9th Doctor Stories Re-Ranked

[@RobTheGreenEngine]

One thing that surprises me about the 9th Doctor is I very rarely see people dress up as him for events like Comic Con. I mean, his outfit is probably the easiest to recreate, leather jacket and t-shirt. Fortunately, whenever I get a haircut, I style my hair like his so I’ll probably dress up like him someday.

[@sharpchivers6658]

Recently I saw someone dressed as him in an event and when I pointed it out to my gf she didn't even got it until I point out that he had the sonic. In my eyes this is a reason why not too much people dress as him, he doesn't have enough of a distinct look so he's not recognizable enough as a cosplay or dress up like this unlike a lot of the other doctors. Part of the fun of cosplaying is having the character you dress up as being recognized by other fan and it's easier to achieve that by dressing up as 10 or 11. Just a thought ^^

[@CaneEye]

H

[@alicethemaliceofficial]

Rob The Green Engine I would love to dress up as him, but i wont ever cut my hair, been trying to grow it for a year almost

[@thefoxcritic1]

Good point!

[@nkfanning]

Any dw episode with Captain Jack is automatically a winner for me

[@nathanielshore1918]

You know:)

[@johnmoraites6020]

Níamh Captain Jack is a moron

[@TurnerWho]

@@johnmoraites6020 why?

[@MovieMagic515]

@@johnmoraites6020 Tell me why? He isn't.

[@landlighterfirestar5550]

@@MovieMagic515 there’s something very important and you must listen very very carefully, because one day your life may depend on it... Captain Jack is DEFINITELY a mad-ass moron

[@TheAlte111]

For many Christopher Ecclestone is their favourite Doctor but I feel that many people don't give him enough credit because of his very short tenure. He's definitely in my top 3, some of the stories with 9th Doctor are incredibly good.

[@TheAlte111]

@@chriszone50 He didn't need any developmemt. He was fully developed character with poker face and terrible past hid behind that mask. He had great relationship with Rose and Jack, he was alien but on good terms with people and he was focused on saving people not on his personality and ego.

[@CaneEye]

Agreed

[@MAnon-zr5ue]

I'm one of those people who completely adore him, in my mind he is the best doctor we've seen in the new series.

[@MovieMagic515]

Eccleston*

[@alim.9801]

Personally I feel he's the Doctor I would most like to be a companion for. My favorite is Capaldi, but if I could choose who to travel with, it would be 9. I feel like we would make great buddies lol

[@titusbattiscombe5598]

Christopher eccleston was my first doctor and Will always be my favourite

[@robo3007]

Ditto, Peter Capaldi was sooooo close though. If it wasn't for his first season and crappy writing he probably would take my top spot.

[@titusbattiscombe5598]

I love capaldi

[@alicethemaliceofficial]

Titus Battiscombe He was also was my first, and my favorite

[@MovieMagic515]

Agreed

[@AlmightyBruce]

10: The Long Game 9: Boom Town 8: The Unquiet Dead 7: Rose 6: The End of the World 5: Father’s Day 4: Aliens of London / World War 3 3: Dalek 2: Bad Wolf / Parting of the Ways 1: The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances

[@Greasyyyhair]

Every time anyone speaks of the 9th Doctor I just want to say "just this once! Everybody is lives!" even when it makes no sense to say it!

[@Luuuna]

In every episode before this, at least one person dies And before that, he's had 100 years of the time war He has every right to be happy

[@markpostgate2551]

It made far less sense when he did it again in The New Earth!

[@Luuuna]

Fair enough

[@roxxychik06]

I think we all do

[@alim.9801]

@@markpostgate2551 WAIT DID HE I HAVENT SEEN THAT EPISODE IN A MINUTE I DONT REMEMBER 😳

[@ii237]

As a 42 year old fan, I had minimal expectations but this series made me fall in love with the show again. See-sawing tone definitely, reflecting a production team finding its feet, however, some undoubted classics and every episode had at least one beautiful moment from Eccleston....

[@cyberemperor1435]

I love the empty child and the doctor dances but I hate the sexual references but I don’t let it ruin the episode which is why it is one of my favourites of all of time and space

[@klop4228]

I love the Parting of the Ways is the only finale, except maybe World Enough and Time, that truly makes the situation feel hopeless. And, honestly, I don't mind the 'deus ex machina', because it _is_ built up to troughout the series.

[@historymysteries4134]

Interesting to see Long Game and Bad Wolf together. I’ve always considered them two parts of the same story. They certainly have more in common (in setting, cinematography and theme) with each other than Bad Wolf does with Parting of the Ways.

[@glenmcculla6843]

Moffat may have gone a bit overboard with "everybody living" later on, but that doesn't diminish the impact of this one, where it actually meant something and had an emotional impact. My favourite Ninth Doctor story is 'Night of the Whisper'. No, i'm not awkward, you're awkward.

