Every Modern Who Story RANKED! (176 episodes)

[@samanthareviews1963]

As promised my ranking of Power of the Doctor Episode itself - 9/10 Series 13 ranking - first place Overall ranking - 14th (above The Girl Who Waited but below Twice Upon Time)

[@ThyLfz]

oooh, twice upon fell down a few spots

[@jackpaulryan1211]

Hi, Samantha! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video! It is so great to hear all your opinions! I'm a little confused as to where Power of the Doctor goes. Is it (1) directly between The Girl Who Waited and Twice Upon a Time, meaning that your list has shifted substantially, or (2) has your list not changed that much, and is it between Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead and Heaven Sent/Hell Bent. If (2) is true, why does Power of the Doctor (now in 14th place) have a 9/10 but Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead (now in 15th place) have a 9.5/10? Thanks again!

[@AlmightyBruce]

Rose - 7 The End of the World - 7 The Unquiet Dead - 6 Aliens of London - 9 World War Three - 8 Dalek - 9 The Long Game - 5 Father’s Day - 8 The Empty Child - 10 The Doctor Dances - 10 Boom Town - 6 Bad Wolf - 9 Parting of the Ways - 10 The Christmas Invasion - 7 New Earth - 5 Tooth and Claw - 6 School Reunion - 8 The Girl in the Fireplace - 8 Rise of the Cyberman - 8 Age of Steel - 7 The Idiots Lantern - 7 The Impossible Planet - 9 The Satan Pit - 9 Love and Monsters - 3 Fear Her - 4 Army of Ghosts - 8 Doomsday - 9 The Runaway Bride - 7 Smith and Jones - 8 The Shakespeare Code - 7 Gridlock - 7 Daleks in Manhattan - 5 Evolution of the Daleks - 5 The Lazarus Experiment - 4 42 - 3 Human Nature - 9 The Family of Blood - 9 Blink - 10 Utopia - 8 The Sound of Drums - 7 The Last of the Time Lords - 6 Voyage of the Damned - 6 Partners in Crime - 9 The Fires of Pompeii - 6 Planet of the Ood - 8 The Sontaran Stratagem - 7 The Poison Sky - 7 The Doctor’s Daughter - 5 The Unicorn and the Wasp - 7 Silence in the Library - 10 Forest of the Dead - 10 Midnight - 10 Turn Left - 8 The Stolen Earth - 9 Journey’s End - 9 The Next Doctor - 6 Planet of the Dead - 4 The Waters of Mars - 9 The End of Time, Part 1 - 6 The End of Time, Part 2 - 8 The 11th Hour - 9 The Beast Below - 7 Victory of the Daleks - 6 Time of the Angels - 9 Flesh and Stone - 8 Vampires in Venice - 4 Amy’s Choice - 8 The Hungry Earth - 5 Cold Blood - 4 Vincent and the Doctor - 9 The Lodger - 6 The Pandorica Opens - 8 The Big Bang - 6 A Christmas Carol - 9 The Impossible Astronaut - 8 Day of the Moon - 7 Curse of the Black Spot - 5 The Doctor’s Wife - 9 The Rebel Flesh - 6 The Almost People - 5 A Good Man Gods to War - 8 Let’s Kill Hitler - 5 Night Terrors - 6 The Girl Who Waited - 8 The God Complex - 7 Closing Time - 5 The Wedding of River Song - 5 The Doctor, the Witch and the Wardrobe - 4 Asylum of the Daleks - 7 Dinosaurs on a Spaceship - 3 A Town Called Mercy - 6 The Power of Three - 4 The Angels Take Manhattan - 8 The Snowmen - 6 The Bells of Saint John - 5 The Rings of Akkatan - 4 Cold War - 6 Hide - 7 Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS - 4 The Crimson Horror - 5 Nightmare in Silver - 7 Name of the Doctor - 7 Day of the Doctor - 9 Time of the Doctor - 6 Deep Breath - 7 Into the Dalek - 7 Robot of Sherwood - 6 Listen - 9 Time Heist - 6 The Caretaker - 5 Kill the Moon - 5 Mummy on the Orient Express - 10 Flatline - 8 In the Forest of the Night - 3 Dark Water - 7 Death in Heaven - 6 Last Christmas - 7 The Magicians Apprentice - 6 The Witch’s Familiar - 7 Under the Lake - 8 Before the Flood - 7 The Girl Who Died - 3 The Woman Who Lived - 4 The Zygon Invasion - 6 The Zygon Inversion - 7 Sleep No More - 5 Face the Raven - 7 Heaven Sent - 10 Hell Bent - 8 The Husbands of River Song - 6 The Return of Doctor Mysterio - 4 The Pilot - 8 Smile - 7 Thin Ice - 7 Knock Knock - 5 Oxygen - 9 Extremis - 8 Pyramid at the End of the World - 7 Lie of the Land - 4 Express of Mars - 6 Eaters of Light - 5 World Enough and Time - 9 The Doctor Falls - 9 Twice Upon a Time - 7 The Woman Who Fell to Earth - 6 The Ghost Monument - 5 Rosa - 7 Arachnids in the UK - 3 The Tsunanga Conundrum - 4 Demons of the Punjab - 7 Kerblam! - 5 The Witchfinders - 5 It Takes You Away - 6 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos - 2 Resolution - 5 Spyfall, Part 1 - 5 Spyfall, Part 2 - 4 Orphan 55 - 1 Nichola Tesla’s Night of Terror - 6 Fugitive of the Judoon - 8 Praxeus - 2 Can You Hear Me? - 6 The Haunting of Villa Dia Doiti - 7 Ascension of the Cyberman - 3 The Timeless Children - 1 Revolution of the Daleks - 5 The Halloween Apocalypse - 4 War of the Sontarans - 6 Once, Upon Time - 3 Village of the Angels - 7 Survivors of the Flux - 4 The Vanquishers - 2 Eve of the Daleks - 6 Legend of the Sea Devils - 3 Power of the Doctor - 6 The Star Beast - 7 Wild Blue Yonder - 9 The Giggle - 8 The Church on Ruby Road - 6 Space Babies - 4 The Devil’s Chord - 7 Boom - 7 73 Yards - 8 Dot and Bubble - 8 Rogue - 6 The Legend of Ruby Sunday - Empire of Death -

