The BEST episodes written by Brian Hayles

#1 - The Ice Warriors (6)

Doctor Who - Season 5 - Episode 16

The Ice Warriors invade the human's base, and it is up to the Doctor to repel them. Using the ioniser is the only way to defeat the Martians, but to do so could have consequences.

#2 - The Ice Warriors (2)

Doctor Who - Season 5 - Episode 12

Varga, the Ice Warrior, has returned to life and has captured Victoria and takes her with him to the glacier where he intends to find his frozen comrades.

#3 - The Ice Warriors (5)

Doctor Who - Season 5 - Episode 15

The Doctor and Victoria are held prisoner by the Ice Warriors who are preparing to fire their deadly sonic cannon at the Brittanicus Base.

#4 - The Curse of Peladon (4)

Doctor Who - Season 9 - Episode 8

Hepesh, supported by the delegate from Arcturus, is revealed to be behind the attacks. Arcturus is killed but Hepesh escapes to rouse a rebellion against the King.

#5 - The Ice Warriors (4)

Doctor Who - Season 5 - Episode 14

Victoria is chased by the Ice Warriors deep into the caves inside the glacier. The Doctor goes to the Ice Warriors' ship in an attempt to broker a peace, but they do not trust him.

#6 - The Ice Warriors (3)

Doctor Who - Season 5 - Episode 13

Varga revives four fellow Ice Warriors from the ice and they begin to excavate their ship. Victoria places herself in jeopardy when she attempts to warn the Brittanicus Base.

#7 - The Curse of Peladon (3)

Doctor Who - Season 9 - Episode 7

The Doctor is sentenced to a fight to the death in the pit with the King's champion, Grun. But the saboteur and killer is still at large.

#8 - The Ice Warriors (1)

Doctor Who - Season 5 - Episode 11

The TARDIS arrives on Earth in the midst of a new ice age where Brittanicus Base is fighting a battle to force back the glaciers. A huge Ice Warrior is found frozen in the ice.

#9 - The Curse of Peladon (2)

Doctor Who - Season 9 - Episode 6

The work of the committee is hampered by sabotage, fear and suspicion. The Doctor knows the Ice Warriors of old and believes that they may be the guilty party.

#10 - The Monster of Peladon (6)

Doctor Who - Season 11 - Episode 20

The Doctor turns the Aggedor spirit against the Ice Warriors to aid the Peladonians in their battle but Eckersley attacks him with the security system.

#11 - The Monster of Peladon (4)

Doctor Who - Season 11 - Episode 18

The Ice Warriors take control of the planet and force the miners to return to work but Ettis takes the opportunity to try and destroy the citadel.

#12 - The Seeds of Death (2)

Doctor Who - Season 6 - Episode 24

With the commerce of the world grinding to a halt, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe agree to investigate. They set off for the T-Mat Relay Station on the Moon in Professor Eldred's old-fashioned rocket.

#13 - The Curse of Peladon (1)

Doctor Who - Season 9 - Episode 5

The planet Peladon is hoping to join the Galactic Federation. But King Peladon's Chancellor has been murdered and it seems that the legendary royal beast, Aggedor, is to blame.

#14 - The Seeds of Death (6)

Doctor Who - Season 6 - Episode 28

Returning to the Moonbase, the Doctor confronts Slaar and the remaining Ice Warriors and must find a way of deflecting the invasion fleet that is heading towards them.

#15 - The Seeds of Death (4)

Doctor Who - Season 6 - Episode 26

The Ice Warriors' seed pods beginning materialising all over the globe while Slaar decides to kill the Doctor by T-matting him into space.

#16 - The Monster of Peladon (2)

Doctor Who - Season 11 - Episode 16

The Doctor is rescued by Gebek, prompting him to try and help the miners, but his advice results in Ettis launching another attack on the armoury.

#17 - The Seeds of Death (5)

Doctor Who - Season 6 - Episode 27

An Ice Warrior invasion fleet is on its way to the Moon. Meanwhile, the Doctor, Zoe & Jamie return to Earth by T-Mat, where the Doctor discovers there is only one way to destroy the fungal pods.

#18 - The Seeds of Death (3)

Doctor Who - Season 6 - Episode 25

On the Moon, the Doctor is captured by the Ice Warriors as he spacewalks to the T-Mat relay station. He learns that they intend to use T-Mat to spread a deadly fungus across the world.

#19 - The Seeds of Death (1)

Doctor Who - Season 6 - Episode 23

The TARDIS arrives on 21st Century Earth where all long-distance journeys are made instantaneously by T-Mat. But aliens have invaded the T-Mat relay station on the Moon, and they're about to cause havoc.

#20 - The Monster of Peladon (5)

Doctor Who - Season 11 - Episode 19

Sarah and Alpha Centauri decide to try and alert the Federation to what the Ice Warriors are up to but first they have to escape from the throne room.

#21 - The Monster of Peladon (1)

Doctor Who - Season 11 - Episode 15

The planet Peladon, some time in the future. The Doctor and Sarah arrive on the planet Peladon 50 years after "The Curse of Peladon" They find King Peladon's daughter, Queen Thalira has inherited the throne. The Galactic Federation is at war with Galaxy Five and needs the mineral Trisilicate in order to bring about an end to the war. It seems the Ghost of Aggedor has been sighted and is blamed for killing of miners, which hampers the acquisition of the much needed Trisilicate.

#22 - The Monster of Peladon (3)

Doctor Who - Season 11 - Episode 17

The Doctor and Sarah pacify Aggedor and the Doctor encourages the Queen to make peace with the miners, but Ortron soon has him under arrest again.

#23 - The Smugglers (4)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 4

#24 - The Celestial Toymaker: The Celestial Toyroom (1)

Doctor Who - Season 3 - Episode 30

#25 - The Smugglers (3)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 3

#26 - The Celestial Toymaker: The Final Test (4)

Doctor Who - Season 3 - Episode 33

As the Doctor nears the end of his game against the Toymaker, Steven and Dodo take on Cyril in a lethal game of hopscotch to try and recover the TARDIS.

#27 - The Smugglers (1)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 1

#28 - The Celestial Toymaker: The Hall of Dolls (2)

Doctor Who - Season 3 - Episode 31

#29 - The Celestial Toymaker: The Dancing Floor (3)

Doctor Who - Season 3 - Episode 32

#30 - The Smugglers (2)

Doctor Who - Season 4 - Episode 2

#31 - The Iron Doctor

Doomwatch - Season 2 - Episode 6

A geriatric hospital ward at Parkway and a very elderly patient, George Mason, connected to a drip feed, is delighted with a letter he has received telling him that his great-grandson is to be named after him. His fellow patient in the next bed, Mr Faber is pleased for him. Watching George on a small monitor screen are Doctors Carson, Eric Godfrey and the Duty Nurse who are all pleased for him. Godfrey thinks it is all thanks to the monitoring equipment which dominates the room in the form of huge units. 'The computer?' sneers Carson. 'It did not give him his great grand-son.' 'Kept him alive to see him,' points out Godfrey. They can hear voices from the monitor as the boss of the hospital is giving a conducted tour to VIPs of their impressive outfit. 'Whitaker's sunshine tours!' says Carson.

#32 - Hair Trigger

Doomwatch - Season 3 - Episode 6

'Man isn't born free. For him...the dreadful has already happened. He has to live with the nightmare, or rise above it. And natural evolution is too slow. The episode begins with an establishing shot of the outside of Weatheroak Hall Maximum Security Medical Research Unit (Owned by The Department of Health and Social Security). The building is surrounded by a large wall covered in barbed wire and pointed glass shards....