I'm curious what kind of episodes you guys prefer, the strictly sci-fi ones or the historical ones?
Just caught this - my favourite two eps are The Eleventh Hour and The Waters of Mars. Which, not sure if you've seen those ones yet, but just from the last title, you can probably hazard a guess that they're not particularly historical.
Frankly, though, it depends on the story. There are lots of brilliant historical episodes, lots of brilliant episodes in the future. Don't know that it's either or. Human Nature's brilliant, and it would've been rubbish if they'd set it in the future. The past makes sense, cos it rolls the Doctor back, makes him primitive even by
our standards. Likewise, Bad Wolf would've been rubbish set in the past, because history would recall how it ended. Something that lifechanging, we'd know it never happened, it'd break the spell. I suppose the future is a rather wider canvas, so I like it for that reason... but there's some brilliant historical stories to be told.
ETA: Right! Fifty minute countdown. And
here's more survivor. Liking the speed. A round a day was a good idea.