Doctor Who Finales Ranked

You've got to end strong. I take a look at the finales of the 10 series of modern Doctor Who.
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[@paulking9476]

journey's End it's like The Avengers of Russell T Davies Doctor Who

[@theultimatenerd3767]

Paul King and Avengers and Infinity war had the 2 best villains as the threat bringing everyone together and the Dallas are or would be if they didn't lose every single bloody time in every season just give them a tv show that makes them look threatening

[@Gamelover254]

Lol I literally compared it to the Avengers a couple of seconds ago XD let’s face it, the reality bomb is basically the infinity gauntlet but just pure destruction. People are even seen fading away from it like in Infinity Wars lol

[@harrycook9041]

Really, cause I like The Avengers.

[@Zug8415]

No dc is better

[@envycentral7281]

Paul King journeys and is Infinity war and the last episode of ten is more like endgame.

[@vdesatch6273]

4:44 _"Big Bang Theory doesn't feel like a story to me..."_ Okay. You're right, but what does that have to do with Doctor Who Finales?

[@CouncilofGeeks]

No, at least 9 other people noticed because that's how many people have pointed it out as of this comment.

[@Operation_Bagel]

B A Z I N G A

[@CashelOConnolly]

JayDeeJayEssHaitch it’s called a conversational narrative

[@Ryusuta]

The thing about Hell Bent is that the first half of it was really, really, REALLY good. His homecoming. His disinterest in dealing with any Time Lord apart from Rassilon. The soldiers siding with him and ousting Rassilon. It was all MAGNIFICANT. Had the episode ended with Rassilon and the council leaving and maybe some cleaning up, THAT would have been a work of art. It was just literally everything involving Clara that fucked it up.

[@benw4409]

1. World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls 2. The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang 3. Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords 4. Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways 5. Stolen Earth/Journey's End 6. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday 7. Name of the Doctor 8. Dark Water/Death in Heaven 9. Wedding of River Song 10. The Room 11. The bottom of my shoe 12. The Abzorballoff saying "Tastes like chicken" for 10 hours 13. Pineapple pizza 14. Being whacked across the face with a book on Who continuity by Steven Moffat whilst he gleefully burns a copy of The War Games. 15. Hell Bent Great video as always.

[@007robotchicken]

I love pineapple pizza.

[@alexinabox6931]

I'm very late, can you just explain what happened in the war games? I haven't seen that one in a while and I've forgotten what moffat did against it.

[@mobro538]

ShE TaStEs LiKe cHiCkEn

[@samuelbarber4154]

alexinabox I don't know what Moffat did against it, but in short, it was the last story of the second Doctor and was the one that introduced the Time-Lords and Gallifrey. Before then there was only the Doctor and that one other one in a forgotten Hartnell story.

[@MrMaster7112765]

It's alright. The big bang theory doesn't feel like a doctor who story to a lot of people, mainly for the reason that it's not

[@7pitpat7]

MrMaster7112765 hahah I thought that too

[@dresden]

MrMaster7112765 🤣🤣🤣 as soon as he said that I was like "wasnt that episode called The Big Bang? Without the word theory attached?"

[@MrRjhyt]

I must confess it was with a sense of relief that I saw the end of River Song's arc. The whole season feeling like tying her into the Tardis in as many, and as convoluted ways as possible. She killed the Doctor, She saved the Doctor, She married the Doctor, she was his companions' child! From Big Bang to Wedding of River Song, I was gritting my teeth and waiting for it to return to form. In my opinion only a couple of good episodes in that entire season.

[@bamb1etta_basterb1ne]

@robinhislop are you talking about series six because none of that shit happened in series five

[@theultimatenerd3767]

Now you have done this please can you do the season beginners

[@user-gf3lq4bn3z]

wrestling channel 2005 yes! That would be interesting

[@hmsljj]

Good call .....

[@strongraycool44d51]

wrestling channel 2005 kinda obvious the eleventh hour would be top

[@MythicalSkull13]

If I were to do it 10. Asylum of the Daleks 9. The Magician's apprentice 8. Deep Breath 7. New Earth 6. The Pilot 5. Rose 4. The Eleventh Hour 3. The impossible astronaut 2.Partners in crime 1. Smith and Jones

[@theultimatenerd3767]

numpteez mine are similar however I would swap deep breath and the pilot

[@seapea7402]

I cannot disagree AT ALL with this carefully thought-through and excellently argued list. Kind of scary! :o

[@jamesemery1232]

I would have loved if The Doctor Falls would have been Capaldi's regeneration story but I'm also glad that Jodie's first episode wasn't a Christmas special.

[@SWood-xs1my]

It could've worked as a Christmas special I think. Tennant's first episode was a Christmas special.

[@ccdaly2561]

Okay, so, I started watching your videos last weekend. Now I'm subscribed to your patreon and rewatching all of new-Who. Kindly never stop updating.

[@ccdaly2561]

By the way, Donna is the best thing ever and you inspire me to fix my nail game.

[@CouncilofGeeks]

I have no plans to stop anytime soon. 15K subscribers and growing. Just try to stop me.

[@hmsljj]

What a hard thing to do; especially since I don't hate "Hell Bent" as much as others seem to. I think what also makes it difficult is judging the finales just as stand alones. For example, I kinda like the "Last of the Timelords" as it is, but I REALLY enjoy the series three 3-part finale that included "Utopia" and "The Sound of Drums". Together they're one of my all time favorite WHO end of series episodes.

