9.1/10733 votesLoading...#1 - The War Games (10)
Season 6 Episode 44 - Aired 6/21/1969
The TARDIS is drawn to the planet of the Time Lords where both the Doctor and the War Lord are placed on trial.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: N/A
9.1/101,060 votesLoading...#2 - Genesis of the Daleks (6)
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 4/12/1975
Gharman tries to convince the Kaleds to vote against the Dalek project but Davros has a trick up his sleeve, while the Doctor works to destroy the tape recording of Dalek victory and the Thals plan an intervention of their own.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Terry Nation
9.0/101,224 votesLoading...#3 - Genesis of the Daleks (1)
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 3/8/1975
The planet Skaro, the distant past. The Time Lords divert the Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry to this war-torn world, and give the Doctor a mission: the evil of the Daleks is about to be born here, and the Doctor is to try to ensure they evolve into less lethally aggressive beings - or, failing that, to avert their creation altogether. But has even the Doctor the right to commit genocide?
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Terry Nation
8.9/10944 votesLoading...#4 - Genesis of the Daleks (4)
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 3/29/1975
The Doctor fails to prevent the Thals from destroying the Kaled city but they don't have long to enjoy their victory before the Daleks attack.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Terry Nation
8.9/10964 votesLoading...#5 - Genesis of the Daleks (5)
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aired 4/5/1975
The Doctor is forced to give Davros full details of future Dalek victories but opposition to Davros' plans is growing among the Kaleds and soon there is open rebellion.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Terry Nation
8.8/10964 votesLoading...#6 - Genesis of the Daleks (2)
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 3/15/1975
The Doctor and Harry are taken to the Kaled bunker where Davros is preparing to demonstrate the Daleks, while Sarah Jane is captured by the Thals and taken to their city as a slave worker.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Terry Nation
8.8/10766 votesLoading...#7 - City of Death (2)
Season 17 Episode 6 - Aired 10/6/1979
Captured by the Count, the Doctor and Romana uncover an elaborate plan to steal the Mona Lisa. But there is more to Scarlioni's plans than a simple theft.
Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: Douglas Adams, Graham Williams, David Fisher
8.8/10780 votesLoading...#8 - City of Death (4)
Season 17 Episode 8 - Aired 10/20/1979
Scaroth is determined to go back 400 million years in time to prevent a mistake. But the Doctor must stop him – because the consequences would be disastrous.
Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: Douglas Adams, Graham Williams, David Fisher
8.8/10768 votesLoading...#9 - The Caves of Androzani (4)
Season 21 Episode 20 - Aired 3/16/1984
Events on Androzani reach a bloody climax. Will the Doctor and Peri survive the carnage? And at what cost?
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Robert Holmes
8.7/10617 votesLoading...#10 - The War Games (9)
Season 6 Episode 43 - Aired 6/14/1969
To prove his loyalty to the Aliens, the Doctor is ordered to reprocess his friends while the Security Chief finally uncovers evidence of the War Chief's treachery.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: N/A
8.7/10949 votesLoading...#11 - Genesis of the Daleks (3)
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 3/22/1975
The Doctor and Harry head to the Kaled city to alert the authorities to Davros' plans while Sarah Jane and Sevrin are forced to work on the completion of the Thals' rocket.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Terry Nation
8.7/10885 votesLoading...#12 - City of Death (1)
Season 17 Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/1979
Paris, 1979. The Doctor and Romana are here on holiday, but something is disturbing the flow of time. Could the time travel experiments of Count Scarlioni be to blame?
Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: Douglas Adams, Graham Williams, David Fisher
8.7/10742 votesLoading...#13 - City of Death (3)
Season 17 Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/1979
The Doctor and Romana unwrap an intricate plot involving aliens, time travel and the Mona Lisa. How is Count Scarlioni living in two times at once? And what does he want?
Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: Douglas Adams, Graham Williams, David Fisher
8.6/10866 votesLoading...#14 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1)
Season 14 Episode 21 - Aired 2/26/1977
London, the 1890s. As magician Li H'Sen Chang captivates audiences, a spate of disappearances amongst young women goes largely unnoticed. But almost upon their arrival, the Doctor and Leela find themselves confronting the feared Tong of the Black Scorpion, and a menace from another time. And there's something fishy in the sewers, too...
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Robert Holmes
8.6/10687 votesLoading...#15 - Earthshock (4)
Season 19 Episode 22 - Aired 3/16/1982
The Doctor realises the freighter is now a huge bomb and sends it back through time where it can explode millions of years ago... but Adric is still aboard...
Director: Peter Grimwade
Writer: Eric Saward
8.6/10687 votesLoading...#16 - The Caves of Androzani (3)
Season 21 Episode 19 - Aired 3/15/1984
The situation on Androzani Minor is building toward a violent confrontation, and the Doctor and Peri are slowly succumbing to spectrox toxemia.
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Robert Holmes
8.5/10837 votesLoading...#17 - Pyramids of Mars (4)
Season 13 Episode 12 - Aired 11/15/1975
Sutekh forces the Doctor to transport Scarman and a mummy to Mars, where the Doctor and Sarah try to stop them destroying the Eye of Horus.
Director: Paddy Russell
Writer: Robert Holmes, Lewis Greifer
8.5/10720 votesLoading...#18 - The Seeds of Doom (1)
Season 13 Episode 21 - Aired 1/31/1976
The Antarctic, the near future. A strange seed-pod is unearthed from 20-thousand-year-old ice. The Doctor and Sarah go to investigate, but are too late to prevent the pod infecting a scientist and unleashing a threat to all animal life on Earth...
Director: Douglas Camfield
Writer: Robert Banks Stewart
8.5/10610 votesLoading...#19 - The Seeds of Doom (6)
Season 13 Episode 26 - Aired 3/6/1976
The Doctor, Sarah Jane, and Scorby are trapped in the manor as a possessed Chase stalks them from within, while the gigantic Krynoid prepares to crush them from without. Worse, the alien plant is ready to germinate, spreading its seeds across England.
Director: Douglas Camfield
Writer: Robert Banks Stewart
8.5/10677 votesLoading...#20 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (4)
Season 14 Episode 24 - Aired 3/19/1977
The Doctor and Leela attend Li H'Sen Chang's performance, hoping to confront the magician. But his master Weng-Chiang has other plans…
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Robert Holmes
8.5/10690 votesLoading...#21 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (6)
Season 14 Episode 26 - Aired 4/2/1977
The Doctor and Weng-Chiang have their final confrontation in the mysterious House of the Dragon -- watched by the evil duplicitous Mr. Sin.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Robert Holmes
8.5/10708 votesLoading...#22 - Remembrance of the Daleks (4)
Season 25 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1988
The Omega device is in jeopardy. A giant Dalek warship hangs above the Earth. London has become a battleground for ruthless alien intelligences.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.4/10472 votesLoading...#23 - Destruction of Time
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 1/29/1966
With the Daleks poised to invade the solar system, the Doctor decides his only option is to activate the Time Destructor prematurely, threatening the entire planet.
Director: Douglas Camfield
Writer: Dennis Spooner
8.4/10476 votesLoading...#24 - The Evil of the Daleks (7)
Season 4 Episode 43 - Aired 7/1/1967
The Daleks are poised to spread the Dalek Factor throughout the history of Earth and begin by implanting the Doctor.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Whitaker
8.4/10689 votesLoading...#25 - The War Games (1)
Season 6 Episode 35 - Aired 4/19/1969
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe realise they have arrived in the trenches of the First World War, where the sinister General Smythe accuses them of espionage.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Malcolm Hulke, Terrance Dicks
The Best Episodes of Doctor Who
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Best Episodes Summary
"The War Games (10)" is the best rated episode of "Doctor Who". It scored 9.1/10 based on 733 votes. Directed by David Maloney and written by N/A, it aired on 6/21/1969. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Genesis of the Daleks (6)".