Doctor Who: The Must-Watch Episodes
Limiting myself to the newest series, here are my 25 most beloved episodes! Get your fish sticks and custard ready and read on!
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- DirectorRichard ClarkStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillThe Doctor is lured to a sentient asteroid outside of the Universe by a Time Lord distress signal and soon realises his TARDIS is in grave danger.
- DirectorNick HurranStarsMatt SmithDavid TennantJohn HurtIn 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion.
- DirectorHettie MacdonaldStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanCarey MulliganSally Sparrow receives a cryptic message from the Doctor about a mysterious new enemy species that is after the TARDIS.
- DirectorToby HaynesStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillFestive edition of the time-travelling drama. The Doctor has one hour to save a crashing spaceship and a miser's soul - but what lurks in the fog?
- DirectorJonny CampbellStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanTony CurranThe Doctor and Amy travel back in time to meet Vincent Van Gogh and face an invisible monster that only the painter can see.
- DirectorSteve HughesStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillThe Doctor makes one last stop before his death to see an old friend. But people are disappearing, there are reports of a silver rat and metal men are lurking in the shadows.
- DirectorEuros LynStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateAlex KingstonThe Doctor and Donna visit a planet-sized library but soon realise that the planet is devoid of life, that is until River Song and her team of archaeologists arrive. As they unravel the library's mystery, something lurks in the shadows.
- DirectorEuros LynStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateAlex KingstonWith the library darkening, the Doctor takes on the Vashta Nerada while figuring out what links River Song to his future. Meanwhile, Donna finds out the mystery of Dr. Moon and the Girl.
- DirectorJames StrongStarsDavid TennantBillie PiperDanny WebbWhen the Doctor and Rose become stranded on a planet orbiting a black hole, they find a human expedition crew and their servants, the Ood, being terrorised by the Devil.
- DirectorJames StrongStarsDavid TennantBillie PiperDanny WebbThe Doctor risks his life to investigate the pit and is forced to make a terrible decision, while Rose and the crew fend for their lives against the Legion of the Beast.
- DirectorToby HaynesStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanAlex KingstonRiver Song returns to deliver The Doctor a serious warning from his allies: the mythical Pandorica, said to contain the most feared creature in the entire Universe, is opening.
- DirectorToby HaynesStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanAlex KingstonThe Pandorica opened, silence fell, and now planet Earth is left alone in the universe. Jumping through time, the doctor must figure out a way to bring back those who never were and save his friends from the collapse of reality.
- DirectorNick HurranStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillThe Doctor, Amy and Rory become trapped in a hotel of horrors unable to escape and unable to find the TARDIS. The Doctor must save as many people as he can taking many twists and seeing his own worst fear.
- DirectorToby HaynesStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillThe Doctor, Amy, Rory and River Song are reunited in the Utah desert.
- DirectorToby HaynesJulian SimpsonStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillThe Doctor and his allies mount a rebellion against invaders who have been controlling humanity from the very beginning.
- DirectorAdam SmithStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanAlex KingstonThe Doctor, Amy, Dr. Song and the remaining soldiers manage to escape from the crashed ship and into the forest. The Angels attempt to create a rift in time and space such as the Doctor had found in Amy's room when they first met. Amy meanwhile is counting down from 10 minutes and the Doctor has determined that an Angel has taken over her mind.
- DirectorJames HawesStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperKate HarveyWhen a spaceship crashes in the middle of the London Blitz the Doctor, Rose and the enigmatic Captain Jack Harkness find themselves investigating a plague of physical injuries and a little boy in a gas mask.
- DirectorSaul MetzsteinStarsMatt SmithJenna ColemanAlex KingstonThe Doctor's friends are being kidnapped, which leads him to the fields of Trenzalore, where his greatest secret will be revealed and Clara's mystery will be solved.
- DirectorAdam SmithStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanAlex KingstonThe Doctor and Amy emerge from the TARDIS to find the wreck of the Byzantium spaceship. Down below the Weeping Angels are stirring, but the Doctor has someone else to contend with; none other than the mysterious Professor River Song.
- DirectorNick HurranStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillAmy, Rory and the Doctor are reunited when they are kidnapped by the Daleks, who send them on a mission to destroy the most horrifying place in the universe- the asylum of the Daleks.
- DirectorPeter HoarStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillA member of The Doctor's team has been abducted and he will call in every favor and maybe even go to war to get them back.
- DirectorJeremy WebbStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillApril 22nd, 2011; 5:02pm. Having finally accepted his fate the Doctor travels to Lake Silencio for his final day. But one woman refuses to let time take its course.
- DirectorNick HurranStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillAfter Rory has an encounter with a weeping angel, the doctor and Amy travel to 1930's New York to save him, but they soon discover that the weeping angels have taken over Manhattan, and soon, maybe, the world.
- DirectorFarren BlackburnStarsMatt SmithJenna ColemanMichael DixonThe doctor takes Clara to the rings of Akhaten, A partly destroyed planet, where a religious ceremony is about to be carried out, but a darkness is stirring, a hungry darkness that could consume the rings of Akhaten and the universe.
- DirectorJoe AhearneStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperJohn BarrowmanAs the Dalek fleet begin their attack on the Earth, the Doctor and his allies make one final stand.