[@Ben-vf5gk]

I love it to, definitely one of my favourite Master stories

[@alim.9801]

YES ME TOO!!!! The Sound of Drums is my favorite episode and the 3 parter as a whole are my top 3 episodes of all time!! I know Last of the Timelords has major issues and I understand why people don't like John Simm's master, but I love him. And that scene where he releases the toclafane and yells "HERE. COME. THE DRUMS!!!" and then the music starts and goes HARD while we see the paradox machine pulsing and the toclafane descending...holy shit it gets me fist pumping EVERY TIME!!!!!

[@TheDoctorWhoGuide]

I love how well-thought-out this ranking was. Even with the episodes you didn't like you had intelligent writing-based qualms, and when those were fixed you rewarded the stories by ranking them higher. The way you presented everything almost made me want to through away my list! Haha. Almost! I probably would've put Last of the Time Lords higher and Name of the Doctor lower, but I've never considered the list with only final episodes in mind. Journey's End is one of my all-time favorite episodes, but Doomsday's goodbye scene makes those two fight for first place. World Enough and Time is amazing, and I thought the commentary of being trapped in a skin that people are afraid was amazing!

[@Colipzo]

The Doctor Who Guide Love your channel bro, dont know if you remember but you helped me get a sonic lol.

[@sephirothii13]

Journey’s end will always be my favorite, Donna’s “death” tears me up every single time, but for me at very end the Doctor is talking to Wilf (sp?) it is pouring rain and he asked the doctor “what about you? I mean what about all your friends” and he replies “The all have someone else but that’s fine... I am fine” it shows that this hero that saves so many worlds is ultimately alone it crushing and powerful

[@WingyMedia]

Interesting rankings, Hell Bent had to be last, if only it could be lower 😂 surprised about Doctor Falls being your favourite, I wouldn't put it in my top 5 and I think it's because I can't separate it from World Enough And Time. Plus, I hate the ending with the plot device puddle girl coming back for what felt to me like no reason other than Bill must live. I'd say Parting Of The Ways is my number 1

[@enigmatickendo]

I didn't mind that. I thought it was interesting enough, and I enjoyed The Pilot enough such that I still felt it at the end. Plus, Bill didn't live. Bill is dead, she's just in this like, weird afterlife thing, but I'm pretty sure it's essentially more of a caricature of Bill.

[@CouncilofGeeks]

While I don’t love the Heather thing it didn’t derail the episode for me. Though I get it bugged some other folks way more.

[@Ben-vf5gk]

It's not perfect and I recognise its flaws but I still love it. Everything I either love or like is in it; Capaldi, Bill, Nardole, Missy, John Simm's Master, the Mondasion Cybermen. Really wish it'd been his last story.

[@rog2224]

Bill was never 'dead'. The point of Cyber conversion is that the subject is, within some pretty bleak parameters, preserved.

[@Ben-vf5gk]

True, but part of what's awful about Cyber conversion is that it cant be undone. Heather saving Bill unfortunately undermines it. Still enjoy the episode though.

[@barry1369]

10. Hell Bent 9. Wedding of River Song 8. Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday 7. Dark Water/ Death in/ Heaven 6. The Name of the Doctor 5. World Enough in Time/ The Doctor Falls 4. The Pandorica Opens/ The Big Bang 3. Utopia/ The Sound of Drums/ The Last of the Time Lords 2. The Stolen Earth/ Journey’s End 1. Bad Wolf/ Parting of the Ways

[@tobin5378]

The Doctor Falls feels like a scene transition, but physical, It feels like you're holding on to something, and then it fades, it goes away because it's the doctor without hope. By the end he's completely willing, and almost hoping, to die, it's so heartbreaking but at the same time beautiful at the same time, my favourite season finale by far

[@alexinabox6931]

Tobin agreed. Best cyberman story in a long long time

[@matwells3222]

Finally, someone who agrees with me on how brilliant Richard E Grant is as the Great Intelligence! For me, The Name of the Doctor, Death in Heaven and The Doctor Falls are the best, mainly as, for me, their plots are a bit more focused and more engaging. Rose and the Doctor's goodbye in Doomsday was a bit drawn out for me

[@voyeurcoma638]

The Doctor Falls would have been a perfect ending, Twice Upon A Time was a great ending

[@TripleJumpYTP]

I personally love how dark the parting of the ways is. The death count is very high in that episode.

[@simeya99]

That moment you make your own top 10, look at it and realise it is exactly the same as in the video.. I guess I fully agree with you :)

[@ryanpollard1166]

My personal favourite finales: 1. The Stolen Earth/Journey's End 2. World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls 3. Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways 4. The Name of the Doctor 5. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday 6. The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang 7. Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords 8. Dark Water/Death in Heaven 9. The Wedding of River Song 10. Hell Bent (AKA Get Bent!)

[@TheCrippledEgg]

Get Bent? I've never heard that one lol

[@maxeyre2024]

Ryan Pollard j

[@garylouk8776]

I can’t believe you put the name of the doctor above journeys end

[@lucasdolding6924]

10) Hell Bent 9) The Wedding of River Song 8) The Name of the Doctor 7) Last of the Time Lords 6) The Big Bang 5) Doomsday 4) Death in Heaven 3) Journey's End 2) The Doctor Falls 1) The Parting of the Ways I only really like my top 4 and find the rest a little harder to rank. Every time I think of a ranking for NuWho finales, I'm reminded of how much they seem to fail and aren't very good.

