Presenting: the Top 10 Doctor Who historicals.
Initially some stories featured no science-fiction elements outside of the TARDIS and its crew.
This format persists to the present day.
Fathers Day (Series 1, 2005)
Written by Paul Cornell, directed by Joe Ahearne.
This is a rare case of changing the timeline inDoctor Whofor an event that doesnt appear in history books.
Demons of the Punjab (Series 11, 2018)
Written by Vinay Patel, directed by Jamie Childs.
Ghost Light (Season 26, 1989)
Written by Marc Platt, directed by Alan Wareing.
In which an angel loses control of its database andSylvester McCoys Doctor annoys it until it explodes.
The Eaters of Light (Series 10, 2017)
Written by Rona Munro, directed by Charles Palmer.
Vincent and the Doctor (Series 5, 2010)
Written by Richard Curtis, directed by Jonny Campbell.
Its also a story that clearly loves art and imagination and isnt ashamed of saying so.
Human Nature/Family of Blood (Series 3, 2008)
Written by Paul Cornell, directed by Charles Palmer.
On TV, Timothy states that he thinks he will have to fight.
The Time Meddler (Season 2, 1965)
Written by Dennis Spooner, directed by Douglas Camfield.
The Aztecs (Season 1, 1964)
Written by John Lucarotti, directed by John Crockett.
There are some fantastic character moments for Hartnells Doctor.
Barbara, meanwhile, is mistaken for the reincarnation of the goddess Yetaxa.
The Myth Makers (Season 3, 1965)
Written by Donald Cotton, directed by Michael Leeston-Smith.
The Trojan court are feckless Bertie Wooster types who ignore the sensible but irritated Cassandra.
The comedy and melodrama gives way to the siege itself, which is played straight and terrible.
The effect of this is to render the mythic as something small, petty and almost mundane.
Remembrance of the Daleks (Season 25, 1988)
Written by Ben Aaronovitch, directed by Andrew Morgan.
This is simultaneously a revisionist history of thein-story universeand a historical about the UK at the timeDoctor Whostarted.
On top of almost casually makingDoctor Whomore exciting than it had been in years (big spaceships!
Explosions so loud the police got called!)
this is also a savage, occasionally unsubtle, piece of commentary on Britain.
The Doctors solution here, famously, is to trap and destroy the Daleks.
Doctor Who returns in November for a three-part 60thanniversary special.
