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I think that there is a rare eighth category - trial / test of character. Examples include Turn Left, Heaven sent, 73 yards. I think it should be it's own category because they all have a pretty distinct plot - doctor/companion are split up, with one or the other mostly missing, the character is forced to go through trials that test their character on their own, ending with them demonstrating their strength of character through doing the right thing despite hardship, ending with their death, resurrection and a loss of memory.

I would change mystery to "The Doctor doesn't know", as the reason they ARE mystery's are because we aren't given an instant solution and the Doctor's goal is to learn what he needs to do.

Time shenanigans = Wibbly Wobbly, Timey wimey

You know, the 11th doctor’s era makes at least some more sense when you view it as The Doctor trying to make the most of his last life

I really thought this video was going to be reducing the entirety of New Who into 7 episodes that still tell an understandable story. But this is good too!

One of my favourite misunderstood monster stories in Doctor Who is Time Heist.
It has elements of mystery and even base under siege in reverse (The Doctor is besieging), but misunderstood monster is at the heart of the story

"187, by my rough count" as if there's a chance that's not the right number

Time shenanigans should be called 'Nathan Gibson' to honor the guy that's disappeared from wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff.

Call it Timey-Wimey. My favourite Timey-Wimey is Blink, but Before the Flood is also a great Timey-Wimey.

If I were to pick 7 episodes to hook fans, I think a good listing would be:

Rose
The empty child
Blink
The eleventh hour
Oxygen
World enough in time
Day of the Doctor

I like how this framework works to summarise the episodes without feeling limiting. There's plenty of variety within each type, even without hybridisation

I actually think there is one more story type that isn't covered here, that being "Character Study". There are stories that fit into the existing 7 categories vaguely but doing so misses the point of the episode. Girl in the fire place is both a historical and time travel story, but both of those only cover the backdrop of the story. The real heart of the story is a study of the character of Madam de Pompadore.

Girl in the fireplace wasn't even the episode that drew me to this extra story type though, Human Nature was, since the entire focus is studying who the doctor is.

Love and Monsters, and the character of Elton (and Jackie) also fits here really well, as does the new episode Dot and Bubble

I didn't know Harbo was in so many episodes, guess a rewatch binge is in order!

Very bold of you to introduce the "actually good unlike all the other terrible episodes" category just for Love and Monsters.

Temporal dysfunction is a little better name.

"I won't use pre established genres. They must be specific to doctor who, for obvious reasons."
Roughly 20 seconds later:
"...Mystery .... Historicals"

Let's say Dot and Bubble is a " Misunderstood monsters" story

The editing is so so good here

dalek emperor is definitley part of a super villain catagory in parting of the ways