Doctor Who Seasons 1-12 Ranked Worst To Best

7. Season Three

Doctor Who David Tennant Tenth Doctor
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Season three introduced Martha Jones who is one of the greatest companions of all time. She was an absolute legend who outshone the Doctor by reversing the Doctor/companion dynamic and spent all her time saving him.

Even though Martha became the Doctor's personal bodyguard and constant saviour, he treated her like rubbish by constantly comparing her to Rose, despite Martha being obviously in love with him.

The episodes in season three were diverse, interesting and even the weakest, looking at you Dalek's in Manhattan two-parter, became guilty pleasures. While the greatest like Gridlock and the three-part finale that reintroduced the Master stood out as instant classics.

But it was Blink that stole the entire series. Imagine that. An episode that barely even features the Doctor, became the most loved episode of the third season. It's deserved. Blink is one of the cleverest, most imaginative and scariest episodes of Doctor Who of all time, which still holds up now. Even in the upcoming season thirteen, we're thrilled to see the Weeping Angels return.

While season three was a strong one, it was the Doctor's questionable treatment of Martha that turns us off it. He literally made her become a maid in a racist time period and got her to look after him while he wasn't himself. That's just plain wrong. Dare we even mention The Year That Never Was?

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