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I don't like any of the options, I'm sick of them retconning in more Doctors than they have actual new Doctors. The GI is the only option I'd not absolutely hate.

She's a Chronovore.

On reflection whilst this is my least fave run of episodes since series 2, but I think sknvd the finale I really GET what they wanted to do overall ones I LIKED- TLORS/EOD, 73 YARDS and BOOM, TDC and ROGUE were okay, DAB and SB are so poor sadly. 1- 73 Yards 8/10 2- TLORS/EOD 8/10 3 BOOM 7/10 4 TDC 6/10 5 ROGUE 6/10 6 DaB 3/10 7- SB 0/10

I really didn’t like this season 1. Boom - The only one I really like - 8/10 Really underwhelming, boring Episodes: 2. The Church on Ruby Road - 6/10 3. 73 Yards - 5/10 4. Dot and Bubble - 5/10 Bad Episodes 5. The Legend of Ruby Sunday - 4/10 6. Empire of Death - 3/10 7. The Devil’s Chord - 3/10 8. Rogue - 3/10 9. Space Babies - 2/10

Dot and Bubble #1, Empire of Death #8

8 Empire of Death (absolute mess) 7 Space Babies (juvenile) 6 Rogue (forgettable villains, forgettable story poorly written) 5 The Legend of Ruby Sunday (all set-up, no story) 4 The Devil's Chord (some good scenes) 3 Boom (Gatwa's performance elevates it) 2 73 Yards (really good until the final act) 1 Dot and Bubble (untainted by season finale unlike most of the episodes, great performance by Callie Cooke, only standalone story of the season that delivers a satisfying ending).

It would be cool if Richard E Grant is the next Doctor

Best to worst: 1. Rogue 2. 73 Yards 3. Boom 4. The Legend of Ruby Sunday 5. The Church On Ruby Road 6. The Devil's Chord 7. Empire of Death 8. Space Babies 9. Dot and Bubble

7: Space Babies 6: The Legend of Ruby Sunday / Empire of Death 5: Rogue 4: Boom 3: The Devil’s Chord 2: Dot and Bubble 1: 73 Yards

1) The Legend of Ruby Sunday 2) 73 yards 3) Boom 4) Rogue 5) Dot and Bubble 6) The Devil's Chord 7) The Empire of Death 8) Space Babies

8.) Space Babies 7.) Rogue 6.) The Legend of Ruby Sunday/Empire of Death 5.) The Church on Ruby Road 4.) 73 Yards 3.) The Devil's Chord 2.) Dot and Bubble 1.) Boom

I agree with pretty much all of this! I did enjoy it, but some parts definitely didn't work so well. I'm looking forward to the Christmas special. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and the personal resonance the episode had for you ❤.

Superb: 1. 73 Yards. 2. Boom I'm a Moffat fan through and through, but I think 73 Yards will be remembered as the ultimate Season 40 episode, and Boom as a hidden gem. Good: 3. The Church on Ruby Road. Good intro episode for a new companion. Less so for the new Doctor, but he gets there later. The musical number is nice on the ears but a bit icky for the the plot. 4. The Legend of Ruby Sunday. Some of the cast is unnecessary (khm Rose), and pacing seems off sometimes. Overall, quite good. 5. Devil's Chord. The musical number, while fun, is just... what. Otherwise, not too bad. 6. Dot and Bubble. The worst good episode, as opposed to the best bad. The racist fable drops anviliciously and imho unnecessary. Also possibly too close to the shocking twist a minute before, so it just doesn't do much. Meh: 7. Empire of Death. The second part of two-parter finale is cursed again. The villain doesn't have enough space to shine and ultimately dealt with in an unsatisfying way. Bad: 8. Rogue. Mediocre. Infatuation with the character comes from nowhere. Couldn't help but comparing with the introduction of captain Jack, that was done much better. 9. Space Babies. Boring, uncanny, secondhand shame all around.

