I'll always have troubles listing.

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For the past two months, I've been working on the same Doctor Who picspam. You would think coming up with my five episodes would be a piece of cake, but my mind just refuses to list. I'll watch an episode then want to replace one episode with that one. Or I'll think "Maybe I don't like this episode as much as I believe I do." But finally-happily-I

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[calikalie]

This is brilliant. Though my own order and choices are slightly different, I do love every single episode that you've listed here, especially "The Sound of Drums", which so many people overlook, but I honestly think it's the one episode of Doctor Who that I've watched the most (though, "The Eleventh Hour" is starting to creep up there and it's only been three weeks since that aired).

"Midnight" is one of those episodes that I really, really enjoyed, but I just can't re-watch it. The whole cabin fever tone makes me feel so uncomfortable. That's not to say that it wasn't a great episode, because it was, I just can't watch it too many times. Does that make sense? I'm definitely with you in that I found it so much scarier than "Blink." While "The Unicorn and the Wasp" wouldn't be in my top five, that episode is just so much fun. I got some family members to finally watch Who after that episode, so I have a bit of a soft spot for it

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Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed this! My obsession with "The Sound of Drums" sometimes crosses the line between strangely adorable to extremely questionable, but it's one of the episodes where you find something new to enjoy after each viewing. One night, I might appreciate the acting. Another night, I might appreciate the cinematography. The scene where Ten, Martha and Jack are running is still one of my most favorite moments. The music and direction just perfectly intertwined. "The Eleventh Hour" was such a brilliant series starter! We haven't had an episode were we were introduced to both a new Doctor and companion since "Rose", and it did a very fantastic job. I never smiled more

[scornedsaint]

Um, I LOVE THIS. Sadly, I have little time to comment since I have a busybusybusy day, but I just want to say The Unicorn and the Wasp needs more love and I'm so glad you share my opinion

It was “epic” without even trying to be

That is such a perfect way to describe PotW. It had so much potential to be cracky, but RTD really managed to rein it in and let the story grow naturally.

I'll make a top 5 list sometime next week. I have exams to avoid studying for, after all.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I did have the greatest time putting this all together. It didn't go without troubles though. Photoshop shut down twice before I could save my progress! Anyway, IA. TUatW should have more love. I secretly believe anyone who didn't have fun while watching wasn't hugged enough as a child.

RTD does emotions extremely well but his stories often get lost along the way, so it's pretty brilliant that TBG/TPotW was great from start to finish. I mean, Army of Ghosts/Doomsday was just … NO on Cybermen v Daleks. The Sound of Drums/The Last of the Time Lords ending could've been perfect if for the ~power of prayer~ glowing Doctor bit. The Stolen Earth/Journey's End was … I don't know what that was but Turn Left was brilliant. Then The End of Time was just an entertaining clusterfuck, hahah.

But yeah, series one's ending was just perfect. I can't wait to see your top episodes!

[asweetdownfall]

This is a wonderful list. And your commentary on 'The Parting of the Ways'? I LOVE IT.

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Thank you for the sweet comment. :)

[fancyxthat]

Oh sweet Jesus, this is beautiful :')

I'm pretty sure the episodes you picked are the five I re-watch the most (except for maybe "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances"; mostly because I couldn't watch series two after finishing series one for the longest time because Eccleston totally ruined me for anyone -- especially after those two episodes.)

Hah, I have guilty guilty love for "Sound of Drums".

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Thank you!

OH GOD YES I LOVE "THE EMPTY CHILD"/"THE DOCTOR DANCES". I thought I mentioned it above in my text vomit, but I guess I didn't. I started watching Doctor Who in series five around two weeks after Rose aired, but my love turned into absolute stanning after I watched that two part. It was perfectly creepy and for once everyone lived!

There's really no reason why your love for TSoD should be guilty. It was a really brilliant episode but it over gets overlooked because of the ending of "The Last of the Time Lords". The acting was fantastic. The music was lush and filled with such emotion. Again, I stan for this episode. I won't deny it.

[fancyxthat]

I might have missed it; I have serious reading comprehension fail.

It really is an amazing episode, but I went into it knowing I would love it (my friend was already a Who fan, and I was seriously just dying to get through series two so I could watch TSoD.) I don't even hate TLotTL all that much; I mean, I know it's a really mediocre episode (especially for a finale!), but it's so stupidly fun to watch.

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No, no! It was actually my fault. I did leave out TEC/TDD. I'm such a horrible fan. :o

ARE YOU ME? I recently watched Doctor Who with a new fan a month ago, and we pretty much watched series two on fastfoward because I wanted to get to the second half of series three, due to "Human Nature"/"Family of Blood", "Blink" and especially "The Sound of Drums". I don't hate "The Last of the Time Lords" either but I do think it was a wasted effort. IDK. It's one of thos things you can love but then "eh" at the same time.

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HOLY CRAP ARE YOU ME!?! These are pretty much my favorites, too, though I'd also have to add "Forest of the Dead/Silence in the Library" and, recently, "The Waters of Mars" (baawwww).

AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. Martha Jones IS stunning and I'm sick of never feeling okay saying that to other Who fans because they examine me like I have something growing out of my head. She's a free bitch, baby.

It's so true: "Blink" is the ultimate stand-alone episode, though I've shown "The Waters of Mars" to non-Whovian friends and family and they love it as well without needing to know anything.

Thank you also for mentioning "Midnight". "Midnight" is the main reason I couldn't stand "Planet of the Dead". It seemed like a weak, bland, cheesy rip-off of "Midnight".

*flails over this picspam, wants to go watch about a million hours of Who now*

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OH ANOTHER GREAT FAVORITE I FORGOT TO MENTION: "SILENCE IN THE LIBRARY"/"FOREST OF THE DEAD"! It's not very liked by most vocal fandom members but I loved it and River Song. I always sit down to watch when it appears on my DVR or something. I thought "Waters of Mars" was brilliant up until the end. I felt like Ten's self awareness came a bit too soon, and it would've been more smoother if we had one more special before the End of Time. IDK.

I liked "Planet of the Dead" for Lady Christina and her wonderful bangs, lol. It wasn't the best, but it wasn't the worst.

I'm very pleased you like it.

[glassbomb]

"Planet of the Dead" is awesome! At least in comparison to the other specials. And I loved Lady Christina so much, she was mad sexy and had the best hair. I kind of wanted her to stick around, though I am very glad now to have Amy.

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Yeah, it was masterpiece compared to the rest of the specials. It was the last fun one before the onslaught of ANGST ANGST ANGST TIME LORD VAINGLORIOUS™ or whatever Ten was calling himself that week. I loved the bit where Lady Christina flew away with the double-decker. "We could've been brilliant together!" "But we were!"

:)