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Doctor Who Series 11 - Episodes Ranked!
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2022
- Having now revisited Jodie Whittaker's first series as the 13th Doctor, under the writing guidance of Chris Chibnall, there's only one thing left to do. And that's rank these episodes and see where they end up when stacked against each other.
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@2:45 - and this is where chibnall failed = he never brought the frog back to save the doctor from the flux... bad writing, bad series direction, bad era. Period.
this jodie era is bad. 4/10 if we are realist, 6/10 if we are generous
I've said it a hundred times, but the most damning thing about this era's quality is what we actually end up praising; 'it felt like an adventure!', 'the main characters were integrated into the plot!' and 'the exposition wasn't too boring!' aren't things we'd ever even think of as compliments when usually discussing media
Which is why when comparing this to OTHER series I put this one pretty low.
Some adventure, but hardly Sea Hawk levels of *_"Adventure!"_*
@@CouncilofGeeks Maybe that's the issue. I think the Chibnall idea of Doctor Who is vastly different from RTD and Moffatt.
The Doctor in those series always seemed to be superior regardless of what the plot was. RTD himself said that the Doctor has to be the cleverest in the room. Chibnall almost seemed to have dumbed down all of it but sadly even the plots and the Doctor always seems at a loss, or lost, or unsure...
this jodie era is bad. 4/10 if we are realist, 6/10 if we are generous
"The fact that it is the finale, amplifies everything wrong with it."
(Flashbacks to Rise of Skywalker and Game of Thrones)
My impression is that this era's writing generally tends to annoy people more who are writers themselves. No matter if you're a professional or a "hobby" writer, you've been working on your craft and learned from your mistakes. So watching these episodes that constantly run into what feels like beginner's mistakes (setups without pay-offs, stories that don't progress but just sort of happen, etc) is sometimes bewildering, sometimes just frustrating. At least my mind often went during watching "Hang on, wouldn't it be a stronger story if they wrote *this* like *that* and wouldn't the scene work better if the dialogue went this way instead of that way?", followed by "Why did nobody in the writing room catch this??". Either way, I figure that people who tend to be happier with this era are the ones who don't have a bone in this fight, so to speak. But well, who knows. I might just as well talk out of my vortexhole here. ;) It's just a vibeimpressionguessfeeling I'm picking up.
The thing with UK TV is that there is no writers room. There's the writer for the episode and there's a script editor or in the case of New Who the showrunner. Which means if the show runner writes the episode it is just them. So a lot comes down to who the show runner picks to write episodes and how good the show runner is at doing the hundred other things he has to organise and sort to spend time on the scripts. It is why Moffat generally wrote better material during RTDs era when he had that second pair of eyes to look over and refine the script.
I don't really understand why Chibnall could write so much better on Torchwood than he did on Dr Who. I think he felt under too much pressure and maybe didn't have enough people of the right caliber around to help him or didn't know what to delegate and how.
@@nicka3697 Series 11 did indeed have a so-called writer's room, however! I don't know if it stuck around for 12, but for that one at least Chibnall one. At least the PR said so.
Moffat had some really great stories in his time too. It's just that the more episodes you write, the higher the chance that there's a dud or more among them. RTF didn't strike gold with every script during his time either. (And personally, I don't feel Chibnall's work on Torchwood was particularly good either. If anything it was a sign of things to come. Same goes for latter days Broadchurch.)
I’d have to rank it:
Good:
1. The Witchfinders
2. It Takes You Away
3. Demons of the Punjab
4. Rosa
Average:
5. The Ghost Monument
6. The Woman Who Fell to Earth
7. Kerblam!
Bad:
8. The Tsuranga Conundrum
9. Arachnids in the UK
10. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
I got an uneasy feeling at the end of "Twice Upon a Time," when the TARDIS _literally threw out the Doctor_ after she regenerated, and we had all those months of angry fanboys speculating that it must be because the TARDIS hated that she changed genders (which left a transphobic taste in my mouth). I was hoping, first, that we'd get some explanation why in "The Woman who Fell to Earth.."✳ And when that didn't happen, I was hoping for an explanation at the end of "Ghost Monument," and we didn't get one there, either. And that's when I decided that Chibnall put all his skills into action-heavy *plots* and almost nothing into *Story* or character --- action without consequences or reason.
Which is really a shame, because Jodie Whitaker deserved to have a stellar era.
