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Posted by: Klaus Jan 5 2019, 04:47 PM



Here we are at the end of another series of Doctor Who, and not just any series as we saw a brand new era with Moffatt leaving (all is forgiven), Chibnall coming in, completely brand new characters, with none returning, a brand new TARDIS and a brand new team of guest writers as well as a brand new composer. This all resulted in the biggest change of tone of the series since the show returned in 2005. All these changes and the most talked about was the change in Doctor, something happening for the thirteenth time but, for the first time, the Doctor changed into the most horrible thing known to man.... a woman. Jodie Whittaker's Doctor brought along three new friends with Yaz (the first Muslim companion), Ryan (the first dyspraxic companion) and Graham (the oldest ever companion? unless you wanna count Wilf). Another big change was the lack of a Christmas Day special, the first time since 2004 (when the show wasn't on air!!) with a New Year's Day special introduced instead. This also saw the only returning monster of the series, the ultimate in Doctor Who villains - the Daleks. The lack of returning monsters meant we were introduced to Tim Shaw (a teeth collecting bounty hunter), the Morax (made of mud and lived in a tree), the Kerblam! robots (they don't even get a name), giant spiders, demons, a sentient universe (becoming the most controversial moment of the series) and the deadliest creature in the universe.... the PTING.

How did YOU enjoy the series though, and more specifically each episode? Rate each episode from 0-10 with one 11 if you so choose to use it. Any -1s will be inputted as a 0.

Any commentary is encouraged and is likely to be used in the results thread.

xx The Woman Who Fell to Earth
xx The Ghost Monument
xx Rosa
xx Arachnids in the UK
xx The Tsuranga Conundrum
xx Demons of the Punjab
xx Kerblam!
xx The Witchfinders
xx It Takes You Away
xx The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
xx Resolution



(i don't think we have any #notmydoctor, nevergonnawatchagainbutjustwatchingthisepisodeand alsothisoneandjustthenextonethenillstop butmaybejusthenextoneto oomgwasntthenewyearsdayepisoderubbish people on here, but any abnormally low scores will not be counted. This is open to my judgement and doesn't mean you necessarily have to do high scores.)

Posted by: Auld Lang Peen Jan 5 2019, 04:58 PM

09 The Woman Who Fell to Earth
07 The Ghost Monument
11 Rosa
06 Arachnids in the UK
00 The Tsuranga Conundrum
04 Demons of the Punjab
07 Kerblam!
08 The Witchfinders
03 It Takes You Away
05 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
09 Resolution

Posted by: Slick Jan 6 2019, 12:30 AM

08 The Woman Who Fell to Earth
07 The Ghost Monument
08 Rosa
07 Arachnids in the UK
04 The Tsuranga Conundrum
06 Demons of the Punjab
05 Kerblam!
06 The Witchfinders
07 It Takes You Away
07 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
05 Resolution

Posted by: Klaus Jan 7 2019, 08:38 PM

09.0 The Woman Who Fell to Earth
06.5 The Ghost Monument
11.0 Rosa
07.0 Arachnids in the UK
06.0 The Tsuranga Conundrum
07.5 Demons of the Punjab
08.0 Kerblam!
08.5 The Witchfinders
03.0 It Takes You Away
06.5 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
08.0 Resolution

Posted by: Calum Jan 7 2019, 08:50 PM

08.0 The Woman Who Fell to Earth
06.5 The Ghost Monument
11.0 Rosa
07.0 Arachnids in the UK
03.0 The Tsuranga Conundrum
08.5 Demons of the Punjab
10.0 Kerblam!
08.0 The Witchfinders
04.5 It Takes You Away
08.5 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
10.0 Resolution

I would've waited until the last day so I could rewatch with fresh eyes when the DVD's released, but I'll go with that. kink.gif

The Tsuranga Conundrum and It Takes You Away are pretty much the only episodes I'm not that keen on, and while I did thoroughly enjoy The Ghost Monument, it just didn't have a lot going on besides looking for the TARDIS.

