The BEST episodes written by Robert Holmes

The Scales of Justice
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8.51
41 votes

#1 - The Scales of Justice

The Saint - Season 6 - Episode 10

The Saint investigates a series of convenient heart attacks.

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The Caves of Androzani (3)
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8.40
128 votes

#2 - The Caves of Androzani (3)

Doctor Who - Season 21 - Episode 19

The situation on Androzani Minor is building toward a violent confrontation. And the Doctor and Peri are slowly succumbing to spectrox toxemia.

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The Caves of Androzani (4)
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8.25
180 votes

#3 - The Caves of Androzani (4)

Doctor Who - Season 21 - Episode 20

Events on Androzani reach a bloody climax. Will the Doctor and Peri survive the carnage? And at what cost?

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The Caves of Androzani (2)
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8.23
113 votes

#4 - The Caves of Androzani (2)

Doctor Who - Season 21 - Episode 18

The Doctor and Peri have been rescued from the firing squad by the mysterious Sharaz Jek. But he has his own plans for them. And why are they suddenly feeling ill?

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The Caves of Androzani (1)
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8.21
113 votes

#5 - The Caves of Androzani (1)

Doctor Who - Season 21 - Episode 17

The planet Androzani Minor, the distant future. In the planets' caves war rages between government troops and the android warriors of the mysterious Sharaz Jek. But what makes spectrox, the substance they battle to control, so valuable? And how far will the Doctor go to protect his companion?

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The Deadly Assassin (1)
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8.20
200 votes

#6 - The Deadly Assassin (1)

Doctor Who - Season 14 - Episode 9

Gallifrey, planet of the Time Lords. Summoned home by a premonition of murder, the Doctor discovers a dark conspiracy at the highest levels of Time Lord society... and his oldest enemy, who poses a threat to the existence of Gallifrey itself...

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The Deadly Assassin (2)
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8.17
200 votes

#7 - The Deadly Assassin (2)

Doctor Who - Season 14 - Episode 10

The President of the High Council has been killed and the Doctor is the prime suspect. The Time Lords are eager to dispense quick justice and the Doctor must race agains the clock to discover the truth... and an old enemy.

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The Brain of Morbius (3)
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8.01
174 votes

#8 - The Brain of Morbius (3)

Doctor Who - Season 13 - Episode 19

While the Doctor goes to confront the Sisterhood to seek a cure for Sarah Jane's blindness, Solon realizes that he must transfer Morbius' brain into a new body before it is too late.

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The Deadly Assassin (4)
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7.99
195 votes

#9 - The Deadly Assassin (4)

Doctor Who - Season 14 - Episode 12

The Doctor has won his fight in the Matrix and revealed the assassin. But the Master is not defeated and sets a plan in motion that could destroy the Time Lords.

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Gambit
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7.93
152 votes

#10 - Gambit

Blake's 7 - Season 2 - Episode 11

Blake believes Docholli knows the location of Star One, and has traced him to Freedom City, a gambler's paradise. At the Big Wheel gambling casino, a miniaturized Orac helps Avon and Vila win large amounts of money. Little do they know Servalan has got there ahead of them.

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The Talons of Weng-Chiang (6)
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7.90
192 votes

#11 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (6)

Doctor Who - Season 14 - Episode 26

The Doctor and Weng-Chiang have their final confrontation in the mysterious House of the Dragon -- watched by the evil duplicitous Mr. Sin.

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The Deadly Assassin (3)
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7.84
198 votes

#12 - The Deadly Assassin (3)

Doctor Who - Season 14 - Episode 11

The Doctor has entered the computation Matrix to prove his innocence. But his opponent is prepared for him and the two engage in a mental duel to the death.

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The Talons of Weng-Chiang (3)
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7.84
194 votes

#13 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (3)

Doctor Who - Season 14 - Episode 23

As Li H'Sen Chang works to secure the time cabinet, Leela pursues and investigates his master – the mysterious and murderous Weng-Chiang.

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The Brain of Morbius (2)
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7.81
175 votes

#14 - The Brain of Morbius (2)

Doctor Who - Season 13 - Episode 18

The Doctor is captured by the Sisterhood, and Sarah Jane is blinded freeing him. The Doctor has no choice but to go back for a cure, unaware that he is leaving Sarah Jane in the hands of a treacherous Dr. Solon and the renegade Time Lord Morbius.

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The Ark in Space (4)
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7.78
203 votes

#15 - The Ark in Space (4)

Doctor Who - Season 12 - Episode 8

The Doctor tries to protect the humans still in cryogenic suspension from the Wirrn, who are determined to use Earth as their new breeding ground.

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The Talons of Weng-Chiang (5)
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7.78
222 votes

#16 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (5)

Doctor Who - Season 14 - Episode 25

The Doctor and his allies try to track down Weng-Chiang before he can activate the time cabinet and possibly destroy London.

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The Time Warrior (3)
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7.78
277 votes

#17 - The Time Warrior (3)

Doctor Who - Season 11 - Episode 3

The Doctor escapes the castle with Sarah and Hal and must persuade Sir Edward to trust him before Irongron launches an attack on them.

