Ten Days to a Tenth Anniversary, 1: Radio Times Top 10 New Series Stories
It comes to my attention (and yours too, I imagine) that on Thursday 26 March this year we will be marking the tenth anniversary of the post-2005 incarnation of Doctor Who. That's right - tenth anniversary. Assuming you are as shocked as I am by that number and are wondering where the last decade went, I will leave you for a moment to come to terms with that.
Who would have predicted back then that the new series would have such longevity and success? I think Russell T Davies may have had an idea, to be honest. In any event, as the comm is not called Who @ 26 and is meant to be about celebrating the whole gamut of Doctor Who from 1963 to right now, and as it's bit late to start a fanwork-a-thon*, I think some posts to commemorate the occasion might be in order.
And how better to start than with The Radio Times's announcement of the results of its reader's poll to determine the Top Ten new series stories?
To be honest, I think about four of those choices would be on my own Bottom Ten (go on, guess which ones - although I don't pretend to be in touch with wider fandom and its opinions), but the rest are solid choices. A shocking couple of omissions, though imho - no love for The Doctor's Wife, Dalek or Midnight, and what about Twelve?
So, do you agree with the readers' list? Are there any you feel were unjustly left out? And what are your own top ten new Who stories? Please feel free to share in the comments. And while we're probably better off keeping things positive and collegiate, a bit of griping about "how did that get on the list?!" or speculation about Bottom Tens is all good fun too, if you ask me. It's what being a fan's all about.
*Although if any of you reading this felt moved to produce and post any tenth anniversary-themed fanworks to the comm over the next week and a bit, I would urge you to follow that feeling. ;)
Who would have predicted back then that the new series would have such longevity and success? I think Russell T Davies may have had an idea, to be honest. In any event, as the comm is not called Who @ 26 and is meant to be about celebrating the whole gamut of Doctor Who from 1963 to right now, and as it's bit late to start a fanwork-a-thon*, I think some posts to commemorate the occasion might be in order.
And how better to start than with The Radio Times's announcement of the results of its reader's poll to determine the Top Ten new series stories?
To be honest, I think about four of those choices would be on my own Bottom Ten (go on, guess which ones - although I don't pretend to be in touch with wider fandom and its opinions), but the rest are solid choices. A shocking couple of omissions, though imho - no love for The Doctor's Wife, Dalek or Midnight, and what about Twelve?
So, do you agree with the readers' list? Are there any you feel were unjustly left out? And what are your own top ten new Who stories? Please feel free to share in the comments. And while we're probably better off keeping things positive and collegiate, a bit of griping about "how did that get on the list?!" or speculation about Bottom Tens is all good fun too, if you ask me. It's what being a fan's all about.
*Although if any of you reading this felt moved to produce and post any tenth anniversary-themed fanworks to the comm over the next week and a bit, I would urge you to follow that feeling. ;)