{"id":33691,"date":"2015-04-17T09:20:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T09:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=33691"},"modified":"2015-12-23T12:09:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T12:09:05","slug":"top-10-popular-tv-series-3rd-1st-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=33691","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Popular TV Series 3rd-1st place"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>3rd: Doctor Who (1963 \u2013 1989, 2005 \u2013 present, BBC)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"formatted-entry-p\">Doctor Who is an original BBC <a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/best-sci-fi-movies-in-outerspace\/\" target=\"_blank\">science-fiction<\/a> programme<strong> focused on<\/strong> the eponymous main character, an<strong> alien Time Lord<\/strong> who <strong>travels in<\/strong> a time-travelling <strong>space ship<\/strong> disguised as a blue Police phone booth. The Doctor\u2019s purpose is to<strong> fight various creatures<\/strong> that put in peril civilisations and save those in need with the help of his many companions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Doctor Who - The 50th Anniversary BBC One Trailer\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G8g5BrLm7uQ?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Oh boy!<\/h3>\n<p>With 26 seasons of the initial series, two feature films from 1965 and 1966 \u2013 \u201cDr. Who and the Daleks\u201d and \u201cDaleks &#8211; Invasion of the Earth: 2150 AD\u201d -, one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uBTLayaO6y4\" target=\"_blank\">TV movie<\/a> from 1996, 7 spin-offs, many comics and books, 8 seasons of the new version and a total of 813 episodes out of which 97 are missing, it is <strong>no wonder<\/strong> that this show is indeed very popular and one of <strong>the best existing series<\/strong>. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-33706 size-medium\" title=\"Doctor Who cast\" src=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Doctor-Who-sidekicks-006-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"tv series Doctor Who\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Doctor-Who-sidekicks-006-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Doctor-Who-sidekicks-006-250x150.jpg 250w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Doctor-Who-sidekicks-006.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What keeps the audience glued to their seats are the constant changes and the lack of repetition. Despite its long run, Doctor Who has managed to become a <strong>true <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/top-10-time-travel-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\">time-travelling<\/a><strong> TV series<\/strong> as it has fans from different decades and of different ages.<\/p>\n<h3>The Doctor<\/h3>\n<p>When it was told that the Doctor can regenerate his body 13 times, people really believed and they were not disappointed. So far, the humanoid <strong>alien has been portrayed by 12 different actors<\/strong>. And with each actor and version of the Doctor, comes a new personality and, obviously, a new look.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> First Doctor<\/strong>, played by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0367156\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\" target=\"_blank\">William Hartnell<\/a>, is a mysterious grumpy old man with a frail Edwardian appearance despite his actual strength and will. The <strong>Second<\/strong> (Patrick Troughton) was a childish \u201ccosmic hobo\u201d, while the <strong>Third<\/strong> (Jon Pertwee) was a suave dandy and the Fourth (Tom Baker) was the most unpredictable one due to his change of moods.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article_box related-article-right\">\n<div class=\"related-art-title\">Related<\/div>\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cover-image2.jpg);\"><a href=http:\/\/6toplists.com\/top-10-time-travel-movies\/ class=\"related_a\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box_top\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box_bottom\">\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box_bottom_text\"><span style=\"color: white;\">Read article: <\/span><br \/><span class=\"related_span\" >Top 10 Time Travel Movies<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <strong>Fifth<\/strong> (Peter Davison) was sensitive and even vulnerable, the <strong>Sixth<\/strong> (Colin Baker) was rather an egoist and a megalomaniac with a love for colours, the <strong>Seventh<\/strong> (Sylvester McCoy) was a buffoon similar to the Second reincarnation and the <strong>Eight<\/strong> (Paul McGann) a charming romantic version of Severus Snape.