The best episodes of Doctor Who
Ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
Season 4 concludes with the Doctor's companions making a last stand against Davros and the Daleks with the Doctor and the TARDIS both out of commission.
- 02
As the human race is caught in a war between Daleks and Cybermen, the Doctor faces losing Rose.
- 03
Only the Doctor can stop the Weeping Angels, but he's lost in time. So Sally Sparrow must fly into action...
- 04
The Ninth Doctor's final episode is an epic encounter with the Daleks.
- 05
The Doctor is gone, the Tardis has been destroyed and the universe is collapsing. The only hope for all of reality is a little girl who still believes in stars…
- 06
The Earth gets hijacked and relocated by a new Dalek empire, prompting the Doctor's allies--Rose Tyler, Sarah Jane Smith, Capt. Jack Harkness and Martha Jones--to band together while an old enemy lurks behind the scenes.
- 07
Earth has been conquered, the Doctor and Jack are imprisoned and the Master rules supreme. Can Martha Jones save the world?
- 08
The Doctor meets River Song for the first time as he and Donna face the Vashta Nerada!
- 09
What would have happened if the Doctor had died facing the Racnoss? We find a nightmare world as Donna and Rose attempt to stop the approaching Darkness.
- 10
As the Doctor makes his final journey to the shores of Lake Silencio in Utah, he knows only one thing can keep the universe safe—his own death.
- 11
Captain Jack Harkness storms back into the Doctor's life, and at the end of the universe, an evil old enemy is waiting...
- 12
Clara is summoned to an impossible conference call, alerting her that the deadly Whisper Men are closing in on Vastra, Jenny and Strax.Someone is kidnapping the Doctor's friends, leading him toward the one place in all of time and space that he should never go. It's a deadly trap that threatens to unravel his past, present and future…
- 13
Harry Saxon - aka the Master - becomes prime minister, but his dark ambitions reach beyond the stars.
- 14
As the shadows rise, the Doctor forges an alliance with the mysterious River Song. But can they halt the advance of the Vashta Nerada?
- 15
Terror lurks in the cornfields of Provence, but only a sad and lonely painter can see it.
- 16
According to legend, the Pandorica contains the most feared being in all the cosmos, a monster soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies.
- 17
The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack fight for their lives on board the Game Station, but disaster strikes when the Daleks capture Rose!
- 18
The Doctor is locked in the perfect prison. Amy, Rory and River Song are being hunted down across America by the FBI. With the help of new friend and FBI-insider, Canton Everett Delaware the Third, they reunite to share their discoveries and memories.
- 19
The Cybermen have invaded Earth, but the Doctor and Torchwood are about to confront an even greater threat.
- 20
Vacation plans go awry for the Doctor when he joins tourists on a flight over the crystalline planet Midnight, where the passengers encounter a malevolent force.
- 21
Four envelopes, numbered 2, 3 and 4, each containing a date, time and map reference, unsigned and TARDIS blue. Who sent them? And who received the missing envelope numbered 1?
- 22
Amy Pond has been kidnapped and the Doctor is raising an army to rescue her. But as he and Rory race across galaxies calling in long-held debts and solemnly-given promises, his enemies are laying a carefully concealed trap.In her cell in Stormcage, River Song sadly acknowledges that the time has come at last. For this day will mark the Battle of Demons run and the Doctor's darkest hour. Both sides will make their sacrifices and River Song must finally reveal her most closely guarded secret to the Doctor.
- 23
'Are you my mummy?' The Child's plague is spreading throughout wartime London, and it looks like Captain Jack is doomed.
- 24
The Doctor is smitten by Madame de Pompadour, but the court at Versailles is under attack from Clockwork killers...
- 25
As Rose battles the murderous Ood, the Doctor must grapple with a monster that challenges his every belief: the Beast.
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