The BEST episodes of Doctor Who (2005) season 1

Every episode of Doctor Who (2005) season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Doctor Who (2005) season 1!

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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The Parting of the Ways (2)
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8.34
3315 votes

#1 - 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 Doctor Dances (2)
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8.18
3346 votes

#2 - The Doctor Dances (2)

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/28/2005

The Child's plague is spreading throughout wartime London, and its zombie army is on the march. The Doctor and Rose form an alliance with the intergalactic con man, Captain Jack, but find themselves trapped in the abandoned hospital. The answer lies at the bomb site, but time is running out.

Directors: James Hawes
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Bad Wolf (1)
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8.18
3065 votes

#3 - Bad Wolf (1)

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/11/2005

The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack fight for their lives on board the Game Station, but disaster strikes when the Daleks capture Rose!

Directors: Joe Ahearne
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The Empty Child (1)
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8.11
3428 votes

#4 - The Empty Child (1)

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/21/2005

London, 1941, at the height of the Blitz. A mysterious cylinder is guarded by the army, while homeless children, living on the bombsites, are terrorised by an unearthly child. When Rose meets the dashing Captain Jack Harkness, has she found a hero better than the Doctor himself?

Directors: James Hawes
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Dalek
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7.91
3411 votes

#5 - Dalek

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/30/2005

Beneath the salt plains of Utah, the billionaire collector Henry Van Statten holds the last relic of an alien race. When the Doctor and Rose investigate, they discover that the Doctor's oldest and most deadly enemy is about to break free. It's a fight to the death, with Rose caught in the middle.

Directors: Joe Ahearne
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Father's Day
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7.81
3083 votes

#6 - Father's Day

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/14/2005

Rose travels back to 1987 to witness the day her father died, but when she interferes in the course of events, the monstrous Reapers are unleashed upon the world, and a wedding day turns into a massacre. Even the Doctor is powerless, as the human race is devoured.

Directors: Joe Ahearne
Writer: Paul Cornell
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The End of the World
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7.56
4232 votes

#7 - The End of the World

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/2/2005

The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time, to the year five billion and the end of planet Earth.

Directors: Euros Lyn
Rose
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7.53
5379 votes

#8 - Rose

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/26/2005

When Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor, her life will never be the same again. Soon she realises that her mum, her boyfriend and the whole of Earth are in danger. The only hope for salvation lies inside a strange blue box.

Directors: Keith Boak
Boom Town
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7.44
3022 votes

#9 - Boom Town

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/4/2005

The Tardis crew take a holiday, but the Doctor encounters an enemy he thought long since dead. A plan to build a nuclear power station in Cardiff disguises an alien plot to rip the world apart, and when the Doctor dines with monsters, he discovers traps within traps.

Directors: Joe Ahearne
The Long Game
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7.44
3176 votes

#10 - The Long Game

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/7/2005

Adam discovers the wonders of travelling in the Tardis. In the far future, Satellite 5 broadcasts to the entire Earth Empire, but anyone promoted to Floor 500 is never seen again, and the Doctor suspects mankind is being manipulated. Does Adam have what it takes to become the Time Lord's companion?

Directors: Brian Grant
The Unquiet Dead
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7.43
3680 votes

#11 - The Unquiet Dead

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/9/2005

Charles Dickens and the Doctor team up as corpses stalk the streets of Victorian Cardiff.

Directors: Euros Lyn
Writer: Mark Gatiss
Aliens of London (1)
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7.39
3318 votes

#12 - Aliens of London (1)

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/16/2005

The Doctor takes Rose home, but when a spaceship crash-lands in the Thames, London is closed off and the whole world goes on red alert. While the Doctor investigates the alien survivor, Rose discovers that her home is no longer a safe haven.

Directors: Keith Boak
World War Three (2)
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7.32
3156 votes

#13 - World War Three (2)

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/23/2005

Downing Street announces mankind's first Interplanetary War, but the real danger is much closer to home. The Doctor, Rose and Harriet Jones race against time to unmask the villainous Slitheen, but only Rose's mum and boyfriend hold the key to salvation.

Directors: Keith Boak