Doctor Who: EVERY Modern Series Ranked Worst To Best

With another Doctor Who series under our belts, let's see how it stacks up to what came before...
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[@WhoCulture]

Interested to see how you'd rank these - vastly different to ours? Let us know!

[@Kelvryn]

Very good. really i'd like to cut 13 completely out. Not because of Jodie, She is a great actress, but because of Chibnal. What a terrible writer.

[@MohamedAshraf-ho3hs]

@@WhoCulture We want an episode about the deposits for next season

[@john-lenin]

You're just feeding trolls.

[@john-lenin]

The problem is we didn't have a female Doctor. We got David Tennant in a wig.

[@kaydoren688]

Last two creeps that woman and this freak are pure woke filth garbage Dr who will now goe broke

[@hermiona1147]

You will rip series 2 from my cold, dead hands. I love series 2.

[@Pogal]

I will help you hold onto it.

[@DogsAreTheBest312]

Yeah. This channel is starting to become unwatchable to me due to Ellie’s biased opinions and backhanded comments against Rose

[@dragonzilla6482]

here here

[@Retrolovegamer]

Putting series 2 at 12 is criminal

[@ActuallyMori]

Yeah, because it should be 14th

[@Dude_in_a_tophat]

Ranking anything after Peter C high is delusional

[@Paulbailey1996]

It’s should have been in 13th place

[@jakejohnson4291]

Yeah I knew she'd put 11th doctor as #1 because of her love for river song and I knew she'd but series 2 at the bottom because of her hatred for Rose and 10. She claims nostalgia glasses but she has hate glasses on that she won't take off.

[@friendlyotaku9525]

​@@Dude_in_a_tophat Why?

[@MatthewVlossak]

Once I heard Ellie’s voice, I knew that S5 and S6 would be ranked high for one reason and one reason alone: River Song. 😉

[@josephcooter5763]

They're not my favorites in fact I would rank them as the worst, which is saying something because Series nine ain't that great either.

[@MatthewVlossak]

@@josephcooter5763What don’t you like about either one?

[@josephcooter5763]

@@MatthewVlossak You mean besides the fact that the general plot remains unresolved, the stories are not engaging and it has one of the most over rated episodes in Vincent and the Doctor. I don't know what is there to love about eitehr series.

[@Bobrogers99]

I had hoped that River Song would become an ongoing female counterpart to the male Doctor, even having her own experiences that intersect with the Doctor from time to time.

[@karachter]

@@josephcooter5763 you would rank series 5 and 6 as the worst, even though series 11, 12, and 13 exist? what are you on?

[@theimmortalzombie1150]

I can't believe series 5 is 14 years old. I love the series as its what I grew up on...

[@sarahblunden4372]

When the first episode aired I was in hospital about to have my first child. Watched it on I player when got home

[@marionbaggins]

@@theimmortalzombie1150 I was 9.5 When it aired.

[@spinningadam]

the same number of years that Amy waited!

[@dracrorasco4907]

I refuse to call series 14, season 1

[@grg-productions]

why

[@geoffroi-le-Hook]

but there was no Doctor Who on for three or four years

[@AntLyme]

​@@geoffroi-le-Hookyes, there was

[@koschei_4444]

I refuse to call season 40, season 1

[@Chester_Kitten]

I'd either call it season 40, or Series 14. Calling it season 1 just butchers it.. It basically is like: "Wait.. which season 1?" Which I hate. If you say season, you're refering to Seasons 1-26 (Classic Who Era), if you say Movie, then your refering to the Movie in 1996 (Reboot Era), and if you say series, you're refering to season 27 onward, (2005+, New Who Era).

[@Lia-zw1ls7tz7o]

For series 9, I would deem Under the Lake/Before the Flat as a great two-parter! I personally love it and I always watch it every now and then.

[@crismatos2723]

👍

[@DittoGTI]

The rock intro to Before The Flood was the cherry on the cake. And the cliff hanger with the doctors ghost at the end of Under The Lake was also brilliant. Criminally underrated

[@crismatos2723]

@@DittoGTI And the beautifully designed alien 🤩

[@DittoGTI]

@@crismatos2723 Honestly so well modelled and designed. It looked like they took real care to make. And it shows

[@Naretek]

Completely agree, it’s definitely in my top 5 episodes. It’s got a bit of everything really, familiar but unique base setting, scary enemies(s), great and fleshed out supporting cast, time travel and paradoxes. It’s a quintessential Doctor Who story in the best possible way!

[@blakeamazing12]

I decided to gather the average rating for every episode of each series from IMDB and their ranking is as follows 14: series 12 (6.1) 13: series 11 (6.3) 12: flux (6.5) 11: season 1 (7.1) 10: series 8 (7.7) 9: series 10 (7.7) 8: series 7 (7.7) 7: series 2 (7.8) 6: series 1 (7.9) 5: series 9 (8) 4: series 3 (8) 3: series 6 (8) 2: series 5 (8.1) 1: series 4 (8.3)

[@aRoseSomeoneLeftOnTheBeach]

I agree with this more than with the video

[@Lia-zw1ls7tz7o]

2:59 Ellie! No, never! I love that two-parter! It's one of the few times where we visit a parallel world in Doctor Who! I wish we had more episodes with that topic. Like Doctor Who's equivalent to His Dark Materials where we find ourselves in a world slightly similar yet slightly different to our own!

