The Best Episodes Directed By John Gorrie

#1 - The Bruce Partington Plans

Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 4/27/1988

The body of one Cadogan West is found in an underground tunnel near Aldgate Station, with his skull smashed, and Holmes is puzzled by the interest his brother Mycroft is showing in the case. Mycroft explains that the top secret plans for a new submarine were in the dead man's pocket, but three of the ten pages were missing when the body was found. Mycroft, on behalf of the British Government, asks his brother to find the missing pages.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: N/A

#2 - Never Speak Ill of the Dead

Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 5/24/1981

David is accused of murder when his wife Irene vanishes. Her promiscuous lifestyle made her the talk of the town, but the gossip has escalated.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: John Collier

#3 - Macbeth

Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1970

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: N/A

#4 - The Sea of Death

Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/11/1964

The alien world of Marinus. Perfect peace has reigned here for decades due to the mind-controlling influence of a machine known as the Conscience. But now a race known as the Voord have developed an immunity and Arbitan, keeper of the machine, has been forced to scatter the vital control keys around the planet. Now he needs the help of the time travellers to get them back - it will be an extraordinary journey, with perils every step of the way...

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: Terry Nation

#5 - The Keys of Marinus

Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 5/16/1964

The Doctor and his friends must locate the real murderers and the fourth key before heading off for a final confrontation with the Voord

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: Terry Nation

#6 - Mr Botibol's First Love

Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 5/24/1980

A jaded businessman sells his company and attempts to change his life for the better by buying a strange piano.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: Kevin Goldstein-Jackson

#7 - The Orderly World of Mr Appleby

Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 6/7/1980

A man married three times might be lucky for the fourth time when he meets a new interest.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: Robin Chapman

#8 - The Last Bottle in the World

Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 6/7/1981

Kyros plans on giving his wife a priceless bottle of wine for their anniversary, but he has no intention of drinking to her health.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: Denis Cannan

#9 - The Eavesdropper

Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 5/2/1982

Moira hears a woman discussing a trip to Paris with her lover Donald. Is her husband, also called Donald, having an affair?

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: Robin Chapman

#10 - Down Among the Sheltering Palms

Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 5/21/1983

An ex-soldier meets a beautiful woman on a nostalgic trip back to his old base. But she isn't all she seems.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: John Gorrie

#11 - The Screaming Jungle

Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 4/25/1964

The search for the second key takes the travellers to a jungle where Ian and Barbara come under threat from rapidly growing plants.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: Terry Nation

#12 - The Velvet Web

Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/18/1964

The Doctor and his friends arrive in the apparently idyllic city of Morphoton but Barbara soon begins to realise there is more to their hosts than meets the eye.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: Terry Nation

#13 - A Change of Identity

Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 8/22/1964

Susan and Barbara are rescued by Jules and Jean, two members of the escape chain, while the Doctor gains access to the prison by posing as a revolution official.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: Dennis Spooner

#14 - Sentence of Death

Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 5/9/1964

The group are reunited with the Doctor in the city of Millennius where Ian faces trial for murder after the fourth key is stolen.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: Terry Nation

#15 - Fat Chance

Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/5/1980

The husband of a fat, greedy woman has a clever plan to get rid of her - but the plan is flawed.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: Denis Cannan

#16 - The Snows of Terror

Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/2/1964

Searching for the third key, Ian and Barbara meet with the sinister trapper Vasor before following Susan and the others into a cave system guarded by the mysterious Ice Soldiers.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: Terry Nation

#17 - The Sound Machine

Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 5/17/1981

A botanist has invented a machine that translates the sound of plants into speech. What he hears gives him a shock.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: Ronald Harwood

#18 - A Sad Loss

Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 4/23/1983

Claire and her boyfriend have always counted on inheriting her wealthy aunt's fortune - but they are forced to act fast.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: James Andrew Hall

#19 - The Facts of Life

Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 1/29/1988

When sheltered young son Nicholas travels to London to complete in a fencing competition, he gets caught up in a very strange adventure.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: Noella Smith

#20 - Death in the Morning

Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 7/11/1982

Karen marries a rich landowner with a huge house in the country. But after moving in, she senses an evil spirit.

Director: John Gorrie

Writer: N/A