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Subject: Re: The top 10 worst episodes of Nu-Who 20 years on
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:54:41 +0000
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On 27/03/2025 11:56, Blueshirt wrote:
> The True Doctor wrote:
> 
>> Here is my list of the top 10 worst episode series by series
>> of Nu-Who 20 years on.
> 
> Us Doctor Who fans love our lists don't we?
> 
> I'll play...
> 
>> (The list might change as time passes.)
> 
> Ditto. At the moment though I am happy enough to go with these:
> 
>> Series 1) Boom Town
> 
> The Long Game
> 

That would have been my second choice.

>> Series 2) Fear Her
> 
> The Idiot's Lantern (It was close though!)
>   

Love and Monsters for second, but The Idiotic Lantern would have been next.

>> Series 3) 42
> 
> The Lazarus Experiment
> 

42 was the worse episode by a mile.

>> Series 4) Midnight
> 
> The Sontaran Stratagem
> 
>> Specials) Planet of the Dead
> 
> The Next Doctor (Giant Cyberman!)
>   
>> Series 5) Amy's Choice
> 
> Tough one, but I have to go with Victory of the Daleks, simply
> because of those hump-backed monstrosities.
> 
>> Series 6) Closing Time
> 
> Curse of the Black Spot
> 

That would have been second.

>> Series 7) The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
> 
> The Power of Three
>   

That would have been second.

>> Specials)  The Time of the Doctor
>>
>> Series 8) Kill The Moon
> 
> In the Forest of the Night (Another close one!)
>   

That would have been second. Kill the Moon was the worst by a mile though.

>> Series 9) Face the Raven
> 
> Sleep No More
>   

Second.

>> Series 10) The Pilot
> 
> The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
> 

That was Whittaker. Doctor Who ended in 2017

>> And that's where Doctor Who ends.
> 
> Series 11 - The Tsuranga Conundrum
> 
> Series 12 - Orphan 55
> 
> Series 13 - The Vanquishers (Flux Chapter 6)
> 
> Tennant Specials - Wild Blue Yonder
> 
> Series 14 - Space Babies
> 
> 
None of those are episodes of Doctor Who. All of them were so bad it's 
virtually impossible to pick the worst.

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