[@MatthewVlossak]

I always wish that The Ponds arc ended with The God Complex when The Doctor leaves them with a happy ending to save them. Having said that, I do enjoy the stories in s7a even if they overstayed their welcome. Sometimes I think The Doctor went back to visit them like at the end of The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe and or even the episodes in s7a (just out of order) after the events in The Angels Take Manhattan.

[@geoffroi-le-Hook]

Season 1 may have been Earth based, but it was not fixed to the early XXIst century like the early years of Pertwee.

[@idle_speculation]

This plus Victorian Clara as the main companion would’ve immediately elevated Series 7 so much higher.

[@Guerreropowerr]

series 9 was amazing. the two-part episodes were a treat.

[@SleepyHarryZzz]

It's my favourite series and whenever I think about doing a rewatch, it's S9 I consider first tbh. A lot of that is down to the two-parters I believe!

[@NicoleM_radiantbaby]

@@SleepyHarryZzz Same!

[@zarniwoopnu]

12 and Clara were a wonderful match.

[@AndyTheRoo]

Under the Lake/Before the Flood may be the most underrated episode, IMO

[@wanbawmcgraw]

Series is pretty much just 2 part stories

[@MinecraftNinjas1]

Should give an honorable mention to the 2009 "Specials" season that closed out David Tennant's run. The Next Doctor and Planet of the Dead are a little forgettable, but the Waters of Mars and the End of Time 2-part finale was the perfect send off to arguably the best actor to play the Doctor. Nothing will ever top the emotion of "I don't want to go!"

[@daTribbleMaker]

And he still hasn't.

[@JoeSiegler]

12:35 = The Eaters of Light has the novelty of being the only episode of modern Who written by someone who wrote an episode of Classic Who (Rona Munro, Survival).

[@utopiiasounds]

Brooooo series nine is CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED

[@dracrorasco4907]

Series 1 was campy not childish and the camp worked thank you very much

[@richardbradbury3658]

Nope. It was absurdly childish - Rose was just embarrassingly bad even by cbbc standards, with End of the World just about compensating, Unquiet Dead being definitively nondescript, and any promise of political satire being smothered in Aliens of London by the appalling slitheen and no-one telling Davies that fart jokes are just embarrassing and he has no talent for comedy whatsoever, until Dalek and Father's Day finally showed its potential (interestingly, both mining talent from Big Finish - which is the true spiritual successor to Classic Who - a fact RTD would do well to remember)

[@altinaykor364]

yep

[@tokomaminehira3999]

It was kinda childish, but I think​@@richardbradbury3658is stressing it a bit far

[@MatthewVlossak]

Series 5 was simply magical. It’s the best introduction for people to get into DW. Matt Smith was electrifying and brought so much charisma to the character. I’d give anything to go back to is Golden Era of DW.

[@Jazzdumpling]

Agreed. This run is what Doctor Who is all about

[@littleredruri]

S1 is the best introduction imo, it gives you every staple of the series you need to know within one season.

[@Rocksteady72a]

@@littleredruri Because nothing brings in new viewers like a b**y trampoline....?

[@thenealdog5343]

but it has victory of the daleks in it yuck XD

[@NicoleM_radiantbaby]

@@Jazzdumpling Yes! Whenever anyone asks me where to start with the modern series, I always point them to S5 first. SO GOOD!

[@vortexalliance9938]

Nah there's no way you say series 2 and 7 is worse than series 12 and 14, series 2 three 2 parters and series 7 with the ponds alone are better than them Also doing this list proves how stupid it is calling series 14 season 1.

[@cameronjosephvideos5942]

I can feasibly see how someone could consider Series 7 worse than Series 14. Series 7 has only three good episodes. Dinosaurs, Hide and Bells of St John. The rest was awful. Series 14 has the same three good, albeit flawed, episodes and the rest sucked, but it did it all in 8 episodes instead of 13. The only reason I rank Series 7 higher is it has better characters. Series 2 though. I have no idea how you can rank a series containing Rise of the Cybermen, the Satan Pit and Doomsday, 6 of the greatest episodes in the show, below Series 14. It also has Tooth and Claw, Girl in the Fireplace, and School Reunion why the fuck does anyone dislike this series?

[@masonspencer918]

​@@cameronjosephvideos5942 its a Mixed bag really just like Series 14. For every Satan's pit there's a love and Monsters. For a School Reunion and a girl in the Fireplace there's a fear her and new earth. Same with Season 1, but it's far more experimental. I would also say I would rate both finales as the same for me. The first part set up and showed so much premise that they couldn't capitalise on in the second part, with both very underwhelming finishes to the story and the utilisation of the Villains in their respective story. I can't stand that tenrose ending as much as I can't stand the "reveal" of Ruby's mum which we don't even know if there is more to come.

[@rileymartin2202]

Series 9 has to be higher it’s one of the best

[@John_s846]

Yeah, she said if it's still good without heaven sent but the answer is DEFINITELY YES

[@rileymartin2202]

@RM618h it definitely isn’t hell bent is very good

[@HellfireComms]

I agree with the Series 8 comments. Very underrated.

[@AndyTheRoo]

Having series 6, 8 and 10 above series 1 is a crime worth lifetime imprisonment!!!!

