100 Episodes of Doctor Who to Save Forever 

Top 100: that’s too few Top 10: that’s ages, get me knitting

Next video: the 97 existing episodes you’d sacrifice to get the 97 missing ones back...?

Sonic screwdriver appeared in the earlier story than war games fury from the deep....though admittedly that's missing from archives 🎩

Classic Who Notes: 1. The Time Meddler was 4 Parts 2. Sonic Screwdriver first Appeared in Fury from the Deep 3. The 1st companion to die wasn't Adric (he was the 3rd), it was Katarina in Part 3 of 'The Daleks' Masterplan' (1965). The 2nd was Sara Kingdom in DMP Part 12 (1966). 4. Survival was 3 Parts 5. The '96 TV movie was the only TV Episode between 12/6/89 & 3/26/05, making it the only episode over 16 years - not 26. - P.S.: Have you seen The Moonbase? It's an excellent 2nd Dr & Cybermen episode which I really feel is underrated (mostly b/c only 2/4 episodes exist). Modern Who Notes: 1. Army of Ghosts preservation reason is basically how many Classic Who nuts feel about Part 1's 2. Love seeing some love for The God Complex, thank you 3. Love seeing some love for It Takes You Away b/c - Yeah, It's awesome! - P.S.: Love this video, It's such an interesting concept especially w/ having 851 episodes to choose from (b4 mini episodes).

5:04 Frozen frame for like 15 seconds (not sure if you already know about this or not) Other than that I'm really enjoying this, this video is what I've always wanted out of the DW fanbase

The way Nathaniel sets outs his rules lmao I feel like I'm at a Doctor Who bootcamp.

Good list here! Some of them surprised me a bit, but I get your reasoning. I would have included a part Spearhead from Space personally, being the first story in colour.

Great list. I would’ve included Rose for the simple reason as it’s the beginning of the new era, and Twice Upon a Time to see the modern take on a multi doctor story, as well as it being the end for Capaldi.

I hope there's a novelisation of "The Doctor's Wife". A lot of stuff was apparently cut from that episode.

I really love Peter Capaldi as the doctor and his last two parter is great

Quick question, if this did happen, would we remember the other episodes despite them being deleted? If so, so many of these would be out of context and would be hilarious to watch.

I have my 100 episodes. I'm using the full story for my version: An Unearthly Child - great intro. The Daleks - self explanatory The Azteks - explains clearly the temptations and pitfalls of going back in time. The Tenth Planet - first regeneration Tomb of the Cybermen - great The Silurians - here for nostalgia: this was my first Doctor Who story, and it does hold up. Day of the Daleks - first time that time-travel was key to the story, rather than just a setting. The Sea Devils - great Master story The Three Doctors - great multi-doctor story. The Time Warrior - Sarah-Jane Smith. Genesis of the Daleks - Davros City of Death - a great story The Five Doctors - another great multi-Doctor outing (and my favourite Peter Davidson story) Vengance on Varos - Best of the Colin Baker episodes Remembrance of the Daleks - shows the chess master 7th Doctor. Doctor Who (Movie) - 8th Doctor Dalek - great outing & brings back Daleks. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances - scary and brilliant School Reunion - Sarah-Jane Smith :D The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit - awesome and scary Blink - Weeping Angels The Fires of Pompeii - Donna is awesome 1 The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky - Donna is awesome 2 Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead - River Song Eleventh Hour - best of the openers The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang - A great finale The Doctor's Wife - the TARDIS is a woman! The Girl Who Waited - Amy and Rory

I would keep every Eccleston episode because I can't put my bias aside when it comes to his series. It's all perfection.

I recommend saving all of them, as well as finding the 97 episodes that are missing!!!

*Sees title* Nathaniel, do you ever sleep?

I would save the first part of an Unearthly Child, every 7th Doctor episode that has Ace in it. All 2nd Doctor episodes that still exist. And how ever many episode I have left over I would then cherry pick from the rest of the Doctors. Probably the 4th Doctor and the 12th Doctor. Would be what I save with what I have left over.. if I have any left over.

