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The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 0

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 1 - An Unearthly Child (Unaired Pilot)
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E1

    The first episode, "An Unearthly Child", was originally recorded a month before full recording on the series began. However, the initial recording was bedevilled with technical problems and errors made during the performance. Two versions of the scene set in the TARDIS were recorded, along with an aborted first attempt to start the second version.

    Director:Waris Hussein
    Writer:Anthony Coburn

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  2. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 619 - Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death (1)
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E619

    The Doctor arranges to meet his old foe the Master on the planet Tersurus. But when the Doctor arrives, the Master has prepared a series of hideous tortures for him and his lovely assistant, Emma. Horrible tortures. Evil, nasty and decidedly unpleasant tortures…

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 362 - Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E362

    Friends, family, and colleagues remember Doctor Who producer, Graham Williams.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 363 - Frozen Out: The Making of The Tenth Planet
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S0:E363

    For the special features of the official DVD release of the story, cast and crew look back at the making of The Tenth Planet.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 3 - The Daleks in Colour
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    S0:E3

    It's time to encounter the Daleks once again, but this time in a way you've never seen them before. Originally transmitted in December 1963 to February 1964, the seven original episodes of the first Dalek story have received a cosmic makeover, dazzlingly colourised and weaved together into a 75-minute blockbuster. With brand new sound and a brand new score created by Mark Ayres, The Daleks has been gloriously updated, whilst ensuring the original story remains as thrilling as it was in 1963

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 8 - Mission to the Unknown
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E8

    54 years after its original BBC television broadcast, BBC Studios will premiere a new production of Mission to the Unknown, a missing Doctor Who episode that has been faithfully recreated by a team of students, graduates and staff of the University of Central Lancashire in the UK.

    Director:Andrew Ireland
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 41 - The Five Doctors
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    S0:E41

    The Doctor’s past incarnations are being snatched out of time and space and transported to the Death Zone on Gallifrey, where they are reunited with some old friends and pitted against their deadliest enemies in the Game of Rassilon. Someone is manipulating the Doctor and his companions in order to claim the most ancient and powerful secret of the Time Lords, but can they survive the challenges and uncover the traitor before it is too late?

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  8. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 545 - Doctor Who: The Movie
    6.3/10(6 votes)

    S0:E545

    The Seventh Doctor becomes the Eighth. And on the streets of San Francisco – alongside new ally Grace Holloway - he battles the Master.

    Director:Geoffrey Sax
    Writer:Matthew Jacobs

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  9. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 38 - Shada: 1992 Narrated Edition
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E38

    The story revolves around the lost planet Shada, on which the Time Lords built a prison for defeated would-be conquerors of the universe. Skagra, one such inmate, needs the help of one of the prison's inmates. He finds nobody knows where Shada is anymore except one aged Time Lord who has retired to Earth, where he is a professor at St. Cedd's College, Cambridge. Luckily for the universe, Skagra's attempt to force the information out of Professor Chronotis coincides with a visit by the professor's old friend, the Doctor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 425 - The Colin Baker Years
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E425

    The Colin Baker Years was a video showcasing episodes from Colin Baker's time as the Doctor. It was presented by Colin Baker and featured clips of nearly all his stories, including his Doctor Who debut as Commander Maxil in Arc of Infinity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 536 - More Than 30 Years in the TARDIS
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E536

    An extended cut version of 30 Years in the TARDIS was released on BBC Video in 1994, where it was retitled More than 30 Years in the TARDIS and restored many interviews that had to be cut for the BBC broadcast, and added several new minisodes and "skits" as well as extended footage of those already present in the televised cut.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 409 - The Pitch of Fear
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E409

    The Pitch of Fear was a comedy sketch parodying the pitch meeting for, and initial 26-year run of, Doctor Who.

    Director:Mark Mylod
    Writers:Mark Gatiss, David Walliams

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  13. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 535 - Dimensions in Time (2)
    4.4/10(5 votes)

    S0:E535

    The Rani plans to transfer her time tunnel to the centre of the Earth's time meridian, and use her store of genetic codes and brain prints of every living creature to control evolution itself.

    Director:Stuart McDonald
    Writers:John Nathan-Turner, David Roden

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  14. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 534 - Dimensions in Time (1)
    4.3/10(6 votes)

    S0:E534

    The Rani draws the Doctor's First and Second incarnations into a time tunnel and traps his other incarnations in a time loop in Albert Square, bouncing back and forth between 1973, 1993 and 2013.

