The results of Doctor Who Magazine
‘s First 50 Years survey have been revealed. What follows are the 10 highest and lowest rated stories according to the readers who voted.
Naturally if you’d rather discover this by reading the magazine, please stop reading now. For the rest of you click: show
Top 10
Average of readers’ votes, expressed as percentage
- 1. The Day of the Doctor (92.06%)
- 2. Blink (91.87%)
- 3. Genesis of the Daleks (91.60%)
- 4. The Caves of Androzani (90.60%)
- 5. City of Death (90.30%)
- 6. The Talons of Weng-Chiang (90.15%)
- 7. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (89.48%)
- 8. Pyramids of Mars (88.26%)
- 9. Human Nature/The Family of Blood (87.90%)
- 10. Remembrance of the Daleks (87.88%)
Day received the highest percentage of votes from all ages apart from 36 and over where it came 5th with Blink as the most popular. On average those fans have been watching since 1976, with most DWM readers since 1987.
Bottom 10…
- 232. The Space Museum (53.78%)
- 233. The Rings of Akhaten (53.44%)
- 234. The Dominators (50.32%)
- 235. The Space Pirates (47.23%)
- 236. Underworld (46.68%)
- 237. Time-Flight (45.74%)
- 238. Timelash (45.22%)
- 239. Time and the Rani (45.09%)
- 240. Fear Her (42.68%)
- 241. The Twin Dilemma (40.18%)
For those wondering, Love and Monsters came in 220th place.
Favourite Doctors
- 1. Tom Baker (21.69%)
- 2. Matt Smith (15.57%)
- 3. David Tennant (15.49%)
- 4. Patrick Troughton (12.09%)
- 5. Jon Pertwee (8.72%)
- 6. Peter Davison (6.11%)
- 7. Sylvester McCoy (5.38%)
- 8. Christopher Eccleston (4.39%)
- 9. William Hartnell (4.04%)
- 10. Paul McGann (3.31%)
- 11. Colin Baker (2.52%)
- 12. John Hurt (0.68%)
For the full list of results buy the new issue (#474) on sale Thursday 29 May 2014, priced £4.99.
[Thanks to David]