Thumbs up for including _The God Complex_ and _Extremis_ - although personally I'd ditch _The End of the World_ in favour of _Rose._ The latter was the one that rebooted Doctor Who for a new generation, so it's arguably important for that reason alone. Plus, in the absence of _Spearhead_ and _Terror,_ at least it makes sure that the Autons are preserved for posterity. (Similarly, I like that you included one episode of _Warriors of the Deep,_ so that at least the Silurians and Sea Devils get a look-in.)

I completely agree about City of Death - on both counts. But hey, it's Douglas writing for Tom!

I won’t do 100 but here’s some stories that I think should be saved. Some of these are my favourite stories ever, some are just stories that I think are essential for this shows legacy and ones I think should always be here for us to watch. Rise of cybermen/age of steel An unearthly child Stolen Earth/Journeys end The eleventh hour Rosa Twice upon a time Aliens of London/WW3 The sea devils Bad wolf/parting of the ways The tenth planet The enemy of the world Boomtown Hungry Earth/cold blood The end of the world Spearhead from space Survival Frontier in space impossible planet/Satan pit Cold War The day of the doctor Genesis of the daleks School reunion Love and monsters The time warrior Pandorica opens/Big bang The next doctor Dalek invasion of Earth Rose Utopia/TSOD/LOTT The woman who fell to Earth The moonbase Vincent and the doctor The TV movie The two doctors sontaran stratagem/poison sk It takes you away Caves of androzani The five doctors Blink The waters of mars Time of angels/flesh & stone Midnight Robot Vampires in Venice Remembrance of the daleks Empty child/doctor dances The pilot The unquiet dead

Only 1 episode I’d keep that you didn’t would be waters of mars. I really love it, it’s your opinion though so I’m not arguing or anything

As long as the ones introducing The Master and Cheetah Master are there I ain't fussed about the rest of my 100. Though no bets Hell Bent isn't on here.

Most I'd agree with, though I don't know if you need to include the TV movie if 8's being represented by Night of the Doctor. I might have added Lie of the Land to Extremis, just for the Missy/Doctor confrontation in the vault. That little back and forth that lasted maybe five minutes told us so much about Missy and her relationship to the Doctor. Also, The Waters of Mars. That episode was unique in how dark the Doctor could go. It was, arguably, a turning point for him.

I couldn't do 100, so i did 127 An Unearthly Child (1) The Daleks (1-2) The Dalek Invasion Of Earth (6) The Chase (6) The Celestial Toymaker (2-4) The Tenth Planet (1-4) Power Of The Daleks(1-6) The Ice Warriors (1-6) The Invasion (6-8) The War Games (9-10) Spearhead From Space (1-4) Doctor Who And The Silurians (1-3, 5-7) Terror Of The Autons (1-4) The Curse Of Peladon (1-4) The Sea Devils (1-6) The Three Doctors (1-4) The Green Death (6) The Time Warrior (1) The Monster Of Peladon (1-3) Planet Of Spiders (6) Robot (1-2) Genesis Of The Daleks (1-2, 5-6) Terror Of The Zygons (1-4) The Face Of Evil (1) The Invisible Enemy (1-2) Logopolis (4) Castrovalva (1) Mawdryn Undead (1-4) The Five Doctors Warriors Of The Deep (4) Resurrection Of The Daleks (1-2) The Caves Of Androzani (4) Attack Of The Cybermen (1-2) Delta And The Bannermen (1-3) Dragonfire (4) Remembrance Of The Daleks (1-4) Silver Nemesis (1) Battlefield (1-4) Survival (3) Rose Dalek Bad Wolf The Parting Of The Ways School Reunion Rise Of The Cybermen Army Of Ghosts Doomsday Gridlock Utopia The Sound Of Drums The Sontaran Stratagem The Poison Sky The Stolen Earth Planet Of The Dead The End Of Time (1-2) The Hungry Earth The Day Of The Doctor Dark Water The Zygon Invasion The Zygon Inversion Hell Bent World Enough And Time Twice Upon A Time Resolution

Mate that was amazing! I would include an episode of Inferno just to preserve the brigadier with the eyepatch!

I enjoyed your logic of working to "preserve" the show. It made your list unique - as opposed to just revealing your favorites.

