@@memoryfoam2285Yeah, it's a shame Big finish retconned her death just so they could have that character serve as a replacement protagonist for their Torchwood range after Captain Jack Harkness got cancelled or whatever.
i love river just because i think the idea of following one time traveler, and then having another one show up sometimes and always out of order is such a cool concept.
Midnight was my first ever Doctor Who episode and it got me hooked immediately. I never really understood why Season 5+ never really clicked with me like Season 1-4 did. But you put it perfectly in this video. The dialog, the character interactions, the ability to just let things be fun without being complicated, the time to just breathe and allow the characters to just sit around and be friends. My favorite trope in any story will always be a good found family story and I think the RTD era does that so well.
i loveeeee the girl in the fireplace but my main issue is how it treats rose and mickey. they're essentially redundant in it, and i don't believe that the doctor would ever leave them, especially in the context of everything that happens in school reunion. i think this would have been a perfect episode for a solo doctor trip as one of the specials at the end of season 4 - giving the doctor hope of another companion then ripping it away would have been so so brutal, especially if it came just before waters of mars. or even as a replacement christmas episode post-martha's departure. it feels out if character for the doctor to abandon anyone but especially rose.
damn yeah having it be a solo story around the time after s4 where the doctor is at his worse emotionally would have made this great ep hit even harder
The girl in the fireplace has always given me weird vibes because of the romantic tension between the doctor and madame de pompadour after he saw her as a little girl, and I found it to be part of a larger theme of Moffat using the doctor to act out fantasies of his own. I also felt it somewhat cheapened his and Rose’s relationship. I really wish that romance hadn’t been included because I would’ve loved it otherwise.
Yeah, a great episode tho. By itself. If we get to see the thing between Rose and the doctor 🤔 😬 Sarah Jane was right.. 🤔 🤨😏 Gotcha tiger.. Smart pants, Lady Killa 😏😅😬🤣🤣🤣🤣 Like Ricky Mickey said "🤣told you so, the mighty doctor is a bloke like anyone else of us, Men? 😅 🤣" Weeelll I mixed three episodes up but 😅🤓🙃🥃 it's Saturday
You have to remember when Russell was the lead writer he would have edited all the scripts, steven moffat gets all the credit for those episodes and he might have come up with the great new villain but russells editing elevates them to perfect. I never understood how when Steven was the lead writer his villains didn't hit the same even when writing the ones he created
I get what you’re saying but Russell has repeatedly stated that Moffat was the only writer whose scripts he never had to edit. I really just think Moffat worked better in small dosesz
@jaystev oh cool, I heard from someone who worked in the script department but they could have been lying! In small doses he was a brilliant writer, the stories make sense, same with sherlock. But the later series were such a contrast and I didn't really like it at all. And the loss of character development/realistic families etc that russell does so well. I'm very interested to see what the new series is like and if I enjoy it again like I did s1-4. Even now I'm older I can still rewatch the older ones and enjoy them, and I liked the 60th specials. Fingers crossed for the new series!!
@@SKRIBBLEproductions Amy and Rory have more chemistry with Smith than a lot of Russel's combos like Rose and Tennant, Martha and Tennant. Also loss of development ? Capaldi literally has the biggest arc in new who. And Smith while not having as much, does get humbled a lot in series 6 compared to his extravegentness in S5 which got him in trouble. Tennant also just didn't have that much growth, Eccleston did. In fact, his development was so good it made 10 underwhelming by comparison tbh.
Tbh, the initial buildup of LINDA in Love and Monsters is actually kinda sweet. It's this whole found family kind of thing, and then it suddenly comes crashing down when the stranger shows up. Obviously, a lot could have been better, but I do think it has an interesting premise.
It needed to be a horror monster not a goofy one. Have the shadow monster that killed Elton’s mum make a return and destroy the group. Have it a lesson about how people who touch the doctor don’t have a happy ending, foreshadowing doomsday
I like love and monsters I first watched it dubbed so the bad acting wasn't even that bad and I like the idea that such a silly monster that gets made fun off by the show and the doctor can destroy peoples lives It is still really cringe tho and the ending is weird
I mostly agree, except "Gridlock". Although the idea of such setting is terrifying and the monsters at the bottom seemed redundant, but I love that episode, everything in it.
Yeah, all the different people and families in the different cars really painted a full picture of how people can survive a (seemingly) hopeless situation. Both tragic and hopeful.
It feels very Wall-E with more edge and dimension. I miss that episode, wtf? Not having reruns randomly refresh my recognition of rare rhetoric is so rage worthy, but it's fine, I'll just go stream it meself
The scene with the choir is so damn good, really hits you in the feels imo. And the general setting is really grim, not just the fact everyone is sealed in the highway but the fact everyone’s essentially a drug addict (the emotion drug/patch things) and how all of New New York just died, that shot with like the parliament full of skeletons, such a cool visual
Watching Doomsday was the first time I ever cried from watching an emotional scene on a screen. I was 9 and learned what heartbreak was, and it probably cemented itself as a core memory. It still gets me now. So like, I agree with this rating 😂
I have vivid memories of watching Partner's in Crime while having an Indian takeaway as a very small child. The Adipose terrified me, and for whatever reason the association between watching that episode while having Indian takeaway left me terrified of chicken korma for months. Childhood trauma aside, I love that episode.
