 In 2008, "The Daily Telegraph" named "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood" the seventh greatest "Doctor Who" episode.In 2009, "Doctor Who Magazine" readers voted it as the sixth best "Doctor Who" story of all time.Matt Wales of IGN named the two-part story the best episode of Tennant's tenure as the Doctor, describing it as "stunningly produced" and praising Tennant's performance.