Top 5 BEST Doctor Who Regeneration Stories! 

"Who are you?" "Do you know like we were sayin'? About the Earth revolving? It's like when you're a kid. The first time they tell you that the world's turning and you just can't quite believe it 'cos everything looks like it's standin' still. I can feel it. The turn of the Earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinnin' at 1,000 miles an hour and the entire planet is hurtling around the sun at 67,000 miles an hour, and I can feel it. We're fallin' through space, you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world, and if we let go...That's who I am" 50% of the time, this works every time

Also, Elisabeth Sladen refused to come back for Logopolis as she didn't want to do another series as the "assistant", she wanted her own show (hence K9 and Company/The SJA)

1. The War Games 2. Night if the Doctor 3. Caves of Androzani 4. Parting of the Ways 5. Logopolis

It's the end...but the moment has been prepared for

Bring back Paul McGann

I loved the 9th doctors regeneration due to how he accepts what is happening and even though he looks scared he puts on a brave face for Rose and how he went in a comedic but satisfying way. And his last words are much better then 10th's.

5. The War Games 4. Bad Wold / Parting of The Ways 3.The Tenth Planet (Solid story and introduction to the Cybermen. It is also one of the most important and pivotal stories in Doctor Who's history. It set up the shows future and ensured it's longevity, if this story and the following story hadn't been such a success, Doctor Who would probably just be a very obscure sci-fi show from 60's that no one would remember today.) 2. Time of The Doctor 1. The Caves of Androzani (Not only my favourite Doctor Who story of all time, but my favourite piece of television ever.)

great video! from best to worst mine is 1. The War Games and The Caves of Androzani can't choose between them 2. Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways 3. the tenth planet 4. the end of time one of my earliest and I'm afraid I love it 5. logopolis 6. the movie sorry, love it 7. planet of the spiders not my cup of tea 8. time and the Rani hilarious but not incredible 9. time of the doctor :D

(I only think there are 4 great regeneration stories but if I had to choose it would be Planet of the Spiders) 4: The Tenth Planet - Best Monsters 3: The War Games - Best build up 2: Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - Best Last Words/Most scary 1: The Caves of Androzani - Best story/Performance

no war games? sad face

Scrap Bad Wolf/Parting of the ways for The War Games and that is the perfect list.

The reason there wasn't that much Hartnell in the original "Tenth Planet" ties into the decision to remove him from the series. His health had declined so badly that he simply couldn't do much of the show so most of his last serials in fact reflected this same reduced participation.

Great video! Btw it was the greendeath where the Doctor went to metebelis 3 not the time warrior

Plz don't kill me...I liked The End Of Time 😕

Paul McGann night of the Doctor. 6 min. Fucking Killed it

Logopolis was pretty cool really. Ainley didn't ham it up as much as he often does later. It was pretty interesting the way they were using entropy too. End of Time really tainted my opinion of Tennant too. I liked him quite a bit until those ending specials and that end story. The self-indulgence he engaged in along with so many other problems, like the super-Master stuff was awful. Wilfred Mott almost single-handedly saved it but not quite.

You deserve far more subscribers, you always have an interesting and debatable topic to talk about. So keep up the good work!

Awesome video Wingy :) I really hoped you would put Logopolis on this list its defiantly one of the best regeneration stories in doctor who. It was my first classic regeneration story I ever watched and the final scenes in that r amazing, really great performance by Tom.

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Also, the Music of Caves of Androzani is equally important... the atmosphere it creates is beyond compare.

I'm with you. The Cybermen are my favorite villains along with the Sea Devils, so the Tenth Planet is one of my favorite regeneration stories. It introduced the tense base-under-seige formula and that brilliant Mondasian design of a rotten corpse under surgical sleeves. The new series gave even further weight to the first regeneration. Good stuff.

