Ranking Every New Doctor Who Episode – Screen Critics. Beginning in 2. 00. Doctor Who has come a long way in its latest run.
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Given that we’re not getting any new episodes until Christmas this year, we decided to take a look back at the show’s more recent history, the “New Who” period. This incorporates everything from the 2. Rose” all the way through to the Christmas 2. The Husbands of River Song”. To keep things fairly orderly, the decision was made to bundle two/three- parters together. The reason for this is because Doctor Who tends to tell its stories with both episodes in mind and, while they can be judged as single parts, we feel there it’s better to judge them as a whole.
What are your best episodes? What was your worst episode? Updated: End of Season 1. Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks (Season 3, Episode 4/5) – The moment Doctor Who almost irreparably damaged its Dalek villains. The plot is flimsy at best, throwing in half- baked ideas to create a mess of threads that never come together satisfyingly. It’s hard to decide which of this episodes moments ranks as the worst.
The sight of Hoover- citizens fighting off a Dalek attack, the pig- people dredging through New York’s sewers or the introduction of the human- Dalek – an idea so terrifyingly poor that we’re convinced to this day someone in the back office was having a laugh with the production team. Honestly there’s very little in these two episodes that redeem proceedings and represent some of the worst elements in modern Doctor Who’s writing. Fear Her (Season 2, Episode 1. Many Who fans consider this the single worst episode of the New Who run; I’d be hard pressed to disagree.
It only avoids dropping to the bottom by virtue of the fact it didn’t stretch its concept to 2- episodes. But Fear Her is a laughably poor episode that falls apart pretty much from the off. Watch as a little girls creepy drawings come to life and shifty editing hides the awful execution of the idea. If that doesn’t kill your interest, watching The Doctor save the Olympic opening ceremony in one of the series most ham- fisted moments will surely send you over the edge. There’s very little to redeem this episode. Sleep No More (Season 9, Episode 9) – Oh lordy.
This was Doctor Who’s attempt at found footage in an episode. A novel concept for sure but one that’s instantly devalued by the poor story thrown in the anchor it down. It’s something about eye dust and monsters taking over or something? It’s an incredibly dumb concept and when the big baddie reveals himself towards the episodes end, it’s more eye rolling than eye candy for the audience.
But perhaps the biggest sin this episode throws up, more than any other episode in New Doctor Who, is that it’s ending is such a complete car crash. The closing shot of this episode see’s the villain winning – The Doctor and company retreating and apparently no way of stopping it. Cut to end credits, next weeks episode is another story entirely.
Forest of the Night (Season 8, Episode 1. Awful, awful, awful, awful, awful. Did I mention this episode is awful? It’s a maelstrom of bad ideas that come together to create one of the dullest 4.
TV you can enjoy in any Doctor Who episode. The premise is dumb. The child actors annoying. The plot non- existent.
The characters do naff all. Perhaps most embarrassingly of all, the ending serves as a big environmental message which comes across with all the grace and subtlety of being slapped in the face with a sledgehammer. Skip entirely. 1. Love & Monsters (Season 2 Episode 1.
A lot of people despise this episode purely for Peter Kay’s performance – which makes a serious play for being the worst villain in New. Who. But I give the episode props for expanding and fleshing out the world away from The Doctor – even if it’s done in a clich. The story is warm and endearing, if slightly absurd. The episode’s first half is easily its finest moment with lots of character building. It’s in the second half where things barrel down the cliff uncontrollably. Here we get campy jokes, crude humour and an ending so nauseatingly poor you’ll wonder if the writers were actively taking the piss. The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (Christmas 2.
Special) – The episode wants you to take it seriously, framing itself as a war story. Then it ejects this entirely as it introduces a horribly realised tree story arc that’s. Seriously it’s incredibly silly and pretty much squashes everything around it with the kind of faffing around that even Doctor Who fans will tire of quickly. A good shout for the worst Christmas episode, and one of Matt Smith’s least endearing entries. The Curse of the Black Spot (Season 6, Episode 3) – It’s clear from the behind- the- scenes videos that this episode was intended to be a right hoot – sadly this doesn’t translate to the screen.
