Top Ten Stories...Evah!

[Kieran]

Well, we all like our lists don't we?

So, what's your Top Ten favourite stories from the entire run of the show?

Mine would have to be...

1. Caves Of Androzani

2. Human Nature

3. The Talons Of Weng Chiang

4. Remembrance Of The Daleks

5. Dalek

6. The Green Death

7. Seeds Of Doom

8. The War Games

9. Inferno

10. Midnight

Honourable mentions to Curse Of Fenric, Parting Of The Ways, Genesis Of The Daleks and The Waters Of Mars.

[HStorm]

1. Inferno. (Ironic, seeing Jon Pertwee is one of my least favourite Doctors.)

2. The Robots Of Death.

3. The Deadly Assassin.

4. Dalek

5. The Caves Of Androzani.

6. City Of Death

7. The Massacre (Of St Bartholomew's Eve)

8. The Pirate Planet

9. The Time Meddler

10. The Evil Of The Daleks

Also should mention The Silurians, The Talons of Weng Chiang, The Romans (that's the Hartnell episode by the way, and definitely not The Fires Of Pompeii), The Curse Of Fenric (probably the only great 80's episode post-Davison), The Gunfighters, The Face Of Evil, Blink and... oh why not? I'll put the Eleventh Hour in there as well.

[Skarkill]

For me it would be

1. The Web Of Fear

2. Fury From The Deep

3. The Curse Of Fenric

4. Remmembrence Of The Daleks (Even though I don't rank the Daleks as high as a lot Who fans seem to)

5. Spearhead From Space/Terror Of The Autons (Can't seperate these two stories)

6. The Green Death

7. Terror Of The Zygons

8. The Two Doctors

9. Earthshock

10. The War Machines/ The Girl In The Fireplace

[Pooka]

Okay, my odd choices are:

1. Blink

2. Doctor Who (1996 TV Movie)

3. The Sontaran Strategem / The Poison Sky

4. The Eleventh Hour

5. Midnight

6. Gridlock

7. Dalek

8. The Shakespeare Code

9. Music of the Spheres

10. The Caves of Androzani

Honourable mentions to Genesis of the Daleks and The Five Doctors. And from the expanded universe, The Stone Rose, Oblivion, Blood of the Daleks and Dreamland.

[Kieran]

Plenty of love for 'Dalek' in this thread. Certainly one of the best Dalek tales in their long history.

[Pooka]

If not the best.

I'm still wondering if it wouldn't have been better for Dalek to have been the final Dalek story of the show's run...

[BBrooks]

Okay here's mine.

1. Terror of the Zygons (which of course starred John Woodnutt)

2. The Ark in Space

3. Vengeance on Varos

4. Pyramids of Mars

5. Blink

6. The Caves of Androzani

7. Remembrance of the Daleks (the story where Sylvester McCoy really got into his stride as The Doctor)

8. Spearhead from Space (Best Regeneration Story ever)

9. The Daemons

10. The Two Doctor's (For me, the best story with more than one Doctor, I would have said "Timecrash" but that doesn't really count)

Not forgetting Dalek, Survival, The TV Movie, Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways, Tooth and Claw, The Lazarus Experiment, The Sea Devils, Genesis of the Daleks and The Stolen Earth/Journey's End (for Julian Bleach's peformance only).

Mind you, that Top 10 list (except the Top 5) will probably change by next month, and I'll find myself adding some 11th Doctor stories in.

The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone I think will definetely go in.

[Kieran]

If not the best.

I'm still wondering if it wouldn't have been better for Dalek to have been the final Dalek story of the show's run...

With the amount they had to pay Terry Nation's estate to use the damn things, I imagine the BBC would waggle their fingers at the production team if they EVER decided to drop the Daleks.

[HStorm]

On reflection of last night's episode, I'll probably add The Time Of Angels to my list of other worthy mentions.

[Kieran]

Really must add Vincent And The Doctor and Amy's Choice to my list of worthy mentions.

Hmm, indeed some of my top 10 may have changed given I was rewatched a few old-Who stories in the last few weeks. These things never stay the same