1) The Caves of Androzani - obviously 2) The War Games - great acting and performances but a bit repetitive in the first 4 parts 3) Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways - the only Dalek story that has ever frightened me 4) The End of Time - I loved the way that Wilf was the one that knocked 4 times 5) Planet of the Spiders - Very well shot for the time and an emotional end 6) The Tenth Planet - Never seen it fully, but the Cybermen are so creepy and it's on my list to watch 7) The Night of the Doctor - The Doctor shows how much he cares for random strangers by refusing to leave 8) The Day of the Doctor - It seems fitting that the "non Doctor" became the Doctor again 9) The Enemy Within (The TV Movie) - Not that great a way to go tbh & McCoy's performance is a bit half arsed 10) The Time of the Doctor - Never really liked Matt Smith's era and although I love the TARDIS scene at the end, the air guitar on top of the tower is ultimate cringe 11) Logopolis - A crap way to go for the best classic Doctor and the whole watcher thing is terribly explained, if it is at all 12) Time and the Rani - awful in every way

Really enjoying these videos. Keep up the good work. Tenth Planet- bought it recently and like you my only issue is that there wasn't enough Hartnell, but he's still really good and it has one of my favourite lines; "Love, Pride, hate, fear..." Planet of Spiders- Again I like it for mainly the same reasons as you, the Doctor having to face his fears. Although the Spiders' voices I could have done without. Logopolis- I need to rewatch because I watched it when I was little so I don't remember too much of it. Bad Wolf/ Parting of the Ways- My first regeneration story as well! Eccleston's brilliant, and I'm still in awe of the Dalek Emperor every time I watch it. Caves of Androzani- I watched it last night with someone who didn't really like Peter Davison as the Doctor, and even they thought he was great in this. I fully agree with you that it's the best.

Good to see a bit of love for Logopolis. I always liked the sombre atmosphere and I think Ainley gave his best performance here - really evil and mad.

I like at the end of the Planet of the spiders where the Brigadier says ' wall here we go again'

5- Time of the Doctor 4- War Games 3- Parting of the ways 2- Caves of Androzani 1- End of Time

Great list! and great video!

So glad to see someone specifically mention Lynda's death as it's for me one of the saddest moments in the show, seeing the (potentially) great companion that never was, and specifically Nine's face when he realises what happens. Also love the Rowlet haha

Wooh! My first regeneration story on here! Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways~

Nice video mate

I completely agree with you hating the end of time. The doctor just sulked especially at the end. I hated it too. Few I've finally got it out.

I hate that everytime The Doctor regenerates, BBC writes a story where the 1st episode of the New Doctor, he (or she) is completely INCAPACITATED, only to recover and save the day at the very end of the episode, BUT when OTHER Timelords & Timeladies regenerate, they’re perfectly FINE (e.g. The Master/Missy, OR when Capaldi’s Doctor returned to Gallifrey, he ask his victim how many times they’ve regenerated, he shoots them dead, they regenerate on the spot, and they’re instantly fine to continue their duties). This “incapacitated” plot device is getting old - just when I’m sad about the Old Doctor but excited to see the New Doctor in action, but in reality have to wait until the 2nd episode before that really happens!

Meeting the woman who played Leela (Louise Jameson) is great. I met her in Chicago in 2013 during the 50th Anniversary Doctor Who convention and she's absolutely wonderful. She was asking me questions about me rather than the other way around! I also talked to her for 40 minutes on Monday morning because we were waiting for the taxis to come around. While I would never meet Tom Baker (my favorite Doctor) due to travel expenses, I do have several great autographs from him.

I'm so looking forward to this

Cybermen: You will become like us.1st Doctor: wus poppin jimboCybermen: You will not become like us.

I'm not big on Five but I loved "Caves". Wanna add one Thing, though: I think that the use of Music in this Episode is the best they've ever done in "Doctor Who", classic or new.

Logopolis was a great way to move on. I was really confused as an 8 yr old watching it, finally getting to see a regeneration (my Dad told me it would happen eventually), and not quite understanding that I wouldn't be seeing tom in the role again (until a crap 50th anniversary appearance). Caves .....was a great Dr who episode.

