The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 4
Every episode of Doctor Who Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 4!
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 saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
Season 4 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Doctor Who" season 4 is "Partners in Crime", rated 7.7/10 from 8065 user votes. It was directed by James Strong and written by Russell T Davies. "Partners in Crime" aired on 4/5/2008 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Fires of Pompeii".
7.7/10 8,065 votes#1 - Partners in Crime
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/2008
During an alien emergency in London, a woman called Donna Noble must search for an old friend who can save the day - a man named the Doctor. But can even the Doctor halt the plans of the mysterious Miss Foster?
Director: James Strong
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.0/10 8,246 votes#2 - The Fires of Pompeii
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/2008
The Doctor takes Donna back to Pompeii, on the day of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, and is faced with a great moral dilemma. Should they warn the residents of the impending disaster, or let history take its natural course?
Director: Colin Teague
Writer: James Moran
8.0/10 7,889 votes#3 - Planet of the Ood
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 4/19/2008
The Doctor and Donna find themselves on an icy planet known as the Ood-Sphere. There they discover what drove the Ood to be a servant race.
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Keith Temple
7.4/10 7,163 votes#4 - The Sontaran Stratagem (1)
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 4/26/2008
Aided by the Rattigan Academy, the Sontarans establish a covert base at the mysterious ATMOS Factory. Can the Doctor stop the Sontarans from unleashing a potent terror that will bring the world to its knees?
Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Writer: Helen Raynor
7.5/10 7,097 votes#5 - The Poison Sky (2)
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 5/3/2008
The Sontarans continue their evil plot and begin to "choke" the Earth. The Doctor and Donna, now teamed with Martha have to stop them! Can they save Earth before it's too late?
Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Writer: Helen Raynor
7.5/10 7,869 votes#6 - The Doctor's Daughter
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 5/10/2008
The Doctor lands on the remote planet Messaline as an age-old war rages and the threat of genocide looms. When Martha is kidnapped by the Hath, the Doctor is distracted by "the most important woman in his life."
Director: Alice Troughton
Writer: Stephen Greenhorn
7.7/10 7,771 votes#7 - The Unicorn and the Wasp
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 5/17/2008
The Doctor and Donna's meet Agatha Christie at a manor owned buy Lady Eddison. When Agatha Christie goes missing and a body turns up in the library the adventure turns into a pulp sci-fiction murder mystery, with a murder, a jewel thief, and a wasp alien. Can they solve the mystery?
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Gareth Roberts
9.3/10 11,319 votes#8 - Silence in the Library (1)
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 5/31/2008
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
Writer: Steven Moffat
9.4/10 11,620 votes#9 - Forest of the Dead (2)
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 6/7/2008
As the shadows rise, the Doctor forges an alliance with the mysterious River Song.
Director: Euros Lyn
Writer: Steven Moffat
9.1/10 10,605 votes#10 - Midnight
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 6/14/2008
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.
Director: Alice Troughton
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.9/10 9,050 votes#11 - Turn Left
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 6/21/2008
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.
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Russell T Davies
9.1/10 8,844 votes#12 - The Stolen Earth (1)
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 6/28/2008
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...
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Russell T Davies
9.2/10 10,065 votes#13 - Journey's End (2)
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 7/5/2008
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...
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Russell T Davies