The emotional scene, which originally aired on BBC One in July 2006, came top of the poll with 28.9% of the votes.

Second from the top, with 21.3% of the votes, was Donna losing her memories of her time with the Doctor in Series 4’s finale episode, ‘Journey’s End’ (2008). Taking 17.7% of the votes, in third place was the Tenth Doctor’s regeneration in ‘The End Of Time: Part 2’, which aired on New Year’s Day last year.

> Take a look at the full results and our writers’ analysis of the scenes.