[@BRAWGWill]

1) Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways 2) World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls 3) The Stolen Earth/Journey's End 4) The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang 5) Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords 6) Heaven Sent/Hell Bent 7) Army of Ghosts/Doomsday 8) Dark Water/Death in Heaven 9) The Name of the Doctor 10) The Wedding of River Song

[@diesenutss]

1) "World Enough And Time"/"The Doctor Falls" 2) "The Pandorica Opens"/"The Big Bang" 3) "Bad Wolf"/"The Parting Of The Ways" 4) "Face The Raven"/"Heaven Sent"/"Hell Bent" 5) "The Wedding Of River Song 6) "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End" 7) "Dark Water"/"Death In Heaven" 8) "Army Of Ghosts"/"Doomsday" 9) "Utopia"/"The Sound Of Drums"/"The Last Of The Time Lords" 10) "The Name Of The Doctor"

[@onmyojirock9364]

I love that these videos are always posted right before or after I get off work.

[@solekman916]

1. Journey's End 2. The Parting of the ways 3. Doomsday 4. The Big Bang 5. The Doctor Falls 6. Death in Heaven 7.The Name of the Doctor 8. Last of the time lords 9. The Wedding of River Song 10. Hell Bent (This would be much different if we were counting both parts because most of the time I prefer part 1)

[@15schaa]

I also abhor Hell Bent. Heaven Sent was an utterly beautiful episode.

[@thefoxcritic1]

Indeed.

[@maxeyre2024]

10. Hell Bent 9. The Wedding of River Song 8. The Last of the Time Lords 7. Death in Heaven 6. The Big Bang 5. The Name of the Doctor 4. The Parting of the Ways 3. Doomsday 2. Journey's End 1. The Doctor Falls

[@lasercatsproductions]

My List: 10. Hell Bent (Of Course) 9. The Wedding of River Song 8. Death in Heaven 7. The Big Bang 6. Doomsday 5. Journey's End 4. Last of the Time Lords (It only got this far because that three-parter is my favourite story of all time) 3. The Name of the Doctor 2. The Parting of the Ways 1. The Doctor Falls I see why people think The Doctor falls shouldve been Capaldi's final story but I love Twice Upon a Time because Capaldi and Bradley worked really well together, the story as a whole was great (in my opinion) and, well, The First Doctor is my Doctor

[@jarjared3522]

10. Hell Bent 9. The Wedding of River Song 8. The Name of the Doctor 7. Last of the Time Lord 6. Death in Heaven 5. Journey's End 4. The Doctor Falls 3. Doomsday 2. The Big Bang 1. The Parting of the Ways

[@brnhd1991]

I agree wish that Doctor Falls was Capaldi finale. My finale 10. Doomsday (S2) 9. Wedding of River Song (S6) 8. Journey's End (S4) 7. Hell Bent (S9) 6. Name of the Doctor (S7) 5. Last of the Time Lord's (S3) 4. Parting of the Ways (S1) 3. Death in Heaven (S8) 2. The Big Bang (S5) 1. The Doctor Falls (S10) Doomsday surprised me by being last but don't like the big button reset similar to Journeys End and Rose exit was undermined by her return. Hell Bent is higher as I like the Doctor and Clara in the restaurant scenes and love Time Lords Maybe cover ranking Regeneration story's for a list maybe even with classic doctors?

[@george2v]

Really interesting rankings!! I'd say: 1) The Doctor Falls 2) Last of the Timelords 3) Doomsday 4) Journey's End 5) Hell Bent (Don't hate me) 6) The Big Bang 7) Death in Heaven 8) The Parting of Ways 9) The Name of the Doctor 10) The Wedding of River Song

[@robo3007]

Good topic for a list, I think I would rank them 1) Last of the Timelords 2) The Parting of Ways 3) The Doctor Falls 4) Journey's End 5) Doomsday 6) Death in Heaven 7) The Big Bang 8) The Wedding of River Song 9) The Name of the Doctor 10) Hell Bent

[@flaviojalves1400]

Just started watching, and when he says that he'll not be counting two parters as one story, I immediately thought: poor Hell Bent. Love your videos. I totally agree with your thoughts on that episode.

[@creepytiki5342]

Flavio Jose Alves Ha I thought the same about Hell Bent when he said that 😂😂🙌🏻

[@theoutcastboi]

Don't feel sorry for Hell Bent. It doesn't deserve your pity.

[@evelynjade42]

I saw the title and I thought 'Please don't drag Heaven Sent through the dirt for the sequel.' Hell Bent deserves to be list-bottomed on its own

[@katrinacampbell5989]

Hell bent isn’t a two-parter with heaven sent anyway. Hell bent just picked up where heaven sent left off, doesn’t make it a two-parter. It’s the same reason turn left isn’t a three-parter with the stolen earth and journeys end.

[@cScottD]

Resets with no consequences always grind my gears. I don't mind time loops and reboots, as long as the events of the episode actually MATTER in some way. But when they don't, it annoys the crap out of me.

[@concettasorvillo3719]

THANK YOU Even in "Father day" in first season had more consequences that some NDW endings.