[@lukar7306]

That series 9 placement is an actual crime

[@lind774]

I would rank all of the David Tennant years as the best, followed by Eggleston and the Matt Smith years. Jodi Whitaker years could have been marvelous with her talents, if she had been given decent scripts. Capaldi years were so so. I really like Gatwa, but I am hoping for improved scripts and character development.

[@lordwoody6321]

Ellie, Sean, would you take on the gargantuan task of ranking every individual episode of NuWho? (including the Ncuti season since it’s wrapped) You point out some episodes in the lower series that are better but outweighed by the other issues, and I’d love to see what you both, along with everyone else thinks of the individual spots! I figured it would be worth an ask haha, fantastic video as always! Thank you!

[@WhoCulture]

Something like this has been considered, yes!

[@lordwoody6321]

@@WhoCulture Oh awesome!! It’ll be a whopper!

[@daTribbleMaker]

@@WhoCulture Just waiting to get their lord-and-saviour RTD permission first. Never bite the hand that wears the One-Ring-to-Ruin-It-ALL. Call Ncuti season NuWHO if you must give it a label. But season 1 for all the people over 30 that have watched this back to the 70's for some is an insult and just dumb. I call it NuWHO as it is short for NcutiWHO. Yes you may use but I need a shoutout. See it anywhere else they owe me a royalty. I actually call it The Turd-is Season 1, but you may not get that cleared by your Overlords at BBC you incessantly play up to. Your kiss-up has gotten worse the past 2 years .. ... But hey you gotta eat right. Replace good criticism(which you used to do with all your channels) with YES BOSS (which you do here mainly.. you did kiss PICARD's ass a lot so there's that).

[@kristbg]

@@WhoCulture That would be awesome, and this probably would be a good time to do before it gets to be way too big of a task.

[@StephenLeGresley]

For me, I honestly think series 9 and 10 are the best. Peter Capaldi was just amazing as was the final series with Clara and World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls is for me the best Two-Parter of the entire show. Please let us have Michelle Gomez back. And I think The Husbands of River Song was a true banger.

[@daTribbleMaker]

I love Capaldi's Doctor! It needed one more season. I feel that Doctor has been the darkest of all of them and would have loved a little more of that exploration of soul he was going thru. Plus it would have tied up just a few loose threads that may never be touched on again. Though the Christmas special with him and River is one I tell people to save for last, and not the episode "Twice Upon a Time"

[@danielmetcalf]

I always loved Idiot's Lantern 😢 Feels like I'm the only one

[@altinaykor364]

I love it as well. people are just blind to see the value of it. or just want childish things

[@LordStormelion]

Not mentioning season 1’s abysmally written final ending as a primary downside seems wrong

[@pokefire5]

Gotta love how you don't mention a single bad point about series 5. Not the oversexualization of Amy in the Eleventh Hour, not the constant punching down at Rory being less cool and less handsome than the Doctor. If you like series 5, 6 and 7 good on you, there are good parts of those series, but the flaws in how the characters are written for a show primarily aimed at the entire family can't put them above series 4, 10 and 1.

[@Corlwow]

Series 2 is easily in the top 3 series of all time. Our opinions differ on quality of the “meh” episodes. Putting it this low is crazy to me but each to their own.

[@elliotpotts9177]

1, 2, 4, and then 3 is my order of favourite series.

[@altinaykor364]

@RM618h shut it

[@robo3007]

Series 3 deserves to at least be in the top 3! It has the strongest series opener ever (Smith and Jones), the strongest run of 6 episodes ever (Human Nature, The Family of Blood, Blink, Utopia, The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords) including the best series finale ever (The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords) and best of all, it has Martha! A companion who was down to Earth, special because she was clever and had skills not because of any cosmic reason, and had the agency to leave the Tardis under her own accord. My ranking looks something like this: 1. Series 10 2. Series 3 3. Series 1 4. Series 8 5. Series 4 6. Series 6 7. Season 1 8. Series 5 9. Series 2 10. Series 9 11. Series 7 12. Series 12 13. Series 11 14. Flux

[@Chester_Kitten]

14 - Series 14 - Could've been way better, Love Ncuti Gatwa though. 13 - Series 11 12 - Series 10 11 - Series 13 10 - Series 12 9 - Series 5 8 - Series 7 7 - Series 6 6 - Series 3 5 - Series 2 4 - Series 1 3 - Series 4 (counting specials) 2 - Series 8 1 - Series 9 If I had to rank them..... Then the Writers: 1 Steven Moffat 2 Russell T. Davies 3 Chris Chibnall (I mean, why does everybody hate his writing, he's actually quite good)

[@JamSwoosh]

While I find Chris the weakest of the three, he still did alright! Interesting list here. Genuine question, what do you dislike about Series 10 and 5 over other series?

[@ForTheLoveOfWho]

My 2005- 2024 ranking: 15.Series 6 12. Series 2 14.Season 1 (2024) 13. 60th Anniversary Specials 11. Series 1 10. Series 8 9. Series 4 (Counting specials) 8. Series 3 7. Series 5 6. Series 7 5. Series 9 4. Series 12 3. Series 10 2. Series 11 1. Series 13 (Counting specials) Chris Chibnall is my favourite Doctor Who writer, but I enjoy all eras of the show, new and old.

[@MIDZYwhoONCEfoundanNSWER4KISSY]

No matter what anyone says, series 4 will always remain my favourite. You just can’t compete with Donna and the doctor.

