The Best Episodes Directed By Richard Martin

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   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - A Grand Memory for Forgetting

   S7:E910/27/1990

   Siegfried is determined to discover who shot Korean War veteran Jacob Pearson's dog. The suspect is Captain Crawford's willful and surly 20-year-old son, Hugh -- a young man with problems beyond his pompous father's control. Both James and Siegfried have extraordinarily little success in extracting payment from wily farmer Dennis Pratt -- until they discover he may be sneaking his cows onto a neighboring farm to enjoy better grazing.

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   #2 - Old Dogs, New Tricks

   S7:E1011/3/1990

   Siegfried takes a close friend to task for wasting his own talents as a veterinary surgeon. Ewan Ross -- "the best horse man north of the Humber" has let his career slide gently into the whiskey bottle after the death of his wife. But Siegfried is determined to make use of his considerable skills. A valuable racehorse with a strangulated hernia could provide Siegfried with not only a way of striking back at "vets in Bentleys", but also putting Ewan on the straight and narrow. James, meanwhile, is strangely reluctant to take on responsibility for Mrs. Pumphrey's beloved Tricky-Woo when she announces that she is off to France. But Siegfried caves in under the persuasive skills of Mrs. Pumphrey and Tricky-Woo moves into Skeldale.

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   #3 - Hampered

   S7:E1111/10/1990

   Siegfried is laid up at Skeldale with his foot in plaster. His dreams of mouthwatering meals prepared by Mrs. Alton are soon shattered by her regime of a strict diet "for an invalid". Tristan falls for the dark, sad-eyed beauty, Angela Mortimer, Mrs. Pumphrey's great-niece, who has been jilted by her fiance. Fortunately, the demanding dog Tricky-Woo provides an ideal excuse for Tristan to make a number of house calls. James impresses three hero-worshiping locals with his cow-curing abilities, and he learns to value their support when he has to judge the Darrowby Vegetable Show, with disastrous results.

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   7.6/10(10 votes)

   #4 - Flashpoint

   S2:E912/26/1964

   The Daleks' plan to transform Earth into a giant spaceship and wipe out its inhabitants is nearing completion and the Doctor and his friends face a race against time to prevent them from destroying the planet's core.

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   7.4/10(12 votes)

   #5 - World's End

   S2:E411/21/1964

   The TARDIS lands in a ruined and empty London in the 22nd Century. Robomen patrol the shattered streets. The Doctor is eager to discover the cause of the city's plight.

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   #6 - The Daleks

   S2:E511/28/1964

   The Doctor and Ian are taken to the Dalek saucer while Susan and Barbara join the rebels in planning an attack.

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   7.3/10(10 votes)

   #7 - Day of Reckoning

   S2:E612/5/1964

   The Doctor manages to escape from the Dalek saucer and meet up with Susan and David but Ian is left trapped onboard. Meanwhile, Barbara and her new friends face a dangerous journey across London.

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   #8 - Food for Thought

   S7:E710/13/1990

   Buffoon Stewie Brannen, an old friend of Siegfried's, has invited the distinguished Professor Norton to a black tie dinner, and prevails upon Siegfried to host it at Skeldale -- and lend him a dinner suit. But disaster looms when Siegfried and Stewie are called out for a calving, in full evening dress, and James has to hold the fort with an irascible Mrs. Alton.

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   #9 - The End of Tomorrow

   S2:E712/12/1964

   While Susan and David try to find a way out of London, Ian and Larry infiltrate the Dalek mine workings.

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    #10 - The Executioners

    S2:E305/22/1965

    The Daleks pursue The Doctor through time and space, with the intentions of exterminating him. Places they land include the Mary Celeste, a haunted house and the empire state building.

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    6.8/10(9 votes)

    #11 - The Waking Ally

    S2:E812/19/1964

    The Doctor's party investigate the Daleks' central control in Bedfordshire while Barbara and Jenny's attempt to reach it are derailed when they are betrayed.

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    6.7/10(7 votes)

    #12 - The Planet of Decision

    S2:E356/26/1965

    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.

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    6.4/10(11 votes)

    #13 - The Edge of Destruction

    S1:E122/8/1964

    A mysterious explosion has knocked the TARDIS into void. And in their confusion, the crew are turning on one another.

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    6.1/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Flight Through Eternity

    S2:E326/5/1965

    The TARDIS crew's attempts to escape from the Daleks take them to the top of the Empire State Building and a 19th century sailing ship.

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    6.1/10(8 votes)

    #15 - The Death of Time

    S2:E315/29/1965

    While Ian and Vicki are threatened by a Mire Beast, the Doctor and Barbara meet up with the Aridians...who are then ordered to hand them over to the Daleks.

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    6.0/10(7 votes)

    #16 - The Death of Doctor Who

    S2:E346/19/1965

    With Vicki trapped on board the Dalek time machine, the Doctor, Ian and Barbara decide to make their stand on the planet Mechanus.

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    5.9/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Journey into Terror

    S2:E336/12/1965

    The TARDIS lands in a haunted house where the Doctor and his friends are confronted by Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster...and then the Daleks appear.

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    5.2/10(10 votes)

    #18 - The Web Planet

    S2:E162/13/1965

    The TARDIS is drawn by a mysterious force and lands on the alien planet Vortis. There the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki find themselves caught up in a war between an evil force known as "The Animus", its ant-like Zarbi allies, and the butterfly-like Menoptra race and their allies the subterranean Optera.

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    #19 - The Zarbi

    S2:E172/20/1965

    The Doctor, Ian and Vicki are captured by the Zarbi while Barbara meets up with the butterfly-like Menoptera who are trying to reclaim the planet.

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    4.8/10(9 votes)

    #20 - Escape to Danger

    S2:E182/27/1965

    The Doctor is forced to co-operate with the Animus but Ian uses the opportunity to make an escape attempt.

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    #21 - Invasion

    S2:E203/13/1965

    Barbara and the surviving Menoptera take refuge in the Temple of Light while the Doctor and Vicki attempt to escape by taking control of a Zarbi.

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    #22 - Crater of Needles

    S2:E193/6/1965

    Ian and Vrestin are captured by the subterranean Optera while Barbara and her Menoptera allies attempt to escape from the slave camp.

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    4.7/10(9 votes)

    #23 - The Centre

    S2:E213/20/1965

    The Doctor and Vicki are taken before the Animus but the isoptope is left behind in the laboratory.The only hope of victory lies with Barbara and her Menoptera allies.

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    #24 - Shadow in the Sun

    S1:E33/3/1971

    Elizabeth meets an interesting suitor, the Duke of Anjou, much to the Puritans' disapproval. Now Elizabeth must decide whether to follow her head or her heart.

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