of my all time favourites as well. Some others I love not included in your list : Waters of Mars, The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit, The Girl in the Fireplace, Doomsday, The Day of the Doctor, The End of Time, The Name of the Doctor, The Magicians Apprentice/The Witch’s Familiar, Extremis, The Lodger, The Girl Who Waited, Mummy on the Orient Express, Dalek, A Christmas Carol, The Unquiet Dead, The Doctor’s Wife and Utopia/The Sound of Drums/The Last of the Time Lords.
It makes me so happy to see Sound of Drums/Last of the Timelords on other people's top 10 lists I thought everyone hated those and they're my very favorite episodes!! Cheers to ya!!
I think Rings of Akathen is one of the best episodes, the speech he gives makes me cry every time, you realize how old he is ,how much he has seen and lost and loved. We really see the doctor
Empty child/doctor dances turned the series from a cheesy sci-fi show to a story telling machine. It also gave us the line that wouldn’t be appreciated until later when you realized just how true it was: “Just this once, Rose, everybody lives!”
Girl in the Fireplace is my fav epsiode of Doctor Who, of all time.
What's pre revolutionary france doing in a spaceship Mickey, get a little perspective! I love that part
Absolutely love that episode easily a favourite for me too.
It has to be the "End of Time" for me. Just the pure emotion in seeing Donna and David separate broke me to this day.
The scene where Wilf knocks is a heartbreaker.
Blink was the better weeping angels episode for 3 reasons:
1. It did some very interesting things with time travel in a show about travelling in time and space
2. The doctor manages to be a crucial character in the story while talking to people on screens for the most part. If this isn’t a show of how productive you can be while mainly working from home using Microsoft Teams, I don’t know what is
3. The angels as characters depend on a simple concept that most viewers will grasp, and the way in which they were defeated was clever
Personally, Vincent and the Doctor will always be my favorite episode, even if it's not technically the best. I first watched that episode in the midst of a deep and crippling depression that had reduced my life to hardly more than panic attacks and sleep, but the episode made me feel as though I was not worthless, that even if I couldn't see it now, I could have a huge impact on the world and make incredible things and be loved. Doctor Who in general gave me a lot of hope in a very dark time, which is what I love most about the show. Despite how dark it gets, and it can get incredibly dark, there is a note of happiness, a potential for good, and strength to carry on. The life is a pile of good things and bad things quote is one of my favorite as it was a mantra that broke down my negative thinking and focus on the bad things in life and resignation to them. I was going to use it for my senior quote, but alas, it was too long, so I used the tenth doctor's "In 900 years of time in space, I've never met someone who wasn't important" which I think did the trick too.
I know it sounds weird, and I don’t know how they could have justified otherwise, but I really like that Vincent still commits suicide at the same time exactly as he did. It was the perfect ending to see that while the Doctor and Amy did have an impact on Vincent, they can’t save everyone. It was dark but right, and it didn’t fall prey to some of the other slightly annoying great everyone lives escapes that other episodes did.
I'd love to have an essay on Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways.
I completely agree with Human Nature, such a well crafted deconstruction of the Doctor. I absolutely love that two parter.
What a showcase that episode was for David Tennant. To make you care for John Smith so much in that short space
For me, you can't beat the Zygon Invasion/Zygon Inversion story line. It played of the back of the Day of the Doctor (also not mentioned) and the speech at the end will stick with me always
I listen to the speech when I really want to punch someone in the face.
I think The world enough and time should be on here. Peter Capaldis doctor on top form and completing his doctors arc perfectly. Plus double master story and the mondassion cyberman introduced in a creepy new but familiar way. Top tier episode
Thank you.
Would have thought Dalek would have gotten an honourable mention.
DanTheMan 2150AD Not every episode can make the top 10 episode.
MrTARDISreviews no! really?
@@DanTheMan2150AD There are many better stories, in the new series alone. Heaven Sent, World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls, The Doctor's Wife, The Eleventh Hour, Vincent and the Doctor, The Day of the Doctor, Human Nature/The Family of Blood, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead, The Girl in the Fireplace, Blink, The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances etc.
MrTARDISreviews I see, you don’t actually like the episode, but that’s ok. Some of us just wanna hear what didn’t make the list for various reasons.
Lord Slarr maybe, but Dalek was unique because it was one of the few times in the new series that a Dalek felt like a world ending threat.
Good list! My list would probably go something like this:
1. Heaven Sent
2. The Day of the Doctor
3. The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar
4. The Stolen Earth/Journey's End
5. World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls & Twice Upon a Time
6. Human Nature/The Family of Blood
7. The Eleventh Hour
8. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
9. Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead
10. The Girl Who Waited
I like yours! It's better than the one in this video.
Loving the capaldi representation. He's my favourite
Ryan Pollard Great to see someone else appreciate The Girl Who Waited. 😄
The Reverse Totally agree!
The best it may not be, but one of the most memorable... the episode, without which I can not imagine rewatching Doctor Who is... The Rings of Akhaten.
Aside from that, Silence in the Library, The Sound of Drums and much as it may not be the popular opinion - Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit, are some of my favorites.
