The best episodes of Doctor Who Season 4

Season 4 only — ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.

  1. 01

    S04E28 · March 18, 1967 · 25m

    The Macra Terror, Part Two8.8

    The Doctor is unable to convince the colonists that the Macra exist and an attempt to brainwash his companions results in Ben betraying his friends.

  2. 02

    S04E29 · March 25, 1967 · 25m

    The Macra Terror, Part Three8.7

    The Doctor, Polly and Jamie are sentenced to work in the pits and an escape attempt sees Ben's loyalties called into question again.

  3. 03

    S04E30 · April 1, 1967 · 25m

    The Macra Terror, Part Four8.7

    The Doctor and Polly manage to save Jamie from the Macra and then try to show the Pilot who is really in charge of the colony.

  4. 04

    S04E38 · May 27, 1967 · 25m

    The Evil of the Daleks, Part Two8.6

    The Doctor and Jamie investigate Waterfield's antiques shop, where they are knocked unconscious and transported back to the 19th century.

  5. 05

    S04E43 · July 1, 1967 · 25m

    The Evil of the Daleks, Part Seven8.6

    The Daleks are poised to spread the Dalek Factor throughout the history of Earth and begin by implanting the Doctor.

  6. 06

    S04E21 · January 28, 1967 · 25m

    The Underwater Menace, Part Three8.5

    The Doctor and Ramo are sentenced to be sacrificed to the goddess Amdo and must escape to put a stop to Zaroff's plan.

  7. 07

    S04E23 · February 11, 1967 · 25m

    The Moonbase, Part One8.5

    The TARDIS arrives on the Moon in the year 2070. When Jamie is injured, the other travellers are forced to seek the help of a moonbase afflicted with a space plague.

  8. 08

    S04E24 · February 18, 1967 · 25m

    The Moonbase, Part Two8.5

    The Doctor and his friends attempt to convince the Moonbase crew that the Cybermen are responsible for the disappearances and find a cure for the plague.

  9. 09

    S04E31 · April 8, 1967 · 25m

    The Faceless Ones, Part One8.5

    The TARDIS materialises on the runway of Gatwick Airport, where Polly witnesses a murder only to be kidnapped before she can report it.

  10. 10

    S04E36 · May 13, 1967 · 25m

    The Faceless Ones, Part Six8.5

    The Doctor and Pinto are captured by the Chameleons but the Doctor manages to use their dependence on their human originals to create dissent in their ranks.

  11. 11

    S04E27 · March 11, 1967 · 25m

    The Macra Terror, Part One8.4

    The TARDIS arrives at a holiday camp company with the crew worried by a prediction of giant crabs and the Doctor becomes interested in the apparent madman Medok's stories of creatures that roam the colony at night.

  12. 12

    S04E33 · April 22, 1967 · 25m

    The Faceless Ones, Part Three8.4

    The Doctor, Jamie and Sam manage to convince Crossland to trust them and he persuades the Commandant to let them continue their investigation.

  13. 13

    S04E41 · June 17, 1967 · 25m

    The Evil of the Daleks, Part Five8.4

    With the experiment at an end, the Doctor begins to suspect the key to rescuing Jamie, Victoria and Kemel from the Daleks lies with Terrall.

  14. 14

    S04E19 · January 14, 1967 · 25m

    The Underwater Menace, Part One8.3

    The TARDIS materializes on a stretch of deserted beach. The Doctor and his companions are then captured and taken to the mysterious lost city of Atlantis.

  15. 15

    S04E20 · January 21, 1967 · 25m

    The Underwater Menace, Part Two8.3

    While Ara tries to save Polly from being turned into a Fish Person and Ben and Jamie try to escape from the mines, the Doctor discovers the full extent of Zaroff's plans.

  16. 16

    S04E22 · February 4, 1967 · 25m

    The Underwater Menace, Part Four8.3

    With Zaroff's plan nearing completion, the Doctor and Ben realise the only way to save the world is to destroy Atlantis.

  17. 17

    S04E25 · February 25, 1967 · 25m

    The Moonbase, Part Three8.3

    The Cybermen take over the Moonbase and begin using the Gravitron to attack Earth but Polly, Ben and Jamie come up with a way to fight back.

  18. 18

    S04E26 · March 4, 1967 · 25m

    The Moonbase, Part Four8.3

    With the Cybermen preparing to launch a full attack, the Doctor and his friends must keep the Moonbase and the Gravitron out of their hands until help arrives from Earth.

  19. 19

    S04E32 · April 15, 1967 · 25m

    The Faceless Ones, Part Two8.3

    With Polly having apparently forgotten them, the Doctor, Ben and Jamie decide to carry out their own investigation of Chameleon Tours.

  20. 20

    S04E34 · April 29, 1967 · 25m

    The Faceless Ones, Part Four8.3

    When Spencer attempts to kill them, the Doctor, Jamie and Sam become convinced Chameleon Tours are hiding something and Sam decides to book a ticket on one of their flights.

  21. 21

    S04E35 · May 6, 1967 · 25m

    The Faceless Ones, Part Five8.3

    Jamie finds himself aboard the Chameleons' satellite and meets their Director while the Doctor forces the Chameleon Meadows to tell him the aliens' plans.

  22. 22

    S04E37 · May 20, 1967 · 25m

    The Evil of the Daleks, Part One8.3

    Trying to find the stolen TARDIS, the Doctor and Jamie are lured into a trap by the Doctor's old enemies the Daleks.

  23. 23

    S04E40 · June 10, 1967 · 25m

    The Evil of the Daleks, Part Four8.3

    Jamie and Kemel team up to try and find Victoria, while the Doctor and the Daleks continue to monitor their progress.

  24. 24

    S04E42 · June 24, 1967 · 25m

    The Evil of the Daleks, Part Six8.3

    The Doctor, Jamie and Waterfield follow the Daleks to Skaro, where they discover an unforeseen consequence to their experiment.

  25. 25

    S04E09 · November 5, 1966 · 25m

    The Power of the Daleks, Part One8.2

    The Doctor and his companions are brought to an Earth colony on the planet Vulcan.

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