10 Heart-Breaking Doctor Who Moments

By Chris Swanson /

10. Susan Leaving ("The Dalek Invasion of Earth", 1964)

The Doctor€™s first companion, his granddaughter Susan, met a young man and fell in love with him on Earth in the aftermath of a Dalek invasion. The Doctor knew she couldn€™t, and shouldn€™t, follow him on his journeys forever, so he made a hard, sad choice and left her behind, locking her out of the TARDIS. It was the first time a companion had ever left, and though the Doctor left her on the shattered Earth for a good reason, that doesn€™t mean that it wasn€™t something deeply bittersweet.