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The Best Episodes of Doctor Who

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Every episode of Doctor Who ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Doctor Who!

The Best Episodes of Doctor Who

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor...
  1. Background image for Forest of the Dead (2)
    9.4/10(12.3k votes)

    #1 - Forest of the Dead (2)

    S4:E9

    As the shadows rise, the Doctor forges an alliance with the mysterious River Song.

    Director:Euros Lyn
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  2. Background image for Blink
    9.3/10(118 votes)

    #2 - Blink

    S3:E10

    Only the Doctor can stop the Weeping Angels, but he's lost in time.

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  3. Background image for Silence in the Library (1)
    9.3/10(12.0k votes)

    #3 - Silence in the Library (1)

    S4:E8

    The Doctor and Donna land in a frightening position in the far future. While investigating a derelict library, the duo come face to face with the disembodied mind of a little girl, an archaeological team led by a woman from the Doctor's future, and swarms of flesh-eating creatures that are seen only as shadows.

    Director:Euros Lyn
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  4. Background image for The Girl in the Fireplace
    9.2/10(14.1k votes)

    #4 - The Girl in the Fireplace

    S2:E4

    On a seemingly abandoned spaceship in the 51st century, the Tenth Doctor, Rose and Mickey find time windows leading to 18th century France and a group of clockwork androids using them to stalk a young woman throughout her life.

    Director:Euros Lyn
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  5. Background image for Doomsday (2)
    9.2/10(11.5k votes)

    #5 - Doomsday (2)

    S2:E13

    Humanity is caught in the crossfire as the Cybermen and the Daleks wage war against each other. When the mysterious Genesis Ark opens, the Tenth Doctor is faced with an impossible decision: saving the world could mean losing Rose Tyler forever…

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  6. Background image for Journey's End (2)
    9.2/10(10.7k votes)

    #6 - Journey's End (2)

    S4:E13

    The Earth has been overwhelmed and the universe faces dominion by the resurgent forces of a terrifying and limitless empire led by one of The Doctor's greatest enemies. Aiding the Time Lord in a final battle are several of his closest allies and companions, but for one of them, a price will be paid...

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  8. Background image for Midnight
    9.1/10(11.4k votes)

    #7 - Midnight

    S4:E10

    While visiting the planet Midnight, a beautiful and luxury planet, full of lavishs and hightech cities, a terrifying problem arises that leaves The Doctor powerless.

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  9. Background image for The Stolen Earth (1)
    9.1/10(9.4k votes)

    #8 - The Stolen Earth (1)

    S4:E12

    The Earth has been moved, and it's a race against time as Donna and the Doctor try to find it before the Daleks destroy everything; they head for the Shadow Proclamation and the Medusa Cascade. Meanwhile on Earth a veritable bevy of ex-companions join together to contact the Doctor and take down the Daleks. Can Captain Jack, Sarah-Jane, Martha Jones and Rose find the Doctor in time...

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  10. Background image for The Empty Child (1)
    9.0/10(11.7k votes)

    #9 - The Empty Child (1)

    S1:E9

    After chasing an unexplained capsule through time, the TARDIS lands in London, during an air raid. Rose investigates when a small child wearing a gasmask, standing on a rooftop, continuously calls out for his mummy. After floating above the city on a barrage balloon, Rose is swept off her feet by another time traveller – Captain Jack Harkness. Meanwhile, The Doctor follows a teenaged girl to a meeting of the homeless children of the Blitz. Here, the child in the gasmask is terrorising them with a parade of strange events, constantly asking for his mother.

    Director:James Hawes
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  11. Background image for The Doctor Dances (2)
    9.0/10(10.8k votes)

    #10 - The Doctor Dances (2)

    S1:E10

    After narrowly escaping the gas mask monsters, The Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack try to stop the mutated people from infecting other victims. But it soon becomes apparent that one of the group may indirectly responsible for the virus. The answer lies at the bomb site, but time is running out...

    Director:James Hawes
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  12. Background image for The Parting of the Ways (2)
    9.0/10(10.3k votes)

    #11 - The Parting of the Ways (2)

    S1:E13

    The fate of the Universe is hanging in the balance as the Dalek fleet begin their invasion of Earth. The Doctor must decide whether to sacrifice every human being on Earth in order to save every other living creature in the universe from the Daleks. Either way, he knows he must send Rose home...

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  13. Background image for Turn Left
    8.9/10(9.7k votes)

    #12 - Turn Left

    S4:E11

    Whilst attending a carnival on the Chino-planet of Shan Shen, Donna is cajoled into having her fortune read, where her past is carefully examined. With the Doctor missing, Donna must work with Rose, a traveller from a parallel universe, to prevent darkness encompassing the whole of the universe.