Agreed that Bad Wolf/Parting of the ways is the best of the New Who regeneration stories.

it blows my mind to think there is a generation who did not know doctor who till they brought it back . i'm glad you "kids" are getting in to the classic stuff keep up the good work

I agree with all of these except Logopolis, in that place i'd say the War Games. But can I just say that the thing that really annoys me about New Who regeneration is that besides from 9, they are all recycled from from Classic Who. 3 dies of radiation poisoning and so does 10. 2 regenerates due to Time Lord intervention and so does 11. 1 goes because his body gets to old and the strain of fighting the original Cybermen is to much for him, the War Doctor dies cause his body gets 2 old and now 12 is on the way out because battling the original Cybermen was to much for him to handle... I mean can we shoot him? have him get stabbed in a sword fight? freeze to death? fall in a black hole? eat so expired ham? literally anything besides whats gone before. I can almost guarantee Jodie Whittaker will fall off a satellite dish

"It is the end..." that was hilarious!

The mondasian cybermen are fucking amazing

Favourites in order: 1. The Parting of the Ways 2. The Caves of Androzani 3. The End of Time Pt 2 4. Time and the Rani 5. The TV Movie 6. The Night of the Doctor 7. The Day of the Doctor 8. The Time of the Doctor 9. Twice upon a time 10. The Power of the Doctor

Finally somebody else loves logopolis one of my favorite regeneration storys

1. The Caves of Androzani 2. Bad Wolf 3. The Doctor Falls + Twice Upon a Time 4. The War Games 5. Logopolis 6. The End of Time 7. Planet of the Spiders 8. The Time of the Doctor 9. The Tenth Planet

Bad Wolf/Parting of the ways is soooo under-rated. Its brilliant!!

1) caves of androzani 2) bad wolf / parting of the ways 3) time of the doctor 4)logopolis 5) planet of the spiders

Another way to say funeral-esque would be funereal.

Logopolis is actually my favourite doctor who story of all time (Because it was the first classic story I watched)

1. Caves of Androsani 2. The war games 3. Planet of the Spiders 4. Time of the Doctor 5.Day of the Doctor (it’s the war doctors regeneration story, it counts) Actual number 5 if you don’t count it: Logopolis

Nice intro!

The Caves of Androzani is my favourite as well but I do think Twice Upon A Time may be my new favourite when it comes out or not.

The brink of death by big finish is in my opinion seriously underrated

The End of Time is a better Regeneration story in retrospect because over the years they've made fun of the 10th's vanity issues. So that makes it more fun. When Male Singers sing the Doctor's theme for the 1st time during " Vale Decem " it really feels like a curtain call. My personal favourite is the 9th. " Before I go. I just want to tell you, you were fantastic, absolutely fantastic and do you know what? ( One last smug smile) So was I" You can't beat that

+wingy media the end of time was one of the best

1. Caves of Androzani 2. Planet of the Spiders 3. Bad Wolf/Parting of Ways 4. Logopolis 5. The TV Movie

thank you for putting logopolis on the list

The Master's way of taking over in The End of Time is almost like a satire of Dr who villains, also very insulting to the character. Though on the topic of best I'd go for: 5.Parting Of The Ways 4.Logopolis 3.Planet of the Spiders 2.The War Games 1.The Caves of Androzani Ofc The 6th Doctor's Big Finish regeneration is actually fantastic and I'd probably put it up there if we knew it was canon. Think you'll do top 5 post-regeneration episodes?

The End of Time happens to be my favourite regeneration story, and one of my favourites of New Who.

I'm actually surprised The End of Time gets so much hate. Because these days everyone praises and is on top of David Tennant and Russell T. Davies that they love the story. It it's good to see some sense in people and looking or disliking stories for what they are.

For me, from worst to best (not counting Time and the Rani because it is more of a post regeneration story than a regeneration story) it goes: 10). Twice Upon a Time 9). The End of Time 8). Time of the Doctor 7). Night of the Doctor 6). Logopolis 5). The Tenth Planet 4). Planet of the Spiders 3). Bad Wolf & The Parting of the Ways 2). The War Games 1). The Caves of Androzani

3:39 Who was expecting him to say: '1965!'

