The BEST episodes written by Terry Nation

#1 - Jeannine

The Saint - Season 3 - Episode 3

Simon becomes interested in an oriental diplomat's pearl necklace.

#2 - The Revolution Racket

The Saint - Season 3 - Episode 5

A South American police Captain moonlights as an arms dealer.

#3 - Take-Over

The Avengers - Season 6 - Episode 30

The home of Steed's friends Bill and Laura Bassett is invaded by a group of ruthless criminals who implant explosives in their throats. Unfortunately, this is the weekend that Steed is coming to stay.

#4 - Sibao

The Saint - Season 3 - Episode 21

Simon encounters a young girl who is involved with voodoo.

#5 - Invitation to Danger

The Saint - Season 6 - Episode 2

Simon is taken prisoner by a beautiful blonde secret agent, who picks Simon up in a casino.

#6 - Genesis of the Daleks (6)

Doctor Who - Season 12 - Episode 16

Gharman tries to convince the Kaleds to vote against the Dalek project but Davros has a trick up his sleeve, while the Doctor works to destroy the tape recording of Dalek victory and the Thals plan an intervention of their own.

#7 - Noon Doomsday

The Avengers - Season 6 - Episode 10

Tara visits Steed in a special hospital following an injury to his leg. This is just the backdrop needed by Gerald Kafka, ex-head of Murder International, as he plans his revenge against Steed, who sent him to prison exactly seven years ago. At noon, Steed will die.

#8 - The Desperate Diplomat

The Saint - Season 6 - Episode 4

Simon tries to find a diplomat friend who disappeared with $1,000,000.

#9 - Genesis of the Daleks (2)

Doctor Who - Season 12 - Episode 12

The Doctor and Harry are taken to the Kaled bunker where Davros is preparing to demonstrate the Daleks, while Sarah Jane is captured by the Thals and taken to their city as a slave worker.

#10 - Genesis of the Daleks (1)

Doctor Who - Season 12 - Episode 11

The planet Skaro, the distant past. The Time Lords divert the Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry to this war-torn world, and give the Doctor a mission: the evil of the Daleks is about to be born here, and the Doctor is to try to ensure they evolve into less lethally aggressive beings - or, failing that, to avert their creation altogether. But has even the Doctor the right to commit genocide?

#11 - Genesis of the Daleks (4)

Doctor Who - Season 12 - Episode 14

The Doctor fails to prevent the Thals from destroying the Kaled city but they don't have long to enjoy their victory before the Daleks attack.

#12 - Genesis of the Daleks (5)

Doctor Who - Season 12 - Episode 15

The Doctor is forced to give Davros full details of future Dalek victories but opposition to Davros' plans is growing among the Kaleds and soon there is open rebellion.

#13 - Aftermath

Blake's 7 - Season 3 - Episode 1

Severely damaged by combat in the Galactic War, the Liberator disperses its crew while it repairs itself. Avon lands on a planet and is rescued by the daughter of a former revolutionary. Priceless scenes between Avon and Servalan.

#14 - Chain of Events

The Persuaders! - Season 1 - Episode 11

While out camping at Brett's family estate, Danny gets chained to a brief case which he can't get off that contains a bomb.

#15 - Genesis

Survivors - Season 1 - Episode 2

Abby meets Arthur Wormley who has some strong ideas about how the survivors of 'the death' should organise themselves. Meanwhile Greg Preston (Ian McCulloch) meets a strong willed woman called Anne (Myra Frances) who needs his help to rescue a man who is trapped under a tractor in a nearby quarry. Elsewhere Jenny is still wandering the countryside alone...

#16 - Gone Away

Survivors - Season 1 - Episode 3

Abby, Jenny and Greg have made an abandoned church their base. Abby hopes to find her son Peter. They make a trip to a nearby supermarket to gather some food supplies and encounter some of Wormley's men who insist they leave their loot. Jenny and Greg overpower them and they escape. The men are intent on revenge and begin to search the countryside for the trio...