✳My preferred story would have Grace injured, but not killed, so she'd have reason to stay on Earth, and she could be a recurring pull for Ryan and Graham to bond over the fact that they both care for her, she could be a recurring character in the "back home between adventures" episodes, and we could get to meet some of her nursing colleagues (and she'd get a taste of being on the patient side of things). Oh well.
Totally agree with your top episode. After my rewatch of Series 11 I felt that the series as a whole would have been dramatically improved if the final episode was just cut. Ending the season on It Takes You Away would have made her first series feel like a true Doctor Who series focused on adventuring. Seeing Grace at the end was amazing closure and would have made much more sense than another "gun" debate with graham.
Was every episode perfect? No! But the series finale was so awful it takes away from all the fun sense of adventure episodes throughout series 11
Even better: Replace the finale we got with Resolution. A blockbuster with a true returning Villian that also completes Ryan's arc.
@@AroAceGamer I think of Resolution as the true finale. I also think "Battle" would have made more sense in the middle of the season, since any sense of the Stenza being built up as a "big bad" never goes anywhere.
@@AroAceGamer what was Ryan's arc? I forgot he had one
@@bongoman9578 His relationship with his dad who wasn't really there for him.
"This isn't going out with a bang. This isn't even going out with a whimper. This is going out with a _pfftheeuhh??"._ Actually the most hilarious description of Ranskoor Av Kolos.
10: The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
9: Arachnids in the UK
8: The Tsunanga Conundrum
7: The Ghost Monument
6: The Woman Who Fell to Earth
5: The Witchfinders
4: Demons of the Punjab
3: Kerblam!
2: It Takes You Away
1: Rosa
I recently rewatched this series myself. For me at least, Ghost Monument came on top. Although how I wish we had more of the weird fella who ran the Rally of Twelve Galaxies, the chap named Ilin. He was so uncaring, so callous, i think with more scenes he'd have been a great character to explore how far his callousness goes.
I know Chibs wanted a more standalone format for the series, but I think if he'd expanded the race thing as a series arc/serial that would have been cool. Have the race guy actually allow the Doctor and her friends to join but obviously the Doctor's ulterior motive is to get to her TARDIS. Each episode could be a different planet/challenge, and narratively each challenge could serve as a way to bring certain things out of the characters and flesh them out more. Maybe have a few episodes where it isn't the Doctor who solves the problem, but one of the companions who has an experience/perspective to bring to the problem that the Doctor maybe doesn't.
@@thatjedifromgallifrey6663 he became a fan during the classic era of the show and season 11 does feel like what the classic era could be with better effects and better costuming
@@kevin10001 oh yeah definitely. I've been making my way through the Classic Era and it definitely shows.
I was on board with 'Kerblam' the moment I saw Lee Mack who is one of all-time favorite comedians! Then his character died and I literally cannot remember the rest of the episode. I'm still in mourning. *sob*
Honestly, given the finale only had Tim Shaw turn up as the connecting tissue of the series, I kinda feel like maybe having TBORAK be the penultimate episode before ITYA would make more sense narratively and as a finale. Sure, Chibnall didn't directly write ITYA, but I know series 11 had a more of a "writer's room" approach from a recent interview Chibnall had and he himself said this finale suffered because of that along with time constraints, but having the finale be Ryan finally accepting Graham as his grandad as the final moment of the series is much more of an emotional tether than Jodie's speech which wasn't bad, but wasn't really a core part of the series. I also think that being the ending point and then leading into Resolution would be a more natural progression, but I mean ultimately it isn't that big a deal, just a shame the finale is one of the least impactful episodes of the season
It would have made so much more sense this way. "Battle" was a weak episode made so much worse by having to stand as the finale.
I think Jodie deserved better than what she was given to work with.
Tricky to rank, kept swapping.
1: Witchfinders
2: Rosa
3: TWWFTE
4: Ranskoor Av Kolos
5: Ghost Monument
6: Arachnids in the UK
7: Kerblam!
8: Tsuranga Conundrum
9: ITYA
10: Demons of the Punjab
My ranking
1.it takes you away
2.kerblam
3.demons of the punjab
4.rosa
5.the witchfinders
6.ghost monument
7.the woman who fell to earth
8.the battle if ranskoor av kolos
9.arachnids in the u.k.
