Despite all of these wonderful flights of the Doctor Who imagination, the first episode that comes to mind when thinking about those that did something a little different is Neil Gaiman's modern classic of a story The Doctor's Wife. An episode definitely bigger on the inside... Receiving a message suggesting the Time Lords are still alive, the Doctor hurtles off into a bubble universe outside our own, or 'the junkyard at the end of the universe' as Rory calls it. However, things aren't quite as they seem as, upon arrival, the TARDIS is sucked dry of its soul and moments later, the TARDISless team meet a very mad, bitey woman who seems to know the Doctor. She's the TARDIS. And she's a woman. And, no, the Doctor didn't just wish really hard. Literally taking us out of Doctor Who's usual parameters, The Doctor's Wife offers us a one-off chance to see the one constant of the show anew. Never mind the endless rotor of companions or any number of alien nasties, it's always the Doctor and his blue box. But this was the one time when they talked. Not only Doctor Who's best sideways episode, The Doctor's Wife is one of the series' very best episodes ever. And that's not a sideways view of looking at it. Has this article travelled into a parallel dimension where Whatculture makes all the wrong choices? Or is this the list of your dreams? Leave your thoughts below!
