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 - 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.
#3 - Genesis of the Daleks (6)
Season 12 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/12/1975
The planet Skaro, the distant past. The Time Lords divert the Doctor, Sarah 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?
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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!
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - Earthshock (4)
Season 19 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/16/1982
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.
#9 - 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?
#10 - The War Games (10)
Season 6 - Episode 44 - Aired 6/21/1969
The TARDIS lands in what appears to be the front-line trenches at the height of battle in war-torn France, right in the middle of World War I. Everyone they meet are convinced that the crew are spying and it doesn't take long for the crew to be on the run, but not before breaking the hypnotic conditioning of Carstairs and Lady Jennifer. Having escaped one war-zone they find themselves in another - Roman occupied Britain of some 2,000 years ago, then on to the American Civil War. The situation worstens when the Doctor suspects one of his own people, a Time Lord, to be behind the War Games working for a race of aliens trying to run the wars to their conclusions under controlled conditions to find a super-army or fighters. The Doctor is faced with an impossible situation - not only does the War Lords' control over hundreds of thousands of fighters need to be removed, but the soldiers have to be returned to their natural habitats. He concedes defeat, knowing that the TARDIS is not equipped for the task. He sends an SOS, calling in his own people even though it is revealed that he is 'on the run' from them for the theft of a TARDIS and for meddling... The Doctor is caught and faces trial.
#11 - 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?
#12 - 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?
#13 - Genesis of the Daleks (2)
Season 12 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/15/1975
The planet Skaro, the distant past. The Time Lords divert the Doctor, Sarah 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?
#14 - 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 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?
#15 - 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?
#16 - Pyramids of Mars (4)
Season 13 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/15/1975
England, 1911. The TARDIS is drawn off-course and lands in the country house of archaeologist Marcus Scarman. But what did Scarman unearth on his last visit to Egypt, and how can the Doctor defeat his most powerful foe yet - Sutekh, the God of Destruction?
#17 - 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...
#18 - Genesis of the Daleks (4)
Season 12 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/29/1975
The planet Skaro, the distant past. The Time Lords divert the Doctor, Sarah 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?
#19 - 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.
#20 - Genesis of the Daleks (5)
Season 12 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/5/1975
The planet Skaro, the distant past. The Time Lords divert the Doctor, Sarah 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?
#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 TARDIS lands in what appears to be the front-line trenches at the height of battle in war-torn France, right in the middle of World War I. Everyone they meet are convinced that the crew are spying and it doesn't take long for the crew to be on the run, but not before breaking the hypnotic conditioning of Carstairs and Lady Jennifer. Having escaped one war-zone they find themselves in another - Roman occupied Britain of some 2,000 years ago, then on to the American Civil War. The situation worstens when the Doctor suspects one of his own people, a Time Lord, to be behind the War Games working for a race of aliens trying to run the wars to their conclusions under controlled conditions to find a super-army or fighters. The Doctor is faced with an impossible situation - not only does the War Lords' control over hundreds of thousands of fighters need to be removed, but the soldiers have to be returned to their natural habitats. He concedes defeat, knowing that the TARDIS is not equipped for the task. He sends an SOS, calling in his own people even though it is revealed that he is 'on the run' from them for the theft of a TARDIS and for meddling... The Doctor is caught and faces trial.
#23 - Pyramids of Mars (2)
Season 13 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/1/1975
England, 1911. The TARDIS is drawn off-course and lands in the country house of archaeologist Marcus Scarman. But what did Scarman unearth on his last visit to Egypt, and how can the Doctor defeat his most powerful foe yet - Sutekh, the God of Destruction?
#24 - 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.
#25 - Horror of Fang Rock (4)
Season 15 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/1977
The Rutan starts picking off the surviving humans one by one as the Doctor and Leela struggle to defeat not only the alien but an entire fleet waiting to occupy Earth.
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