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The Worst Episodes of Doctor Who

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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. 4.2/10(7.2k votes)

    #1 - Orphan 55

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    S12:E3

    The Doctor and her friends discover that the luxury resort where they are holidaying is hiding a number of deadly secrets. What are the ferocious monsters attacking Tranquillity Spa?

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    Writer:Ed Hime
  2. 5.1/10(8.7k votes)

    #2 - Arachnids in the UK

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    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.

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  3. 5.1/10(8.1k votes)

    #3 - The Tsuranga Conundrum

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    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.

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  4. 5.1/10(6.8k votes)

    #4 - The Timeless Children (2)

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    S12:E10

    The Cybermen are on the march. The last remaining humans are hunted down. Lies are exposed, truths are revealed, and for the Doctor nothing will ever be the same.

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  5. 5.2/10(5.4k votes)

    #5 - Praxeus

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    S12:E6

    The mysterious “Praxeus” will cause the quartet to split up (never a good idea) to investigate mysteries all over Earth. And what they find will threaten all human life (again).

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  6. 5.3/10(6.2k votes)

    #6 - The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

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    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.

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  8. 5.3/10(3.7k votes)

    #7 - The Vanquishers

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    S13:E6

    In the final epic chapter in the story of the Flux, all hope is lost. The forces of darkness are in control. But when the monsters have won, who can you count upon to save the universe?

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  9. 5.7/10(5.0k votes)

    #8 - Can You Hear Me?

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    S12:E7

    As Graham, Yaz and Ryan return home to see friends and family, they find themselves haunted by very different experiences. Who is the figure calling from beyond the stars for help, and why? And what are the fearsome Chagaskas terrorising Aleppo in 1380? To find the answers, Team TARDIS must embark on a mission which forces them to face their darkest fears.

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  10. 5.8/10(8.5k votes)

    #9 - Fear Her

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    S2:E11

    When the TARDIS lands in 2012, the Tenth Doctor plans to show Rose the London Olympics. However, ordinary children are vanishing into thin air, a mother living in a seemingly normal British household is trying to hide her daughter's unnatural powers from the world, and a demonic presence lurks in an upstairs cupboard.

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    Director:Euros Lyn
  11. 5.8/10(6.2k votes)

    #10 - Sleep No More

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    S9:E9

    This terrifying story is assembled from footage discovered in the wreckage of Le Verrier Space Station.

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  12. 5.8/10(7.0k votes)

    #11 - The Witchfinders

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    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?

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  13. 5.9/10(3.9k votes)

    #12 - Once, Upon Time

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    S13:E3

    'Time is beginning to run wild.' On a planet that shouldn’t exist, in the aftermath of apocalypse, the Doctor, Dan, Yaz and Vinder face a battle to survive.

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  14. 6.0/10(6.6k votes)

    #13 - In the Forest of the Night

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    S8:E10

    One morning in London, and every city and town in the world, the human race wakes up to the most surprising invasion yet: the trees have moved back in. Everywhere, in every land, a forest has grown overnight and taken back the Earth.

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  15. 6.1/10(9.5k votes)

    #14 - Love & Monsters

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    S2:E10

    An ordinary man named Elton Pope becomes obsessed with the Tenth Doctor, Rose and their strange blue box, joining a group of like-minded people in hopes of finding him. But when the mysterious Victor Kennedy joins the group, the fun soon stops and Elton discovers a darker side to his hobby.

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    Director:Dan Zeff
  16. 6.1/10(9.4k votes)

    #15 - The Ghost Monument

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    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?

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  17. 6.1/10(3.6k votes)

    #16 - Survivors of the Flux

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    S13:E5

    As the forces of evil mass, the Doctor, Yaz and Dan face perilous journeys and seemingly insurmountable obstacles in their quest for survival.

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  18. 6.3/10(7.4k votes)

    #17 - Kerblam!

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    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!

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  19. 6.3/10(6.8k votes)

    #18 - It Takes You Away

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    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?

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    Director:Jamie Childs
    Writer:Ed Hime
  20. 6.5/10(7.9k votes)

    #19 - The Lazarus Experiment

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    S3:E6

    Martha has to save her family from the lunatic schemes of the monstrous Professor Lazarus.

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  21. 6.5/10(6.4k votes)

    #20 - Spyfall (2)

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    S12:E2

    In part two of this epic spy thriller, a terrifying plan to destroy humanity is about to reach fruition. Can the Doctor and her friends escape multiple traps and defeat a deadly alliance?

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  22. 6.5/10(5.9k votes)

    #21 - Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror

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    S12:E4

    1903. On the edge of Niagara Falls, something is wrong at Nikola Tesla’s generator plant. Who or what is sabotaging the maverick inventor’s work? Has he really received a message from Mars? And where does his great rival Thomas Edison fit into these events? The Doctor, Yaz, Ryan and Graham must join forces with one of history’s great minds to save both him and planet Earth.

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  23. 6.5/10(4.9k votes)

    #22 - Ascension of the Cybermen (1)

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    S12:E9

    In the far future, the Doctor and her friends face a brutal battle across the farthest reaches of space to protect the last of the human race against the deadly Cybermen.

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  24. 6.6/10(7.8k votes)

    #23 - Victory of the Daleks

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    S5:E3

    The Doctor has been summoned by old friend Winston Churchill, but in the Cabinet War Rooms far below the streets of blitz-torn London, it's his oldest enemy he finds waiting for him, as the time-travelling adventures continue. The Daleks are back – but can Winston Churchill be in league with them?

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    Director:Andrew Gunn
  25. 6.6/10(7.3k votes)

    #24 - The Curse of the Black Spot

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    S6:E3

    The TARDIS is marooned onboard a 17th-century pirate ship whose crew is being attacked by a mysterious and beautiful sea creature. Becalmed and beset by cabin fever, the pirates have numerous superstitious explanations for the Siren's appearance. The Doctor has other ideas but, as his theories are disproved and every plan of escape is thwarted, he must work to win the trust of the implacable Captain Avery and uncover the truth behind the pirates' supernatural fears – and he must work quickly, for some of his friends have already fallen under the Siren's spell...

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  26. 6.6/10(7.2k votes)

    #25 - Kill the Moon

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    S8:E7

    In the near future, The Doctor and Clara arrive on a decrepit shuttle making a suicide mission to the Moon. Crashing on the lunar surface, they find a mining base full of eviscerated corpses, spider-like creatures scuttling about in the dark, and a terrible dilemma.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Orphan 55" is the worst rated episode of "Doctor Who". It scored 4.2/10 based on 7168 votes. Directed by Lee Haven Jones and written by Ed Hime, it aired on 1/12/2020. This episode scored 0.9 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Arachnids in the UK".