10.the tsuranga conundrum
For me, it's:
1. Demons of the Punjab
2. Rosa
3. It Takes You Away
4. The Ghost Monument
5. The Woman Who Fell to Earth
6. The Witchfinders
7. Kerblam
8. The Tsurana Conundrum
9. The Battle of Ranskor Av Kolos
10. Arachnids in the UK
I don't disagree with any of the points you make about each episode, the fact that our rankings don't match comes down to nothing more than differences in personal taste.
Enjoyed the series. This video is well presented. My list would be
1. Demons of the Punjab
2. Rosa
3. It takes you away
4. The witchfinders
5. The girl who fell to earth
6. Kerblam!
7.The ghost monument
8. The Tsuranga conundrum
9. The battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
10. Arachnids in the UK.
If Resolution of the daleks was part of the season, it would close to the top. Enjoyed particularly the first 5 stories of my list. The rest were elements of intrigue. To me series 12 was the better season. Series 11 is still pretty good.
While I prefer Demons of the Punjab over It Takes You Away, I absolutely share your love and enthusiasm for its weirdness. A sentient universe taking the form of a talking frog is precisely the sort of delightfully batshit-crazy thing I want in Doctor Who. Love it love it love it.
Whilst I agree with everything said about It takes you away the flesh eating moths in the darkness kinda put a damper considering that we have something very similar in vashta nerada which would also serve as a great fan call back.
Great:
1. It takes you Away 9/10
2. Demon's of the Punjab 8/10
Good:
3. The Witchfinders 7/10
4. Rosa 7/10
5. Battle of Ranskor av Kalos 7/10
Above Average:
6. The Woman who fell to Earth 6/10
7. Kerblam 6/10
Average:
8. The ghost monument 5.5/10
9. Tsranga Conundrum 5/10
10. Arachnids in the UK 5/10
IMO:
1. Demons of the Punjab
2. It Takes You Away
3. The Witchfinders
4. Arachnids in the UK
5. The Ghost Monument
6. Rosa
7. The Tsuranga Conundrum
8. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
9. The Woman Who Fell to Earth
10. Kerblam!
10. Arachnids In The UK
9. The Tsuranga Conundrum
8. The Battle Of Ranskoor Av Kolos
7. Demons Of The Punjab
6. The Woman Who Fell To Earth
5. Rosa
4. Kerblam!
3. The Witchfinders
2. The Ghost Monument
1. It Takes You Away
1 - The Witchfinders
2 - Kerblam!
3 - Demons of the Punjab
4 - Rosa
5 - The Woman Who Fell to Earth
6 - It Takes You Away
7 - The Tsranga Conundrum
8 - The Ghost Monument
9 - The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
10 - Arachnids in the UK
Regardless of issues, however severe, the top three really surmise what I wanted from this series and this Doctor.
The Witchfinders in particular went a lot higher in my eyes on my last watch.
For all its problems 'Arachnids...' would be so much better if it was set in a 50s mid-western town, and so done very much as 'Dr who does a B-movie' homage. Then they could have played with the genre's conventions and it could have been really entertaining.
1. Demons of the Punjab
2. It takes you away
3. The Witchfinders
4. Rosa
5. Kerblam!
6. Th Woman who fell to Earth
7. The Ghost Monument
8. The Tsuranga Conundrum
9. Arachnids in the UK
10. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
From best to worst:
1. Rosa.
2. It Takes You Away.
3. The Witchfinders.
4. Demons Of The Punjab,
5. The Battle Of Ranskoor Av Kolos.
6. The Ghost Monument.
7. The Woman Who Fell To Earth.
8. Arachnids In The UK.
9. The Tsuranga Conundrum.
10. Kerblam.
I really appreciate that you, as an American, call them what they are and that's SERIES! As a Brit it always irks me hearing people refer to them as 'seasons' 😂
Worst to best. 10- Arachnids in the UK, 9- Demons of the Punjab, 8 It takes you away 7-The Tsuranga Conundrum, 6-the Ghost Monument, 5- Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos, 4- Rosa, 3-Kerblam 2- The woman who fell to earth 1- The Witchfinders. Though to be honest most of these episodes would be a lot lower if ranked against other series. The Witchfinders is at best only ok and that still got it number 1 for this series for me.
