In this 'Doctor Who favourites' article I will discuss my top 5 Post-Regeneration stories. By this I mean stories just after a regeneration, so it's the debut of a new Doctor, a new era. This story has a lot to live up to, probably one of the most important stories in that Doctors tenure. Not only should it properly introduce us to a brand new lead actor but it must tell us what kind of man he is whilst also reminding us that this is still the same show as before. 5) The Movie. A tricky one this one, I find the 8th Doctor amazing here giving us all the qualities The Doctor should have (mystery, alien, unpredictable) but I don't really like the plot of this story. Saying this, his regeneration was incredible. It hinted back to the first regeneration but more modern and I love those iconic scenes of the 8th Doctor standing up in the morgue, some fantastic music here creating a sense of fear such as him banging on the mortuary door. But on the other hand I really didn't like The Master or the love story really. But the regeneration scenes were brilliant making this number 5. 4) Deep Breath. I thoroughly enjoyed this story - don't want to give too much away as I'm yet to review this properly, but I really liked the introduction to the new Doctor. There was a lot of scenes where you didn't quite know what the Doctor was going to do such as leaving Clara with the Clockwork droids and holding her breath making the story quite tense but then of course he came and helped her. I felt the story lacked the whole trauma of the regeneration and I didn't like Clara's reaction to the regeneration as surely she more than anyone should understand regeneration, but apart from that, fantastic monster and acting all round and I won't say anymore until the review. 3) The Christmas Invasion. A sort of Christmas romp which could have been a sort of downside to the story, I don't think Christmas is the best time to have a post-regeneration story as you may get too caught up with Santa and Tinsel but it actually just made the story better as I loved how it still included Christmas themes such as the amazing killer Christmas tree and Santa Robots but also showing the effects of the Doctors regeneration better than any other story. It also set's the new Doctor up brilliantly with a straightforward plot that tells us what kind of man he is, even including him debating it, but finally discovering he's a 'no second chances' kind of man. The alien threat is also quite good with the Sycorax and their spaceship over London. The Sycorax are definitely in need of a return. And in this story we are basically Rose - it was the first regeneration in new who and Rose was kind of the audience which I think regeneration stories definitely need. 2) The Eleventh Hour. A complete revamp with almost everything changing, it's just the perfect introduction to my favourite Doctor. This episode needed to do a lot after the negativity of Matt Smith's casting as he was so young and after the fan favourite David Tennant, I think some people thought the show wouldn't last. Right from his first scene we see what a fun, enjoyable Doctor he is, and the 20 minutes to save the world provides the perfect scenario to see how he deals with threat as well as testing Matt's acting abilities which he totally surpassed. Also I loved how he kept getting the wrong times with Amy, it meant that while he put trust into Amy, he was also putting trust in the audience so quite an intelligent story. 1) Spearhead From Space. Like 'The Eleventh Hour' a lot had changed and, for the first time ever, Doctor who was in colour bringing it into the 70's. Somewhat of a fan favourite, this story perfectly set's up the 3rd Doctor, clearly showing the viewers what the new Doctor's going to be like with an iconic, memorable alien threat of the Autons which would return again the next season and in New Who. What a brilliant idea to have UNIT there, helping the audience to get know the Doctor and giving people the Doctor could bounce off. The only downside is Liz Shaw who I felt was a bit stuck up but by the next story she was brilliant. So overall an amazing entrance to a lot of people's favourite Doctor. So as you can see New Who is much better in my opinion at introducing us to a new Doctor, almost all Post-Regeneration stories of the classic era were rather average in my opinion apart from the fantastic 'Spearhead From Space' which is the clear winner for me.
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