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Top Doctor Who Series

Myths
about 10 years

To all you lonely Whovians on EpicMafia...

...this thread is for you!

Here I rank my personal favorite series' of Doctor Who's new era. I will count Series 8.

Spot 8: Series 7

Oh god. This series was an overblown 'fanservice' for all the heartbroken teenagers when they found out that Matt Smith was leaving. Clara's storyline made no bloody sense, there were no 2-parters (which now that i think about it, are really important to the series) and they split the show halfway through airing due to the Olympics. Everyone knows that Doctor who would get better ratings than the Olympics tho...>:)

Pros: Cold War, The Power of Three, Nightmare in Silver (yeah, l liked this episode)

Cons: Everything Else

Spot 7: Series 2

Meh, this series was fine, it just had no real stellar episodes. Also, it had "Love and Monsters," an episode considered my all of EpicMafia to be dogsh*t, apart from me.

"Oh, but Myths! It had "The Girl in the Fireplace!"

Yeah, yeah it did. I have to give this series credit for what it tried to do, and it introduced a lot of new stuff, but i never believed Rose and The Doctor's relationship.

Pros: The Girl in the Fireplace, School Reunion, The Impossible Planet/Satan Pit

Cons: The Rise of the Cyberman/The Age of Steel, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts/Doomsday

Spot 6: Series 6

Yeah other than the whole 'River Song' arc this was actually a really good series. Good choice bringing Rory into the equation, and Craig's return was well done.

Pros: The Girl Who Waited, The God Complex, The Doctor's Wife (fun fact, Rory actually waited 2000 years for Amy TWICE, because of this episode.)

Cons: The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon, The Curse of the Black Spot, A Good Man Goes To War.Let's Kill Hitler

Spot 5: Series 8

The episodes in this series were either really good or really bad. Personally, Capaldi is my second favorite Doctor, he's old, funny, and logical, not since Patrick have we seen this. Clara was tolerable in this. The only overall letdown is that horrid title sequence.

Pros: Listen, Flatline, Mummy on the Orient Express

Cons: Into the Dalek, Robot of Sherwood, IN THE FOREST OF THE F*CKING NIGHT

Spot 4: Series 3

Yeah, this is where we delve into a little controversy. The only reason why this isn't higher is because the Master arc was runied by the last episode, and Martha. Martha was just fien except when she loved the Doctor. Those scenes made me cringe.

Pros: Blink, The Family of Blood/Human Nature, 42

Cons: The Last of the Time Lords, Smith and Jones, Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks

Spot 3: Series 5

Of all the arcs, the Crack in the Wall is my favorite. Has some really solid episodes, good chemistry, and River wasn't overboard on her "Spoiler Factor." Also, the Weeping Angels return! This was a nice change of style from the lighter stuff we'd seen before.

Pros: Amy's Choice, The Time of Angels (but not Flesh and Stone) Vincent and the Doctor

Cons: The Beast Below, Flesh and Stone (but not The Time of Angels)

Spot 2: Series 4

Really good. Donna is my favorite companion so far, and her sendoff is the only one I have actually wept for. (jk not wept, just saddened) Also, River was introduced here. That's all I have to say.

Chemistry: Good. Acting: Good. Good marks all round.

Pros: Midnight, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead, Turn Left, and The Voyage of the Damned

Cons: The Doctor's Daughter, The Sontaran Strategem/The Poison Sky

Honorable Mention:

The 2008-2010 Specials

The only reason I can't count this is because it wasn't a real Series per se. However, The Waters of Mars is an excellent standalone.

Pros: The Waters of Mars, The End of Time

Cons: Planet of the Dead

AND THE BEST DOCTOR WHO SERIES IS

"Fantastic!"

Spot 1: Series 1

Christopher Eccleston made his mark. This is the BEST series of Doctor Who, no doubt. Good characters, great acting, wonderful style, everything is flawless. Even the Slitheen were necessary, or else we probably wouldn't have had The Sarah Jane Adventures, a show ran by Russel T that sometimes rivals Doctor Who episodes. The Bad Wolf arc always was a good chill, and the overall theme of humanity was evident throughout.

Pros: Everything, but especially Fathers Day, Rose, and Dalek

Cons: maybe The End of the World

Well that's my list. Leave a comment on how you think it's wrong!

