Doctor Who: 10 Best Moments Of The Tenth Doctor

1. All Of Midnight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWboRfYGhpI Series 4's Midnight is so good, it's hard to pick just one standout moment. David Tennant is utterly superb throughout, but he particularly shines in the scenes where his voice is first being copied and then later co-opted. The story is unusually low key for Doctor Who. The universe isn't being threatened and the action is limited to a single tourist vehicle travelling on the surface of an alien world. It's a world where nothing can survive unprotected on that surface - but then something starts knocking on the walls of the Crusader 50 bus. Tensions mount to breaking point when that "something" seems to enter the body of Sky Silvestry (Lesley Sharp), a fellow passenger, and Sky starts to copy the things the other passengers are saying. In a virtuoso display of timing, Tennant and Sharp speak long passages of identical dialogue at the exact same time. Then Silvestry starts to talk ahead of the Doctor, robbing him of his free will. The sheer terror on the Doctor's face when he loses the ability to move or communicate is breathtaking, and the sight of the powerless Doctor is deeply disturbing to viewers. Russell T Davies wrote a story that takes place, for the most part, within the cramped confines a space bus. Given the small cast and the setting, David Tennant was inevitably going to have a huge share of the dialogue to deliver. At the end of the day, the success of this episode, much more so than any other, rested on his shoulders. He rose to the challenge in resplendent fashion. For those readers who can stand the unnerving sight of the alien creature within Sky copying the Doctor's every last word, here's a spine-chilling clip. What did you think of this list? What moments from the Tenth Doctor's almighty era do you remember most fondly? Leave your picks in the comments section below!