Wow! That was great Nathaniel. This will make it easier to choose what to rewatch first.😁

This was a really well put together video, good job friend

73: so we'll be leaving people on a cliffhanger there? Aight, I can see the benefit.

I don't know enough of Classic Who to do 100, so I'll do a top 10 of modern Who: 1) The Empty Child: I think it's a great way to introduce the 9th doctor, Rose and Moffat. 2) The Doctor Dances: Captain Jack is great and "everybody lives!"--it balances fear and happiness so well. 3) The Girl in the Fireplace: it's quite emotional and the Clockwork Droids are nightmare fuel! 4) Blink: I promise I'm not just a Moffat fan, but this also has to go on the list for obvious reasons. 5) Journey's End: the conclusion of the best series finale. 6) Vincent and the Doctor: it's a beautiful, emotionally mature episode with so much creativity. 7) The Crimson Horror: it's my favourite episode, I'm allowed a bit of bias--and Diana Rigg is awesome in this! 8) Mummy on the Orient Express: best episode of new Who? Maybe. 9) Heaven Sent: much like Vincent, it's emotionally mature and extremely creative as well as super ambitious. 10) Oxygen: I wish I had given myself more than ten, but if I really had to pick then it would be this one. It's such a unique spin on the base-under-siege idea and is genuinely frightening at times. As much as I do like the 13th doctor, I don't think any of series 11 could beat these stories for me, but I'm very hopeful that series 12 can!

Glad your #85 was on this list! A personal favorite and genuinely underrated in my opinion.

Damn it, why do people keep misunderstanding Hell Bent. It's a brilliant and wonderfully written episode about friendship, love, the craving for power, totalitary regimes, overcoming and accepting one's own flaws, it has some deep and massive tie ins with a lot of the Doctor Who lore, we get to know a bit more about the time lords and what happened to them after the time war, we learn a bit more about Gallifreyan social structures and that not everyone on there is a timelord and we get all of that basically WITHOUT A MAIN ANTAGONIST combined with a beautiful and heartbreaking send off for one of my favourite companions packed into 1 hour of television! It's just not, what you hoped it would be after seeing Heaven Sent and that's in my opinion basically the ONLY real reason, most people have, who hate this episode. Personally, I really love it and I can get over not putting stuff like Akhaten on this list, which I also love. But this and Time of the Doctor are both just way too meaningful and misunderstood gems of modern WHO and tv overall! (Although I would admit, TotD is maybe a bit of a mess, considering everything it tried - and had to - pay off within the runtime of just one single episode! Yet still, it deserves all our respect for how it turned out!)

Very glad that The Girl who Waited is on here as my favourite Doctor Who story ever.

Agreed about Capaldi's exit too. And the best new Who Cyberman effort.

thank you for participating in the tag I made for The Whoniversals, it means so much and I love all your choices

This is the fastest I ever heard you talk, it was impressive and highly entertaining. I thought to myself - this is going to probably be your opportunity to wipe hell bent from existence.. yeeeep. Lol.

Actually, the Sonic Screwdriver's first appearance was actually in an earlier Second Doctor story called Fury From The Deep. It's a missing story and is in Season 5 (and it's not on Britbox), but yeah, the Sonic Screwdriver makes its first appearance in it.

Great to see your take on this challenge. I did it myself a couple of months ago. Took me so long to work out which ones I wanted to save though 🙂

I haven't seen any classic who, so how about a top 50? 1. Dalek 2. Father's Day 3. The Empty Child 4. The Doctor Dances 5. The Parting of the Ways 6. The Girl in the Fireplace 7. Rise of the Cybermen 8. The Age of Steel 9. The Impossible Planet 10. The Satan Pit 11. Army of Ghosts 12. Doomsday 13. Smith and Jones 14. Daleks in Manhattan 15. Evolution of the Daleks 16. Human Nature 17. The Family of Blood 18. Blink 19. Utopia 20. The Sound of Drums 21. Last of the Time Lords 22. Voyage of the Damned 23. The Doctor's Daughter 24. Silence in the Library 25. Forest of the Dead 26. Midnight 27. Turn Left 28. The Waters of Mars 29. The End of Time, Part One 30. The End of Time, Part Two 31. Victory of the Daleks 32. Vincent and the Doctor 33. Night Terrors 34. Asylum of the Daleks 35. The Angels Take Manhattan 36. The Night of the Doctor 37. The Last Day 38. Into the Dalek 39. Flatline 40. Last Christmas 41. Under the Lake 42. Before the Flood 43. Face the Raven 44. Heaven Sent 45. Smile 46. Extremis 47. World Enough and Time 48. The Woman Who Fell to Earth 49. Kerblam! 50. It Takes You Away