This is a hard one. 1. The War Games, I think is probably the best Dr.Who story ever made. It is relentlessly brilliant and escalates to a superb climax. 2. The Caves of Androzani. A newspaper thickness between the first two in being my favourite. But the Doctor not resolving the main story makes it number two. 3. The Night of the Doctor. Am I cheating with this one? Paul McGann just hits this out of the stratosphere in terms of this performance. Short but bittersweet. 4. Logopolis. I really quiet like. 5. The Parting of Ways. It's just epic. It's a bit sentimental for my taste but is a great send off. Planet of the Spiders doesn't get on my list because one episode is nearly entirely one long chase. It has it's moments but it's padded too much IMO. I don't mind End of Time too much but the 5 stories listed above are just too good.

I don't understand why people hate the end of time I love it it's my personal favorite episode of new who I think that it's very interesting to have regeneration feel like death for the doctor and him being scared feels like that's how he would react to it as he had spent multiple episodes running from regeneration it also makes a lot of sense for the doctor to not want to regenerate because not only is he going to feel like he's dead but he's also replaced by someone new that could act totally different and while I like when the doctor is able to accept regeneration like he did with 9 it makes sense that other incarnations might feel differently about it P.s. love ur channel pls don't hate me

Caves of Androzani flipping brilliant. The best classic story outside of Genesis of the Daleks. But then you get The Twin Dilemma. the 6th Doctor's opening story. Heaven Sent and Hell Bent anyone?

My list: 1. Caves of Androzani 2. The War Games 3. The End of Time Part 2 4. Logopolis 5. The Tenth Planet

The End of Time is my favorite regeneration story but mostly for Part 2

I’ve only witness three regeneration stories - my first one was Eccleston, however I don’t remember it, and the only thing I remember from Tennant’s was “I don’t want to go” and I literally remember nothing from Matt Smith ahah

I actually like End if Time, it’s my favorite regeneration story.

One of my favorite things about fives regeneration is that it directly links in to the next doctor. Colin Baker is unstable and broken which is the result of him being meant to die and not regenerate. Oh yeah and my top 5: 5. Time of the Doctor 4. Caves of Androzani 3. Night of the doctor 2. Bad wolf/ parting of the ways 1. The war games

5.time of the doctor 4.planet of the spiders 3.bad wolf \parting of the ways 2.caves of androzani 1.war games

Whats your opinion of Castrovalva? I've just watch it and thought it was a very good regeneration story as it relied mostly on Tegan and Nyssa and had the doctor in a weaker state

I'd have to say 11th doctors regeneration was the worst. I love him as the doctor and I don't even mind how he 'sneezed' into Capaldi...I just hated how long it went on for, and the whole prophecy thing about him dying went on for about 3 seasons I believe? The whole silence will fall blah blah trenzalore. It was hyped up, for literally forever and he even 'died' like twice, when Riversong shot him and broke the universe and when Amy broke the universe with the crack in time (like Mother like Daughter I guess) and he was meant to be trapped in the pandorica forever.... but no, he then he died of old age, trapped in a little village called christmas (i think) and then Clara. thats it, just Clara. She didn't seem relevant to the story at all and served no purpose other than being there. I loved the regeneration scene though, the music playing from the rings of ahkaten and Amy being there. Was really sweet. Other than that, I can't really think of any regeneration stories that I actually dislike other than Trenzalore

I loved the early Cybermen's voices.

8:06 oh, that's interesting information!

A curse upon all who think "The Caves Of Androzani" is overrated. It's seriously one of the greatest stories of any TV show ever. Not subjectively - OBjectively.

Watched the Tenth Planet just before I watched World Enough and Time.

The reason William Hartnell does't appear much in The Tenth Planet is because he fell ill whilst making it, so he couldn't attend some of the filming days

Good list. My list: 5. The War Games, 4. Logopolis, 3. The Tenth Planet, 2. Planet of the Spiders, 1. The Caves of Androzani.

