So here we are getting closer to the final ten stories. Only twenty more to go after this list so go and see if your favorites made it on this section of the top 50. Sorry for the delay I know I said I would post this on Sunday but I was recovering from the awesome time I had at L. I. Who and simply just forgot. Hopefully I won't forget next Sunday for Twenty to Eleven.
30. Human
Nature/ The Family of Blood
Written by
Paul Cornell
Directed by
Charles Palmer
Why it’s in
the top 50:
Another fan
wank story for the fans as this story was adapted from Paul Cornell’s book
Human Nature. It is a love story that
unfortunately does not have a happy ending for both involved. A really clever story that explores what
happens if The Doctor becomes human with a new identity and no recollection of
his past Time Lord self. It was great to
see the scarecrows walking around and terrorizing the school plus seeing the
Doctor in the school teacher getup with the machine gun was very reminiscent of
the books cover. Plus this is one of
David Tennant’s best performances as the Doctor if not the best. Human Nature/The Family of Blood is a clever
story that had not been attempted before and works on so many levels.
29. The Daleks
Written By
Terry Nation
Directed By
Richard Martin & Christopher Barry
Why It’s In
The Top 50:
Well it is
the first appearance of The Doctor’s greatest enemies The Daleks. It more or less got the phenomenon of Doctor
Who started as the popularity of The Daleks took off and was an immediate
success and money maker. Plus it is the
first time The Doctor goes to the future and to an alien planet. It just sets up a whole series of wonderful
stories and meetings between The Doctor and The Daleks. With out this story there would be no 50th Anniversary and that is why it is so special.
28. School
Reunion
Written by
Toby Whithouse
Directed by
James Hawes
Why it’s in
the top 50:
School
Reunion gives us the return of Sarah Jane Smith and K9 for the first time since
the Five Doctors. The death and
resurrection of K9 was a sad and happy sequence of events. The best scene visually is when Sarah Jane
sees the TARDIS for the first time and then the camera pans around and there is
the Doctor standing in the shadows. The
Doctor saying goodbye (for now) to Sarah Jane in the closing moments was really
heartfelt and a touching moment for classic Who fans. Plus how classic was the cat fight between
Rose and Sarah Jane and the classic line “The Loch Ness Monster”. School Reunion is just a classic and fun
story to watch and it was good to see Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane again and
to see her get a spin off show from this appearance also.
27. The Empty
Child/The Doctor Dances
Written By
Steven Moffat
Directed By
James Hawes
Why It’s In
The Top 50:
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.
26. Pyramids
of Mars
Written By
Stephen Harris
Directed By
Paddy Russell
Why It’s In
The Top 50:
This is one
of my favorites ever since I saw it as a kid.
I just love the whole Egyptology of the story and especially the mummies
that wreak havoc throughout the story.
Robert Holmes wrote this one under an alias and you can tell just by how
everything fits into place and the whole Gothic feel to it.. It’s a
really good Sarah Jane story as she actually fires a gun and helps save The
Doctor also. Plus it is cool seeing The
Doctor solving the puzzles in the temple on Mars.
25.
Revelation of the Daleks
Written By
Eric Saward
Directed By
Graeme Harper
Why It’s In
The Top 50:
It is one of
the best Davros stories in a long time.
The Daleks are seen mainly in the background and do not have a big
presence until the last half of episode 2.
Revelation of the Daleks has some pretty interesting characters in it
which make watching this story even more enjoyable. Davros has come up with a pretty good scheme
using people to make a new breed of Daleks while using the dead bodies as food
protein to help stave off the famine in that part of the universe. It is also one of the best performances by
Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant. You can
really see their chemistry gel and it is too bad that they were not able to
continue longer.
24. The
Doctor’s Wife
Written By
Neil Gaiman
Directed By
Richard Clark
Why It’s In
The Top 50:
It is a heartfelt story between The Doctor and
his TARDIS whose soul is trapped in the body of Idris. We also get to see Amy and Rory go through
hell inside the TARDIS corridors by House who has taken over the TARDIS and is
messing with time torturing Amy by aging Rory and yet again killing him. Matt Smith gives us one of his great
performances and none was better than when he was able to talk to his TARDIS in
Idris body before she died. That scene
was so powerful and emotional and is one of the best in Doctor Who ever. Just seeing him getting so emotional talking
to her before she left Idris body was so heartfelt. Just a brilliant story that helped a season
that was lacking in emotion.
23. The Girl
in the Fireplace
Written By
Steven Moffat
Directed by
Euros Lyn
Why it’s in
the top 50:
Again it’s
written by the guy who is the show runner for the Matt Smith era and his best
stories are in the Tennant era. The Girl
in the Fireplace is another classic monster story with some of the neatest
looking robots ever. The Clockwork robots are just magnificent to look at and
just really great in the detail. Plus
look at their costumes truly one that they took great pains to look
awesome. The Girl in the Fireplace is
love story with a sad ending as every time The Doctor came back to see Reinette
she was older and then sadly she was no more.
The ending was truly one of the sadder ones in the shows history. It is an all along perfect story with another
of David Tennants great performances.
22. The Tenth Planet
Written By
Kit Pedler & Gerry Davis
Directed By
Derek Martinus
Why It’s In
The Top 50:
Well it’s
pretty obvious why this one is on the list.
Not only does it herald the Cybermen for the first time but it also is
the first time that The Doctor regenerates.
A truly historic story as we say goodbye to William Hartnell and welcome
Patrick Troughton. Plus it is also a
really good story and a good way to introduce the Doctors second most popular
and deadly enemy. Just look at the
historical aspect of The Tenth Planet.
The Producers were so bold to replace the actor to keep the show going
by doing the regeneration. Good thing
they did or else the show would have ended and well no 50th anniversary.
21. The Name
of The Doctor
Written By
Steven Moffat
Directed By Saul
Metzstein
Why It’s In
The Top 50:
The big
finale that caused quite a stir before it aired. First fans were worried we would finally know
the Doctor’s real name. Most fans err
scratch that most fans did not want to know The Doctor’s name at all. It was a pretty good gimmick to get people to
watch the series finale. The other
controversy was that it was released on DVD and Blu Ray early by a computer
error at BBC America Shop. Luckily the
story was not spoiled on Social Network at all.
It was clearly a minor miracle in itself. The Name of The Doctor wrapped
up the series with the Great Intelligence trying to rewrite The Doctor’s
timeline. Everything he ever did every
win against the most foul villains erased from happening. We also find out the answer to who is Clara
and why she was a Dalek in Asylum and in the 1800’s and in 2013. What got me really jazzed about this story is
that we got to see the 1st Doctor leave Gallifrey for the first time
and also we had every Doctor in it also as Clara went back in his
timeline. But more importantly it gave
is a cliffhanger that leads into the 50th Anniversary with John Hurt
being introduced as The Doctor.
Agree that all these are up there - not sure The Name of the Doctor needs to be that high
ReplyDeleteI agree with all of them 5DRWHO, but it's a tie between "The Doctor's Wife" and "The Daleks" for me.
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