Hi Love,
I thought this article might interest you! I wonder how much you'd agree.
Love you,
Karli*
Since Doctor Who's 2005 revival - the "modern era" of the article's title - there have been either 196 or 199 episodes: internet sources vary. Regardless, picking the best 50 from the catalogue means that you're selecting about one in every four episodes for your list, which is a pretty coarse filter. Interestingly, the list only contains a single Ncuti Gatwa episode - surely Dot and Bubble** or Boom qualify as top 50 selections - but I accept the subjective nature of this kind of list.
That being said, I do take strong exception with one of the EW decisions: how could The Doctor's Wife only be at number 38??!
It's such an excellent episode that I would have expected to see it in the top five, if not in the running for first place. The story stands alone as a thoughtful and touching examination of the relationship between the Doctor and the TARDIS, and the BBC paid it the ultimate compliment of not trading in on its popularity by attempting to cash in on its success with a return visit from Idris, the human avatar of the TARDIS as so perfectly portrayed by Suranne Jones.
A small part of me wonders if the ranking somehow reflects episode author Neil Gaiman's #MeToo moment from last year, but I would think that if that were the case, the episode would have gone completely unconsidered for the list. Although, with that taken into account, it really doesn't age well that Gaiman's Doctor christens the embodiment of the TARDIS as "Sexy".
- Sid
* It is such a pleasure to be married to someone with this kind of respect for my hobbies and interests - thank you, Karli!
** Dot and Bubble is arguably a bit Doctor-light, but then so is Blink, which they rank as the number one episode - no argument with that choice, by the way.
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