10 Doctor Who Villains Who Ultimately Turned Good
The Daleks? Not all of them are angry little tin cans.
When it comes to the villains, Doctor Who episodes typically go one of three ways. They can be blown up or disintegrated (or defeated in some other way), they can escape with their lives, or they can sometimes - very rarely - turn good.
While the majority of Who villains never abandon their evil schemes and will normally push through to the bitter end, there are a few cases in the show's history where the bad guys became the good guys, whether the Doctor talked them into having a change of heart, whether it was self-motivated, or whether they sucked a human inside their casing and subsequently grew a conscience. Looking at you, Dalek Sec.
Even some of the Doctor's biggest and baddest alien foes are capable of changing for the better - as are the many, many human enemies that the various TARDIS crews have bumped into on their travels - proving that the Doctor is right to always look for the goodness in people.
There are no guarantees that these villains will stay all kind and sweet if they return in the future, but for now, let's focus on the times when their heroism shone through.
10. Kazran Sardick
The Scrooge-esque villain of Matt Smith's first Christmas special, Kazran Sardick wasn't strong, he wasn't overly clever, and he didn't wield deadly laser beams or rockets or anything like that: he was simply a callous, bitter old man.
With Amy and Rory stuck onboard a crashing spaceship, the Doctor has a limited amount of time to save them both - as well as the other passengers. Fortunately, the solution to this deadly scenario is rather easy: Sardick has a machine that controls the clouds up above, which can clear the skies and allow the ship to land safely.
But unfortunately though, Sardick is... well... a bit of a dick. He refuses to help, and is perfectly okay with the thought of the ship crashing and everyone aboard it dying.
And so, the Doctor is forced to improvise. Getting all timey-wimey and meddling with Sardick's past, he manages to warm the old miser's heart by connecting him with the beautiful Abigail, and by the end of the episode, Sardick has been transformed.
The episode then ends with Abigail and Sardick laughing with joy as they fly a shark through the sky. Flying sharks! This is when Steven Moffat peaked, folks.