Outpost Gallifrey: 2003 Poll Results

Outpost Gallifrey's Doctor Who 40th Anniversary Poll was conducted in late 2003 at the height of the year's celebrations over this landmark achievement. The rules for that year's story poll were simple... instead of voting for one's favorite, as in previous polls, users were asked to rank each story. Obviously this can be very daunting to people, having to rank 163 entries story by story, so while "An Unearthly Child" (the first story) received over 1100 votes, "The Savages" (which doesn't exist anymore in the BBC archives) received only 407 votes. Nevertheless, with such a large group of people, we felt it very representative of online Doctor Who fandom at large, enough to provide an accurate tally of votes.

On the following chart we've provided the ranking (in order), the story title (which is clickable to our episode guide page for the story), the score, the number of votes each story received, the Doctor and the season. The score provided the ranking; each story was rated on a scale from 1-5, 5 being best, 1 being worst. It's of interest to note that the lowest-ranked story, "The Twin Dilemma" received a total low score of 2.01 - which ranks at "mediocre". In other words, out of all the rankings of each story, none was voted below "mediocre" -- leading us to conclude that every story has its fans, and no Doctor Who story is truly considered mesmerisingly awful that one cannot find the good in it. Meanwhile, on the rankings, please note that ties are counted as the same, i.e. three stories took the #11 slot.

The top ten vote-getters are separated. "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" narrowly beat the story voted #1 in this year's Doctor Who Magazine poll, "The Caves of Androzani". Perhaps the biggest surprise here was the high placements of "The Evil of the Daleks" and "The Web of Fear," stories that do not exist in their entirety.

Rank	Title	Score	# Votes	Doctor	Season

1	The Talons of Weng-Chiang	4.72	1105	Tom Baker	14
2	The Caves of Androzani	4.71	1116	Peter Davison	21
3	Pyramids of Mars	4.65	1065	Tom Baker	13
4	Genesis of the Daleks	4.63	1115	Tom Baker	12
5	City of Death	4.60	1011	Tom Baker	17
6	The Robots of Death	4.54	1048	Tom Baker	14
7	The Deadly Assassin	4.50	1015	Tom Baker	14
8	The Evil of the Daleks	4.49	578	Patrick Troughton	4
9	Inferno	4.46	1009	Jon Pertwee	7
10	The Web of Fear	4.42	565	Patrick Troughton	5