My disappointment when I realised that you only recently uploaded this video, and now I have to actually wait for the part 2 and 3, was immense. 10/10 tierlist. Suprised you didn't mention the amazing line: "I would be proud... if you were my dad" to Wilf
I agree. Midnight and Blink are perfect. Midnight freaks me out every time even though I know how it ends. Donna: Monto Bene! Doctor: No. Don't do that. Don't... don't... Don't. That performance from David is 10/10. The Doctor being scared is unnerving. Of all the things he has seen, he is usually so intrigued and interested. His interest becoming his nightmare is absolutely chilling.
I would personally have Dalek and Empty Child/Doctor Dances in the top tier ... Those 3 episodes were when everybody sat up and took notice of Nu Who. They proved that the show was capable of genuine greatness, and we all became incredibly excited about the possibilities moving forward ... They were the foundations that RTD built upon for his entire first run.
Loved this vid but only really disagree with “Gridlock”- sure it’s a 40-something minute traffic jam but the reveal as to _why_ everyone was stuck on the road? The fact that they were all there for _years_ and had literally no hope of getting out, the reveal that there were actually no police or ambulances or support whatsoever, the virus stemming from the mutated mood drug? That shit gets me every damn time. Also the Lazarus experiment!! Is about the value of life!! And how it is in no way dependent or proportional to how long it is!!
The whole sequence in Forrest of the Dead from when Donna enters the park to the scene in her kids room disturbed me so much as a kid that I didn't rewatch it until sometime last year and it still had my heart beating all throughout it. The way it all builds until she rips the veil off (I know the cgi isn't great but child me was very convinced) and reveals the messed up face and then the horror in her reaction when her children disappear. I watched films like Hereditary and Martyrs before I could bring myself to rewatch that episode.
mentioned around 51:00 , in Blink, I think Sally took a lot of notes about her trip to the house and at the end of the episode, she gave her folder to The Doctor. Hence how the doctor knew what would happen.
Gridlock is one of my personal favourites haha. I also enjoy lazarus experiment which I know that one is more disliked haha. But it’s always intriguing too hear others views. Martha and Donna got the best episodes in my opinion lol. Massive Donna fan
You know an episode is good if it makes you cry just by seeing it's screenshots. The end of time pt2 literally BROKE me I cry like a toddler every time. I didn't have DrWHO on TV as a child so I only recently, as an adult decided to watch it and my god I will never forget this series. Even showed midnight and blink to friends who don't watch DW and they still really enyoed it.
Great video. I pretty much agree with your evaluations and playing this in the background is strangely comforting. Really looking forward to the Moffat review. Thanks for doing this.
Incredible video, made me realise the parallel I had with my matt smith experience, crying every time he goes and insisting I wouldn't enjoy Capaldi cause 'he was just some random old guy' but coming to appreciate his tenure and being able to go back and experience Ecclestone and Tennant for the first time while still having season 5 as my personal favourite of my childhood. Elite singing of the doomsday theme, I need this for all upcoming themes for smith
the ending of RTD era was one gut punch after another. Episode to episode things seemed to turn out alright, but slowly more and more things just started to go wrong for the doctor and you realize it is a tragedy. In order to clear the way for a new doctor to have new adventures, everyone the doctor knew had to die or move on without him and he could not keep any of them in his life, and then, at the very end, when you think he has said goodbye to everyone and it's okay that 10 wasn't happy because none of the doctors really are, in the end they are just the vehicle for the next doctor, but right before everything turns out alright, right before 11 takes over and makes all of 10's suffering pointless, he says the one line that leaves it lingering, makes it impossible to forget that he has unfinished business and everything is not alright.
So good to see a vid like this from someone who grew up with doctor who at the same age as me, gen alpha wouldn't understand how beautifully 2000s this all is
Christopher Eccleston is my favorite doctor of all time. My first Doctor was Jon Pertwee who was great but Eccleston brought me back to the series and he was fantastic :D I see the appeal of Tom Baker and especially Capaldi and Tennant + Smith have a special place in my heart. But Eccleston brought so much nuance to the character and I thought was perfect with only one series! Love this show, I hope they improve the show's writing moving forward though. We want good stories with loveable characters.
russel t davies is defo my fave doctor who writer bcs he’s so good at writing people and that’s one of my favourite aspects of the series :) i appreciate moffat’s early work (the empty child is one of my fave episodes ever) but i loved russell t davies style when i was a child watching doctor who for the first time and i still love him now lol :)
The moment when they’re all flying the Earth back makes me absolutely sob, even more than Donna having her mind wiped. The music, the shots of them all working together, the fact you know it’s the last moment of them all being happy together. It genuinely breaks me
I'm not usually a fan of tierlists, but this is tempting me to make one of these myself. It's not until you see something like this on a tierlist that makes you really WANT to evaluate your opinions :D
36:46 i need you to cover all of the best music from doctor who, this was incredible! Effort like that really takes what could of been a good tier list video into a OH GOD YES tier video
Like I wish the Doctor didn't give his clone to Rose (Like just avoided that story arch in general) and the ending for 14, instead of living with Donna, would be 15 giving his gift to 14, which is getting back to Rose to spend his days. I know, I know its been a while and a couple of regenerations since Rose but the Doctor seeing that ol familiar face HAD to bring back some memories and would've been a great finale for 14. The Real Doctor never ending up with Rose really bothered me when I first watched, even if he gave up his clone its just not the same so idk.
Interesting list! RTD's stuff is a bit soapy and shouty for my tastes, but I can't deny that his energy keeps a lot of people entertained and he was the perfect choice to launch New Who (as was Eccleston).
