The WORST episodes of Doctor Who (2005)

Every episode of Doctor Who (2005) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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
Orphan 55
star
6.29
1223 votes

#1 - Orphan 55

Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/12/2020

The Doctor and her friends discover that the luxury resort where they are holidaying is hiding a number of deadly secrets. What are the ferocious monsters attacking Tranquillity Spa?

Directors: Lee Haven Jones
Writer: Ed Hime
Sleep No More
star
6.60
2278 votes

#2 - Sleep No More

Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/2015

This terrifying story is assembled from footage discovered in the wreckage of Le Verrier Space Station.

Writer: Mark Gatiss
Praxeus
star
6.85
1053 votes

#3 - Praxeus

Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/2/2020

What connects a missing astronaut in the Indian Ocean, birds behaving strangely in Peru and a US naval officer who washes up on a Madagascan beach? Team Tardis investigate.

Love and Monsters
star
6.88
2771 votes

#4 - Love and Monsters

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/17/2006

An ordinary man called Elton becomes obsessed with the Doctor and Rose and their mysterious blue box. But when his investigations lead him to the attentions of the enigmatic Victor Kennedy, this harmless hobby suddenly plunges Elton into a world of living nightmares.

Directors: Dan Zeff
The Vanquishers (6)
star
6.97
793 votes

#5 - The Vanquishers (6)

Season 13 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/5/2021

In the final epic chapter in the story of the Flux, all hope is lost. The forces of darkness are in control. But when the monsters have won, who can you count upon to save the universe?

Directors: Azhur Saleem
Arachnids in the UK
star
7.07
1637 votes

#6 - Arachnids in the UK

Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2018

'Something's happening with the spiders in this city.' The Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan find their way back to Yorkshire - and Yaz's family - only to find something is stirring amidst the eight-legged arachnid population of Sheffield.

The Tsuranga Conundrum
star
7.08
1562 votes

#7 - The Tsuranga Conundrum

Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2018

Injured and stranded in the wilds of a far-flung galaxy, the Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan must band together with a group of strangers to survive against one of the universe's most deadly - and unusual - creatures.

Directors: Jennifer Perrott
Can You Hear Me?
star
7.08
1047 votes

#8 - Can You Hear Me?

Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/9/2020

From ancient Syria to present day Sheffield, and out into the wilds of space, something is stalking the Doctor and infecting people’s nightmares.

Directors: Emma Sullivan
Once, Upon Time (3)
star
7.10
799 votes

#9 - Once, Upon Time (3)

Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/2021

'Time is beginning to run wild.' On a planet that shouldn’t exist, in the aftermath of apocalypse, the Doctor, Dan, Yaz and Vinder face a battle to survive.

Directors: Azhur Saleem
Fear Her
star
7.11
2566 votes

#10 - Fear Her

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/24/2006

When the Tardis lands in 2012, the Doctor plans to show Rose the London Olympics. But on a nearby housing estate, a desperate mother is hiding her daughter's unearthly powers. Can the Doctor defeat the danger nestling at the heart of an ordinary British household?

Directors: Euros Lyn
In the Forest of the Night
star
7.20
2396 votes

#11 - In the Forest of the Night

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/25/2014

One morning in every city and town in the world, the human race wakes up to face the most surprising invasion yet. Everywhere, in every land, a forest has grown overnight and taken back the Earth. It doesn't take the Doctor long to discover that the final days of humanity have arrived.

Directors: Sheree Folkson
Survivors of the Flux (5)
star
7.24
786 votes

#12 - Survivors of the Flux (5)

Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/28/2021

As the forces of evil mass, the Doctor, Yaz and Dan face perilous journeys and seemingly insurmountable obstacles in their quest for survival.

Directors: Azhur Saleem
Kill the Moon
star
7.24
2576 votes

#13 - Kill the Moon

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/4/2014

The Doctor and Clara crash-land on the moon to find a base full of corpses, vicious spider-like creatures poised to attack, and a terrible dilemma.

Directors: Paul Wilmshurst
The Witchfinders
star
7.27
1484 votes

#14 - The Witchfinders

Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2018

In 17th-century Lancashire, the Doctor, Yaz, Ryan and Graham become embroiled in a witch trial and the arrival of King James I.

The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
star
7.27
1394 votes

#15 - The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2018

On the planet of Ranskoor Av Kolos, a battlefield, a conflict-scarred survivor, and a deadly reckoning await the Doctor, Ryan, Yaz and Graham.

Directors: Jamie Childs
The Lazarus Experiment
star
7.29
2649 votes

#16 - The Lazarus Experiment

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/5/2007

Martha returns home, but has to save her family from the schemes of the monstrous Professor Lazarus.

Directors: Richard Clark
Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror
star
7.30
1119 votes

#17 - Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror

Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/19/2020

1903. Who or what is sabotaging Nikola Tesla's generator plant at Niagara Falls? And has this maverick inventor really received a message from Mars?

Directors: Nida Manzoor
World War Three (2)
star
7.32
3156 votes

#18 - 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
The Curse of the Black Spot
star
7.33
3966 votes

#19 - 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
The Halloween Apocalypse (1)
star
7.33
936 votes

#20 - The Halloween Apocalypse (1)

Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/31/2021

On Halloween, all across the universe, terrifying forces are stirring. The life of Dan Lewis is about to change forever. Why is the Doctor chasing Karvanista? What is the Flux?

Robot of Sherwood
star
7.34
2697 votes

#21 - Robot of Sherwood

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/6/2014

In a sun-dappled Sherwood Forest, the Doctor discovers an evil plan from beyond the stars and strikes up an unlikely alliance with Robin Hood. With all of Nottingham at stake, the Doctor must decide who is real and who is fake. Can impossible heroes actually exist?

Directors: Paul Murphy
Writer: Mark Gatiss
Kerblam!
star
7.37
1530 votes

#22 - Kerblam!

Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2018

A mysterious message arrives in a package addressed to the Doctor, leading her, Graham, Yaz and Ryan to investigate the warehouse moon orbiting Kandoka, and the home of the galaxy's largest retailer, Kerblam.

Directors: Jennifer Perrott
Writer: Pete McTighe
The Timeless Children (2)
star
7.38
1053 votes

#23 - The Timeless Children (2)

Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/1/2020

The Cybermen are on the march. The last remaining humans are hunted down. Lies are exposed, truths are revealed, and for the Doctor nothing will ever be the same.

War of the Sontarans (2)
star
7.38
804 votes

#24 - War of the Sontarans (2)

Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/7/2021

During the Crimean War, the Doctor discovers the British army fighting a brutal alien army of Sontarans, as Yaz and Dan are thrown deeper into a battle for survival. What is the Temple of Atropos? Who are the Mouri?

Aliens of London (1)
star
7.39
3318 votes

#25 - 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