<\/p>\n<p>The Doctors of the <strong>new generation<\/strong> are four at number and portrayed by Christopher Eccleston \u2013 a less flamboyant and eccentric version -, David Tennant \u2013 a talkative merciful Doctor -, Matt Smith \u2013 a capricious lover of bowties and fezzes \u2013 and the<strong> most recent one<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0134922\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Capaldi<\/a> \u2013 a \u201c<em>total adrenaline junkie<\/em>\u201d as described by the actor himself.<\/p>\n<p>Thou the Doctors are not the only ones large at number. Each one of them has had a significant number of companions meant to be the <strong>Doctors\u2019 friends and assistants<\/strong>. Out of the <strong>over 60 companions<\/strong>, the fan favourite ones are Rose Tyler (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0684877\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\" target=\"_blank\">Billie Piper<\/a>), Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford), Amy Pond (Karen Gilan), Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) and Sarah-Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>2nd: Supernatural (2005 \u2013 present, The WB | The CW)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"formatted-entry-p\">Supernatural is an <a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/top-10-scariest-ghost-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\">original horror<\/a> television series created by Eric Kripke. The series narrative <strong>follows the Winchester brothers<\/strong> Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles), two demon, ghost and <strong>monster hunters<\/strong> as they travel across the country solving mysteries and dealing with the supernatural in order to <strong>save the innocents<\/strong> while driving their family\u2019s old Impala and listening to good music.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4kmA86_hnbo\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4kmA86_hnbo<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Family Business<\/h3>\n<p>If there is one thing Sam and Dean are not, that is average. One <strong>major point<\/strong> of this series is the <strong>complexity of its characters<\/strong>, especially the main ones. Going through the traumatic death of their mother and their father\u2019s obsession with the mystic and his constantly disappearances, it is no wonder that the <strong>two men had a rough upbringing<\/strong>, followed by a rough adulthood.<\/p>\n<p>Right from the start, they set off to look for their father, after <strong>Sam\u2019s girlfriend dies<\/strong> in the same manner as their mother did, this way getting involved with more and more supernatural creatures. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-33726 size-medium\" title=\" The Winchester brothers\" src=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/supernatural-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"Supernatural\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/supernatural-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/supernatural-250x156.jpg 250w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/supernatural-510x318.jpg 510w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/supernatural.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Later<\/strong>, as they discover more about their family\u2019s past, <strong>they befriend hunters<\/strong> such as the Harvelle women Jo (Alona Tal) and Ellen (Samantha Ferris), the angel Castiel (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0172557\/\" target=\"_blank\">Misha Collins<\/a>), Bobby Singer (Jim Beaver), the prophet Kevin Tran (Osric Chau) and run into some not so friendly angels and demons, the tricky Bela Talbot (Lauren Cohan) and Crowley (Mark Sheppard) the King of Hell and his gang.<\/p>\n<h3>Get the Salt<\/h3>\n<p>In its 10 seasons and over 200 episodes, <strong>Supernatural has depicted<\/strong> <strong>various<\/strong> mythological and legendary<strong> creatures<\/strong> of Christian, Greek, Norse, Nippon and urban origins. The most common were the ghosts which are generally trapped or vengeful as it appeared in the Pilot episode. Other creatures are <a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/best-vampire-tv-shows-3rd-1st-place\/\" target=\"_blank\">vampires<\/a>, shape shifters, skin walkers, werewolves, djinns, dragons, fairies, sirens, zombies, witches and even amazons.<\/p>\n<p>An appearance make also the deities such as Mercury, Calliope, Osiris, Odin, Artemis, Zeus, Loki, Leshi, Ganesh, Kawkaw and even God (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0070810\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Benedict<\/a>), along with leviathans and the horsemen. But the <strong>most important roles<\/strong> are played by the archangels \u2013 Michael, Lucifer, and Gabriel -, angels \u2013 Balthazar, Zachariah \u2013 and demons \u2013 the frenemy Meg, Abaddon, Lilith, the tricky Ruby and Azazel.