Doctor Who: Every Thirteenth Doctor Episode Ranked From Worst To Best

24. The Timeless Children

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Here we are, at last. No doubt you’re surprised to see the most infamous episode of Chibs' run this high up the list. Turns out, it’s still his best finale, or rather, the least terrible.

This is the episode that dropped a nuclear lore-bomb on the long-established central canon of the show, contradicting hundreds of existing stories in the process, by revealing that the Doctor isn’t a Time Lord (or from Gallifrey), the regeneration limit is a lie, and that William Hartnell is far from the First Doctor.

To quote the great Douglas Adams “This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”

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