[@TheEldritchGoth]

Until I saw Three, Nine was my favorite, and his episodes are mostly still pretty great My personal ranking: 10 - The Long Game 9 - Father’s Day 8 - The Unquiet Dead 7 - The End of the World 6 - Rose 5 - Aliens of London/World War III 4 - Boom Town 3 - The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 2: Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways 1: Dalek

[@QuokkaCore]

My ranking: 10 - The Long Game. 9- The Unquiet Dead. 8- The End of The World. 7- Aliens of London/World War III. 6- Rose. 5- Father’s Day. 4- Boom Town. 3- Dalek 2- The Empty Child/Doctor Dances. 1- Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways.

[@andrewbowman4611]

The guy playing Charles Dickens is Simon Callow, a well-respected actor here in the UK. I don't know how well-known he is in the US; it may be that he's only really known for the second Ace Ventura film outside Britain. Unless Four Weddings and a Funeral is popular in America, that is.

[@maurinet2291]

I knew him from Four Weddings. I was obsessed with that movie at one point in my life. And very happy to see him again.

[@johnmoraites6020]

It’s too bad that C Eccelston didn’t appear in the 50th. He’s an incredible talent. Tennant and Smith played well off each other. I believe that Eccelston & McGann would have fit in well and all 4 would have made a great special episode

[@alim.9801]

I agree I think what we got was great too but all four of them together would be a dream

[@scottbennie8299]

What kind of a monster hates the Ann Droid'?

[@superraegun2649]

I think when talking about “The Unquiet Dead”, it has an issue that so many Doctor Who episodes, even from the classic era, have. Which is that there’s an unknown alien, throughout the episode they’re trying to figure out what it wants, and then it turns out to be evil. Which is a troop done so often that for me, is just kind of eye-rolling stuff. The episode actually presents us with this cool ethical dilemma, of should aliens be allowed to use human corpses if they need them to survive, but answers it by not really answering it at all and just making the aliens evil so need to be defeated anyway. Why can’t for once we have an alien that’s actually misunderstood.

[@rememo6294]

There are classic who story where the aliens are misunderstood. I won't name them because I won't want to spoil them. Just dig around and you'll find some

[@EddieSparxx]

Going back over series 1 - 4 as a childhood revisit, I realised that while I consider 10 to be my doctor I'm glad that Eccleston was there to hook me with this first series! My god, there's some serious all time favourite TV moments in this series and the Dalek next time trailer still gives me Goosebumps 15 years later!

[@Venemofthe888]

The picture u used for fathers day was quite funny. Plus im surprised boom town was that high

[@strumdynastygaming7217]

My list: 11) Lo 10) V 9) E 8) An 7) D 6) M 5) On 4) S 3) T 2) E 1) Rs

[@impossiblesoul]

Nancy was great in the empty child/the doctor dances

[@jenniferconstantine9041]

I always thought Nancy was the one thing that kept EC and TDD from being perfect. Her sense of entitlement is irritating.

[@JLDReactions]

@@jenniferconstantine9041 THANK YOU!!!! I found Nancy so annoying!

[@MovieMagic515]

So was Sweet Linda in Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways.

[@TheCrippledEgg]

Series 1 hasn’t aged too well. It has that early 2000’s cheese that I kinda dig.

[@vladdrakul7851]

@@LukasOfTheLight RTD's era was the best since Tom Bakers first half, Troughton and Pertwee. It has aged superbly. It is Moffat's stuff that put the show into decline and Chibnall buried it. Having said that though Moffat did write some of the best stories in RTD era but he did them so much better than when Moffatt did Moffatt which proves my point about his absolute superiority as a DIRECTOR. It was his genius that made the World re discover Dr Who. I am someone who has watched the show since 1967 when I was 6 and Loved the old show. But it has declined as with Moffatt until it was put out of its misery just as it is doing again to day.

[@CouncilofGeeks]

Not entirely sure why a six month old comment has become a vicious back and forth between you two, but I'm shutting this down and clearing out most of your comments. It's gotten nasty in here, and everybody needs to walk away.

[@CouncilofGeeks]

*Sigh* I really hate having to be the parent to adults, but I’ll say it one time: 1) I can and will clear out personal attacks on other commenters when I see them. 2) I don’t care who started it, sort yourselves out of I will turn this car around right now.

[@CouncilofGeeks]

Vlad Drakul my own frustration is with your own inability to get what my problem here is, as illustrated by your insisting on labeling him an “idiot” at the end of an otherwise perfectly fine comment. I don’t know how else to word “no personal attacks.” But clearly I need to find another way to say it. You appear to be equating my shutting down a thread that has devolved with some kind of implied “both sides” mentality. I’m shutting it down because of behavior that I do not allow in my comment section, and remove when I see it. The only reason this even came on my radar was it quickly escalated to insulting phrases that I have set up to be flagged for review when used. You’re insisting I take a side. I’m insisting you stop insulting each other. Right now we’re not even talking about the same thing.