[@cofpaddy]

Last four minutes or Hell Bent though I loved. It's like Capaldi is THEE Doctor. It was commanding. The theme

[@crashfan9997]

10) The Wedding of River Song 9) The Name of the Doctor 8) World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls 7) Dark Water/Death in Heaven 6) The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang 5) Army of Ghosts/Doomsday 4) Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways 3) Face the Raven/Heaven Sent/Hell Bent 2) Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords 1) Turn Left/The Stolen Earth/Journey's End I actually like every finale, it's just that every other one is so good that Wedding had to be bottom!

[@exterminateexterminate9751]

1) The Stolen Earth / Journeys End 2) Army Of Ghosts / Doomsday 3) The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang 4) World Enough And Time / The Doctor Falls 5) Bad Wolf / Parting Of The Ways 6) The Sound Of Drums / Last Of The Timelords 7) Dark Water / Death In Heaven 8) The Name Of The Doctor 9) The Wedding Of Riversong 10) Hell Bent 11) The Battle Ar Ranskoor Av Kolos

[@Morri312]

For whoever cares...here's mine 10. Hell Bent 9. Wedding of River Song 8. The Big Bang 7. Death in Heaven 6. The Name of the Doctor 5. Journey's End 4. The Parting of the Ways 3. The Last of the Time Lords 2. Doomsday 1. The Doctor Falls So quite Similar, I'm a sucker for Russel T Davies / Tennent Era, and not fond of Smith. But I loved The Doctor Falls and Last of the time lords gets the top 3 spot just because of the Death of the Master and the way it was handled, loved it!

[@bingolarr3752]

1. Stolen Earth/Journey's End 2. World Enough and Time/ The Doctor Falls 3. Bad Wolf/Parting of The Ways 4. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday 5. Hell Bent 6. Dark Water/Death in Heaven 7. The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang 8. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos 9. The Name of The Doctor 10. The Wedding of River Song 11. Utopia/Sound of Drums/Last of The Time-Lords

[@audacity4277]

You know, it's funny that I'm here because I generally have the opposite feeling about finales. To me, it's never about the destination, it's about the journey, especially with Doctor Who. A big part of the reason for this is The Wedding of River Song and partially The Big Bang. The stakes were so high in both cases that they held no kind of suspense. For whatever reason, Moffatt was obsessed with the Doctor dying and not regenerating. Just stop. That's not going to happen. At that point he was only creating a story arc that would end with some kind of contrived and disappointing resolution. RTD had the same obsession with destroying Earth, but he was able to pull of some decent resolutions even if they had no real suspense. I'm hoping the Chibnall will be able to dial back the stakes and allow the audience to feel all parts of the story.

[@TheMagicDragonHD]

What decent resolutions? The RTD-finales always ended with a cheap deus ex machina.

[@timbogymbro66]

To be honest I love Hell Bent. I straight up gasped when Journeys End was only 5th place.

[@CouncilofGeeks]

Hey, sometimes I surprise even myself.

[@superraegun2649]

10:53 For me, Journey’s end would have to be much lower on that list. The fact that none of the companions other than Donner did much; Jack faked his death to sneak around the Crucible, only to get caught and not really have a meaningful story, Martha holds the Earth to ransom, only for the Daleks to teleport her up to the Crucible because they didn’t want to deal with that plot, Mickey and Sara surrender only to not really help that much. All so that Donner could accidentally her way into being able to defeat the Daleks all on her own, and would it not have been much better to have the companions work together in a meaningful way which would’ve justified bringing them all back a lot better? Although it’s meant to look like that’s what they’re doing, it isn’t really if you think about it, it’s really just all of them getting captured and Donner saving them all. And the emotion of sending Donner off could’ve still been done without having her Deus ex-mackina.

[@cichy45]

1. The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang 2. Name of the Doctor 3. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday 4. World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls 5. Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways 6. Dark Water/Death in Heaven 7. Utopia/Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords 8. Stolen Earth/Journey's End 9. Wedding of River Song 10. Hell Bent

[@andrewolson4217]

To be fair, The Big Bang did have some ramifications. The TARDIS explosion was supposedly the reason that the crack appeared throughout the Doctor's timeline, which set up the finale for Matt Smith's Doctor.

[@Mrazmatmahmood]

Haven't watched the video yet, so it'll be interesting to see how much it differs from my list. 1) World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls 2) The Stolen Earth/Journey's End 3) Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways 4) Army of Ghosts/Doomsday 5) The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang 6) Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Timelords 7) The Name of the Doctor 8) Dark Water/Death in Heaven 9) Hell Bent 10) The Wedding of River Song

[@Mrazmatmahmood]

Interesting list. I wouldn't separate the two parts because I think they go hand in hand with each other. Other than that, there's only really one ranking that really surprised me. The Big Bang down at #8 is shocking tbh, but you provided some good reasons.