"Rose is an amazing companion" *Doomsday acapella* "The doctor commits a genocide but it's okay he's mourning " "*Martha being horny on main* 10: Rose would know what to do" "Gets turned into a police officer " I literally forgot Rose appears in the end of partners in crime and was flabbergasted once again This is my favorite doctor who review of all time made me forgive you for not putting Dalek and Turn Left in *Perfect*
Fun little detail: In the end of time pt2, it’s ‘The Doctor’s Mother’ that gives him the idea to shoot the White point Star. The close up of her just before he tells the Master to get out of the way, her eyes shift from the Doctor/Master/Rassilon stand-off and go to the link
I think this is the first video of yours I've watched but I just wanted to say I love your narration and formatting its super engaging and great pacing
Loved watching this, thanks so much for pulling everything together! Mostly agree with you but we'll have to agree to disagree on the 2nd half of Series 3 - in my opinion the 6 episodes from "Human Nature" to "Last of the Time Lords" were the very best of the RTD era and some of the finest episodes of all time. Best of luck with the channel!
I really like Love and Monsters. It feels real to how I’d be if I’d met the doctor and wanted to find him again. The main plot is just alright but the way the depict fans of the doctor feels very real
Thank you for this video so much. This show is so unimaginably important to me and seeing this beautiful tier list really made me day. Only things I disagreed without I think were gridlock, and fotd/sitl. I think they are both very good. And also I would put turn left in perfect. There is honestly no flaws without, and if it weren't for blink it'd hands down be the best doctor lite episode, like u said the scene of wilf talking about the war is heart WRENCHING
I think the only reason I didn't put it in perfect is because it's not one I would actively think to go back and watch but i do agree it is a perfect Doctor lite episode
I’ve seen every episode of this era like 20 times but I’ve only been able to bear watching the end of time episodes maybe twice. Like it’s genuine heartbreak. I was fully crying just from watching the clips in this video.
I’m only up to the Aliens in London part, and I had to pause to comment that I think Annette Badland (Margaret) is one of the greatest character actresses the UK has ever produced. I met her at a small indie press awards ceremony in 2015 (she was there to support a friend who was nominated). When I recognised her, her friend said “you must be an Eastenders fan!” I said I hadn’t watched Eastenders in years, and before I could say what show I knew her from, Annette interrupted me and said “can I guess? I bet you’re going to say Happy Families!” And she was right! I knew her from loads of shows and films, but Happy Families stuck in my head the most. It was a show on CBBC in the early 90s and was based on a series of books. She played various characters, but I always remembered her as Mrs Wobble the Waitress. She told me that no matter how many different roles she plays (and she’s played hundreds!), millennials will always either remember her from Happy Families or Doctor Who, even though she was only in a couple of episodes, and that she loves that she was a part of so many people’s childhoods. Edited to add I just saw Mickey’s grandma and that reminded me that Mona Hammond is one of my other all-time favourite British character actresses.
@@DannyTDWWhen I saw her in Doctor Who, I got excited because I recognised her from so many other shows. She was one of those actresses who you’d see pop up on pretty much everything but nobody seemed to know her name, we all just knew her face. I was lucky that everyone was wearing name tags at the event I met her at 😂. She was very sweet. We chatted for a while. It turned out we’re both from Birmingham so she asked where I lived and she told me about where she grew up and how much things had changed the last time she visited. She was so lovely and fascinating to talk to. I got a really nice photo with her too.
i would honestly put gridlock in the okay category it had its funny moments but the doctor talking about gallifrey makes it a tier higher for me because of how beautiful that scene was. Your list was awesome tho u got entertaining commentary.
41:21 the first mention of Harold Saxon was actually in Love and Monsters, in the newspaper the Abzorbaloff was reading before revealing himself. You can see it in your vid at 33:26. Very big brain of RTD. Great video, though, I love your humour.
Love your energy and the effort put into editing clips in! Seen far too many DW tier lists where the persons just drones on continuously, but your delivery is super engaging (and your tastes are well reasoned!)
This era of television was just amazing. I was just a little kid forcing my family to watch it with me, and it still today influences my music and art. It wasn't flawless, and there are some aspects that didn't really fit, but overall Murray Gold and Russel T Davies are two of the best people who have ever touched Sci-Fi. Also it really made me realise that all my childhood crushes were 100% justified, just saying.
at 50:49, I'm sure to justify this scene here Sally Sparrow might've put in the transcript folder thing she gave to the Doctor at the end all or a few of her experiences with Wester Drumlins and the Angels. Meaning she may have put in that when she ripped the wallpaper and saw Duck! there a rock came flying at her from nowhere.
The "i dont want to go" broke me when i first watched it. David is just such a great Doctor, and you rly feel that he doesnt want to "die". Also yea Wilfred goat of the goats, this man made me cry so much and i want to hug him every time he plays an emotionally part.
21:33 my personal belief is that each are filled with max amount of sicknesses wich means they dont all have the same amount or same ones which also explains why there are so many of them.
47. The Idiot's Lantern 46. Love And Monsters 45. Fear Hee 44. Aliens Of London/WW3 43. The Lazarus Experiment 42. The Long Game 41. The Next Doctor 40. The Doctor's Daughter 39. Tooth And Claw 38. The End Of Time 37. The Unquiet Dead 36. The Shakespeare Code 35. The Fires Of Pompeii 34. The Runaway Bride 33. Daleks In Manhattan/EOTD 32. The Sound Of Drums/LOTTL 31. New Earth 30. Planet Of The Dead 29. The Chirstmas Invasion 28. The Sontaran Stratagem/TPS 27. Gridlock 26. The Unicorn And The Wasp 25. 42 24. Utopia 23. Boomtown 22. Father's Day 21. Voyage Of The Dammed 20. The End Of The World 19. School Reunion 18. Partners In Crime 17. Smith And Jones 16. Turn Left 15. Dalek 14. Rose 13. Army Of Ghosts/Doomsday 12. The Impossible Planet/TSP 11. The Girl In The Fireplace 10. Human Nature/TFOB 9. Silence In The Library/FOTD 8. The Waters Of Mars 7. Planet Of The Ood 6. Rise Of The Cybermen/TAOS 5. Blink 4. The Empty Child/TDD 3. Bad Wolf/TPOTW 2. Mignight 1. The Stolen Earth/Journey's End
ive been rewatching modern who and ive just finished the end of time part 2, and that episode still hurts to watch. i still cry like a toddler every time.
