The BEST episodes of Doctor Who season 24

Every episode of Doctor Who season 24, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Doctor Who season 24!

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
Paradise Towers (1)
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6.86
200 votes

#1 - Paradise Towers (1)

Season 24 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1987

The legendary Paradise Towers is supposed to be the height of luxury but when the Doctor and Mel arrive, they find it is as far from paradise as possible...

Directors: Nicholas Mallett
Delta and the Bannermen (2)
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6.85
172 votes

#2 - Delta and the Bannermen (2)

Season 24 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/9/1987

Mel's just discovered something very interesting about the life cycle of her new friend and the Doctor has been cornered by an alien bounty hunter wearing blue suede shoes.

Directors: Chris Clough
Paradise Towers (2)
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6.84
203 votes

#3 - Paradise Towers (2)

Season 24 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1987

With the Doctor condemned to death by the caretakers and their bizarre rulebook, Mel faces cannibalistic OAPS. Is Pex going to be the true hero of Paradise Towers ?

Directors: Nicholas Mallett
Delta and the Bannermen (3)
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6.84
176 votes

#4 - Delta and the Bannermen (3)

Season 24 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/16/1987

As Billy and Ray do what they can to help save Delta and the baby, the Doctor and Goronwy the beekeeper face Gavrok and his Bannermen one last time...

Directors: Chris Clough
Paradise Towers (3)
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6.83
205 votes

#5 - Paradise Towers (3)

Season 24 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/1987

Mel and Pex play cat and mouse with the lethal cleaner robots while the Doctor and the surviving Kangs learn all about Kroagnon the Great Architect.

Directors: Nicholas Mallett
Paradise Towers (4)
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6.80
175 votes

#6 - Paradise Towers (4)

Season 24 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/1987

Meeting up at the pool, the Doctor leads the surviving Rezzies, Kangs and Caretakers as they draw the line together on the 245th floor against the systematic cleansing of all life by Kroagnon and his robotic Cleaners.

Directors: Nicholas Mallett
Dragonfire (3)
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6.79
176 votes

#7 - Dragonfire (3)

Season 24 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/7/1987

At last learning the location of the missing key to his spaceship, Kane has the dragon hunted down and Iceworld brutally purged of all visitors; but, the Doctor, visiting the Ice Garden, learns something significant that will put the chagrin on Kane's grand plans for home world vengeance.

Directors: Chris Clough
Writer: Ian Briggs
Dragonfire (2)
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6.73
174 votes

#8 - Dragonfire (2)

Season 24 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/30/1987

While Mel and Ace run from Glitz's former crewmen (whom he sold to Kane), officers Belazs and Kracauer conspire to overthrow Kane. The Doctor, meanwhile, discovers there really is a dragon in the ice caverns, which turns out to be a bio-mechanoid with a very interesting function.

Directors: Chris Clough
Writer: Ian Briggs
Dragonfire (1)
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6.59
181 votes

#9 - Dragonfire (1)

Season 24 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/23/1987

The deep-space trading post of Iceworld, the far future. The Doctor, Mel, their old friend Glitz and time-lost waitress Ace go in search of a fabulous treasure, supposedly guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. But what is the link between the treasure and Iceworld's proprietor, the frosty Mr Kane?

Directors: Chris Clough
Writer: Ian Briggs
Time and the Rani (1)
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6.40
226 votes

#10 - Time and the Rani (1)

Season 24 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/1987

The alien world of Lakertya. With the aid of the savage Tetraps, the Rani has conquered this planet to allow her to continue her depraved biochemical experiments. But she finds herself needing the Doctor's assistance...

Directors: Andrew Morgan
Time and the Rani (2)
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6.33
190 votes

#11 - Time and the Rani (2)

Season 24 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1987

The Rani's impersonation of Mel backfires badly because Urak can't tell the difference, while the Doctor attempts to learn the secret of the Loyhargil.

Directors: Andrew Morgan
Time and the Rani (3)
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6.31
212 votes

#12 - Time and the Rani (3)

Season 24 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1987

The solstice nears, making it time for the Rani to bring her plans into fruition. The Doctor's sympathies for Beyus, ruler of the Lykertyans, are rather qualified. Beyus' heart is for his people yet something prompts him to collaborate fully in helping the Rani reach all her objectives. The answer, he's told, lies within the Center of Leisure.

Directors: Andrew Morgan
Delta and the Bannermen (1)
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6.27
174 votes

#13 - Delta and the Bannermen (1)

Season 24 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/2/1987

Wales, 1959. A top-secret US satellite has mysteriously gone missing. This could have something to do with the arrival of a party of alien tourists en route to Disneyland, amongst their number Mel and the Doctor, and the Queen of the Chimerons - who's fleeing the Bannermen and their genocidal leader Gavrok...

Directors: Chris Clough
Time and the Rani (4)
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6.04
190 votes

#14 - Time and the Rani (4)

Season 24 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1987

The Rani, at last, links the Doctor into her great brain machine, the crowning jewel in her component packet of geniuses brought together to turn Lakertya itself into one vast cerebral mass capable of redirecting time anywhere in the universe, giving her absolute power over all creation.

Directors: Andrew Morgan