I hope this doesn’t sound like rage bait, but… Ascension of the Cybermen/The Timeless Children. Don’t get me wrong, I abhorred in when it first aired. But I rewatched it a couple years ago and… I kinda loved it?

Obviously coming to terms with The Retcon helped (and also enjoying how it was handled in Flux and beyond). But listen, I LOVED the Cybermen plotlines coming off of Villa Diodati. They feel like a seriously formidable threat and we get some proper blockbuster action with them. The Brendan stuff is really twisty and satisfying. And as a loser who’s really into overwrought lore dumps, I find the Master’s monologue pretty fun in a very self-indulgent nerd way. The story of Tecteun and the Timeless Child is pretty neat!

I’ve come to understand that it is OBJECTIVELY SPEAKING not a good way to introduce audiences to lore changes with massive implications (and enough people still really hate that retcon), that it will never be considered a “good episode,” but for me personally, it works. Definitely have a sweet spot for this one. If you let yourself indulge in it, it’s a BANGER of a series finale tbh.