[@vladdrakul7851]

@@CouncilofGeeks OK first I DO appreciate you wrote this explaining yourself as I have rarely been so hurt by someone's elses' comment or response PRECISELY because I VALUE your opinion so highly. I being very new to your site did not know about your use of triggered words, which while I understand, I think is too restrictive but it is YOUR site and your rules I left the UK to move to NYC to get away from the bullying bigoted world of the UK in 1980 to move to NYC and then San Francisco: I feel that today's generation have NO idea what we went through CONFRONTING Nazis and violent assholes and I felt very betrayed and insulted ('adult') because for me HUMAN solidarity MUST come first and is NOT immature even IF defending oneself. I do not expect you to 'take my side' over this and I do understand your desire for a friendly tone but my use of the word 'idiot 'was AFTER his insults not before and does not appear in my original comment. It is your site as I said before and I will respect that but ask you to consider that BEFORE you wrote this I myself removed one of my unneeded response comments and I will now remove all my comments except my first which is merely an opinion piece! I only ask that you consider how I feel about what felt like betrayal of the 'stick up for each other' moral that I believe we will not survive without in an era of increasing fascism and backlash. I would also ask you to consider the counter productiveness that making words like 'idiot' illegal ('The Idiot's Lantern') out of context can, like the attempts of U tube to censor end up, as is happening, knocking out more progressives sites over the 'algorythm' than the Alt Right Nazis as IS happening right now. This is bigger than me and you. Peace!

[@vinnieharris4716]

The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances was nightmare fuel for me as a kid. Had nightmares for weeks after seeing the child in the gas mask.

[@dhaonrisemlan]

I was first introduced to Doctor Who with Blink and then the subsequent Martha episodes. I actually fell in love with the show and the Doctor immediately. But when I went back and saw Ecclestone's run it blew me away. I wish Rose was my first episode.

[@dandalf3853]

Are you going to rank each of Tennant's series individually, or just all of them? I'd love to see each series individually.

[@crashfan9997]

Series 3 and 4 are my most favourite along with series 1 and 9. However series 2 was weak. It was a downer for Tennant.

[@cpkudrongaming6100]

@@crashfan9997 yeah, especially since it had 3 episodes that we shall never speak of. Also, the Absorbaloff was really freaking stupid.

[@crashfan9997]

@@cpkudrongaming6100 Personally I found New Earth to be the most boring/meh series opener. The Girl in the Fireplace is crap, idc about it since it neglects Mickey and Rose for some random ass girl. Love and Monsters feels like a weird Eastenders kinda thing. Fear Her was ok but still written weakly compared to series 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9. That's 4 meh/bad episodes. Too many. However imo series 2 is not bottom of my list because it has the following episodes: School Reunion Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel The Idiot's Lantern The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit Army of Ghosts/Doomsday Cybermen 2-parter is decent but The Age of Steel had such a weak, plot convenient based resolution! The Idiot's Lantern is a great episode imo. The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit is actually my favourite 2-parter in New Who. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday is an awesome 2-parter and finale but still it's around 5th or 6th in my finale rankings since the others are just so good. So imo: 10) Series 10 9) Series 8 8) Series 2 7) Series 5 6) Series 7 (+2013 specials) 5) Series 6 4) Series 9 3) Series 1 2) Series 3 1) Series 4 (+2009 specials)

[@dandalf3853]

@@crashfan9997 I agree with everything here except for Idiot's lantern, I find it so incredibly dull it's hell. Of course it isn't the worst in the series though...

[@alim.9801]

@@crashfan9997 I'm with you, my top 3 series are 3 9 and 1

[@owenwildish331]

Council of Geeks how would you rank each of your favourite Doctor Who episodes/ stories from each Doctor Who you've seen so far and will you review the two Peter Cushing Dalek movies?

[@ii237]

Actually, did Eccleston have more ‘moments’ than any other new series Doctor? “Nice to meet you, Rose. Now run for your life!” still makes me smile...

[@gregm766]

You bring up the "Everybody lives" and the reason it was so iconic, up to that point, a lot of people died in series one, at least one in every episode.

[@BrianRegJordan]

Id love to see you rank all the different tardis interiors

[@CouncilofGeeks]

Eventually.

[@BrianRegJordan]

I can wait😂

[@MovieMagic515]

@@CouncilofGeeks Did you do on a video on that? Not to pester i just would love to see it!

[@rememo6294]

1) Dalek 2) Empty Child / The Doctor Dances 3) Bad Wolf / Parting of the Ways 4) Aliens in London / World War III 5) End of the World 6) Boom Town 7) Father's Day 8) Rose 9) The Unquiet Dead 10) The Long Game Love it

[@concettasorvillo3719]

My exact list! :)

[@maxeyre2024]

11. The Long Game 10. The Unquiet Dead 9. The End of the World 8. Rose 7. Father's Day 6. Aliens of London/World War Three 5. Boomtown 4. Bad Wolf 3. The Parting of the Ways 2. Dalek 1. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances

[@jacobstephenson7393]

10.The Long Game 9.The End Of The World 8.Boom Town 7.The Unquiet Dead 6.Rose 5.Aliens of London/ World War III 4.Bad Wolf/ Parting Of the Ways 3.Fathers Day 2.Dalek 1.The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances

