My Top 10 BEST Classic Doctor Who Stories! (Updated) 

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10. Terror of the Autons 9. The Aztecs 8. The Tomb of the Cybermen 7. Attack of the Cybermen 6. Inferno 5. Remembrance of the Daleks 4. The Time Meddler 3. The Curse of Fenric 2. The Robots of Death 1. City of Death

1. City of Death 2. Inferno 3. Remembrance of the Daleks 4. The Caves of Androzani 5. The Talons of Weng-Chiang 6. Genesis of the Daleks 7. The Curse of Fenric 8. The Time Warrior 9. The Robots of Death 10. The Horror of Fang Rock I feel bad for missing out some top notch first and second doctor stories - The Romans, The War Games, The Mind Robber, The Invasion, The Web of Fear etc. But if i was being entirely objective and not trying to include as many Doctors as possible - this would be my list.

My favorite Classic Era Doctor is Pertwee and my favorite Modern Era Doctor is Capaldi.

10. The Seeds of Doom 9. The Evil of the Daleks 8. The Enemy of the World 7. The Invasion 6. Spearhead from Space 5. The Green Death 4. The War Games 3. The Caves of Androzani 2. Genesis of the Daleks 1. Remembrance of the Daleks Honorable mentions go to The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Inferno, The Three Doctors, Kinda, and Earthshock.

Love the amount of Fifth Doctor in this list! Honestly I don’t even dare attempt a Top 10 of my own, I feel like there are about 30 stories that deserve Top 10 status… but I don’t think there can be much debate over Genesis being #1. It just feels foundational to Doctor Who, so much of what we know Doctor Who to be is on full display in that story, maybe even originates from it. How different would modern portrayals of the Doctor be if not for that scene of Tom Baker agonising over the decision of whether he has the right to destroy the Daleks?

Pretty solid list. I definitely agree with you about The War Machines. I love the scene where Hartnell stares down the War Machine.

10. The Pirate Planet 9. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 8. City of Death 7. The Seeds of Doom 6. The Time Meddler 5. The Mind Robber 4. Genesis of the Daleks 3. Caves of Androzani 2. Inferno 1. The War Games Wow that was tricky!

I've been watching Michael Wisher as Davros ever since I was a little boy in 1975. It left an indelible mark on me at the very first viewing, but which has only become more potent as i've watched many times since as a boy and then an adult. His performance only gets better with repeat viewing. I think he was absolutely phenomenal. An iconic character made by an utterly iconic performance. Genesis is the greatest story of all, but it is Wisher who makes it so truly amazing.

My top ten: 1. The War Games 2. Caves of Androzani 3. Remembrance of the Daleks 4. Genesis of the Daleks 5. Inferno 6. City of Death 7. The Invasion 8. Tomb of the Cybermen 9. Spearhead from Space 10. Seeds of Doom

10. Brain of Morbius 9. Remembrance of the Daleks 8. Revelation of the Daleks 7. Terror of the Zygons 6. Earthshock 5. Power of the Daleks 4. Caves of Androzani 3. Seeds of Doom 2. Pyramids of Mars 1. Genesis of the Daleks

My top 10 would be 10. Planet of evil 9. The sun makers 8. Earthshock 7. The power of the daleks 6. The Silurians 5. Caves of androzani 4. Ghost light 3. Genesis of the daleks 2. The seeds of doom 1. Inferno For me planet of evil is probably my favourite childhood story, always both creepy, atmospheric and I just love watching the story. I do think the appreciation of just how fantastic the acting and how little music there is in inferno really boost just how brilliant a story it is. One that really shakes the doctor but still is able to recover from it. I think my list has changed over the years due to looking at what the camera does or rather doesn’t do, as it can be steady so it allows actors to breathe and really carry dialogue and not be screwed over by constant editing, or just jarring editing. It works at times when they know what they are doing in but at times, particularly in new who more than classic, the constant overload of music and editing really takes me out of a story

For me: 10. The Happiness Patrol (it was my first classic story, give me a break 🤣) 9. The Daleks 8. The Mind Robber 7. The Greatest Show In The Galaxy 6. Everything from Season 7 apart from Inferno 5. Tomb of the Cybermen 4. City Of Death 3. Genesis of the Daleks 2. Inferno 1. The Enemy of the World

1. Curse of fenric 2. Genesis of the daleks 3. Caves of androzani 4. Remembrance of the daleks 5. Dalek invasion of earth 6. Tomb of the cybermen 7. Ghostlight 8. Earthshock 9. City of death 10. Resurrection of the daleks

It shows how great a show Dr Who is when so many other "classic stories" haven't made your personal top 10.

