The BEST episodes directed by Derek Martinus

Spearhead from Space (1)
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7.71
327 votes

#1 - Spearhead from Space (1)

Doctor Who - Season 7 - Episode 1

The TARDIS takes the newly regenerated Doctor to Earth to begin his exile. Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart leads a UNIT investigation into a mysterious meteorite shower.

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The Tenth Planet (1)
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7.69
273 votes

#2 - The Tenth Planet (1)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 5

Landing at the South Pole, the travellers find that Earth's twin planet is disrupting a space mission. The Doctor predicts that they will soon receive visitors from the new planet.

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Spearhead from Space (4)
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7.63
292 votes

#3 - Spearhead from Space (4)

Doctor Who - Season 7 - Episode 4

The invasion begins as Auton shop dummies come to life and attack the public. The Doctor and UNIT infiltrate Auto Plastics where the Doctor faces the Nestene consciousness.

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The Evil of the Daleks (7)
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7.59
114 votes

#4 - The Evil of the Daleks (7)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 43

The Daleks are poised to spread the Dalek Factor throughout the history of Earth and begin by implanting the Doctor.

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The Tenth Planet (4)
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7.54
264 votes

#5 - The Tenth Planet (4)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 8

The Cybermen invade the Snowcap base, killing General Cutler, but they are then defeated. Back in the TARDIS, the worn-out Doctor regenerates.

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The Evil of the Daleks (2)
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7.54
120 votes

#6 - The Evil of the Daleks (2)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 38

The Doctor and Jamie investigate Waterfield's antiques shop, where they are knocked unconscious and transported back to the 19th century.

The Ice Warriors (6)
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7.52
99 votes

#7 - The Ice Warriors (6)

Doctor Who - Season 5 - Episode 16

The Ice Warriors invade the human's base, and it is up to the Doctor to repel them. Using the ioniser is the only way to defeat the Martians, but to do so could have consequences.

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Spearhead from Space (3)
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7.51
295 votes

#8 - Spearhead from Space (3)

Doctor Who - Season 7 - Episode 3

Sam Seeley has found one of the meteorites but the Autons want it back and are closing in. General Scobie visits Auto Plastics,

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The Evil of the Daleks (6)
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7.49
113 votes

#9 - The Evil of the Daleks (6)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 42

The Doctor, Jamie and Waterfield follow the Daleks to Skaro, where they discover an unforeseen consequence to their experiment.

Spearhead from Space (2)
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7.47
303 votes

#10 - Spearhead from Space (2)

Doctor Who - Season 7 - Episode 2

A recovered Doctor escapes the hospital and joins UNIT in their investigation. Meanwhile, Channing directs one of his Auton servants to recover a meteorite.

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The Tenth Planet (2)
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7.46
241 votes

#11 - The Tenth Planet (2)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 6

Earth's energy is being drained away by the new planet, Mondas, and faces destruction. Cybermen invade the base and threaten to convert the humans into creatures like themselves.

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The Ice Warriors (2)
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7.46
111 votes

#12 - The Ice Warriors (2)

Doctor Who - Season 5 - Episode 12

Varga, the Ice Warrior, has returned to life and has captured Victoria and takes her with him to the glacier where he intends to find his frozen comrades.

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The Ice Warriors (5)
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7.45
101 votes

#13 - The Ice Warriors (5)

Doctor Who - Season 5 - Episode 15

The Doctor and Victoria are held prisoner by the Ice Warriors who are preparing to fire their deadly sonic cannon at the Brittanicus Base.

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The Ice Warriors (4)
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7.43
125 votes

#14 - The Ice Warriors (4)

Doctor Who - Season 5 - Episode 14

Victoria is chased by the Ice Warriors deep into the caves inside the glacier. The Doctor goes to the Ice Warriors' ship in an attempt to broker a peace, but they do not trust him.

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Trial
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7.43
159 votes

#15 - Trial

Blake's 7 - Season 2 - Episode 6

Blake is questioning his purpose and motives after Gan's death and goes to a barren planet to reflect on things. Travis is put on trial and court-martialled for the deaths of civilans all courtesy of Servalan.

