12 Best Doctor Who Moments Of 2014

11. Two Worlds Collide (The Caretaker)

Clara Oswald tried her damned hardest to keep the Doctor and Danny Pink away from each other but when an alien excursion threatened the lives of the staff and pupils at Coal Hill School she was already fighting a lost battle. 'Battle' being the definitive word here, as the conflicting attitudes of the two most important men in her life meant that they were always destined to lock horns. The Doctor claims to hate soldiers, after all, and as Danny used to be one, it came as no surprise for viewers to find out that they were almost incapable of biting their tongues whilst they were in each other's company. Initially they couldn't even settle their differences for the sake of Clara's best interests and at one point it really looked like it was going to end in tears for everyone concerned. For Clara, of course, it did - but more on that later. As such, the Doctor and Danny's fateful and long overdue meeting in The Caretaker has made this countdown of 2014's most memorable Doctor Who moments because in some ways it formed the centrepiece of Clara's arc this year - not only literally as the middle episode of the series but also because of her ever shifting priorities which made it pretty much impossible for her to let either of them go. The problem with control freak Clara is that she wants it all but when you're a traveller in the TARDIS, you usually end up having to sacrifice it. As such, they really should've foreseen what happened next.