Doctor Who: 10 Great Tenth Doctor Stories

By Chris Swanson /

5. The Girl in the Fireplace (Story 171, 2006)

The first of the Tenth Doctor Moffat episodes, and you know it would be on here. You know that the other ones will be, too, and rightly so. This story, along with the others, proved that Moffat€™s success with the Ninth Doctor wasn€™t just a fluke, and that he was someone who could pen really amazing stories with great emotional cores and plenty of fascinating scenes. The story of a very intelligent woman, some clockwork robots and a mysterious spaceship in the far future shouldn€™t work. That it does, and that it worked so amazingly well, is a great testament to everyone involved, and gives us a good idea why Moffat went on to become the producer for the series.