The BEST episodes of Doctor Who season 22

Every episode of Doctor Who season 22, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Doctor Who season 22!

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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Vengeance on Varos (2)
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7.49
159 votes

#1 - Vengeance on Varos (2)

Season 22 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/26/1985

The Governor forces the Doctor to tell him the true value of zeiton-7 but Sil attempts to derail his plans by subjecting Peri and Areta to an enforced mutation.

Directors: Ron Jones
Revelation of the Daleks (2)
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7.33
142 votes

#2 - Revelation of the Daleks (2)

Season 22 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/30/1985

The planet Necros, the future. The Doctor arrives for the cryogenic interment of an old friend at Tranquil Repose, a vast repository of bodies in suspended animation. But what does the 'Great Healer' really have in mind for them...?

Directors: Graeme Harper
Writer: Eric Saward
Vengeance on Varos (1)
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7.27
163 votes

#3 - Vengeance on Varos (1)

Season 22 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/1985

The former prison planet Varos, the future. The downtrodden population of miners are kept happy by real-life violence and murder broadcast live from the Punishment Dome. But then the TARDIS materialises inside the Dome...

Directors: Ron Jones
The Two Doctors (2)
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7.24
179 votes

#4 - The Two Doctors (2)

Season 22 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/1985

The Doctor and Peri meet Jamie and learn the Second Doctor is with the Sontarans on Earth.

Directors: Peter Moffatt
The Mark of the Rani (2)
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7.23
149 votes

#5 - The Mark of the Rani (2)

Season 22 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/1985

The Master uses The Rani's mind-controlling parasites to keep a meeting of Earth's leading scientists from being cancelled, and helps her plant transformation land mines for The Doctor, as he continues to propose an alliance with her in ruling over Earth.

Directors: Sarah Hellings
The Two Doctors (1)
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7.22
185 votes

#6 - The Two Doctors (1)

Season 22 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/1985

The alien space station J7, the mid-1980s Earth time. The Time Lords have sent the second Doctor and Jamie here to try to stop dangerous experiments into time travel. But the station comes under attack from the Sontarans and far away in space and time the sixth Doctor goes into psychic shock...

Directors: Peter Moffatt
Revelation of the Daleks (1)
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7.16
114 votes

#7 - Revelation of the Daleks (1)

Season 22 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/23/1985

The planet Necros, the future. The Doctor arrives for the cryogenic interrment of an old friend at Tranquil Repose, a vast repository of bodies in suspended animation. But what does the 'Great Healer' really have in mind for them...?

Directors: Graeme Harper
Writer: Eric Saward
The Two Doctors (3)
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7.08
152 votes

#8 - The Two Doctors (3)

Season 22 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/1985

The Sontarans prepare the Second Doctor to trigger their Kartz-Reimer capsule.

Directors: Peter Moffatt
Attack of the Cybermen (1)
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7.01
218 votes

#9 - Attack of the Cybermen (1)

Season 22 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/1985

London, 1985. The alien mercenary Lytton has been stranded here for nearly a year, but now he has a plan to escape. But how does it involve the Doctor's old enemies - and why are they on Earth at this point in history?

Directors: Matthew Robinson
The Mark of the Rani (1)
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6.94
151 votes

#10 - The Mark of the Rani (1)

Season 22 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/1985

England, the 1820s. As the Industrial Revolution gathers pace, the village of Killingworth is disturbed by crazed Luddite miners intent on smashing all machinery and engineers. But is there another cause of the situation?

Directors: Sarah Hellings
Attack of the Cybermen (2)
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6.92
217 votes

#11 - Attack of the Cybermen (2)

Season 22 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/1985

On Telos, the Doctor is reintroduced to the Cyber Leader and meets the Cryons, the planet's original inhabitants who will go to any lengths to get their world back!

Directors: Matthew Robinson
Writer: Paula Moore
Timelash (1)
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6.34
107 votes

#12 - Timelash (1)

Season 22 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/9/1985

The planet Karfel, in the distant future. The tyrannical Borad rules with an iron fist, and any who oppose him are cast into the Timelash - a space-time tunnel leading to the past of an alien world called Earth...

Directors: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Glen McCoy
Timelash (2)
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5.57
139 votes

#13 - Timelash (2)

Season 22 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/1985

The Borad accepts no opposition and enables Maylin Tekker to expose the rebels and trap Peri with the Morlox. The Doctor tries to avert a war between Karfel and the Bandrils.

Directors: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Glen McCoy