Regarding the Invasion, it reminds me of Genesis of the Daleks with how little the Cybermen are in it. Also, Kevin Stoney may be the best guest star in Doctor Who history. He steals the show here and in the Daley Master Plan.

My Top 10 would be: 1, Remembrance of the Daleks 2, City of Death 3, Genesis of the Daleks 4, Spearhead from Space 5, The Caves of Androzani 6, The Pyramids of Mars 7, The Ark in Space 8, Earthshock 9, The Dalek Invasion of Earth 10, Carnival of Monsters

It's such a Shame that both Colin baker and Sylvester McCoy's Era Were Cut Short on tv

Resurrection is pretty damn good and Tegan’s exit is genuinely heartbreaking! I do think the War Machines also feels like a UNIT template story. Remembrance will always hold a special place in my heart! This was amazing to 8yr old me-so quotable and Gilmore et al are fantastic “one off” characters. A close tie between this and Fenric for Sylv’s best for me 😊 The Invasion really is awesome - that music is so atmospheric too! Not sure on my top 10, but Macra has shot right up there. My gosh I enjoyed it so much

My Top 10 1. Genesis Of The Daleks 2. Spearhead From Space 3. Caves Of Andrazani 4. Power Of The Daleks 5. City Of Death 6. Resurrection Of The Daleks 7. Earthshock 8. Battlefield 9. The Five Doctors 10. The Romans Though to be fair. Your updated list is bloody amazing The War Machines could easily be in my top 10. I fact i'll make a point of re-watching it over Christmas.

Mine are: 10. Remembrance of the Daleks 9. Spearhead from Space 8. Terror of the Zygons 7. Earthshock 6. Vengeance on Varos 5. Genesis of the Daleks 4. Curse of Fenric 3. Resurrection of the Daleks 2. City of Death 1. Caves of Androzani

The War Machines is my favourite Hartnell story. It never has a dull moment, great acting adn an engaging convincing narrative. Glad someone else has realsied this is a great one.

I absolutely loved the original list and it is amazing that you are redoing it. Thank you! Can’t wait for next week!

Hey Wingy would you ever do a top ten cliffhangers of Who?

* Resurrection - not leftfield, brill choice for Top 10. One of my fave Dalek stories. * The War Machines (1966 btw!) has always given me a first Doctor / UNIT vibe. * I always think of Remembrance as THE 25th anniversary story. Like you said, fuck Silver Nemesis. Just coz it was broadcast on 23/11/88 doesn’t mean jack given it’s such a shit story! * The Invasion defo one of my fave Troughton stories too! The direction, the location stuff, Vaughn, the music, everything. * Spearhead - always enjoyable, but for me also kinda ‘m’eh’ * City of Death - always a classic, end of. * Earthshock - don’t dislike it, but never been a huge fan of it like some are, though I defo recognise its strengths. * Power - bring it! Surprised myself that I sat through a 6 part animation without losing interest. Would love to see the missing first ep, if not the rest. * Androzani - still amazing - and I first watched it brand new as a 10 year old 37 years ago! * Genesis - always #1 We’re sort of like twins! A little bit. Not all the time, but sometimes. Occasionally. The odd moment. You get what I mean 😜

yes i agree that if you look back remembrance was mccoys best adventure. there are so many great stories from the classic show. hartnell to mccoy.

I think my top 10 are exclusively Tom Baker and the odd Pertwee 🤣

THE DO I HAVE THE RIGHT SPEECH IS THE DEFINING MOMENT FOR THE WHOLE MORALITY OF DOCTOR WHO

It is so hard to come up with a top ten list for classic Doctor Who. Genesis of the Daleks must always be on any top ten.

The humour in City of Death works because it's a story that doesn't take itself too seriously to begin with. Try and combine it with a Terry Nation script like in Destiny of the Daleks and you have something that is tonally all over the place

Have you ever seen the movie 80's blockbuster Lifeforce? It's a Sci-fi/horror/action movie that's like an 80's Michael Bay Doctor Who movie about a British/American voyage who bring back a vampire alien. Collin Firth's brother is in it as well as Patrick Stewart, is directed by the guy who made Poltergeist and has a great ramping from a slow burn horror movie into a British Michael Bay zombie movie with a big budget alien takeover of London. I think you'd love it.