The one episode I'd put on this list that you didn't would be Episode 4 of "Curse of Fenric" for the climatic scene where the Doctor is first saved by the faith his companion (Ace) has in him, and then he deliberately causes that faith to falter, because that is what was needed to defeat the villain. Not only does that scene show us one of the most powerful Doctor/Companion dynamics in the history of the program, it also illustrates what a manipulative bastard the Doctor can be, sometimes, in the name of saving the world. Not sure what I would swap out to make room for it... Maybe Time Crash (it's cute, but we get to see the Doctor mocking himself in "The Three Doctors").

Really cool idea! Loved it :)

Unrelated note, god it feels so weird not having any Doctor Who this year (disregarding the New Year's Special)

Mty top ten episodes. 1: Battlefield 2: The Talons of Weng-Chiang 3: Shada 4: The Stolen Earth\Journey's End. 5: The Day Of the Doctor 6: The Three Doctors 7: The Two Doctors 8: The Five Doctors 9: School Reunion 10: City Of Death

It seems like there are is some video missing at 5:03- 5:20, should we go looking in namibia for a copy?

is it bad that as soon as you said part 3 of war games is the intro to the sonic i instently went all nerd and was all "ehhhh the sonic came into the show in fury from the deep part 1" god i need to go out side more but the day ball hurts my eyes edit: also i might as well do a video on it havent done a vid since january and its summer holidays for me atleast so mgiht as well do somthing

Great video, great glasses! :)

You have to save Hell Bent, right? Right? … Anyone?

This, I think, is the list closest to my own choices; I'd swap out "Time Crash" and "Amy's choice" for "Turn Left" and "Kerblam!" - but those are two favourites for me. Thanks for an enjoyable video.

Just a few yiu didn't mention. Episode 3 of 'The Web of Fear' for Gordan Lethbridge-Stewart's first appearance, ironically the one that's missing'. If I keep anything of the sixth Doctor's era it would be Attack of the Cybermen or Revelation of the Daleks. Not because of the title adversaries but I just so happen to think they're his best TV stuff.

Take out all of doctor 13 and replace with, under the lake/before the flood. Also save impossible astronaut and day of the moon aswell as mcganns minisode for the anniversary

I'm glad to see someone actually talking about the good things in series 11 as apposed to wishing for the deaths of everyone involved.

I love it takes you away too! It's incredible

Rather you than me. I couldn't sacrifice any episode of Doctor Who. :-)

That was damn impressive sir! Bravo!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾

I like the list. You included most of the episodes I would consider.

Keep in mind you can get away with keeping only the second half of a two-part story because at the beginning of the episode, it has a last time... thing at the beginning that would also be preserved.

I'd personally have put a couple more of season 22, and for sure need under the lake and before the flood in there

Oooo. Once I heard the parameters of this list I was mad interested in this!!

Interesting that you looked at this from a kind of 'preservation for future generations looking back' aspect. I'm sure most, including myself would just pick the ones they really like. There's definitely some similarities between my picks and yours, although many differences too, but I'd really need to re-watch the classic era before choosing.

You should release an updated version of this list for everytime a new Doctor is cast.

"Blink! *gesticulates wildly* Duh!" Mostly agree with this list, though you cut End of Time so we aren't friends anymore, sadly. Still though.

I know series 7 gets a lot of hate, but since you didn't really have any episodes from it I'll just say that I think Angles Take Manhattan, Hide, and the Crimson Horror are pretty good. I know that most serial watchers figured out Clara's whole deal ages before 'The Name of the Doctor' so that payoff wasn't very satisfying, but when I binged the series with my boyfriend (who hadn't seen DW before), he found series 7's arc the most satisfying. Inch resting.

