Top Whatever Who Lists

Recap: my top five:
The Mind Robber, Carnival of Monsters, City of Death, Remembrance of the Daleks, "Blink." No actual listing for you; these are in chronological order because I'm too much of a coward to actually pick my number one all time favorite. Though I will say that Rememberance is barely clinging to that spot, and Talons may very well take it away by the time I get around to doing the respective reviews (my complaints about Talons essentially being, "it's too long and the rat is rubbish").

Doctor Who Magazine's 2009 list:
1. THE CAVES OF ANDROZANI (1984) starring PETER DAVISON
2. BLINK (2007) starring DAVID TENNANT
3. GENESIS OF THE DALEKS (1975) starring TOM BAKER
4. THE TALONS OF WENG-CHIANG (1977) starring TOM BAKER
5. THE EMPTY CHILD (2005) starring CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON
6. HUMAN NATURE (2007) starring DAVID TENNANT
7. PYRAMIDS OF MARS (1975) starring TOM BAKER
8. CITY OF DEATH (1979) starring TOM BAKER
9. THE ROBOTS OF DEATH (1977) starring TOM BAKER
10. BAD WOLF (2005) starring CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON

I can see arguments for all these except "Bad Wolf." Come on, if you're that obsessed with getting a second Eccleston on there, make it "Dalek!"

And the 2003 Outpost Gallifrey 40th anniversary top 5 (because that's all I remember):
1. Talons of Weng-Chiang
2. Caves of Androzani
3. Pyramids of Mars
4. Genesis of the Daleks
5. City of Death

Obviously, I think the 2009 poll is just a tad skewed towards the new series... let's see, in 2009, there were 30 seasons, and four of them were from the new series. Yup, that sounds like 40% to me. Okay, let's take out seasons 3-5, since they largely don't exist anymore, and also carve out 22-24, since they're so bad. This leaves us with 24 seasons, four of which are from the new series. That's 16% of the whole show snagging 40% of the spots.

I'd also be willing to bet that Caves got a boost to the number-one spot when there's no other classic Doctor aside from Tom Baker on that entire list solely on the basis of "Time Crash." Now, there's no denying that it's an absolutely awesome serial, I just think it's a bit... well, shall we say, odd, that only one classic serial ever stands a chance of beating the One True Time Lord. (Maybe all the anti-Tom fans rally behind that one because they know it's the only non-Tom story capable of reaching the number one spot.) I vaguely recall the Outpost Gallifrey poll had stories like Inferno and The Evil of the Daleks (which doesn't even freaking exist anymore) in the top 15, which would seem to indicate that the reference pools may have shrunk...

...or it could be that OG and DWM cater to different chunks of the fandom. Whatever.