10. Terror Of The Zygons 9. The Time Meddler 8. Curse of Fenric 7. Pyramids of Mars 6. Survival 5. The Invasion 4. Caves of Androzani 3. Spearhead From Space 2. Genesis of the Daleks 1. City of Death

10: Terror Of The Autons 9: The Greatest Show In The Galaxy 8: Marco Polo 7: City Of Death 6: Earthshock 5: Genesis Of The Daleks 4: Tomb Of The Cybermen 3: Vengeance On Varos 2: The Curse Of Fenric 1: Remebrance Of The Daleks

Watching this updated video, consider The Mind of Evil and The Robots of Death (the latter villain is arguably the best one time villain ever).

Totally agree on Genesis. I'd have to think on it a bit but two stories you didn't mention that I really liked were Pyramids of Mars and Enemy of the World (because Patrick was actually better as Salamander I thought).

Solid list. Will you rank all the modern christmas specials in time for christmas if you haven’t done that lind of video already? Im too lazy to sort my top 10 in order, but in general i think: The Invasion The War Games Spearhead from space The sea devils The Green death The time warrior Terror of the zygons Pyramids of mars The Seeds of doom The caves of androzani

My list is 1. Genesis of the Daleks 2. The Caves of Androzani 3. Earthshock 4. Inferno 5. Resurrection of the Daleks 6. Attack of the Cybermen 7. Pyramids of Mars 8. City of Death 9. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 10. An Unearthly Child

I don't know if I could list 10 I have faves for various reasons bot seen enough of the 60s and not seen all of pertwee. Pyramids of mars death to the Daleks and caves of androzani the talons of weneg Chiang renemberrnce of the daleks fenric 5 doctors just so many

Hallelujah! Resurrection of the Daleks gradually grew on me so much that it eventually overtook other faves to become my favourite story of the lot a few years ago. Glad to hear it getting some love. And yes, its incredibly re watchable. I’ve watched it more than almost any other. It’s complexity makes it endlessly interesting like a grand puzzle of the mind.

Great video! While I don’t have all of these stories in my own top 10, they are all very good stories except earthshock which I’m really not a fan of. My current top 3 is The War Games, The Green Death and The Seeds Of Doom

I haven't seen enough of the real "classics" to have a full list (rn I'm a bit focused on the 60s era) but atm my favourite story is power of the daleks, it's so great

Yay!!! :D If I’m being blunt, my top 10 classics would almost entirely be pertwee era stories. Planet of the daleks, frontier in space, the sea devils etc. But I do like many others

I've always felt The War Machines was the first "modern" story from a production standpoint, and the overall feel.

For me it’s 1. Evil of the Daleks 2. The Web of Fear 3. Talons of Weng Chiang 4. Genesis of the Daleks 5. The Invasion 6. The Dalek Invasion of Earth 7. The Silurians 8. The Mind of Evil 9. The Seeds of Doom 10. Ambassadors of Death 11. The Three Doctors Obviously huge Patrick Troughton fanboy. And glad to see some love for War Machines, great story.

10 The Three Doctors 09 Revelation of the Daleks 08 The Brain of Morbius 07 The Caves of Androzani 06 Earthshock 05 Genesis of the Daleks 04 The Ark in Space 03 Horror of Fang Rock 02 The Stones of Blood 01 The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Wingy. Love the videos... you deserve more than 10000 subscribers. Anyway, Merry Christmas! And all the best for 2022

Love the jacket Some of My favorites Talons of weng chiang Survival Rememberance of the Daleks Keys of Marinus Robots of death

Happy Christmas Alex!

1 caves of androzani 2 power of the Daleks 3 Genesis of the Daleks 4 Talons of Weng Chiang 5 war games Those are the ones off the top of my head that really stand above the rest, might swap power with caves depending on my mood, it is that amazing. Interesting that we have the same top three but in a different order (I felt genesis was a bit too long)

Good to see we share a lot of the same favourites, some of others (the War Machines, Earthshock) are also in and around the top 20 so great to see some War Machines love 1. City of Death 2. Fury from the Deep 3. Resurrection of the Daleks 4. Caves of Androzani 5. Curse of Fenric 6. Paradise Towers (I know, I know) 7. Remembrance of the Daleks 8.The Invasion 9. Frontier in Space (Purely on Delgado's performance alone) 10. Spearhead from Space

I love your list Wingy!

10. Inferno 9. Revelation of the Daleks 8. The Hand of Fear 7. The War Games 6. Vengeance on Varos 5. City of Death 4. Caves of Androzani 3. Planet of the Spiders 2. The Curse of Fenric 1. Genesis of the Daleks

10. The Talons of Weng-Chiang 9. Kinda 7. The Web Of Fear 6. The Seeds of Doom 5. Remembrance of the Daleks 4. Inferno 3. The Caves of Androzani 2. Fury From The Deep 1. The War Games

A fantastic list. Can't disagree with any of your choices and now I no longer feel an emotional attachment to the modern series I really enjoy video posts like this.