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>1st: Game of Thrones (2011 \u2013 present, HBO)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"formatted-entry-p\">The HBO adaptation of George R.R. Martin\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgerrmartin.com\/book-category\/?cat=song-of-ice-and-fire\" target=\"_blank\">A Song of Fire and Ice<\/a>\u201d novels, Game of Thrones is a <strong>fantasy drama series<\/strong>. Inspired by actual historical events and figures, Game of Thrones, with the action set on the fictional Westeros and Essos, <strong>depicts the fight for power<\/strong> and the Iron Throne between the noble houses of Baratheon, Lannister, Tyrell, Targaryen, Stark, Bolton, Karstark, Florent, Arryn, Martell, Greyjoy, Frey and Tully.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8ixEWrTLiZg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8ixEWrTLiZg<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Rise and the Fall<\/h3>\n<p>The<strong> series begins<\/strong> with the <strong>rise of Lord Eddard<\/strong> \u201cNed\u201d Stark (Sean Bean) <strong>a<\/strong>s the <strong>King Robert Baratheon\u2019s<\/strong> (Mark Addy) chief<strong> advisor<\/strong> after the mysterious death of the previous chief. But after some investigations lead the Stark family to suspect the House of Lannister, to whom Queen Cersei (Lena Headey) belongs to, the <strong>Starks start digging their own tombs<\/strong>, despite things looking positive at some point. And when the <strong>Iron Throne gets in the hands<\/strong> of the young psychotic Joffrey Baratheon (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0322416\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Gleeson<\/a>), everything goes down for everyone. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-33746 size-medium\" title=\"Emilia Clarke from Game of Thrones\" src=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/game-of-thrones-season-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"tv series game of thrones\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/game-of-thrones-season-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/game-of-thrones-season-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/game-of-thrones-season-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/game-of-thrones-season-510x286.jpg 510w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/game-of-thrones-season.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) in the hands of the evil Lannisters, the <strong>Tyrells playing their game<\/strong> to get Margaery (Natalie Dormer) as the queen, Jon Snow (Kit Harington) still knowing nothing and with Daenerys Targaryen making her way reclaiming the seven kingdoms, one can be sure that as long as George R.R. Martin doesn\u2019t kill anyone, we will still have the <strong>greatest TV series to watch<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>The Good, the Bad, the Lannisters<\/h3>\n<p>While the story line is absolutely fantastic, the <strong>fandom is more attached to the characters<\/strong> and once you start watching Game of Thrones, you will get it why. There are the handsome and never forgotten Khal Drogo (Jason Momoa) the shy but mature Jon Snow, who has a great sense of honour, unlike most characters, and the arrogant yet complex Jamie Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), but also the fabulous sardonic Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage). <\/p>\n<div id=\"quote_shortcode\" class=\"sixtop-post-quote post-quote-right\" >\n<div class=\"quote-sign-box hidden-on-desktop\"><\/div>\n<p>        &ldquo; The greatest TV series ever &rdquo;<\/p>\n<div id=\"quote_shortcode_after\">\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, not only the men in this show are interesting. The<strong> female characters<\/strong> are the<strong> most compelling ones<\/strong>, either if we are talking about the tomboy Arya (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3586035\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\" target=\"_blank\">Maisie Williams<\/a>) who, in a world where women are victims, she is a warrior, or Daenerys the strong Khaleesi and mother of the dragons.<\/p>\n<p>Of course,<strong> there are<\/strong> the<strong> characters we love to hate<\/strong> \u2013 mainly the Lannister family including the incestuous manipulative but strong Cersei, her sadistic tyrant son Joffrey, Lord paedophile lecherous Walder Frey (David Bradley) and Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon) whom we wouldn\u2019t want near any man or living creature in general. But let\u2019s be honest! Without all of them, Game of Thrones wouldn\u2019t be so addicting.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/top-10-popular-tv-series-6th-4th-place\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"prev\" >\n<div id=\"prev_link\" >6th-4th place<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3rd:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":33741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33691"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33761,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33691\/revisions\/33761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}