I want "YEEHAW" as my new ringtone.

Honestly, the Web Planet being last is a testament to how consistently good the early serials were

The Sensorites that low is a crime!!!

The Web Planet last!? How come everyone focuses on it's technical issues but not it's imagination and ambition? Even today's production with all the sfx has never attempted to produce a story without humanoids.

It kind of makes me sad to see the Sensorites so low, it hold a special place in my heart because it was the 1st William Hartnell Story I watched when I was first getting into Doctor Who

The space museum is so underrated, i really love it

THE ARK was a fascinating story and separating the first two and last two episodes was a great idea

Brilliant to see The Massacre, Myth Makers and Marco Polo score so highly, considering how few visuals we have for them. Great content as always Josh - your Hartnell impression is very good!

Zaaaaaaarbi!! The Web Planet has always been a guilty pleasure. I've never been able to decide what is more abominable, the acting, the unintentionally hilarious choreography or the sloppiness of the direction. Vaseline on the camera lens, creatures that run into rocks or even the cameras and a general sense that Richard Martin just couldn't be bothered going back and fixing things. It also features some of Bill Hartnell's best fluffs. I don't know if it deserves to be at the bottom of the pile though... Other than that, other than moving a few serials up a few notches up and a few others further down, this is a very accurate assessment of the Hartnell era. My personal favourite is the Aztecs. Jacqueline Hill's greatest performance as Barbara and the wonderfully overcooked John Ringham as Tlotoxl, one of the best of the series' human villains and arguably, the only one who wins. Finally, congratulations on all of the wonderful feedback to your work on the Mission to the Unknown project. We all knew it was time that the BBC turned to you. Looking forward to your future endeavours! All the best from an elderly Whovian in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Shame about the Web Planet being so low. I gave it a 9. Maybe I was just in a very weird mood when I watched that story.

Thanks so much for putting this together! :) You wouldn't believe how many times we'll be racking our brains for some inspiration for our fan-series and your videos are an amazing resource! :) You rock!

The Savages near the bottom? One of my favorite Hartnell stories.

Never knew the Ridley Scott factoid.

With a few exceptions, this list largely aligns with my ranking of these episodes; The Edge of Destruction is definitely underrated!

'The Celestial Toymaker,' is #21?! That's my favorite First-Doctor Story you're talking about! (I rated it a 9/10) ;)

Just finished re-watching the Romans. What an amazing and efficient script. I particularly like the skillful way the Doctor and Vicki story is woven into Barbara's story with Nero. Both plot lines are kept separate but the numerous transitions between them are quick, clever and seamless. Dennis Spooner was one of the best script writers ever to work on Doctor Who. Vicki is also incredibly cute in this story. The Romans did well in this poll but probably should have been in at least the top five or even top three.

Planet of Giants being _that_ low on the list is a crime

I don’t often see people so young citing Hartnell as their favorite Doctor! One of the best things about this show is that every Doctor is someone’s favorite :3

I’m happy The War Machines is so high! It’s my go to dvd when I stumble in drunk at 3am after a night out. In fact, I probably drunkenly say “Dr Who is required!”

I remember when I first watched the three exiting episodes of daleks master plan, I was craving more so for the first time I found and watched a reconstruction, that being your animated daleks Master plan that you made all those years ago Josh, the story instantly became my favorite Hartnell story and one of my all time favorites, and awhile after that I began watching all the missing episodes via reconstructions always making sure to watch any you made, so thanks for getting me into watching the missing episodes

Is there a way of us seeing the numbers/average ratings for each story?

It's so fascinating how differently people perceive the stories! I could tell you what poll result bits I disagree with, but who cares! Even low-ranked stories, I still watch now and again. Cuz I love Doctor Who! Thank you Josh, looking forward to the next one!

Love the color photos! Though it makes me sad that the whole series couldn't have been in color from the beginning. Look at those colors in Marco Polo!

Was hoping to also get the average vote with the ranking, but all is good

My Top 5 of Hartnell's Era: 1. The Dalek's Master Plan 2. The War Machines 3. The Ark 4. The Tenth Planet 5. The Chase The Worst Arcs: 5. The Smugglers 4. The Sensorites 3. The Gunfighters 2. The Celestial Toymaker 1. The Web Planet (I almost quit the series trying to watch this one)

It's really interesting seeing how all the different opinions have merged to make this list! Can't wait for the rest! #JusticeForTheWarMachines

Yes, this is about how I thought most of these would rank up. I knew the Dalek stories would be high or tops.