[@samanthareviews1963]

Definitely a few we disagree on haha but always glad to see where others rank the series, it’s the best part of doctor who there’s a story for everyone:)

[@Bing525]

I think 13 was kinda underrated despite the controversy. Also Dan was a king fr.

[@samanthareviews1963]

Love Evil Dan haha

[@sashagrapko9508]

This is genuinely the best Whotube content I've seen

[@samanthareviews1963]

Thank You!!!

[@BattleArena123]

This deserves so many more views than it currently has. I’ll be the first to admit being one of those people who’s hated on Angels Take Manhattan because of the Liberty deal. I’ll have to rewatch it with your explanation in mind and see if I like it more. Also, beans/fish fingers and custard!

[@whocatalogue]

Right?

[@TheArchieTheory]

The best and worst episode of each season: (Not Including Specials) Series 1: Best: Bad Wolf/The Parting Of The Ways Worst: Aliens Of London/WW3 Series 2: Best: The Impossible Planet/Satan Pit Worst: The Idiot's Lantern Series 3: Best: Blink Worst: The Lazarus Experiment Series 4: Best: The Stolen Earth/Journey's End Worst: The Doctor's Daughter Series 5: Best: The Pandorica Opens Worst: Vampires In Venice Series 6: Best: The Impossible Astronaut/Day Of The Moon Worst: The Wedding Of River Song Series 7: Best: Asylum Of The Daleks Worst: Dinosaurs On a spaceship Series 8: Best: Time Heist Worst: In The Foest Of Night Series 9: Best: Heaven Sent Worst: The Magician’s Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar Series 10: Best: World Enough In Time/The Doctor Falls Worst: Knock Knock Series 11: Best: It Takes You Away Worst: Arachnids In The UK Series 12: Best: Ascension Of The Cybermen Worst : Orphan 55 Series 13: Best: War Of The Sontarans Worst: Survivors Of The Flux

[@samanthareviews1963]

As long as I see The Impossible Planet high up I’m happy haha 😂

[@kevinjmccloy5865]

“Series 5 is inconsistent” Me: 😡 “Doctor who Christmas carol is second to muppets Christmas carol” Me: no, no… they have a point This is a long video, but decided to comment half way through anyway to boost that algorithm- loving it so far

[@samanthareviews1963]

Haha thank you, and honestly I don't hate series 5 as much as I rant about it, I just wish it was a little stronger

[@toadtv4389]

Series 5 is horribly inconsistant

[@mayotango1317]

​@@toadtv4389Like the First Doctor era, one story is about the crusades and the next is about gigant ants?

