10 Most Hated Doctor Who Episodes

From uninspired villains to THAT plot twist, modern Doctor Who has plenty of episodes that didn't quite hit the mark.

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[VeracityLH]

I have to defend the 10th Doctor's regeneration. The tantrum was perfectly placed IMO. Nine told Rose in "Aliens in London" that he was 900 years old. Ten tells Wolf in TEOT that he is 906. Presumably we're speaking of Earth years. So at most, Ten is 6 years old in TEOT. For such a long lived race, 6 years must feel like a week. Of course, he's protesting that his time has been cut short and how much more he could have done had he only had more of it. If you were dying so young with so much left unaccomplished, you'd throw a frustrated fit too. Yes, yes, he's an alien, but it's been acknowledged several times that Ten is the most human, most emotional of the doctors.

To me, it would have seemed strange if he had not acted that way. And yet...he gave up all that potential to save the life someone he cared about and had respect for. That's very Ten.

[harveypeirson]

No 9th Doctor episodes on this list.
He’s too untouchable.
What a legend.

[Sunprism]

River Song is one character in which Flanderization actually makes perfect sense. We're seeing her lifespan Backwards, with her starting as a fully grown, brilliant woman, and then seeing how she learns as she goes

[MinimalistTheatre]

The Timeless Child could have worked if it had been the Master's backstory.

[MayeurDonz]

In defence of the kid who designed the Abzorbaloff, his original drawing actually looked pretty eerie.
Dead, red, staring eyes.
Faces squealing across its body as they slowly fade away.
Despite the mission statement being "Design a scary monster" they adapted it to be comedic.

[ronaldlawhorne]

Perhaps I'm just an irredeemable dork with no taste, but Matt Smith's 11th Doctor is my favorite incarnation of the character. It was during his tenure that I crossed the line between casual viewer of the occasional episode of Dr. Who and full blown fan with a bit of a fixation.

[CharlotteSunshine]

I skip Love & Monsters not for the reasons most people dislike it, but because I find it so sad. Sad for all the killed members of the group, sad for Jackie, and absurdly sad for Ursula and Elton who end up stuck together when she suffers a fate worse than death that is somehow framed as a joke. Just all really sad, with nothing to balance it out. I think Ursula should have died properly and maybe the ending could have been Jackie forgiving Elton after she allows him to explain the whole situation. At least that would be something...

[HarleyMM]

Not a chance that End of Time should be on this list. 10s goodbye is absolutely brilliant and i like to believe that 10s attitude towards 11 is because this WOULD have been the Doctor's final regeneration. Of course this only fits through watching it today as the war doctor wasnt around until later but it justifies 10s line of I Dont Want To Go. I absolutely love End Of Time!

[anniesharp]

I disagree that all the children in Dr Who are written as irritating. The boy who plays George in Night Terrors is wonderful. So is the young Amy. So is the daughter in The Family of Blood and Tim Latimer in the same episode. Donna's fake children in The Library episodes also do a good job despite not having many lines -- "when you're not here, it's like we're not here" gives me chills every time! Many of the other children that have featured are certainly annoying, but I wouldn't write them all off so quickly. Love the channel :)

[davidhalstead]

I would 100% replace End of Time with the Moon is an Egg. That episode hurt me.

[nickm]

I actually really like End of Time, to me it works since both RTD and Tennant were leaving and I think it was more of a goodbye to the first incarnation of the reboot.

[casartherandom]

I have a personal headcanon about the Timeless Child: The Master is lying. He was there too, so the Matrix may have been tricked into showing HIS backstory. What if HE'S the Timeless Child? It would make more sense and make the Doctor more on line for what we expect.

[karachter]

people don't like a nightmare in silver? i love it, it's one of my favourite matt smith stories, the cybermen have never felt like a bigger threat, they can upgrade at will, it really did feel like a ticking clock, i do have to say their faces look way too soft, but the cyber planner vs doctor chess match is one of my fav scenes in doctor who, the doctor and the cyber planner really felt like a match for each other, both are extremely smart and the weakness to gold is the only way the doctor could have won

[NomenLuni]

Where's "Kill The Moon"? I'm very surprised that it didn't make the list as it's my absolute least favourite episode. A dreadful, dreadful story.

[ProfessorHeavy]

The Timeless Children actually committed a cardinal sin of the Doctor: making them a special being. The Time Lord Victorious (Waters of Mars) was part of Ten's god complex which was quickly quashed, whereas the Doctor being some kind of legend was an earned reputation as someone who managed to succeed even in the most dire circumstances. But he was never supposed to be inherently special. Death In Heaven subverted the idea by giving him extreme power, only for him to reveal he was just "an idiot, with a box and a screwdriver, passing through, helping out".

[Daluna]

Nightmare in Silver is not as bad as everyone says it is. The Doctor playing chess against Mr. Creative is fun

[potetpoet]

I adore Ten, but once he had died I held no ill will towards Eleven. The immediate energy and action made it clear it was a new beginning with a new very fascinating character. The ill will started when Moffat started Moffatting too hard and got real creepy with 11 and especially his companions.
...I still think The End of Time has all the other flaws mentioned and I don't particularly like it for the actual story, but 10 not wanting to die and 11 taking over was totally fine for me. Even interesting, especially now that Tennant is back, like there really might've been a real plot reason for 10 to be that dramatic about regeneration.

[JamesThomasJeans]

I never felt like the end of the Tennant era was telling us that we should dislike his predecessor. That seems like projection to me. I liked Matt from the moment he stepped on screen, and he ended up being my favorite Doctor of the modern series so far.

The only time I felt like the show ever told us we shouldn't like a Doctor was when Peter regenerated into Colin. Colin's very first scene with Peri is so stand-offish and condescending, it's almost like the show is daring you to dislike the guy.

[MichaelPhillipsatGreyOwlStudio]

Personally, I think "Let's Kill Hitler" is a hysterical and fun romp and I love it, and IMO "Hell Bent" and "Nightmare in Silver" are not nearly bad enough to be included here, even though I recognize their flaws. But I totally agree that the rest of the episodes on this list deserve a spot. That said, I personally would have also seriously considered "New Earth, " "Fear Her, " "The Lazarus Experiment, " "The Last of the Time Lords, " "Kill the Moon, " and "Knock Knock". Let's just say, they'd fill out the bottom thirteen.

[ashesashesuk]

Can’t believe Kill the Moon didn’t get a mention