New Earth was so disappointing. New Doctor, return of Cassandra, and New Earth ... I had really been looking forward to it.

I would put Smith and Jones before Rose but everything else I agree with.

The Eleventh Hour was such a great opener. Imagine id Series 1 had opened like that. A mad stranger falling from the skies with massive mystery around him for new viewers, and also older viewers could see that he had just regenerated (from McGann?), so they would have a little inside info.

Perfect series opener.

I personally would put "Smith and Jones" as my favorite, but that's possibly just because I love Martha.

'Eleventh Hour" would take a close second. "Rose" would be third, and while it does look a bit low-budget in retrospect, it is still a rather amazing introduction to new who.

"Partners in Crime" was very poor. So many things could have been good and weren't. The whole plot felt held together by tape (why exactly do the gift-pendants control the adipose?).

"New Earth" is one of the worst in the show. The doctor is easily posessed, the jokes aren't funny, the special effects are terrible, and as far as the science goes, well, it was glaringly bad even for doctor who. The Doctor creates a cure for every known disease by mixing all of the medicinal drips together which magically creates a cure that is not only airborne but works as a reverse virus. Blah.

1st The Eleventh Hour
2nd Smith and Jones
3rd Rose
4th Partners in Crime
5th New Earth

Well, I first watched New Earth on holiday when I was around 12 and I found the episode to be so fresh and entertaining... maybe that's why I still love it today :D I think it's a great episode of Doctor Who because it really shows the 10th Doctor at his prime.

I don't think any of them are actually BAD, as such... though I concede that 'New Earth' is probably the weakest under close scrutiny, plot-wise and science-wise at least. But I actually like Cassandra and the little time-loop with Chip, I like Matron Casp and the other cats and the sweet moments between Rose and her new Doctor.

I LOVE 'Smith and Jones', and the Plasmavore and Judoon are much better antagonists than Prisoner Zero and the Atraxi, as far as I'm concerned. I was less than impressed with Moffat's copy-and-paste job of the basic story in 'The Eleventh Hour', it can either look like a lazy cheat or an homage to the previous era, but either way, it feels like an 'eleventh hour' script fix - ie: "I need some action in this story... what can I splice in hastily?"

Yes, yes, I understand that Amy/Amelia's repeated meetings with the Doctor was the important part of that episode (and those bits were brilliantly done), but the Prizoner Zero subplot could have been awesome if Moffat had made it more important to the series, as it stands, it just seemed a bit throw-away.

'Rose' and 'Partners in Crime' are both charming but a bit weak story-wise, 'Partners' relying mostly on Catherine Tennant's comedic skill and 'Rose' feeling like only half a story (I always watch it with 'The End of the World')... but I guess if pressed I'd have to say I prefer 'Rose'.

So I guess I'd rank them thusly:

1: Smith and Jones
2: The Eleventh Hour
3: Rose
4: Partners in Crime
5: New Earth

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