Doctor Who Series Ranking - Updated 2019

First a reminder of the previous ranks and scores after initially watching the previous series

Series 8

1. Series 4
2. Series 8
3. Series 7
4. Series 2
5. Series 1
6. Series 3
7. Series 5
8. Series 6

Series 9

1. Series 4 = 7.94
2. Series 2 = 7.45
3. Series 1 = 7.40
4. Series 9 = 7.13
5. Series 8 = 7.00
6. Series 7 = 6.94
7. Series 3 = 6.90
8. Series 5 = 6.90
9. Series 6 = 6.58

Series 10

1. Series 4 = 7.87 (down 0.07)
2. Series 2 = 7.55 (up 0.10)
3. Series 1 = 7.50 (up 0.10)
4. Series 3 = 7.20 (up 0.30)
5. Series 10 = 7.18 (NEW) (Added Twice Upon a Time score)
6. Series 5 = 7.10 (up 0.20)
7. Series 9 = 7.00 (down 0.13)
8. Series 7 = 6.76 (down 0.18)
9. Series 6 = 6.75 (up 0.18)
10. Series 8 = 6.73 (down 0.27)

At the end of Series 10 every series had had alterations. It is clear before I analyse and add series 11's scores (of which the individual episode scores will be kept hidden upon pending all the release of the reviews), that I do suffer slightly from recent series/episode syndrome. The Newest series always seems to drop. Series 8, the first series that I reviewed on this site, started off in 3rd place and has since plummeted to last, ousting series 6 that had held that post for such a long while. Coincidentally all of the series that have been released since I started the List have topped all Moffat run series. Now with Moffat's era under wraps I do wonder if his series will remain consistent with RTD's. I have, it appears, become a more RTD lover in times, uniting with nostalgia as his series trumph all Moffat's now when that didn't used to be the case. Now let's see the new ranking, including Series 11.

Series 11

1. Series 4 = 7.87 (-)
2. Series 2 = 7.64 (up 0.09)
3. Series 1 = 7.40 (down 0.10)
4. Series 3 = 7.20 (-)
5. Series 10 = 7.00 (down 0.18)
6. Series 5 = 7.00 (down 0.10)
7. Series 8 = 6.81 (up 0.08)
8. Series 9 = 6.80 (down 0.20)
9. Series 7 = 6.76 (-)
10. Series 6 = 6.75 (-)
11. Series 11 = 6.27 (NEW)

Well there we have it, still a RTD and then Moffat and it seems in this case we also have the lone series by Chris Chibnall right at the bottom. This time round four series have remained at the same level, series 2 has gone up as has series 8 and Series 10, 5, and 9 have all lowered. Looking at series 10, which topped the Moffat era and now jointly does (although my personal preference is series 10). My RTD era order remains the same as it always has and probably always well as there is now quite a clear gap between the series and their scores. Series 6 no longer is the lowest series, as it wasn't last time either, but it has now returned to the lowest Moffat era series with Series 8 having a slight increase, now beating series 9. Series 9 in what appears to be a surprise to me, is my worst Capaldi series. I do think this is down to the fact that there a lot of great episodes in there and some solid poor ones. Now the elephant in the room. The series just gone. It is the lowest and by a considerable difference. Series 6 is the next highest and that is 0.48 ahead. The lowest RTD series is almost a whole score higher in average, 0.93 above. The best series of the modern era is a whole 1.5 above series 11 which is a disgrace for the most recent series. As I mentioned above I am a sufferer slightly of the recent series syndrome. If this means that Series 11 is going to drop than that is not good at all. Series 12 needs to improve on this significantly as this is not a good score. It still is above a 6 and joins 4 other series that also fit in the 6 category but if you are to round to the nearest full number, Series 11 becomes the first series to fall to a 6. Series 4 and 2 round to an 8 and the rest of the series, the other 8 round to a 7. All in all it is very clear the style of hte show that I prefer. The boundary though between RTD and Moffat is only 0.2 compared to the 0.48 between Moffat and Chibnall which is only likely to increase with time. By era by Doctor it appears it goes Tennant, Eccleston, Capaldi, Smith, Whitaker. This does not follow my ranking of Doctors which goes, Tennant, Capaldi, Smith, Eccleston, Whitaker. Oh yes spoilers for perhaps a future post but Whitaker is my least favourtie Doctor, not just of the modern era, but all of Who. This could differ and change when she finds her ground. I don't want to do a series 11 overview here because I want you to know my opinions of the episodes as they slowly come in one by one and I do apologies for that.

Series 11 is my least favourite series and that hopefully won't change because I don't want the next series to be even worse. I don't think it will be, I think with a more sense of familiarity it will be better than the series just gone but I don't know. A new series popping in so low in the order is wronging hugely. We shall see what happens to the show.