Elimination Game: What is the WORST Doctor Who TV Story

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[5] Sleep No More
[1] Warriors of the Deep
[1] Kill the Moon
[2] The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
[2] The Smugglers
[6] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[5] Time and the Rani
[5] Fear Her
[7] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[4] Time-Flight
[5] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[5] The Twin Dilemma
[7] Legend of the Sea Devils
[3] Underworld
[3] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

[-1] The Tsuranga Conundrum

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Still feel The Tsuranga Conundrum is a good episode. Arachnids certainly isn’t, though…

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[3] Sleep No More
[1] Warriors of the Deep
[1] Kill the Moon
[2] The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
[2] The Smugglers
[6] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[5] Time and the Rani
[5] Fear Her
[7] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[4] Time-Flight
[6] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[5] The Twin Dilemma
[7] Legend of the Sea Devils
[3] Underworld
[3] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

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Sleep No More is not that bad… I think the fandom consensus on this episode would be better if there was a continuation (as it was supposed to be), because it being standalone feels kinda strange

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[1] Sleep No More
[1] Warriors of the Deep
[1] Kill the Moon
[2] The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
[2] The Smugglers
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[5] Time and the Rani
[5] Fear Her
[7] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[4] Time-Flight
[6] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[5] The Twin Dilemma
[7] Legend of the Sea Devils
[3] Underworld
[3] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[1] Sleep No More
[1] Warriors of the Deep
[1] Kill the Moon
[2] The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
[2] The Smugglers
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[5] Time and the Rani
[5] Fear Her
[7] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[4] Time-Flight
[6] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[3] The Twin Dilemma
[8] Legend of the Sea Devils
[3] Underworld
[3] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

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Edit: Twin Dilemma fixed by SweetAI Belle

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[2] Sleep No More
[1] Warriors of the Deep
[1] Kill the Moon
[2] The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
[2] The Smugglers
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[5] Time and the Rani
[5] Fear Her
[5] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[4] Time-Flight
[6] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[3] The Twin Dilemma
[8] Legend of the Sea Devils
[3] Underworld
[3] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[2] Sleep No More
[1] Warriors of the Deep
[2] The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
[2] The Smugglers
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[5] Time and the Rani
[5] Fear Her
[6] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[4] Time-Flight
[6] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[3] The Twin Dilemma
[8] Legend of the Sea Devils
[3] Underworld
[3] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

[-1] Kill the Moon

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[2] Sleep No More
[1] Warriors of the Deep
[2] The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[5] Time and the Rani
[5] Fear Her
[6] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[4] Time-Flight
[7] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[3] The Twin Dilemma
[8] Legend of the Sea Devils
[3] Underworld
[3] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

[0] The Smugglers

The Smugglers doesn’t deserve to be on this list!

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Updated to reflect the correct numbers.

To Upvote a bad story , add 1.
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EDIT: Should be sorted now.

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Was thinking of voting, but I don’t think I dislike enough TV stories for this… all I’d do is downvote stories I think are middling as opposed to bad, without upvoting any stories I dislike XD

Well. Maybe Ranskoor av Kolos deserves an upvote. I’ll come back to this post, mayhaps.

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[2] Sleep No More
[2] The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[5] Time and the Rani
[5] Fear Her
[6] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[5] Time-Flight
[7] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[3] The Twin Dilemma
[8] Legend of the Sea Devils
[3] Underworld
[3] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

[-1] Warriors of the Deep

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Ok look, the Myrka was a hastily slapped together mess, even by classic who standards, but the end scene with “the should’ve been another way” is genuinely so iconic

Also “face it, tegan, he’s drowned” turlough you absolute drama queen

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[2] Sleep No More
[2] The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[5] Time and the Rani
[5] Fear Her
[6] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[6] Time-Flight
[7] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[3] The Twin Dilemma
[6] Legend of the Sea Devils
[3] Underworld
[3] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

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I want to vote Fear Her as :face_vomiting: but my best woman quoted from it in her speech at our wedding, so it feels wrong!
Time-Flight gives the impression that it has a good story trying to get out but there are just so many terrible things about it (I wonder if it works better as the Target novelisation?)
I don’t find Legend of the Sea Devils as deplorable as everyone else. It’s no classic, but entertaining.
I’m surprised nothing from the most recent season made the list!

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[3] Sleep No More
[2] The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[5] Time and the Rani
[5] Fear Her
[6] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[6] Time-Flight
[7] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[3] The Twin Dilemma
[6] Legend of the Sea Devils
[3] Underworld
[1] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

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Sleep No More is hot garbo, but The Space Pirates is lots of fun.

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Let’s see if I understood @Tian’s needlessly convoluted rules right:

[3] The Power of Kroll
[3] Sleep No More
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[5] Time and the Rani
[5] Fear Her
[6] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[6] Time-Flight
[7] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[3] The Twin Dilemma
[6] Legend of the Sea Devils
[4] Underworld :arrow_up:
[1] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

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Underworld is among the very worst stories, period!
And [0] The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe isn’t really that bad, so might as well take it out!

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[4] Sleep No More
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[3] Time and the Rani
[5] Fear Her
[6] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[6] Time-Flight
[7] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[3] The Twin Dilemma
[6] Legend of the Sea Devils
[4] Underworld
[1] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

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I think it’s been 20hrs anyway… I’m confused from changing time zones lol. And much as I love to see love for Sleep No More, it’s one of my least favourite episodes ever so it has to… go? stay?

I haven’t slept enought for this :sweat_smile:

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[2] Sleep No More -2
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[3] Time and the Rani
[5] Fear Her
[6] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[6] Time-Flight
[7] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[4] The Twin Dilemma +1
[6] Legend of the Sea Devils
[4] Underworld
[1] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

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Sleep No More is not that bad! It was a decent watch for me on Doctor Who Day waiting for the Quiz to start

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[2] Sleep No More
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[3] Time and the Rani
[3] Fear Her
[6] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[6] Time-Flight
[7] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[4] The Twin Dilemma
[7] Legend of the Sea Devils
[4] Underworld
[1] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[2] Sleep No More
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[3] Time and the Rani
[3] Fear Her
[6] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[4] Time-Flight
[7] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[4] The Twin Dilemma
[7] Legend of the Sea Devils
[4] Underworld
[2] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

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Sorry but just that what a jolly adventure laughing scene at the end of episode after boring episode of spaceships in space mean I have to try and keep it here longer (being almost entirely devoid of visuals doesn’t help). Time-Flight is the next one which deserves saving.

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[2] Sleep No More
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[1] Time and the Rani
[3] Fear Her
[7] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[4] Time-Flight
[7] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[4] The Twin Dilemma
[7] Legend of the Sea Devils
[4] Underworld
[2] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[3] Sleep No More
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[3] Fear Her
[7] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[4] Time-Flight
[7] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[4] The Twin Dilemma
[7] Legend of the Sea Devils
[4] Underworld
[2] The Space Pirates
[8] Orphan 55

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[-1] Time and the Rani

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[3] The Power of Kroll
[3] Sleep No More
[7] In the Forest of the Night
[5] The Web Planet
[3] Fear Her
[7] Arachnids in the UK
[5] Timelash
[4] Time-Flight
[7] The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
[2] The Twin Dilemma :arrow_down:
[7] Legend of the Sea Devils
[4] Underworld
[3] The Space Pirates :arrow_up:
[8] Orphan 55

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