[@tomski120]

Always interesting to see how others view the best show ever 😊 Everyone has their personal favourites and the fact people get angry about it is so silly. It's still Doctor Who 😎 Series 8 is my favourite, just saying 😂 (Thank you for taking the time to do this, it was/ is awesome 👍)

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

Series ten is just wonderful. That two part ending was stunning. As for the dramatic shift from the superb season 10 to the abysmal 11 is one of the biggest jolts in DW history. Season 12 at least we knew that as long as Chib's held the reigns the overall t'would be crap. The only Whitaker story I treally liked was 'Eve of the Daleks.' Would love to know what you think of the recent Ncuti era. Will you being making a video on that? All the best.

[@samanthareviews1963]

Completely agree, and it's such a shame as I've always wanted a female Doctor, but these are the stories she was given! I like a few in her era as you can see but most of it was a true mess :( and yes I'm definitely gonna do a video on Ncuti's season (and the Anniversary stuff) just might be a while before I do as I don't want recency bias to cloud my judgement, but atm I'm honestly quite positive on series 14, except for 1 specific story haha

[@ruairiedwards8616]

A very impressive analysis and ranking, here is how I would rank all of Modern Doctor Who from Best to Worst: 1. Heaven Sent 2. The Day of The Doctor 3. Human Nature/The Family of Blood 4. The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End 5. World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls 6. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 7. Dalek 8. The Waters of Mars 9. Demons of The Punjab 10. Vincent and The Doctor 11. Rosa 12. Midnight 13. Blink 14. The End of Time 15. Bad Wolf/The Parting of The Ways 16. The Haunting of Villa Diodati 17. The Eleventh Hour 18. The Impossible Planet/The Satin Pit 19. Turn Left 20. The Fires of Pompeii 21. Eve of The Daleks 22. Flux 23. Revolution of The Daleks 24. Mummy on the Orient Express 25. Flatline 26. The Girl Who Waited 27. Nikola Tesla’s Night Of Terrors 28. The God Complex 29. The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang 30. Oxygen 31. Fugitive of The Judoon 32. School Reunion 33. Under The Lake/Before The Flood 34. Thin Ice 35. Rise of The Cybermen/The Age of Steel 36. Twice Upon a Time 37. The Doctors’s Wife 38. Smith and Jones 39. Silence in The Library/Forest of The Dead 40. Resolution 41. Amy’s Choice 42. Father’s Day 43. The Girl in The Fireplace 44. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday 45. The Magician’s Apprentice/The Witches Familiar 46. Tooth and Claw 47. Boom Town 48. Kerblam! 49. Planet of The Ood 50. The Woman Who Fell to Earth 51. Cold War 52. A Christmas Carol 53. The Time of The Doctor 54. Spyfall 55. The Unquiet Dead 56. It Takes You Away 57. Voyage of The Damned 58. Daleks In Manhattan/Evolution of The Daleks 59. The Power of Three 60. Empress of Mars 61. Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of The Time Lords 62. The Zygon Invasion/The Zygon Inversion 63. The Shakespeare Code 64. A Good Man Goes to War 65. Ascension of The Cybermen/The Timeless Children 66. The Husbands of River Song 67. The Lazarus Experiment 68. The Name of The Doctor 69. Rose 70. Praxeus 71. Into The Dalek 72. A Town Called Mercy 73. The Unicorn and The Wasp 74. The Angels Take Manhattan 75. Extremis 76. The End of The World 77. The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky 78. Smile 79. The Pilot 80. 42 81. Gridlock 82. Aliens of London/World War Three 83. Deep Breath 84. The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone 85. The Next Doctor 86. Planet of The Dead 87. The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood 88. Dinosaurs on a Spaceship 89. The Witchfinders 90. Partners in Crime 91. Time Heist 92. Face The Raven 93. The Long Game 94. Listen 95. The Runaway Bride 96. The Impossible Astronaut/Day of The Moon 97. Victory of The Daleks 98. Asylum of The Daleks 99. Journey to The Center of The TARDIS 100. Legend of the Sea Devils 101. The Christmas Invasion 102. The Vampires of Venice 103. Can You Hear Me? 104. The Doctor’s Daughter 105. The Idiot’s Lantern 106. The Rings of Akhaten 107. The Eaters of Light 108. The Crimson Horror 109. The Pyramid at The End of The World 110. The Ghost Monument 111. Knock Knock 112. The Beast Below 113. The Bells of Saint John 114. The Snowmen 115. The Lie of The Land 116. The Woman Who Lived 117. Night Terrors 118. The Lodger 119. Hide 120. Robots of Sherwood 121. New Earth 122. Arachnids in the UK 123. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kalos 124. The Return of Doctor Mysterio 125. The Curse of The Black Spot 126. The Caretaker 127. Last Christmas 128. The Girl Who Died 129. The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People 130. Closing Time 131. The Tsuranga Conundrum 132. The Doctor The Widow and The Wardrobe 133. Nightmare In Silver 134. Dark Water/Death In Heaven 135. Fear Her 136. Sleep No More 137. The Wedding of River Song 138. Orphan 55 139. Kill The Moon 140. Let’s Kill Hitler 141. In The Forest of The Night 142. Hell Bent 143. Love and Monsters

