The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 14

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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