[@willdavey6570]

Is bad wolf the only episode in new who where the doctor kicks and punches someone? I can barely think of any others

[@alastairnicholson7886]

Always look forward to these videos

[@colincrichton4419]

My ranking would be- 10. The long game - It was ok, the Doctor and Rose are quite useless in this one 9. The unquiet dead - Good but that’s about it 8. Boom town - Fun and a nice way to give a villain some depth 7. Rose - Enjoyable opener 6. Aliens of London/World war three - Fun and dramatic and I don’t mind the Slitheen as much as other people 5. The end of the world - Fun first voyage into space 4. Father’s Day - This use to be my least favourite (I don’t know what I was thinking!) 3. Bad Wolf/The parting of the ways - I agree about the cheesy game shows but overall pretty epic 2. Dalek - Brilliant way to re-introduce the Daleks 1. The empty child/The Doctor dances - Spooky and mysterious, this ones amazing! Series 1 probably ranks 3rd overall in my New Doctor Who series rankings

[@Evansteven]

I have always felt that one of the points of the reality show parodies was to show what a short step it is form humiliating people for entertainment to killing people for entertainment. But apparently you don't see that aspect.

[@vladdrakul7851]

I agree!

[@nathanielshore1918]

Could you please do a top 10/15/20 of episodes that you think are under rated thanks :)

[@connorshelton9535]

My Personal Ranking 10. The Long Game 9. Aliens of London/WW3 8. Father's Day 7. Boom Town 6. Rose 5. The End of the World 4. The Unquiet Dead 3. Dalek 2. Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways 1. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances

[@georgeloudonkingofdoctorwh1754]

My ranking 10 end of the world 4.5 9 the long game 4.5 8 aliens of loudon and world war 3 4 7 Rose 6.5 6 boom town 6.5 5 fathers day 7 4 bad wolf and parting of the ways 7 3 the unquiet dead 7.5 2 dalek 8 1 the empty child and the doctor dances 10

[@modmaker7617]

How fantastic was the 9th Dr?

[@ghlmk5931]

Empty Child/Doctor Dances were my first New Who episodes, I believe during an all day marathon in 2005. I liked it so I continued to watch the remaining episodes. Social media isn't what it is now, I knew nothing of Eccleston leaving, so imagine my surprise when he turns into Tenant at the end of Parting of the Ways😳. I thought I wouldn't continue to watch, but I came back the following year. I'm still watching, and Tenant is still my favorite. I pretty much agree with your list. People will rant against RTD and Moffatt, but we wouldn't be ranting about this show in 2018 if that first season hadn't succeeded.

[@mcbunson]

Empty child is the only time a TV show has given me nightmares.

[@badwolfarchives3246]

Father’s day and Aliens of London/ World War III are one of my all time favourite episodes, might be slightly controversial but the 2 parter is one of the first episodes i watched and have always loved it but as for Father’s Day, it’s just a stunning story, with fantastic acting and the music score is another level, i even love the reapers.

[@rememo6294]

I love Aliens of London / WW3 too. I wish more people would appreciate it

[@badwolfarchives3246]

Rememo Exactly! Completely agree, more people should appreciate a two parter like that

[@Alex-ux8cl]

The reapers are actually pretty interesting, but you have to view them in a specific way for them to make sense

[@badwolfarchives3246]

Kcaj Animates Great answer, i’ve always thought the reapers are an awesome design and creature and there purpose made perfect sense.

[@sallyatticum]

I love Father's Day, as well. It makes me cry every time.

[@tardisnet9487]

1.) Dalek 2.) The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 3.) Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways 4.) Fathers Day 5.) The Uniquiet Dead 6.) Rose 7.) The End of the World 8.) The Long Game 9.) Aliens of London/World War 3 10.) Boom Town

[@merwilliamson4918]

I personally think Eccleston is the best doctor, (not my favorite, that honour goes to Capaldi),but #9 was soooo angry and incredible and raw, if he had gotten a 2nd run he would have been the best e Doctor ever.

[@alim.9801]

I'm 1000% with you!!

[@micahadamson4309]

My list: 11) The Long Game 10) The End of the World 9) the Unquiet Dead 8) Rose 7) Bad Wolf 6) Father's Day 5) Aliens of London/World War III 4) Boom Town 3) Dalek 2) The Parting of the Ways 1) The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances

[@TYFTM718]

“Everybody lives” was the moment I fell in love with doctor who

[@francisbartoszewski2284]

"We have Jack introduced as a con man", um... jack was introduced in 'End of the World' ;) ;) ;)

[@ishaandw]

I would say spoilers but meh

[@QuokkaCore]

Took me a sec.

[@007robotchicken]

Can't believe it's been a year already.

[@hwood8001]

To this day hearing a child shout out for their mum/mummy sends an uneasy chill down my spine.

[@paulking9476]

Would you like to see a dalek emperor again in the show

[@alleighbeckman1674]

Will you ever get to ranking the individual episodes in each series? I know this kind of counts as one for Series 1, but will you ever do something like this?

