7.4/10615 votes#1 - The Masque of Mandragora (1)
Season 14 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/1976
The Doctor and Sarah arrive in Renaissance Italy unaware that they have brought a deadly alien energy force with them.
Director: Rodney Bennett
Writer: Louis Marks
7.3/10549 votes#2 - The Masque of Mandragora (2)
Season 14 Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/1976
The Mandragora energy joins forces with the secret Brotherhood of Demnos. Count Federico plots to steal the Dukedom of San Martino from his nephew, Giuliano.
Director: Rodney Bennett
Writer: Louis Marks
7.2/10535 votes#3 - The Masque of Mandragora (3)
Season 14 Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/1976
Tempted by the promises of ultimate power offered by Mandragora, Hieronymous plots to eliminate the threat posed by the Doctor and uses an unwitting Sarah as his weapon.
Director: Rodney Bennett
Writer: Louis Marks
7.3/10549 votes#4 - The Masque of Mandragora (4)
Season 14 Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/1976
As the leading scholars of the era assemble in the palace for the masque, Mandragora prepares to attack, intent on sending the world into a new dark age.
Director: Rodney Bennett
Writer: Louis Marks
7.6/10653 votes#5 - The Hand of Fear (1)
Season 14 Episode 5 - Aired 10/2/1976
England, the near future. The TARDIS materialises in a quarry and Sarah is trapped under a rockfall. But what is the origin of the fossilised hand she is found gripping ? And who is the Eldrad she keeps mumbling about ?
Director: Lennie Mayne
Writer: Bob Baker, Dave Martin
7.6/10582 votes#6 - The Hand of Fear (2)
Season 14 Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/1976
The Doctor and Professor Watson struggle to stop first Sarah Jane and then Driscoll from obeying the strange and dangerous orders of the stone hand, which has suddenly come to life.
Director: Lennie Mayne
Writer: Bob Baker, Dave Martin
7.7/10582 votes#7 - The Hand of Fear (3)
Season 14 Episode 7 - Aired 10/16/1976
The energy of the reactor has returned the mysterious Eldrad to life. The Doctor agrees to take her back to Kastria. But what is waiting for them there?
Director: Lennie Mayne
Writer: Bob Baker, Dave Martin
7.8/10596 votes#8 - The Hand of Fear (4)
Season 14 Episode 8 - Aired 10/23/1976
The Doctor and Sarah race to save the mortally wounded Eldrad. But they find that everything is not quite as she told them.
Director: Lennie Mayne
Writer: Bob Baker, Dave Martin
8.3/10755 votes#9 - The Deadly Assassin (1)
Season 14 Episode 9 - Aired 10/30/1976
Gallifrey, planet of the Time Lords. Summoned home by a premonition of murder, the Doctor discovers a dark conspiracy at the highest levels of Time Lord society... and his oldest enemy, who poses a threat to the existence of Gallifrey itself...
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Robert Holmes
8.3/10651 votes#10 - The Deadly Assassin (2)
Season 14 Episode 10 - Aired 11/6/1976
The President of the High Council has been killed and the Doctor is the prime suspect. The Time Lords are eager to dispense quick justice and the Doctor must race agains the clock to discover the truth... and an old enemy.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Robert Holmes
8.2/10654 votes#11 - The Deadly Assassin (3)
Season 14 Episode 11 - Aired 11/13/1976
The Doctor has entered the computation Matrix to prove his innocence. But his opponent is prepared for him and the two engage in a mental duel to the death.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Robert Holmes
8.3/10662 votes#12 - The Deadly Assassin (4)
Season 14 Episode 12 - Aired 11/20/1976
The Doctor has won his fight in the Matrix and revealed the assassin. But the Master is not defeated and sets a plan in motion that could destroy the Time Lords.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Robert Holmes
7.6/10615 votes#13 - The Face of Evil (1)
Season 14 Episode 13 - Aired 1/1/1977
An unnamed planet, the distant future. Arriving in a place that seems oddly familiar, the Doctor finds the savage Sevateem tribe battling to free their captive god, Xoanon, from the Evil One and his Tesh servants. But can the whole situation really be the Doctor's fault?
