In 50 years of Police Box travel the number of amazing moments are incalculable but I have taken the challenge of finding the 100 Greatest Doctor Who Moments throughout the epic saga’s history.
Although it may not be possible to watch every single story back to back and still fit in 8 hours of sleep and 3 square meals a day and even then I wouldn’t be able to please everyone. You might not agree with my ordering but I’m sure it would be hard to disagree that the moments featured are great.
Be warned, reading this article you may be inclined to watch episodes on impulse.
100. Turn Left – Bad Wolf
‘Turn Left’ is a consistently great story and unique in its own right. But the moment that truly takes your breath away and make you want to punch the air is the cliff-hanger. What better way to seal the deal about Rose Tyler’s return and make you excited for the immediate drama, than the two words, ‘Bad Wolf’ linking back to 2005. An inspired moment, even the words on the TARDIS get the Bad Wolf treatment just to drive home how nothing is safe. If Rose was to give the Doctor a warning in two words, it couldn’t have been anything else.
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Interesting list. It is a shame that there were no moments pertaining to Roger Delgado’s excellent portrayal of the Master though. I’d have included the moment from ‘Frontier in Space’ when it becomes apparent that the Master has been working with the Daleks.
A good call. I did consider that moment, but it seriously lost points because the Daleks appeared, then immediately went away again, which was a huge disappointment. Also with Delgado’s portrayal of the Master being so consistently marvellous it’s hard to single out moments, unless there was a list of Greatest Master Moments.
Great list, I agree with most of them being absolutely fantastic moments. One moment I felt was left out was the unintended implication made by Jack Harkness that he was the face of boe, and the doctor and martha’s reaction after he has left
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLxvwqkrHIM
Great list!! I agree with everything and of course many more moments could be added. The one that pops to my mind is in “Inferno” when the Evil Brig turns around sporting an eyepatch….. priceless. Another is when the second Doctor tells Victoria about his family in “Tomb of the Cybe4rmen”. One small quibble though, the first levitating Dalek is in “Revelation of the Daleks” with Colin Baker. Its an odd scene and its not THAT clear that the dalek is hovering behind Davros, but it is for sure.
I think another moment from “Family of Blood” should be on there – where Mr. Smith is contemplating becoming the Doctor, realizing that he ultimately must, and afraid of dying. “Falling in love? That didn’t even occur to him? And what sort of man is that?” Aside from its own quality, it adds context to Tenth’s last words.