Let's start off with the episodes I didn't like so I can talk about the good ones after. Like: New Earth [spoiler]New Earth was one of the few episodes I'd seen before starting this run of the show, so that could have something to do with it. I already sort of new the plot twist. But I think it was more than that. Cassandra felt really out of place, and the episode just didn't feel like it was taking itself as seriously as many of the other episodes did. Felt like it was kinda just one [b]B[/b]ig gag, mainly due to Cassandra. Plus, I don't really buy the solution. Mixing all the medicines together most likely would not work to cure all the diseases, especially not on the entire population of diseased humans. I don't know, it was just weird. And as Tennant's second episode, it had me a bit worried, but thankfully it was the odd one out![/spoiler] Voyage of the Damned [spoiler]Voyage of the Damned was... Well... For one, this was supposedly one of the episodes taking place in the modern day, yet despite this the sp[b]A[/b]ceship was full of people who looked very human. Now, Time Lords and humans also look basically the same, so that's probably the explanation for what this was, just another human like alien race, but I don't know, I don't really buy it. The Hosts just also were not very scary compared to many of the other spooky monsters we'd seen. The pacing also just felt really off. They needed to establish that cyborgs were hated in this society, which itself is fine, that could lead to some interesting questions, but we were informed of this through some very iffy exposition. And it's all capped off by a very goofy climax that's very difficult to take seriously. By far my least favorite episode.[/spoiler] The Unicorn and the Wasp [spoiler]I kinda dislike this one for being exactly what it wante[b]D[/b] to be. Like, both lorewise and conceptually it's supposed to feel sort of like a discount Agatha Christie novel... But, uh, "discount Agatha Christie novel" isn't a great sell. The "And Then There Were None we have at home, and also there's a giant bee". Very meh. Plus, I don't buy the idea that Agatha is the one who puts together everything but the alien stuff. Being able to write a murder mystery is one thing, but being able to solve one? That's an entirely different skillset. And Then There Were None is a great book, though. You should read it.[/spoiler] Brief mention to the The Impossible Planet/Satan Pit, and The Runaway Bride. I didn't hate them, but they were... Fine. Kinda meh. But okay, let's get on to my favorites! Army of Ghosts/Doomsday [spoiler]Probably my favorite season finale. I love how it really just pulled everything together. The alternate dimension stuff, the Cybermen, Torch[b]W[/b]ood... Then, we get that whole Genesis Arc thing, and I was scratching my brain the whole time to figure out what "Time Lord Science" could mean. Then they reveal that it's bigger on the inside and I was just like "Whaaat! No way, it was staring me in the face the whole time! I love it!" Rose getting her dad back (sort of) did feel like it went against the theme of Father's Day a little bit, but that it came at the cost of losing the Doctor kinda made up for... That... Wait a minute... Still, good fun, and it introduce the Cult of Skaro, who I ended up really liking. I don't think I'll be mentioning them on this list of my favorite episodes, so I'll just briefly mention that I really like the idea of how when you give Daleks the imagination to think for themselves, they seem to turn against the rest of the Daleks in disgust of what their kind has done. Happened twice. Good fun.[/spoiler] Gridlock [spoiler]I got a soft spot for episodes where the big scary thing isn't actually the monster, and Gridlock was one of those. There was a big scary m[b]O[/b]nster, sure, but that wasn't really the central conflict here. The big thing you're supposed to look at and say "Omigosh that's awful..." is just the state of the world. How people live their entire lives in their cars. Which, like, yeah, that is kinda awful. The twist of how it turned out to not be a corrupt government, but a government that managed to save the poor people as they were dying was fun, too. I genuinely did not see it coming. I really enjoyed it. This episode redeems New Earth.[/spoiler] Human Nature/Family of Blood [spoiler]There's a fun trope you don't see too often, where someone on the hero team is, like, super big and overpowered, but then for whatever reason they're taken out of the picture, and suddenly even minor threats become super threatening. That is what is going on here. Like, the Family itself is not that scary. They're basically just people with guns. But since the Doctor isn't here, they become super threatening. It was also just kind heartbreaking to see the Doctor acting in ways he normally wou[b]L[/b]dn't. Approving of his students beating each other, being casually racist towards Martha... Like, Doctor, no! Then, of course, we get so many good lines at the end. John Smith grappling with the idea that Martha is there to kill him, Brother of Mine realizing that the Doctor was only fleeing from them to spare their lives, and of course probably the best one: "If the Doctor hadn't come here, on a whim, would anyone here have died?" Brilliant.[/spoiler] Midnight [spoiler]I don't think I have too much to say about Midnight, but I did really love it. Another one of those episodes where the monster isn't the scary part. It was kind of interesting to see a situation that the Doctor really couldn't get out of. This time, he only got out of it because of what someone else did, not himself. I like the little bit at the end where the Doctor asks for the hostess' name, too.[/spoiler] Turn Left [spoiler]This is my favorite episode. Omigosh, my poor heart! Showing us how bad things would have gotten had the Doctor not been there over and over to save the day. Martha gets killed, London explodes, and then we get those scenes were Donna is crammed in that little house with all those other people. The way her mother was broken, the way *she* was broken. The scene that probably hit me the hardest was when her neighbor was getting sent o[b]F[/b]f to a Labor Camp, and he was still smiling and laughing, trying to ease Donna's heart so she wouldnt worry about him, and she only realized what a "Labor Camp" was when her grandpa started freaking out. Pretty sure I was crying at that point. Fantastic episode, broke my heart.[/spoiler] There were many episodes that I did like, but those were my favorites, and I don't know how many more I could talk about without running out of room. But some of the runner ups would be: The Idiot's Lantern, Planet of the Ood, and Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead. But that's all for now folks, jambuhbye!