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The Ice Warriors (3)
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7.42
109 votes

#16 - The Ice Warriors (3)

Doctor Who - Season 5 - Episode 13

Varga revives four fellow Ice Warriors from the ice and they begin to excavate their ship. Victoria places herself in jeopardy when she attempts to warn the Brittanicus Base.

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The Tenth Planet (3)
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7.34
205 votes

#17 - The Tenth Planet (3)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 7

Determined to stop the Cybermen and the energy drain, General Cutler prepares to launch the deadly Z-bomb. Ben and Polly desperately try to stop the launch as the countdown begins.

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The Evil of the Daleks (5)
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7.33
114 votes

#18 - The Evil of the Daleks (5)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 41

With the experiment at an end, the Doctor begins to suspect the key to rescuing Jamie, Victoria and Kemel from the Daleks lies with Terrall.

The Evil of the Daleks (1)
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7.31
145 votes

#19 - The Evil of the Daleks (1)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 37

Trying to find the stolen TARDIS, the Second Doctor and Jamie are lured into a trap by the Doctor's old enemies the Daleks.

The Ice Warriors (1)
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7.31
142 votes

#20 - The Ice Warriors (1)

Doctor Who - Season 5 - Episode 11

The TARDIS arrives on Earth in the midst of a new ice age where Brittanicus Base is fighting a battle to force back the glaciers. A huge Ice Warrior is found frozen in the ice.

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The Evil of the Daleks (3)
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7.17
142 votes

#21 - The Evil of the Daleks (3)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 39

As part of the Daleks' experiment, the Doctor manipulates Jamie into attempting to rescue Victoria.

The Evil of the Daleks (4)
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7.15
142 votes

#22 - The Evil of the Daleks (4)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 40

Jamie and Kemel team up to try and find Victoria, while the Doctor and the Daleks continue to monitor their progress.

Mission to the Unknown
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7.14
321 votes

#23 - Mission to the Unknown

Doctor Who - Season 3 - Episode 5

Space Security agent Marc Cory visits the planet Kembel to investigate rumours of Dalek activity in the area. However, his ship is shot down and his crewmates are poisoned by the thorns of Varga plants, genetically engineered carnivores which transform their unlucky victims into Vargas as well. Despite these dangers, Cory discovers that the Daleks have formed an alliance with several other alien species, intending to launch a war against Earth. He makes a tape of his discoveries -- but is exterminated before he can get word to his superiors...

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Galaxy 4: Four Hundred Dawns (1)
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7.11
372 votes

#24 - Galaxy 4: Four Hundred Dawns (1)

Doctor Who - Season 3 - Episode 1

After an encounter with a hostile robot called a Chumblie, the Doctor and his companions are rescued by a group of female Drahvins.

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Galaxy 4: Trap of Steel (2)
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7.09
388 votes

#25 - Galaxy 4: Trap of Steel (2)

Doctor Who - Season 3 - Episode 2

With the knowledge that the planet will be destroyed in two days, the Drahvins instruct the Doctor to help them steal the Rills' ship.

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Galaxy 4: Air Lock (3)
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6.94
300 votes

#26 - Galaxy 4: Air Lock (3)

Doctor Who - Season 3 - Episode 3

The Doctor and Vicki encounter the Rills and learn the situation is more complex than they thought while Steven finds the Drahvins' hospitality ever more perilous.

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Galaxy 4: The Exploding Planet (4)
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6.94
320 votes

#27 - Galaxy 4: The Exploding Planet (4)

Doctor Who - Season 3 - Episode 4

The Doctor and Vicki enlist the aid of the Chumblies to rescue Steven from the Drahvins and then find a way off the planet before its destruction.

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The Keeper
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5.64
122 votes

#28 - The Keeper

Blake's 7 - Season 2 - Episode 12

In their quest for information on the location of Star One, the crew search for a member of the royal family of Goth who has an amulet containing a brain print.

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