Doctor Who season 1

Series 1

13 episodes · 2005

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what happens

The first series features Christopher Eccleston as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor, his only series in the role, accompanied by Billie Piper, as his first and main companion Rose Tyler, whom he plucks from obscurity on planet Earth, and to whom he grows increasingly attached. He also travels briefly with unruly boy-genius Adam Mitchell, played by Bruno Langley, and with 51st-century con man and former "Time Agent" Captain Jack Harkness, portrayed by John Barrowman. Episodes in the series form a loose story arc, based upon the recurring phrase "Bad Wolf".

how it went

Left to right is the season — its first episode to its last. Each remark sits in the episode it was made about.

FUN

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

how much it moved you

Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.

Read from 25 comments — 16 said when.

Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.

Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.

Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.

height: how intense it got, 0–100
gold above: how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
tension rail: how much was still unresolved
grey haze: how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it

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what people actually wrote

Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit24 read

“the s2 finale to finally reveal that Mrs Flood is just a batty old woman whose dementia causes her to occasionally make ominous speeches and address an invisible camera.”
Burnsy17▲ 2,719about 75–100% inread it ↗
“the episode started off so fricken strong”
Djinn4353▲ 1,260about 0–15% inread it ↗
“it's like a cop out at the end. I'm honestly kinda frustrated with that ending.”
Djinn4353▲ 1,260about 75–100% inread it ↗
“6 months till Christmas is gonna drag like hell”
Rhuby363▲ 973about 50–100% inread it ↗

episodes

1 of 13 with a score

Every episode has a page — its synopsis, who was in it, and a place to rate it. A number appears when discussion or ratings support one; where there is neither, the dash is the honest answer.

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