Not going to list them in individual order, but (including The Church on Ruy Road) I'll but them in three tiers: Top tier would be Boom, 73 Yards, and Dot and Bubble. Really engaging, mysterious, scary, thoughtful, first rate DW. The bottom tier would be The Church on Ruby Road, Space Babies, and sadly The Devil's Chord. I didn't like the cutesy, Disney-esque quality of the goblins, the taking babies, and although the Maestro was certainly fun and really chewed the scenery as actors say, I too wanted more from a visit to The Beatles. Big Finish did an episode some years ago when the Doctor takes his companion back to see The Beatles only to find that John Smith and The Common Men had become the world class phenomenal band instead of The Beatles and the Doctor has to put the world right. I was hoping not for that story but something equally as clever. Leaving the middle tier to be Rogue, The Legend of Ruby Sunday, and Empire of Death. All perfectly acceptable and enjoyable DW, perfect for a mid-season episode. I might have swapped Dot and Bubble for the 2-parter as the season finale, but it would be ending on a bit of a down note and that's probably not the best idea. A little triumphant "saving the entire universe" is probably a better go for a finale.

1)Rogue 2)73 Yards 3)Boom 4)Dot and Bubble 5)The Church on Ruby Road 6)The Ledgend of Ruby Sunday 7)Space Babies 8)Devils Cord 9)Empire of Death I seem to like space babies more than others do

Didn’t think I’d ever here reference to David Lynch’s filmography in a Doctor Who video 😂 Anyway, here’s my ranking: 1. Boom 2. Dot And Bubble 3. The Devil’s Chord 4. 73 Yards 5. Empire of Death 6. Rogue 7. The Legend of Ruby Sunday 8. Space Babies

1. Boom 2. Rogue 3. 73 Yards 4. Dot and Bubble 5. The Legend of Ruby Sunday 6. Space Babies 7. The Devil's Chord 8. Empire of Death Empire of Death was just awful, it cheated the audience in regards to all the build up and mystery of Ruby and her Mother, it retconned Sutekh's fate in Pyramids of Mars and made the absurd retcon that he's somehow been attached to the TARDIS since that story which makes no sense for so many reasons, and the way they beat him was just silly and laughable. He's an incredibly powerful being who can paralyze you with just his will alone. As soon as Ruby attempted to hook the bungie cord onto him he should have frozen her in her tracks! Also him caring about who Ruby's Mother was again made zero sense. He just wants everyone and everything dead, why would he care about some mystery woman?! On a more positive note Boom was everything I want in Doctor Who, it had darkness, humour, tension, and twists. Rogue felt like an old school Tennant era episode, it was so well written! I loved the mystery of 73 yards and enjoy filling in some of the 'missing' details on my own. Dot and Bubble was another great episode with the shocking twist/s at the end really elevating it, brilliant stuff. Legend of Ruby Sunday as a standalone episode was also really strong but it was kind of let down by the abysmal second half unfortunately. Space Babies and The Devil's Chord are just average for me, not horrible but not very good either. The season really needed more episodes, 8 just wasn't enough!

Same order as me :D

9. Space Babies 8. Empire Of Death 7. Church On Ruby Road 6. The Devil's Chord 5. Dot And Bubble 4. The Legend Of Ruby Sunday 3. Boom 2. Rogue 1. 73 Yards

Prior to this she was on earth disguised as Angie Watts, running a boozer down the east end.

Man U have no idea how devastated I was when my sister disproved my Mrs flood being Amy theory

The doctor has split himself into two people lots of times and changed gender. So she could be the doctor.

My ranking would probably be: 1. Boom 2. 73 Yards 3. Dot And Bubble 4. Rogue 5. The Legend Of Ruby Sunday 6. The Devil's Chord 7. Empire Of Death 8. Space Babies

Boom was boring nearly fell asleep watching it. Rogue was also very dull human impersonating aliens again. These are the worst 2 episodes.

