Top five episodes of Doctor Who series 15 so far
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With the first part of the Doctor Who series finale already upon us this week, it’s time to take a look back at the top five episodes of series 15 so far.
5. Lucky Day
Lucky Day was Pete McTighe’s return to the series after writing ‘Kerblam!’ and ‘Praxeus’ in the Chris Chibnall era and was a very engaging watch from start to finish. Catching up with Ruby Sunday after the events of the last series’ finale was a very welcome addition to the series, and seeing UNIT expanded upon in this new Russell T Davies era was also very good to see. This episode also featured a great performance from Jonah Hauer King as the evil Conrad, who seems to be playing a big role in the upcoming series finale as well.
4. The Robot Revolution
As an opener to the series, The Robot Revolution written by Russell T Davies was an extremely solid start for series 15. Varada Sethu’s performance as new companion Belinda Chandra was incredible, and you feel instantly connected with her character. The twist where the robots can’t hear every eighth word was a very clever twist, which also allowed the audience to piece it together before the outright reveal from The Doctor.
3. Lux
Lux was an extremely captivating watch from start to finish, and potentially the most meta episode of the show to date. The scene where The Doctor and Belinda meet fans of Doctor Who was completely fourth wall breaking, and Murray Gold’s musical cues from the Matt Smith era were a very heartfelt inclusion for the scene. Alan Cumming’s performance as the villain Mr Ring-A-Ding was also fantastic.
2. The Well
Returning to the planet Midnight was such an unexpected turn of events for this episode but was a thrilling viewing experience as a viewer. A sequel to the story Midnight was always going to be hard to live up to, but The Well was truly an amazing successor. The atmosphere and tension of this story was so fantastically built up, and Ncuti Gatwa’s performance was absolutely incredible. Rose Ayling-Ellis was also fantastic in this episode playing Aliss who had been taken by the Midnight entity. The cliffhanger ending of the entity surviving was also an extremely interesting way to end the episode.
1. The Story & the Engine
The Story & the Engine was the Doctor Who writing debut for Inua Ellams, and this episode was absolutely incredible. The performances in this episode were spectacular, from Ncuti Gatwa, to Ariyon Bakare as The Barber and Sule Rimi as Omo, everyone in this episode delivered an amazing performance. This episode also featured the return of The Fugitive Doctor played by Jo Martin, which was extremely exciting. Overall, this episode was absolutely excellent, and hopefully Inua Ellams will return to write more episodes for Doctor Who in the future.