Doctor Who: The Best Episodes From Each Modern Series

One of the greatest love stories ever told. No, this isn't about Amy and Rory, although waiting 2,000 years for your beloved would usually trump any classic boy meets girl tale.

Matt Smith and Suranne Jones make a playful pairing, delightfully conveying the spectrum of sweetly smitten and deep affection between the Doctor and his one true love TARDIS. Jones is brilliantly barmy with a convincing air of otherworldliness making her the definitive TARDIS, if ever there was one. The kiss of golden energy she transfers to the makeshift TARDIS is the glorious icing on the cake.

The ever-brilliant Neil Gaiman packs a lot of imaginative ideas into 45 fast-paced minutes. The thought of "lots and lots of Time Lords" goes from gleeful amazement to painful realisation. It's a visual delight: the asteroid reminiscent of the planetary junkyard Sakaar from Thor: Ragnarok, and the Doctor and Idris racing towards then entering the TARDIS is a sheer spectacle. Gaiman also throws in some old school with infinite TARDIS corridors, and a green-eyed Ood for good, scary measure. Plus, it's always nice to see the Ninth and Tenth Doctors' desktop theme.

Michael Sheen's masterstroke in malevolence as House is one of his best chameleon acts (I honestly thought it was Gabriel Woolf's voice). The only minor grumble is Rory "dying" *insert groan here*, which becomes more of an annoying running gag at this point.

There are many memorable lines, from Idris' poetic: "No, but I always took you where you needed to go," to the Doctor's chilling "Fear me. I've killed all of them."

In the end, it's your classic Old Girl floating in front of her Doctor, just wanting to say hello.