March 26, 2015

Your Top 20 TV Stories of the Decade

After tens of thousands of votes over the past several weeks Doctor Who TV can now present the top 20 stories of the last decade as voted for by you. Let’s waste no further time and begin.

Note: For two-parters both score averages are shown. To determine its chart position, an average was calculated using both scores.

20. Turn Left

Average voter score: 8.34

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19. The Name of the Doctor

Average voter score: 8.45

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18. Midnight

Average voter score: 8.57

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17. The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon

Average voter scores: 8.66 / 8.55

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16. Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways

Average voter scores: 8.40 / 8.87

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15. Flatline

Average voter score: 8.65

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14. The Waters of Mars

Average voter score: 8.74

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13. The Doctor’s Wife

Average voter score: 8.76

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12. Vincent and the Doctor

Average voter score: 8.81

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11. Dalek

Average voter score: 8.82

10. Mummy on the Orient Express

Average voter score: 8.83

9. Listen

Average voter score: 8.84

8. The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang

Average voter scores: 8.95 / 8.76

7. The Girl in the Fireplace

Average voter score: 8.86

6. Human Nature / The Family of Blood

Average voter scores: 8.81 / 8.93

5. Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead

Average voter scores: 9.00 /9.01

4. The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances

Average voter scores: 9.06 / 9.04

3. The Eleventh Hour

Average voter score: 9.05

2. Blink

Average voter score: 9.33

1. The Day of the Doctor

Always the favourite, it will come as little surprise to many to see the 50th anniversary special taking the top spot. Well over a year after broadcast and out of the initial hype period the story has shown little sign of diminishing in the hearts of the majority, with an impressive average score of 9.40.

As we saw from the recent Face-off tournament final, The Day of the Doctor also had no trouble knocking out every episode it was pitted against. Even the mighty Blink could only muster a 23.84% share of the overall vote in yesterday’s grand final.

So congratulations to Steven Moffat once again! And thank you for all your votes (and tears) over the weeks.

Join us tomorrow for a countdown of the episodes that didn’t fare so well.