1:01:31 : "it's not got much rewatch value" me, having watched the fires of pompeii 50 plus times and done a report on it: 👀 okay (no but I actually really enjoyed this! and agreed most of the time lol)
My favorite episodes of the new show are (in order of favoritism): - Doomsday (Simply because of the ending. It's the most heart-wrenching companion sendoff in the history of the show. Nothing will top it.) - Human Nature / Family of Blood (probably the best episode of the show) - Midnight - The Waters of Mars - The End of Time ("I don't want to go") - Dalek - The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances (terrified me for months as a kid) - Stolen Earth / Journey's End - Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead - Aliens of London / World War Three - The Impossible Planet / Satan Pit - The God Complex (great, creepy episode but the ending was poor) Nothing from Capaldi's era nor from Chibnal/Whittaker's era. Capaldi is a great actor, but I hated the scripts. Chibnal was an atrocious writer and the actors didn't help matters.
Great video dude! You hit so many nails on their heads in this,RTD cheese just hits different and he was able to pull it off in ways no one else really could,if you haven't read it already i highly recommend "the writer's tale" book,gives some great insight into his "Who" era
i feel like aliens of london two-parter is the cult classic of the rtd era, the prequel star wars movies if u will. its goofy, its stupid, but it contains a lot of important aspects. and even if narratively theyre not great, theyre a blast to watch
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K9 responding 'affirmative' to 'bad dog' is one of those moments that makes me almost cry despite the ridiculous context.
Another one is Tracy Ann Oberman's 'I did my duty for Queen and country' as Yvonne Hartman in Doomsday.
@@memoryfoam2285Yeah, it's a shame Big finish retconned her death just so they could have that character serve as a replacement protagonist for their Torchwood range after Captain Jack Harkness got cancelled or whatever.
i love river just because i think the idea of following one time traveler, and then having another one show up sometimes and always out of order is such a cool concept.
Your acappella rendition of the Doomsday theme is epic! 🤣Great video!! Had me in tears by the end.
ahah thank you! :D
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im losing my shit
It’s even better when you listen to it at 2x speed 😂
Why did it make me just as emotional as the real thing 😂😂
Midnight was my first ever Doctor Who episode and it got me hooked immediately. I never really understood why Season 5+ never really clicked with me like Season 1-4 did. But you put it perfectly in this video. The dialog, the character interactions, the ability to just let things be fun without being complicated, the time to just breathe and allow the characters to just sit around and be friends. My favorite trope in any story will always be a good found family story and I think the RTD era does that so well.
“She’s 19 years old you nonce!” Had me in stitches 🤣
i loveeeee the girl in the fireplace but my main issue is how it treats rose and mickey. they're essentially redundant in it, and i don't believe that the doctor would ever leave them, especially in the context of everything that happens in school reunion. i think this would have been a perfect episode for a solo doctor trip as one of the specials at the end of season 4 - giving the doctor hope of another companion then ripping it away would have been so so brutal, especially if it came just before waters of mars. or even as a replacement christmas episode post-martha's departure. it feels out if character for the doctor to abandon anyone but especially rose.
damn yeah having it be a solo story around the time after s4 where the doctor is at his worse emotionally would have made this great ep hit even harder
I agree! I really like this episode but the timing always felt off...
The girl in the fireplace has always given me weird vibes because of the romantic tension between the doctor and madame de pompadour after he saw her as a little girl, and I found it to be part of a larger theme of Moffat using the doctor to act out fantasies of his own. I also felt it somewhat cheapened his and Rose’s relationship. I really wish that romance hadn’t been included because I would’ve loved it otherwise.
Yeah, a great episode tho. By itself. If we get to see the thing between Rose and the doctor 🤔 😬 Sarah Jane was right.. 🤔 🤨😏 Gotcha tiger..
Smart pants, Lady Killa 😏😅😬🤣🤣🤣🤣
Like Ricky Mickey said "🤣told you so, the mighty doctor is a bloke like anyone else of us, Men? 😅 🤣"
Weeelll I mixed three episodes up but 😅🤓🙃🥃 it's Saturday
Doctor abandoning Mickey is pretty believable tho
You have to remember when Russell was the lead writer he would have edited all the scripts, steven moffat gets all the credit for those episodes and he might have come up with the great new villain but russells editing elevates them to perfect. I never understood how when Steven was the lead writer his villains didn't hit the same even when writing the ones he created
I get what you’re saying but Russell has repeatedly stated that Moffat was the only writer whose scripts he never had to edit. I really just think Moffat worked better in small dosesz
@jaystev oh cool, I heard from someone who worked in the script department but they could have been lying! In small doses he was a brilliant writer, the stories make sense, same with sherlock. But the later series were such a contrast and I didn't really like it at all. And the loss of character development/realistic families etc that russell does so well. I'm very interested to see what the new series is like and if I enjoy it again like I did s1-4. Even now I'm older I can still rewatch the older ones and enjoy them, and I liked the 60th specials. Fingers crossed for the new series!!
