Midnight: The Thing That Learned to Talk
Midnight traps the Doctor in a stranded shuttle with something that steals his voice, and lets a busload of frightened people become the real monster.
Midnight traps the Doctor in a stranded shuttle with something that steals his voice, and lets a busload of frightened people become the real monster.
Silence in the Library strands the Doctor on a planet-sized library where the shadows eat people, and introduces a woman who knows him far too well.
Blink barely features the Doctor and is the best episode Doctor Who has ever made, introducing the Weeping Angels and a time paradox that fits perfectly.
42 runs in real time as a cargo ship falls into a living sun, the crew burn from the inside, and the Doctor gets more frightened than we’ve seen him.
The Satan Pit sends the Doctor into the abyss to face the Beast itself, in a Doctor Who two-parter finale about faith, reason, and believing in Rose.
The Impossible Planet strands the Doctor and Rose on a base by a black hole, where the Ood turn deadly and something ancient stirs in the dark.