I can agree with this list. I'd move a few things about a few spots, however I feel that the rankings overall are good. One thing that is difficult in evaluating 60s Who are the missing episodes simply because (unless they are animated) there is no visual representation to understand the story. As an example, I found it very difficult to get into Marco Polo when I listened to it as I felt that story would work better visually, however The Massacre seemed to work well as an audio story. I hope one day for The Massacre, but also The Smugglers which seems like a fun historical!

Which one of your children do you love the most?. YOU LOVE THEM ALL!.

Half of these don’t deserve to be so low. Sensorites Giants and Space Museum deserve to be on the top 5 or top 10 atleast!

This was just wonderful! Looking forward to the next episodes!

Thank you Josh! That was a lot of fun. Rewatching The Crusade this weekend. Absolutely the best historical, definitely top five Hartnell serial. Honestly, it's tough to pick a #1. DMP is great, but it's kind of a The Chase 2.0, albeit an improvement in some ways. Keep up the great work. You are awesome.

Great review yet again ! ! 😊Daleks Master Plan is my top story ! Such a great shame only 3 episodes exist 😢

Thank goodness the edge of destruction isn't last, as it is for a lot of people. I love that story, it's tight, very little time feels wasted and it is essential to the development of the relationships in the very first TARDIS team.

Brilliant count down. Looking forward to the next one. Well done Josh and congratulations on your work on the Mission to the Unknown recreation 👍🏻

congrats on mission to the unknown. brillant

Such a underated doctor

Worth watching just for 2:48 alone! Haha, fab video: looking forward to the other results! :)

My ranking. 29) The Savages 28) Mission to the Unknown 27) The Edge of Destruction 26) The Space Museum 25) The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve 24) An Unearthly Child 23) Planet of Giants 22) Galaxy 4 21) The Crusade 20) The Rescue 19) The Romans 18) The Aztecs 17) The Smugglers 16) The Time Meddler 15) The Ark 14) The Reign of Terror 13) The Myth Makers 12) The War Machines 11) The Celestial Toymaker 10) The Keys of Marinus 9) The Chase 8) The Tenth Planet 7) Marco Polo 6) The Sensorites 5) The Web Planet 4) The Gunfighters 3) The Daleks 2) The Dalek Invasion of Earth 1) The Daleks' Master Plan

Great video man!

My only gruff is An Unearthly Child didn't make the top 5. Another great video. Your voice is slowly becoming my oxygen.

+Josh Snares - Would love to see you balance these polls out by doing your own leave favourite to most favourite countdown at some point too :) Personally, whilst I'm still filling in a LOT of gaps in early DW, stories that I haven't seen for years or ever, my current favouritie would be a tie between 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth' (iconic Dalek story, plus I'm a big London history fan so love seeing all the locations), and 'The Tenth Planet' - after watching it a couple of months ago, the original Cybermen blew me away... and I keep walking around imitating their voices!

Well done!

Heartbroken that "The Web Planet" is the least-liked story. Come on.

The web planets puts my internal organs into a blender when i watch it

Nice seeing the Tenth Planet so high. Love that story.

Gosh I love this

The Smugglers that low is a crime what is it? Shirtless Ben? Oh yeah it's missing! I love episode 3's cliffhanger. Galaxy 4 is great, especially the six-minute footage and Air Lock.

Dalek Masterplan at no 1? You hear this, BBC?

fantastic video, your videos are always amazing!!!!!!!!!!

Great impression!

Yesss, The Daleks' Masterplan is my favourite Hartnell serial. What a masterpiece. Or Masterplan.

this was fun :) please could you include a quick recap at the end of each future poll video? be nice to see them all listed

Glad to see that The Gunfighters wasn't totally slaughtered in the polls!

Wow definitely some hot crowdsourced takes here.

Celestial toymaker was my favorite Hartnell adventure. I’m a big Steven Taylor fan

Sad that The Myth Makers is so ranked so low. It's my favourite Hartnell story and if any episodes from it turned up I would lose my mind!

Brilliant!

Blasphemy The Web Planet is clearly the most superior doctor who story of all time.

For me this is the best Dr Who story ever, because I saw it originally in 1965 and for that time it was,quite simply, incredible., but sadly it does not appeal to today's audiences because what they want is this "flash-bang-wollop-let's-get-this-thing-over-and-done-with-and-move-onto-the-next-one. Really sad.

That intro was f**king perfection!

