Doctor Who: 10 Most-Viewed Scenes On YouTube Ranked Worst To Best
4. The Tenth Doctor Regenerates (The End Of Time)
Views: 6.6 million
Regeneration clips are always big-hitters on YouTube. Those moments when an incumbent Doctor gets an explosive makeover are simultaneously the most sad and exciting scenes in the whole show, because it's heartbreaking to see your favourite leave... but it's thrilling to see someone new take the reigns.
They're momentous occasions that Who fans like to revisit over and over again (mainly on those quiet, lonely nights, while silently crying to themselves), and it probably won't shock you too much to learn that the regeneration of NuWho's poster boy is one of the most popular of the lot.
Simply put, the Tenth Doctor's transformation into the Eleventh Doctor is a fantastic moment. It's got this really grand, cinematic vibe, partly thanks to composer Murray Gold (him again - and not for the last time), as well as some sweeping camera work that truly sells the destructive power of the Doctor's regeneration energy.
And then there's the first appearance of Matt Smith, who bounds onto the scene in a lighter moment that had the potential to feel tonally jarring, but because of how endearing his zany energy is, it works rather well.
Tennant's final line "I don't want to go" still feels a little bit cringey, so we had to dock this scene a few points for that - but that's our only nitpick. Overall, this is a spectacular regeneration for a spectacular Doctor.