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The Brain of Morbius (4)
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7.77
174 votes

#18 - The Brain of Morbius (4)

Doctor Who - Season 13 - Episode 20

Morbius lives once more, but as a rampaging beast. The Doctor is forced to ally with Dr. Solon to bring him to heel, but the two disagree about what should happen to Morbius.

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The Talons of Weng-Chiang (4)
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7.76
197 votes

#19 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (4)

Doctor Who - Season 14 - Episode 24

The Doctor and Leela attend Li H'Sen Chang's performance, hoping to confront the magician. But his master Weng-Chiang has other plans…

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The Ark in Space (2)
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7.75
205 votes

#20 - The Ark in Space (2)

Doctor Who - Season 12 - Episode 6

Deep space, the distant future: following Earth's devastation by solar flares, the survivors of mankind are in cryogenic suspension aboard the Nerva Beacon space station. The Doctor, Sarah and Harry arrive on board and are greeted with suspicion by the awakening survivors… just as the menace of the insectoid Wirrn becomes apparent.

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Winner Takes All
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7.75
8 votes

#21 - Winner Takes All

Bergerac - Season 5 - Episode 2

A millionaire computer expert receives several death threats.

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The Brain of Morbius (1)
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7.74
180 votes

#22 - The Brain of Morbius (1)

Doctor Who - Season 13 - Episode 17

The storm-lashed planet Karn. Near a graveyard of crashed starships, the demented surgeon Solon hides in his castle, the last acolyte of the Time Lord despot Morbius. He only needs one final item to make his master live again... and then the Doctor and Sarah arrive...

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The Sun Makers (3)
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7.72
155 votes

#23 - The Sun Makers (3)

Doctor Who - Season 15 - Episode 15

Now Leela is the prisoner of the Collector. He knows of the Doctor and is determined to rid himself of both of them.

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The Sun Makers (1)
star
7.72
151 votes

#24 - The Sun Makers (1)

Doctor Who - Season 15 - Episode 13

Pluto, the distant future. The planet has been terraformed and is now orbited by artificial suns, provided by the rapacious company who ruthlessly exploit the relocated human workforce. The Doctor, Leela, and K9 arrive and befriend a luckless drone worker, but they must flee with him to the dark undercity...

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Spearhead from Space (1)
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7.71
327 votes

#25 - Spearhead from Space (1)

Doctor Who - Season 7 - Episode 1

The TARDIS takes the newly regenerated Doctor to Earth to begin his exile. Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart leads a UNIT investigation into a mysterious meteorite shower.

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The Time Warrior (4)
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7.69
215 votes

#26 - The Time Warrior (4)

Doctor Who - Season 11 - Episode 4

The Doctor attempts to return the scientists to their own time, before Linx tries to use his spaceship and destroys the entire castle.

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The Talons of Weng-Chiang (2)
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7.68
226 votes

#27 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (2)

Doctor Who - Season 14 - Episode 22

The Doctor and Leela investigate the strange events in Victorian London. But a mysterious masked figure lurks in the shadows.

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The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1)
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7.68
231 votes

#28 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1)

Doctor Who - Season 14 - Episode 21

London, the 1890s. As magician Li H'Sen Chang captivates audiences, a spate of disappearances amongst young women goes largely unnoticed. But almost upon their arrival, the Doctor and Leela find themselves confronting the feared Tong of the Black Scorpion, and a menace from another time. And there's something fishy in the sewers, too...

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The Time Warrior (2)
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7.67
256 votes

#29 - The Time Warrior (2)

Doctor Who - Season 11 - Episode 2

The Doctor tracks the missing scientists to Irongron's castle, where Linx is using them to repair his spaceship and construct advanced weapons for Irongron.

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The Ark in Space (3)
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7.66
206 votes

#30 - The Ark in Space (3)

Doctor Who - Season 12 - Episode 7

Knowing that Noah has been infected by the Wirrn, the Doctor persuades Vira to halt the reviving of her people, knowing it will place them in danger as well.

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The Trial of a Time Lord (13)
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7.66
171 votes

#31 - The Trial of a Time Lord (13)

Doctor Who - Season 23 - Episode 13

With the Doctor now reluctantly admitting to genocide, things look bad. But the Doctor's nemesis, the Master, intervenes, and the real truth behind the trial comes to light - and with it, the shocking secret of the Valeyard's true identity...

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Spearhead from Space (4)
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7.63
292 votes

#32 - Spearhead from Space (4)

Doctor Who - Season 7 - Episode 4

The invasion begins as Auton shop dummies come to life and attack the public. The Doctor and UNIT infiltrate Auto Plastics where the Doctor faces the Nestene consciousness.

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The Ark in Space (1)
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7.63
244 votes

#33 - The Ark in Space (1)

Doctor Who - Season 12 - Episode 5

Deep space, the distant future: following Earth's devastation by solar flares, the survivors of mankind are in cryogenic suspension aboard the Nerva Beacon space station. The Doctor, Sarah and Harry arrive on board to find the station suffering from mysterious damage and some manner of creature at large…

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Carnival of Monsters (1)
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7.61
193 votes

#34 - Carnival of Monsters (1)

Doctor Who - Season 10 - Episode 5

The Doctor attempts to test his new dematerialisation circuit by taking Jo to Metebelis Three but instead the TARDIS arrives in the hold of a 1920s cargo ship.

