YOUR Verdict on “Ascension of the Cybermen” – An Upgrade
It’s time to reveal DWTV’s poll results for the ninth episode of Series 12, “Ascension of the Cybermen”, as voted for by you over the last week or so.
“Ascension of the Cybermen”: Score Breakdown
As always, we asked you to rate the episode on a scale from 1 to 10. We then took an average.
- A few thousand of you voted, and the average score was 7.30. According to the Doctor Who TV score guide, this indicates the episode was generally considered to be “Good”.
- This leaves “Ascension of the Cybermen” as the 80th highest rated episode of the whole revival (according to the DWTV ranking polls taken in 2018). More specifically, it is situated between “The Woman Who Fell To Earth” (7.35) and “Partners in Crime” (7.29).
- The standard deviation – which is our measure for how divisive an episode is – was 2.57. As always, it’s a polarising one, but at not as high as some episodes in the Chibnall era.
- Overall: Though not the highest score, it’s an upgrade on last year’s finale. Part 2 will prove to be the real decider on how this one goes down in Who history though…
Series 12 Episode Ranking
So far, the Series 12 episode ranking looks like this:
- 1. Fugitive of the Judoon – 8.01
- 2. The Haunting of Villa Diodati – 7.56
- 3. Spyfall, Part 1 – 7.43
- 4. Ascension of the Cybermen – 7.30
- 5. Spyfall, Part 2 – 7.01
- 6. Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror – 6.71
- 7. Can You Hear Me? – 5.94
- 8. Praxeus – 5.43
- 9. Orphan 55 – 4.97
- 10. The Timeless Children – TBC
“Ascension of the Cybermen” has pushed the series average up to 6.70. Series 11 concluded its run with this exact same average. So with only one episode left, Series 12 is currently as consistent as Series 11. Not that this is a good thing in this case, as it would mean it would still be joint lowest ranked series of the whole revival.
Conclusion
Join us next week when we examine the results of “The Timeless Children”, the tenth and final episode of Series 12. It’s sure to be another interesting one… Until then, keep voting!
- See the results for Spyfall, Part One here.
- See the results for Spyfall, Part Two here.
- See the results for Orphan 55 here.
- See the results for Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror here.
- See the results for Fugitive of the Judoon here.
- See the results for Praxeus here.
- See the results for Can You Hear Me? here.
- See the results for The Haunting of Villa Diodati here.
