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Best episode(s) for each Doctor?

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For each of the eleven doctors, which two or three episodes would you classify as the 'best'? I want to get more familiar with the classic Who, but i don't have time to watch all the episodes. So which ones are the must-sees?
 
Here are the only one which jump out in my mind...

Hartnell
"The Time Meddler"

Troughton
"The War Games"

Pertwee
"Spearhead from Space"

T. Baker
"City of Death"

Smith
"The Eleventh Hour"
 
1st Doctor
The Aztecs
The Dalek Invasion of Earth

2nd Doctor
Evil of the Daleks
Tomb of the Cybermen
The War Games

3rd Doctor
The Ambassadors of Death
Frontier in Space
The Time Warrior

4th Doctor
Genesis of the Daleks
The Seeds of Doom
Talons of Weng Chiang

5th Doctor
Earthshock
The Caves of Androzani

6th Doctor
Vengeance on Varos
Revelation of the Daleks

7th Doctor
The Curse of Fenric
Rememberance of the Daleks

(skipping 8th doc for obvious reason)

9th Doctor
Dalek
The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances

10th Doctor
The Girl in the Fireplace
Blink

11th Doctor
The Eleventh Hour
Vincent and the Doctor
The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang
 
9: Parting of the Ways II
10: Family of Blood two-parter
11: Vincent and the Doctor.

The rest don't qualify, since I haven't seen any of them except some of Pertwee.
 
Two:
The Invasion

Three:
Inferno

Four:
Genesis of the Daleks
City f Death

Seven
Rememberance of the Daleks

Nine
Rose

Ten
The End of Time 1 and 2

Eleven
Vincent and the Doctor
 
  • Hartnell
The Aztecs
  • Troughton
Tomb of the Cybermen
  • Pertwee
Inferno
  • Baker
Talons of Weng-Chiang
City of Death
  • Davison
Caves of Androzani
  • C.Baker
All of it except Timelash
  • McCoy
Curse of Fenric
  • McGann
Neverland/Zagreus
  • Eccleston
Empty Child/Doctor Dances
  • Tennant
Human Nature/Family of Blood
  • Smith
The Pandorica Opens/Big Bang
 
Three for each then (but not in any order of preference):

1st:
Aztecs
Crusaders
The Massacre

2nd:
The Evil of the Daleks
The Web of Fear
The Invasion

3rd:
Doctor Who and the Silurians
The Ambassadors of Death
Inferno

4th:
Genesis of the Daleks
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
City of Death

5th:
Kinda
The Five Doctors
The Caves of Androzani

6th:
Timelash
Revelation of the Daleks
The Trial of a Time Lord

7th:
Delta and the Bannermen
The Happiness Patrol
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

9th:
The Empty Child
Dalek
Bad Wolf

10th:
The Girl in the Fireplace
Human Nature
Midnight

11th:
The Eleventh Hour
Vincent and the Doctor
The Pandorica Opens
 
1
The Rescue
An Unearthly Child (episode 1 only)

2
The Tomb of the Cybermen
War Games

3
The Time Warrior
Spearhead From Space

4
City of Death
Pyramids of Mars

5
Five Doctors
Caves of Androzani

6
Vengeance on Varos
Mark of the Rani

7
Remembrance of the Daleks

8
tv movie

9
The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances

10
Blink
Turn Left
Forest of the Dead / Silence in the Library

11
Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone
The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang
 
First: The Aztecs
Second: The War Games
Third: Inferno
Fourth: The Robots of Death
Five: The Caves of Androzani
Sixth: Vengeance of Varos
Seventh: Remembrance of the Daleks
Eighth: The Chimes of Midnight (Big Finish audio)
Ninth: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
Tenth: Blink
Eleventh: Vincent and The Doctor
 
First: The War Machines
Second: Tomb of the Cybermen
Third: Terror of the Autons
Fourth: City of Death
Fifth: Caves of Androzani
Sixth: Revelation of the Daleks
Seventh: Curse of Fenric
Eighth: The Movie . . .
Ninth: Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways
Tenth: Midnight
Eleventh: The Eleventh Hour

Everyone has their favorites. The above are episodes I've watched and rewatched over and over again. Particularly the nuWho episodes.
 