@@SKRIBBLEproductions Amy and Rory have more chemistry with Smith than a lot of Russel's combos like Rose and Tennant, Martha and Tennant. Also loss of development ? Capaldi literally has the biggest arc in new who. And Smith while not having as much, does get humbled a lot in series 6 compared to his extravegentness in S5 which got him in trouble. Tennant also just didn't have that much growth, Eccleston did. In fact, his development was so good it made 10 underwhelming by comparison tbh.
Tbh, the initial buildup of LINDA in Love and Monsters is actually kinda sweet. It's this whole found family kind of thing, and then it suddenly comes crashing down when the stranger shows up. Obviously, a lot could have been better, but I do think it has an interesting premise.
It needed to be a horror monster not a goofy one. Have the shadow monster that killed Elton’s mum make a return and destroy the group. Have it a lesson about how people who touch the doctor don’t have a happy ending, foreshadowing doomsday
@@bald_lightning I know. My comment was about the initial premise, not how it ended up
Yes. And I also disagree with him on Marc Warren given a god-awful performance.
I like love and monsters
I first watched it dubbed so the bad acting wasn't even that bad and I like the idea that such a silly monster that gets made fun off by the show and the doctor can destroy peoples lives
It is still really cringe tho and the ending is weird
I mostly agree, except "Gridlock". Although the idea of such setting is terrifying and the monsters at the bottom seemed redundant, but I love that episode, everything in it.
I absolutely love Gridlock. It's cheese, it's weird, it's silly, it's scary... it's perfect.
I absolutely love Gridlock. It's cheese, it's weird, it's silly, it's scary... it's perfect.
Yeah, all the different people and families in the different cars really painted a full picture of how people can survive a (seemingly) hopeless situation. Both tragic and hopeful.
It feels very Wall-E with more edge and dimension. I miss that episode, wtf? Not having reruns randomly refresh my recognition of rare rhetoric is so rage worthy, but it's fine, I'll just go stream it meself
The scene with the choir is so damn good, really hits you in the feels imo. And the general setting is really grim, not just the fact everyone is sealed in the highway but the fact everyone’s essentially a drug addict (the emotion drug/patch things) and how all of New New York just died, that shot with like the parliament full of skeletons, such a cool visual
Your rendition of the Doctor & rose’s theme was unreal 😂
Top tier😂
Catherine tates acting in Pompeii showed to everyone she can be a seriously good drama actress
And then she absolutely killed it in Turn Left!! ❤
This is one of the most underrated videos I've ever watched. I really hope it blows up, You deserve it.
Thank you 🥹
You hope it blows up? Who are you, Russell T Davies?
@@HOTD108_ No I'm Michael bay
Watching Doomsday was the first time I ever cried from watching an emotional scene on a screen. I was 9 and learned what heartbreak was, and it probably cemented itself as a core memory. It still gets me now. So like, I agree with this rating 😂
The fact that you remember is just as impressive as the writing haha
Doomsday may very well be the moment my empathy kicked in as a kid lol
I have vivid memories of watching Partner's in Crime while having an Indian takeaway as a very small child. The Adipose terrified me, and for whatever reason the association between watching that episode while having Indian takeaway left me terrified of chicken korma for months. Childhood trauma aside, I love that episode.
Love this, I have this exact same memory with other episodes ahah!
i had this with doomsday and pringles ☠️
Just goes to show how impactful that scene from Doomsday was that even with the goofy dub over it I still teared up lol
Russel T Davies so good at having a group of friends just having a normal conversation - so good to watch". The Toymaker ep ending says hi.
EXACTLY!! :D
The Meep, Doctor, and Rose Nobel says hi. 😂
Well, that's alright then!
My disappointment when I realised that you only recently uploaded this video, and now I have to actually wait for the part 2 and 3, was immense.
10/10 tierlist. Suprised you didn't mention the amazing line: "I would be proud... if you were my dad" to Wilf
Good things come to those who wait :D
I agree. Midnight and Blink are perfect. Midnight freaks me out every time even though I know how it ends.
Donna: Monto Bene!
Doctor: No. Don't do that. Don't... don't... Don't.
That performance from David is 10/10. The Doctor being scared is unnerving. Of all the things he has seen, he is usually so intrigued and interested. His interest becoming his nightmare is absolutely chilling.
Midnight is the one time the Doctor doesn't know what is going on and is not in control of the situation. Absolutely terrifying.
I would personally have Dalek and Empty Child/Doctor Dances in the top tier ... Those 3 episodes were when everybody sat up and took notice of Nu Who.
They proved that the show was capable of genuine greatness, and we all became incredibly excited about the possibilities moving forward ...
They were the foundations that RTD built upon for his entire first run.
I really like the gridlock end where Martha sits down and finally learns about who he is.
Loved this vid but only really disagree with “Gridlock”- sure it’s a 40-something minute traffic jam but the reveal as to _why_ everyone was stuck on the road? The fact that they were all there for _years_ and had literally no hope of getting out, the reveal that there were actually no police or ambulances or support whatsoever, the virus stemming from the mutated mood drug? That shit gets me every damn time.
Also the Lazarus experiment!! Is about the value of life!! And how it is in no way dependent or proportional to how long it is!!
