Doctor Who: 10 Best Multi-Part Stories In Nu Who

10. Utopia/The Sound Of Drums/Last Of The Timelords

Season 3 of Nu Who closes out with this epic trilogy written by showrunner Russell T Davies and provides us with several noteworthy moments; the return of Captain Jack Harkness, the resolution to the Mr. Saxon story arc and, perhaps most importantly, the new series debut of The Master, played briefly by Derek Jacobi before regenerating in to Life on Mars and Mad Dogs alum John Simm.

Utopia is a wonderful dystopian tale representing humanities final struggles to survive the end of the universe itself. The Sound of Drums is an exciting romp as The Doctor, Martha and Captain Jack race to stop The Master, now elected Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Unfortunately this trilogy is dragged down by its disappointing final act Last of the Time Lords. The epic cliff-hanger built at the end of the second part doesn’t really pay off and the third instalment makes the mistake of withholding The Doctor from us for too much of its run time.