[@UthmaanXDFire]

I was rewatching series 2, and I feel like I need to find someone like rose for me, as 10 and me are incredible similar

[@jeffreywilliams440]

"The Unquiet Dead" was a FANTASTIC story. It was the first one of the series where I said to myself, "Yes, *this* is Doctor Who."

[@samfowler2073]

The Rise of the Cybermen and Age of Steel are a solid two parter up there with The Impossible Planet and the Satan Pit. How can you possible rate series 2 that poorly when series 3 is right there trying to eat it's own shoes?

[@DittoGTI]

I loved how dark Season 8 was. In fact i loved how dark all of Capaldis era was. Dark Water and Death in Heavens 2 parter was and still is my favourite 2 parter ever (not favourite episode, that belongs to Turn Left) even if it is a difficult watch. Actually, come to think of it, so was Turn Left. Huh...

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Peter Capaldi wasn’t in Season 8.

[@marionbaggins]

​@@DrWhoFanJSeries 8.

[@daTribbleMaker]

Anything with Capaldi was GOLD.

[@marionbaggins]

@@daTribbleMaker Or Anyone.

[@MohamedAshraf-ho3hs]

We want an episode about the deposits for next season.

[@EterPuralis]

Series 2 at the bottom? The 10/Rose dynamic was one of the best things about it, and it has RTDs best episodes, what's wrong with you? The only stinker was Love and Monsters, and i honestly don't understand why Fear Her gets so much flack. And no, who forgets the Cybermen episodes, wtf You seriously put Series 14 above it, yikes Edit: The only thing this list got right was putting the 13th doctor at the bottom.

[@jordanbooth3717]

I was beginning to think I was the only person who loved the 10 and Rose pairing 😅. The chemistry is just 10/10 between the two, and I am genuinely invested in the story because of the phenomenal acting between Tennant and Piper.

[@altinaykor364]

their dynamic was so much more genuine and real than the disgusting fake flirty romance we had in later seasons which ignorants like her praise

[@EterPuralis]

@altinaykor364 I'm sorry, but are you dissing River Song? Bc if so, you can get off my thread right now

[@altinaykor364]

@@EterPuralis I'll diss whatever that felt more like force upon me than being actually genuine

[@EterPuralis]

@@altinaykor364 Troll.

[@hollymatton474]

My ranking for the modern era series of doctor who would be: 1) Series 4 2) Series 3 3) Series 1 4) Series 2 5) Series 5 6) Season 1 7) Series 10 8) Series 7 9) Series 6 10) Series 8 11) Series 9 12) Series 12 13) Series 11 14) Series 13 My ranking is series 4 being my favourite and series 13 my least. I love all these series, but the bottom few have a few episodes that I didn't love. 😊😊

[@Luke88888]

I quite agree, even though series 11 is worse than series 13

[@hollymatton474]

@@Luke88888 To be fair you're probably right, I think I only put series 11 above series 13 just because I really enjoyed episodes like Rosa and Kerblam!. But series 13 was better for the fact it had a stronger overall storyline! 😊😊

[@AH-vm8yo]

Ain't no way you put season 2 that high. I mean sure different opinions and everything but season 2 has like 3 of the worst episodes on the level of orphan 55. But I do agree with series 4 being 1. I also thought that season 10 was the best of the 12th Doctor.

[@elmoninjaking94]

Lol theres so many episodes from season 2 i loved when it aired.. girl in the fireplace, army of ghosts/doomsday, school reunion and i LOVE impossible planet/satan pit. I can definitely recognise theres a lot of bad though. I really feel that seen 10 so happy and sickly really contributes to contrast how far he falls by water of mars

[@taylanchilders3613]

Hey who culture me and my mom love ur videos. Just wanted u to know that

[@hannandiaye5910]

hi Taylan's mum here, i agree :D

[@Maeve_Rose]

9 should be higher. under the lake and before the flood were AWESOME.

[@Symon2099]

There have been many lists on KZbin. About many things. Indeed, if there were a countdown video on youtube of every countdown ever posted on youtube, ranked worst to best, such a video would likely run for days. And it would be impossible to predict anything about it. Except for one thing. This list would be at the bottom.

[@AnOldGeezer420]

Imma be honest. It took me a LONG time to actually get to like the 11th Doctor and Amy. I'm sure I'll probably catch some flak for it, but I genuinely got pissed about the way they treated Rory in the beginning. Poor guy was just trying his best, and they both immediately treated him like a total chump. It wasn't until midway through series 6 that I started to soften on it a little. Because I kinda wanted to smack the fire out of both of them at first. But, maybe that's just because I really know how it feels to be treated like Rory was. Just for that and that alone Rory was low-key my favorite character, and I was rooting for him the whole way through.