[@loyalcompanion2104]

Your bottom 2 are exactly the same as mine. I would have bad wolf/parting of the ways at number 1, and Dark Water/Death in heaven above Name of the Doctor. I also have Stolen Earth/Journeys end below Army of ghosts/doomsday, and definitely below Utopia/Sound of drums and last of the time lords

[@mrdoctorgilmore]

Just for Fun the classic Finales:9- The Time Monster: Mostly terrible, it's three most memorable features, something called a Tomtit, Naked Sergeant Benton and a Massive Cleavage. 3- The War Machines: Boring and rather Dated. 19- Time Flight: Imagination out stretches the budget 16- The Armaggedon Factor: pretty meh, first time the Doctor is called There Sigma. 21- Twin Dilemma: bad but not as much as everyone claims, Colin Baker is easily the Best part. 12- Revenge of the Cybermen: Cheap and Crap. 20- The Kings Demon: Bland filler. 18- Logopolis: Bar the regeneration angle, just Boring. 11- Planet of the Spiders: Funny moments but rather Slow 15- Invasion of Time: Easily the worst looking sontarans, another nail in the coffin of the time Lord's dignity, terrible exit for leela. 5- Wheel in Space: Underrated, but with terrible Cybermen 24- Dragonfire: Cheesy but fun with one of the dumbest cliffhangers in the shows history. 17- Shada: A rare gem of Graham Williams era. Doug Adams at his best. 13- The seeds of doom: fairly decent remake of the thing from another world. 10- The Green Death: Some great effects and characters moments, a terrible green screen and the 2nd coolest Dr who villain voice. 1- Reign of Terror: Decent pure historical. 14- Talons of Wein Chiang: Classic, if a bit racist 23- The Ulimate Foe: Some great moments but part 2 is very messy because of Bob Holmes' death. 22- Revelation of the Daleks: Creepy little body horror story. 4- Evil of the Daleks: Great, if a little overrated. 8- The Daemons: Great performances all around, silly looking monsters. 2- The time Meddler: Really funny. 6- The War Games: Kinda long but Part 10 makes up for it. 7- Inferno: excellent dark story almost ruined by crap monsters. 26- Survival: Perfect send off for the Show. 25- The Greatest Show in the Galaxy: Underrated Classic, a metaphor for the show itself.

[@siborgproductions2422]

I don't think twin is that bad either but I do think season 21 should have ended with the caves of andrizani because that feels like a lot more of a season finalie

[@BoraCM]

I liked the moments in Hell Bent where the Doctor is willing to risk the entire universe's well-being for Clara's life because it shows how unhealthy the relationship between the Doctor and Clara is. He wants her alive more than she wants to live. Even though I didn't like the fact that Clara is still alive (for now), I liked the fact that she didn't travel with the Doctor anymore, because together, they bring about utter chaos, just like Missy intended.

[@ogpandamonium]

I totally agree that The Doctor Falls is the best finale and the "true" final line of the 12th doctor is so good, you expect a huge speech but it's just: "There aren't any stars. I had hoped there would be stars."

[@maolchiaran]

*1.* World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls *2.* Face The Raven/Heaven Sent/Hell Bent (Yes, I consider this a 3-Part Finale) *3.* The Stolen Earth/Journey's End *4.* Dark Water/Death In Heaven *5.* The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang *6.* Army of Ghosts/Doomsday *7.* Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways *8.* The Name of the Doctor *9.* Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords *10.* The Wedding of River Song

[@kieranpotter1483]

Journeys end is fantastic

[@WiloPolis03]

I think The Pilot acted as the finale to what I think of as its own season, the Capaldi specials. I think every Doctor gets their own mini-season (for the 11th Doctor it's the ____ of the Doctor specials, for the 10th Doctor it's the specials in between series 4 and 5, and for the 9th Doctor it's just Series 1), and I think the episodes from Face the Raven to The Pilot are the 12th Doctor's own series. They portray the Doctor's arc of dealing with the loss of two different companions and trying to move on from that. The Pilot is the finale because it ends his arc by letting another companion into his life and no longer travelling alone (although I guess Nardole counts as a main companion during the second half).

[@superraegun2649]

My biggest nit-pick with Doomsday, although like you I did like it, was that Pete Tyler shouldn’t have been able to save Rose, while I don’t disagree with it thematically, it doesn’t make sense logically, he shouldn’t have been able to know that he’d have to save her, and when he does he’s able to stand and somehow not get affected by the void which is sucking her in and yet it doesn’t affect him even though it should’ve been sucking him in at the same rate it sucks her in.

[@magicthegavining]

Why did I get an ad for Freddie’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers this video FROZEN CUSTARD

[@kitty_kath]

And then you learn that Chibnall gave up the Christmas slot.

[@rysummerss]

10. The Wedding of River Song 09. Dark Water / Death in Heaven 08. Army of Ghosts / Doomsday 07. Bad Wolf / Parting of the Ways 06. Name of the Doctor 05. The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang 04. Utopia / The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords 03. Turn Left / The Stolen Earth / Journey's End 02. Face the Raven / Heaven Sent / *cough cough* 01. World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls

[@emmaharris3824]

If the world doesn’t go back, of those people aren’t saved in Last of the Time Lords then it no longer becomes our earth and we lose our connection with it. I think we need to feel that any of this is possible and there’s a sense of reality about it and if becomes rather earth where so many died then I think we’d lose something very important to what Doctor Who is.

[@CouncilofGeeks]

Fair enough, but then I would argue if you already know that you have to reset everything back to zero at the end then don't do that kind of story in the first place.

[@tylerbailey9329]

I never realized how much I wanted this.