11	The Seeds of Doom	4.41	978	Tom Baker	13
	The Ark in Space	4.41	1041	Tom Baker	12
	Remembrance of the Daleks	4.41	1160	Sylvester McCoy	25
14	The Curse of Fenric	4.40	1113	Sylvester McCoy	26
15	The Power of the Daleks	4.38	551	Patrick Troughton	4
16	The Tomb of the Cybermen	4.36	1039	Patrick Troughton	5
17	The War Games	4.34	918	Patrick Troughton	6
18	Fury From the Deep	4.32	488	Patrick Troughton	5
19	Earthshock	4.31	982	Peter Davison	19
20	The Daleks Master Plan	4.30	554	William Hartnell	3
21	The Aztecs	4.27	1037	William Hartnell	1
22	The Daleks	4.25	1217	William Hartnell	1
	Horror of Fang Rock	4.25	929	Tom Baker	15
24	Terror of the Zygons	4.22	984	Tom Baker	13
	Logopolis	4.22	890	Tom Baker	18
	Revelation of the Daleks	4.22	984	Colin Baker	22
27	Spearhead From Space	4.20	1082	Jon Pertwee	7
28	The Dalek Invasion of Earth	4.17	1035	William Hartnell	2
	The Daemons	4.17	936	Jon Pertwee	8
30	Marco Polo	4.12	519	William Hartnell	1
31	The Green Death	4.11	904	Jon Pertwee	10
32	The Invasion	4.09	744	Patrick Troughton	6
33	Doctor Who and the Silurians	4.08	954	Jon Pertwee	7
	Ghost Light	4.08	1052	Sylvester McCoy	26
35	The Brain of Morbius	4.05	928	Tom Baker	13
	Enlightenment	4.05	854	Peter Davison	20
37	The Massacre	4.01	465	William Hartnell	3
	The Mind Robber	4.01	810	Patrick Troughton	6
39	The Five Doctors	4.00	1037	Peter Davison	20
40	The Crusade	3.99	650	William Hartnell	2
	The Abominable Snowmen	3.99	522	Patrick Troughton	5
	The Keeper of Traken	3.99	941	Tom Baker	18
43	State of Decay	3.98	921	Tom Baker	18
44	Warriors Gate	3.96	916	Tom Baker	18
45	Terror of the Autons	3.95	908	Jon Pertwee	8
46	The Sea Devils	3.92	905	Jon Pertwee	9
	The Stones of Blood	3.92	889	Tom Baker	16
48	The Masque of Mandragora	3.91	873	Tom Baker	14
	Kinda	3.91	889	Peter Davison	19
	The Curse of Fatal Death	3.91	953	Special	Special
51	The Time Meddler	3.89	835	William Hartnell	2
52	The Time Warrior	3.88	874	Jon Pertwee	11
53	The Tenth Planet	3.87	818	William Hartnell	4
	The Pirate Planet	3.87	915	Tom Baker	16
55	The Visitation	3.85	852	Peter Davison	19
	Black Orchid	3.85	863	Peter Davison	19
57	Carnival of Monsters	3.82	943	Jon Pertwee	10
58	An Unearthly Child	3.81	1502	William Hartnell	1
	The Ice Warriors	3.81	704	Patrick Troughton	5
	The Mind of Evil	3.81	841	Jon Pertwee	8
	Mawdryn Undead	3.81	861	Peter Davison	20
62	The Three Doctors	3.80	975	Jon Pertwee	10
	Castrovalva	3.80	940	Peter Davison	19
64	The Ribos Operation	3.79	874	Tom Baker	16
	Full Circle	3.79	885	Tom Baker	18
	Frontios	3.79	839	Peter Davison	21
67	The Curse of Peladon	3.78	854	Jon Pertwee	9
68	Image of the Fendahl	3.77	825	Tom Baker	15
69	Survival	3.71	1065	Sylvester McCoy	26
70	The Romans	3.68	797	William Hartnell	2
	The Myth Makers	3.68	478	William Hartnell	3
	The Greatest Show in the Galaxy	3.68	1005	Sylvester McCoy	25
73	The Ambassadors of Death	3.67	859	Jon Pertwee	7
74	The Two Doctors	3.65	951	Colin Baker	22
75	Vengeance on Varos	3.64	948	Colin Baker	22
76	The War Machines	3.63	824	William Hartnell	3
	Resurrection of the Daleks	3.63	938	Peter Davison	21
78	The Reign of Terror	3.61	523	William Hartnell	1
	The Hand of Fear	3.61	863	Tom Baker	14
80	Day of the Daleks	3.58	903	Jon Pertwee	9
	The Awakening	3.58	823	Peter Davison	21
82	The Seeds of Death	3.57	812	Patrick Troughton	6
	The Androids of Tara	3.57	833	Tom Baker	16
84	Planet of Evil	3.56	892	Tom Baker	13
85	Planet of the Spiders	3.55	902	Jon Pertwee	11
86	The Moonbase	3.52	597	Patrick Troughton	4
87	The Ultimate Foe	3.51	912	Colin Baker	23
