The BEST episodes of Doctor Who (2005) season 10

Every episode of Doctor Who (2005) season 10, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Doctor Who (2005) season 10!

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
World Enough and Time (1)
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8.30
2370 votes

#1 - 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 Doctor Falls (2)
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8.25
2280 votes

#2 - 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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Extremis
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8.00
2598 votes

#3 - Extremis

Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/20/2017

Everyone who has ever read the Veritas has been found dead. In a library at the heart of the Vatican, the pope urges the Doctor to read the ancient text.

Directors: Daniel Nettheim
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The Pilot
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7.94
3007 votes

#4 - The Pilot

Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/15/2017

Two worlds collide when the Doctor meets Bill, and a chance encounter with a girl with a star in her eye leads to a terrifying chase across time and space.

Directors: Lawrence Gough
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Oxygen
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7.80
2577 votes

#5 - Oxygen

Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/13/2017

'Space - the final frontier. Final because it wants to kill us.' Trapped on a space station with no oxygen, the Doctor, Bill and Nardole are horrified to discover the automated spacesuits keeping them alive are also trying to kill them!

Directors: Charles Palmer
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The Pyramid at the End of the World
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7.78
2596 votes

#6 - The Pyramid at the End of the World

Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/27/2017

When the Earth is set on a countdown to destruction, an alien race offers a deal to save humanity. Will the Doctor accept their help?

Directors: Daniel Nettheim
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Smile
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7.68
2846 votes

#7 - Smile

Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/22/2017

The language of the future is emoji! The Doctor takes Bill to a spectacular city on a distant planet - but where are the colonists? A band of 'cute' droids hold the deadly answer.

Directors: Lawrence Gough
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Thin Ice
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7.64
2689 votes

#8 - Thin Ice

Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/29/2017

London, 1814. The entire city has turned out for the biggest Frost Fair in decades. But beneath the frozen Thames, revellers are disappearing.

Directors: Bill Anderson
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Knock Knock
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7.51
2623 votes

#9 - Knock Knock

Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/6/2017

Why do floorboards creak? When a sinister landlord shows Bill and her friends the perfect houseshare, they have no idea what lies ahead... knock knock, who's there?

Directors: Bill Anderson
Empress of Mars
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7.49
2367 votes

#10 - Empress of Mars

Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/10/2017

'God save the Queen' has been scrawled on the surface of Mars. What are Victorians doing on the home of the Ice Warriors? And what will they find beneath the Martian soil?

Directors: Wayne Yip
Writer: Mark Gatiss
The Eaters of Light
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7.46
2277 votes

#11 - The Eaters of Light

Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/17/2017

A hunt for the lost Ninth Roman Legion leads the Doctor, Bill and Nardole into the middle of an ancient battle that could cast humanity into the dark forever. What is inside the cairn? And how far will they have to go defeat the terrifying alien Eaters of Light?

Directors: Charles Palmer
Writer: Rona Munro
The Lie of the Land
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7.45
2467 votes

#12 - The Lie of the Land

Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/3/2017

With the Doctor imprisoned, Bill and Nardole must embark on a deadly mission to rescue him and lead the resistance against the new regime.

Directors: Wayne Yip