[@martynstembridge7714]

What I loved about this season when it first aired, and still love about it now, is the pacing. The first few episodes are just FUN ... you get a nice sprinkling of serious moments and world building to establish where the Doctor is at this point in his life ... but generally they are silly and fun, as you would expect from Who. THEN the middle of the series gets serious, and the quality level shoots WAY up ... Dalek/Fathers Day/Empty Child/Doctor Dances ... Four episodes that leave you in no doubt that this new Doctor Who can and will be brilliant. Then the Daleks return for a classic EPIC confrontation, and the Doctor saves the day! Just brilliant pacing and forward planning ... RTD deserves HUGE credit for perfectly understanding what this show should look like and feel like ... he nailed it, and massive success followed.

[@cameronjosephvideos5942]

10. The Long game 9. Aliens of London/ WW3 8. Rose 7. The End of the World 6. Unquiet deas 5. Boom town 4. Fathers day 3. Bad wolf/ Parting of the ways 2. Dalek 1. Empty Child/ Doctor dances

[@YGOTolley]

A few years late to commenting buuuut I do not think the Doctor saving everyone dilutes this moment in The Doctor Dance's, for me it is this scene that makes the Doctor realise that they can save everyone. It is this moment that teaches them they can do more to help everyone where possible.

[@captaincrumpet5558]

Christopher Eccleston is still my favourite Doctor.

[@MovieMagic515]

Then why is Tennant your profile pic.

[@M4DGESTY]

Completely irrelevant but do you consider Turn Left/ Stolen Earth/ Journeys end to be a 3 parter?

[@HereComesPopoBawa]

Personally, I don't. Stolen Earth and Journeys End have some good bits, but the basic premise has some serious problems. Davies' gushing kitchen-sink finales have always had me banging my head on my desk. Whereas I think that Turn Left is one of Davies' best episodes, and solidly stands on its own.

[@solekman916]

11. Boom Town 10. The Unquiet dead 9.Aliens of London/WW3 8. The Long Game 7. Bad Wolf 6. Rose 5. The End Of The World 4. Father's Day 3. The Parting of ways 2. Empty Child/Doctor Dances 1. Dalek

[@peacefuldawn6823]

I've been doing rewatches as well, so here's my ranking: 10. The End of the World 3/5 9. Rose 3/5 8. Boom Town 4/5 7. Aliens of London / World War Three 4/5 6. The Unquiet Dead 4/5 5. The Long Game 4/5 4. The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances 4/5 3. Badwolf / The Parting of the Ways 5/5 2. Dalek 5/5 1. Father's Day 5/5 Yeah, I love every episode of this season!

[@sallyatticum]

I'd flip Boom Town and The Long Game; otherwise, this might be mine, as well.

[@charliecartwright4371]

The screenshot at 5.10 perfectly encapsulates season 1 for me

[@aidanb1888]

Will you do an overdue review for the next season?

[@TheJadeyCat]

I completely agree with your thoughts on the episode Bad Wolf. Way back when it originally aired it was the very first episode of New Who I caught and watched. Having grown up with re-runs of the 4th doctor on PBS as a kid I was interested in checkign out the new series, and when I watched that episode as my first foray into New Who i was immediately turned off and didn't watch any other episodes until well into the Matt Smith run at the behest of my brother who had become a huge fan of the show. So, yeah, it literally killed Doctor Who for me for years! Even when I started going through New Who I was annoyed in the back of my mind with each episode thinking how it wasn't what I loved as a kid, that is until The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances! That's when I finally fell in love with Eccleston! "Everybody lives!" I cried at that moment and the love I had of this silly man and his adventures was rekindled from the embers of my childhood!

[@whatthehelliot]

I think a common theme is that uk viewers like the reality TV parodies whereas non uk viewers don't. I'm british and I absolutely love them and a lot of ppl that I've talked to also think they're great, but I see a lot of non uk viewers either not really getting the references or just not liking them (which is fine obvs lol). I think it might just be a cultural touchstone that most ppl are missing that makes the ep not land

[@MythicalSkull13]

Bad Wolf 100% more enjoyable for people from the UK

[@CouncilofGeeks]

I am getting that impression.

[@fadikhoory5350]

10. The Long Game 9. Aliens of London/WW3 8. The end of the world 7. Boomtown 6. Rose 5. Dalek 4. father's day 3. The empty child/The Doctor Dances 2. The Unquiet Dead 1. Bad Wolf/parting of the Ways

[@voteablesheep]

1)The doctor dances 2)Dalek 3)The empty child 4)Bad Wolf 5)Father's day 6)Parting of the Ways 7)Boom Town 8)WW3 9)Aliens of London 10)End of the World 11)Rose 12)The unquiet dead 13)The Long Game

[@adorkability]

I just had a Series One rewatch this weekend. I pretty much agree with your rankings, though I would actually put Bad Wolf at the bottom.