At least season 11 started the tradition of tossing salad for Halloween
I find myself agreeing with your ranking of this series. The only differences being where you state you were debating over specific episodes because I have the same issue myself. I started watching this series when it first aired with so much hope and excitement but about halfway through I just gave up on it and I only made the decision to try again and work my way through this era recently because I wanted to catch up before the 60th specials. As a whole I don’t like this series it would rank bottom overall for me, but there were some great ideas in the episodes. They were just poorly executed. Kerblam would have come top for me IF they hadn’t ruined a great premise with such a poor resolution. The whole series was just meh for me tbh. It’s the poor characterisation of The Doctor and companions that ruins it for me (except perhaps for Graham, I now love him). Having caught up with the show at last I still don’t really understand who The Doctor is in this incarnation. And what little I do understand about her, i don’t really like. And that isn’t Jodie’s fault, it’s just poor writing in my view.
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11. Arachnids In The UK (1/10)
10. The Ghost Monument (2/10)
9. The Battle Of Ranskoor Av Kolos (3/10)
8. Kerblam! (5/10)
7. The Tsuaranga Conundrum (7/10)
6. The Woman Who Fell To Earth (7/10)
5. Rosa (9/10)
4. Demons Of The Punjab (9/10)
3. Resolution (10/10)
2. The Witchfinders (10/10)
1. It Takes You Away (10/10)
I agree that this is a frustrating series. I think I liked it a little more than you, but I agree with all of your issues. I'll put them in tiers:
Top tier
1. It Takes You Away -- the sort of weird Doctor Who can get away with and doesn't do enough.
2nd tier
2. Demons of the Punjab - Proper drama with great guest characters and an emotional impact. It's this season's mission statement done right.
3. The Woman Who Fell To Earth - It looks great and really felt like a breath of fresh air at the time.
4. The Ghost Monument - I wish it kept up the pace promised by the opening scenes. A little dull but still good overall.
3rd tier
5. Kerblam! - If they'd nailed the ending this would have been a solid 2nd place. Leaves a bad taste.
6. Rosa - Maybe I need to watch this again, but it just felt like uncomfortable territory that Doctor Who was ill-suited to tackle.
7. The Witchfinders - Like Kerblam! it was ruined by the climax, which was so bad it taints my opinion of the whole episode.
Short jump off a long pier
8. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos - It just feels very bland. The psychic waves were created just so Mark Addy could deliver exposition at convenient times. Terrible script.
9. The Tsuranga Conundrum - This should have been a fun romp, but it was alternately serious and cringe. Bad guest characters and dialogue -- except the guy that dies too early.
10. Arachnids in the UK - Dull concept w/ a terrible Trump avatar that mentions Trump by name (WHY on both counts). Didn't they have another idea?
I'd probably slot "Resolution" in at #2, though still in tier 2. It was a really interesting take on a Dalek, and my favorite use of them since the RTD era. The only things I didn't like were the microwave scene and feeling like I'd trade every companion for the two archaeologists in a heartbeat.
My OCD brain has got so used to hearing that bbc intro that it threw me for real loop when it was a different set of words hahahaha
Love
1. It Takes You Away
2. Demons of the Punjab
Somewhere in the Middle
3. The Witchfinders
4. Kerblam!
5. Rosa
6. Tsuranga Conundrum
7. Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
8. The Woman Who Fell to Earth
9. The Ghost Monument
Loathe
10. Arachnids in the UK
10. Tsuranga Conundrum: aggressively boring, bad practical effects
9. Ghost monument: It exists. Somewhat boring, sniper bots don’t work, but episode as a whole isn’t bad.
8. Kerblam!: Poorly shot with bad practical and cg, but it does have that great energy before crashing at the end
7. Woman who fell to earth: It establishes its characters decently, and the plot in the first half is intriguing. But it struggles through the back half.
6. Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos: A perfectly fine standalone episode - I don’t have nearly as many issues as other people. But as a finale, it’s underwhelming.
5. Rosa: Rosa herself is great, but the scifi plot is meh
4. It Takes You Away: strong start and end, really don’t like the stuff in the middle
3. Arachnids in the UK: Passably fun camp (I don’t know what Schlock is, and I haven’t heard what’s up with Chris Noth).
2. Demons of the Punjab: What Vera said.
1. Witchfinders: decent human interest story, love the monsters, and I don’t think it fell apart at the end
Overall, I am okay with this season, though it was the weakest start for any of the three show runners.
Chris Noth has been accused of Sexual Harassment by several Woman.
The Tsuranga Conundrum has Roy Kent in it!!
It's a good thing Resolution exists, so we can pretend it's the real Season 11 Finale.
I liked it, it has flaws but overall I enjoyed it.
