Chez Wombat

I think Exile was my biggest loss, that's way better than some of the modern tracks that made it in! I also enjoy Many of Horror and Famous Last Words.

Not the best two going out already xx (spoilers for my thoughts)

Poppiholla was my favourite aww x But at least it went out to two fantastic songs, gone with Muse but it's a coin toss.

Matt Weston claiming GB's first gold medal in the Skeleton! 🥳 By a pretty comfortable margin too, nice x

Incredible comeback from Choi Ga-on, especially after that nasty fall in the first run where I wasn't sure she'd come back, that felt really deserved in what was quite a brutal round.

I never commented on this - I thought it was better than I expected, very, very on the nose but I thought the political drama set up at the start was effective and right up until episode 3, I was actually very intrigued where it was going, Russell Tovey was a really good lead as well. Sadly, I really could not get on board when it went all Shape of Water, it just completely lost any tension it was building and while I do commend the very dark ending, it felt a bit like it happened too quickly. I appreciate the development they gave Kate as well and credit to the actress as her dealing with grief was really well done, I just wish they'd established her partner more as I literally barely recall him appearing prior. Much better ratings than I expected as well, better than the main show!

Thank the lord Sweet Caroline is out, I hate it with all my soul. Already bracing myself for blocking out those heinous 'BA BA BA' shouts this summer x

I think the documentary on the making of and the interviews since have really left a sour taste in the mouth, I don't think the Duffers could've made it clearer that they were done with this and made it up as they went along (including going into the final episode without a script...!), a show this big really deserved some proper time put into it, not a Game of Thrones-style rush as there's other projects they have their eye on.

I admittedly haven't really got round to checking his work out, but I certainly will now as that was a phenomenal performance, flowed brilliantly despite multiple parts and brilliant camerawork throughout, he could've been really on the nose politically here, but I think it was more powerful without, just letting the music speak for itself and emphasising the power of a united America (listing all the countries of America was a fantastic touch).

I think watching the film (and reading the book) does make the track work a lot better, it's a very bleak and mournful song which matches the very dark tone of the film (and this was aimed at kids!), and I think Art's vocals really suit it well.

25; Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay 24; The Stone Roses - Fools Gold / What The World Is Waiting For 23; The Beatles - Yesterday 22; Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message 21; Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell 20; Blink 182 - I Miss You 19; Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal 18; The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up 17; Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver - Exile 16; Nero - Guilt 15; Radiohead - Karma Police 14; Biffy Clyro - Many Of Horror 13; Mary J Blige - Family Affair 12; Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi 11; My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words 10; Pet Shop Boys - Rent 09; Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary 08; Bananarama - Cruel Summer 07; Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town 06; Bloc Party - Flux 05; Shocking Blue - Venus 04; Lily Allen - Pussy Palace 03; Rufus and Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody 02; Kygo featuring Conrad Sewell - Firestone 01; Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough

Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways - The game show references have dated this a bit, but it's still very enjoyable to someone that gets them, and the dark twist is great and quite emblematic of sci-fi satires in the 2000s. Otherwise, I think this is an excellent finale, the Daleks are great and though it's still gutting Nine went so early (and the circumstances behind it even more so), it did at least feel a fitting send-off and also showed the brilliant character growth of him and Rose. The Girl in the Fireplace - The negativity in this thread shocks me, this episode is excellent and a deserved classic, brilliant emotional storytelling and proof of how Moffat can turn standalone stories with characters that we've never met into something beautiful. School Reunion - This wouldn't quite be so high as the threat is a bit silly and there's terrible CGI, but otherwise it's great fun and obviously K-9 and Sarah Jane are iconic, I never saw them originally but they fit in really well here. I was surprised to know the original voice actor for K-9 is still alive so maybe a return one day (although may not feel right without Sarah-Jane ofc. </3) Father's Day - This was one of two Season 1 episodes they screened last year at the special 20th Anniversary of Nu-Who event at the BFI, it was wonderful watching it again, it's one of my absolule favourite episodes, it's the first time we really see Rose do something wrong, yet we obviously sympathise as it's something most of us want to do and the Doctor's real coldness towards her is striking. There's a lot of quiet moments in the Church with both Rose and her father, but they are well done and never slow down the pace so the eventual sacrifice is heartbreaking, the dragons could maybe look a little better, but their ongoing threat still feels menacing as the stakes increase. Still such an amazing episode. The Eleventh Hour - Oddly enough, I remember being quite underwhelmed by this at the time but I think I was being picky with a new showrunner, when I rewatched it, it was way better, managed to be fast-paced and quite deep and scary at the same time with setting up the season long arc as well. Smith and Gillan felt instantly standout as well and clearly weren't trying to be their past iterations. Amy's Choice - This was the moment in S5 I knew Moffat could still produce something uniquely brilliant to RTD. Toby Jones is always a great villain (I saw him in a production of Othello recently where Iago suited him down to the ground) and the trippiness and sense of dread is wonderfully done. A harrowing, gripping watch. Wild Blue Yonder - My favourite of the Anniversary specials, I really liked the minimalist horror take in a similar style to Midnight, and Tennat and Tate were definitely the best choices to wring the suspense out of this, it was genuinely quite terrifying at moments when you weren't sure which was human and which was the copy and properly uncanny valley at times, the space cart chase at the end with the bizarre hybrid thing chasing them strayed into goofy territory, but didn't devalue the episode. Dalek - This was the other episode that was screened at the aforementioned event and indeed is another big favourite, in fact I'd put it in the top 10. I think the introduction to the Daleks is brilliant, a solitary, rather pathetic and almost sympathetic machine at one point, Rose's reaction felt very natural and human too too and we really see the effect of PTSD on the Doctor here, he sounds quite barbaric at times and 'you would make a good Dalek' is quite chillingly delivered. The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances - A classic two parter and the gas mask boy genuinely gave me nightmares back in the day, Captain Jack obviously an excellent addition and the 'everybody lives' resolution is a little cheesy but it is lovely to see the Doctor so happy and the WW2 setting is well-realised. Human Nature/The Family of the Blood - Ooh this may be top 10 for me too I think, another classic two parter and one of the most well executed concepts, The Doctor as a human and Martha on her own makes the threat feel very real, it has more of a historical horror vibe than typical Doctor Who episode and it's only in the very last moment when he regains his Doctor status at the end, I think the impact on others that he had as a human is explored very well too giving it a somewhat bittersweet ending. An excellent experimental two parter turned out well I'd substitute Dalek, Fathers Day and the Human Nature two parter with three of that top 10, but all very good choices!

