Doctor Who: 10 Worst Things The 13th Doctor Has Done (So Far)

In the summer of 2017, a very special trailer was released, revealing the identity of the Thirteenth Doctor. To everyone’s surprise, the next actor to play the Doctor was Jodie Whittaker, the first ever woman to canonically take on the role of the most famous time traveling alien in the world.

Viewers couldn’t wait to see the new Doctor in action, and she certainly didn’t disappoint. This incarnation was cheerful, funny and a whole lot of fun to be around. However, this didn’t mean that she didn’t have her dark moments, and there have been instances during her first two seasons in which this Doctor committed some questionable acts.

10 She Indirectly Caused Grace’s Death

Although this wasn’t even really the Doctor’s fault, this tragic event showed just how dangerous being friends with the Time Lord could be. To make matters worse, Grace could have been a great a great companion, but she never even got a fair chance.

It was the first time the Thirteenth Doctor met her companions. They faced off against T’zim-Sha who was ultimately defeated, but not before taking Grace’s life. If Grace had never met the Doctor, she would have most likely lived a long and happy life.

9 She Kidnapped Her Companions And Took Them To A Dead Planet

At end of the Thirteenth Doctor’s first episode, she was gearing up to find her lost TARDIS, while saying goodbye to her three new friends, also known as her fam. However, as per usual, the Doctor’s hastily built gadget malfunctioned.

It took the Doctor and her friends and transported them into the future, and into space. Literally. Thankfully, the gang were all saved and taken to a nearby planet, cheerfully known as Desolation. This was definitely a rough start to their travels with the Doctor.

8 She Took Her Friends To 1950s America

Firstly, “Rosa” was probably the best episode of Season 11. It dealt with extremely serious and sensitive topics in a mature way, and didn’t shy away from the horrific attitudes displayed more openly at that time. This entry is more about the narrative point of view.

The TARDIS can travel anywhere in space and time, so it was slightly strange that the Doctor took her fam to 1950s America, where racism was prevalent and accepted in everyday life. It’s an important part of history, but it was definitely a poor choice to take her new friends.

7 She Let A Lot Of Villains Go

One of the bigger and more annoying problems with the Thirteenth Doctor’s era so far is that the villains often escape without any fear of retribution. In only the Doctor’s fourth episode, the primary villain, Robertson, walked away without a scratch.

This trend continued into the twelfth season, where secondary antagonist Daniel Barton again walked away unnoticed after literally just trying to take over the whole world. For whatever reason, this Doctor doesn’t seem to want to enact her own form of justice.

6 She Forced Graham Away From Grace

In the ninth episode of Season 11, the Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan encountered a lonely girl living on her own, whose father had gone missing. It transpired that the girl’s dad had found his way into a parallel universe, where his wife was still alive.

When the Doctor and the gang went after him, Graham discovered that Grace was alive. In reality, Grace was just an extension of the entity known as the Solitract, but Graham couldn’t leave Grace again. The Doctor basically forced him into reliving his wife’s death for a second time.

5 She Didn’t See Past The Master’s New Disguise

It has been established that the Doctor’s greatest foe, the Master, has always had a penchant for disguise. For example, the female incarnation of the Master went by the name Missy to conceal her identity from the Doctor.

When the Doctor and her companions met Agent O, everything seemed perfectly normal until he revealed himself to be the Master, putting Graham, Ryan and Yaz in grave danger. The Doctor should have recognised her greatest enemy way before it got to this point.

4 Her Superiority Complex

Sometimes, the Doctor is at her best when she’s being serious and quiet. Other times, it can be quite difficult to watch. Narratively speaking, when the Thirteenth Doctor got angry, it was always exciting because she was usually so happy and excitable.

However, she tended to direct her anger to the wrong people. For example, in the eighth episode of Season 12, after losing to Ashad the Cyberman, the Doctor had a go at her fam, explaining that she was in charge and the TARDIS crew was not a democracy.

3 She Got Her Friends Caught Up In The Cyber War

The penultimate episode of Doctor Who‘s twelfth season was an extremely exciting episode, which set things up perfectly for the big finale. One of the reasons why this episode was so entertaining was because it was actually incredibly tense.

Following the events of the previous episode, the Doctor and her fam ended up in the middle of the Cyber War, one of the most dangerous places in the universe. Sure enough, the group soon became separated and the gang truly had to fight to survive.

2 Her Prejudices

For the most part, the Thirteenth Doctor is incredibly open minded and optimistic, trying to make everything in the universe seem fun and cheerful. However, there were occasions throughout her two current seasons where viewers got a glimpse at all the atrocities she had witnessed.

In the Season 11 episode, “Demons Of The Punjab”, the Doctor discovered the presence of the Thijarians, who were formerly known as the most dangerous assassins in the universe. However, the Doctor never stopped to consider that they had changed and blamed them for all the deaths until she was proven wrong.

1 She Was Too Nice

Admittedly, this seems like a bit of an odd entry, but certainly during her first season, the Doctor never really got an opportunity to develop an edge. All versions of the Doctor must be likeable, but at the same time, the Doctor has witnessed an awful lot of destruction.

Throughout Season 11, it was as though she had forgotten about all her pain. As a result, the Doctor came across as slightly too happy. The Doctor needs an edge to be believable, and thankfully she found hers in the following season.

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