The tone is all over the place, shifting from tense horror to slapstick comedy in the space of seconds as the episode struggles to grapple with the wafer thin plot. In the end it’s something about medical software doing it’s job or something. Rory dies, then doesn’t die and there’s some slapstick sword fighting in between. What a mess. 1. 04. The Beast Below (Season 5, Episode 2) – The wheels threaten to come off Matt Smith’s Doctor run in its second episode, with an awful episode that serves as a reminder that Moffat didn’t always write gold. The episode was ludicrously silly – trying to tie deeper themes into a darker show; something that didn’t work at all.
Add in a heap of plot holes, some faux terror aspects that felt out- of- place and just a general lack of fun; and you have what I consider to be the worst of Season 5. The Rings of Akhaten (Season 7, Episode 7) – Bar that ending speech, this episode never really comes together. The idea of items holding sentimental currency is intriguing, but the episode doesn’t really play with it enough for us to be truly invested in the concept.
The side- characters are hugely forgettable while the plot kind of sits on its hands until it needs The Doctor to confront the big baddie. Thanks to the power of prayer and songs, we get a feel- good ending that comes off with all the warmth of a neutron star. Cringe- worthy doesn’t cover it. Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (Season 7, Episode 2) – The title of this episode should give away how silly the execution is.
The introduction of Rory’s dad was arguably the best part of this episode, in which a spaceship packed with dinosaurs is hurtling towards Earth. Cue the slapstick as our time- travelers run, squeal and basically do anything but forward the plot for 9.
By the time we reach the episodes conclusion, the audience is beyond caring as the Doctor murder the villain – very bad episode. Let’s Kill Hitler (Season 6, Episode 8) – It wants to be fun, it wants to be silly. Sadly in the rush to have his cake and eat it; Moffat overplays the number of twists and plot threads he piles into this episode; creating the mother of all messes in the process. Hitler does make a brief appearance but seeing River as a villain should be a high moment for the series. Sadly it only serves to frustrate at the plot twists and meanders round expectations, trying desperately to justify everything it’s doing in the process. Luckily River saves The Doctor with a kiss, but it doesn’t save this episode from being a mess.
Rise of the Cybermen/ The Age of Steel (Season 2, Episode 5/6) – Commits audacious levels of retconning by re- inventing the classic Cybermen as a the brainchild of an evil Rupert Murdoch clone. It doesn’t work as the plot tries to desperately convince us that evil bluetooth headsets are worth fearing.
The alternative Earth idea is a cheap cop- out – giving the writers chance to murder millions en masse then wipe the slate clean (Something Davies would come back to down the line). Mickey’s sub- plot is arguably the most interesting thing to happen in this whole two- parter, which speaks volumes about how meandering the main story is.
Elsewhere the main plot gets re- tangled in Rose’s daddy issues, leading to a bunch of silly ideas and awkward character breaks from Rose. Tennant should have just left her behind.
The Lazarus Experiment (Season 3, Episode 6) – An episode that promises much delivers very little. Season 3’s obsession with Martha’s family comes to its first head, with lots Jones- family squabbling.
Elsewhere we’re treated to Mark Gatiss meandering through proceedings as an eccentric billionaire – a waste of his abilities. Things fall apart right around the time he emerges from the Lazarus Chamber as a giant scorpion. From here the action takes over and, oh boy, does that awful CGI smack you in the face hard. I know TV budgets are small, but this episode doesn’t half scream that in your face.
Not the shows finest hour. Kill The Moon (Season 8, Episode 7) – The reality is that Doctor Who is a series that requires some leaps of faith. Sadly in this episode, we’re asked to leap to the moon using just a trampoline. Ultimately this episode just feels flat, the moon segments don’t feel that interesting to watch.
Then we get the episodes finale which, even by Doctor Who’s lofty standards, is incredibly dumb. The moon being an egg containing a bird that flies away will surely qualify as one of the silliest flights of fancy the show ever puts forward. It never gets mentioned again in the series, and The Doctor’s bizarre moral ramblings over why humans are wrong is frankly wrong given that he’s amassed quite the body count over the years. Terribly thought out episode.
The Next Doctor (Christmas 2. Special) – The stars never aligned for this one, with the much teased fake out of the Doctor character proving to be a bit disappointing.