Posted by: Auld Lang Peen Jan 7 2019, 08:52 PM

Rosa slaying cheer.gif

The pting not slaying nocheer.gif

Posted by: Klaus Jan 7 2019, 08:54 PM

me at pting h8rs


Posted by: Jester Jan 7 2019, 08:56 PM

07 The Woman Who Fell to Earth
05 The Ghost Monument
11 Rosa
02 Arachnids in the UK
05 The Tsuranga Conundrum
07 Demons of the Punjab
10 Kerblam!
08 The Witchfinders
02 It Takes You Away
00 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
09 Resolution

Posted by: Calum Jan 7 2019, 09:00 PM

QUOTE(Klaus @ Jan 7 2019, 08:54 PM) *
me at pting h8rs



Posted by: Botchia Jan 7 2019, 09:06 PM

#DownWithPting #DownWithKlaus

08.0 The Woman Who Fell to Earth
06.5 The Ghost Monument
11.0 Rosa
08.5 Arachnids in the UK
02.0 The Tsuranga Conundrum
09.0 Demons of the Punjab
10.0 Kerblam!
08.0 The Witchfinders
04.0 It Takes You Away
07.0 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
10.0 Resolution

Posted by: Klaus Jan 7 2019, 09:12 PM

QUOTE(Calum @ Jan 7 2019, 09:00 PM) *

i feel attacked

Posted by: Chez Wombat Jan 7 2019, 09:23 PM

08 The Woman Who Fell to Earth
06 The Ghost Monument
10 Rosa
04 Arachnids in the UK
03 The Tsuranga Conundrum
07 Demons of the Punjab
08 Kerblam!
09 The Witchfinders
06 It Takes You Away
05 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
08 Resolution

Posted by: JosephAvery Jan 7 2019, 09:43 PM

QUOTE(Botchia @ Jan 7 2019, 09:06 PM) *
#DownWithPting


Posted by: ElectroBoy Jan 7 2019, 10:01 PM

7.0 The Woman Who Fell to Earth
8.5 The Ghost Monument
9.0 Rosa
3.5 Arachnids in the UK
7.5 The Tsuranga Conundrum
6.0 Demons of the Punjab
6.0 Kerblam!
9.0 The Witchfinders
6.5 It Takes You Away
4.0 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
8.0 Resolution

Posted by: Botchia Jan 7 2019, 10:06 PM

QUOTE(JosephAvery @ Jan 7 2019, 09:43 PM) *



Posted by: Calum Jan 7 2019, 10:16 PM

QUOTE(Botchia @ Jan 7 2019, 10:06 PM) *


Posted by: DalekTurret32 Jan 9 2019, 03:59 PM

9.0 The Woman Who Fell to Earth
10 The Ghost Monument
10 Rosa
9.0 Arachnids in the UK
9.0 The Tsuranga Conundrum
10 Demons of the Punjab
9.5 Kerblam!
9.5 The Witchfinders
8.5 It Takes You Away
10 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
11 Resolution

Posted by: DexTheHalls Jan 10 2019, 07:07 AM

07.0 The Woman Who Fell to Earth
04.5 The Ghost Monument
10.0 Rosa
05.0 Arachnids in the UK
05.0 The Tsuranga Conundrum
06.5 Demons of the Punjab
07.0 Kerblam!
07.0 The Witchfinders
04.0 It Takes You Away
07.0 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
11.0 Resolution

Some good episodes amongst just as many not-so-good episodes tbh. Resolution definitely made up for it though and has me hyped for the next series already

Posted by: hiadtfawlmthbihi Jan 10 2019, 05:25 PM

im tempted to 11 the pting

Posted by: hiadtfawlmthbihi Jan 10 2019, 05:26 PM

07 The Woman Who Fell to Earth
08 The Ghost Monument
11 Rosa
08 Arachnids in the UK
05 The Tsuranga Conundrum
10 Demons of the Punjab
09 Kerblam!
10 The Witchfinders
08 It Takes You Away
03 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
10 Resolution

i rlly enjoyed this series lol

Posted by: Calum Jan 10 2019, 06:15 PM

QUOTE(hiadtfawlmthbihi @ Jan 10 2019, 05:26 PM) *
05 The Tsuranga Conundrum
03 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos


Posted by: Klaus Jan 13 2019, 12:08 PM

more please

currently the pting is in the lead but YOU can change that (if you want to)

Posted by: BridgeCow Jan 13 2019, 12:25 PM

07 The Woman Who Fell to Earth
06 The Ghost Monument
09 Rosa
05 Arachnids in the UK
03 The Tsuranga Conundrum
07 Demons of the Punjab
05 Kerblam!
08 The Witchfinders
09 It Takes You Away
06 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
10 Resolution