Best to worst
Demons of the punjab
It takes you away
Woman who fell to earth
Rosa
The Witchfinders
Kerblam
The ghost monument
Battle of ranskor
Arachnids in the uk
Tsanangra conundrum
To be honest the only one I don't like is Tsanangra conundrum and to a lesser extent arachnids in the UK. The rest I actually like quite a bit with the top 3 me loving.
I think people are too hard on this series and era in general. It's fun. I enjoy it.
I honestly like Series 11. Im not sure why i like it but I do. It has some episodes i dont like but some of the commonly hated episodes like The Tsuranga Conundrum and The Witchfinders i actually like.
1- Rosa
2- Deamons of Punjab
3- The woman who fell to Earth
4- It takes you away
5- The Witchfinder
6- Kerblam
7- The Ghost monument
8- The Tsuranga Conundrum
9- Arachnids in the UK
10- The battle of (something) Final
I’m still angry about “the system isn’t the problem” in Kerblam, I wish I could get over it but I fully can’t
That… is pretty fair.
It Takes You Away could've worked as the finale.
I think personally I'm:
It Takes You Away
Demons of the Punjab
The Woman Who Fell to Earth
Rosa
Kerblam
--huge fucking gap--
The Tsuranga Conundrum
The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
Arachnids in the UK
The Witchfinders
The Ghost Monument
I think maybe what puts Ghost Monument at the bottom for me is that it's the point in the series where I lost hope. Woman Who Fell to Earth had problems, but it at least showed promise, and at times, Thirteen still felt like the Doctor. I didn't get that at all in Ghost Monument, and so coming off of an episode that I actually kind of liked and that set my expectations reasonably high, the disappointment probably made it feel worse than it actually was. There's every possibility that it's logically a better episode than several of the others, but that won't change the fact that it was the episode that broke my faith in the series.
After just finishing a rewatch of this series I feel like overall it wasn't a great but here is my ranking
1. Kerblam! : This was the episode where the doctor clicked for me and it was just fun
2. The Tsuranga conundrum : With this one I really don't understand the hate it gets and while the pting isn't amazing I don't have a problem with it
3. It takes you away : Honestly I forgot about this episode but on a rewatch it is actually a fun watch
4. The Witchfinders : This is the only historical I like this season and it is mainly due to king james
For this ranking and the next two I will admit I don't understand why people think so highly of them when to me while not bad are very forgettable and average at best and the rankings could switch either way
5.Rosa : I don't feel anything towards this episode the bad guy is subpar I don't really think the characters got any great moments and Ryan sending that guy somewhere in time just not great
6. Demons of the Punjab: Having just finished my rewatch I still couldn't tell you what happened in this episode I also really don't like the beginning when Yaz is first meeting her younger grandma
7.The women who fell to earth: I think its a really weak start, spends way to much time not on the doctor, Tzim-Sha is a weird looking characters while not bad does nothing for me, there is way to many people in the fam I really don't think yaz is needed in this series at all
8.The ghost monument : after such a weak start I was really hoping for a better follow up one of the only good moments in this is between Ryan and graham when they're talking about Grace besides that I think the space race is a wasted idea that could of been really fun and exciting but being dropped in and saved at the very end with a not great supporting cast
9. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos: Tzim-Sha is back and it is worst then before the Ux are a very weird race that just does what Tzim wants because he fell from the sky so he has to be god, taking the planets good idea overall meant very little, graham saying he would kill Tzim didn't work for me Tzim showing up with no weapon and no plan is bad too
10. Arachnids in the UK: I didn't remember how bad this episode was and while I don't care about the political side of this it's not even the worst part, the reasons for the spiders getting big I don't think works that well the killing off of an LGBTQ+ character right at the start just because, the doctor wanting to suffocate the spiders instead of a quicker painless death is wrong when we can clearly see how much pain the spider is in
overall this series was not good I don't really like this doctor and while she does get some good moments the TRADIS is to packed and it feels like Chris really didn't know what to do with any of the characters.
I do know my rankings will upset a lot of people but it people are willing to try and explain at least the two historicals that I clearly don't understand I'll be more then grateful.
Hey, the doctor in the Tsuranga Conundrum is Roy Kent and one of the co-writers from Ted Lasso! They should have let him write the episode. 🙄
I enjoyed Kerblam. They were just too chicken to actually emphasize the point. It was a good depiction of the pointlessness and ruthlessness of warehouse work. I also found it totally believable that a person that lives in their car and is always traveling would love a massive online shopping company that can find you anywhere.
