We start this week’s chart with a whirlwind tour around the world with Doctor Who. New Doctor Peter Capaldi and his assistant Jenna-Louise Coleman met fans from around the globe before the launch of the latest BBC series. While the Doctor was making new friends, old pals were gathering for a reunion of Friends. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow joined Jimmy Kimmel for a special show.

There have been buckets of coverage for the motor neurone disease charity ice bucket challenge and we have rounded up some of the best, featuring, among others, Harry Styles from One Direction, Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch – whose video is especially funny – and Patrick Stewart, who takes a more sedate approach.

Catch a painful film of volunteers whose expressions are captured when they are struck by a taser gun – then cheer up with a mum who films her daughter doing selfies in the car. Time to strike a pose …

Guardian Viral Video Chart. Compiled by Unruly Media and crushed by Janette.

1. Around the World in Twelve Days with the Twelfth Doctor
Not enough space or time

2. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and Jimmy Kimmel in “Friends”
The one where they reunite

3. Mitchell Johnson smashes the commentary box window with a six
Cracking shot

4. David Lynch - Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS
Director’s cut

5. Pstwe’s ice bucket challenge
Cheque, mate

6. The Taser Photoshoot Original
Painful shots

7. Catching a daughter doing selfies on video
Face in focus

8. Benedict Cumberbatch’s Ice Bucket Challenge for #MND
Caught out again

9. Harry Styles’ ice bucket challenge
Hairy drop

10. Barely Legal Pawn, feat. Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Emmy laughs

Source: Viral Video Chart. Compiled from data gathered at 14:00 on 28 August 2014. The Viral Video Chart is currently based on a count of the embedded videos and links on approximately 2m blogs, as well as Facebook and Twitter.