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I'm curious why The church on Ruby Road wasn't included in the poll as it so clearly was a part of this season's storyline — and I wonder where it would have landed in the ranking.
The result of the poll is fairly similar to my own personal ratings. OTOH I'd swap 2 and 4, as well as 7 and 8 — mind you, that's as subjective as it is going to fluctuate with rewatches.
Edited to add:
You know what, here is my ranking of the moment. I added in the christmas special and rewatched a couple of episodes I was uncertain about.
I guess it reflects my disappointment that one quarter of the season was pissed away on a story about a Bad Dog being taken for walkies during Avengers: Endgame. The more standalone episodes worked much better for me than the "arc" this year.
Christmas episodes are generally their own thing.
Yeah, in terms of seasons they're sort of in between. My point is that Ruby Road was Ncuti's first proper episode, our introduction to Ruby, and really is the beginning of the season's story arc (unless you want to go back to Wild blue yonder for the salt and superstition seeding).
I despise ranking things, as I find it reductive.
That said, I think "Boom," "73 Yards," and "Dot and Bubble" were all-timers, with every other episode being sone degree of "fine," in my opinion.
"Space Babies" probably comes in last.
Having rewatched the series, I think Space babies actually stands up pretty well despite all the "for all you new viewers out there" lore dumps. The babies are adorable if slightly weird, the snot monster is ... just the right amount of disgusting, and the fart joke is perfectly Doctor Who to me.
Does it have Mel, Kate or Morris Gibbons? No, but storywise I'll rank it higher than Empire of death for now.
I rank Space Babies pretty highly too, because while I really enjoyed the episode, my daughters LOVED it. They've been obsessed with Doctor Who after seeing it –– my five-year-old made me call her Captain Poppy for a full week.
Aww! See, that's how you cultivate a new audience! And while our hero Eric is hard to beat, Captain Popsicle was my MVP after the latest rewatch.