It just occurred to me that a your making a series talking about the specials where various Doctor Who characters are utilized would be interesting. And also some of the specials where actors don't ACTUALLY reprise their roles in Doctor Who, but where the intent is to make a Doctor Who type of story, might be good stories for you to cover.

R.I.P Waters of Mars

A Good Man Goes To War? I love that episode xD

Great video!! How about top 50 episodes that should be cast into the event horizon of a collapsing galaxy.. or is that too negative.

I would approach these very different to the RU-vidrs I watched. Council of Geeks saved parts of stories, but I will save complete stories (except in a few examples) as I think it would be difficult to watch back with lots of gaps. He also saved them from an academic point of view, the first episode with Sonic Screwdriver for example, whereas I'd save them on the purposes of watching them back, or from the point of view of a new fan getting into Doctor Who. Therefore, I'd prioritise the New Series (in particular the first 5 seasons as I PERSONALLY think those are the ones with the most quality) with only a few episodes missing so people. Also, the new series imo, has a priority as the episodes are twice the length (22 mins vs 45 mins, which is why I prioritised specials too); I can either save The Invasion, or almost ALL of series one! Thus, my list will be controversial, as I kept all the meat of the early few seasons of New Who, but in the guise of someone watching it for the first time, then going back to watch classic stories that summarise their era (and the best). Here we go: Classic An Unearthly Child (Just part 1!!!) Dalek Invasion of Earth (6) Tomb of the Cybermen (4) Terror of the Autons (4) Genesis of the Daleks (6) City of Death (4) The Five Doctors (1) Caves of Androzani (4) Vengeance on Varos (2) Remembrance of the Daleks (4) The TV Movie (Made sure I got a dalek (and davros!) story, a cyberman story, and a master story, as well as the five doctors which is 90 mins long!) 36 episodes Rose End of the World Dalek Father’s Day Empty child/Doctor Dances Bad wolf/Parting of the Ways Christmas Invasion Tooth and Claw School Reunion Girl in fireplace Rise of cybermen/age of steel Impossible planet/satan pit Army of ghosts/doomsday Smith and Jones Shakespeare Code Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of Daleks Human nature/family of blood Blink Utopia/sound of drums/last of time lords Voyage of the damned Fires of Pompeii Sontaran Stratagem/poison sky Unicorn and the wasp Silence in library/forest of the dead Midnight Stolen earth/journeys end Waters of mars End of time part 1 and 2 Eleventh Hour Amy’s choice The Pandorica Opens/The Big bang Christmas Carol The Impossible Astronaut/day of the moon The Doctor's Wife A Good Man Goes to War Asylum of the Daleks The Snowmen Rings of Akhaten Name of the doctor Day of the doctor Time of the doctor Deep Breath Listen Flatline Last Christmas Face the raven/ Heaven Sent World Enough of Time/The Doctor Falls I know this will be very controversial, and of course my own biases have come into play ALOT!!

Have you thought about doing a 'top ten most exciting episodes' list to go with your 'saddest' 'funniest' and 'scariest' lists? Looking back I think my favourite episodes are the ones with the most running down corridors, high stakes, explosions, a ticking clock and tough decisions under pressure. Episodes like Dalek, The Parting Of The Ways, Tooth & Claw, The Satan Pit, 42, Utopia, Voyage Of The Damned, Planet Of The Ood, The Eleventh Hour, Flesh And Stone, Mummy On The Orient Express, Oxygen, the first 2 minutes of The Ghost Monument or the first two minutes of The Tsuranga Conundrum

All of Patric troughten episodes. Wait a minute...

I think there's an argument to be made to include Hell Bent, certainly if you want to show the series at it's very worse.

8:30...wait what? ATTACK OF THE CYBERMEN & REVELATION OF THE DALEKS ARE GREAT!!!