The whole sequence in Forrest of the Dead from when Donna enters the park to the scene in her kids room disturbed me so much as a kid that I didn't rewatch it until sometime last year and it still had my heart beating all throughout it. The way it all builds until she rips the veil off (I know the cgi isn't great but child me was very convinced) and reveals the messed up face and then the horror in her reaction when her children disappear. I watched films like Hereditary and Martyrs before I could bring myself to rewatch that episode.
mentioned around 51:00 , in Blink, I think Sally took a lot of notes about her trip to the house and at the end of the episode, she gave her folder to The Doctor. Hence how the doctor knew what would happen.
Gridlock is one of my personal favourites haha. I also enjoy lazarus experiment which I know that one is more disliked haha. But it’s always intriguing too hear others views. Martha and Donna got the best episodes in my opinion lol. Massive Donna fan
You know an episode is good if it makes you cry just by seeing it's screenshots. The end of time pt2 literally BROKE me I cry like a toddler every time. I didn't have DrWHO on TV as a child so I only recently, as an adult decided to watch it and my god I will never forget this series. Even showed midnight and blink to friends who don't watch DW and they still really enyoed it.
This is the most entertaining ranking video I’ve EVER seen. I love it.
Wow thank you very much aha much appreciated 😄
Great video. I pretty much agree with your evaluations and playing this in the background is strangely comforting. Really looking forward to the Moffat review. Thanks for doing this.
That's exactly what I was going for, Thank you! :D
The stuff Moffat actually wrote was great.
Incredible video, made me realise the parallel I had with my matt smith experience, crying every time he goes and insisting I wouldn't enjoy Capaldi cause 'he was just some random old guy' but coming to appreciate his tenure and being able to go back and experience Ecclestone and Tennant for the first time while still having season 5 as my personal favourite of my childhood. Elite singing of the doomsday theme, I need this for all upcoming themes for smith
the ending of RTD era was one gut punch after another. Episode to episode things seemed to turn out alright, but slowly more and more things just started to go wrong for the doctor and you realize it is a tragedy. In order to clear the way for a new doctor to have new adventures, everyone the doctor knew had to die or move on without him and he could not keep any of them in his life, and then, at the very end, when you think he has said goodbye to everyone and it's okay that 10 wasn't happy because none of the doctors really are, in the end they are just the vehicle for the next doctor, but right before everything turns out alright, right before 11 takes over and makes all of 10's suffering pointless, he says the one line that leaves it lingering, makes it impossible to forget that he has unfinished business and everything is not alright.
I'm pretty sure the way RTD ended things made it hard on Moffat, which is why he mocked the line in "Day of the doctor"
“Moffat writing with one hand again?” Was hilarious 😂
So good to see a vid like this from someone who grew up with doctor who at the same age as me, gen alpha wouldn't understand how beautifully 2000s this all is
Christopher Eccleston is my favorite doctor of all time. My first Doctor was Jon Pertwee who was great but Eccleston brought me back to the series and he was fantastic :D I see the appeal of Tom Baker and especially Capaldi and Tennant + Smith have a special place in my heart. But Eccleston brought so much nuance to the character and I thought was perfect with only one series! Love this show, I hope they improve the show's writing moving forward though. We want good stories with loveable characters.
russel t davies is defo my fave doctor who writer bcs he’s so good at writing people and that’s one of my favourite aspects of the series :) i appreciate moffat’s early work (the empty child is one of my fave episodes ever) but i loved russell t davies style when i was a child watching doctor who for the first time and i still love him now lol :)
What a funny, and suprisingly heartfelt tier-list! You've reminded me why I loved (and still do) the RTD era of WHO. Subscribed!
haha thank you so much! :D
This is literally exactly what I was looking for like a month ago and I couldn't find anything like it but this is perfect
"toppy sloppy chromedome from that paving slab throatgoat" is my "cellar door"
The moment when they’re all flying the Earth back makes me absolutely sob, even more than Donna having her mind wiped. The music, the shots of them all working together, the fact you know it’s the last moment of them all being happy together. It genuinely breaks me
Agreed!!! 🥲
I'm not usually a fan of tierlists, but this is tempting me to make one of these myself.
It's not until you see something like this on a tierlist that makes you really WANT to evaluate your opinions :D
36:46 i need you to cover all of the best music from doctor who, this was incredible! Effort like that really takes what could of been a good tier list video into a OH GOD YES tier video
hahaha Thank you so much! Love this thank you for the feedback! :D
I agree Eccleston was fantastic. Too bad what happened.. More shocking was to receive the news when the series just started!
Like I wish the Doctor didn't give his clone to Rose (Like just avoided that story arch in general) and the ending for 14, instead of living with Donna, would be 15 giving his gift to 14, which is getting back to Rose to spend his days. I know, I know its been a while and a couple of regenerations since Rose but the Doctor seeing that ol familiar face HAD to bring back some memories and would've been a great finale for 14. The Real Doctor never ending up with Rose really bothered me when I first watched, even if he gave up his clone its just not the same so idk.
This was so enjoyable to watch!!! I’d definitely watch your review of moffat’s eras-especially 11’s run!!!
Interesting list! RTD's stuff is a bit soapy and shouty for my tastes, but I can't deny that his energy keeps a lot of people entertained and he was the perfect choice to launch New Who (as was Eccleston).