I think it would be interesting to switch up the viewing order on the tail end of the series and see if the flow is better that way. Kind of like the different orders you can watch the Star Wars movies in to figure out the story (my brother told me about one that went 4, 2, 3, 5, 6, etc., and skipped 1 entirely that he thought was an insightful way to watch).
Absolutely agree with you on ITYA being the best of the series, followed by Demons of the Punjab. Personally, I didn't find anything overly bad during series 11, but I will also admit to not having rewatched recently, and working off memory and feelings. Given that the end of The Ghost Monument, when the Doctor sees the TARDIS again, makes me cry every time I see that part because Whittaker SELLS the emotions there, I'd keep it very high up there. I also agree with several other commenters that if we skip or move Ranskor av Kolos and go from ITYA to Resolution, it would feel more like a proper ending for the series and completion of that arc for Ryan and Graham.
I agree with most of this as the historical episodes, I think, so better - somewhat - then the rest. But still...mud monsters...
Love your content keep up the good work ❤️
I got sidetracked on Ranking Doctor Who series 11, myself... xD
going to have to rewatch them in order.. not a very good storytelling season; but, it has it's moments.
I'm extremely curious as to where you will place Jodie's doctor in your doctor ranking. P.s love your doctor who videos so much!!
It takes me away definitely reminds me of the weirdness of Classic Who. In fact, this reminds me that my first impression of this first series was that Chibnall was initially attempting to go Classic with his one dimensional faux-progressiveness tacked on.
Something I'll give credit about series 11 is that the episodes are so close is equal pros and cons that peoples rankings are very differently. That's something I can't say about many of the seasons.
The only thing I remember about the Woman who Fell to Earth was thinking at the time. Grace and Graham should have been the companions. Yaz and Ryan should have been the _Red Shirts_ for the episode. That was the only time I had any strong feelings regarding Series 11.
I’m a bit softer with this series since WWFTE was my first full episode of Doctor Who I watched and this was the series that got me into the show. I’d say there’s only 3 episodes that I dislike and the rest I enjoy. My ranking would be:
10. Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos -
9. The Tsuranga Conundrum
8. Arachnids in the UK
7. The Ghost Monument
6. The Witchfinders
5. The Woman Who Fell To Earth
4. Kerblam!!
3. Rosa
2. It Takes You Away
1. Demons of the Punjab
Grace would have been a better companion than Ryan, Yaz, Graham and Dan combined.....or Grace with Graham would have been a lot better....Grace could have carried Graham the way Amy was able to carry Rory
1) Demons of the Punjab
and It Takes You Away (tie)
3) The Ghost Monument
4) Rosa
5) The Witchfinders and Kerblam (tie)
7) The Woman Who Fell to Earth
8) The Tsuranga Conundrum
9) The Battle of Ranskor Av Kolos
10) Arachnids in the UK
I keep switching the stories that tied with each other again and again, so I just had them share the spots. I really got the impression that Series 11 was the most nothing series of Modern Doctor Who. Everything below Rosa and above Arachnids in the UK felt completely unmemorable.
Could you maybe add timestamps? It was the first thing I looked for when I saw it was a ratings video... :(
Haven’t rewatched any of 13, and that’s the tell for me. I’m so sorry as I was SO excited for this Doctor. Just uninterested at this point. What a sad sorry state this has come to.
Would you at least be open to listening to some Big Finish Dramas with Jodie Whitaker's Doctor?
@@nekusakura6748 of course
Chibnall left the show, i Hope you'll like new era more 💖
I remember on first viewing of this series I thought "there's something wrong with the doctor" and was waiting for it to be explained. the truth was it was badly written. I gave it the benefit of the doubt and even with the benefit of hindsight a lot of it is not good.
Accurate.
Most of this season left me flat, with stories just not landing. No characters to feel empathy towards, and a lacklustre Doctor. I have no strong objections to any of them, similarly I have zero interest in rewatching any of them. I do keep a soft spot for The Witchfinders, for that magnificent scene with Alan Cumming. Introducing his period specific sexism to dismiss and antagonise the Doctor. That was the only time (a single scene 😕) Where I saw Jodie as the Doctor.
I have to respectfully disagree with your top and bottom episode.
I feel the best is the Demons of the Punjab. it is the first time that I felt that Jodie was TRULY the Doctor.
