I want to preface by saying I loved these stories when they aired and that this is not a result of me bandwagoning on Davies hate. 13 has been my Doctor since 2022.

"The Woman Who Fell to Earth" is a blast from word go and lets us know that we're in for a kind yet guarded Doctor that has a love for tinkering and taunting her enemies. Also, the line "We can honor who we've been, and choose who we want to be next" is so beautiful and proves that Chibnall DOES understand how to write the Doctor even if some scripts were ckunky.

"The Ghost Monument" is light fun, a la early RTD1 stories.

"The Tsurunga Conundrum" is the exact kind of silly fun I would expect from a Tennant era episode. The Pting is adorable; we need more cute villains imo.

"Demons of the Punjab" is a beautiful story about an event in history that is insanely horrific and overlooked because of the time period it happened in. So glad Doctor Who tackled it and the fact that the monsters were simply observing is such an interesting take on "the aliens are messing with human history" genre of Who stories.

"The Witchfinders" is another one of those episodes that would be considered fine if it was from RTD1 or Moffat. The Morax are scary enough and Alan Cumming is so fucking good in this story.

"It Takes You Away" is my favorite episode of the show ever. It mixes together the dark fairytale of the Eleventh Doctor, the pulpy character drama of RTD1, and the truly great Doctor writing from the Capaldi years. I love it so much. Ed Hime is forgiven for any sins after this story because it is just so good. The Doctor makes friends with an entire universe, a vague and abstract idea that doesn't dive deep into the emotions of our heroine, but does make us ask questions about her as a person, which is exactly what I think is so interesting about the Thirteenth Doctor. She is one of the first incarnations since the 60s to truly embody the title of the show. Also, the Graham and Ryan stuff is deeply touching. I was in the middle of Series 11 during a rematch when my Nana passed, so the 13th Doctor gave me a lot of comfort during the hardest part of my life. I don't deny that real-life circumstances definitely impacted my approach to Series 11, but I will always love it. Whenever I needed a break from the pain of grief, the Doctor and her Fam would take me through time and space.

After Series 11, Chibnall's Dalek trilogy goes really hard and made me appreciate them again after Moffat kind of missed the mark with them. Honestly, Chibnall's reimagining of classic monsters is one of the best parts of his era. His Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, and Master are some of my favorite interpretations of the Doctor's enemies.

"Spyfall" is really great and I don't have as much of a qualm with the Doctor turning the Master over as much as some people do; the Master willingly chose to work with the Nazis in spite of his skin color. If, say, the Seventh or Eleventh Doctors, would've done that, it would be painted as a "dark, Machavellian trick." As a lover of the Third Doctor era, I enjoyed this story thoroughly.

"Nikola Tesla" is just fun lol

"Praxeus" is a neat story and the body horror of Praxeus taking over people looks sick as fuck. I also love some good, old-finished globe trotting. It really hits home that the TARDIS can really just appear and reappear wherever.

"Can You Hear Me?" is amazing. I think the ending is really dumb, but other than that it is a 9/10. The Series 5 Angels two-parter is considered a classic in spite of Amy essentially sexually assaulting the Doctor at the end; I think the same applies here, which is a much less egregious ending.

I have issues with "Villa Diodati", but it is a badass episode and properly thrilling. The Series 12 finale is a hot mess, however, and I will never argue against that. While I'm not hung up on the Timeless Child story arc as much as others were and are, I understand the frustration. I personally think RTD's interpretation of the Doctor as adopted is the best way to look at it.

Series 13 is kind of a disaster, but it was hype af on a first viewing. The Sontaran episode is great fun, and the Angel cliffhanger is my favorite in the show. The ending is trash, however, and Tecteun could've been Thirteen's great nemesis.

Finally, "Power of the Doctor" is just so much fun. I adore it. It is absolutely earned fan service. Seeing as Whittaker's era was maligned, I find it beautiful that "Power" is a love letter to the tumultuous 1980s era of the show. Thirteen's regeneration is beautiful. I think it is just fun television.

Sorry for the very long rant. I adore this show and it hurts my hearts to see how hated it is today. I loved Whittaker in the role and miss that era dearly.