Doctor Who: 10 Worst "New-Who" Episodes Ever

10. The Power of Three

The Power of Three aired as part of season 7a and is one of the final episodes to feature Amy Pond and Rory Williams as played by Karen Gilan and Arthur Darvill. It was also penned by future showrunner Chris Chibnall (spoiler: it won’t be his last appearance on this list).

In this episode, the earth is invaded by thousands upon thousands of tiny black cubes. They don’t do anything, they don’t attack, they don’t shoot lasers or fly about all over the place. They just…sit there. Of course, humans being the oh-so-random hipsters that we are, people absolutely love these cubes and willingly take them into their homes. Of course, there is something sinister going on and the Doctor finds himself engaged in a waiting game with the cubes.

The episode does have its good points; namely the absolute hilarity that ensues when The Doctor is forced to remain on the ground, experiencing time in the right order as domestic life with The Ponds. But that cannot make up for the absolutely dumpster fire that is the ending of this episode. After introducing guest star Steven Berkoff as the villainous Shakri and building to a big confrontation on the alien spaceship everything just…kinda…ends. The Shakri take off for no real reason and the whole episode feels like a colossal waste of time, earning The Power of Three its place on this list.