Ranking The Doctor Who Series Premieres From Worst To Best

Each and every episode of Doctor Who finds itself under an intense level of anticipation but the preceding plethora of public scrutiny is always intensified for the series premieres which are heralded as unmissable event TV. This is great news for fans, of course, who can rest assured that each premiere will be bigger and better than the one before it. It must be a pretty daunting task for the writers, however, who are faced with the formidable task of making the latest return of TV's favourite Time Lord even more spectacular than the last. Luckily, it's been in very good hands since its grand televisual comeback in 2005. Doctor Who openers serve to set the tone for that respective series and usually they've got even bigger fish to fry as they're often introducing a new Doctor or companion to the show's ever evolving mythology. The last decade of timey-wimey escapades have treated audiences to 8 season openers and they continue to push the franchise's pre-established boundaries even a decade later. But which has been the best to date? Find out in our definitive ranking of the Doctor Who series premieres from worst to best. Oh, and Let's Kill Hitler and The Bells of Saint John haven't been included, since they're technically part of Series 6 and 7, respectively. Click "Next" to begin...