Hard to disagree with most of these, however I 100% would preserve Rose ahead of End of the World. End of the World is obviously a lot better, but Rose is the episode that brought the show back. End of the World is just a very good Ninth Doctor story. I'd keep it for the Face of Boe trilogy, but New Earth sucks so i wouldn't wanna keep that

60:40 split between old and new who? I mean, I get it, but given the compression I reckon I could keep the best of New Who in 20-25.

I don't know anything about classic who, so I can't speak to the first slightly more than half of the list (the reasons you give seem valid). The only major complaint I have about the latter half of the list is the exclusion of The End of Time. You've got an excellent incarnation of Simms's Master. You've got Wilf. You've got the reveal of the Time Lords at the end of Part 1. And you get the wrap up and send off of Tennant and the whole Davies era of Dr. Who. Just so many amazing emotional moments that I couldn't bear to lose to the void. As to what I would cut out for it, I'd take out The God Complex. It is a great episode, but the one and only problem I have with the Girl Who Waited is that it wasn't the last episode with Amy and Rory. The fact that Rory didn't follow through on his pronouncement that "Then we will not travel with you any more!" just really... it really weakens that episode in context. So having The Girl Who Waited be the last Amy and Rory story we have is a plus in my book. The other episode I'd take out would be... probably Time Crash. It hurts me to say it because I love love love Time Crash, but I think we already have other examples of the show's tie to Classic Who with School Reunion and Day of the Doctor. So while Time Crash is great, I have to get rid of something.

I would have put in Waters of Mars.

I can't remember the name of the Amazon one in s11, but I'm surprised it didn't make your list? Like I thought that was one of your favourites this series?

I would argue that we would need Spearhead From Space due to the first episode in colour and set’s up Pertwee’s era

1. An Unearthly Child (Only Ep. 1 though) (1) 2. The Daleks (Eps. 2 & 7 Only) (3) 3. The Tenth Planet (7) 4. The Power of the Daleks (13) 5. The Mind Robber (18) 6. The War Games (Ep. 10 Only) (19) 7. Spearhead from Space (23) 8. The Three Doctors (27) 9. Carnival of Monsters (31) 10. Planet of the Spiders (37) 11. Robot (41) 12. The Sun Makers (45) 13. The Androids of Tara (49) 14. Logopolis (53) 15. Castrovalva (57) 16. Black Orchid (59) 17. The Five Doctors (60) 18. The Caves of Androzani (64) 19. The Twin Dilemma (68) 20. Attack of the Cybermen (70) 21. Vengeance on Varos (72) 22. Revelation of the Daleks (74) 23. Remembrance of the Daleks (78) 24. The Happiness Patrol (81) 25. The Curse of Fenric (85) 26. Survival (88) 27. TV Movie (89) 28. Dalek (90) 29. The Parting of the Ways (91) 30. Human Nature / Family of Blood (93) 31. Deep Breath (94) 32. Under The Lake / Before The Flood (96) 33. Heaven Sent (97) 34. Oxygen (98) 35. World Enough & Time / The Doctor Falls (100)

I cannot find fault with your choices, though there are a few I'd have changed for sentimental reasons. But for almost all of them, I'm sitting watching going, "YES!" and punching the air. There are several classic companions you've omitted entirely, but that can't be helped if you're jumping around (but no Liz or Leela or Romana I?).

Good list! Good job, especially in keeping the Mcgann eps, the man deserved at least a full season or maybe just a few more TV moves! Personally the only things I would have done differently is clipped a few Pertwee, Capaldi and Whittaker eps to make room for all 8 episodes of Troughton's The Invasion, (I just really like that story) and include a few but not all of The Two Doctors story, (Giving Colin Baker a little more representation on this list as well as showing Patrick Troughton's last hurrah as The Doctor!) other than that, yeah I agree with this list!!

Someone tell this lad that there isn't a survival part 4.

Why did the video pause when you were describing The Three Doctors?

Why didn't you include Listen? Just for the totally awsome monologue of Capaldi in the beginning? Plus, have we actually seen the TARDIS underwater before??? :D Would be a great way to explore the Cambrian Period when the first fish had evolved! :D

Where do you watch all of your classic Who I’ve watched all the modern who episodes at least 8 times each and wanted something new

You like Demons of the Punjab a lot more than me, I found the acting of the brothers extremely horrible. I still think it is in the top 4 episodes of that series, with It Takes You Away, Kerblam! and The Woman Who Fell To Earth, but, as much as I want to keep it for tackling the Partition of India, i think Kerblam! is the better episode for preservation, a better reflection on Jodie and all her companions.

