Five Favorite Episodes - Part 9

Choosing the top five episodes for the 9th Doctor is a little tricky. He only has thirteen to choose from, three of which have Slitheens (I actually don't mind the episodes, just seriously, Russell T. Davies, why did they have to be gaseous?), so that cuts it down to ten. For the others I'll possibly count two-parters as one episode, but I can't for 9 or it would basically then leave me with almost every episode being in the top five. But without further ado, 9's top five.


The End of the World
The episode goes above and beyond with its absurdities, which you can either turn up your nose at or laugh at. I happen to enjoy the silliness. But what I like about this episode is that even with all the silliness, this is the one where you first really see how broken he is. You see that the silliness is hiding a hurting, damaged soul. And the brokenness is the thing I love most about him.


The Empty Child & The Doctor Dances

Yes, Moffat, you did something right. I'll give you these two. The kid is just so creepy, and I am so, so happy for the Doctor when 'everybody lives!' He needed that. More than any other Doctor, he needed that.

Bad Wolf & The Parting of the Ways

His grand finale. I love when the Daleks make their demands and he says, 'No.' And Rose does, too, once she figures out that that doesn't mean he's abandoning her, it means he's saving her. And then there's the look on his face when he sends her home, and later the look of fear when he sees that she absorbed the Time Vortex and yet there's also a tinge of happiness that for one moment at least someone sees things how he does so he's not alone. Is his 'I think you need a Doctor,' line corny? Yes. 
But his last words were perfect for him.