Doctor Who: Every Series 2 Episode Ranked Worst To Best

11. Fear Her

Series 2, for all of its success, is not immune to bad episodes, and it has two back-to-back. Fear Her, however, inches out the competition.

The episode handles the then-upcoming 2012 Olympics and a small girl who has developed surprising powers, gifted to her by a child-like alien entity that has lost its way on a flight across the stars. Chloe has the ability to trap people in her drawings, but can also bring some to life - except when it’s inconvenient to the plot.

Seriously, a scribble comes to life immediately, but her drawing of her demonic Dad has to wait for the story to say so?

Writer Matthew Graham (who co-created Life on Mars), shows hints of his spectacular writing, but the script just feels sloppy and undercooked. It makes the Doctor more British than ever - almost comically so, as he quips “top banana” which just feels incongruous to the rest of the character’s writing.

Weirder still is all the talk of the Doctor appearing throughout history, but being someone that only the most hardened conspiracy theorists discover - yet the episode ends with the Doctor, smiling wide on live television, delivering the Olympic Torch to the stadium without security intervention.