[@Sturtime]

12. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos 11. Hell Bent 10. The Name of the Doctor 9. The Wedding of River Song 8. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday 7. Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways 6. Dark Water/Death in Heaven 5. The Stolen Earth/Journey's End 4. The End of Time 3. Utopia/The Sound of Drums/The Last of the Time Lords 2. World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls 1. The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang

[@bigbadbaron8416]

10. Wedding of River Song 9. Hell Bent 8. Death in heaven 7. Last of the time lords 6. The Big Bang 5. Journey’s End 4. Name of the doctor 3. Doomsday 2. Parting of ways 1. The doctor falls

[@IsaacWhittakerDakin]

Best to worst for me would be: 1. The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang 2. Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways 3. World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls 4. The Stolen Earth/Journeys End 5. Hell Bent 6. Dark Water/Death in Heaven 7. The Name of the Doctor 8. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday 9. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos 10. Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Timelords 11. The Wedding of River Song

[@greghawkins59]

Idk how you can say the way the doctor escaped death in series 6 is a cop out, I thought it was a clever little trick and worked really well

[@nomar8770]

12) hell bent 11) last of timelords 10) wedding of river song 9)name of doctoe 8)timeless children 7) doomsday 6)journeys end 5) battle of ranskoor av kolos 4) death in heaven 3) big bang 2) parting of the ways 1) the doctor falls

[@chelseafrank5941]

My number 1 would definitely have to be The Big Bang

[@whovian1055]

The Doctor falls will always be the best finale imo. Glad you share my opinion!

[@JarvisCockerxLiamGallagher]

Yep, couldn't agree more! Meeting: Pearl Mackie, Peter Capaldi and David Bradley at London film and comic con 2018! 😁😁

[@ansambel3170]

"i wont rant again about hell bent" - thats just a clickbait video then, i was expecting 10min of this to be the hell bent rant...

[@CouncilofGeeks]

Frankly I wasn’t sure I could tap into the same level of rage as I did last time I talked about that one.

[@theoutcastboi]

I mean, to tap into that rage again, you'd probably need to be exposed to gamma radiation. So it's understandable.

[@WiloPolis03]

His list (Still watch the video, it's great!) 10. Moffat Writing Bent 9. The Wedding of River Song 8. The Big Bang 7. Last of the Time Lords 6. Death in Heaven 5. Journey's End 4. The Name of the Doctor 3. The Parting of the Ways 2. Doomsday 1. The Doctor Falls

[@MythicalSkull13]

For me: 10. Hell Bent 9. The name of the Doctor 8. The wedding of river song 7.The Big Bang 6. Death in Heaven 5. The Doctor Falls 4. Parting of the Ways 3. Doomsday 2. Last of the Time Lords 1. Journey's end

[@norriec6323]

Having what happened to Donna happen to me is my greatest fear, becoming a different person, learning you matter,and then having all of that ripped away from you after you've decided you would rather die than lose all this just....... I cry every time I watch that episode. And it also makes the episodes in the Library even more powerful to me.

[@woolicane]

Unsurprisingly my list is very different to yours, showing as usual we look for different things in a show we both love, my list with a brief reason for my choice. 10; Hell Bent; yeah can't disagree that this is a the bottom for all those reasons and more 9; Wedding of River Song; a clustered mess 8 The Name of the Doctor; you almost had me rethinking on this one but too many things in it that doesn't work for me 7 Last of the Time Lords; I really don't like it when they just undo a story like that 6 Death in Heaven; Missy is amazing, but the Cybermen aren't used interestingly and cyberbrig is disrespectful imo 5 Doomsday; Daleks vs Cybermen would be so much better if it wasn't just the Daleks owning them 4 The Doctor Falls; some incredible moments, but I really don't like the Doctor being in a gun fight in the end 3 Big Bang; I take all your points on board here but while it does have so many problems it's got a gung ho quality that keeps me invested 2 Journey's End; it's a big ol' plan the Daleks have and it really nearly works, a few niggles stop it from being a five star classic, but it's still a great closing for four years worth of characters. 1 Parting of the Ways; I'm sorry but I unashamedly love this one.

[@alexinabox6931]

I can't abide journey's end. It's so cop-outy, and very simple for something with such high stakes. The companion endings were okay, but they should've just saved it for the end of time.

[@natyoung7755]

I loved the idea of Daleks vs Cyberman in Doomsday, but I wish it hadn't ben so one-sided. Heart wrenching ending though.

[@patopp5540]

So here’s my ranking 10)Hell Bent 9)The Wedding Of River Song 8)Dark Water/Death in Heaven 7)The Sound Of Drums/Last of The Time Lords 6)The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang 5)The Name Of The Doctor 4)Army Of Ghosts/Doomsday 3)World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls 2)Bad Wolf/The Parting Of The Ways 1)The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End

[@tobylerone4285]

My list now would be: 13: The Bottle of Rancid Old Coca-cola 12. The Timeless Children 11. The Vanquishers 10. The Wedding of River Song 9. The Name of the Doctor 8. Journey’s End 7. Doomsday 6. Last of the Time Lords 5. Hell Bent 4. Death in Heaven 3. The Doctor Falls 2. The Big Bang 1. The Parting of the Ways Looking at that list, what strikes me is that the top three are the only ones I rewatch regularly. For me the finales have a tendency to feel slightly hollow due to the showrunner’s knowledge that people will be tuning in for event television, so they can’t play them as straight drama like they can with earlier episodes in the run. The top three, however, manage to strike a perfect balance between stakes and subtext, story and character.

[@benjaminpavsner6626]

I agree. World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls is Capaldi's best story.