[@detectivesquirrel2621]

Eccleston was great, worked well on a series that was still trying to find it's feet and Eccleston is what made the revival the success it was and is the reason we have Doctor Who now. Eccleston being so good even got Doctor Who through the Dark/Moffat Years.

[@nedstark1353]

10.end of the world 9.long game 8.rose 7.Unquiet dead 6.boom town 5.aliens of london\ww3 4.fathers day 3.bad wolf\parting of the ways 2.dalek 1.empty child\doctor dances (best doctor who story imo)

[@detectivesquirrel2621]

The episode Dalek almost never happened. Despite being an integral part of Doctor Who the Daleks are own by the Terry Nation estate, as in the 1960s he tried to do his own spin-off show with the Daleks that the BBC never chose to pick up. Eventually they made an agreement with the Terry Nation estate including giving Terry Nation a writing credit.

[@crashfan9997]

10) The Long Game 9) The Unquiet Dead 8) Rose 7) The End of the World 6) Boom Town 5) Aliens of London/World War Three 4) Father's Day 3) The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 2) Dalek 1) Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways

[@thetalisman7722]

1. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 2. Dalek 3. The Parting Of The Ways 4. Fathers Day 5. Rose 6. The Unquiet Dead 7. Aliens of London/WWIII 8. Bad Wolf 9. The End of the World 10. Boom Town 11. The Long Game

[@samuelbarber4154]

One thing I love about the Davies era, at least Series 1, is his political satire, e.g the Slitheen two-parter

[@alexpotts6520]

I personally think that the satire is pretty half-baked. It particularly annoys me that the resolution to the story is to nuke the Slitheen. Way to undermine a thematically anti-war message! How much more appropriate would it have been for the Doctor to vanquish the threat through some kind of pacifist means?

[@overlydramaticpanda]

@@alexpotts6520 It wasn't a general anti-war message; it was specifically satirising and criticising the circumstances of the US/UK joint invasion of Iraq after 9/11 (general public opinion in the UK regarding our involvement in the whole thing was fairly negative, even back in 2005), and in particular the lie about weapons of mass destruction used to justify it - a lie that is repeated almost word for word in the actual episode and one that the Slitheens' entire plan hinges on people believing. Also, having a group of high-ranking officials farting is about as close a pre-watershed family show can get to demonstrate said high-ranking officials were talking out of their arses. The nuke resolution is a silly deus ex machina but the satire itself is fairly on point for what it's actually satirising.

[@otterhero6229]

K here's my crack at it: 13. The Long Game 12. Rose 11. The End of the World 10. Bad Wolf 9. Aliens in London 8. World War Three 7. The Doctor Dances 6. Boom Town 5. The Empty Child 4. The Unquiet Dead 3. The Parting of the Ways 2. Dalek 1. Father's Day - what can I say, I'm a sucker for paradoxes.

[@notnotkavi]

Is it bad that I can't hear "it's been a long time" without completing "going from there to here"

[@brandchan]

Some of my list would be different but I'd totally have the same episodes for number 1. Still some of my favorite Who ever.

[@enahsg]

Hold up, how many other episodes are there where nobody dies? Though I'm probably forgetting some, empty child and the doctor dances are the only 1 I can think of

[@creidy2018]

enahsg yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s the whole point of it, because if you run through every single other episode up to that point and in the rest of season 1 there’s always at least one life lost. And it makes sense for him to be so ecstatic because he just came off centuries of war, and then more death even on his new adventures, but he can say that in this one instance, they managed to solve the problem without a single life being lost along the way. It’s such a touching, powerful moment, that’s one of the reasons why the fan base still adores those episodes and Eccleston‘s run, because you would miss out on so many amazing moments otherwise.

[@Silverindigo4]

My ranking is (from my memory) 10. The Unquiet Dead 9. Aliens in London/World War Three 8. Rose 7. The End Of The World 6. Father’s Day 5. The Long Game 4. Boom Town 3. Dalek 2. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 1. Bad Wolf/The Parting Of Ways

[@jpobrien2123]

Are you going to be ranking the other Doctor's tenures?

[@maxeyre2024]

I bet he'll either do top 10's for each doctor or rank that seasons episodes. Doubt he'll rank all 50 ish episodes of Tennant.

[@CouncilofGeeks]

What will probably happen is a ranking of the episodes in each series as I finish it and then a re-do of my top 10 for Tennant and Smith respectively once I finish their era.

[@maxeyre2024]

@@CouncilofGeeks Will you rank the episodes for S8, 9, 10 and 11 as well even thought you reviewed them?

[@CouncilofGeeks]

I'll have to think about that. We'll see how I'm feeling in a couple of years when I get there.