I can already tell this tierlist series is gonna be a BANGER
"Rose is an amazing companion"
*Doomsday acapella*
"The doctor commits a genocide but it's okay he's mourning "
"*Martha being horny on main*
10: Rose would know what to do"
"Gets turned into a police officer "
I literally forgot Rose appears in the end of partners in crime and was flabbergasted once again
This is my favorite doctor who review of all time made me forgive you for not putting Dalek and Turn Left in *Perfect*
Fun little detail: In the end of time pt2, it’s ‘The Doctor’s Mother’ that gives him the idea to shoot the White point Star. The close up of her just before he tells the Master to get out of the way, her eyes shift from the Doctor/Master/Rassilon stand-off and go to the link
I go with the time lord reproduce by genetic looms, and choose to think that woman was Romana
i love the bit where the dalek says 'brethrin' and you fall in to london road slang
its very rare i laugh out loud when watching anything but this got me
Clicked just to see where would be my favourite episode of the whole series (midnight). Good job.
"Tell me your name" "pedophile" that killed me lmao.
This is the funniest thing ever, I actually watched the whole thing through. You should do one for the Moffat era
I'm Working on it now! :D
I think this is the first video of yours I've watched but I just wanted to say I love your narration and formatting its super engaging and great pacing
Thank you! Really appreciate the feedback!
Great video! Can't wait for Moffat era tier list!
This is one of the best videos I have seen on RUclips - super underrated and I hope it does really well!
Aw thank you very much!! 😊
Loved watching this, thanks so much for pulling everything together! Mostly agree with you but we'll have to agree to disagree on the 2nd half of Series 3 - in my opinion the 6 episodes from "Human Nature" to "Last of the Time Lords" were the very best of the RTD era and some of the finest episodes of all time. Best of luck with the channel!
Chris Ecceleston was such an amazing Doctor. Wish we had more of him.
the acapela was top tier
Ahaha thank you, I enjoyed making it. Definitely more to come :D
I really like Love and Monsters. It feels real to how I’d be if I’d met the doctor and wanted to find him again. The main plot is just alright but the way the depict fans of the doctor feels very real
One of my fave deffo really understated
"mainly because I'm fatherless" lmao mood
Just watching this continuously on repeat now … absolutely love it, but please fast forward the next one!!!
Thank you for this video so much. This show is so unimaginably important to me and seeing this beautiful tier list really made me day. Only things I disagreed without I think were gridlock, and fotd/sitl. I think they are both very good. And also I would put turn left in perfect. There is honestly no flaws without, and if it weren't for blink it'd hands down be the best doctor lite episode, like u said the scene of wilf talking about the war is heart WRENCHING
I think the only reason I didn't put it in perfect is because it's not one I would actively think to go back and watch but i do agree it is a perfect Doctor lite episode
Which is fotd?
@@otps8035 forest of the dead. And the slash was with silence in the library
Great video, it's always nice when RUclips throws a smaller video onto my home page that is actually good quality.
Ahh thank you! That means a lot
I’ve seen every episode of this era like 20 times but I’ve only been able to bear watching the end of time episodes maybe twice. Like it’s genuine heartbreak. I was fully crying just from watching the clips in this video.
Brought my to tears, this era of Dr who was my childhood thanks for this video!
Aliens of London on par with Dalek and The Empty Child is wild.
This was amazing and hilarious! Thank you!! Looking forward to the next one 😊
I honestly agree with all of your takes!! This show practically raised me, glad to see someone share the nostalgia
i just decided to rewatch the whole modern era, so this video came just in time! can't wait for the next parts 💗
Thank you!! 😃
I watch DW tier lists to chill out. Yours is great fun! Looking forward to the next.
The Doctor Dances: 'This episode is a 10 out of 10."
Puts it in 'Great'...
I’m only up to the Aliens in London part, and I had to pause to comment that I think Annette Badland (Margaret) is one of the greatest character actresses the UK has ever produced.
I met her at a small indie press awards ceremony in 2015 (she was there to support a friend who was nominated). When I recognised her, her friend said “you must be an Eastenders fan!” I said I hadn’t watched Eastenders in years, and before I could say what show I knew her from, Annette interrupted me and said “can I guess? I bet you’re going to say Happy Families!” And she was right! I knew her from loads of shows and films, but Happy Families stuck in my head the most. It was a show on CBBC in the early 90s and was based on a series of books. She played various characters, but I always remembered her as Mrs Wobble the Waitress.
She told me that no matter how many different roles she plays (and she’s played hundreds!), millennials will always either remember her from Happy Families or Doctor Who, even though she was only in a couple of episodes, and that she loves that she was a part of so many people’s childhoods.
Edited to add I just saw Mickey’s grandma and that reminded me that Mona Hammond is one of my other all-time favourite British character actresses.
I love that story! I will always remember her from Doctor Who! :D
@@DannyTDWWhen I saw her in Doctor Who, I got excited because I recognised her from so many other shows. She was one of those actresses who you’d see pop up on pretty much everything but nobody seemed to know her name, we all just knew her face. I was lucky that everyone was wearing name tags at the event I met her at 😂.
She was very sweet. We chatted for a while. It turned out we’re both from Birmingham so she asked where I lived and she told me about where she grew up and how much things had changed the last time she visited. She was so lovely and fascinating to talk to. I got a really nice photo with her too.
i would honestly put gridlock in the okay category it had its funny moments but the doctor talking about gallifrey makes it a tier higher for me because of how beautiful that scene was. Your list was awesome tho u got entertaining commentary.
That is the true highlight of that episode, thank you for the feedback :)
I think Gridlock is great satirical Science-Fiction. But to each their own I guess.
Appreciate the effort put into this. You are a funny man. Great video. Subbed
That means alot! Thank you! :D
41:21 the first mention of Harold Saxon was actually in Love and Monsters, in the newspaper the Abzorbaloff was reading before revealing himself. You can see it in your vid at 33:26. Very big brain of RTD.