As for worst, Arachnids in the UK. While there was a lot wrong with the last episode, Arachnids just had them stepping over their morals and most of the time I agreed with the Trump stand in, even if I disagreed with his reasoning, and I doubt that is what they were going for.
My ranking isn't gonna have much reasoning to it for a lot of it since I've never been able to bring myself to rewatch more than a couple of Chibnall-era episodes (as the dodgy morals of the 13th Doctor have stacked I've just found her more and more unwelcome onscreen on top of her intended personality really not being for me, plus I can't stand Yaz and especially Ryan), but here goes. Honestly I don't think I actually like any of these episodes properly which is really unfortunate, but at least I liked Fugitive of the Judoon, Haunting of Villa Diodati, Village of the Angels and the first half of Eve of the Daleks from this era, just... that's it.
1. It Takes You Away - I remember liking it until the frog which crossed my weirdness threshold. I don't like the frog for the same reason I don't like Love and Monsters and Something Borrowed, I get what they're going for but it's just too much for me. Solid episode otherwise though
2. Demons of the Punjab - I don't enjoy this episode but it's one of those I appreciate a lot more reading a plot summary than watching the whole thing. I have the same opinion on Flux, who's lore changes felt way less offensive when they weren't being delivered through a not-so-great script (and my like for Village of the Angels does illustrate that, since that's actually a pretty good script). The emotional core is a good one, you just have to ignore the clunkiness of the Thijarian 'twist'
3. Rosa - I remember that I didn't like the villain at all and found it didn't really engage me at all but it had some decent parts and was one of the only times Ryan felt human at all
4. Kerblam! - it was somewhat of a fun idea and I enjoyed it a little bit I suppose. Morals are embarrassingly executed though as you say, but I don't feel as strongly about them as my bottom spot because it actually has something to it to combat that issue
5. The Witchfinders - just nothing, a nothing episode which I feel nothing towards
6. The Woman Who Fell To Earth - the beginning and end with Ryan's vlog are at least decent, I like the Hell Bent-style switcharoo it does, and I like Grace, though I didn't feel anything for her death. Main offence is just being one of the most boring episodes I've seen in a while
7. The Ghost Monument - this is particularly boring, contrived, feels like filler, and I have no thoughts on it otherwise
8. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos - by most measures this is worse than Tsuranga, but at this point I had no expectations so I wasn't surprised it was such a mess and it wasn't as actively painful to watch all the time as my bottom two
9. The Tsuranga Conundrum - it's another Love and Monsters situation. I get what it's going for but it's too goofy and I cringed the whole way through
10. Arachnids in the UK - unless In the Forest of the Night ends up being terrible upon my rewatch (and I remember not one thing from it so that's very possible) or Sleep No More is worse than I remember, this is my second worst episode of NuWho or Torchwood behind Orphan 55. Uninteresting, unoriginal and boring idea, Jack is such a stupid one-note caricature here that it's practically an insult to the concept of a character, the story would be sleep-inducing if I wasn't constantly groaning at it, the grime music thing is horribly cringey and not a fitting tone for euthanasia, and 13 here has some of the most painfully botched morals of the era which also drags down the companions to be even less human than they already were since they don't question it
This is easily my least favourite series of any Who I've seen. Even without the execution the ideas are just not really my thing, and after 12 was my favourite Doctor I have not been a fan of this incredibly childish rendition (there's nothing inherently wrong with going for that but it's not for me)
My ranking would go like this:
1. Demons of the Punjab
2. It Takes You Away
3. Rosa
4. The Woman Who Fell to Earth
5. The Witchfinders
6. Kerblam!
7. The Ghost Monument
8. Arachnids in the UK
9. The Tsuranga Conundrum
10. The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos
A pretty disappointing showing on the whole, only the top three spots are episodes that I'd consider being "good", the rest just range from average to abysmal for me
Really sorry to be such a downer, but I went into Series 11 being really hyped for it, and while I didn't hate the series, I found it to be an incredible disappointment in the end. Jodie Whittaker was a good choice for the Doctor, Bradley Walsh's Graham was the best part about it, and there were a handful of episodes I did enjoy, but every week felt like filler and none of it went anywhere. The Thirteenth Doctor's personality was inconsistent throughout with zero character development whatsoever, both Ryan and Yasmin failed to impress as companions for me, the monsters/villains here are one of the worst rogues gallery in the show's history, there was no story arc, and most of the stories we had weren't that great. If we had lots of great individual stories consistently throughout it wouldn't have been so much of a problem, but with zero arc whatsoever and few great stories, this series failed to live up to my high expectations. In fact, despite being bold and risky by introducing a female Doctor, this season wasn't risk-taking at all and was just played far too safe, which, for me, is what the show shouldn't be doing right now. Say what you will about Steven Moffat's run but at least he took risks and taken chances. In the end, this is probably my least favourite season of New Who, as well as one of the worst seasons of the show in general.
