I love the game show element. The doctor and Rose thinking its just an actual game, not real, and their reactions when they discover the truth, its so good.

Bad Wolf is one of my faves. I do like Parting Of The Ways but its not up there the way Bad Wolf is.

Bad wolf / the parting of the ways, fantastic finale at the time, still great but the game show element definitely aged it badly given the ones used 🤣🤣 very high stakes but did they really have to kill Linda with a Y, the game shows we're a bit cringe but I think that really added to it, bad wolf was definitely the stronger part of the 2, do think Rose getting back was a little too easy though but the twist of her bringing jack back to life 😮 definitely one of my favourites even if it was sad to see Ecclestone go after just 1 year

19 The Girl in the Fireplace

Series 2 Episode 4

Doctor: 10th

Companion: Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith

First aired: 6th May 2006

Writer: Steven Moffat

Why choose between a period setting and a spaceship when you can have both? On Mickey's first trip in the TARDIS, he, the Doctor and Rose land on an abandoned spaceship from the 51st Century, with active time windows into 18th Century Paris, but what connection does such a ship have to Reinette Poisson, aka Madame de Pompadour? This was Steven Moffat's second script for the show, and I think it's the first time we really saw well he can write a "timey-wimey" episode, with two settings running side-by-side, one progressing faster than the other, leading to the inevitable tragedy at the end where the Doctor arrives just a little too late. The character of Reinette is phenomenally portrayed, from the terror she experiences as a young girl being stalked by a robot underneath her bed, and the pure horror of a ticking sound in a room with a broken clock, to the chemistry she shares with the Doctor as an adult, and the agency she displays as a character, taking a stand against the Clockwork Robots. There's some brilliant comedy in between too, with the Doctor befriending a horse, and then getting drunk and arriving to save Rose and Mickey absolutely bladdered...! I enjoyed having Mickey as a proper companion too. An impressively complex script, full of great and tragic twists, and a superb concept running throughout. This is an episode that casual fans often mention to me as one of their favourites, and it's wholly deserving of being a modern Who classic.

I do like this one but I really don't like period pieces that much so that moves the episode down a bit for me

TGITF is a marmite episode and im sorry to say im in team its shit 🤣🤣 like if we are truly honest he "in and out" of this women's life since she was a child, and falls in love with her like if thats not creepy enough a couple of episodes later he pining after rose then a couple episodes later he was after Joan in TFB (human at the time) but pretty much the David doctor was a whore

The doctor befriending a horse was funny though and the reveal of the ship being madame de pompedor was an interesting twist although made even more creepy, one of my least favourite from series 2 (but definitely not worst)

18 School Reunion

Series 2 Episode 3

Doctor: 10th

Companion: Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith, Sarah Jane Smith, K-9

First aired: 29th April 2006

Writer: Toby Whithouse

I'll always have a special place in my heart for the very first Doctor Who episode I watched. If only I knew at the time just how huge a moment this was in my life! Undercover at a school, the Doctor bumps into his old friend Sarah Jane Smith. Together, they uncover the truth about the so-called teachers at Deffry Vale School, while Rose struggles to accept the reality of life with the Doctor. Obviously nostalgia plays a part in this episode being so high, but it must do something seriously right if an episode surrounding a past character I'd never heard of, in a sea of other characters I'd only just met, didn't put me off - quite the opposite, in fact. Sarah Jane was the perfect choice of companion to reintroduce, and it was done in such a smart way, not patronising long-term viewers who know who she is, but giving her enough of an introduction to explain to the many new fans the show had accumulated since its return. Sarah Jane and Rose had some fantastic scenes together, I loved their argument turning into laughter! Mickey's role in this episode was brilliant too, using K-9 as an analogy for his role in the team, and his request to join the TARDIS crew at the end as a result. David Tennant's also exceptional, it's entirely believable that he's the same man that Sarah Jane travelled with before, and he also plays off against Anthony Head so brilliantly. The Krillitanes are cool creatures and definitely a villain we could see again at some point, and it's surprisingly dark in parts as there's not even particularly subtle moments of school children being taken away to be eaten by the Krillitanes! An episode with heaps of emotional depth and fantastic character moments, with a really solid narrative alongside it.

K-9 ❤️ this episodes a fun time. Rewatched it so much as a kid

Girl in the Fireplace is a great episode! Defo one of my top 20!

School Reunion is good for Sarah coming back and I remember on first watch loving it. But the plot is so thin and i don’t think it really stands up on subsequent watches. Probably more a 7 or 8/10. Surprised it this high!