The "labour camps... It's happening again" moment made me tear up
Favourite episode from each Doctor
9th: Dalek and Father's Day
10th: End of Time Part 1 and 2
11th: The Pandorica Opens and Rings of Akhaten
12th: Heaven Sent and Listen
13th: Praxeus
(A lot of ties I know, there are just so many good ones in my eyes)
My rating for each of these episodes:
-Father’s Day 8/10
-The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone 9/10
-The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang 9.5/10
-Turn Left 10/10
-Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways 9.5/10
-The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 10/10
-Midnight 10/10
-Heaven Sent 10/10
-The Eleventh Hour 10/10
-Human Nature/The Family of Blood 10/10
Overall a pretty solid list, and many of these episodes would make it into my top 10.
"using classic horror tropes like JUMPSCARES"
W H A T
kidplague7 It is a old trope, and is actually good when used well.
I feel like Army of Ghosts/Doomsday should be somewhere on this list. Aside from that, a great list
The doctors wife is one of my absolute favorite episodes. I love tardis getting to talk back. I can rewatch that episode iver and over.
10: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
9: Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead
8: The Time of the Doctor
7: The Day of the Doctor
6: Deep Breath
5: The Eleventh Hour
4: The Waters of Mars
3: The End of Time
2: The Doctor's Wife
1: Heaven Sent
"Hide" is high on my list. Ignore the lovesick monster at the end, but you have a good ghost story with a philosophy lesson hidden in the middle as Clara realizes just how alien the Doctor really is.
Similarly, "The Woman Who Lived" has an interesting take on the consequences of immortality. It's not all fun and games.
My favorite episode is by far "The girl in the Fireplace" Even with David Tennant not being my favorite Doctor, There is just a charm to this episode. I really wish the companions were in it less and it was more just the Doctor's story. I still do this day think "Madame De Pompadour" Should've been a companion
One of my favourite episodes is the god complex in the 11th dr
I don't know why but I love it and uses foreshadowing quite well in my opinion
1. Day of the Doctor (50th Anniversary Special)
2. Blink (Series 3)
3. The Stolen Earth/Journey's End (Series 4)
4. Vincent and the Doctor (Series 5)
5. Girl in the Fireplace (Series 2)
6. A Christmas Carol (2010 Christmas Special)
7. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (Series 1)
8. The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky (Series 4)
9. Human Nature/The Family of Blood (Series 3)
10. The Doctors Wife (Series 6)
Something I find remarkable about The Family of Blood is that even though John Smith is human, he's also decidedly still the Doctor. He's vulnerable, scared, and anxious (things we never get to see the Doctor show), yet when the school is attacked, he leaps into action decisively and to the best of his abilities. When he sees someone about to be crushed, he acts on instinct, throws a cricket ball, and saves them in an utterly ridiculous way. And when the time comes for him to give his life to save others, he does that too.
I'd actually like to see this side of the Doctor return in a proper regeneration. A Doctor that is actually afraid. That doubts himself. That remembers everything he used to be, and is equal parts incredulous that he could be capable of such things, and terrified that he is. All the revival Doctors have a tendency to devolve into a yelling, angry, moralizer. It's tired. I'd like to see a Doctor that reacts with grief instead of anger, because he never is sure if he'll save the day, or what the cost will be.
The above paints this Doctor as a major bummer. But remember how damn endearing John Smith was? Imagine that character getting to show the universe to his companions of choice. How damn wholesome it would be.
Each revival Doctor (except 13, which is why she sucks) has had a fatal flaw. 9 hid his trauma behind anger. 10 hid his guilt behind a smile. 11 was arrogant to a fault. 12 took a while to figure out what he was, but eventually settled on endlessly stubborn. I'd like to see a Doctor whose fatal flaw was that he was afraid. Afraid that he wasn't capable enough, and afraid of what it means about him if he is. I think it would up the tension, which has been lacking a bit the past several seasons.
I’d say that John Smith is the true 10th Doctor. The one who doesn’t hide his vulnerability with a facade. The part of him that deep down just wants to settle down and find love.
@@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 There's definitely an argument to be made for that. But he also doesn't have the rage and the grief that the Doctor does, because he doesn't remember.
Love how we have 3 writers in this Video xD Paul Cornell both opens and closes this Video, Steven Moffat has one half and Russel T Davies the Rest xd Really good list btw love how much love 9 got in this Video :D
Heaven Sent was the episode that convinced me to watch this "silly British scifi show" in it's entirety, and Midnight was practically X Files in space, which is awesome by any stretch. Shame they never did anything more with that, probably for the best.
(and just for the record, Matt Smith is my favourite doctor too, i just like the idea that this war torn ancient alien being child like with flaly arms at the same time be aptly dramatic when the moment calls for it.
Donna Noble the best companion, just because she's the only one i can imagine whacking the doctor across the head and saying "Get a grip" and who can forget
"You're not Matin with Me sunshine!!!")
OH and best line. ever.
"Do you think i care for you so little that betraying me would make a difference?"
shoulder backs, lets see what you're made of, you and I
'Time of the Angels' was my first every Doctor Who episode, and was the reason why I kept watching even when it got weird in 2013!! So glad it made this list
Vincent and the Doctor, and The Day of the Doctor are two of my favourites with most of this list being up there as well. I also really love Tennant's final adventure. Its a bit stuffed with plot but the final montage of 10th looking out for his companions and the speech before he saves Wilf, who I'd argue is one of the best companions the doctor has ever had is just great