10 Greatest Classic Doctor Who Stories

The best serials from Doctor Who's first 26 years, but how many star Tom Baker?

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[WhoCulture]

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[nancyjay]

I absolutely love City of Death. The dialogue, the scenes, Romana's outfit, the time- splintered villain, the buffoon trailing after the Doctor and Romana who ultimately saved the planet... It's terrific.

[matriculus]

One of my all time favourites that wasn't on the lust is pyramids of Mars. Ot freaked me out as a kid and still holds up today. Definitely the best of Michael Sheard's many who performances.

[NomenLuni]

I'm glad Inferno made the list. It is easily Jon Pertwee's best story. Leaving off The Caves of Androzani is utterly ridiculous though. Also, The Invasion is a far better Cybermen story than Tomb.

[Waffletigercat]

lmao Caves of Androzani absolutely is so much better than Kinda. The cliffhanger at the end of episode 3, where the Doctor laughs at one of the villains holding a gun on him as he deliberately crashes the spaceship they are on, is just so good.

[ChrisMentzer]

I loved Tomb of the Cybermen. A great story and forerunner for Dark Water in the Capaldi era

[beezig]

I guessed City of Death to be at the top, so many classics you could add, The Daemons, Horror of Fang Rock, Caves of Androzani, The curse of Fenric, just shows that this show can do any type of drama and thats why its the greatest show ever.

[jpando]

I think Power of the Daleks should replace Evil on this list. Not only is it a more tightly written and well paced story, but it also gave us clever, scheming Daleks and Patrick Troughton's breakout first appearance as The Doctor.

[badwolf]

120 Years of Doctor Who here we come!!!

[johnyesjustjohn]

My personal #11 would be The Pirate Planet. Douglas Adams, some wonderful scenery-chewing, and some pretty good twists and ideas in there too.

[SplotchTheCatThing]

Great list -- I'd have definitely found somewhere to squeeze in Vengeance on Varos, though.
And I'm surprised you have Spearhead from Space on there instead of Terror of the Autons, which did everything Spearhead did at least as well while *masterfully* introducing one of the show's best....
...companions.


Oh, okay, and also one of the best villains.

[djdustie]

Saddened to see Androzani left out. My all-time fave classic Who story.

[eschnabel.]

Hello from Colorado. I caught "Inferno", as a wee lad half a century back. The Primords scared me a lot. I'd love to see them return. (maybe a Silurian bio weapon?)

[Dynasty]

"Spearhead from space" is what inspired "Rose" (The episode)

[taliesinllanfair]

Loved "Kinda". The Mara was scary because they weren't tangible. A very young Simon Rouse losing his mind was also awesome (played CDI Jack Meadows on The Bill).

[martinoates]

Held off pressing "like" until City of Death confirmed as #1. Julian Glover as the villain/monster plus the score just adds more stardust to this one.

[ScaryBaldMan]

Thank you for including Inferno. One of my absolute favorites! 😊

[frankharr]

That is a list. I like it. I wouldn't have put City of Death at the top, but it's defensible.

[jimmyjambhere]

Great list. I would have to add Power of the Daleks, Terror of the Zygons, The War Games, Terror of the Autons, Seeds of Doom.

[Dynasty]

Everyone hates on Adric but his final line makes me cry.