[@maxeyre2024]

@@CouncilofGeeks Alright then haha

[@TheWhovinerd-1963]

For me personally my top 10 favourite episodes from series 1 ranked from worst to best are 1. Dalek 2. Bad wolf/the parting of the ways 3. Empty child/the Doctor dances 4. The end of the world 5. The long game 6. Aliens of London/world war three 7. The unquiet dead 8. Rose 9. Father’s Day 10. Boom town

[@robo3007]

For me separating the top 3 and the bottom 3 was difficult because they were either SO great or SO terrible that I found them hard to put them apart. But that aside, here it goes: 11. Aliens of London/World War Three 10. The Unquiet Dead 9. Boom Town 8. Badwolf 7. Rose 6. The End of the World 5. The Long Game 4. The Parting of the Ways 3. Father's Day 2. Dalek 1. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances

[@jonathan.palfrey]

The ones I've tended to rewatch are "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances" (of course) and "Rose", which definitely has bad bits, but it has some classic scenes too, and above all it introduces the Doctor and Rose and the whole situation, and these introductory stories are usually good to see again. I'm afraid I'm one of the rare people who doesn't like "Dalek", but that seems to be my personal peculiarity.

[@vladdrakul7851]

Yes Rose is underrated but on Dalek, You are MAD!! (like all of us)

[@clara_bandicoot]

I honestly kind of expected you to place Bad Wolf right at the bottom. I think Empty Child is justifiably ahead of Dalek, but it's a tough one

[@Dayvis2niverse]

Ever thought of ranking each season’s episodes?

[@M4DGESTY]

“Bonkers”

[@elizabeths50]

I can agree with this list. This series is far away enough form first showing that we can look at it, in its entirety and see what we liked, and do revisit and what was not so good. LOL

[@markpostgate2551]

I think The Unquiet Dead, similar to the Witchfinders, is to quote yourself "really good until it wasn't"; it's the ending that let's the episode down. It's one of those stories that spends a lot of time crafting the story of "evil genie gets out of the bottle", but doesn't invest much time or thought into the story of "how the evil genie gets put back in the bottle" and I think if it had been a two parter, so that as much investment could be put in the latter as was put into the former it could have been a classic. The thing I feel about Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways is it's actually the inverse of a shit sandwich in that all the good stuff is in the middle, but unfortunately it's sandwiched between a bad beginning and a bad ending. I think the Bad Wolf stuff doesn't make a lot of sense, why would Rose even imagine that breaking open the TARDIS to get to "the eye of harmony" would even help the situation? I'm really surprised at how low you placed Father's Day - Father's Day really moved me. The sci-fi elements are a bit nonsensical (and if reapers turned up everytime a paradox was created then we'd have seen them a lot of times more by now, surely!) but it scores highly on "feels". I think it's comparable to Demons of the Punjab on those grounds, particularly in that both are massive rip-offs of City on the Edge of Forever, but there's no real original ideas; if sci-fi couldn't use a storyline because someone else did it before, HG Wells would have put the whole genre out of business - so I don't think that's a valid criticism. The bit where the Doctor gets back to the TARDIS and finds it an empty shell is a great shock moment. Someone pointed out that there is a cliffhanger at about 22 to 25 minutes into every episode of Series one, almost as if they weren't entirely set on the new format and knowing they might still choose to fall back on the classic series format, and that if they did it would still work. I haven't bothered to test this theory yet, but the theory holds that the empty shell TARDIS is that cliffhanger in this episode. I remain baffled by your love for Boom Town. lol. If I'd done mine that would be down at the bottom with The Long Game.

[@rememo6294]

14:46 did anyone else immediately think of Seth Rogen?

[@Powerslave62]

I would swap the top 2, but otherwise a spot on ranking for me

[@DrT999]

The 9th Doctor is far from being my favorite; and 'Dalek' is good and important for the reboot story lines. However, 'Empty Child/Doctor Dances' would be somewhere in my top 10 Doctor Who stories, Original and New.

[@solekman916]

10. The Long Game (4/10) 9. The Unquiet Dead (6/10) 8. The End Of the world (6.5/10) 7. Aliens of London/WW3 (14.5/20) 6. Boom Town (7/10) 5. Rose (7.5/10) 4. Bad Wolf/The Parting of the ways (17/20) 3. Father's Day (9.5/10) 2. Dalek (10/10) 1. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (20/20

[@scoriahex]

10. Boom Town 9. The End of the World 8. Aliens of London/World War Three 7. The Long Game 6. The Unquiet Dead 5. Rose 4. Dalek 3. Father's Day 2. Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways 1. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances For me, over the past months my opinion has changed a lot! TEC/TDD has always been my number #1, but I always had TLG as my number #2. I see why, but I never really liked FD and Dalek! I love them now! After watching them all again, I really do enjoy every single one of them.

[@WrittenByThomasGentile]

Boom Town is my favorite episode of the season. So beautiful and well written. A filler episode done right. Reminds me very much of "Fly" from Breaking Bad.

[@kiarash608]

I think we all know what #1 is.

[@CouncilofGeeks]

Yeah that shouldn't be a tough call.

[@QuokkaCore]

10. The Long Game. (5.5/10) 9. The End of the World. (7/10) 8. The Unquiet Dead. (7/10) 7. Rose. (7/10) 6. Aliens of London/World War 3. (8/10) 5. Boom Town. (8.5/10) 4. Father’s Day. (9/10) 3. Dalek. (9.5/10) 2. Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways. (10/10) 1. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances. (It’s my favourite story of all time sooooooo...)