#17 - Orac

Blake's 7 - Season 1 - Episode 13

The Liberator crew fly to Aristo to deliver the supplies to Ensor, in exchange for radiation drugs and the computer Orac, which Ensor gives to Blake before he dies. Orac predicts the destruction of the Liberator.

#18 - The Future Hour

Survivors - Season 1 - Episode 10

A pregnant young woman called Laura arrives at the grange, seeking shelter from her partner, a man called Huxley, who wants her back but doesn't want her unborn child. Abby and Greg argue as to whether she should be allowed to stay. When John and Lizzie unknowingly give away the fact that Laura is staying at the grange, Huxley embarks on a series of reprisals until the community agrees to give up Laura to him....

#19 - Redemption

Blake's 7 - Season 2 - Episode 1

The crew encounter the System, builders and original owners of the Liberator (known to them as Deep Space Vehicle-2). They disable its defense systems in an attempt to try to get their craft back. A sister ship (DSV-1), in pursuit, is destroyed by Orac.

#20 - A Beginning

Survivors - Season 1 - Episode 13

Abby is tiring of life at the grange and her thoughts turn to resuming her search for her son. After a row with Greg over the taking in of a sick girl, Ruth. Abby sets off for Waterhouse to find Jimmy Garland. Meanwhile Greg and Arthur make their first attempts towards federating the communities that have sprung up since 'the death'. When Ruth recovers, Greg and Jenny discover she is a former medical student and that she has some startling news for them...

#21 - Take Me to Your Leader

The Avengers - Season 6 - Episode 23

The discovery of a talking attache case passed from courier to courier until it finally reaches 'Mr. Big' takes Steed and Tara on a dazzling and surreal romp around London.

#22 - Something of Value

Survivors - Season 1 - Episode 12

When a flood destroys both their crops and stores, the survivors decide to trade the petrol in the tanker driven there by Donnie and Anne, as its the only thing of value they have left. Greg and Jenny set off in the tanker to trade with a nearby settlement. However they are followed by a man called Lawson and his two cronies, who want the petrol for themselves at any cost...

#23 - The Contract

The Saint - Season 3 - Episode 14

An American airman is seeking revenge against The Saint.

#24 - Take Seven

The Persuaders! - Season 1 - Episode 3

Danny and Brett try to help a girl whose "long lost brother" has suddenly appeared, cutting her off from her inheritance.

#25 - Genesis of the Daleks (3)

Doctor Who - Season 12 - Episode 13

The Doctor and Harry head to the Kaled city to alert the authorities to Davros' plans while Sarah Jane and Sevrin are forced to work on the completion of the Thals' rocket.

#26 - Space Fall

Blake's 7 - Season 1 - Episode 2

Blake and some criminals attempt to seize control of the prison ship london as it passess a space war where an abandoned ship is found.

#27 - Someone Waiting

The Persuaders! - Season 1 - Episode 24

#28 - Lida

The Saint - Season 3 - Episode 2

Simon comes to the aid of a girl who is being blackmailed.

#29 - Terminal

Blake's 7 - Season 3 - Episode 13

Avon secretly takes over the ship and flies it through a field containing enzymes which eat away at the Liberator's hull. They reach the planetoid Terminal, where Avon believes Blake is residing.

#30 - Planet of the Daleks (1)

Doctor Who - Season 10 - Episode 15

The planet Spiridon, the year 2540. The Doctor and Jo arrive on the trail of the Daleks, and find unexpected allies in the shape of a Thal suicide squad. But what has brought the Daleks here in the first place?

#31 - Destiny of the Daleks (2)

Doctor Who - Season 17 - Episode 2

Romana has been captured by the Daleks, the Doctor is the guest of the Movellans. The Daleks are drilling deep into Skaro for something and the Doctor has an awful suspicion about their objective…

#32 - The Time to Die

The Saint - Season 6 - Episode 7

Simon stalks an avenging killer bent on playing a clever game of cat-and-mouse with his pursuer.

