10 Heart-Breaking Doctor Who Moments

By Chris Swanson /

5. Vincent€™s Death (€œVincent and the Doctor€, 2010)

Amy was so convinced, wasn€™t she? She was so damn certain she and the Doctor had saved the life of Vincent van Gogh. That by taking him into the future, they€™d showed him what his art would become, and surely he€™d be able to go on. Sadly, as the Doctor knew but didn€™t say, mental illness Does Not Work That Way. Vincent was doomed from the outset, and nothing anyone could have done, short of medication, could have saved him. It was the only way the story could have ended, and it was so very, very sad.