I’m curious! What do people think about the 9 episodes Gatiss wrote between series 1-10? Which is best? Which is worst?
I feel like they’re all pretty hit or miss for me…
The Crimson Horror
The Unquiet Dead
The Idiot’s Lantern
Empress of Mars
Cold War
Victory of the Daleks
Robot of Sherwood
Night Terrors
Sleep No More
Basically the same. I think the spectrum of Gatiss episodes is the most interesting. It’s easy to spot a good, OK and rubbish episode by him.
Ooh, this’ll be interesting:
Added the BF plays as a bonus! I’d like the Crimson Horror much more if it didn’t have that non-consensual kiss from the Doctor in it.
I agree with him being kind of hit or miss. Crimson Horror and up are all decent for me, while Idiot’s Lantern and below are definitely below the average of the larger show in my eyes.
I like Phantasmagoria quite a bit. It’s the best 5th audio for a while. (from its release until a next good one)
I am also not a great fan of any of these eps - I’ve gone by what’s in my heart right now, but I’ve no idea how that line up with my TG ratings!
Also, @nyssaoftraken, not to be controversial but I really didn’t enjoy Invaders from Mars that much! I think it’s overdue a relisten for me, but I don’t remember finding it terribly noteworthy to me
The Unquiet Dead
Robot of Sherwood
Empress of Mars
Sleep No More
Cold War
Victory of the Daleks
The Crimson Horror
Night Terrors
…
The Idiot’s Lantern
Yeah, even the ones high in my ranking are still not favourites. They’re not bad like those lower down, but not the greatest either
I don’t really care about most of these episodes. Out of everything he’s written my favorite is The Devil of Winterborne from P.R.O.B.E.
I haven’t listened to it in ages [either] but the truth is I don’t really like it that much 
I guess I’m not really a fan of his DW style—I didn’t even like Nightshade that much…
Hang on, though—we’ll be listening to Invaders in the audio club quite soon! Looking forward to a revisitation!
Most Gatiss episodes are just kind of okay for me. Top three are ones that I do like but I don’t love any of them. I have listened to Phantasmagoria and thats just kind of okay too, I think I’d put it between Cold War and Victory of the Daleks
Huh, a lot of these were really forgettable to me–I’m not sure I could remember them well enough to rank them. Which is a ranking in its own right… I do like Idiot’s Lantern, I guess.
Now that’s a spinoff and a half… I have nothing bad to say about P.R.O.B.E., I do quite honestly love it even if it’s daft.
I also have a real soft spot for Victory of the Daleks because I watched it many, many times on the DVD of the first three s5 episodes. I watched that DVD on loop for weeks!
Victory gets dogged on a lot but it is very rewatachable and has a lot of some fun moments. The Dalek’s “WOULD YOU CARE FOR SOME TEA?!” line really stuck with me as a great little funny moment.
Totally, it’s not even half as bad as people claim it is. Yeah, the rainbow daleks are a bit silly but the episode itself is more than entertaining enough for what it is
Can we all at least agree that “An Adventure in Space and Time” is the very best thing Mark Gatiss has ever written for Doctor Who?
I never used to remember Victory but I rewatched it recently and it’s actually quite a bit better than I remembered. Don’t know why my brain kept erasing it from existence.
only a rough guess without thinking too much but Robots of sherwood was one of the lowest points for me.