I’ve been rewatching a bit of the 11th and 12th doctors of late and it has brought home the damage I feel RTD has done. I can’t reconcile Sutekh latching onto the Tardis all those years ago. It doesn’t work with canon. However powerful, he would have been discovered or at least suspected at too many points. The best and obvious on boarding opportunity was Wild Blue Yonder. RTD screwed this up. I can forgive everything else, not that. 9 Empire of Death 8 Space Babies 7 Church on Ruby Road 6 The Devil’s Chord 5 Legend of Ruby Sunday 4 Rogue 3 Boom 2 Dot and Bubble 1 73 Yards Dot and Bubble and 73 Yards are in the exceptional category with Blink, Heaven Sent, and Midnight. Pretty damn impressive, but makes it all the more upsetting that RTD messed up the end of this season so badly. I am hoping they never mention Sutekh’s long ride ever again, and that I can mercifully forget it ever came up.

1) Boom 2) Rogue 3) 73 Yards 4) Empire of Death 5) The Devil's Chord 6) The Legend of Ruby Sunday 7) The Church on Ruby Road 8) Dot and Bubble 9) Space Babies

From worst to best my ranking is: 8. Dot and Bubble (I know objectively it's well done but I really don't enjoy Black Mirror type stories) 7. Space Babies 6. Empire of Death 5. Legend of Ruby Sunday 4. Rogue 3. The Devil's Chord 2. Boom 1. 73 Yards 73 Yards is a new favourite, I absolutely loved it (though I completely agree with criticism of the ending, it would have been even better with a decent pay-off)

Thank you, and I'm very here for a costume ranking! My list: 8. Space Babies 7. The Devil's Chord 6. Empire of Death 5. The Legend of Ruby Sunday 4. Boom 3. Rogue =1. 73 Yards / Dot and Bubble (I CANNOT separate them, lol)

