Doctor Who: 8 Best Jodie Whittaker Episodes

8. Demons Of The Punjab (2018)

Whittaker's first series as the Doctor was comprised of one-off episodes, which shifted away from NuWho's previous use of two-parters. Unfortunately, most of Series 11's episodes suffered from forgettable surface-level narratives, except for a few standouts. This includes Demons of the Punjab.

This historical episode begins with Yaz nagging the Doctor about seeing her grandmother when she was younger, a request the Doctor reluctantly agrees to. As the crew journeys back in time, viewers are thrown into the partition of India in 1947, and while Yaz is trying to discover more about the heritage of her grandmother, the Doctor, Ryan, and Graham come across demon-like creatures from another world.

This episode encapsulates everything that makes Doctor Who so fascinating. Its historical elements - namely, the partition, a particularly hard-hitting event - colliding with the theme of alien technology are effectively balanced. It was also good to see Yaz's character develop further, considering her vapid presence in previous episodes of the series.

Even if the episode isn't 100-percent perfect, it nonetheless ranks among the Thirteenth Doctor's best adventures.