The BEST episodes of Doctor Who season 13

Every episode of Doctor Who season 13, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Doctor Who season 13!

The Doctor, a mysterious traveller in space and time, travels in his ship, the TARDIS. The TARDIS can take him and his companions anywhere in time and space. Inevitably he finds evil at work wherever he goes...

Last Updated: 10/31/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
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Pyramids of Mars (4)
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8.12
198 votes

#1 - Pyramids of Mars (4)

Season 13 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/15/1975

Sutekh forces the Doctor to transport Scarman and a mummy to Mars, where the Doctor and Sarah try to stop them destroying the Eye of Horus.

Directors: Paddy Russell
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The Brain of Morbius (3)
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8.01
179 votes

#2 - The Brain of Morbius (3)

Season 13 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/17/1976

While the Doctor goes to confront the Sisterhood to seek a cure for Sarah Jane's blindness, Solon realizes that he must transfer Morbius' brain into a new body before it is too late.

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Pyramids of Mars (2)
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8.00
198 votes

#3 - Pyramids of Mars (2)

Season 13 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/1/1975

The Doctor, Sarah and Laurence try to find a way to sever Sutekh's link to the mummies while poacher Ernie Clements finds the priory surrounded by a forcefield.

Directors: Paddy Russell
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Pyramids of Mars (3)
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7.87
202 votes

#4 - Pyramids of Mars (3)

Season 13 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/8/1975

The Doctor and Sarah try to destroy Sutekh's rocket but the Osiran's mental powers prove too great for them.

Directors: Paddy Russell
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Pyramids of Mars (1)
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7.82
206 votes

#5 - Pyramids of Mars (1)

Season 13 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/25/1975

The Doctor and Sarah are drawn off course and, instead of UNIT HQ, they arrive on the same site in 1911.

Directors: Paddy Russell
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The Brain of Morbius (2)
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7.81
178 votes

#6 - The Brain of Morbius (2)

Season 13 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/10/1976

The Doctor is captured by the Sisterhood, and Sarah Jane is blinded freeing him. The Doctor has no choice but to go back for a cure, unaware that he is leaving Sarah Jane in the hands of a treacherous Dr. Solon and the renegade Time Lord Morbius.

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The Brain of Morbius (4)
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7.77
178 votes

#7 - The Brain of Morbius (4)

Season 13 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/24/1976

Morbius lives once more, but as a rampaging beast. The Doctor is forced to ally with Dr. Solon to bring him to heel, but the two disagree about what should happen to Morbius.

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The Brain of Morbius (1)
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7.74
183 votes

#8 - The Brain of Morbius (1)

Season 13 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/3/1976

The storm-lashed planet Karn. Near a graveyard of crashed starships, the demented surgeon Solon hides in his castle, the last acolyte of the Time Lord despot Morbius. He only needs one final item to make his master live again... and then the Doctor and Sarah arrive...

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The Android Invasion (2)
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7.52
172 votes

#9 - The Android Invasion (2)

Season 13 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/29/1975

The Doctor suspects Crayford brought something to Earth in his rocket, as he and Sarah find themselves hunted by UNIT.

Directors: Barry Letts
Writer: Terry Nation
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The Seeds of Doom (6)
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7.46
170 votes

#10 - The Seeds of Doom (6)

Season 13 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/6/1976

England, the near future. The Doctor, Sarah Jane, and Scorby are trapped in the manor as a possessed Chase stalks them from within, while the gigantic Krynoid prepares to crush them from without. Worse, the alien plant is ready to germinate, spreading its seeds across England.

Directors: Douglas Camfield
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The Seeds of Doom (4)
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7.42
170 votes

#11 - The Seeds of Doom (4)

Season 13 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/21/1976

England: The 20th century. The Doctor is captured by Chase, who plans to breed the stolen Krynoid pod. The Doctor is placed in an automated compost hopper and only Sarah Jane can save him...but will she make it before the Krynoid grows to fruition?

Directors: Douglas Camfield
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The Seeds of Doom (1)
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7.38
177 votes

#12 - The Seeds of Doom (1)

Season 13 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/31/1976

The Antarctic, the near future. A strange seed-pod is unearthed from 20-thousand-year-old ice. The Doctor and Sarah go to investigate, but are too late to prevent the pod infecting a scientist and unleashing a threat to all animal life on Earth...