My top 11 would go like this:
1. It Takes You Away
2. Rosa
3. Demons of the Punjab
4. Kerblam!
5. The Woman Who Fell To Earth
6. Resolution
7. The Witchfinders
8. The Ghost Monument
9. Arachnids in the UK
10. The Tsuranga Conundrum
11. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
The series finale was pretty bad, I agree but Arachnids in the UK is not only the worst episode of series 11 but is so bad is, in my opinion the worst episode in the entire modern era. But could also win the award for the worst episode of Doctor Who EVER!
@2:45 - and this is where chibnall failed = he never brought the frog back to save the doctor from the flux... bad writing, bad series direction, bad era. Period.
Really poor series. My ranking would be as follows 1-7 empty (no episode is worthy enough), joint 8th 2-3 episodes, joint 9th 3-4 episodes, joint 10th the rest
Difficult to sort as this is my second least favourite series (behind Flux), but this is my crack at a ranking!
1: It Takes You Away
One of the most original episodes of DW ever aired.
2. Kerblam!
Interesting concept to tell the story from the perspective of the grunts of the corrupt organisation instead of going straight to the higher ups, making it feel weirdly grounded for a futuristic setting.
3. The Woman Who Fell To Earth
Was gripped from the start with the mysterious egg thing, was pleasantly surprised to see the show finally having the guts to kill off one of its main characters and although Tzim Sha turned out to be a pointless villain I did find his last encounter on the crane to be extremely tense.
4. Rosa
Some very emotional moments in this episode and another tense showdown with the villain, but I felt the Doctor and fam's high energy clashed with the overall tone of the episode.
5. The Witchfinders
This episode was carried entirely by Alan Cumming's performance.
6: Tsuranga Conundrum
Slightly over maligned episode in my view, I actually think it captured the dread of being hunted by an alien on an empty ship pretty well. It's just the part where the alien actually shows up that's the problem.
7: Demons of the Punjab
Very dull and did nothing to inform us of the historical significance of what was happening. It just all kind of... happened, and then the episode was over.
8: The Ghost Monument
I like the concept here but oh boy was the execution all kinds of awful. Seemed like one long string of plot contrivances.
9: The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
It's telling that I've forgotten the entirety of its plot besides that weird arc where Gram was trying to kill Tzim Sha, and I hated that arc. It felt like a betrayal to the mindful and compassionate old man he was built up to be until this point.
10: Arachnids in the UK
Totally uninspired monster design, the villain character litterally did nothing but act like a third wheel to the Doctor's adventuring and shoot a spider that was already past saving anyway, and I remember the origin story behind how the spiders became large was so stupid I almost laughed out loud hearing it.
Since you had to do it.......
For me it would probably go:
10- Arachnids in the UK
9- The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
8- The Tsuranga Conundrum
7- Kerblam!
6- The Witchfinders
5- The Woman Who Fell To Earth
4- It Takes You Way
3- The Ghost Monument
2- Rosa
1- Demons of the Punjab
10. Arachnids in the UK (1/10)
9. The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos (2/10)
8. It Takes you Away (2/10)
7. The Witchfinders (3/10)
6. The Woman Who Fell to Earth (4/10)
5. The Ghost Monument (5/10)
4. The Tsuranga Conundrum (5/10)
3. Kerblam! (5/10)
2. Demons of the Punjab (6/10)
1. Rosa (8/10)
Since last time, the only changes are swapping Rosa and The Witchfinders, and moving The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos to the bottom. czcams.com/video/W9MUP1ZTLQQ/video.html
You like weirdness? You watched Everything Everyone All At Once yet?
It’s not playing anywhere near me!
Strong disagree for one statement. I think Arachnids is exactly my kind of Schlock, and Robots of Sherwood is insufferable. That is all.
To each their own.
It probably helps in that case because Capaldi is Vera's Favourite Doctor.
Imagine living under capitalism and ranking Kerblam! as #3... gross.