[@SmokeySmudgeStudio]

I would've swapped around The Big Bang and The Doctor Falls. I think we watch Doctor Who for very different reasons. For me, the show is at its best when it's solving a puzzle box without any plotholes. I got really frustrated with Moffat's tendency towards the end to want to focus on emotive conclusions instead of having an actually fun mystery to solve with a solution that relies on that kind of ingenuity. It's the same reason I also would've put the wedding of river song higher. I like the sci-fi side the most and skipping over that for too many character centred episodes get really boring when the show kept doing it over and over again.

[@AmaranthOriginal]

I love Journey's End, but I hate what they did to Donna. The show repeats the line "traveling in the TARDIS makes you better" multiple times, but Dnna's the first time we actually see that. She's the first companion to really get an arc tied to the series. Mickey grows offscreen, Martha's leaving mostly comes from the last episode alone, and Rose is still the kind of person who would make out with another dude in front of the man she "loves,." but Donna had a chance to grow...and they took it all away. It's sad, but it's also just narrative bad as far as I'm concerned. Despite this complaint, it would be towards the top of my list.

[@Deathlygunn]

For me: 10. Last of the Time Lords 9. Hellbent 8. Death in Heaven 7. Wedding of River Song 6. The Big Bang 5. Journey's End 4. Doomsday 3. Name of the Doctor 2. The Doctor Falls 1.The Parting of the Ways

[@thomasjones]

My Rankings (10 Being The Worst And 1 Being The Best) 1. The Stolen Earth / Journey’s End 2. Army Of Ghosts / Doomsday 3. Bad Wolf / The Parting Of Ways 4. The Sound Of Drums / Last Of The Time Lords 5. The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang 6. The Wedding Of River Song 7. World Enough And Time / The Doctor Falls 8. The Name Of The Doctor 9. Dark Water / Death In Heaven 10. Heaven Sent / Hell Bent

[@dalamgar2393]

For me it has to be Doomsday, I find this to be the perfect ending to a very mixed season. The reason this episode takes #1 for me is that devastating ending with Rose and the Doctor trapped away from each other. This ending absolutely kills me every time I watch it, such a horrible tragedy that brings tears to my eyes. I just love it. I also love your pick of The Doctor Falls, which is definitely one of my favorites.

[@Scrummy64]

1. The Big Bang 2. The Doctor Falls 3. Last of the Time Lords 4. Doomsday 5. The Name of the Doctor 6. Journey's End 7. The Parting of the Ways 8. The Timeless Children 9. Death in Heaven 10. The Wedding of River Song 11. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos 12. Hell Bent

[@LaytonMathieson]

11. Hell Bent 10. The Wedding of River Song 9. Death in Heaven 8. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos 7. Doomsday 6. The Big Bang 5. The Name of the Doctor 4. The Doctor Falls 3. The Last of the Time Lords 2. Journey's End 1. The Parting of the Ways

[@QuokkaCore]

My ranking: 1. World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls. 2. Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways. 3. Stolen Earth/ Journey’s End. 4. The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang. 5. Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Timelords. 6. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday. 7. Name of the Doctor. 8. Dark Water/Death in Heaven. (Quality Dip.) 9. Ascension of the Cybermen/The Timeless Children. 10. The Wedding of River Song. 11. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos. 12. Hell Bent.

[@judgemario]

Great list, although I like the Big Bang more than you do. Totally agree with number 1. It's an awesome episode.

[@Lovemypirates11211]

Well ranked, I can't really find myself arguing with this list. I might have put Journey's End higher because personally it's one of my favorites, but at the same time I can't argue with your ranking, and the reasons for it. In fact, as of late I'd been really kind of annoyed that Donna's memory got wiped when other companions had a choice to say no, like Clara and Bill, and I was annoyed that they hadn't found another way for her to keep her memory even if she couldn't keep the time lord consciousness. But your reasoning for it makes a lot of sense, to keep it from being a deux ex machina of having her save everything but not being able to stay that way. Even if it does break our hearts. I miss Donna! One reason I love your videos, the well thought out explanations.

[@deborahlepage1789]

The part I do hate about Rose being purposefully left in that parallel universe is that there IS NO Rose Tyler in that universe. She was never born to Pete Tyler and Jackie Tyler. A dog does NOT count. Additionally, with her striding parallel to parallel to warn The Doctor that the stars are going out thru all universes was something they should have shown how she's grown here. She had learned in Father's Day that the rules of Time Travel that The Doctor did teach her are important. He didn't go to get her because the walls were closed and they couldn't be traversed without putting the 2 universes in danger. She knew when she had to reactivate the gate to keep pulling the Daleks and Cybermen in that it HAD to be done. She knew she could be pulled into The Void which was a longer hellish fate rather than simply dying, and then Pete rips right back through the 2 universes to save her, which is Bed enough bit again, puts a Rose Tyler that never existed in that world in her so called pretense of happily ever after. She now has both parents as if her dad never Died. Mickey stayed to replace his double in that universe who died. Having that happen again with Jackie is one thing but leaving Rose where she doesn't belong, where there was never a Rose Tyler.... There was something wrong about it even if..... Bad Wolf was a combination of two essences....well I see it differently but I can see that without a payment being made for it it might seem as a cheat. A Time Lord having that much power would be a vengeful god but Rose....there has to be a payment of the Tardis would never have surrendered opening her heart

[@nedstark1353]

