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: 2/9/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
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Vengeance on Varos (2)
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7.52
152 votes

#1 - Vengeance on Varos (2)

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

Directors: Ron Jones
Revelation of the Daleks (2)
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7.33
138 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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7.30
155 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 Mark of the Rani (2)
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7.28
141 votes

#4 - The Mark of the Rani (2)

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

Directors: Sarah Hellings
The Two Doctors (2)
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7.24
171 votes

#5 - The Two Doctors (2)

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

Directors: Peter Moffatt
The Two Doctors (1)
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7.22
177 votes

#6 - The Two Doctors (1)

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

Directors: Peter Moffatt
Revelation of the Daleks (1)
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7.15
110 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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7.10
143 votes

#8 - The Two Doctors (3)

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

Directors: Peter Moffatt
Attack of the Cybermen (1)
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7.02
210 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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6.99
142 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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6.93
209 votes

#11 - Attack of the Cybermen (2)

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

Directors: Matthew Robinson
Writer: Paula Moore
Timelash (1)
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6.34
101 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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5.53
133 votes

#13 - Timelash (2)

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

Directors: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Glen McCoy