The BEST episodes of Doctor Who (2005)

Every episode of Doctor Who (2005) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Doctor Who (2005)!

The Doctor is an alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who travels through all of time and space in the TARDIS. The Doctor has a long list of friends and companions who have shared journeys along the way. Instead of dying, the Doctor is able to “regenerate” into a new body, taking on a new personality with each regeneration.

Last Updated: 11/12/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
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Blink
star
9.09
3586 votes

#1 - Blink

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/9/2007

In an old, abandoned house, the Weeping Angels wait. Only the Doctor can stop them, but he's lost in time.

Directors: Hettie Macdonald
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Forest of the Dead (2)
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8.54
3105 votes

#2 - Forest of the Dead (2)

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/7/2008

As the shadows rise, the Doctor forges an alliance with the mysterious River Song. But can they halt the advance of the Vashta Nerada?

Directors: Euros Lyn
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A Good Man Goes to War
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8.53
3992 votes

#3 - A Good Man Goes to War

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/4/2011

The Doctor assembles an alien army to fight the Battle of Demons Run, and we finally discover who River Song really is...

Directors: Peter Hoar
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The Name of the Doctor
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8.52
3149 votes

#4 - The Name of the Doctor

Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/18/2013

The Doctor has a secret he will take to his grave. And it is discovered...

Directors: Saul Metzstein
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Heaven Sent
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8.52
2644 votes

#5 - Heaven Sent

Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/2015

Trapped in a world unlike any other he has seen, the Doctor faces the greatest challenge of his many lives. One final test. And he must face it alone. Pursued by the fearsome creature known only as the Veil, he must attempt the impossible. If he makes it through, Gallifrey is waiting...

Directors: Rachel Talalay
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Silence in the Library (1)
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8.51
3192 votes

#6 - Silence in the Library (1)

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/31/2008

The Doctor meets River Song for the first time as he and Donna face the Vashta Nerada!

Directors: Euros Lyn
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Vincent and the Doctor
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8.49
4273 votes

#7 - Vincent and the Doctor

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/5/2010

The Doctor and Amy Pond meet Vincent van Gogh... And an ancient, terrifying monster.

Directors: Jonny Campbell
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Journey's End (2)
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8.47
3559 votes

#8 - Journey's End (2)

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/5/2008

As Davros and the Daleks threaten the universe, the Doctor's companions join forces. But tragedy is waiting for the Time Lord...

Directors: Graeme Harper
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The Angels Take Manhattan
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8.47
3698 votes

#9 - The Angels Take Manhattan

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/2012

The Doctor's heart-breaking farewell to Amy and Rory - a race against time through the streets of Manhattan, as New York's statues come to life around them...

Directors: Nick Hurran
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Doomsday (2)
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8.46
3144 votes

#10 - Doomsday (2)

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/8/2006

The end of an epic journey, as two mighty armies wage war across the Earth, with the human race caught in the middle. But as an unstoppable terror emerges from beneath Torchwood, the Doctor faces an even greater dilemma - does saving the world mean the death of Rose Tyler?

Directors: Graeme Harper
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The Big Bang (2)
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8.45
4296 votes

#11 - The Big Bang (2)

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/26/2010

The Stone Dalek closes in on the Doctor, and reality's last hope is a little girl who still believes in stars.

Directors: Toby Haynes
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The Eleventh Hour
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8.41
4719 votes

#12 - The Eleventh Hour

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/3/2010

The new Doctor has 20 minutes to save the world, and only Amy Pond - the girl who waited - can help him.

Directors: Adam Smith
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Turn Left
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8.39
2975 votes

#13 - Turn Left

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/21/2008

What would have happened if the Doctor had died facing the Racnoss? We find a nightmare world as Donna and Rose attempt to stop the approaching Darkness.

Directors: Graeme Harper
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Hell Bent
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8.38
2375 votes

#14 - Hell Bent

Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/2015

If you took everything from him, betrayed him, trapped him, and broke both his hearts... how far might the Doctor go? Returning to Gallifrey, the Doctor faces the Time Lords in a struggle that will take him to the end of time itself. Who is the Hybrid? And what is the Doctor's confession?

Directors: Rachel Talalay
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The Stolen Earth (1)
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8.36
3506 votes

#15 - The Stolen Earth (1)

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/28/2008

Rose Tyler, Torchwood, Martha and more... Earth's greatest heroes assemble to fight the New Dalek Empire.

Directors: Graeme Harper
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The Parting of the Ways (2)
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8.34
3315 votes

#16 - The Parting of the Ways (2)

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/18/2005

Rose has seen danger and wonders alongside the Doctor, but now their friendship is put to the test as Earth plunges into an epic war. With the human race being slaughtered, the Doctor is forced into terrible action. Will the time-travellers ever be reunited?

Directors: Joe Ahearne
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The Pandorica Opens (1)
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8.33
4053 votes

#17 - The Pandorica Opens (1)

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/19/2010

The Doctor confronts an army of old enemies, and Amy battles a Cyberman. And then the Pandorica opens...

Directors: Toby Haynes
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The Girl in the Fireplace
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8.32
3356 votes

#18 - The Girl in the Fireplace

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/6/2006

Madame de Pompadour finds the court at Versailles under attack from sinister clockwork killers. Her only hope of salvation lies with the man who has haunted her dreams since childhood - a mysterious stranger known only as the Doctor.

Directors: Euros Lyn
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World Enough and Time (1)
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8.30
2370 votes

#19 - World Enough and Time (1)

Season 10 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/24/2017

A huge spaceship trapped in the gravity well of a black hole, teeming with impossible lifeforms, harbours one of the Doctor's most feared enemies... Mondasian Cybermen.

Directors: Rachel Talalay
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The Wedding of River Song
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8.30
3757 votes

#20 - The Wedding of River Song

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/1/2011

All of time and space hangs in the balance, for this is the day the Doctor dies.

Directors: Jeremy Webb
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The Doctor Falls (2)
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8.25
2280 votes

#21 - The Doctor Falls (2)

Season 10 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/1/2017

The Doctor makes a final stand against an army of Cybermen to protect a tiny band of humans from destruction.

Directors: Rachel Talalay
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Last of the Time Lords (3)
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8.24
2775 votes

#22 - Last of the Time Lords (3)

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/30/2007

Earth has been conquered and the Master rules supreme, with the Doctor his prisoner. Can Martha Jones save the world?

Directors: Colin Teague
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Asylum of the Daleks
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8.24
3763 votes

#23 - Asylum of the Daleks

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/2012

Kidnapped by his oldest foe, the Doctor is forced on an impossible mission - to a place even the Daleks are too terrified to enter...

Directors: Nick Hurran
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The Time of Angels (1)
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8.24
4294 votes

#24 - The Time of Angels (1)

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/24/2010

The Doctor, River Song and Amy hunt the last of the Weeping Angels through the terrifying Maze of the Dead.

Directors: Adam Smith
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The Family of Blood (2)
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8.24
2779 votes

#25 - The Family of Blood (2)

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/2/2007

1913, and war comes to England a year in advance, as the terrifying Family hunt for the Doctor.

Directors: Charles Palmer
Writer: Paul Cornell
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