Other than swapping the top two over, mine is the same as yours

from best to worst, including individual scores that will be using decimals to establish the gap between some of them really isn't that large: #1. 73 Yards 10/10 while sharing a spot with #2, im a sucker for chilling concepts like this which edges it out in spirit. this episode has sat with me the longest and it feels like one of the freshest concepts this show has gotten, up there with midnight and blink. i love the extremely simple premise of it. i love that it doesnt get directly explained (though i feel it did with contextual clues) and i loved that it stuck with it throughout and gave us an entire alternate life with ruby stuck with this seemingly unexplainable phenomena and how it affected her life #2. Dot and Bubble 10/10 powerful episode, extremely well crafted and a great reminder of our blind spots that come with privileges. i was a person who thought they had all their privileges in check because its always been important to me to promote and ally with equality, and this episode shook my foundation in a way i needed to be like "no matter how much growth you make, you will always have biases and blind spots; especially when its others who commit the microaggressions" #3. Empire of Death 9.8/10 i dont mind at all the issues that everyone else has (which mostly seems to be their own expectations not being met) and thought it was a near perfect episode. on reflection after, i even came up with a really elegant theory that explains everything that anyone could have had issues with throughout the entire season that feels extremely plausible which if taken in does enhance it to a perfect episode, but id rather not cement a theory in my ranking when its something that will likely be getting answered next season #4. The Legend of Ruby Sunday 9.7/10 i cant think of a single first parter that did a better job of setting up its finale. the pacing was amazing, the reveal was amazing, all the moving pieces worked really well for me, it did so much and did it all really well. i only have minor nitpicks here and there and even they arent that serious to me. i only wish they had a bit more time to make the beginning of empire of death its ending instead of the reveal. if it ended on everyone dying, they could begin the next episode on the planet with the kind woman. i think a minor change like that would have enhanced both episodes for me, but given the scores ive given, its clearly not that serious to me. #5. Rogue 9.6/10 one of the best template episodes of what the norm of doctor who should strive to be. like many, these bottle type episode where its more or less just a monster of the week where they can explore fun and interesting concepts in a way that feels like a breather from the rest are important and necessary. it was the most "doctor who" episode of this entire run and i loved everything they brought to the show in this. love the new aliens, their motivations were silly yet simple in a way i love for this show, really enjoyed rogue, the character. the romance i could take it or leave it but i still enjoyed the portrayal all the same and interested in where they take that if they take that anywhere. outside of some minor nitpicks like the fakeout of ruby dying could have been handled better and the way some of the aliens looked at times felt jarring, this was the doctor who ive been craving. #6. Boom 9.3/10 theres a lot to love about this episode. i loved the idea of putting the doctor in an impossible feeling situation with the added notion that he wasnt even allowed free reign to be his usual energetic self. it made for a great character challenge for this doctor in particular who was all about using his energy to express himself in movement. some really great writing and scenes for sure. fell apart in some parts for me, particularly with some of the secondary characters, but not enough for me to rated it any less than a solid episode #7. The Church on Ruby Road 9/10 as far as season openers go this was pretty solid. gave a solid taste on what our two main characters would be like together, gave a solid idea of what to expect from the new doctor and our new companion, it opened up the door for what you could expect for this season and it did it in a way that was fun and different. in hindsight it was great to see them begin and end on the intelligent gloves. this episode had a big gap between it and episode 2 and due to how much i loved it, it gave me an optimistic hope of what i was in for after the wait. #8. Space Babies 8.9/10 this episode is the most doctor who that ever doctor who'd lmao. i remember feeling all sorts of emotions on my first watch. i went into every single episode with zero knowledge and despite the episode title, i was NOT prepared for eric popping in on screen and suddenly talking lol. it was such a strange and pleasant surprise. i didnt mind the questionable CGI mouths one bit and think it adds a lot to the silly charm of this episode. i liked just about everything on a fun level. only real place i feel personally is worth picking at is the doctor flashing back on why he wanted to save the bogeyman. id rather he just told the nan-e a simple line like "its the only one of its kind, all life is important" rather than flashback to all the moments that spelled out his motives for saving it. #9. The Devil's Chord 8.5/10 i absolutely loved this episode and love maestro. in my initial watch i would have given it a more solid 9/10, maybe even leaned it higher, but its not as rewatchable as the other episodes (not to say i dislike rewatching). i think there was so much the episode did good, but theres again, some nitpicks. i never listen to music so an episode centered around music disappearing likely didnt have the impact on me that it would with others so perhaps the episode fell a bit flat (no pun intended) for me. but overall still a really great episode!

My ranking: 1) Dot & Bubble 2) The devils chord 3) Boom 4) The legend of Ruby Sunday 5) Rogue 6) Church on Ruby Road 7) 73 Yards 8) Empire of death 9) Space babies

My rankings are fairly close to yours, not exactly the same, though. From best to worst: 1: Boom 2: 73 Yards 3: Dot and Bubble 4: The Legend of Ruby Sunday 5: Empire of Death 6: Rogue 7: The Devil's Chord 8: Space Babies I would also add that the top 3 are all quite close, and the bottom 3 are quite close, with a bit of a gap between 3 and 4 and a bigger gap between 5 and 6. Rogue just didn't do much for me, everyone talks about Ncuti Gatwa and Jonathan Groff's chemistry, but I really didn't feel it, that relationship didn't develop in an organic way, we had the doctor spot a stranger he found attractive and start hitting on him, which is a very un-doctory thing to do but I can put up with that, then they spend a fair chunk of time with the doctor as rogue's prisoner, then they pretend to behave romantically as a ruse except then it's not pretend it's real and it always was, even though it really wasn't. And without that hooking me in the rest of the episode was very mid-tier kind of disposable nothing. It wasn't bad but it wasn't much of anything, very much relying on the audience being invested in the romance, and it sounds like a lot of people were but it did nothing for me. Devil's Chord I thought had an interesting idea slightly undercooked in its delivery, there seemed to be a lot of important stuff that would have fleshed it out just cut out of the episode, maybe would have held up better if it was 10 minutes longer. But then my main problem with the episode was that I couldn't stand the villain, I found them so insufferably obnoxious, I really don't think I could have sat through 10 more minutes of that performance. Space Babies is kind of an easy target for the bottom, it's space babies. If I was including the christmas special on that ranking it's pretty close to Rogue for me, just above or just below or sharing the spot.

