10 Doctor Who Episodes Where Everybody Dies

2. Bad Wolf/The Parting Of The Ways

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2005's Series One finale saw the Ninth Doctor and companions transmatted to the Game Station - a human harvesting reality TV murderfest operated by the Daleks. Following their explosive return in 'Dalek', fans knew this was going to be a killing.

Having already built a new army from dead game show contestants and exterminated the Controller, the Daleks prepared for a full-scale invasion of Earth. The Doctor and Captain Jack Harkness, having saved Rose Tyler from their clutches, helped fortify the Game Station from the attack. The fortifications wouldn't hold, and the Daleks easily exterminated their way through the facility, cutting down the programmers, the security team, the Anne Droid, and every surviving game show contestant.

As they proceeded up the Station, they detected potential companion Lynda Moss, who was safe in the Doctor's assurance that the Daleks wouldn't get through her security door. He was technically right - they flew up the side of the Station and blasted her out of a window instead.

Running out of corridor, even Captain Jack fell to the Daleks, but he would later be resurrected by a time vortex-powered Rose. She didn't think to bring life to anyone else, though, as the rest of the Game Station's populace all died in the conflict. Rose instead turned her Godly powers on the Daleks, destroying the Emperor and 40,000,000 of its subjects.

The Earth didn't come out unscathed either, with the Daleks bombing entire continents during the battle. Finally, the last casualty of this story was the Doctor himself. Absorbing the time vortex from Rose, unfortunately, forced another regeneration...

Death Toll: Taking all the Daleks and the Earth's bombardment into account, millions. Absolutely millions.

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