#33 - Garland's War

Survivors - Season 1 - Episode 6

Abby becomes separated from Jenny and Greg and rescues a man called Jimmy Garland (Richard Heffer) who is waging his own personal war against a man called Knox (Peter Jeffrey). Garland is heir to the Waterhouse estate that Knox has taken over and he wants it back so he can lead the community that has started there. Abby is captured by Knox and he tries to convince her that Garland has aggravated the situation and that he is willing to co-operate...

#34 - The Crime of the Century

The Saint - Season 3 - Episode 22

Simon joins forces with, his old adversary, Inspector Teal to stop the crime of the century.

#35 - Destiny of the Daleks (4)

Doctor Who - Season 17 - Episode 4

Trapped between the Movellans and the Daleks, the Doctor must find a way to defeat both. Meanwhile, vast space fleets await new orders.

#36 - Powerplay

Blake's 7 - Season 3 - Episode 2

Avon and Dayna return to the Liberator, only to find it has been claimed by Tarrant. The rest of the crew are rescued by a medical ship and eventually brought back to the Liberator.

#37 - Planet of the Daleks (5)

Doctor Who - Season 10 - Episode 19

The Doctor and his friends ambush two Daleks as part of their plan to get back into the city, but the Daleks are on the verge of unleashing their virus.

#38 - The Daleks' Master Plan: Devil's Planet (3)

Doctor Who - Season 3 - Episode 12

#39 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth: The Daleks (2)

Doctor Who - Season 2 - Episode 5

The Daleks have conquered Earth. Susan and Barbara have joined the human resistance who launch an attack on the Dalek flying saucer where the Doctor and Ian are prisoners.

#40 - Planet of the Daleks (4)

Doctor Who - Season 10 - Episode 18

The Doctor and his friends escape from the Dalek base, prompting the Daleks to devise a plan to wipe them out.

#41 - Target MacGyver

MacGyver - Season 1 - Episode 10

After blowing away a nuclear facility under the control of an aggressive world leader, MacGyver returns home for some peace and quiet, only to find his boss waiting for him. He advises MacGyver that a contract is out on his life and he needs to skip town for awhile.

#42 - Project Avalon

Blake's 7 - Season 1 - Episode 9

Another freedom-fighter, Avalon, is held hostage by Travis in a Federation detention cell, and is recovered by Blake's crew. Travis devises a plan to destroy Blake and his crew using Avalon.

#43 - Mission to Destiny

Blake's 7 - Season 1 - Episode 7

The crew find a ship flying in a circle they investigate and find the crew asleep and the control smashed. Someone has destroyed the controls and is killing the crew one by one trying to get their hands on the priceless neutrotope.

#44 - The Chase: The Planet of Decision (6)

Doctor Who - Season 2 - Episode 35

The Doctor and his friends are taken into the Mechanoid City but their troubles are far from over...especially when the Daleks launch an attack.

#45 - Planet of the Daleks (6)

Doctor Who - Season 10 - Episode 20

The Doctor and his friends prepare to refreeze the Dalek army but the Dalek Supreme has arrived on the planet determined to destroy them all.

#46 - Cygnus Alpha

Blake's 7 - Season 1 - Episode 3

Blake tries to rescue the remaining prisoners from the prison planet Cygnus Alpha only to find they have a disease that can be cured by the power mad high priest Vargas

#47 - The Android Invasion (2)

Doctor Who - Season 13 - Episode 14

The Doctor suspects Crayford brought something to Earth in his rocket, as he and Sarah find themselves hunted by UNIT.

#48 - The Daleks: The Survivors (2)

Doctor Who - Season 1 - Episode 6

The dead planet is not uninhabited after all. The Doctor is about to meet what will become his greatest enemies. And he and his crew are dying of radiation sickness.

#49 - Pressure Point

Blake's 7 - Season 2 - Episode 5

The Liberator returns to Earth, and Blake wants to capture Federation Control, in the belief that it would cripple the Federation.

#50 - Planet of the Daleks (2)

Doctor Who - Season 10 - Episode 16

The Doctor is captured by the Daleks, while Jo is rescued by a friendly Spridon named Wester.