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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 1 - The Masque of Mandragora (1)
    7.4/10(682 votes)

    #1 - The Masque of Mandragora (1)

    S14:E1

    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

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  2. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 2 - The Masque of Mandragora (2)
    7.3/10(614 votes)

    #2 - The Masque of Mandragora (2)

    S14:E2

    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

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  3. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 3 - The Masque of Mandragora (3)
    7.3/10(599 votes)

    #3 - The Masque of Mandragora (3)

    S14:E3

    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

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  4. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 4 - The Masque of Mandragora (4)
    7.3/10(611 votes)

    #4 - The Masque of Mandragora (4)

    S14:E4

    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

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  5. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 5 - The Hand of Fear (1)
    7.6/10(726 votes)

    #5 - The Hand of Fear (1)

    S14:E5

    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
    Writers:Dave Martin, Bob Baker

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  6. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 6 - The Hand of Fear (2)
    7.6/10(649 votes)

    #6 - The Hand of Fear (2)

    S14:E6

    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
    Writers:Dave Martin, Bob Baker

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  7. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 7 - The Hand of Fear (3)
    7.7/10(650 votes)

    #7 - The Hand of Fear (3)

    S14:E7

    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
    Writers:Dave Martin, Bob Baker

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  8. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 8 - The Hand of Fear (4)
    7.8/10(661 votes)

    #8 - The Hand of Fear (4)

    S14:E8

    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
    Writers:Dave Martin, Bob Baker

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  9. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 9 - The Deadly Assassin (1)
    8.3/10(841 votes)

    #9 - The Deadly Assassin (1)

    S14:E9

    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

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  10. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 10 - The Deadly Assassin (2)
    8.3/10(729 votes)

    #10 - The Deadly Assassin (2)

    S14:E10

    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

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  11. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 11 - The Deadly Assassin (3)
    8.2/10(733 votes)

    #11 - The Deadly Assassin (3)

    S14:E11

    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

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  12. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 12 - The Deadly Assassin (4)
    8.3/10(741 votes)

    #12 - The Deadly Assassin (4)

    S14:E12

    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

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  13. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 13 - The Face of Evil (1)
    7.6/10(693 votes)

    #13 - The Face of Evil (1)

    S14:E13

    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

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  14. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 14 - The Face of Evil (2)
    7.5/10(619 votes)

    #14 - The Face of Evil (2)

    S14:E14

    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

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  15. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 15 - The Face of Evil (3)
    7.5/10(609 votes)

    #15 - The Face of Evil (3)

    S14:E15

    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

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  16. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 16 - The Face of Evil (4)
    7.5/10(618 votes)

    #16 - The Face of Evil (4)

    S14:E16

    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

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  17. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 17 - The Robots of Death (1)
    8.3/10(920 votes)

    #17 - The Robots of Death (1)

    S14:E17

    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

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  18. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 18 - The Robots of Death (2)
    8.4/10(767 votes)

    #18 - The Robots of Death (2)

    S14:E18

    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

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  19. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 19 - The Robots of Death (3)
    8.4/10(752 votes)

    #19 - The Robots of Death (3)

    S14:E19

    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

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  20. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 20 - The Robots of Death (4)
    8.4/10(764 votes)

    #20 - The Robots of Death (4)

    S14:E20

    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

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  21. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 21 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1)
    8.6/10(955 votes)

    #21 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1)

    S14:E21

    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

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  22. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 22 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (2)
    8.4/10(765 votes)

    #22 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (2)

    S14:E22

    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

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  23. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 23 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (3)
    8.4/10(756 votes)

    #23 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (3)

    S14:E23

    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

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  24. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 24 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (4)
    8.5/10(747 votes)

    #24 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (4)

    S14:E24

    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

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  25. Doctor Who Season 14 Episode 25 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (5)
    8.5/10(745 votes)

    #25 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang (5)

    S14:E25

    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

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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 682 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)".