The BEST episodes written by Don Houghton

Inferno (6)
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7.66
199 votes

#1 - Inferno (6)

Doctor Who - Season 7 - Episode 24

The Doctor is trapped in a parallel world that is going up in flames. Can he escape in time to save Earth in his own universe?

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Inferno (7)
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7.58
202 votes

#2 - Inferno (7)

Doctor Who - Season 7 - Episode 25

The Doctor has escaped the catastrophic destruction of a parallel world. But can he stop Stahlman before he destroys this one?

Inferno (4)
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7.57
200 votes

#3 - Inferno (4)

Doctor Who - Season 7 - Episode 22

In a parallel England, the Doctor tries desperately to convince his captors of the immense peril they are in. But they are convinced he is a spy. And penetration zero is getting close…

Inferno (5)
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7.55
196 votes

#4 - Inferno (5)

Doctor Who - Season 7 - Episode 23

The parallel Inferno has broken through the Earth's crust, unleashing terrible seismic forces and dooming the planet. The Doctor hopes to return and save his world. But the bestial primords are closing in...

The Mind of Evil (6)
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7.52
243 votes

#5 - The Mind of Evil (6)

Doctor Who - Season 8 - Episode 10

The Keller Machine breaks free of the Doctor's restraining device and the Doctor has no choice but to turn the parasite against the Master.

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Inferno (3)
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7.50
171 votes

#6 - Inferno (3)

Doctor Who - Season 7 - Episode 21

The Doctor has vanished from the Inferno project… or has he? He finds himself in the same place, but everyone has changed… and the drilling is closer to its deadly conclusion.

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Assignment V: Dr McDee Must Die (3)
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7.45
11 votes

#7 - Assignment V: Dr McDee Must Die (3)

Sapphire and Steel - Season 5 - Episode 3

The party guests begin to realize that they are trapped, but their memories are beginning to fail and confusion is taking over. Then there is another death. But is there really?

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Assignment V: Dr McDee Must Die (1)
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7.42
12 votes

#8 - Assignment V: Dr McDee Must Die (1)

Sapphire and Steel - Season 5 - Episode 1

A wealthy business man holds a party in a 1930s period reconstruction for his guests, but all is not what it seems. Sapphire and Steel invite themselves to investigate.

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The Mind of Evil (5)
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7.41
247 votes

#9 - The Mind of Evil (5)

Doctor Who - Season 8 - Episode 9

The Master forms an uneasy alliance with the Doctor so that between them they can subdue the Keller Machine which is now out of control.

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The Mind of Evil (4)
star
7.37
235 votes

#10 - The Mind of Evil (4)

Doctor Who - Season 8 - Episode 8

The mind parasite within the Keller Machine becomes too powerful for the Master to control. It learns how to move of its own accord and goes on the hunt for new minds.

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The Mind of Evil (2)
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7.34
216 votes

#11 - The Mind of Evil (2)

Doctor Who - Season 8 - Episode 6

A full-scale riot takes place at the Prison and Jo is taken hostage. Meanwhile, at the World Peace conference, the Chinese delegate's aide prepares to kill the American delegate.

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The Mind of Evil (1)
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7.31
247 votes

#12 - The Mind of Evil (1)

Doctor Who - Season 8 - Episode 5

At Stangmoor Prison, the Doctor and Jo watch a demonstration of the Keller Machine which can extract evil impulses from criminals. But the experiment goes wrong and a man dies.

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Assignment V: Dr McDee Must Die (4)
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7.31
13 votes

#13 - Assignment V: Dr McDee Must Die (4)

Sapphire and Steel - Season 5 - Episode 4

Two of the party guests are dead. Who will be next? This is no traditional murder mystery, and Sapphire and Steel cannot agree on who would have a motive to commit this crime.

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The Mind of Evil (3)
star
7.21
241 votes

#14 - The Mind of Evil (3)

Doctor Who - Season 8 - Episode 7

The Master is behind the Keller Machine and uses it to recruit the rioting inmates at Stangmoor Prison. He plans to capture a missile and fire it at the World Peace Conference.

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Inferno (1)
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7.20
263 votes

#15 - Inferno (1)

Doctor Who - Season 7 - Episode 19

England, the near future. UNIT is providing security and scientific support for the Stahlman project, an attempt to tap the Earth's core for energy. But things are already going wrong…

Inferno (2)
star
7.07
200 votes

#16 - Inferno (2)

Doctor Who - Season 7 - Episode 20

Strange deaths, men changing into monsters, hot green slime pouring out of the waste pipes – but Professor Stahlman is determined to press ahead with the Inferno project no matter what the cost!

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A Stirring of Dust
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6.55
73 votes

#17 - A Stirring of Dust

The Professionals - Season 2 - Episode 8

A British traitor returns to his homeland and must be found before his former colleagues, seeking vengeance for his past betrayals, go in search of his whereabouts.

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Backtrack
star
6.54
70 votes

#18 - Backtrack

The Professionals - Season 3 - Episode 2

It's just another routine house break-in for a cat burglar, until he accidentally uncovers a complex drugs smuggling operation. When CI5 step in, they realise it's not just the burglar's life that is now in danger.

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