This kinda changes a bit, but currently off the top of my head: 10. Inferno 9. The Curse of Fenric 8. Earthshock 7. Spearhead from Space 6. Tomb of the Cybermen 5. Remembrance of the Daleks 4. Pyramids of Mars 3. Genesis of the Daleks 2. City of Death 1. The Caves of Androzani

Love the tree merry Christmas

My Top 10 10: The Curse of Fenric 9: Vengeance on Varos 8: The Aztecs 7: Inferno 6: City of Death 5: Earthshock 4: Pyramids of Mars 3: Genesis of the Daleks 2: Tomb of the Cybermen 1: Remembrance of the Daleks

what's interesting about Caves is the only person who wins is Krau Timmin but she's been complicit in all Morgus's evil. She won't survive long. Or maybe she will. Who can say?

10. Pyramids of Mars 9. The Daemons 8. The Curse of Peladon 7. Remembrance of the Daleks 6. The Talons of Weng Chiang 5. The Seeds of Doom 4. Death to the Daleks 3. Carnival of Monsters 2. Genesis of the Daleks 1. The Ark in Space

Top 10 One-Off Characters: Could imagine Duggan and the Base Team from The Satan Pit making that list.

Curse of Fenric has to be in there for me, I think because its in an unloved era it gets often overlooked, the book is even better and gives a bit more depth to it

Top 5 5. Ghost light 4. The war games 3. City of death 2. Caves of androzani 1. Curse of fenric

Enemy of the World is my favourite classic story!

Biggest faller over the years for me is definitely Inferno. When I was a teenager it was the coolest classic story going in my mind, now I think its... Okay? Nice to see the cast having fun in alternative roles and a cool filming location on the exteriors but no way is there 7 episodes worth of content there and the script and some of the characters (Greg and Petra) are really quite bland. Primords are genuinely such a bad and redundant monster too. Biggest riser for me is Enlightenment. I absolutely love this story and I've appreciated it more with every watch. Genuinely on the table of discussion along with Caves and Earthshock for best Davison story for me.

there are 158 stories in classic era who, there are no bad combinations (though I wouldnt put space pirates or gunslinger on my top ten any time soon)

Think more under rated then top 10 but I tell you what, The Android Invasion wouldn’t be far from my top 10!

Nobody seems to like 'The Stones of Blood' except for me !....cheers.

My 10 favorites are (in no particular order): 1) Deadly Assassin 2) City of Death 3) The Invasion 4) Genesis of the Daleks 5) The Face of Evil 6) The Daemons 7) The Sun Makers 8) The Tomb of the Cybermen 9) Resurrection of the Daleks 10) Spearhead From Space

I watched War Machines recently for the very first time and was pleasantly surprised by how good it was. Some decent acting, production design and an excellent script which I think was ahead of its time. Terrific stuff. My personal top 10 (in no particular order): The Web of Fear Talons of Weng Chiang Robots of Death Remembrance Of The Daleks Curse of Fenric Caves of Androzani Resurrection of The Daleks Ghost Light Horror of Fang Rock City of Death

Now I've got some starting points for if I want to do another Britbox Classic Who binge, thanks. Hopefully Play Store on my device will start working again so I can redownload it (but if it doesn't, I could always do a New Who nostalgia binge).

Just ordered Power of the Daleks on the strength of your recommendation! Bought the first couple of episodes on Britbox but too expensive to buy the whole series. Xmas viewing sorted

Are you doing an updated version of Of top 10 worst classic doctor who stories

I’m going to go with _The Sontaran Experiment._ Gorgeous location filming, wonderful little tale with a compact two-part narrative, a brutal and sadistic alien, some legitimately horrific scenarios, and great performances from the primary and guest cast alike, with Tom Baker being a bit more serious and not quite as irreverent as he would become later on during his tenure. I agree on _Resurrection of the Daleks._ It does admittedly suffer for some poor special effects, tattered-looking Dalek props and generally hurried production but the location work on the London docks / Butler’s Wharf makes up for a lot of that, and it feels ‘good’ to see a story in which the Doctor is somewhat powerless against his deadliest foes and ultimately can only achieve _some_ good, at a great personal cost and with much collateral damage around him. When the replicant policemen are pursuing Tegan and just casually, callously shoot a guy busying himself with a metal detector on the Thames’ embankment, because she looked at him . . . _that_ must be the most chilling death in _Doctor Who._ So-called ‘Nu-Who’ _wouldn’t dare_ to try to recreate that kind of bleak, grim authenticity, and as much as I love it and understand why it has to be more ‘family-friendly’ to survive the contemporary TV climate, I yearn for that horrific naturalism that classic _Doctor Who_ more than occasionally dabbled in. A lot of the problems with _Resurrection_ stem from a certain incongruity between unconvincing space-sets and bad / aging props, v. the wonderful gritty realism of the London wharves / warehouse settings, I think.