    Director:Stuart McDonald
    Writers:John Nathan-Turner, David Roden

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  15. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 618 - Doctor Who: A Celebration Concert
    3.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E618

    An array of rare archive footage from the missing stories of Doctor Who as well as presenting the incredible stories that recount their discovery from Nigeria to Australia. There are the moments considered too frightening for Australian audiences, a six minute extract from Galaxy 4: Four Hundred Dawns and pristine film footage from The Dalek's Master Plan, all carefully reconstructed and restored aurally and visually.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 10 - The War Games in Colour
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E10

    For the first time, these original episodes have been meticulously colourised and enhanced with updated visual effects edited into a new, 90-minute feature-length experience. In addition, the episode will also feature the Second Doctor's never-before-seen regeneration into the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee), alongside recovered footage not seen since the original broadcast. Originally aired in 1969, The War Games marked the end of an era for the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), following him and his companions Zoe and Jamie as they land in a battlefield that appears to be a World War I military zone -- but all is not as it seems. They soon discover that soldiers from different historical periods have been abducted and are being manipulated in a cruel game. As they work to uncover the mystery behind the War Lord and his twisted experiments, the Doctor faces one of his most difficult challenges.

    Director:David Maloney
    Writers:Malcolm Hulke, Terrance Dicks

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  17. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 254 - Rediscovering The Urge To Live
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E254

    The team behind the reconstruction of episodes 3 and 4 of Planet of Giants explain how it was put together.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 255 - Suddenly Susan
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E255

    Carole Ann Ford talks about her role as the Doctor's granddaughter and the first companion in the TARDIS in this interview originally recorded for The Story of Doctor Who.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 600 - Real Time (1)
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E600

    There has been a series of mysterious vanishings on the desert planet Chronos in the 33rd century. Survey teams working for a university seem to have simply vanished amongst the pyramids on the planet. Alongside two other survey teams and an expert on cybernetics, the Doctor and Evelyn learn the deadly truth: that the planet Chronos is being used as a base for one of the Doctor's oldest and deadliest foes — the Cybermen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 601 - Real Time (2)
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E601

    There has been a series of mysterious vanishings on the desert planet Chronos in the 33rd century. Survey teams working for a university seem to have simply vanished amongst the pyramids on the planet. Alongside two other survey teams and an expert on cybernetics, the Doctor and Evelyn learn the deadly truth: that the planet Chronos is being used as a base for one of the Doctor's oldest and deadliest foes — the Cybermen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 602 - Real Time (3)
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E602

    There has been a series of mysterious vanishings on the desert planet Chronos in the 33rd century. Survey teams working for a university seem to have simply vanished amongst the pyramids on the planet. Alongside two other survey teams and an expert on cybernetics, the Doctor and Evelyn learn the deadly truth: that the planet Chronos is being used as a base for one of the Doctor's oldest and deadliest foes — the Cybermen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 603 - Real Time (4)
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E603

    There has been a series of mysterious vanishings on the desert planet Chronos in the 33rd century. Survey teams working for a university seem to have simply vanished amongst the pyramids on the planet. Alongside two other survey teams and an expert on cybernetics, the Doctor and Evelyn learn the deadly truth: that the planet Chronos is being used as a base for one of the Doctor's oldest and deadliest foes — the Cybermen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 604 - Real Time (5)
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E604

    There has been a series of mysterious vanishings on the desert planet Chronos in the 33rd century. Survey teams working for a university seem to have simply vanished amongst the pyramids on the planet. Alongside two other survey teams and an expert on cybernetics, the Doctor and Evelyn learn the deadly truth: that the planet Chronos is being used as a base for one of the Doctor's oldest and deadliest foes — the Cybermen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 605 - Real Time (6)
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E605

    There has been a series of mysterious vanishings on the desert planet Chronos in the 33rd century. Survey teams working for a university seem to have simply vanished amongst the pyramids on the planet. Alongside two other survey teams and an expert on cybernetics, the Doctor and Evelyn learn the deadly truth: that the planet Chronos is being used as a base for one of the Doctor's oldest and deadliest foes — the Cybermen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Doctor Who Season 0 Episode 628 - Return to Devil's End (The Dæmons Documentary)
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    S0:E628

    The documentary features interviews with actors, the director, local residents, and crew. All of the locations used in the episode are reviewed, and include archival footage shot during the original shooting in 1971.

    Director:Christopher Barry
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 0 Ratings Summary

"An Unearthly Child (Unaired Pilot)" is the best rated episode of "Doctor Who" season 0. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Waris Hussein and written by Anthony Coburn, it aired on 8/26/1991. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death (1)".