Director: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Chris Boucher
7.5/10549 votes#14 - The Face of Evil (2)
Season 14 Episode 14 - Aired 1/8/1977
The Sevateem launch another attack to try to free Xoanon as the Doctor tries to figure out his role in their past. But his only chance to win their trust is to face a deadly test.
Director: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Chris Boucher
7.5/10537 votes#15 - The Face of Evil (3)
Season 14 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/1977
The Doctor has broken through the barrier and found the Tesh. But he comes to an awful realisation about Xoanon.
Director: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Chris Boucher
7.4/10549 votes#16 - The Face of Evil (4)
Season 14 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1977
The Doctor tries to fix the mad computer Xoanon. But it is determined to stop him – even if it must destroy the entire world!
Director: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Chris Boucher
8.3/10843 votes#17 - The Robots of Death (1)
Season 14 Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1977
An unnamed world, an unknown time. A vast mining vessel trawls a sea of mineral sand for valuable ores, the tiny human crew served by an army of humanoid robots. But as the Doctor and Leela arrive, one of the crew is found murdered... and if they didn't do it, who did?
Director: Michael E. Briant
Writer: Chris Boucher
8.4/10693 votes#18 - The Robots of Death (2)
Season 14 Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/1977
The Doctor and Leela are suspected of murder. But the real foe is using robots to cut down the crew – and even sabotage the sand miner itself!
Director: Michael E. Briant
Writer: Chris Boucher
8.4/10679 votes#19 - The Robots of Death (3)
Season 14 Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/1977
One of the crew is the insane Taren Capel, who is using robots to carry out the murders. The Doctor discovers that there are also others who aren't what they appear to be either.
Director: Michael E. Briant
Writer: Chris Boucher
8.4/10692 votes#20 - The Robots of Death (4)
Season 14 Episode 20 - Aired 2/19/1977
The Doctor and the surviving humans fight for their lives against Taren Capel and his growing army of deadly robots.
Director: Michael E. Briant
Writer: Chris Boucher
8.6/10867 votes#21 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1)
Season 14 Episode 21 - Aired 2/26/1977
London, the 1890s. As magician Li H'Sen Chang captivates audiences, a spate of disappearances amongst young women goes largely unnoticed. But almost upon their arrival, the Doctor and Leela find themselves confronting the feared Tong of the Black Scorpion, and a menace from another time. And there's something fishy in the sewers, too...
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Robert Holmes
8.4/10686 votes#22 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (2)
Season 14 Episode 22 - Aired 3/5/1977
The Doctor and Leela investigate the strange events in Victorian London. But a mysterious masked figure lurks in the shadows.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Robert Holmes
8.4/10682 votes#23 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (3)
Season 14 Episode 23 - Aired 3/12/1977
As Li H'Sen Chang works to secure the time cabinet, Leela pursues and investigates his master – the mysterious and murderous Weng-Chiang.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Robert Holmes
8.5/10677 votes#24 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (4)
Season 14 Episode 24 - Aired 3/19/1977
The Doctor and Leela attend Li H'Sen Chang's performance, hoping to confront the magician. But his master Weng-Chiang has other plans…
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Robert Holmes
8.4/10672 votes#25 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (5)
Season 14 Episode 25 - Aired 3/26/1977
The Doctor and his allies try to track down Weng-Chiang before he can activate the time cabinet and possibly destroy London.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Robert Holmes
The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 14
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Season 14 Ratings Summary
"The Masque of Mandragora (1)" is the best rated episode of "Doctor Who" season 14. It scored 7.4/10 based on 615 votes. Directed by Rodney Bennett and written by Louis Marks, it aired on 9/4/1976. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Masque of Mandragora (2)".