[@user-zl8ve2vf6v]

This series is perfect imo 10) The End of the World-7.5/10 9) Rose-7.5/10 8) The Long Game-8/10 7) Boom Town-8/10 6) The unquiet Dead-8/10 5) Fathers Day-9/10 4) Aliens of London/World WarThree-9/10 3) Dalek-9/10 2) Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways-10/10 1) The Empty Child/ The Doctor Dances-10/10

[@judgemario]

Fun list. The Long Game, Bad Wolf, and Father's Day would score much higher for me. The World War 3 two parter would be the bottom two.

[@scix8794]

11 Unquiet Dead 6/10 10 Long game 6.5/10 9 Rose 6.5/10 8 Aliens in London/WW3 6.5/10 7 Boom Town 6.75/10 6 End of the world 7.25/10 5 Bad Wolf 7.5/10 4 Dalek 8/10 3 Father's Day 8.25/10 2 Empty Child/Doctor Dances 9.25/10 1 Parting of the ways 9.5/10

[@jamescastelli]

Hmm, I dunno. You dissing 2005's dodgy CGI is sort of like dissing the classic series' rubber monster suits and wobbly sets. At the time, the CGI was such a huge change from what we last saw in 1989. For what it is worth, here is my ranking, from best to worst: 1. The Empty Child 2. The Doctor Dances 3. Father's Day - YES, at #3!! 4. Dalek 5. The Parting of the Ways 6. The End of the World 7. Aliens of London 8. War World Three 9. The Unquiet Dead 10. Bad Wolf 11. Rose 12. The Long Game 13. Boomtown - some good dialog, but Underworld-type bland, with the surfboard taking the cake. C'mon!

[@samuelbarber4154]

In my opinion, this series had no real bad episodes.

[@tgdoctorwho]

For what it’s worth, I just finished a rewatch and this is mine: 1. Father’s Day (9/10) 2. Bad Wolf (9/10) 3. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (9/10) 4. Dalek (8/10) 5. Rose (8/10) 6. The Parting of the Ways (8/10) 7. The End of the World (7/10) 8. Aliens of London/World War III (7/10) 9. Boom Town (7/10) 10. The Unquiet Dead (6/10) 11. The Long Game (6/10)

[@connorfuller578]

For me personally I don't get what the big deal is with The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances is aside from the introduction of Captain Jack. In my opinion it's not scary at all, if you want scary watch Blink or Midnight. Anyway this is my personal ranking: 10. The Long Game - Only provides location setup for the finale and shows why Rose is a good companion compared to other people - not entirely sure this was needed. 9. The Unquiet Dead - My opinion of this episode did improve on a re-watch but only from last to ninth, it's still one of the weaker episodes. 8. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances - Sorry but I just don't get it, aside from Jack being one of the best recurring characters/companions and my enjoyment of 9 and Rose dancing at the end, I think this story is average at best. The villains aren't scary and considering this story was written by Moffat, the man who became known for "Everybody Lives!", that moment isn't as enjoyable and that lowers my enjoyment of the episode as a whole. 7. Boom Town - Because this story was written as a writer had to drop out of writing a script, this story appears to have come out of nowhere and that has a negative aspect. However, Margaret's Slitheen was written much better in this story, the scene in the restaurant was great, but overall the story is just average at best. 6. Aliens of London/World War Three - If only the Slitheen's farting wasn't as played up in this two parter and they were written more like they were in Boom Town, this story probably would have been 4th on my list. The stakes are heavily raised, the first indications that the Doctor isn't perfect, Jackie's discovery of the Doctor etc. A strong two-parter but the Slitheen are poorly written in some aspects. 5. Rose - One of the more underrated gems of Series 1, the first introduction to 9 and Rose, the first sight of the modern sonic screwdriver and the Tardis, the use of a Classic Villain from the 3rd Doctor's era, and a perfect reboot from the modern era. 4. The End of the World - Again one of the most underrated stories in Series 1 and modern doctor who as a whole, the perfect first trip for Rose in the Tardis, brilliant introduction to two important characters with Cassandra and the Face of Boe, and the revelation at the end of the episode about the loss of Galifrey and the Time Lords, was unexpected and delivered huge emotional weight. 3. Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - Whilst the gameshow element to Bad Wolf dates this story in a negative way, the Rose and Jack elements were enjoyable from my side, and once the Parting of the Ways started it was a brilliant story, a good farewell to 9 and solid introduction to the best doctor, number 10. 2. Father's Day - One of the best emotional stories in Doctor Who, good backstory to Rose, personally I wish we could see the Reapers at least once more and I wish we could have this sort of story with another companion in the future. 1. Dalek - Whilst I think this episode is overrated by some fans, and I wouldn't personally consider this to be in my top 5 of the modern era, it was the perfect return/first introduction to the Daleks.

[@rememo6294]

After saying you don't really appreciate The empty child and the doctor dances, no one is going to read through all your list :)