[@rorito_dorito]

I agree

[@altinaykor364]

11 straight up neglected both Amy and Rory (even River) and had no real protectiveness over his companions the same way all 9th, 10th and 12th did

[@AnOldGeezer420]

@@altinaykor364 See, the thing is... With everything The Doctor had gone through up to this point, I can see "neglectful." Right? I can see The Doctor being introspective to the point of introversion, and maybe even a little cold and distant. But.. Dood literally acted like some meathead Gymbro, got in Rory's face, and basically said, "Yeah bro, I f***ed yo gurl bro. Wassup bro? You wanna do something about it bro? You don't want this here smoke bro. I don't care bro, I'm right here bro..... P***y." It literally made me sick to my stomach. And I'm sure it has to do with character developement and Rory's arc or whatever because he goes from a being a bit bumbly and unsure of himself, to a literal Star-Crossing, Time-Hopping Roman Centurion. But I thought that it was really poorly handled in the beginning and made Amy and 11 SUPER unlikable to me. The amount of "Brodudes" I see walking around like this on a daily basis in real life? I thought The Doctor was supposed to be better than this.. But we give him a pass, because "Matt Smith is cute".. 😑

[@Vobatho]

Series 2 as third from worst to best!!! It’s before series 12?! The only thing I loved about that series was The Master. You’re breaking my heart Ellie. 😂❤

[@Triskaan]

I'll defend the Caretaker (series 8) like hell. It's a really great episode. And I personally rank series 11 higher than 12 or Flux : Demons of the Punjab and It Takes You Away are amazing but dont forget the overlooked Witchfinders as well.

[@cameronjosephvideos5942]

1. Series 4 2. Series 5 3. Series 1 4. Series 9 5. Series 6 6. Series 3 7. Series 2 8. Series 10 9. Series 8 10. Series 7 11. Series 14 12. Series 13 13. Series 11 14. Series 12

[@chrischagnon5955]

For me, 4 and 6 are definitely better than 5. This could be down to remembering how Matt Smith felt like David Tennant Lite to me, and also the weeping angels two-parter still just irritates me with how it breaks and changes the way they work. But, everyone’s got their own rankings, and if you love series 5, I’m happy for you!

[@Legendary3Dgamer]

Ellie please do a ranking video of doctor who villains/monsters

[@Digimodify]

I keep seeing people rank Flux quite highly and I just cant figure out why.

[@Blazedlevelbort]

I'd rank Season 1 as rank as possible... I'll fight infinately for every new season of Doctor who since Rose

[@ade1665]

So how about 14? Are you counting the 60th specials as part of series 13 or "season 1" /series 14?

[@MrJ.Smith1234]

Series 5 is a good Series but definitely not as good as Series 4. The first half of 5 is very middling until Amy's Choice which is really good. Series 4 might not have the better overall ark like the Crack but i think Series 4 has the better conclusion to a series.

[@dogswifty7800]

Series 4 has, overall, much better episodes than Series 5. I mean Series 5 has The Beast Below, The Lodger, Victory of the Daleks, nothing in Series 4 is anywhere as bad

[@masonspencer918]

​@@dogswifty7800that's subjective. Beast Below I find underrated, while Series 4 stories like the Sontaran two parter, the doctors daughter, partners in crime, planet of the ood and unicorn and the Wasp i find to be overrated. Nobody is going to have the same opinion so its impossible to have an overall consensus of what seasons are better, just your own opinion.

[@jd_music23]

15:09 RTD definitely had some standout episodes before this point! I mean Gridlock is such an underated gem no one talks about. So is Boom Town and Utopia! He had other brilliant episodes that I think people like to hate on for a couple of bits of poor execution like Love and Monsters and The Slitheen 2 parter as well. I think they're all standouts. (Plus most of his OG finales are great!)

[@gingertoastd9367]

I’m convinced that the new series is only called Season 1 just because Disney+ is running it, so it’s been slightly Americanised and relabelled as a ‘new age’, which we can only hope it will be

[@harveyburton7]

Season 3 at 5 feels low for some of the greatest episodes in doctor who history and One of my personal favourite 2 part finale

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Season 3 isn’t in here.

[@AH-vm8yo]

​@RM618h the first episode of season 3 was the best introduction to a new companion.

[@AH-vm8yo]

@RM618h sure we can both agree that season 3 was a huge step up from season 2 and season 4 was a step up from 3.

[@JustARandomSomething]

If Capadli's first two series were on the same level as his third, he could easily have been one of the best doctors, but alas his first two were lackluster.

[@rohanleblancsloan9651]

Series nine was amazing! And I stand by my opinion that he is the best doctor.

[@TheStargazer0118]

Your River Song bias is blinding you. Season 2 is a masterpiece compared to anything in the last decade.

[@dylanmcwilliam]

I think rating series 14 above any of davies' old series is pure recency bias, all of the negative things you pointed out about series 2 such as the childishness are exacerbated in series 14 but we don't even have a solid doctor companion dynamic to ground it unlike in series 2

[@altinaykor364]

@@dylanmcwilliam all Moffat fans are childish and blind. They can't even notice the concept of grooming and incest and they glorify such a disgusting things 🤮🤮🤮

[@davidjames1389]

Have you guys dove a ranking of all the specials yet? I think that would be a fun one to watch.

[@iwanbuglergiron6557]

putting season 2 before season 12 should be a war crime and send to prison 💀

[@cooluncle4242]

That was my instinct to start with, but there were some really poor episodes that series as well as some great ones, and I'm not a fan of Dr Who romance stories with his companions either. It's all about opinions though.

[@iwanbuglergiron6557]

@@cooluncle4242 i did enjoy rose and the doctor, but it doesn’t compare to most relationships between the doctor and other companions ( sarah, donna, amy, clara, bill..

[@JoeSiegler]

1:07 - Rosa is better than Punjab, but Punjab is right there. They're the two best of the series.

