The BEST episodes of Doctor Who (2005) season 6

Every episode of Doctor Who (2005) season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Doctor Who (2005) season 6!

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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A Good Man Goes to War
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8.53
3992 votes

#1 - 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 Wedding of River Song
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8.30
3757 votes

#2 - 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's Wife
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8.24
4141 votes

#3 - The Doctor's Wife

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/14/2011

By following a Time Lord distress signal, the Doctor puts Amy, Rory and his beloved TARDIS in grave danger.

Directors: Richard Clark
Writer: Neil Gaiman
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Day of the Moon (2)
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8.24
4210 votes

#4 - Day of the Moon (2)

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/30/2011

In 1960s America, the Doctor fights an alien force dating back to the beginnings of human civilisation: the Silence!

Directors: Toby Haynes
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The Impossible Astronaut (1)
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8.23
4126 votes

#5 - The Impossible Astronaut (1)

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/23/2011

Amy, Rory and River mourn the Doctor, but are soon plunged into an adventure with President Nixon and the Silence!

Directors: Toby Haynes
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Let's Kill Hitler
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8.05
3674 votes

#6 - Let's Kill Hitler

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/27/2011

Nazis! River on the rampage! Regeneration! It's all happening after the TARDIS crash-lands in 1930s Berlin.

Directors: Richard Senior
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The Girl Who Waited
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7.96
3199 votes

#7 - The Girl Who Waited

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/10/2011

Amy is trapped in a quarantine facility for victims of an alien plague. Can Rory save her before she is killed by kindness?

Directors: Nick Hurran
Writer: Tom MacRae
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The Almost People (2)
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7.80
3753 votes

#8 - The Almost People (2)

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/28/2011

The Doctor must convince terrified factory workers to trust their doppelgangers. But there's a killer on the loose...

Directors: Julian Simpson
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Closing Time
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7.77
3527 votes

#9 - Closing Time

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/24/2011

The Doctor's final days are upon him - but when he drops in on an old friend, the Cybermen are waiting.

Directors: Steve Hughes
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The God Complex
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7.71
3360 votes

#10 - The God Complex

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/17/2011

The TARDIS lands in a hotel where every visitor's room contains their deepest, darkest fears. What lies in wait in the Doctor's room?

Directors: Nick Hurran
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The Rebel Flesh (1)
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7.51
3827 votes

#11 - The Rebel Flesh (1)

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/21/2011

A solar tsunami liberates doppelgangers from their human 'originals'. And when the Doctor arrives, the deaths begin...

Directors: Julian Simpson
Night Terrors
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7.40
3265 votes

#12 - Night Terrors

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/3/2011

The Doctor must deal with sinister dolls coming to life as he fights to help a terrified child and his father.

Directors: Richard Clark
Writer: Mark Gatiss
The Curse of the Black Spot
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7.33
3966 votes

#13 - The Curse of the Black Spot

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/7/2011

There's terror on the high seas, as the Doctor is stranded on a pirate ship where he must face an apparently deadly Siren...

Directors: Jeremy Webb