A fairly solid series to start the 2005 era of Who, I think it is only surpassed by series 4 in RTD-led Who.
The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 4,5/5 
Boom Town 4,5/5
The Unquiet Dead 4/5
Father’s Day 4/5
End of the World 3,5/5
Rose 3/5
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways 3/5
Aliens of London/World War Three 3/5
Dalek 3/5
The Long Game 1,5/5
Excellent. Very solid overall!
Bad Wolf is great. It’s got bits of plot threads woven in that don’t detract from the stories, and don’t leave you disappointed coming back to them because they work. I love spotting them like Easter eggs.
Rose is great, very relatable normal human who becomes better with the Doctor. Mickey gets much better in series 2. Here, he’s too pathetic. And I don’t like how easily he’s able to hack into UNIT! Captain Jack is on top from the moment he’s introduced. Love him.
Eccelston is great casting. His one season portrayal left lasting affects and of course lasting impressions on all of us! I’d have loved more seasons with him. But his ending was perfect, I wouldn’t change it.
I’m struggling between the Dalek, the Empty Child, or the Nanobots. I legit can’t choose 
they’re all so good!
Very! I mean we’re heading up for series 15 next year!
I think it needed an alien planet. Spliced somewhere in there. I’d have enjoyed seeing 9 traverse one and show Rose.
As for those two scripts, not sure I like either of them. So glad they didn’t happen.
Ratings:
Rose 7/10
The End of the World 8/10
The Unquiet Dead 7/10
Aliens of London 8/10
World War Three 7/10
Dalek 9/10
The Long Game 6/10
Father’s Day 7/10
The Empty Child 10/10
The Doctor Dances 10/10
Boom Town 8/10
Bad Wolf 8/10
The Parting of the Ways 10/10
Series Rating: 8.07
I think in terms of Quality (in my Eyes at least) it’s a tricky Thing and very much two Halves. The First Half being much more an Introduction Half, a silly and campier one. One which I personally don’t enjoy as much sadly, and that’s not to say that I don’t think any of the Stories are solid. I think as far as Introductions goes Rose is great, The End of the World impresses with some great Costumes* and The Unquiet Dead has some great atmosphere. Even the Slitheen Two-Parter, which doesn’t appeal too much to me, has Things going for it in my Eyes. The other Half is much more to my Liking with Stories such as Empty Child/Doctor Dances doing the spooky Aspect, Farthers Day giving us Rose’s Version of the Aztecs and the finale two Episode being a great Finale for 9. While I much more enjoyed the second Half of the Series (well barely can be called a Half when it has more Stories/Episode under its belt), it makes totally sense why the first Episodes were lighter overall and while the Story after Dalek get a bit more meaty for my liking, they obviously have also their cheesy Moments, especially Bad Wolf.
Really like her with 9!
Didn’t do much for me in this Series, I think he gets better and more interesting Material in future RTD Series.
I really enjoy him with 9 and Rose if we’re simply speaking about his Series 1 Appearances, my Opinion shifts a bit if we were to include other Appearances of him.
He is very much VERY different to most other Doctors, which came before and after him, but I really enjoy him for this Series. Eccelston is great in the Part and while some of his Audio Adventures didn’t impress me as much as I would have hoped, he is still always a Blast. Not necessarily a favorite Incarnation of mine, he sadly does rank much lower because there are just a few Doctors I prefer much but he is great in his Series and works really well for what they were going with.
I will just say the Slitheen, while I enjoy the Daleks in their Outings more, I think the Slitheen are a great Design, even if I don’t like some Choices done with them.
I am not the biggest RTD Fan, but I think he nailed it. Series 1 is a crash course for Doctor Who, and it works really well!
A fascinating Plot Idea, yet horrible for Rose and 9. I am pleased it was never made, since I don’t think it would really fit for this Series.
One thing I’ll say for the Slitheen is that, on paper, they could have been terrifying, if different choices were made with them. Aliens that kill people and wear their skins as suits and walk around among humans undetected?
A large part of the issue with them is the farting, really, as well as the jokes around it.
It also feels like a bit of fat shaming revolving around them, too. Would have been nice if you had the occasional really skinny Slitheen that didn’t need as large of a person as a suit…
If they’d played up the terror and down the puerile comedy, the Slitheen could have been quite different, though.
Who knows? Maybe one day we will get a darker Slitheen Story in the EU! Would love to see it!
I’m quite impressed with series 1, as the first ever season of NuWho is really knocks it out of the park. To me there isn’t a single bad episode in the season, although to this day I still cannot tell you what happens in The Unquiet Dead, and the Bad Wolf plot thread is good enough.
The Slitheen are a tricky one, the jokes are pretty immature, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing in moderation, imo if they stayed around after series 1 (excluding SJA) then they would have been overplayed, but as they are, I think they’re fine, not my favourite race, but I don’t hate them.
It’s interesting that the Sarah Jane Adventures went down this route with The Lost Boy. Almost like someone had the same thought as you, especially bearing in mind the younger audience.
Wouldn’t be surprised if I wasn’t the first one thinking about that!
I haven’t seen series 1 in a while so I don’t remember a lot but I do have a general idea of my thoughts on the series. The series has some good episodes; Dalek, Boom Town, Rose, Uniquiet Dead and Father’s Day and some bad ones. I prefer Rose with the 9th Doctor since there’s not any romance between them. She’s good but not my favorite companion. My opinions on the 9th Doctor has shifted. I used to not like him but now I think he’s good. I like the way his PTSD is portrayed and his ending is great.
My comment still stands!
I like Rose both with 9 and 10 in different ways. They both help each other in season 1. Nine helps Rose to start believing in herself, and Rose helps Nine to start to cope with the Time War. That gets a payoff in season 2 when 10 and Rose just have a good time. That later comes back to haunt them when Rose has to leave. Both seasons are what make that moment impactful. I don’t see it as two seasons, more of one big arc.
I much prefer the dynamic with 9/Rose and ship them a loooot more than 10/Rose.
2005 is great. No notes.
I don’t ship 9 and Rose at all. Eccleston is too old for Piper.
But I usually don’t ship that much
