Top 5
Christopher Eccleston Stories
So here we
are with the Ninth Doctor and his top 5 stories. Since he does not have a lot of stories
because he decided to quit after the first series I’ve decided to do his five
best stories. This list was easy as
there were five that really stood out and well the others were just mediocre. So here are the stories I think are the best
of the Christopher Eccleston era.
5. The Unquiet
Dead
Written By
Mark Gatiss
Directed By Euros
Lyn
Why It’s In
The Top 5:
It is the
first story to feel like a classic Doctor Who story since the show has come
back. You have a character from history
in Charles Dickens that is integral in helping The Doctor defeat the
Gelph. It’s a pretty cool story that
builds on the classic Christmas story by Charles Dickens and gives it a Doctor
Who spin. Plus it takes place at
Christmas and that doesn’t happen much in Doctor Who till then. Well after that’s
another story.
4. Bad
Wolf/The Parting of the Ways
Written By Russell
T. Davies
Directed By Joe
Ahearne
Why It’s In
The Top 5:
Regeneration. As soon as Christopher Eccleston’s era began
it ended with a battle with the Daleks.
The return of the Emperor Dalek
for the first time since Evil of the Daleks.
We see Christopher Eccleston giving one of his best performances in the
series and a glimpse of what could have been.
We get the identity of The Bad Wolf as it was revealed to be Rose and we
learn that she was the one that left the messages through space and time once
she had the power of the vortex. An
emotional story and a chance for the new fans to experience The Doctor
regenerating for the first time in the new series.
3. Father’s
Day
Written By Paul
Cornell
Directed By Joe
Ahearne
Why It’s In
The Top 5:
It is a
different type of story that hasn’t been done in Doctor Who before or
since. We have Rose changing history and
saving her father from being killed by a car.
We see Rose getting a second chance to get to know her father briefly
while being barricaded in the church while the Reepers are attacking. It is an
emotional story that has a sad ending and for once The Doctor doesn’t save the
day as he actually dies in this story if only briefly.
2. The Empty
Child/The Doctor Dances
Written By
Steven Moffat
Directed By James
Hawes
Why It’s In
The Top 5:
One word
Creepy. This story brought back the
behind the sofa scariness to Doctor Who.
If The Unquiet Dead felt like a classic story then this one definitely fits
the mold of a classic story. It is
Steven Moffat’s first Doctor Who story and it is a really good one. How can you not be freaked out by that
little kid in the gas mask. Going around
saying are you my mummy and wearing that mask is enough to send kids behind the
sofa in fright. It is a classic story
set during the blitz of World War 2 and it also introduces us to that popular
character Captain Jack.
1. Dalek
Written By
Robert Shearman
Directed By Joe
Ahearne
Why It’s In
The Top 5:
Dalek is one
of the best if not the best Dalek stories of all time. This story reintroduces the Daleks back into
the new series of Doctor Who but with a different twist. Here you have a Dalek
who is alone and is the last of the Daleks.
What happens is that he gets corrupted by Rose’s DNA and starts to act
like a human. He shows emotions and when
you watch the scene when the sunlight hits his mutant form you could see him
show emotion of delight of what he sees.
We also see a different side of The Doctor. An aggressive side where he is bent on
killing that last Dalek. It takes a few
words from Rose to snap him out of it and see what he is doing. It is an all around great story and is head
and shoulder above the rest of the stories in Christopher Eccleston’s era and
one of the best in the new series period.
Dalek and Father's Day are my two favorite episodes. He could have been one of the greatest Doctors but he was in at the wrong time.
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