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The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 11

Every episode of Doctor Who Season 11 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 11!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Doctor Who Season 11 Episode 3 - Rosa
    7.1/10(11447 votes)

    S11:E3

    Montgomery, Alabama. 1955. The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America. As they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wonder whether someone is attempting to change history.

    Director:Mark Tonderai
    Writers:Chris Chibnall, Malorie Blackman

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  2. Doctor Who Season 11 Episode 1 - The Woman Who Fell to Earth
    6.9/10(12351 votes)

    S11:E1

    "We don't get aliens in Sheffield." In a South Yorkshire city, Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan and Graham O'Brien are about to have their lives changed forever, as a mysterious woman, unable to remember her own name, falls from the night sky. Can they believe a word she says? And can she help solve the strange events taking place across the city?

    Director:Jamie Childs
    Writer:Chris Chibnall

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  3. Doctor Who Season 11 Episode 6 - Demons of the Punjab
    6.6/10(8766 votes)

    S11:E6

    India, 1947. The Doctor and her friends arrive in the Punjab, as India is being torn apart. While Yaz attempts to discover her grandmother's hidden history, the Doctor discovers demons haunting the land. Who are they, and what do they want?

    Director:Jamie Childs
    Writer:Vinay Patel

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  4. Doctor Who Season 11 Episode 7 - Kerblam!
    6.3/10(7864 votes)

    S11:E7

    "Delivery for the Doctor!" A mysterious message arrives in a package addressed to the Doctor, leading her, Graham, Yaz and Ryan to investigate the warehouse moon orbiting Kandoka, and the home of the galaxy’s largest retailer: Kerblam!

    Director:Jennifer Perrott
    Writer:Pete McTighe

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  5. Doctor Who Season 11 Episode 9 - It Takes You Away
    6.3/10(7188 votes)

    S11:E9

    On the edge of a Norwegian fjord in the present day, the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz discover a boarded-up cottage and a girl named Hanne in need of their help. What has happened here? What monster lurks in the woods around the cottage - and beyond?

    Director:Jamie Childs
    Writer:Ed Hime

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  6. Doctor Who Season 11 Episode 2 - The Ghost Monument
    6.1/10(9804 votes)

    S11:E2

    Still reeling from their first encounter, can the Doctor and her new friends stay alive long enough, in a hostile alien environment, to solve the mystery of Desolation? And just who are Angstrom and Epzo?

    Director:Mark Tonderai
    Writer:Chris Chibnall

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  7. Doctor Who Season 11 Episode 8 - The Witchfinders
    5.8/10(7433 votes)

    S11:E8

    The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz arrive in 17th-century Lancashire and become embroiled in a witch trial run by the local landowner. As fear stalks the land, the arrival of King James I only serves to intensify the witch hunt. But is there something even more dangerous at work? Can the Doctor and friends keep the people of Bilehurst Cragg safe from all the forces that are massing in the land?

    Director:Sallie Aprahamian
    Writer:Joy Wilkinson

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  8. Doctor Who Season 11 Episode 10 - The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos
    5.3/10(6655 votes)

    S11:E10

    On the planet of Ranskoor Av Kolos, a battlefield, a conflict-scarred survivor, and a deadly reckoning await the Doctor, Ryan, Yaz and Graham.

    Director:Jamie Childs
    Writer:Chris Chibnall

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  9. Doctor Who Season 11 Episode 4 - Arachnids in the UK
    5.1/10(9155 votes)

    S11:E4

    "Something's happening with the spiders in this city." The Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan find their way back to Yorkshire - and Yaz's family - only to find something is stirring amidst the eight-legged arachnid population of Sheffield.

    Director:Sallie Aprahamian
    Writer:Chris Chibnall

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  10. Doctor Who Season 11 Episode 5 - The Tsuranga Conundrum
    5.1/10(8570 votes)

    S11:E5

    Injured and stranded in the wilds of a far-flung galaxy, the Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan must band together with a group of strangers to survive against one of the universe's most deadly - and unusual - creatures.

    Director:Jennifer Perrott
    Writer:Chris Chibnall

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Season 11 Ratings Summary

"Rosa" is the best rated episode of "Doctor Who" season 11. It scored 7.1/10 based on 11447 votes. Directed by Mark Tonderai and written by Chris Chibnall, Malorie Blackman, it aired on 10/21/2018. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Woman Who Fell to Earth".