[@samanthareviews1963]

Definitely an interesting set of rankings, but I like how varied it is, shocked to see Hell Bent so low though! Haha

[@ruairiedwards8616]

@@samanthareviews1963 Hell Bent has always been an episode I’ve struggled with. I think it’s because I was expecting the story to go in a direction that was different to the one we got.

[@jackrichardson9136]

Very strong list! I’m surprised at how much I agree with it!

[@Milk88488]

Why the hell is dark water so low

[@zeenogre]

This is more Doctor Who than should ever be consumed in 9 weeks, loved the video!

[@saintarkweather]

We have the same top two! Also glad to see twice upon a time so high. I mostly agreed with your list, the only thing I really didn't agree with was Legend of Sea Devils being so high but I'm glad you liked it

[@samanthareviews1963]

Haha I think I'm one of the few people in the world who does, I just find it extremely fun

[@jaydee9569]

1:51:20 Thank you for letting this highly coveted knowledge out publicly, Genuinely everything makes sense in the episode now.

[@strbourne]

2:26:44 literally my only complaint with this story is that the episodes should’ve been called “Truth” and “Consequences”, especially since these are the two ideas explored in their respective episodes (first episode explores the truth behind the Zygons, the truth behind the osgood boxes, the truth of who the Zygons really are, while the second episode really explores the consequences of the rebel’s actions and the consequences of war in general) Also beans Or fish fingers and custard Your choice

[@robalexander8065]

Completely agree on the rating of World Enough and Time and The Doctor Falls. RTD should allow Moffat to write the series finale for series 16.

[@the-scamp]

Great video, well done (beans)

[@teddyboymic]

Dalek Def 10/10 outstanding episode great video!

[@samanthareviews1963]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sheridan5175]

Good list. I agree with most of it so far. But I just HAD to stop it to talk about deep breath... The doctor has at this point regenerated 3 times, and this is the second time we see him regenerate with someone there. Calling Clara's arc "padding" is absolutely ridiculous to me. Not only is it completely different to how Rose reacted and therefore hasn't been seen "loads of times" or even once (no idea why you said that) but it also sets up one of the best scenes in the entire revival. It's the only time I've ever properly seen the doctor as one singular entity, and it's super trippy in a brilliant way that you can see every single past incarnation in his eyes in that moment. You also kind of just didn't bother talking about the rest of the episode, which I thought was strange. The paternoster gang are great here, helping to fix the doctor and Clara's friendship, and the scene where vastra has her veil up... Perfection. Not to mention the villain, who is creepy and super well written, putting the relationship of our current duo to the test with a lot of really tense and well written and shot moments. It has to be 10/10 for me.

