Worst to Best Seasons of Doctor Who

While all the seasons of Doctor Who have their charms, there are a few that have significantly fewer charms than others, or significantly less charming charms than others.

7. Season 7

Apologies, season 7. It was just so...meh. It's odd; the early seasons of Doctor Who were often polarizing in quality. They had truly great episodes and truly bad episodes. The later seasons are less extreme on both counts. Thankfully, season 7 set up The Day of the Doctor, but that's it's saving grace. The only other good things are The Angels Take Manhattan and The Snowmen. I'm being bold, I suppose, but accurate.





6. Season 6

Yes, yes, I get it. While I enjoyed a few parts of this season--The Doctor's Wife and Let's Kill Hitler come to mind--it had far too few good episodes and far too many okay episodes. Steven Moffat's writing, while clever, is really getting a bit old in this season. I think that it needs to be shaped up a bit. Perhaps it's the writing, perhaps it's the Doctor, perhaps it's Amy's just getting more stuck up than ever. I don't know. It's just a bit weaker than the previous season.




5. Season 3

Ah, Season 3. Home to Martha Jones, Daleks in Manhattan, and Gridlock. Such a shame. However, this series had its good parts too. The Shakespeare Code, Blink, and the Master were plenty of things to keep us entertained. While this series had its moments, the bad sort of overpowers the good here, as there is much more bad than good.








4. Season 4

Ah. This season has one of the most astounding characteristics of any of them: it has no truly bad episodes. There are a few okay episodes--Unicorn and the Wasp, Silence in the Library--but mostly good episodes make this a solid series. And although Donna can be screechy and annoying at times, I don't think I can watch any other series without skipping at least two episodes except for this one.







3. Season 5

I don't really dislike Matt Smith and Steven Moffat; it's just that they just don't quite match up to the glory left by Russell T Davies. This season had several enjoyable bits; in fact, the only really bad part was Victory of the Daleks. I loved the finale and some other parts, and it's also much better than its following seasons, but it still isn't the best of Doctor Who.








2. Season 1
Ah, Season 1. Home to my first Doctor, I loved this season for Rose, The End of the World, Dalek, Father's Day, The Empty Child, and Bad Wolf. While there were several downs of this series--The Long Game and the Slitheen are examples--the good far outweighs the bad here. Christopher Eccleston wasn't here long, but he did was quality. Most of it, anyway.





1. Season 2

Oh yes. Season 2. While home to the two worst episodes of Doctor Who ever--The Idiot's Lantern and Fear Her--the rest of the series is so great that everything they ruined was righted. Every other episode of Series 2 is on my top 30 list. Anyway, from Tooth and Claw to The Girl in the Fireplace to Rise of the Cybermen to The Satan Pit to Doomsday, this series rocks Doctor Who completely. Also, it sports my favorite Doctor and companion, which doesn't hurt.

The Only-The-Good Episodes of Doctor Who Guide

Okay. Doctor Who has some downs. Here is a way to get the most out of the show in the least amount of time. Especially if you skip the bad episodes.

Number Code:
1-Good and plot important (Watch)
2-Good and not plot important (Watch)
3-Bad and plot important (Watch grudgingly)
4-Bad and not plot important (Skip)

The Good-Parts Guide to Doctor Who:

Season 1:

Rose - 1

The End of the World - 1

The Unquiet Dead - 3

Aliens of London/World War Three - 3

Dalek - 2

The Long Game - 3

Father's Day - 2

The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances - 1

Boom Town - 3

Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways - 1

Season 2:

The Christmas Invasion - 1

New Earth - 2

Tooth and Claw - 2

School Reunion - 2

The Girl in the Fireplace - 2

Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel - 1

The Idiot's Lantern - 4

The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit - 2

Love & Monsters - 2 or 4 (depending on your preference)

Fear Her - (4 x 4000)

Army of Ghosts/Doomsday - 1

Season 3:

The Runaway Bride - 3

Smith and Jones - 3

The Shakespeare Code - 2

Gridlock - 3

Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks - 3

The Lazarus Experiment - 4

42 - 2 or 4

Human Nature/The Family of Blood - 1

Blink - 2

Utopia/Last of the Time Lords/The Sound of Drums - 1

Season 4:

Voyage of the Darned - 4

Partners in Crime - 3

The Fires of Pompeii - 2

Planet of the Ood - 2

The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky - 2

The Doctor's Daughter - 2

The Unicorn and the Wasp - 4

Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead - 1 or 3

Midnight - 2 or 4

Turn Left - 1

The Stolen Earth/Journey's End - 1

DVD Specials:

The Next Doctor - 4

Planet of the Dead - 4

The Waters of Mars - 3

The End of Time - 1

Season 5:

The Eleventh Hour - 1

The Beast Below - 2 or 4

Victory of the Daleks - 3

The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone - 2

The Vampires of Venice - 2 or 4

Amy's Choice - 2 or 4

The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood - 1 or 3

Vincent and the Doctor - 2

The Lodger - 2

The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang - 1

Season 6:

A Christmas Carol - 2

The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon - 1

The Curse of the Black Spot - 4

The Doctor's Wife - 2

The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People - 3 (but only for the last two minutes)

A Good Man Goes to War - 1 or 3 (viewpoint)

Let's Kill Hitler - 1

The Girl Who Waited - 2 or 4 (viewpoint)

Closing Time - 2

The Wedding of River Song - 3

Season 7:

The Doctor, The Widow, and the Wardrobe - 4

Asylum of the Daleks - 3

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship - 4

A Town Called Mercy - 4

The Power of Three - 4

The Angels Take Manhattan - 1

The Snowmen - 1

The Bells of Saint John - 1

The Rings of Akhaten - 2 or 4 (viewpoint)

Hide - 2 or 4 (viewpoint)

Cold War - 4

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS - 2

The Crimson Horror - 4

Nightmare in Silver - 4

The Name of the Doctor - 1

The Day of the Doctor - 1

The Time of the Doctor - 3