Doctor Who: All 40 Steven Moffat Episodes Ranked From Worst To Best

No doubt most of you have got your sonic screwdrivers at the ready in reaction to the blasphemy of ranking this historic episode relatively low. So, c’mon, give it your best assembled cabinet.

Hand on both hearts, reversing the Doctor's heartbreakingly fatal decision to kill his own people by destroying Gallifrey on the last day of the Time War felt anticlimactic. Even Moffat stated that he's "still haunted by the guilt" about the retcon storyline. The poor bloke had a horrendously stressful time writing it.

The hellish conflict added an unprecedented layer of infinite intrigue about our already enigmatic hero. Curiosity piqued when Jabe touches the tearful Doctor's arm, or when he recalls the beauty of his home planet to Martha.

The absence of Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor is keenly felt. Yes, Moffat thought "it couldn't have been is (sic) who pushed the button in the Time War, cos that's a new man, very explicitly, in that episode (Rose)." Yet this clip from Dalek makes you imagine otherwise.

Conversely, it's understandable why Moffat dramatically stopped the Doctors from pressing the great big threatening button: he or she can finally stop explaining to new companions as to why they're the last of the Time Lords!

Seriously though, the events of this episode lay the foundations for the next 50 years of adventures in space and time. For starters: the initially pointless Zygon subplot eventually morphing into a thrilling and thought-provoking two-parter.

Moffat has, once again, given Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall the gateway to everything that ever was, or ever can be...