8.3/107 votes#1 - The Brain of Morbius (1)
Season 13 Episode 17 - Aired 1/3/1976
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...
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Robert Holmes
8.3/106 votes#2 - The Brain of Morbius (4)
Season 13 Episode 20 - Aired 1/24/1976
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.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Robert Holmes
8.2/106 votes#3 - The Brain of Morbius (3)
Season 13 Episode 19 - Aired 1/17/1976
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.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Robert Holmes
8.0/101 votes#4 - Merry Gentlemen
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/24/1978
Christmas at Skeldale House can be a formidable undertaking, what with sick foals, overfed dogs and a skeleton guarding Siegfried's secret hoard of goodies.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Anthony Steven
8.0/106 votes#5 - The Brain of Morbius (2)
Season 13 Episode 18 - Aired 1/10/1976
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.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Robert Holmes
7.8/104 votes#6 - The Dæmons (3)
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 6/5/1971
The Doctor explains to his friends that the Master is trying to gain the power of the last of the Daemons, a race who influenced Earth's development, while the Master brings the rest of the village under his control.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Barry Letts
7.8/104 votes#7 - The Dæmons (4)
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 6/12/1971
The Master orders Bert to set a trap for the Doctor at the village while a concussed Jo makes for the cavern.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Barry Letts
7.8/104 votes#8 - The Dæmons (5)
Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 6/19/1971
The Master decides to sacrifice Jo to Azal and when the Doctor and his friends try to intervene they come under attack from Bok.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Barry Letts
7.2/1010 votes#9 - The Dead Planet
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/21/1963
Time Unknown, Planet Unknown. The TARDIS lands in an eerie petrified forest overlooking a magnificent steel city. The Doctor wants to explore the city – but what is waiting there?
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
7.2/1011 votes#10 - The Escape
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/4/1964
Imprisoned on Skaro by the scheming Daleks, the Doctor and his companions work to escape their clutches.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
7.2/105 votes#11 - The Power of the Daleks (6)
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/10/1966
With Bragen having taken over, the Daleks trick the rebels into turning them loose and only the Doctor can stop them wiping out the entire colony.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: David Whitaker
7.0/1011 votes#12 - The Survivors
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/28/1963
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.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
7.0/103 votes#13 - The Ordeal
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/25/1964
Ian, Barbara and the Thals struggle through the caves to reach the Dalek city. Will they get there in time? Is there even a way through the treacherous caves? And what are the Daleks planning?
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
7.0/105 votes#14 - The Dæmons (2)
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 5/29/1971
With the Doctor frozen by the energy release from the barrow, Jo calls Yates and Benton for help, but when the Brigadier tries to join them he finds the village surrounded by a heat barrier.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Barry Letts
7.0/105 votes#15 - Robot (4)
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 1/18/1975
UNIT attempt to get into the bunker to stop Miss Winters setting off the world's nuclear missiles but first they have to get past the K1.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terrance Dicks
6.9/1011 votes#16 - The Ambush
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/11/1964
The time travellers work desperately to both escape the Dalek city and prevent a bloody massacre.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
6.9/1011 votes#17 - The Rescue
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/1/1964
Time is running out as the Doctor and his companions try to defeat the Daleks before they wipe out all life on Skaro.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
6.7/107 votes#18 - The Dæmons (1)
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 5/22/1971
Earth, the near future. When an archaological dig at the village of Devil's End goes disastrously wrong, an ancient power begins to revive. Can even the Doctor withstand the power of the Daemons? And just what is the local vicar up to in his spare time?
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Barry Letts
6.6/107 votes#19 - Robot (1)
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 12/28/1974
Can the Doctor, now in his fourth incarnation, recover from his post regenerative trauma to save the Earth from Think Tank and their plot for world domination ?
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terrance Dicks
6.6/105 votes#20 - Robot (3)
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 1/11/1975
Sarah Jane and Kettlewell infiltrate an SRS meeting to try and find out what Miss Winters is up to but there is a surprise in store.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terrance Dicks
6.5/1011 votes#21 - The Expedition
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/18/1964
The time travellers have escaped from the Daleks, but left a vital piece of the TARDIS behind. Getting it back will mean pushing the Thals to mount a dangerous operation.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
6.5/104 votes#22 - Conspiracy
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/30/1965
Ian and Delos are forced to fight each other for their freedom while the Doctor has to perform for Nero's court.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Dennis Spooner
6.5/104 votes#23 - Inferno
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/1965
Ian and Delos manage to escape from Sevcheria and Tavius agrees to help Barbara rejoin them.The Doctor's attempts to avoid being thrown to the lions inadvertently result in Nero deciding to burn down Rome.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Dennis Spooner
6.5/102 votes#24 - The Creature from the Pit (4)
Season 17 Episode 12 - Aired 11/17/1979
The truth about the creature is revealed. But its imprisonment may have already set in motion a terrible revenge.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: David Fisher
6.4/105 votes#25 - Robot (2)
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 1/4/1975
The Doctor and Sarah Jane become convinced Think Tank are behind the electronic component thefts but are unable to stop them carrying out another raid.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terrance Dicks
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"The Brain of Morbius (1)" is the best rated episode directed by Christopher Barry. It scored 8.3/10 based on 7 votes. It was written by Robert Holmes. It aired on 1/3/1976 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Brain of Morbius (4)".