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The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 1

Every episode of Doctor Who Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 1

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...

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  1. 9.0/10(11.3k votes)

    #1 - The Empty Child (1)

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    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.

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    Director:James Hawes
  2. 9.0/10(10.5k votes)

    #2 - The Doctor Dances (2)

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    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...

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    Director:James Hawes
  3. 9.0/10(9.9k votes)

    #3 - The Parting of the Ways (2)

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    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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  4. 8.6/10(10.0k votes)

    #4 - Dalek

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    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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  5. 8.6/10(9.3k votes)

    #5 - Bad Wolf (1)

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    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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  6. 8.3/10(9.5k votes)

    #6 - Father's Day

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    S1:E8

    Rose requests a trip back to the day her father, Pete Tyler, died. Reluctantly, the Doctor agrees, but he realises he has made a mistake, when Rose saves Pete from being run over by a car. This has now changed the timeline, and Reapers are transposing themselves all over the Universe. However, this time, the Doctor doesn't have a plan…

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    Director:Joe Ahearne
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  8. 7.5/10(11.4k votes)

    #7 - Rose

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    S1:E1

    Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor, and realises Earth is in danger.

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  9. 7.5/10(10.1k votes)

    #8 - The End of the World

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    S1:E2

    The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time: to the year five billion, when the Sun is about to expand and swallow the Earth. She is cautious and soon starts to question her reasons for joining The Doctor. But amongst the powerful alien races gathering to watch on Platform One, a murderer is at work. Who is controlling the mysterious and deadly metal spiders?

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  10. 7.4/10(9.4k votes)

    #9 - The Unquiet Dead

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    S1:E3

    Charles Dickens and the Doctor team up as corpses stalk the streets of Victorian Cardiff.

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    Director:Euros Lyn
  11. 7.1/10(8.3k votes)

    #10 - Boom Town

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    S1:E11

    The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack stop off in present-day Cardiff to recharge the TARDIS on the Rift they formerly encountered in 1869. Whilst there, they come upon a since-thought-long-dead enemy of theirs, who is hatching yet another plan to destroy Earth.

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  12. 7.0/10(8.7k votes)

    #11 - The Long Game

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    S1:E7

    Adam catches a glimpse of the wonders of travelling in the Tardis, as they head to a future, where Satellite 5 broadcasts to the entire Earth Empire. But anyone promoted to Floor 500 is never seen again, and the Doctor suspects mankind is being manipulated.

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  13. 6.9/10(9.1k votes)

    #12 - Aliens of London (1)

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    S1:E4

    Rose is taken home, but a spaceship crashes in the Thames and London is closed off... Enter the Slitheen!

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  14. 6.9/10(8.8k votes)

    #13 - World War Three (2)

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    S1:E5

    Time is running out for the Doctor as Downing Street announces mankind's first Interplanetary War.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Empty Child (1)" is the best rated episode of "Doctor Who" season 1. It scored 9/10 based on 11282 votes. Directed by James Hawes and written by Steven Moffat, it aired on 5/21/2005. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Doctor Dances (2)".