Ok. So far the contenders for Classic Who appear to be (due to numbers of votes):

1st Doctor
The Aztecs 5 votes
The Dalek Invasion of Earth 2 votes

2nd Doctor
Tomb of the Cybermen 5 votes
The War Games 5 votes
Evil of the Daleks 3 votes
The Invasion 2 votes

3rd Doctor
Inferno 4 votes
The Ambassadors of Death 3 votes
The Time Warrior 3 votes
Frontier in Space 2 votes
Spearhead from Space 2 votes

4th Doctor
City of Death 6 votes
Genesis of the Daleks 4 votes
Talons of Weng Chiang 4 votes
The Seeds of Doom 2 votes

5th Doctor
The Caves of Androzani 7 votes (the most popular episode so far)
Earthshock 2 votes
Five Doctors 2 votes

6th Doctor
Revelation of the Daleks 5 votes
Vengeance on Varos 4 votes

7th Doctor
The Curse of Fenric 4 votes
Rememberance of the Daleks 3 votes

Also - are all the multiple Doctor stories worth watching? I have seem the Five Doctors and thought it was fun concept.
 
You left out my vote for The Robots of Death.

As for the multiple Doctor serials, I only like The Three Doctors but I think it's mostly due to the grand rapport between Troughton and Pertwee, which you only see a glimpse of in The Five Doctors. Story wise, I think all three of them are mostly rubbish.
 
1st Doctor
The Aztecs
The Dalek Invasion of Earth

2nd Doctor
The Power of the Daleks
Fury from the Deep

3rd Doctor
Doctor Who and the Silurians
Inferno

4th Doctor
Genesis of the Daleks
The Seeds of Doom

5th Doctor
Kinda
The Awakening

6th Doctor
Vengeance on Varos
Revelation of the Daleks

7th Doctor
The Happiness Patrol
The Curse of Fenric


(skipping 8th doc for obvious reason)

9th Doctor
Dalek
The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances

10th Doctor
School Reunion
Midnight

11th Doctor
The Eleventh Hour
Amy's Choice
 
3 for all except the 6th Doctor

1st - Marco Polo (on audio), The Aztecs, The Romans
2nd - The Highlanders (audio), The Web Of Fear (audio), The War Games
3rd - Spearhead From Space, Inferno, Carnival Of Monsters
4th - Robots Of Death, Talons Of Weng Chiang, Image Of The Fendhal
5th - Earthshock, Enlightenment, Snakedance
6th - Mark Of The Rani, Resurrection Of The Daleks
7th - Rememberence, Curse Of Fenric, Ghost Light
9th - The End Of The World, Empty Child/Doctor Dances, Bad Wolf/Parting
10th - Turn Left, Blink, Unicorn & The Wasp
11th - Angels two parter/The Lodger/The Pandorica Opens/Big Bang
 
I'll just do the final Eccleston

Dalek
The Empty Child/Doctor Dances
The Parting of the Ways

Tennent

Time Crash (Ok, so it was shorter, but still awesome)
Blink
Midnight

Smith

Too early to say, but Vampires of Venice was my favorite.
 
I'll just go for one per Doctor:

Hartnell: The Tenth Planet
Troughton: Tomb of the Cybermen
Pertwee: Doctor Who and the Silurians
Tom: City of Death
Davo: Caves of Androzani
Colin: Revelation of the Daleks
McCoy: Remembrance of the Daleks
McGann: Doctor Who
Eccleston: The Unquiet Dead
Tennant: Blink
Smudger: The Beast Below

A similar version of this came up a while ago and my choices may have been different, but right now this is it if I picked only one each.
 
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