[@mademedothis424]

Rosa having to deal with a recognizable human in such a loaded context makes things harder and the sci-fi bits of the plot don't work great, but man, that ending. Punjab I find straight hard to watch, not because it's bad but because it's so dark and serious. They're definitely both great, though.

[@txsportsfreak02]

It takes you away is awesome!

[@mademedothis424]

@@txsportsfreak02 It gets a bit handwavy by the end, but I mostly agree.

[@JoeNayDoh]

Rosa is a good episode, but its so straightforward that it doesn't really feel like a Doctor Who episode at times. Almost like it was originally written for a show like Quantum Leap or Timeless.

[@idle_speculation]

I personally preferred Punjab because unlike Rosa it better depicts the nuances of the events it depicts. I also like that it doesn’t feel the need to shoehorn a bland sci-fi villain like Krasko into the narrative. The Thijarians are only there to mourn what humans are doing to their own.

[@lordofthereels6790]

Show pitch: Mark Sheppard's CIA character and River Song have to work together & go from enemies/rivals to frenemies. Like 2/3 & The Brigadier but with the edge of Odo/Quark going on adventures/heists?

[@kevinkubica2989]

Can't say there was much I disagreed with here, which is rare for a DW series ranking. I probably would have swapped S5 and S9 (yes, even without Heaven Sent) but yeah this was really good!

[@nix2747]

Series 4 should be number 1 - buddy cop comedy through time and space is unmatched. Also, forever Justice for Martha.

[@SariaSchala]

Re: Series 3, I find Hybrid Dalek Sec to be an interesting character and wish they did more with him, or explored how his Dalek roots might affect his quest for redemption of his people.

[@MikeSmith-se3gy]

Would have liked to see both series of Specials ranked in there too, as both broke a lot of new ground, and the Waters of Mars is fantastic. Also we mustn't forget the 14th Doctor in all his brief glory.

[@venomz7682]

The caretaker being called worse than kill the moon hurt me. That episode is one of comfort episodes and like. its kill the moon xd

[@luke-tm3ef]

It shows how good this show is as most fans will have a completely different list yet no one is wrong.

[@dmitriiglass]

Oooh it's Ellie from WhoCulture and MORE shitting on David Tennant. Did he not reply to your fan mail once upon a time?

[@joshualieberman2265]

TBH I have a strong suspicion that Jodie's era is going to have a late resurgence much like Capaldi's did. I absolutely loved Capaldi's series from the start even when everyone around me did not like it. I can find text on my phone from me talking with someone half way through his first series saying how I loved it and now I feel the same way about Jodie. I loved her era. I loved how busy the Tardis was and how chaotic it felt. I strongly suspect that it will be looked on fondly in hindsight.

[@jaynesmith8509]

Series 3-7 are the ones that I regularly go back and watch my personal favourite being series 4 and Martha is by far the most underrated companion. And I disagree that her arc being that she realises the doctor loved rose more was bad. To me in the end she realised just what was important to her and how she didn’t need to rely on anyone and she was a strong brilliant woman who could (and did) save the world. Her self growth in that series was unmatched!

[@ernielastname4141]

Season 1 is the first season of anything I have wanted to rewatch in years. Dot and Bubble is my new favorite episode of Doctor Who. Full stop.

[@CineScarborough]

I wouldn't class 11, Amy, Rory and River as a TARDIS team. They didn't travel with River, River just popped up in odd episodes.

[@robotninja530]

Not at all surprised that the top 3 series feature River Song

[@user-it3kz2yr8u]

Don't know if you done something like this already, but if not, i got a suggestion for a top 10 list. "Doctor Who characters we feel bad for" or something to that effect. Just rewatching from Eccleston and i always feel really bad for Clive in episode 1 Dude finally got confirmation that all his research was legit, and he gets immediately shot in the face in front of his wife and kid. And the face Clive pulls right before the shot gets me every time 😢 It was almost a look of disappointment, kind of like "really?.. after all this, this is how it ends?" Feels bad.

[@MaBelleone1]

Thank you...Fun to watch this ranking list...

[@ShaunakDesaiPiano]

Is it just me, or is the Series 1 finale one of the only, if not the only, not to take place on present-day Earth?

[@Jenifer_R_]

When you said "...write a whole episode about sentient eye bogies", it sounds so obvious that it was a dare.

[@nepkolz]

Having Season 6 over Season 9 is something criminal, my god.

[@dragonzilla6482]

Actually I didn't if the Cybermen were mistreated want to know why because I'm Team Dalek and I never forgot about Rise of the Cybermen and Age of Steel but nevertheless I did forget about 11 meeting young Amy.

[@scottamann2445]

I was about to complain about daring to rank Series 4 as anything less than #1, but the greatness of Series 5 cannot be dinied. There’s a reason why I say my favorite Doctors are 10 or 11, depending on which one I’m watching at the moment.