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  14. Background image for The Satan Pit (2)
    8.7/10(9.8k votes)

    #13 - The Satan Pit (2)

    S2:E9

    The TARDIS lands in a base on a planet orbiting a black hole, an impossible situation that stumps even the Tenth Doctor. The base crew are drilling to the centre of the world, to claim the power that keeps it in orbit for themselves. However, an ancient evil is down there too, and he is awake…

    Director:James Strong
    Writer:Matt Jones
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  15. Background image for Heaven Sent (1)
    8.7/10(76 votes)

    #14 - Heaven Sent (1)

    S9:E11

    Trapped in a world unlike any other he has seen, the Doctor faces the greatest challenge of his many lives. One final test. And he must face it alone.

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  16. Background image for Dalek
    8.6/10(10.4k votes)

    #15 - Dalek

    S1:E6

    The Doctor is shattered and Earth is in danger as he and Rose discover the Time Lords' deadliest enemy beneath Utah.

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  17. Background image for Bad Wolf (1)
    8.6/10(9.7k votes)

    #16 - Bad Wolf (1)

    S1:E12

    In a seemingly futuristic world, the Doctor wakes up in the Big Brother house during an eviction, Rose wakes up on the Weakest Link with the Anne-Droid, and Captain Jack gets a make over with Trin-E and Zu-Zana. But something unusual is happening, and the losing contestants are being disintergrated. Obviously, it's time for the Doctor to investigate. Who or what is behind this?

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  18. Background image for The Impossible Planet (1)
    8.6/10(9.6k votes)

    #17 - The Impossible Planet (1)

    S2:E8

    Rose finds herself further away from home than ever before, on a desolate world in the orbit of a Black Hole. Trapped with an Earth expedition and the mysterious Ood, the time-travellers face an even greater danger as something ancient beneath the planet's surface begins to awake.

    Director:James Strong
    Writer:Matt Jones
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  19. Background image for The Family of Blood (2)
    8.6/10(66 votes)

    #18 - The Family of Blood (2)

    S3:E9

    It's 1913, and war comes to England early as the terrifying Family hunt for the Doctor.

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  20. Background image for Vincent and the Doctor
    8.6/10(83 votes)

    #19 - Vincent and the Doctor

    S5:E10

    Terror lurks in the cornfields of Provence, but only a sad and lonely painter can see it. Amy Pond finds herself shoulder to shoulder with Vincent van Gogh, in a battle with a deadly alien - saving the world has never been so ginger! But can even the Doctor save Vincent?

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  21. Background image for Army of Ghosts (1)
    8.4/10(8.8k votes)

    #20 - Army of Ghosts (1)

    S2:E12

    Ghostly beings have been regularly appearing across the world and people, believing them to be their dead loved ones, are welcoming their visits with open arms. When the TARDIS arrives at the Torchwood Institute, the Tenth Doctor and Rose are taken prisoner. They are drawn into the investigation of a mysterious sphere kept in Torchwood Tower, and monstrous foes return as two universes collide.

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  22. Background image for Human Nature (1)
    8.4/10(66 votes)

    #21 - Human Nature (1)

    S3:E8

    England, 1913. A schoolteacher called John Smith dreams of adventures in time and space. The Doctor, along with Martha, heads to a boarding school, but what he finds is far from ordinary...

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  23. Background image for The Eleventh Hour
    8.4/10(79 votes)

    #22 - The Eleventh Hour

    S5:E1

    The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, and the sonic screwdriver destroyed, the new Doctor has just 20 minutes to save the whole world - and only Amy Pond to help him.

    Director:Adam Smith
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  24. Background image for The Impossible Astronaut (1)
    8.4/10(71 votes)

    #23 - The Impossible Astronaut (1)

    S6:E1

    Placing his life entirely in their hands, the Doctor agrees to search for the recipient of the fourth envelope - just who is Canton Everett Delaware the Third? And what is the relevance of their only other clue: 'Space 1969'? Their quest lands them - quite literally - in the Oval Office, where they are enlisted by President Nixon himself to assist enigmatic former-FBI agent Canton, in saving a terrified little girl from a mysterious spaceman.

    Director:Toby Haynes
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  25. Background image for Day of the Moon (2)
    8.4/10(66 votes)

    #24 - Day of the Moon (2)

    S6:E2

    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, our heroes are reunited to share their discoveries, if not their memories. For the world is occupied by an alien force who control humanity through post-hypnotic suggestion and no one can be trusted. Aided by President Nixon and Neil Armstrong's foot, the Doctor must mount a revolution to drive out the enemy and rescue the missing little girl. No-one knows why they took her. Or why they have kidnapped Amy Pond...

    Director:Toby Haynes
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  26. Background image for World Enough and Time (1)
    8.4/10(58 votes)

    #25 - World Enough and Time (1)

    S10:E11

    Friendship drives the Doctor into the rashest decision of his life. Trapped on a giant spaceship, caught in the event horizon of a black hole, he witnesses the death of someone he is pledged to protect. Is there any way he can redeem his mistake? Are events already out of control? For once, time is the Time Lord’s enemy.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Forest of the Dead (2)" is the best rated episode of "Doctor Who". It scored 9.4/10 based on 12338 votes. Directed by Euros Lyn and written by Steven Moffat, it aired on 6/7/2008. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Blink".