Great video, though, I love your humour.
wow never noticed that! Thanks for pointing that out! :D
36:47
this is not war, this is cyber-bullying
Love your energy and the effort put into editing clips in! Seen far too many DW tier lists where the persons just drones on continuously, but your delivery is super engaging (and your tastes are well reasoned!)
Much appreciated! Thank you
It's a real testament to the soundtrack that, even with that a capella butchery, it's still heart wrenching
I can't believe I cried again, during your funny rendition of the doomsday theme that episode always gets me.
This era of television was just amazing. I was just a little kid forcing my family to watch it with me, and it still today influences my music and art. It wasn't flawless, and there are some aspects that didn't really fit, but overall Murray Gold and Russel T Davies are two of the best people who have ever touched Sci-Fi.
Also it really made me realise that all my childhood crushes were 100% justified, just saying.
48:06 truly an emotional rendition of David tenants performs
“the daleks are back,what a shocking revelation😐” doctor who in a nutshell
This was so entertaining oh my god, it was like me watching the entire series all over again
haha appreciate the feedback! :D
It makes me wanna watch from 2005 again for the christmas doctor who!
I cackled when you turned the Dalek emperor into a roadman
at 50:49, I'm sure to justify this scene here Sally Sparrow might've put in the transcript folder thing she gave to the Doctor at the end all or a few of her experiences with Wester Drumlins and the Angels. Meaning she may have put in that when she ripped the wallpaper and saw Duck! there a rock came flying at her from nowhere.
I'm only about 4 minutes in so far but i have to say i love your sense of humour and i already know the rest of this video will slap.
I hope it fulfils your expectations :D
@@DannyTDW It was, genuinely hilarious the bit with the Pyrovile's name made me nearly choke 😆
The "i dont want to go" broke me when i first watched it. David is just such a great Doctor, and you rly feel that he doesnt want to "die". Also yea Wilfred goat of the goats, this man made me cry so much and i want to hug him every time he plays an emotionally part.
21:33 my personal belief is that each are filled with max amount of sicknesses wich means they dont all have the same amount or same ones which also explains why there are so many of them.
geat video man really simple editing but still a fun watch.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it
47. The Idiot's Lantern
46. Love And Monsters
45. Fear Hee
44. Aliens Of London/WW3
43. The Lazarus Experiment
42. The Long Game
41. The Next Doctor
40. The Doctor's Daughter
39. Tooth And Claw
38. The End Of Time
37. The Unquiet Dead
36. The Shakespeare Code
35. The Fires Of Pompeii
34. The Runaway Bride
33. Daleks In Manhattan/EOTD
32. The Sound Of Drums/LOTTL
31. New Earth
30. Planet Of The Dead
29. The Chirstmas Invasion
28. The Sontaran Stratagem/TPS
27. Gridlock
26. The Unicorn And The Wasp
25. 42
24. Utopia
23. Boomtown
22. Father's Day
21. Voyage Of The Dammed
20. The End Of The World
19. School Reunion
18. Partners In Crime
17. Smith And Jones
16. Turn Left
15. Dalek
14. Rose
13. Army Of Ghosts/Doomsday
12. The Impossible Planet/TSP
11. The Girl In The Fireplace
10. Human Nature/TFOB
9. Silence In The Library/FOTD
8. The Waters Of Mars
7. Planet Of The Ood
6. Rise Of The Cybermen/TAOS
5. Blink
4. The Empty Child/TDD
3. Bad Wolf/TPOTW
2. Mignight
1. The Stolen Earth/Journey's End
The doctors don't know me like that bit fucking killed me 😂
Somehow I never put together the music when the Master turbo charges the tardis lol, fantastic video!!
Rory Jennings was in Doctor Who??
That's so crazy to think about
Loved this, cannot wait for your tier lists of the next eras!
Coming Soon! :D
ive been rewatching modern who and ive just finished the end of time part 2, and that episode still hurts to watch. i still cry like a toddler every time.
The Friday night dinner reference earned you a sub bruv
haha thank you! :D
56:55 that comment at the bottom is so real lmao. Also the commentary this whole video is *chef's kiss*.
1:01:31 : "it's not got much rewatch value"
me, having watched the fires of pompeii 50 plus times and done a report on it: 👀 okay
(no but I actually really enjoyed this! and agreed most of the time lol)
My favorite episodes of the new show are (in order of favoritism):
- Doomsday (Simply because of the ending. It's the most heart-wrenching companion sendoff in the history of the show. Nothing will top it.)
- Human Nature / Family of Blood (probably the best episode of the show)
- Midnight
- The Waters of Mars
- The End of Time ("I don't want to go")
- Dalek
- The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances (terrified me for months as a kid)
- Stolen Earth / Journey's End
- Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead
- Aliens of London / World War Three
- The Impossible Planet / Satan Pit
- The God Complex (great, creepy episode but the ending was poor)
Nothing from Capaldi's era nor from Chibnal/Whittaker's era. Capaldi is a great actor, but I hated the scripts. Chibnal was an atrocious writer and the actors didn't help matters.
37:46 - thank you, been looking for a new ringtone 😂😂😂
Great video dude! You hit so many nails on their heads in this,RTD cheese just hits different and he was able to pull it off in ways no one else really could,if you haven't read it already i highly recommend "the writer's tale" book,gives some great insight into his "Who" era
it's on my wishlist, i do plan on buying it! :D
i feel like aliens of london two-parter is the cult classic of the rtd era, the prequel star wars movies if u will. its goofy, its stupid, but it contains a lot of important aspects. and even if narratively theyre not great, theyre a blast to watch
couldn't agree more! :D