The BEST episodes of Doctor Who
Every episode of Doctor Who ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Doctor Who!
The Doctor, a mysterious traveller in space and time, travels in his ship, the TARDIS. The TARDIS can take him and his companions anywhere in time and space. Inevitably he finds evil at work wherever he goes...
#1 - City of Death (4)
Season 17 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/20/1979
Scaroth is determined to go back 400 million years in time to prevent a mistake. But the Doctor must stop him – because the consequences would be disastrous.
#2 - Genesis of the Daleks (6)
Season 12 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/12/1975
Gharman tries to convince the Kaleds to vote against the Dalek project but Davros has a trick up his sleeve, while the Doctor works to destroy the tape recording of Dalek victory and the Thals plan an intervention of their own.
#3 - The Robots of Death (3)
Season 14 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/1977
Under the direction of a madman, the robots continue their rampage as the Doctor finds an unexpected ally.
#4 - City of Death (2)
Season 17 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/6/1979
Captured by the Count, the Doctor and Romana uncover an elaborate plan to steal the Mona Lisa. But there is more to Scarlioni's plans than a simple theft.
#5 - The Caves of Androzani (3)
Season 21 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/15/1984
The situation on Androzani Minor is building toward a violent confrontation. And the Doctor and Peri are slowly succumbing to spectrox toxemia.
#6 - The Robots of Death (2)
Season 14 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/1977
The Doctor and Leela are suspected of murder. But the real foe is using robots to cut down the crew – and even sabotage the sand miner itself!
#7 - Earthshock (4)
Season 19 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/16/1982
The Doctor realises the freighter is now a huge bomb and sends it back through time where it can explode millions of years ago... but Adric is still aboard...
#8 - The Robots of Death (4)
Season 14 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/1977
The Doctor and the surviving humans fight for their lives againt Teran Capel and his growing army of deadly robots.
#9 - Genesis of the Daleks (2)
Season 12 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/15/1975
The Doctor and Harry are taken to the Kaled bunker where Davros is preparing to demonstrate the Daleks, while Sarah Jane is captured by the Thals and taken to their city as a slave worker.
#10 - Genesis of the Daleks (1)
Season 12 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/8/1975
The planet Skaro, the distant past. The Time Lords divert the Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry to this war-torn world, and give the Doctor a mission: the evil of the Daleks is about to be born here, and the Doctor is to try to ensure they evolve into less lethally aggressive beings - or, failing that, to avert their creation altogether. But has even the Doctor the right to commit genocide?
#11 - The Caves of Androzani (4)
Season 21 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/16/1984
Events on Androzani reach a bloody climax. Will the Doctor and Peri survive the carnage? And at what cost?
#12 - Genesis of the Daleks (4)
Season 12 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/29/1975
The Doctor fails to prevent the Thals from destroying the Kaled city but they don't have long to enjoy their victory before the Daleks attack.
#13 - Genesis of the Daleks (5)
Season 12 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/5/1975
The Doctor is forced to give Davros full details of future Dalek victories but opposition to Davros' plans is growing among the Kaleds and soon there is open rebellion.
#14 - The Caves of Androzani (2)
Season 21 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/9/1984
The Doctor and Peri have been rescued from the firing squad by the mysterious Sharaz Jek. But he has his own plans for them. And why are they suddenly feeling ill?
#15 - The Caves of Androzani (1)
Season 21 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/8/1984
The planet Androzani Minor, the distant future. In the planets' caves war rages between government troops and the android warriors of the mysterious Sharaz Jek. But what makes spectrox, the substance they battle to control, so valuable? And how far will the Doctor go to protect his companion?
#16 - The Deadly Assassin (1)
Season 14 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/30/1976
Gallifrey, planet of the Time Lords. Summoned home by a premonition of murder, the Doctor discovers a dark conspiracy at the highest levels of Time Lord society... and his oldest enemy, who poses a threat to the existence of Gallifrey itself...
#17 - City of Death (3)
Season 17 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/1979
The Doctor and Romana unwrap an intricate plot involving aliens, time travel and the Mona Lisa. How is Count Scarlioni living in two times at once? And what does he want?
#18 - The Deadly Assassin (2)
Season 14 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/6/1976
The President of the High Council has been killed and the Doctor is the prime suspect. The Time Lords are eager to dispense quick justice and the Doctor must race agains the clock to discover the truth... and an old enemy.
#19 - The War Games (10)
Season 6 - Episode 44 - Aired 6/21/1969
The war games are over and after a sad farewell to Jamie and Zoe, the Doctor is put on trial by the Time Lords for breaking their ancient laws.
#20 - Pyramids of Mars (4)
Season 13 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/15/1975
Sutekh forces the Doctor to transport Scarman and a mummy to Mars, where the Doctor and Sarah try to stop them destroying the Eye of Horus.
#21 - Earthshock (1)
Season 19 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/8/1982
The TARDIS crew arrives on Earth in the 26th Century in a cave system where a military force is investigating the disappearance of a palaentological expedition.
#22 - The War Games (9)
Season 6 - Episode 43 - Aired 6/14/1969
The rebels seize control of the aliens' HQ but the Doctor is forced to send a call for help to his own people, the Time Lords.
#23 - The Brain of Morbius (3)
Season 13 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/17/1976
While the Doctor goes to confront the Sisterhood to seek a cure for Sarah Jane's blindness, Solon realizes that he must transfer Morbius' brain into a new body before it is too late.
#24 - Pyramids of Mars (2)
Season 13 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/1/1975
The Doctor, Sarah and Laurence try to find a way to sever Sutekh's link to the mummies while poacher Ernie Clements finds the priory surrounded by a forcefield.
#25 - Horror of Fang Rock (3)
Season 15 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/1977
The Doctor barricades everyone in the lighthouse to protect them from the mysterious deadly creature in the fog. But it may already be inside, biding its time…