I am counting the specials so there will be 14 14.hell bent 13.end of time 12.season 11 finale 11.ascension of the cybermen\timeless children 10.wedding of river song 9.name of the doctor 8.dark water\death in heaven 7.army of ghosts\doomsday 6.utopia\sound of the drums\last of the timelords 5.time of the doctor 4.world enough and time\doctor falls 3.Pandorica opens\big bang 2.bad wolf\parting of the ways 1.stolen earth \journeys end

[@liamwilliams6651]

I will include the two parters From worse to best Wedding of River Song Dark Water/Death in Heaven Face the Raven/Heaven Sent/Hell Bent The Stolen Earth/Journeys End The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang The Name of the Doctor Army of Ghosts/Doomsday World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls Utopia/The Sound of Drums/The Last of the Timelords Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways Face the raven and heaven sent keep hell bent from the bottom but that’s as far from the bottom I could keep it from. I think bad wolf is the perfect setup with Parting of the Ways being the perfect conclusion. Army of ghosts and doomsday would be number 1 if instead of the soapesque goodbye we got on the beach we could of got more scenes of the battle, for me the image of them with the wall between them was enough.

[@SplotchTheCatThing]

While I certainly completely agree with you about Hell Bent, it's not something that makes me actually angry. It's a mess, it throws away the wonderful buildup of that season, but I don't think it's really worth that much. I'm not saying that the show could never make me angry, but I still got Face the Raven and Heaven Sent, which taken by themselves are two of my absolute favourite stories in Doctor Who... Hell Bent might screw them up, but it doesn't take them away from me.

[@pp-wl1tf]

I notice this criticism for Hell Bent, that Gallifrey wasn't the main story, but I feel this criticism is just saying "This isn't what I wanted" rather than criticising it for what it is. Look at Before the Flood or the Witches Familiar, those are full of foreshadowing for Hell Bent.

[@martynstembridge7714]

Wonderful list and VERY nicely thought out reasons.

[@matthodgkinson2003]

Ranking of series 1-10 finales 1. The doctor falls 2. Journey's end 3. The parting of the ways 4. Last of the time lords 5. The big bang 6. Doomsday 7. Death in Heaven 8. The wedding of River Song 9. The name of the doctor 10. Hell bent

[@garyhicks4143]

Interesting list, as ever, I'd potentially disagree about "Twice Upon A Time" not being a suitable finish for Capaldi; but life would be exceptionally boring if we all thought the same. There are three bits I'd like to add, more "meta" data than anything really pertinent - and they may well actually be urban legends rather than fact. 1) DW is contractually obliged to bring the Daleks back every year, otherwise they no longer have the rights to use them at all. 2) Doomsday is the only episode in the entire (televised) history of DW in which the Daleks and Cybermen meet. 3) The Doctor Dances is the only episode in DW history in which no one dies, hence the Doctor Dances with joy at the end.

[@beniannuzzi7669]

My top 3 would have to be: 1.) World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls 2.) Bad Wolf/Parting of The Ways 3.) The Stolen Earth/Journey's End

[@finnstewart4747]

I actually agree quite a bit, especially with numbers 1, 2 and 3.

[@Yan_Alkovic]

Yeah, I suppose Series 10 had the best close-out of them all. Unfortunately most series finales do suffer from the problem of "Setting up a big thing and then having that big thing be completely inconsequential", which is why I personally hate episodes like Big Bang (not theory), The Wedding of River Song, The Last of the Time Lords etc. I actually kinda wish that modern Who continued the trend of 70's Who, where they didn't really have "Series finales" and individual series would end on a random episode that is no more epic than the previous ones. Although I get that that would probably negatively affect the ratings and stuff, so I guess we'll have to make do. But yeah, good list, I can get behind most of this stuff (except for Hell Bent and Doomsday, cause I love Clara and dislike Rose)

[@rubix2980]

Yeehhh Finally someone who dislikes Rose and likes Clara !!. Rose just gets on my nerves all the time. I don't mind her "Bad Wolf" thing but the fact that she got the doctor to love her romantically because it doesn't make much sense to me and it's not really the fact that he "loved" her or she "loved" him (We got that one before and after her so yeah it's fine) but the fact that they made it a plot. I'm actually glad that we didn't get this (at least not achieved) with the other companions.

[@Yan_Alkovic]

+Tania Shafiei Exactly! They simply put that in as an obligatory romantic storyline and that's dumb in my opinion.

[@madebymelz7702]

10. Wedding of River Song 9. Hell Bent 8. The Big Bang 7. The Name of the Doctor 6. Parting of the Ways 5. Death in Heaven 4. Doomsday 3. Last of the Time Lords 2. Journey's End 1. Time of the Doctor Now bear in mind that I don't hate any of these, I'm not a fan of wedding of River Song or Hell Bent but I still enjoy them and have both watched them recently. I like what Hell Bent did for Gallifrey in parts and while I believe that Gallifrey shouldn't have been found I think the mysticism of the Doctor does not have to exclude Gallifrey from being expanded upon, I just don't want the true origins of the Doctor

[@Slfriend79]

I agree 100% with your ranking of the final episodes of each series. 😀👍

[@purplecelery7380]

I don't think there has actually been a "bad" finale - they've all been pretty strong, which makes it hard to rank them. But you did a good job, and I pretty much agree with your list. Would probably put "Journey's End" a bit lower, and "The Name of the Doctor" higher (I think that episode is an underrated gem) and swap "The Doctor Falls" with "Doomsday", but that's it!