Sadly have to go for Kate, it's not quite top of her back catalogue and the other three are close to all-time favourites.

Very bizarre number 1, it's like a small, loud minority got really tired of all the musical innovation this year and wanted things back to basics and they managed to take over for a week. Awful song anyway and has no place amongst the other number 1s here. Otherwise, this ranks as one of the very best years for number 1s in terms of classic songs so interested to see this.

01; David Bowie - Life on Mars? 02; The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 03; George Michael - Faith 04; Nik Kershaw - The Riddle 05; Fred again.. & The Blessed Madonna - Marea (we’ve lost dancing) 06; Guitarricadelafuente - BABIECA! 07; Conan Gray - Actor 08; Troye Sivan - Got Me Started 09; Luke Black - VOMIT (This is really not that bad x) 10; Markus Riva - You Make Me So Crazy 11; Ruel & DMA’S - What a Life 12; Shawn Mendes - Teach Me How to Love 13; Eric Saade - Made of Pop

01; Florence + the Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) 02; Ace of Base - All That She Wants 03; Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ 04; A1 - Same Old Brand New You 05; The 1975 - It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You) 06; HAIM - Forever 07; Blondie - Maria 08; Erasure - Drama! 09; Atomic Kitten - The Tide is High 10; ABBA - As Good As New 11; The Corrs - Breathless 12; The Chicks - Goodbye Earl 13; Girlicious - Like Me

01; Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! 02; Nelly Furtado - I’m Like a Bird 03; ROSALÍA - MALAMENTE (Cap.1: Augurio) 04; Lily Allen - URL Badman 05; LiSA - QUEEN 06; Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away 07; Michelle Branch - Everywhere 08; FKA twigs - ride the dragon 09; Cher Lloyd - Sirens 10; Kesha - Praying 11; Delta Goodrem - Innocent Eyes 12; Nadia Oh - Hot Like Wow 13; Toni Braxton - You Mean the World to Me

Even some Republicans were angry at that, and the White House completely withdrew their earlier defence so I think even some of his base is probably starting to worry. He keeps plunging to new depths of depravity, he really is quite dangerously unstable at the moment. I am wondering if there is a hint of jealousy in there as Michelle Obama's documentary has had an uptick in streams while Melania's has bombed worldwide.

Dance producer to not ruin a classic challenge x

Don't think I've listened to anything by them before, but heard Cursive on 6Music and loved the chaotic vibe, and Sicko is also great with it's merging of two styles. Should put them on my radar more x

Well done Scene! Great to see a new winner and with a song I voted for albeit just about, was a great song to revisit and First Aid Kit are a wonderful group that deserved to win all those years ago with Emmylou so it's nice to see them get that long awaited one. Oops that was not the best end for me and 37th isn't even a unique position, aww x Seems I got extremely lucky with that semi draw, but of course, a song this experimental just being in the final is an achievement, whether it enchanted or traumatised you, you are very welcome x Great to see Spodic Empire, Dalisska and Eledan make the top 10 (hooray for one ambient experimental track managing it!), I wouldn't have called that for most of them. Decent positions for a lot of my votes, but Cumulonimbia second last is definitely not cool (glad I at least got it through the semi oops x) Thanks Dan for a brilliant hosting job as always x

Niche fans come through *.

Last for Baleghde the honour x

DAVID BORING would be a hell of a winner x (though Cheiron would be a nice one too, I already knew it well but it would be justice for Emmylou x)

Aw, I really like Singin' In The Rain, certainly looks out of place these days if you didn't know the context at the time, but a real indicator of how powerful downloads (and reality TV) had become that songs could just be resurrected without the need for a formal re-release (Also, George Sampson's 32 now, if anyone wants to feel old x)