I did not like space babies lol it was bad. BUT I did really enjoy the rest of the series. I think character depth wasn't explored as much as it should have been (which is unusual for RTD) and Part 2 of the finale was poor. But overall a fun disney debut and reboot of sorts. My favourite was Rogue

My season 1 ranking: 1. 73 Yards 2. BOOM 3. Rogue 4. Devil's Chord 5. Legend of Ruby Sunday 6. Space Babies 7. Church on Ruby Road 8. Dot and Bubble 9. Empire of Death

1 Dot and Bubble 2 Boom 3 73 yards ------- 4 the legend of Ruby Sunday 5 space babies 6 rogue 7 church on Ruby road 8 empire of death 9 Devil's Chord

1. the church on ruby road 2. boom 3. the legend of ruby sunday 4. the devil's chord 5. dot and bubble 6. 73 yards 7. rogue 8. space babies 9. empire of death

The following is my ranking from best to worst... 1. 73 Yards 2. The Legend of Ruby Sunday 3. Boom 4. The Church on Ruby Road 5. The Devil’s Chord 6. Rogue 7. Dot and Bubble 8. Empire of Death 9. Space Babies

9 Rogue 4/10 8 Empire of Death 5.5/10 7 Devil's Chord 5.75/10 6 Space babies 6/10 5 Church on Ruby Road 6.5/10 4 Legend of Ruby Sunday 7/10 The good stuff 3 Boom 8.25/10 2 Dot and Bubble 9/10 1 73 yards - 9.5/10. Best episode since twice upon a time

I am really enjoying watching and reading all the different rankings of the season. Everyone gets something different from it and I love that, no-one is right also no-one is wrong either it's just personal taste 😊 Mine is based on how it left me feeling at the end : 8 - Rogue - it has it's good moments (as does every episode) and while I liked the bit with Rogue and the Doctor it's the only bit I liked and I still feel it was rushed for that. It was a meh episode for me and one I am not inclined to rewatch (I feel the same with girl in the fireplace it may be the era it is set in I just dislike those eras). 7 - Empire of Death - Some good character moments and I do like that Ruby's mum is just an ordinary person I really didn't like the way we were deliberately misled, the unanswered questions here were extremely annoying and in a way a tad patronising from Russell and the pathetic explanation for the pointing was infuriating and doesn't explain the changed memory for the Doctor. I ended up feeling underwhelmed and annoyed at the end despite it's good moments. 6 - Space Babies - I am one of those that actually rather enjoyed this episodes it had it's down points admittedly but it made me laugh. 5 - Devil's Chord - I also love musicals but the song at the end just didn't do anything for me and went on far too long, I also found Maestro to be over the top and it grated on me by the end I was just relieved Maestro was gone for my ears sake. 4 - Legend of Ruby Sunday - Loved the set up it was doing, some great character moments and loved Morris Gibson. Mel was terrific in this too. Iver all had me on the edge of my seat with the reveal being 😮😮😮. 3 - 73 Yards - I enjoyed the tense mystery, the growth of Ruby and I had all the answers I felt I needed and had it all tied up with a nice bow in my own head 😂 2 - Dot and Bubble - This episode was excellent I loved the actress playing Lindy Pepper Bean she did an excellent job portraying such an in the end loathsome character, I also like to try and see the good in people and was desperately trying to with her and then she did that to Ricky (Justice for Ricky 😢). This episode also made me have to rethink myself, my echo chamber and my awareness of things. I didn't see the racism until I started to watch a review and I was ashamed I didn't, my partner said it's because I don't see colour only people but it wasn't good enough and it really made me reassess things to me an episode that does that is top ranking almost. 1 - Boom - I absolutely loved all this episode it had me gripped from the moment it started until the end, I even liked the little girl but that's because I saw my daughter/children in her they have Autism and that is exactly how they would react in that type of situation especially being distracted by the pictures her dad showed her. Was this the best Stephen Moffat had ever written well no but I still loved it and I also find some of my favourite episodes during RTDs first run were Moffat ones. Overall I enjoyed this season and I am looking forward to Christmas and the next season HOWEVER after the finale I don't trust Russell and his 'clues' anymore so won't ve speculating anymore which is a sad way to feel as some of the fun was theorising even if I was rarely right 😂 I don't mind being wrong what I do mind is the way we were wrong in the finale it was just very annoying and still left unanswered questions (I don't mean Mrs Flood there).

