Doctor Who Series 12 Ranked

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The episode ranks the episodes of Doctor Who Series 12 from worst to best, discussing the impact of the Timeless Child arc.

Doctor Who series 12... where the Timeless Child arc turned fans CRAZY! This week on the pod, we'll be ranking its episodes from worst to best!The twelfth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who premiered on 1 January 2020 and aired until 1 March 2020. It is the second series to be led by Chris Chibnall as head writer and executive producer, alongside executive producer Matt Strevens, the twelfth to air after the programme's revival in 2005, and the thirty-eighth season overall. The twelfth series was broadcast on Sundays, except for the premiere episode, continuing the trend from the eleventh series. Prior to the eleventh series, regular episodes of the revived era were commonly broadcast on Saturdays. The series was followed by the 2021 New Year's Day special, "Revolution of the Daleks".Jodie Whittaker returns for her second series as the Thirteenth Doctor, an incarnation of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in her TARDIS, which appears from the outside to be an old fashioned British police box. It also stars Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill as the Doctor's travelling companions, playing Graham…

Topics covered

• Doctor Who
• Series Ranking
• Timeless Child Arc
• Episode Review
• Science Fiction
• Television

Keywords

• Doctor Who
• Series 12
• Timeless Child
• Jodie Whittaker
• Chris Chibnall
• Ranking
• Episodes

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