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The Best Seasons of Doctor Who

Every season of Doctor Who ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Doctor Who!

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The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which

Airs on

BBC One BBC Television

Season 13

26 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 1975

8.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE12 · Pyramids of Mars (4) 8.5

Season 14

26 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1976

8.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE21 · The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1) 8.6

Season 12

20 Episodes

First Aired: Dec 1974

7.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE16 · Genesis of the Daleks (6) 9.1

Other Seasons

Season 7

25 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1970

7.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE24 · Inferno (6) 8.5

Season 10

26 Episodes

First Aired: Dec 1972

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · The Three Doctors (4) 8.3

Season 26

14 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1989

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · The Curse of Fenric (3) 8.2

Season 5

40 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1967

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · The Tomb of the Cybermen (1) 8.2

Season 8

25 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1971

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE21 · The Dæmons (1) 7.8

Season 25

14 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1988

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · Remembrance of the Daleks (4) 8.5

#10

Season 16

26 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1978

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · The Pirate Planet (4) 7.9

#11

Season 11

26 Episodes

First Aired: Dec 1973

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE26 · Planet of the Spiders (6) 8.1

#12

Season 4

43 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1966

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE43 · The Evil of the Daleks (7) 8.4

#13

Season 15

26 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1977

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Horror of Fang Rock (1) 8.1

#14

Season 18

28 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 1980

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE28 · Logopolis (4) 8.0

#15

Season 6

44 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 1968

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE44 · The War Games (10) 9.1

#16

Season 9

26 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1972

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · Day of the Daleks (4) 7.9

#17

Season 17

20 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1979

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · City of Death (4) 8.9

#18

Season 19

26 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1982

7.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE22 · Earthshock (4) 8.6

#19

Season 2

39 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1964

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE9 · Flashpoint 8.3

#20

Season 3

45 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1965

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE21 · Destruction of Time 8.5

#21

Season 1

42 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 1963

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · An Unearthly Child 8.1

#22

Season 20

22 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1983

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · Mawdryn Undead (2) 7.8

#23

Season 22

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1985

6.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE13 · Revelation of the Daleks (2) 7.6

#24

Season 21

24 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1984

6.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE20 · The Caves of Androzani (4) 8.9

#25

Season 23

14 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1986

6.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE13 · The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 13 7.3

#26

Season 24

14 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1987

6.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE14 · Dragonfire (3) 6.5