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31 polls were taken to discover what readers and editors on TARDIS wiki consider the strongest and weakest series of NewWho (2005-2022). What started as just determining what was considered the best in each era has evolved into a full polling assessment of the entirety of Series 1 in 2005 right up to Series 13 in 2022 Based on the average number of participants, a poll had to get up to 30 votes to count (or have such a momentous landslide in one direction that, even if the remaining voters to reach 30 all voted against the current winner, the winner would still win).

Some interesting facts to note:

* There was an average of 40 votes per poll.

* At the time of writing, the most voted on poll was Series 13 vs 11 with 61 votes.

* Series 4 vs 2 had the biggest landslide victory, with Series 4 winning by 90%, but Series 13 vs Series 10 saw the most landslided votes at 11-89% with 55 votes.

* Series 1 vs Series 10 had the tightest margin, with Series 1 narrowly winning 48-52% on a 44 votes poll.

* Series 6 vs Series 9 was also close, coming in at 49-51% on 41 votes.

* Series 10 vs Series 5 was the next closest, polling 49-51% on 37 votes.

Anyway, on to the rankings.

== Series Rankings ==

First off, the order for the Series within their own eras is the clearest and simplest to discover. A note on the presentation: ''x > y'' means that x was considered stronger than y. ''x >> y'' means that x won so decisively (something like 30-70% minimum swing) that it was clearly stronger and so had no chance of losing.

The series are categorised for these groups as:

* RTD 1 [Series 1-4, 2005-2010]

* Moffat 1 [Series 5-7, 2010-2013]

* Moffat 2 [Series 8-10, 2014-2017]

* Chibnall 1 [Series 11-13, 2018-2022]

RTD 1: S4 >> S1 > S3 > S2

Moffat 1: S5 > S6 >> S7

Moffat 2: S10 > S9 > S8

Chibnall 1: S13 > S12 >> S11

== Polling the Groups ==

However, the real fun begins when polling the groups against one another. Now one could have just done RTD 1 v Moffat 1, but then it would not reliably scale where each specific series is ranked. After all, based on the groups individually, Series 4 is a big bonus for RTD 1 while Series 11 is a huge detriment for Chibnall 1; the associated series within their groups are disproportionately benefitted or harmed by them. Therefore, the fairest method was to do it the longer but more rewarding way of pitting each individual series against the other. Now, after these long weeks, we have those results.

I have used a Tier List to display the results to accommodate for how close some polls were against each series (some near a dead draw of 50-50 even after 40+ votes on them!) Naturally, the higher the tier, the strongest the series is in the list. Where multiple series are in the same Tier, their overall performance within the tier is represented by their position in the box. What this means is that the Tiers follow the same rule as the ''x > y'' displayed above; the further towards the left a series is, the higher it ranks within the tier.

Determining where the series went in their tier, given how close the head-to-head results were, came down to multiple polls (i.e.: Series 6 v 9 was practically a dead draw, but Series 6 performed better against Series 2 than 9 did, so Series 6 is considered the marginal winner).

Very important note: the labels of T1, T2 and so forth are a reflection of how vast the series’ victory was in the polls against the other series. The labels are not a reflection of overall quality; the polls scale the series against each other rather than determining if a series is actually high quality. What this means is: Series 11 is at the bottom but could still be deemed objectively good television while Series 4 is at the top but could be seen as objectively terrible entertainment. The polls only reflect Series 1-13 in competition against each other.

Thank you to everyone who participated across these numerous polls. It is great going back and seeing how many voters kept turning out for them. Such wonderful participation because, without you voting, this would not have been possible. We may now have an official list from the community that is pretty accurate to what the consensus believes.

== The List ==