Directors: Douglas Camfield
The Android Invasion (1)
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7.37
178 votes

#13 - The Android Invasion (1)

Season 13 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/22/1975

The Doctor and Sarah return to Earth in the present day to find a strangely deserted village and woods stalked by white-clad figures.

Directors: Barry Letts
Writer: Terry Nation
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The Seeds of Doom (5)
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7.30
170 votes

#14 - The Seeds of Doom (5)

Season 13 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/28/1976

England, the near future. The Krynoid grows to monstrous size and traps the Doctor and the others in a cottage. The creature demands they turn over the Doctor, while Chase seeks to make an alliance with the alien vegetation.

Directors: Douglas Camfield
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The Android Invasion (4)
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7.28
175 votes

#15 - The Android Invasion (4)

Season 13 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/13/1975

The Doctor and Sarah reach Earth and try to warn the research centre about the Kraal invasion before Styggron unleashes his virus.

Directors: Barry Letts
Writer: Terry Nation
Planet of Evil (3)
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7.25
175 votes

#16 - Planet of Evil (3)

Season 13 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/11/1975

The Doctor makes a deal with the Anti-Matter Beast to return all the anti-matter to the planet but Sorenson is determined to continue his research.

Directors: David Maloney
Writer: Louis Marks
The Android Invasion (3)
star
7.25
177 votes

#17 - The Android Invasion (3)

Season 13 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/6/1975

The Doctor suspects Crayford brought something to Earth in his rocket, as he and Sarah find themselves hunted by UNIT.

Directors: Barry Letts
Writer: Terry Nation
Terror of the Zygons (4)
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7.25
187 votes

#18 - Terror of the Zygons (4)

Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/20/1975

UNIT attempt to track down the Zygon ship while Broton prepares to have the Skarasen attack London.

Directors: Douglas Camfield
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The Seeds of Doom (2)
star
7.24
171 votes

#19 - The Seeds of Doom (2)

Season 13 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/7/1976

Two employees of the millionnaire Harrison Chase arrive at the Antarctic base, and they will stop at nothing to get hold of the second seed-pod.

Directors: Douglas Camfield
Terror of the Zygons (1)
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7.24
221 votes

#20 - Terror of the Zygons (1)

Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/30/1975

Scotland, the near future. Something is smashing oil rigs off the Scottish coast, and UNIT have been called in to investigate. The Brigadier summons the Doctor to Earth to help in the investigation, but it soon becomes clear some kind of alien presence is at work...

Directors: Douglas Camfield
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The Seeds of Doom (3)
star
7.20
171 votes

#21 - The Seeds of Doom (3)

Season 13 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/14/1976

England: The 20th Century. After they return from England after their Antarctic ordeal, Chase tries to eliminate the Doctor and Sarah Jane, but they escape and track him down at his estate, where he is preparing to open the Krynoid pod.

Directors: Douglas Camfield
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Planet of Evil (1)
star
7.11
190 votes

#22 - Planet of Evil (1)

Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/27/1975

The Doctor and Sarah answer a distress call and find themselves on Zeta Minor, the last planet of the known universe, where a Morestran expedition has gone missing.

Directors: David Maloney
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Planet of Evil (4)
star
7.07
177 votes

#23 - Planet of Evil (4)

Season 13 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/18/1975

The Doctor tries to convince Sorenson to sacrifice himself for the rest of the crew but Salamar's attempt to deal with the situation causes their problems to multiply.

Directors: David Maloney
Writer: Louis Marks
Planet of Evil (2)
star
7.03
187 votes

#24 - Planet of Evil (2)

Season 13 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/4/1975

The edge of the known universe, in the year 37,166. The Morestran crew believe the Doctor and Sarah Jane are responsible for the deaths of their personnel, but the Doctor warns that a greater danger threatens them and all the galaxy.

Directors: David Maloney
Writer: Louis Marks
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Terror of the Zygons (2)
star
7.01
194 votes

#25 - Terror of the Zygons (2)

Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/6/1975

Scotland, the near future. Something is smashing oil rigs off the Scottish coast, and UNIT have been called in to investigate. The aliens responsible, the Zygons, try to kill the Doctor and Sarah Jane, then attempt to recover their signal device using their ability to mimic human beings.

Directors: Douglas Camfield
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