10 Categoric Reasons Why Doctor Who Is The Best Show Ever

5. It's Mind Bending Sci-Fi

When people analyse different aspects of Doctor Who, they tend to forget why they became fans in the first place (no, David Tennant and Matt Smith fangirls, not those reasons!). The truth is that, over its long existence, it has produced some pieces of mind bending science fiction. No matter the dressing (as discussed in the previous entry), this British cult TV show has always managed to tickle a nerd brain just enough to make him or her come back for more. It wasn't always perfect or completely satisfying (the E-space trilogy and Trial of a Time Lord come to mind), but when it was good, it was amazing and when it wasn't, you would be more likely to have called it "over ambitious" than "lazy". With contemporary episodes, it's even harder to keep audiences attached. In other words, "you'd better have a damn good twist otherwise we'll go on the internet and complain". Current showrunner, Steven Moffat, is responsible for reaching the pinnacle Nu-Who before he was in charge. If wibbly-wobbly„ is your thing, then look no further than the brilliantly convoluted Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead two-parter. In fact, it's so convoluted that it's seriously underrated. That, along with the more critically acclaimed The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances and Blink, set the bar so high that Moffat found it hard to out-write himself, at least until The Day of the Doctor" As the title suggests, Doctor Who is about mystery, discovery and stretching the limits of human imagination. There's nothing wrong with a political space opera but if you're looking for that here, then you'll probably be disappointed.