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Killer
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7.60
156 votes

#35 - Killer

Blake's 7 - Season 2 - Episode 7

The Liberator crew journey to a planet where a friend of Avon's works, in order to get TP crystals. The derelict spaceship K-47 is retrieved, and an on-board virus spreads throughout the complex.

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Orbit
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7.58
114 votes

#36 - Orbit

Blake's 7 - Season 4 - Episode 11

The scientist Egrorian offers Avon a powerful weapon, the Tachyon Funnel, in exchange for Orac. Servalan, who is behind the transfer, prepares a plan to double-cross Avon that would give her both the Tachyon Funnel and Orac.

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The Sun Makers (4)
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7.58
156 votes

#37 - The Sun Makers (4)

Doctor Who - Season 15 - Episode 16

The Doctor now moves to completely overthrow the Company. But the Collector has one last trump card to play.

Terror of the Autons (4)
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7.56
267 votes

#38 - Terror of the Autons (4)

Doctor Who - Season 8 - Episode 4

The Doctor catches up with his old enemy, the Master. Can anyone stop the Nestene Consciousness?

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A Cry in the Night
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7.55
11 votes

#39 - A Cry in the Night

Bergerac - Season 3 - Episode 7

When a couple falls overboard from an international rock star's yacht- leaving the man dead and the woman in serious condition - Jim suspects murder.

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Carnival of Monsters (3)
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7.53
180 votes

#40 - Carnival of Monsters (3)

Doctor Who - Season 10 - Episode 7

The Doctor and Jo return to the Bernice to try and aid their escape but find themselves pursued by the Drashigs.

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The Time Warrior (1)
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7.52
295 votes

#41 - The Time Warrior (1)

Doctor Who - Season 11 - Episode 1

England, the 12th century. Robber baron Irongron is recruited by Linx, a Sontaran warrior whose starship has been forced down on Earth. Linx is forced to use a time-travel device to steal resources and scientists from the future to repair his ship, but in doing so involves UNIT and the Doctor...

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Carnival of Monsters (2)
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7.51
183 votes

#42 - Carnival of Monsters (2)

Doctor Who - Season 10 - Episode 6

The Doctor and Jo attempt to find a way out of the Scope but, when Vorg attempts to entertain the Minorans, the crew of the Bernice suddenly become a lot more dangerous.

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Spearhead from Space (3)
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7.51
295 votes

#43 - Spearhead from Space (3)

Doctor Who - Season 7 - Episode 3

Sam Seeley has found one of the meteorites but the Autons want it back and are closing in. General Scobie visits Auto Plastics,

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Carnival of Monsters (4)
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7.49
183 votes

#44 - Carnival of Monsters (4)

Doctor Who - Season 10 - Episode 8

The Doctor escapes from the Scope and joins forces with Vorg to try and save its inhabitants but Kalik is still determined to use the Drashigs to start a rebellion.

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Spearhead from Space (2)
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7.47
303 votes

#45 - Spearhead from Space (2)

Doctor Who - Season 7 - Episode 2

A recovered Doctor escapes the hospital and joins UNIT in their investigation. Meanwhile, Channing directs one of his Auton servants to recover a meteorite.

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The Ribos Operation (4)
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7.43
166 votes

#46 - The Ribos Operation (4)

Doctor Who - Season 16 - Episode 4

Trapped in the catacombs between a mad warlord and ravenous monsters, the Doctor and Romana work desperately to obtain the segement of the Key to Time - and escape alive.

Terror of the Autons (2)
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7.42
307 votes

#47 - Terror of the Autons (2)

Doctor Who - Season 8 - Episode 2

The Doctor investigates Rossini's International Circus. The Master, meanwhile, has assumed control at the plastics factory and is manufacturing new lines of living plastics.

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Terror of the Autons (1)
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7.40
292 votes

#48 - Terror of the Autons (1)

Doctor Who - Season 8 - Episode 1

Earth, the near future. The Master – another renegade Time Lord and the Doctor's sworn enemy – arrives and allies himself with the Nestene Consciousness in an attempt to conquer the planet.

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Terror of the Autons (3)
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7.32
295 votes

#49 - Terror of the Autons (3)

Doctor Who - Season 8 - Episode 3

Earth, the near future. The Master - another renegade Time Lord and the Doctor's sworn enemy - arrives and allies himself with the Nestene Consciousness in an attempt to conquer the planet. But how can plastic flowers be an invasion weapon...?

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The Ribos Operation (3)
star
7.24
202 votes

#50 - The Ribos Operation (3)

Doctor Who - Season 16 - Episode 3

Prisoners of the maniacal Graff Vynda K, the Doctor and Romana must break out and pursue the first segment – even as Unstoff takes it into the most dangerous place on Ribos.