A week on from the finale of Season 2 (and what ended up being the end of Ncuti Gatwa's time as the Doctor), let's look back on this era of the show and create a ranking of the episodes.

It was the start (of sorts) of Russell T Davies' big return to Doctor Who following Chris Chibnall and Jodie Whittaker's departure, following the 60th Anniversary specials. Alongside David Tennant's return as the new fourteenth Doctor and with a very different regeneration to anything we'd seen before on the show, Ncuti managed to dominate the final act of The Giggle before taking centre stage in The Church on Ruby Road as the first black actor to be the Doctor in the main role. This era also saw Disney come on board as a worldwide streaming partner, and both finales were taken for outings to the big screen.

Simply rank each of the stories from the Ncuti Gatwa era from favourite (1) to least favourite (16) and in a couple of weeks we'll see what comes out on top for BuzzJack

The Ncuti Gatwa Era

The Church on Ruby Road

Space Babies

The Devil's Chord

Boom

73 Yards

Dot and Bubble

Rogue

The Legend of Ruby Sunday / Empire of Death

Joy to the World

The Robot Revolution

Lux

The Well

Lucky Day

The Story & The Engine

The Interstellar Song Contest

Wish World / The Reality War

01 The Well

02 The Interstellar Song Contest

03 73 Yards

04 Lux

05 Dot and Bubble

06 Lucky Day

07 Boom

08 Wish World / The Reality War

09 Rogue

10 The Legend of Ruby Sunday / Empire of Death

11 The Story & The Engine

12 The Robot Revolution

13 Joy to the World

14 The Devil's Chord

15 Space Babies

16 The Church on Ruby Road

...I think! Honestly a really strong era despite some minor issues along the way.

1. The Well

2. Rogue

3. Lucky Day

4. Boom

5. The Interstellar Song Contest

6. Lux

7. Wish World / The Reality War

8. Joy to the World

9. The Legend of Ruby Sunday / Empire of Death

10. The Story & The Engine

11. The Robot Revolution

12. Dot and Bubble

13. The Devil's Chord

14. 73 Yards

15. Space Babies

16. The Church on Ruby Road

Honestly that run from The Well to Joy to the World could be very interchangeable, all amazing.

The Well - 9/10

73 Yards - 8/10

Lucky Day - 8/10

Dot and Bubble - 7/10

Lux - 7/10

The Interstellar Song Contest - 7/10

Boom - 7/10

Joy to the World - 6/10

The Robot Revolution - 6/10

The Story & The Engine - 6/10

Rogue - 6/10

Wish World / The Reality War - 5/10

The Legend of Ruby Sunday / Empire of Death - 5/10

The Church on Ruby Road - 5/10

The Devil's Chord - 3/10

Space Babies - 2/10

Better than Chibnall, but it's a sadly short list that feels very incomplete, I think only the top 2 are real Who classics for me.

Apparently, I’m a sucker for a Ruby-centric story

 

01 = 73 Yards

02 = Lucky Day

03 = Dot and Bubble

04 = The Well

05 = Rogue

06 = The Interstellar Song Contest

07 = Lux

08 = Boom

09 = The Church on Ruby Road

10 = The Legend of Ruby Sunday / Empire of Death

11 = The Robot Revolution

12 = Wish World / The Reality War

13 = Joy to the World

14 = The Story & The Engine

15 = The Devil's Chord

16 = Space Babies

 

Empire of Death and The Reality War had big issues, however both the 2 parters are pulled up by the 1^st parts.

Any more rankings for this before doing results?