The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 14
Every episode of Doctor Who Season 14 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 14!
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 was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
Season 14 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Doctor Who" season 14 is "The Masque of Mandragora (1)", rated 7.4/10 from 603 user votes. It was directed by Rodney Bennett and written by Louis Marks. "The Masque of Mandragora (1)" aired on 9/4/1976 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Masque of Mandragora (2)".
7.4/10 603 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
7.3/10 537 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
7.2/10 523 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
7.3/10 536 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
7.6/10 640 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: Dave Martin, Bob Baker
7.6/10 569 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: Dave Martin, Bob Baker
7.7/10 568 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: Dave Martin, Bob Baker
7.8/10 583 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: Dave Martin, Bob Baker
8.3/10 741 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
8.3/10 637 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
8.2/10 640 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
8.4/10 648 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
7.6/10 602 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
7.5/10 537 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
7.5/10 525 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
7.4/10 537 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
8.3/10 830 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
8.4/10 683 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
8.4/10 668 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
8.4/10 682 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
8.6/10 851 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
8.4/10 673 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
8.4/10 668 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
8.5/10 664 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
8.4/10 659 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