As the eighth season (or 34th, depending on how you're counting) of Doctor Who comes to a close, it's time to look back on the very best the rebooted show has given us. It's been a long road, with four different Doctors gracing our screens since the show was brought back in 2005. And while we've certainly had some low points over the years (sorry, Fear Her and Let's Kill Hitler, but it had to be mentioned), it's far more fun to focus on the good times we've had. Doctor Who has become more innovative and boundary-shattering than ever before, no longer just a show for society's outcasts, but a powerful force in mainstream media at last. If you went back in time and told the fans who were still hanging on to the program during its death rattles of the late 1980s that one day, the show would be BBC's most popular, well-funded flagship, they would probably need to use their inhalers from the shock. As a matter of fact, maybe that should be the focus of a particularly meta episode of Doctor Who. Regardless, it's time to celebrate the finest episodes of the past eight years. Here's to eight more!
Audrey Fox is an ex-film student, which means that she prefers to spend her days in the dark, watching movies and pondering the director's use of diegetic sound. She currently works as an entertainment writer, joyfully rambling about all things film and television related. Add her on Twitter at @audonamission and check out her film blog at 1001moviesandbeyond.com.