[@samanthareviews1963]

Well it was the 13th time, but still, and yeah it's different to how Rose reacted but that episode wasn't 75 minutes long, there's way too many moments in the episode (in my opinion) that feel unneeded, but I'm glad you liked it

[@Siennarchist]

"this took me nine weeks" is either a funny coincidence or a great reference.

[@samanthareviews1963]

Was a fun reference haha, actually took me about 3 months

[@scg7442]

I really don't like how much hate the 13th Doctor's era gets and also fans of the era.

[@mayotango1317]

Because she sucks.

[@robalexander8065]

Re. Empress of Mars. Nothing about the return of Alpha Centauri? Surely that lifts the episode somewhat?

[@saintarkweather]

Timeless Children too high, it should be last 😆 I actually like Orphan 55 - don't get me wrong, it's terrible but I think it's pretty hilarious in a so-bad-its-good way. All of the side characters are just sooo bizarre and over the top. People talk about Benni but there's also the woman who becomes a terrorist randomly halfway through the story

[@samanthareviews1963]

Still a few worse than the timeless child (not many though) and yeah Orphan 55 is definitely great with some friends and drinks haha, it's just so bad

[@sheridan5175]

Also fuck the legend of the sea devils it encapsulates everything wrong with the era -Bad supporting cast -Dull exposition dumps -The Doctor doing incredibly morally questionable things and not getting called out on it by ANYONE -weak attempt at historical -Some decent ideas buried beneath a labyrinth of shit dialogue and bad action scenes -"No DoCtOr I'lL sAcRiFiCe MySeLf" "oK cOoL" There's a parody of typical chibnall episodes that released before the episode from Jay Exci and every criticism it makes is paralleled here, plus a few they missed... Here's a better pitch: Comedy episode because I have a feeling the next one's gonna be pretty dark and very heavy on lore and climactic showdowns, etc. Similar in tone to boom town. The doctor takes Yaz to an underwater resteraunt in primordial earth where the waiters are sea devils. Dan goes off while they eat weird alien looking food, saying he doesn't have the appetite for it, but really just doesn't want to third wheel. Then he ends up uncovering a massive conspiracy, and it all comes to a head when he barges in whole they're having an emotional chat while being chased by 10 sea devil's with those gun things.

[@samanthareviews1963]

Yeah ur right, gonna be doing a reedit in the next few months and it's definitely dropping haha, think it was recency bias

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

Yep The Girl Who Lived and The Woman Who Died were garbage with some horrid characterisations, some very hammy acting by guest stars and embarrassing special effects.

[@samanthareviews1963]

Such a mess of what otherwise is a near perfect season, shame really

[@harryvideoz8863]

I agree except I think series 1 - 7 are higher than any of Peter’s series’s but he’s still above Jodie obviously

[@samanthareviews1963]

Poor Jodie, she deserved so much better :(

[@mayotango1317]

I think Capaldi's series feel better.

[@motomiya3310]

I skipped around a bit can I still say beans 👉👈

[@robalexander8065]

Love series 10!!

[@Zomballfish]

Putting legend of the sea devils anywhere near no.50 is a crime what are you on

[@samanthareviews1963]

Yeah ur right, gonna be doing a reedit in the next few months and it's definitely dropping haha, think it was recency bias

[@Zomballfish]

@@samanthareviews1963 it is literally the worst episode of Doctor who since 2005. No question

[@redtail32]

the disrespect to the 10th doctor finale. seriously Tennant era cant be beaten.

[@samanthareviews1963]

I just think it’s a tad overrated, love the last 10 mins though haha

[@mayotango1317]

Is just a crybaby teenage.

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

You know stuff is beginning to be consistently good when .5's come into the scoring. I find your scoring on the reboot series incredibly justifiable. How does one say they agree without looking smug. Oh well I agree and I must be smug.

[@samanthareviews1963]

Yeah, for the re-edits I'm doing in a couple of months I'm removing the 0.5s to keep consistancy with the classic era stuff but most of them ended up rounding up compared to down haha

[@triplejazzmusicisall1883]

@@samanthareviews1963 To have replied to all those comments I left is very kind of you indeed. It's been a great pleasure. Wishing you well.

[@samanthareviews1963]

No worries, I love reading comments :) and you as well!

[@rhurieg]

Beans x