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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...
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Network:BBC One

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Partners in Crime" is the best rated episode of "Doctor Who" season 4. It scored 7.7/10 based on 8136 votes. Directed by James Strong and written by Russell T Davies, it aired on 4/5/2008. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Fires of Pompeii".

  • Partners in Crime
    7.7/108,136 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

  • The Fires of Pompeii
    8.0/108,317 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

  • Planet of the Ood
    8.0/107,963 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

  • The Sontaran Stratagem (1)
    7.4/107,231 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

  • The Poison Sky (2)
    7.5/107,165 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

  • The Doctor's Daughter
    7.5/107,938 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

  • The Unicorn and the Wasp
    7.7/107,840 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

  • Silence in the Library (1)
    9.3/1011,422 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

  • Forest of the Dead (2)
    9.4/1011,721 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

  • Midnight
    9.1/1010,704 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

  • Turn Left
    8.9/109,133 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

  • The Stolen Earth (1)
    9.1/108,920 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

  • Journey's End (2)
    9.2/1010,148 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