River Song in Silence in the Library; scarecrows in The Family of Blood; a Weeping Angel in Blink.
Awhole new generation fell inlove with Doctor Who during the Tenth Doctor’s era, securing the show’s position for years to come. The arrival of the Ninth Doctor was a big success – but if the Tenth hadn’t built on that, with a run of wider, deeper, sometimes much stranger stories, the enthusiasm could soon have fizzled out.