Some moments I'd be really sad to lose if we go with your list (just off the top of my head - is not meant to cover everything): First meeting of the Dr & Brigadier (& Unit) Certain regenerations (end of Planet of the Spiders & end of Logopolis) Spearhead from Space (start of the Dr being exiled) Jo Grant leaving Romana leaving Curse of Fenric I'd also keep all of the Daleks & all of Dalek Invasion of the Earth (shows how much the story telling changed in just 1 year) Rose - the reintroduction of Doctor Who is arguably the most important moment in the shows history Flatline - Capaldi's best episode in my opinion I could quite happily cut out Colin Baker completely (let everyone think he was really the best Dr by having him survive in Big Finish stories alone) Peter Davidson could be left as 5 Doctors & Caves of Androzani - I don't care about Adric dying Also would consider cutting Jodie's doctor (hoping her second series gives better material to be worth keeping) Would also lose the TV film - #notmydoctorwho I'd basically look to have 1 complete story from each Doctor apart from 6 and then have some other complete stories I particularly enjoy / am fond of (mainly focusing on companions I like), then I would round out to 100 by preserving some of the key moments I've listed above. I actually agree with a lot of your complete story picks & modern who episodes but I'd be more inclined to try and preserve more complete stories especially from Classic Who, so would make selections on that basis.

I would have bumped off Oxygen in favour of Resolution personally, that's where doctor 13 absolutely clicked for me

How could you ditch the husbands of river song?

I really like your list and I mostly agree with your choices. But I'm surprised you didn't save Flatline.

I actually did a similar list a while ago of which modern series episodes I would use to introduce the series to a complete newcomer

Good list. I'd personally put Revelation of the Daleks there for the Colin Baker era, and add Kerblam!, but I'm not sure what I'd take out; probably Oxygen, but I'd still need to remove 2 more, and I haven't seen Vengeance on Varos, so I'm not sure if simply subbing them out for Revelation of the Daleks would be the right move. And possibly more episodes for the 1st and 2nd Doctors should be on there, but there's a lot of them I haven't seen, even among the episodes that are available. I was really glad to see The Girl Who Waited (maybe my favorite episode ever) and Night of the Doctor on the list. And I absolutely agree that Rosa and Demons of the Punjab should be included--I've stated before that I can't exactly say that I like those 2 episodes (especially Rosa), but I think they accomplish what they set out to do very well, and I respect the heck out of them.

Here's my list (you'll probably be able to tell which Doctors I like and which I don't): An Unearthly Child (Ep 1); The War Games (Ep 10); Spearhead from Space (Ep 4); The Three Doctors (Ep 1); The Time Warrior (Eps 1-4); Ark in Space (Ep 1); Genesis of the Daleks (Eps 1-6); Terror of the Zygons (Eps 1-4); Pyramids of Mars (Eps 1-4); Brain of Morbius (Eps 1, 4); The Seeds of Doom (Eps 1, 2, 5, 6); Robots of Death (Eps 1-4); The Deadly Assassin (Eps 2, 3); City of Death (Eps 1-4); The Keeper of Traken (Ep 4); Logopolis (Eps 1-4); Earthshock (Eps 1-4); Caves of Androzani (Eps 1-4); The End of the World; Dalek; The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances; The Parting of the Waves; The Christmas Invasion; Tooth and Claw; School Reunion; The Girl in the Fire Place; The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit; Army of Ghosts/Doomsday; Timecrash; Smith & Jones; The Shakespeare Code; Gridlock; Human Nature/Family of Blood; Blink; Utopia; The Sound of Drums; The Fires of Pompeii; Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead; Midnight; Turn Left; The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End; The Waters of Mars; End of Time Parts 1 & 2; The Eleventh Hour; Vincent and the Doctor; Night of the Doctor; Day of the Doctor; Mummy on the Orient Express; Under the Lake/Before the Flood; The Zygon Invasion/The Zygon Inversion; Heaven Sent; The Pilot; Oxygen; World Enough & Time/The Doctor Falls; Fugitive of the Judoon; The Haunting of Villa Diodati

