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It is Gothmas season once again, and I'm doing something a little different this year: tallying up the 13 Scariest Episodes of Doctor Who! Why 13? Because we're up to 13 Doctors. (Yes, technically fourteen because of timey-wimey stuff, but never mind that right now.) I polled people on Twitter, and Dreamwidth, and at my work, and this is what we came up with. All episodes were suggested by others and then ranked by vote. I spent the past several weeks reacquainting myself with episodes I already knew and loved, and catching up on the ones I hadn't seen yet.
Note: I didn't specify episodes from the 2005 reboot onward, that's just what people replied with. Which is fine I guess. The older show was playing to a different demographic, even though some episodes were definitely terrifying, shoestring budget effects notwithstanding. (Am I the only one who really loves "Paradise Towers?" Anyone else? Just me?) I might have to do another list at another time just for Classic!Who.
As always, remember that fear is a subjective emotion, so while there is some consensus here, a lot of this is based on individual tastes, phobias, and stuff with a Gothic flavor that's just inescapably cool. Because I did this by polling instead of going with my personal favorites, some that I would've put on my own Top 13 list didn't survive the elimination rounds (such as "The Crimson Horror" and "Under the Lake"), while others wound up a lot higher ranked than I expected.
There were a few clear frontrunners, so I put those at the top of the list. We'll get into the more obscure choices later. Obviously these posts will include SPOILERS spanning all of the New!Who era, although I won't be giving the actual endings of individual episodes away.
All right, let's do this!
( Are you my mummy? )
I'll be back next week with numbers 4 through 6. Happy October, everyone!
Note: I didn't specify episodes from the 2005 reboot onward, that's just what people replied with. Which is fine I guess. The older show was playing to a different demographic, even though some episodes were definitely terrifying, shoestring budget effects notwithstanding. (Am I the only one who really loves "Paradise Towers?" Anyone else? Just me?) I might have to do another list at another time just for Classic!Who.
As always, remember that fear is a subjective emotion, so while there is some consensus here, a lot of this is based on individual tastes, phobias, and stuff with a Gothic flavor that's just inescapably cool. Because I did this by polling instead of going with my personal favorites, some that I would've put on my own Top 13 list didn't survive the elimination rounds (such as "The Crimson Horror" and "Under the Lake"), while others wound up a lot higher ranked than I expected.
There were a few clear frontrunners, so I put those at the top of the list. We'll get into the more obscure choices later. Obviously these posts will include SPOILERS spanning all of the New!Who era, although I won't be giving the actual endings of individual episodes away.
All right, let's do this!
( Are you my mummy? )
I'll be back next week with numbers 4 through 6. Happy October, everyone!