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Doctor Who: The Top Ten Spaceships

The Doctor Who Team

We’re joining in with UFO Day the only way we know how – by celebrating 10 of the coolest crafts ever seen in the Doctor Who. So, we’re presenting the ships that put the ‘Oh!’ into UFO in no particular order, except number 1, of course…

The Judoon Fleet

We’re trying to think of a word that rhymes with Judoon, platoon and moon and means spaceship. Let us know if you’ve got any ideas.

The Jack Shack

That’s what we’re calling the Captain’s craft from The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances. We just like the way he used it to schmooze Rose Tyler – shipping on a ship!

Dalek Ships

They may be a race of homicidal hate machines but let’s be fair, their rides look awesome.

The Silurian Ark

Think Jurassic Park in space. With its own beach. And a robot that sounds like those blokes off Peepshow.

The Genesis Ark

A prison ship that looked elegant and could hold thousands of Daleks. We have to say it: this jailhouse rocks.

The Orient Express in Space

Ten out of ten for style and on board entertainment, but minus several million for safety levels.

The Christmas Star

It may have been the campest craft in creation but we still don’t trust Mr Saxon for ordering its destruction. You want to watch him…

The SS Madame de Pompadour

It may have home to a bunch of clockwork killers but it also had a horse wandering around its corridors, so it must have been a stable environment. (Sorry).

The Titanic

Why not create a spacecraft that resembles - and is named after - a ship that came to symbolise disaster? Great idea! What could possibly go wrong?

The TARDIS

The number one craft for the 52nd year in succession. It’s the Doctor’s ‘frankly magnificent’ time machine… It may look a little boxy on the outside but… Oh, you know the rest…