I could never narrow it down to 100 episodes. 100 from 2005 onwards would be be be much easier as there's a lot that could easily be thrown out there and you'd only be lose 45 episodes (as of 2019) as opposed to several hundred. If you got rid of Human Nature/Family Of Blood, Utopia and the episodes that followed, anything with River Song in it, then that'd probably make up close to the 45 deleted episodes and you wouldn't be missing anything of value (in my opinion). Silence In The Library was good, but once the mystery about River is revealed and it is the most obvious answer (that doesn't really fit with the Doctor's character...but that's another story), then it loses a lot of what made it work. As for the classic series, I can't think of many that I would want to delete. Trial Of A Timelord would free up a lot of space for better episodes, but then we lose an entire series of Colin Baker. Also, it's not all bad. The first section is okay, then Mindwarp happens and it's all downhill from there. I could probably delete any Tegan heavy episodes as I found her rather annoying. Same goes for Mel. So it'd mostly be JNT era episodes that'd be going. It's hard with the first 2 Doctors as so many episodes are missing. I've not seen them to know if they're as great as the ones that we still have. So I guess those ones remain missing so as I don't have to delete any more. I can't think of anything to delete from the Jon Pertwee era. Maybe the Peledon episodes as Alpha's voice starts to become irritating pretty quickly, but then there's good character work there and it's a nice story arc. I don't know. Like I said, 100 episodes is not enough. There are currently 851 episodes in total. I could maybe cut it down to 800 if I really tried.

The only story I would willingly throw into the proverbial fire is Hell Bent.

personally I would had not kept utopia and extremis and replaced them with waters of mars and turn left because those are masterpieces

Feels weird that It takes you away, basically the average episode of Davies' era Who is saved...

Was surprised City of Death wasn't in there, don't know why, just was

Given that I have hardly seen any Classic Who, I suppose, I would have a hard time even coming up with a full 100!...

The first sonic screwdriver moment is the dominators

This would be my list: 1. An Unearthly Child Episode 1 2. The Daleks Episode 1 3. The Tenth Planet Episode 4 4. The Power of the Daleks Episode 1 5-12.. The Invasion 13-14. The War Games episodes nine and ten 15-18. Spearhead From Space 19. Terror of the Autons Episode 1 20-23. The Three Doctors 24-29. Planet of the Spiders 30-33. The Ark In Space 34-39. Genesis of the Daleks 40-43. The Pirate Planet 44-47. Earthshock 48. The Five Doctors 49-52. The Caves of Androzani 53. The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot 54. Remembrance of the Daleks 55. Doctor Who: The Movie 56. Rose 57. Dalek 58-59. Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways 60. School Reunion 61. The Girl In The Fireplace 62-63. Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel 64-65. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday 66. Blink 67-69. Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords 70. Partners In Crime 71-72. Silence In The Library/Forest of the Dead 73-74. The Stolen Earth/Journey's End 75-76. The End of Time Part One and Two 77. The Eleventh Hour 78-79. The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang 80. A Christmas Carol 81-82. The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon 83. The Doctor's Wife 84. The Power of Three 85. The Angels Take Manhattan 86. Nightmare In Silver 87. The Name of the Doctor 88. The Night of the Doctor 89. The Day of the Doctor 90. Robot of Sherwood 91-92. Dark Water/Death In Heaven 93-94. The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar 95. Sleep No More 96-97. World Enough And Time/The Doctor Falls 98. The Woman Who Fell To Earth 99. It Takes You Away 100. Resolution

I, for one, would be *very* interested in seeing a similar list of, let's say 50 *stories* to preserve (combining the multi- episode stories of the classic era, as well as the multi-part episodes of the modern era), seeing as how there are (if my counts are correct) over 1,000 *episodes*, comprising of 38 seasons (Yes, I count the 1996 TV Movie as a season, and an episode), and 288 (televised) stories, as of this writing.