Who is your favorite Doctor Who series of the New era?
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Series 7
deletedabout 10 years

Meganekko says

one of the best episodes


yes. this.
deletedabout 10 years

Myths says

hahaha more like so bad




This show
Kawaii
about 10 years
one of the best m8
Myths
about 10 years
ehhhhhh not the best

but still gud m8
Kawaii
about 10 years
one of the best episodes
Myths
about 10 years
hahaha more like so bad

naaah that ep was pretty gud
Kawaii
about 10 years
just rewatched the girl in the fireplace
its so sad :((((((((((
Laexio
about 10 years

Myths says


Laexio says

a christmas carol is the only matt smith episode i enjoyed

aside from the end of the one where he dies


lol i hated matt smith, but you didn't like vincent and the doctor?


can't remember it. stopped watching regularly with matt smith and his melted face.
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Rewatch gridlock dude!
Myths
about 10 years

Laexio says

a christmas carol is the only matt smith episode i enjoyed

aside from the end of the one where he dies


lol i hated matt smith, but you didn't like vincent and the doctor?
Laexio
about 10 years
a christmas carol is the only matt smith episode i enjoyed

aside from the end of the one where he dies
Myths
about 10 years
ye the christmas specials are as follows

9: Time of the Doctor (eurgh, this is the worst episode of the entire series)

8: The Snowmen (i really thought as a villain "The Great Intelligence" was lacking in the scary department, and you all know i don't like Clara)

7: The Christmas Invasion (it was good, but just, felt, empty. boring, but harriet jones was the star of the show)

6: The Next Doctor (there was a huge buildup to the episode, and it really didn't deliver. liked the guy who played the not-doctor doctor tho, and the giant cyberdude was scary)

5: A Christmas Carol (oh yeah, space sharks and Michael Gambon. it was really well staged and the mood was evident. kinda slow tho)

4: The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe (this was really cool. it was new, and fresh, and captured that sense of wonder that the Narnia movies didn't. also, it was well directed)

3: The End of Time (good, solid stuff. the only reason this isn't higher is because the Doctor literally had no character development at all. the only reason this isn't lower is because Wilf was good, and OMG THE FEELS)

2: The Runaway Bride (yeh, a lot of people hate this episode because of the Racnoss, but i thought it was a really nice episode, a Doc-Rom-Com with aliens sprinkled on.)

1: The Voyage of the Damned (this is a really good piece of media in general, and everyone is well acted, and there were minimal amounts of special effects used. Also, the Stowaway is really good song.)

can't wait to see what capaldi does for his!
kylehlp123
about 10 years
would have been interesting to see an alien companion, and she was cute
kylehlp123
about 10 years
oh, then yes the titanic was the best Christmas special. I really wanted her to be the next companion tbh
kylehlp123
about 10 years
you would know if you responded to my PM from like 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 years ago
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kylehlp123 says

Also I thought The Water of Mars was the best special they did, although The Titanic Christmas was very very good as well.


mmm i mean best christmas special though
MeIody
about 10 years
kylehlp how are you??!!! and to make this ontopic: doctor who is very doctory whoey!!!
kylehlp123
about 10 years
it was really creepy and weird and just the episode flowed weird. Seeing amy like that while knowing she's never going to be like that, what's the point? nothing about the episode is appealing yet none of the episode is really suspenseful, you know older amy isn't going to come along with the doctor so like ugh why would they even put in a character like that. I hate older amy so much
Myths
about 10 years
what didn't you like about the girl who waited? the only thing i disliked about the god complex was the power of love ending (ish) and that it was a silly alien, and not some creepy black shroud thing coming down the corridors engulfing you in a blackness and leaving you in a comatose state repeating the words "praise him" like a cultist

if i got the chance to write a dr who episode everyone would either laud it for being so creative or hate it for being downright stupid
Myths
about 10 years

kylehlp123 says

The Girl Who Waited was awful, The God Complex was okay but it definitely wasn't great and in series 6, river made that series interesting, Without her we would have been stuck with episodes like the black spot or the rebel flesh. Looking back at it, those were terrible episodes... Also the ending of series 3 was cheesy, but all doctor who episodes are cheesy, so I thought it was great. If you want realistic, watch umm actually just don't want T.V.


you could watch house...jk lol
kylehlp123
about 10 years
Also I thought The Water of Mars was the best special they did, although The Titanic Christmas was very very good as well.
kylehlp123
about 10 years
The Girl Who Waited was awful, The God Complex was okay but it definitely wasn't great and in series 6, river made that series interesting, Without her we would have been stuck with episodes like the black spot or the rebel flesh. Looking back at it, those were terrible episodes... Also the ending of series 3 was cheesy, but all doctor who episodes are cheesy, so I thought it was great. If you want realistic, watch umm actually just don't want T.V.
kylehlp123
about 10 years
Myths I think your taste in Doctor Who episodes is a little peculiar
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Don't forget that the Titanic Christmas special was in Series four. IMO that's the best one they ever did
Myths
about 10 years
i think the two-part episodes are more important then you think, hencewhy series 7 was poorly made. they just made each individual episode longer