A lot people, myself included, agree that while Bad Wolf is an excellent part one, it's is more of a setup and the real meat of the story is all in the finale. But that doesn't mean we should overlook a lot of what Bad Wolf offers that makes it an all-timer in its own right. The highlight of course being the game show setting where all these game shows we're familiar with are now used to kill contestants. It builds to my favourite scene of the story where the Doctor learns about the consequences of his actions in the past that unintentionally shaped the Earth into the nightmare world it is today. It’s something that doesn’t come up a lot in Doctor Who where they reveal that while the Doctor in the moment may have saved the day, in the long term he actually made things worse because he was too busy flying off to his next destination instead of cleaning up the mess.

The other highlight of course being the reveal that the Daleks had been pulling the strings this entire time, slowly building their fleet for an invasion of Earth. Which leads to an hell of a cliffhanger and one of Eccleston's best scenes setting the stage for one massive battle in the finale. It's an excellent part one to one of Modern Who's best series finales