Planet of the Giants above The Sensorites Me: :-( The Edge of Destruction above The Keys of Marinus Me: :-(( Dalek Invasion of Earth above both The Aztecs and The Time Meddler Me: Oh c'mon! Dalek Invasion of Earth doesn't take #1 Me: Well, at least this is right.

Planet of Giant, Gunfighters, Edge, Mission, and Rescue were too low and Toymaker, Reign of Terror, Chase, Tenth Planet, and The Daleks' Master Plan were too high in my opinion. Also, the Myth Makers should be number 1. It's amazing.

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Trying to find the first video on this; but none seem to be titled as such. Would’ve presumed Hartnell would be the first but it starts with “welcome back” gone back 7 months but can’t see the first.

Never seen an episode of the first doctor, once I started getting into classic who was right before BBC stopped selling classic dvds to make way for the new blu rays :(

Sad that Sensoites and Planet of Giants are so low, as they were some of the first stories I saw.

Fun fact I was watching this video before getting stuck in a lift with my friend

My personal top 5 Hartnell stories: 1 (YEEHAW) The Gunfighters 2. The Romans 3 The Tenth Planet 4 The Chase 5 The Massacre

Really surprised at The Time Meddler reaching No.3!

This video has been been immensely cathartic to see that my opinions are not completely crazy... But once we hit Tom Baker that will probably not remain true...

I’m not surprised The Daleks Masterplan is at #1.

The tenth planet should be number 1

The Reign of Terror is one of my favorites

I love the time meddler

“The Daleks” is too high.

So josh is there any particular reason the first doctor is your favorite? Just curious

I find it ridiculous anyone could put Galaxy 4 above The Web Planet, and, having not seen it yet, The Smugglers' placement does scare me. Keys of Marinus deserves to be much higher, though.

My favourite era of the show pretty much, so that all of these aren't at number one is a travesty!! 😜

Well, that was an interesting result. it proves what I've noticed many times that different generations like different stories. If this poll had been done in the sixties it would have been a massively different result. Nos. 1 and 29 would have been the other way around for a start. I mean no offence as this is a very interesting exercise but I think it proves what I've always said that opinion polls are only as good as those who bother to vote. I don't suppose many of the fans who watched these originally voted here. It's an interesting guide to what stories are popular amongst today's generation and to see how opinions have changed from one generation to the next but it has to be taken in context. The only way to get a true result is to ask everyone who has ever seen them but, of course, that is impossible. I'm not criticising and of course respect everyone's opinion.

As always Toymaker is too high. Appalling stuff. Web Planet isn't that bad. Yes, it's 4 episodes worth of content- at most- dragged out into 6 but there's a decent enough Who there if you can looking past the Zarbi tights and hopping thespians grunting.

The Gunfighters at 22 and The Massacre at 12? This is not right at all! ;-)

Great ranking. Good to seeThe War Machines so high.

Did anyone scavenge Peter Purves's discarded prop,and if so what terrible fate befell them?