[@Zomballfish07]

Series 9 underrated asf

[@JamSwoosh]

An interesting list. I respectfully can't agree with it though 😅 Here's my ranking: 16: Series 11 - There were a few good moments in here, but each episode fell flat overall. The ending scene of the Ghost Monument with the Doctor reuniting with the TARDIS is genuinely one of my favourite moments in the show, so beautifully written. 15: Series 14 - A weak series overall. The first episode was too weird, the finale ended up being very disappointing. I feel the lack of two-parters again hindered some of the stories to really go deeper and have more type to cook. Everything in between from start to finish was either lacklustre or mid in my opinion. 14: 60th anniversary specials - Was great to have David and Catherine back for a little while. The Star Beast was okay, Wild Blue Yonder was good, The Giggle would've benefitted from being a two-parter, and I feel Ncuti didn't get chance to shine as the new doctor while still being stood by 14. 13: Series 13 + 13's specials - Yes it's a mess, but I still enjoyed it. Village of the angels I really liked, and the while the story was rushed, it still was okay for me. Plus adding the specials, I really like Eve of the Daleks, and the Power of the Doctor is a better 60th special than the 60th anniversary specials. 12: Series 12 - Nice to have a story arc back, after series 11 lacked one. While yes it was controversial, it's got guts to do that. While I don't think it should've messed with the Doctor's past, I appreciate it trying to add mystery to The Doctor again, it is called Doctor Who after all. 11: Series 9 - While it has the absolute God tier episode that is Heaven Sent, I feel it is actually a little weaker than other series. The Dalek two-parter wasn't great. I loved Under the Lake, but Before the Flood was a little less hype. I didn't like Ashildr, nothing against Maisie Williams. I wasn't a fan of Hell Bent at all, essentially retconning the Doctor's memories of the past three series. Face the Raven and Heaven Sent are amazing episodes. 10: Series 8 - I liked the darker tone this series brought. But the episodes are hit and miss for me. Maybe this will rank higher when I get round to rewatching it. 9: Series 6 - Starts off very strong with The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon. The Curse of the Black Spot I find fun. The Doctor's Wife is in my top 10, it's that good in my opinion. But then after that, the series starts to get rocky. The flesh two-parter is boring. A Good Man Goes to War is fantastic. But then when we hit part 2, I only thought The Girl Who Waited was the good one, the rest were okay, or bad. 8: Series 7 - I love the series probably more than most people. Yes it has some lacklustre ones like Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and The Power of Three, but I always have fun watching this one. Plus the 50th Anniversary and The Time of the Doctor are amazing. 7: Series 10 - When the nailed the tone of Capaldi's Era perfectly. Really enjoyed having Bill and Nardole on the TARDIS team and the episodes overall I thought were quite fun. Plus that finale was the best one since Series 5. 6: Series 2 - The 10 and Rose dynamic I don't mind too much. I feel this series is still very strong. School Reunion is good purely for Sarah Jane. The Girl in the Fireplace is great. The Cyberman two-parter I still enjoy, I wouldn't call it amazing, but it's still good. The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit remains my favourite Doctor Who story of all time. Army of Ghosts and Doomsday is a good finale overall. For me, the good outweighs the bad here. 5: Series 4 Specials - I've given this it's own slot as it's enough to stand on it's own. The Next Doctor is fun, and was exciting marketing back in the day. Planet of the Dead is the weakest of the bunch. The Waters of Mars is an amazing story and I love how it shows the start of the Time Lord Victorious arc for the 10th Doctor. The End of Time is okay overall, and broke me as a young'un. 4: Series 4 - Doctor Who's best Doctor and companion duo still to this day. The dynamic is unrivalled for me. The majority of the episodes are great. Ones I'm not a fan of are the Sontaran two-parter, I think it's okay overall. The Doctor's Daughter is rushed, but the ending moral of not taking a life is a great speech. Midnight... I've never been a fan of, sorry, still a good episode though. The library two-parter is up there as one of the greatest stories. Turn Left is fantastic. The finale is great, but does have an easy resolution. 3: Series 5 - The most perfect full asset refresh Doctor Who has ever received. I loved the fairy-tale mood they went for here. Matt Smith blew me away with how good he was from day one. Always a joy to rewatch and for me is the last golden era series of Doctor Who. 2: Series 3 - Doctor Who's underrated peak. A great series opener with Smith and Jones. Gridlock I enjoy. The Dalek two-parter is way better than people give it credit for. Yes there's Lazarus Experiment and 42, not great. But then, you get four straight BANGERS in a row. Human Nature and The Family of Blood is an amazing two-parter and has fantastic performances from David and Freema. Blink deserves the praise it gets, a genius episode. Utopia was an amazing start to the finale, the Master coming back was a hype moment. The two parts that followed were great to, while the ending was a bit naff, the rest of the story made up for it for me. 1: Series 1 - The one that brought it back, and the one that's still the best. For me, there's not a single unwatchable episode, yes even The Long Game. The balance of science fiction and comedy is gold here. Dalek is amazing. Father's Day is beautiful. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances is an amazing two-parter. The Dalek finale is still their best one to date and has a very satisfying ending. If you read all this... thank you! Sorry it was a long description. I hope you like my list 😁

[@inkyblack4770]

Bring back a hologram of Jon Pertwee to play the next Doctor

[@daTribbleMaker]

Just hire his son.. You know who he is even if you think you don't. Google him. He's an actor and with some digital polish could easily pass as he is his Dad's age now I believe when his Dad played the Doctor.

[@_andrewvia]

To the tune of "Scooby-Doo": Ellie Littlechild, Where are you? Can we see more of you now? - etc. But! Your collection and sorting and narrating of such a lot of content is always hugely impressive. Your videos stay interesting beginning to end. You are a research phenom. Keep up the good work.