Posted by: JosephAvery Jan 13 2019, 01:08 PM

08.0 The Woman Who Fell to Earth - A solid opening episode, setting the characters up well and of course, it gains a bonus mark for "Ryan Sinclair, don't you dare" x
06.0 The Ghost Monument - nice character moments but not especially interesting on its own
10.0 Rosa - sensitively handled, brilliantly portrayed and just superb all round
07.0 Arachnids in the UK - I enjoyed this a lot at the time but when you realise all the plotholes, it falls down quite quickly. Shame as it had a lot of potential and all it needed was one or two more scenes to wrap up all of the spiders outside of the hotel.
06.5 The Tsuranga Conundrum - gets a bit of a hard time even if it's not a classic, the Pting is interesting but overhyped and isn't focused on enough, and we could've ditched the pregnant man quite easily.
09.5 Demons of the Punjab - really enjoyable, way more than I expected, the aliens were a nice touch if unnecessary in the end and I loved the closer focus on Yaz.
09.0 Kerblam! - an enjoyable episode with probably the best mix of character and action across the main series. Wish there was more of an actual alien threat though!
08.5 The Witchfinders - another strong historical, King James I is a hoot and the aliens are pretty creepy at the start.
09.0 It Takes You Away - I really liked this, a brilliant experimental episode. The frog is stupid really but I loved the rest of it.
07.0 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos - not a bad episode but an underwhelming finale, didn't have enough oomph and Tim Shaw wasn't an exciting enough villain for the stakes to feel high. However, he was more menacing than in the opener.
11.0 Resolution - outdid all of my expectations in spectacular style. Think this will have high rewatchability too!

Overall an enjoyable series and those scores have made me realise I liked it even more than I thought. There are some definite teething errors and I think most episodes would benefit from a greater presence of a threat, plus they have got to share the screen-time between the companions more next time round (Yaz is severely underused).

Posted by: ElectroBoy Jan 13 2019, 01:30 PM

QUOTE(JosephAvery @ Jan 13 2019, 01:08 PM) *
*rate above but with the finale*


You've missed the Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos... but then it was one of the most forgettable stories on the season

Posted by: JosephAvery Jan 13 2019, 01:43 PM

I did actually score it and type a review, no idea where it went lol

Posted by: dandy* Jan 13 2019, 02:19 PM

07.0 The Woman Who Fell to Earth - solid enough opener, Jodie the obvious highlight
03.0 The Ghost Monument - I can't really recall anything about it - was it the one with the flying sheet things?
09.5 Rosa - Good story and done well, villain was pointless though
05.0 Arachnids in the UK - it was okay but, as Joseph says, it kind of gets worse after you've watched it and realise the amount of holes in it all.
03.5 The Tsuranga Conundrum - Pretty much dreadful. The pregnant guy is the low point of the entire series. Essentially a monster chasing them around a spaceship genre that I usually like, undone by the monster not actually wanting to chase them at all.
07.0 Demons of the Punjab - Nice enough story. I feel I would have enjoyed this more if it didn't follow on from Rosa earlier in the series.
09.0 Kerblam! - Enjoyable and fun romp in a typical Who style, really liked it but think it deserved to be a two parter.
05.5 The Witchfinders - it was alright I guess but got worse as the episode progressed for me after peaking at the point the mud witch appeared.
07.0 It Takes You Away - I enjoyed much of this one, the scenery for starters! I also quite enjoyed the sense of a scandi style bleak plot with time shifts and dimensions.
07.0 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos - I quite enjoyed this at the time but it didn't have that epic feel to it that closers often have, really was just a part II to the first episode.
07.0 Resolution - I enjoyed it on the whole but it still suffered from the common problem the series had, good idea with quite poor execution. Quite a lot of build up just for things to all come to a head too quickly because of the shorter timings for the episodes.

Posted by: Klaus Jan 14 2019, 12:56 PM

Just seen a comment on Facebook that made me laugh, even if I think the series was more unspectacular rather than bad:

The TARDIS kicked Jodie out and hid away on another planet, it knew Series 11 would be so bad

Posted by: Klaus Jan 21 2019, 04:06 PM

oops - let’s have some more whilst i start preparing results

Posted by: Tombo Jan 21 2019, 05:17 PM

7 The Woman Who Fell to Earth
7 The Ghost Monument
7 Rosa
8 Arachnids in the UK
7 The Tsuranga Conundrum
8 Demons of the Punjab
10 Kerblam!
10 The Witchfinders
8 It Takes You Away
9 The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
11 Resolution

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