The BEST episodes of Doctor Who season 26

Every episode of Doctor Who season 26, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Doctor Who season 26!

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
The Curse of Fenric (3)
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7.90
176 votes

#1 - The Curse of Fenric (3)

Season 26 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/8/1989

The Doctor and his friends come under attack from the Haemavores, allowing Millington to retrieve the flask containing Fenric's essence.

Directors: Nicholas Mallett
Writer: Ian Briggs
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The Curse of Fenric (4)
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7.57
209 votes

#2 - The Curse of Fenric (4)

Season 26 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/15/1989

Fenric is loose and planning to use the Ancient Haemovore to poison the Earth with chemicals, unless the Doctor can defeat him in their centuries old game.

Directors: Nicholas Mallett
The Curse of Fenric (2)
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7.54
177 votes

#3 - The Curse of Fenric (2)

Season 26 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/1/1989

The Doctor and Ace manage to convince Sorin to release them while Millington and Judson attempt to translate the Viking runes.

Directors: Nicholas Mallett
Writer: Ian Briggs
The Curse of Fenric (1)
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7.38
209 votes

#4 - The Curse of Fenric (1)

Season 26 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/1989

England, the 1940s. The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Ace to a secret naval base during WWII. There, the time-travellers battle vampiric Haemovores and an ancient Viking curse!

Directors: Nicholas Mallett
Writer: Ian Briggs
Ghost Light (2)
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7.38
138 votes

#5 - Ghost Light (2)

Season 26 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/1989

The Doctor manages to rescue Ace from the husks and then tries to uncover the truth about the goings on in Josiah's house.

Directors: Alan Wareing
Ghost Light (3)
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7.25
141 votes

#6 - Ghost Light (3)

Season 26 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/1989

Only Redvers, still searching for the elusive Saxe-Coburg, seems able to withstand Light and communicate with Control. Ace realises her past actions need to be dealt with.

Directors: Alan Wareing
Ghost Light (1)
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7.20
178 votes

#7 - Ghost Light (1)

Season 26 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1989

The Doctor and Ace explore Victorian house Gabriel Chase and realise it hides just as many dark secrets in its drawing room as it does in its dark cellar.

Directors: Alan Wareing
Survival (1)
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7.03
175 votes

#8 - Survival (1)

Season 26 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/22/1989

Perivale, England, the late 1980s. People are vanishing into thin air under the baleful stare of a very strange cat. The Doctor and Ace learn that, in the battle for survival, success can carry a terrible price...

Directors: Alan Wareing
Writer: Rona Munro
Battlefield (4)
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6.99
186 votes

#9 - Battlefield (4)

Season 26 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1989

Morgaine forces Ace and Shou Yuing to hand over Excalibur by threatening to release the Destroyer, so the Doctor and the Brigadier enter a dimensional portal to stop her.

Directors: Michael Kerrigan
Battlefield (3)
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6.95
185 votes

#10 - Battlefield (3)

Season 26 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1989

The Brigadier rescues the Doctor from the stone spaceship before they set out to locate Morgaine before she gains Excalibur.

Directors: Michael Kerrigan
Battlefield (1)
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6.92
199 votes

#11 - Battlefield (1)

Season 26 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1989

As UNIT are transporting a nuclear warhead around Carbury, knights in armour arrive to continue waging a war that began thousands of years ago, but in a wholly different dimension.

Directors: Michael Kerrigan
Survival (2)
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6.76
140 votes

#12 - Survival (2)

Season 26 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/1989

The Doctor and Paterson manage to escape from the Master and join up with Ace and her friends, where the Doctor tries to find a way to get them all off the planet before it explodes.

Directors: Alan Wareing
Writer: Rona Munro
Survival (3)
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6.73
207 votes

#13 - Survival (3)

Season 26 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/6/1989

Ace manages to transport the Doctor and the others back to Perivale but the Master is also there, preparing for a final showdown with the Doctor.

Directors: Alan Wareing
Writer: Rona Munro
Battlefield (2)
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6.73
191 votes

#14 - Battlefield (2)

Season 26 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1989

The Doctor and Ace discover a stone spaceship underneath Warmsley's archaeological dig while Mordred summons Morgaine to Earth's dimension.

Directors: Michael Kerrigan