Based on what I have watched.8. Bad Wolf/The Parting of Ways7. The End of Time6. The Night of the Doctor5. The Tenth Planet4. Logopolis3. The Caves of Androzani2. The War Games1. The Time of the Doctor

I'll just rank them i guess 1. The Parting of the ways (10/10) 2. The End of time (18/20) 3. Caves of Androzani (8.5/10) 4. Night of the Doctor (8.5/10) 5. Time of the Doctor (8.5/10) 6. Planet of the spiders (8/10) 7. Twice upon a time (8/10) 8. Logopolis (7.5/10) 9. The War games (7.5/10) 10. The Tenth Planet (7.5/10) 11. Time and The Rani (6/10) 12. TV Movie (6/10)

I was terrified by The Planet of the Spiders.

5. Logopolis 4. Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways 3. Twice Upon a Time 2. The Caves oF Androzani 1. The End of Time Parts 1 and 2 (Sorry)

Minus the master love it

I have two major problems with the regenerations the Doctor has 1) the classic series and movie each regeneration was performed differently, not one was the same. The new series, each one looks the same maybe intensity different due to how damaged the tardis gets. 2) The Doctor gets post regeneration amnesia where "purebred" Time Lords usually do not since in the movie he was called out as half human. Take in fact Romana, when she regenerated she didn't have amnesia in fact her first regeneration she chose what her appearance was to look like. Actually my favorite regeneration is Romana's when she is trying out new bodies and making the Doctor uncomfortable with each different body she comes out with.

Whilst I have not seen Logopolis (yet), I do know of the soundtrack, and it is smashing. Paddy Kingsland should have done way more for Doctor Who. The track behind his last moments, "It's the End...", is my favourite piece of Doctor Who music, full stop. Another one of my favourites from him was _The Visitation._ So good... In terms of regeneration sequences, whilst I've not seen most of the stories they're attached to, I have seen the sequences themselves on RU-vid. My favourite sequence is 5 into 6, because it is seriously trippy stuff and kind of frightening ("No, Doctor, you must die! Die, Doctor! DIE, DOCTOR!" *maniacal laughter*) Second is 4 into 5, because it is visually the most creative regeneration sequence. Also... people don't like Tegan? I have always thought she was wonderful!

I pray for the Christmas special to be good

Top 5 for me is the same as you but The War Games in place of Logopolis (only because i haven't gotten round to watching it yet) Worst regen for me is actually Time of the Doctor. Say what you want about End of Time at least it didn't have that naked Christmas dinner scene.

I can't believe people don't like Logopolis!

lol i love the end of time XD

Logopolis is great. In my opinion, the best regeneration story.

Lynda Moss is one of my favourite side Characters of Doctor Who❤️ much like Rita Afzal from The God Complex, they could’ve travelled with the Doctor and become brilliant Characters... but they died so tragically💔

5. End of Time 4. Caves of Androzani 3. Bad Wolf/ Parting of the Ways 2. The War Games 1. Logopolis

For me it goes 1. Twice Upon a Time 2. Parting of the Ways 3. The War Games 4. Cave of Androzani 5. Night of the Doctor

wouldn't "Time and the Rani" be the worst; Colin Baker didn't even get a proper regeneration story, the BBC fired him and they kill him off with a heart attack at the beginning of McCoys era

Classic though it is, does _The War Games_ strictly count as a regeneration story? We get the start of the regeneration process, in that we see the Doctor gurning before spinning away into the vortex, but it's still recognisably Pat Troughton. We don't actually see him turn into Jon Pertwee.

By the way logopolis it is underrated I love it

I'm not sure what my favourite is, either The War Games or The Caves of Androzani

9ths regen story was fantastic

Hartnell was ill during the filming of Tenth Planet. His absence is explained, there are no "missing scenes" to be explained in the Xmas Special. Spiders is too long, but Pertwee had 5 years in the part. Let him indulge a little. I'm not sure about the Doctor being greedy about knowledge. The Green Death!!! The whole of season 18 is a tad dour. Logopolis is good. Funny, how you say that Caves is fast for the Classic series, I find NuWho very boring.