88	Frontier in Space	3.50	828	Jon Pertwee	10
	The Face of Evil	3.50	907	Tom Baker	14
	The Sun Makers	3.50	809	Tom Baker	15
91	The Leisure Hive	3.49	885	Tom Baker	18
92	The Enemy of the World	3.47	462	Patrick Troughton	5
	The Sontaran Experiment	3.47	942	Tom Baker	12
	Doctor Who: The Movie	3.47	1281	Paul McGann	Special
95	Shada	3.45	757	Tom Baker	17
96	Snakedance	3.44	823	Peter Davison	20
97	Mission to the Unknown	3.43	470	William Hartnell	3
98	The Faceless Ones	3.42	446	Patrick Troughton	4
99	Planet of Fire	3.39	850	Peter Davison	21
100	Attack of the Cybermen	3.33	899	Colin Baker	22
101	The Highlanders	3.32	458	Patrick Troughton	4
	Robot	3.32	970	Tom Baker	12
103	The Mark of the Rani	3.30	870	Colin Baker	22
104	The Celestial Toymaker	3.29	520	William Hartnell	3
	Invasion of the Dinosaurs	3.29	743	Jon Pertwee	11
106	The Edge of Destruction	3.27	938	William Hartnell	1
107	The Smugglers	3.26	411	William Hartnell	4
108	The Macra Terror	3.25	466	Patrick Troughton	4
109	The Invasion of Time	3.21	909	Tom Baker	15
	Destiny of the Daleks	3.21	914	Tom Baker	17
111	Planet of the Daleks	3.19	864	Jon Pertwee	10
112	The Happiness Patrol	3.18	970	Sylvester McCoy	25
113	The Mysterious Planet	3.15	920	Colin Baker	23
114	The Android Invasion	3.14	877	Tom Baker	13
115	The Gunfighters	3.12	666	William Hartnell	3
116	Terror of the Vervoids	3.11	906	Colin Baker	23
117	Death to the Daleks	3.10	851	Jon Pertwee	11
118	The Ark	3.09	715	William Hartnell	3
119	Nightmare of Eden	3.08	813	Tom Baker	17
120	The Rescue	3.07	788	William Hartnell	2
121	The Chase	3.06	857	William Hartnell	2
	The Claws of Axos	3.06	834	Jon Pertwee	8
123	Revenge of the Cybermen	3.05	1012	Tom Baker	12
124	Battlefield	3.04	1041	Sylvester McCoy	26
125	Terminus	3.03	821	Peter Davison	20
126	The Keys of Marinus	3.00	893	William Hartnell	1
	The Wheel in Space	3.00	517	Patrick Troughton	5
	The Creature from the Pit	3.00	806	Tom Baker	17
	Mindwarp	3.00	905	Colin Baker	23
130	Dragonfire	2.99	941	Sylvester McCoy	24
131	Planet of Giants	2.94	817	William Hartnell	2
132	The Armageddon Factor	2.92	845	Tom Baker	16
133	The Krotons	2.91	727	Patrick Troughton	6
	Arc of Infinity	2.91	857	Peter Davison	20
135	The King's Demons	2.83	826	Peter Davison	20
136	Galaxy 4	2.79	489	William Hartnell	3
	The Savages	2.79	407	William Hartnell	3
	The Mutants	2.79	721	Jon Pertwee	9
139	Colony in Space	2.78	786	Jon Pertwee	8
140	Meglos	2.77	781	Tom Baker	18
141	Paradise Towers	2.76	957	Sylvester McCoy	24
142	The Horns of Nimon	2.75	802	Tom Baker	17
143	Warriors of the Deep	2.73	866	Peter Davison	21
144	Four to Doomsday	2.71	803	Peter Davison	19
145	The Monster of Peladon	2.65	781	Jon Pertwee	11
	The Invisible Enemy	2.65	785	Tom Baker	15
	The Power of Kroll	2.65	834	Tom Baker	16
148	Delta and the Bannermen	2.62	926	Sylvester McCoy	24
149	The Sensorites	2.61	787	William Hartnell	1
150	The Time Monster	2.60	807	Jon Pertwee	9
151	The Web Planet	2.58	760	William Hartnell	2
152	Silver Nemesis	2.55	1007	Sylvester McCoy	25
	K9 and Company	2.55	794	Special	Special
154	The Space Museum	2.54	757	William Hartnell	2
155	The Dominators	2.43	751	Patrick Troughton	6
156	Dimensions in Time	2.34	839	Special	Special
157	The Underwater Menace	2.27	436	Patrick Troughton	4
158	Time and the Rani	2.16	966	Sylvester McCoy	24
159	Time-Flight	2.08	870	Peter Davison	19
160	Timelash	2.06	860	Colin Baker	22
161	Underworld	2.05	806	Tom Baker	15
162	The Space Pirates	2.04	427	Patrick Troughton	6
163	The Twin Dilemma	2.01	919	Colin Baker	21