love tomb cybermen , its like 1930s mummy film in space

Yesss, glad to see someone else appreciate Power of the Daleks! Personally, I feel it portrays the Daleks at their creepiest. Also, I feel it's at least partially where both Dalek and Victory of the Daleks from Modern Who got their inspiration from, because both episodes have certain strong similarities to Power. And no, I'm not comparing Dalek to Victory Of The Daleks. Dalek is superior by *far*.

Hard for me to see "The War Machines" as better than "The Time Meddler", "The Daleks", "Keys to Marinus" and "The Aztecs".

Resurrection is my favourite classic. It’s absolutely brutal. Sensational story.

Some really good picks! For me Seeds of Doom used to be in my top five and the Deadly Assassin was always my number one favorite. Now Seeds of Doom is number one and Deadly is in the top five. Planet of Evil used to be one of my least favorite Tom stories and now I absolutely love it. I can’t wait for your least favorite video. I’m wondering if the Leisure Hive has moved up at all

Great choices. A few of my favourites you didn’t have on your list are Evil Of The Daleks. The Romans. Talons Of Weng Chiangmai. Kinda. Vengeance On Varos. The Curse Of Fenric. Inferno.

"I love Tegan's exit." Come on now, don't get coarse.

Resurrection far better than Remembrance. It just feels epic.Just wish it was a 6 parter.

1. The caves of androzoni 2. Face of evil 3. Web of fear 4. Inferno 5. Pyramids of mars 6. Carnival of monsters 7. Talons of weng chiang 8. Brain of morbius 9. Frontier in space 10. The time meddler

A great list

Finally! Some love for the Resurrection of the Daleks!!! Personally my favorite Peter Davidson episode! Fantastic video and happy holidays!

my fav is robots of death

Wingy you always up load a video when I'm at the gym it's starting to freak me out

War Machines - an interesting choice. I've always liked this story an, while I probably wouldn't put it in my top 10, I find the general consensus that it's not a good story to be odd. It's basically a prototype UNIT story, and that can't be a bad thing! My ten: 10. Evil of the Daleks 9. Terror of the Zygons 8. Dalek Masterplan 7. Seeds of Doom 6. Pyramids of Mars 5. Inferno 4. Talons of Weng-Chiang 3. City of Death 2. Caves of Androzani 1. Genesis of the Daleks

You know Caves of Androzani is a really good episode when it's shocking that someone ranks it as the second best instead of the best.

Do you ever think that the of Rassillion started the Time War??? Could be... He blew up Skaro.........

1. War Games 2. Genesis of the daleks 3. Caves of Androzani 4. Remembrance of the Daleks 5. Seeds of Doom 6. Inferno 7. Talons of Weng Chiang 8. City of Death 9. Brain of Morbius 10. Vengeance on Varos

10 the ark in space 9 the talents of weng-chain 8 tomb of the cybermen 7 the invasion 6 remembrance of the daleks 5 tenth planet 4 vengeance on varos 3 genesis of the daleks 2 city of death 1 caves of androzani

One of my favourites is Dr Who & The Silurians. Partly for the story itself, but mainly for the fact that the title annoys most of fandom 😃 (And yes, the character is called ‘Dr Who’)

No Ark in Space? Planet of the Spiders? Pyramids of Mars? In fact no Sara Jane story at all? Hand of Fear are you effing kidding me?

Out of your top ten which one would you watch if you haven't watched classic doctor who before

No Pyramids of Mars? WTF?

I know this isn't relevant, but when will you're review for Spider-Man: No Way Home coming out?

war machines is from 1966. you made a mistake

The amount of people in these comments with Talons in their lists is just, 😬

Am I the only Who fan who finds Genesis too obvious and slow?

My choices 1.The Curse of Fenric 2.The War Games 3.Genesis of the Daleks 4.City of Death 5.The Deadly Assassin 6.The Five Doctors 7.The Power of the Daleks 8.The Enemy of the World 9.Shada 10.Invasion of the Dinosaurs