Doctor Who: Every Series Plot Thread Ranked Worst To Best

What was arguably the best series of Doctor Who opened with Doc number 11 getting shot and killed by an assailant in a space suit. Amy Pond was distraught, Rory had to burn the body, and everything was just that little bit bleaker than what we had come to expect from a series opener. Amazing stuff.

So began a series-long time-bending mystery involving the Doctor's exploits leading up to that fateful moment. For those who remember, there was some neat marketing surrounding this thread, including a BBC TV spot showing a lifeless hand next to a sonic screwdriver. It all added to the build up, and the show's integrity never seemed stronger.

Shame then that the reveal turned out to be a bit of a trick, and a relatively cheap one at that. Turns out it was never the Doctor that we saw, but a robot facsimile, with the real article shrunken and working the controls inside. Really?

Well, you take the rough with the smooth and the rest of that series was gold dust. So, never mind.