This is my ranking Mine is 1. Boom 2.Church on Ruby road 3.Empire of death/legend of Ruby Sunday (I’ve always counted two parters as one episode) 4.73 yards 5.Dot and bubble 6.Space Babies 7.Devils chord 8.Rogue

I broadly agree with your picks. I think 73 yards is the best thing rtd has wrote for doctor who. Sadly this reminds me why I love moffats tenure so much and why I was always mixed on rtd stuff. I think Russel has messed up the grand relaunch tbh. He should only write 2 or 3 max. The rest should be new writers.

Overall I did like and enjoy it, there was something in each episode I enjoyed and even the worst episode was average/okay. The overall season gave me back that feeling of looking forward to an episode, which was mostly missing under the last showrunner. So..... 8) Empire Of Death - I liked elements but the whole reset button and mixed feelings over the mother reveal lessened it all. 7) Space Babies - The equivalent of the Adipose episode. Some good bits but too silly to be a season opener. 6) The Devil's Chord - Happy it wasn't a musical and Maestro was decent but for a second episode there was no real threat. 5) The Legend Of Ruby Sunday - A good build up to the finale but with useless characters and a flawed anagram twist. 4) Rogue - A great filler episode that sets up a potential recurring character, even if they are Jack 2.0. 3-1) 73 Yards, Boom and Dot And Bubble - I can't split these, maybe 73 Yards is tops because I love local spooky legends but I also loved how Dot And Bubble played out with it's themes, especially as the Doctor couldn't save them. Boom was also great and Moffat does it again for RTD.

I'll watch this later, but i think you should remove the arrows on the thumbnail

1) Boom 2) 73 Yards 3) Dot and Bubble 4) Rogue 5) The Legend of Ruby Sunday 6) The Devil's Chord 7) Empire of Death 8) Space Babies

She is rani cause russel t davies dosnt wanna bring back master and mel and rani reunite

I’m thinking she might be Susan Foreman, and she uses the name Susan Twist!

Personally I always wondered what happened to Dodo, after WOTAN brain washed her she went off to recover virtually off screen, she would be the right kind of age, a teenager 60 yrs later. If she was never freed of WOTAN acting as a backup download who in the modern age could hack UNIT something not dissimler to The Wire and TVs or the Great Intelligence and the Internet. Hence her knowledge and personal experience of TARDIS, as for the appearing in an historic sense, with the UNIT time window, actual time travel isn't now strictly necessary, and as no identity of her own, adopts whatever costume has been most recently researched of the companions or is some Gestalt of them flipping between Good Side as emulate a companion and evil side, dominance of WOTAN.

If I’m not wrong there was a god of spite mentioned by the servant of Sutekh so I think that is her as surely RTD would not reference that character if he was not using them.

Oh I just had a thought. A thought about a snow globe and the Doctor trapped.

Snow is never snow in Doctor Who. It's ash.