SORRY HAD TO SPLIT UP! Alright, so lemme leave some thoughts, my personal rankings, and the difference my rankings have from the list (sorry, if too long!) Did at 1 in the morning, sorry if their are spelling mistakes! I might do this for every future entry aswell, Tom Baker's might take a while. - 1 - The Daleks' Master Plan (Story No. 21) Difference (=) This was clearly an undeniable favorite, I would be surprised if this wasn't number one, their are so many things that this story has going for it, and frankly it's one of those Doctor Who stories despite it's humongous run time, I could watch time and time again. A classic for the lack of better words. - 2 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth (Story No. 10) Difference: (=) This, again, is another pick that I would have been surprised if it hadn't landed in the top three. This story is one of the best Dalek stories out there, the post-apocalyptic Earth setting and some incredible tense senses, not only makes this a great Doctor Who story but a great piece of 60s television in general. Also, the departure of the dear Susan! Ahhh! - 3 - The Aztecs (Story No. 6) Difference: (+1) The best historical episode of Classic Doctor Who hands down. One of the first stories that tackle the idea of meddling with time and the consequences of changing history. A nice morality story with amazing looking sets and costumes, and brilliant acting from all the mains. - 4 - The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve (Story No. 22) Difference: (+8) Definitely a bit disappointing that this story didn't crack the top ten in the list, personally, it's one of my favorite historicals, and explores a time period of French history that I didn't even know existed until I watched this episode. It's a dark and bitter tale, that has an amazingly complex plot with significantly good acting from Purves and Hartnell. The final episode is one of the darkest from this era, and has, in my opinion, Hartnell's best monologue. - 5 - The Romans (Story No. 12) Difference: (+4) Not too surprised to see this one crack the top ten, typically heralded as one of the best historicals of the first doctor's. I think the problem with this story is time, it doesn't hold up as well in 2019 as it used too. I still find it an enjoyable romp, I have it in my top five! But, I see where criticisms can come from, but enjoy the hilarity this story provides regardless. - 6 - The Tenth Planet (Story No. 29) Difference: (-1) A great send off for a great Doctor, this story introduces quite a bit into the Doctor Who World that become mainstays for the series in the long and short term. This story of course introduces the Cybermen, who are undoubtedly the creepiest villains from the show, and regeneration! Changing the main actors, which is why the show has lasted this long! This story is also one of the first 'base-under-siege" stories we see, which of course, become quite prevalent in the next doctor's era. - 7 - The Time Meddler (Story No. 17) Difference: (-4) I'm actually a little surprised to see that this was in the top three, I thought it would be around where I ranked it. I think it's a great story, the first pseudo-historical, and introduces the first time lord antagonist in the show. The setting and acting in this one are great. I think the story suffers a little with it's pacing, but regardless, still good fun. - 8 - The Keys of Marinus (Story No. 5) Difference: (+8) Wow! This one didn't even crack the top ten! Big shock. I think this story suffers mainly because of Susan's characterization, this definitely isn't her best story not gonna lie, but I think the supporting cast make up for it by being memorable presences. The Voord gimp suits are a bit strange though, but I still love them. Every episode in this story feels like a self contained adventure, and makes it very re-watchable. Cool sets, cool all around! - 9 - Marco Polo (Story No. 4) Difference: (-1) I'm very happy to see this story crack the top ten, a great historical, that has the Doctor and co. running into trouble in Ancient China. Great supporting cast in this one, the mains are great as well. The sets and costumes for this one are phenomenal, and despite it run time, keeps you invigorated along the way. This story of course suffers from it being completely missing! Such a shame, as I'm sure if it existed, it would easily find it's way to top three. - 10 - The War Machines (Story No. 27) Difference: (-3) A decent story that introduces two companions that are more prominent in the next era of the show. Ben and Polly really are awesome companions, and one of my faves in their small time they spent with the first doctor. This story is a tense scientific story that has superb acting from Hartnell and cool on location filming. The War Machines themselves look a bit janky, but isn't that half the charm of Classic Who! Horrible send off for Dodo, but I mean, doesn't really matter right!

It’s such a weirdly divisive era. It’s the only one where most of the lower ranked episodes could easily have been in the top 10 on another day. (Planet Of Giants?!? The Web Planet?!? Lord, even The Gunfighters ain’t that bad. Like, I’m American. It’s the one story that should make me raise an eyebrow in a “this would be like John Ford directing a movie about the Battle of Culloden” kind of way, but... I really, really like it. It’s fun.) Then again, I can’t argue with the top 10 y’all picked. So I dunno.

can you re-edit all of these videos (BDWP) and upload them on spotify as podcasts?

I always thought that the Ian And Barbara cameo was supposed to be in The War Machines not the massacre?

While not really reflective of my own thoughts, I’m at least glad Time Meddler is up there. Are you going to explain all the stories of all the Doctors in relation to each other or just keep it era themed?

Well I'm confused...how do you rate something you haven't seen? The Dalek Master Plan and Marco Polo? How many people have seen them? Certainly not you Josh! Only people that have saw them at the time...once! Kudos for the list though. There will always be arguments. Thank you for saying Hartnell was your favourite Doctor and not the 'best'...the first five were all brilliant in their own way.

An Unearthly Child is just another level. The first part is actually perfect. Actually.

Bit sad about results. Considering some of these have not been shown since release. Unknown why Marco is so high and yet as someone said the web planet and sensorites are so low. But good work josh. We love you really

I would vote in this if the new series was completed, but I just don't see the point when it's only part of the show included and not the entire thing.

Josh Snares, is this the current results of your poll or your personal rankings?

Please let the Aztecs be number 1. There's no doubt in my mind that it's the best Hartnell episode.

Yeah!!!!

in the crusades bit didnt the actress for joanna play sara not katarina

Great. Now make them rate Masters of Luxor.

It is now canon that The Doctor invented colour television.

Its weird to think that this is almost a year old already, like where did the time go..? Edit: Never say Yeehaw again please XD