[@swagilyph]

all hail the raggedy man he's done it again

[@mhorrighan]

I do not agree with some of the ranking but the top spot is spot on. No matter how much I loved Ten and Rose and Donna, nothing beats Elevens first season. Amy is my favourite companion, she and Rory own my heart. I wish we could have seen those three (and River) for years and years more Edited to add: Vincent and the Doctor is the best of all episodes ever

[@goldie5576]

I love a parallel universe arc! That cyberman two-parter was so much fun

[@veallygood]

The series 9 ranking here is insane (#1, please, 7.1-7.4 is the best opening to a season ever), and 4 and 6 are high (although I adore 6B) but I'll get on board with the rest of this.

[@txsportsfreak02]

The flux was an amazing idea! They did the best they could with what they had and they were told they were going to lose 2 episodes after they already filmed 2 episodes. Who just happened to be the 2 best. The rest would have been as good if it would have been 8 episodes.

[@RedDevil0902]

14. Series 12 13. Series 11 12. Series 13 11. Season 1 / Series 14 10. Series 6 9. Series 7 8. Series 9 7. Series 8 6. Series 2 5. Series 5 4. Series 10 3. Series 3 2. Series 1 1. Series 4

[@Sparx632]

Series 1 at 7th is crazy to me. It’s such a solid series once it gets started, for me it’s 2nd only to series 4.

[@cardsfan5100]

Space babies? SPACE BABIES! I love space babies. How could you not like space babies?

[@MoltenRook-jy9ed]

Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel is actually a really good episode in my opinion

[@alexfletcher5192]

I would shuffle the top three, but this seems pretty consistent with reactions along the way. It is amusing that the same complaints are being wheeled out about various seasons even now. Whereas I think when we were dependent more on memory we sometimes got pleasantly surprised. These days you can watch them at will. (and not just the 21st century version - I'm recreating 'Doctor Who and the Monsters' at the moment!).

[@cyberinsecuregaming2890]

My personal top 3: 1) Series 1 2) Series 4 3) Series 8 My personal bottom 3: 1) Series 12 2) Series 11 3) Series 9

[@StuN_UK]

Maybe get someone less biased than Ellie to this type of thing in future. The River Song thing with Matt Smith’s doctor always felt a little wrong, almost creepy because of the age difference

[@altinaykor364]

@@StuN_UK not just age difference

[@daTribbleMaker]

@@altinaykor364 I got one sentence to say that disproves all naysayers... "Meet my assistants -Legs -Nose -And Mrs Robinson" come back when you are real "Whovians"

[@altinaykor364]

@@daTribbleMaker such a nonsense. true Whovians surely know the difference between a forced thing and genuine one

[@daTribbleMaker]

@@altinaykor364 She was 2 years younger when David Tennant met her. No issues there? The whole forced thing is part of the entire ARC. The Doctor old, but in a younger version. River, she already know him but him not her really. Their times work opposite. Like two trains heading towards each other. She knows him, and if you watch the show then you know she even describes Capaldi's Doctor to David Tennant in Silence in The Library. The forced bit was the discomfort of the doctor NOT knowing what she knew. Even when she said his real name to David Tennant the tension was there. The Doctor is used to being the one in the room will all the details, and very off put when someone has "spoilers" that he doesn't. This isn't just with her, he likes to be the one with the AHA! And the answers and you see this more often than not. In a nutshell I felt the love he had for Clara was genuine and Capaldi showed it very naturally, and actually appeared younger when around her... Got cringe with that?

[@altinaykor364]

@@daTribbleMaker this nonsense of love in opposite timeline is always a nutshell, especially since the moment the Doctor realized that he has actually groomed River (no knowing) he had to just stop. every damn thing they did, especially on his side, was to not mess with the timeline and live up to the future version which River supposedly knows, especially since she already overwhelmed him by all of those knowledge. now if the knowledge was about something else, maybe I could say the Doctor's arrogance is hurt by her, but no! imagine someone tells you that they know you better than yourself and you do this or...or...it's pure gaslighting. how can you be sure that any of their feelings is real when both basically just live up to what's already written? especially given the fact that the Doctor missed his other companions, even those he hasn't see since 70s or 80s more than he ever did for River. and only in her presence he remembers she in fact exists, while we all know the amount of time he spent pining for Rose. well, maybe we can consider fair since River also has other husbands and wives outside of him. but there comes her origins. how she's the daughter of the couple that he can consider his younger siblings or students (gross) and she's a part time lord because of his Tardis, which means she can in a way be considered his daughter. you people really like shipping incest? speaking of being part time lord because of Tardis, she wouldn't even have existed if it wasn't for the Doctor and he wouldn't even survived to regenerate if it wasn't for her. such a self serving relationship! besides everything about River's character felt forced, from the first episodes where everyone says she and the Doctor act like old married couple (which they didn't at all. just a forced dialogue) to her making Dalek panic. only Moffat written Daleks act like that because he wanted it to. River was more like a burden than an actual character. a burden both us and the Doctor are forced to accept because destiny and the writer says so despite all the red flags. you mentioned Clara with 12? well, I don't exactly ship them as a couple, hell I'm not even a huge fan of Clara, however she's far better written than River and one of the reasons is that at least she's not a burden that we're forced to accept and the Doctor's love for her (whatever it was, romantic or platonic) was real and not something he has to do

[@owenmcghee1666]

The only redeeming thing about season 1 (series 14, or 40 if you prefer) is the budget.

[@TheToonMonkey]

Swap that latest travesty with your position for Tennants first season and your list may be correct