Below is a list of the top 5 Doctor Who episodes ever made as compiled by the Telegraph.

- Blink (David Tennant, 2007): Scary statues that move and attack when one is not looking at them. The protagonist Sally Sparrow is helped by the Doctor to overcome them.
- The Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Eve (William Hartnell, 1966): The doctor’s companion Steven is left to cope with the massacre of the Huguenots in 1572, France. Glad r4 cards weren't caught up in the action!
- Inferno (Jon Pertwee, 1970): The Doctor witnesses the destruction of Earth on a parallel universe, the result of humans meddling with our planet.
- Human Nature/Family of Blood (David Tennant, 2007): The Doctor adopts the role of a human school-teacher named John Smith on the eve of World War I.
- The Curse of Fenric (Sylvester McCoy, 1989): Ancient evil, impiety, betrayal and sexuality are awakened in this tale which incorporates a scene entirely spoken in Russian.
- City of Death (Tom Baker, 1979): The final episode of this 4 part story enjoyed the highest viewing numbers of any episode in Doctor Who’s history at 16.1 million. The story centred on a plot to steal the Mona Lisa.
- The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (Christopher Eccleston, 2005): The Doctor and Rose are in London during the Second World War where people’s faces are being morphed into gas masks and a nameless child is searching for his ‘mummy’.