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.
The best episode of "Doctor Who" season 16 is "The Ribos Operation (1)", rated 7.4/10 from 616 user votes. It was directed by George Spenton-Foster and written by Robert Holmes. "The Ribos Operation (1)" aired on 9/2/1978 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Ribos Operation (2)".
The Magellanic Clouds, the planet Ribos, an unknown time. Ordered by the White Guardian to collect the pieces of the omnipotent Key to Time, The Doctor, K-9 and his new assistant Romana arrive. Collecting the first segment is not going to be easy…
Director: George Spenton-Foster
Writer: Robert Holmes
Trying to obtain the first segment of the Key to Time, the Doctor and Romana are swept up in an elaborate con. The target – the homicidal Graff Vynda K.
Director: George Spenton-Foster
Writer: Robert Holmes
Prisoners of the maniacal Graff Vynda K, the Doctor and Romana must break out and pursue the first segment – even as Unstoff takes it into the most dangerous place on Ribos.
Director: George Spenton-Foster
Writer: Robert Holmes
Trapped in the catacombs between a mad warlord and ravenous monsters, the Doctor and Romana work desperately to obtain the segment of the Key to Time - and escape alive.
Director: George Spenton-Foster
Writer: Robert Holmes
Planet Zanak, unknown time. The Doctor and Romana are seeking the planet Calufrax where the second segment waits. They are in the right place and the right time… but on the wrong planet.
Director: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Douglas Adams
The Doctor begins to investigate the mysteriously wealthy planet Zanak. Mentiads, a deranged Captain, strange omens, miraculous mines – what does it all mean? And what does it have to do with the Key to Time?
Director: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Douglas Adams
The Mentiads take the Doctor, Romana and Kimus to a reunion with K9 and Mula, where they set about trying to defeat the Captain.
Director: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Douglas Adams
The Captain and Xanxia work toward their secret goals. Both depends on the pirate planet consuming one more victim - Earth.
Director: Pennant Roberts
Writer: Douglas Adams
England, the late 1970s. The Doctor and Romana arrive in search of the third segment. But the Tracer readings are erratic and something ominous is happening with an ancient stone circle...
Director: Darrol Blake
Writer: David Fisher
The quest for the Third Segment has landed the Doctor and Romana in the midst of a druidic cult centred on a stone circle. But the stones are not what they seem, and somewhere out there is a blood-thirsty Celtic goddess.
Director: Darrol Blake
Writer: David Fisher
Chased by blood-thirsty stones, the Doctor must find a way to rescue Romana. What awaits him in the theoretical absurdity of hyperspace?
Director: Darrol Blake
Writer: David Fisher
Facing a sentence of death from merciless justice machines, the Doctor must play for time while Romana tries to discover just who Vivian Fey really is.
Director: Darrol Blake
Writer: David Fisher
Arriving on Tara, Romana locates the fourth segment of the Key to Time with ease. But getting it away proves more difficult, as she is captured by the scheming Count Grendel who wants the throne of Tara for himself.
Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: David Fisher
The Doctor must employ a desperate gambit to keep the evil Grendel off the throne. And the Count has a new pawn to play - Romana.
Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: David Fisher
The battle for control of Tara turns into a duel of wits between the Doctor and Grendel. But the Count shows he has more treacherous tricks up his sleeve.
Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: David Fisher
Grendel plans two weddings and a funeral to cement his hold over Tara. The Doctor and K-9 race to foil him and save the Time Lady's life.
Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: David Fisher
The Third Moon of Delta Magna, The Future. The Doctor and Romana arrive in search of the fifth segment and are immediately swept up in a conflict between the crew of a new refinery and the embittered natives…
Director: Norman Stewart
Writer: Robert Holmes
The Doctor and Romana try to avoid being sacrificed to Kroll – just in time for the real monster to appear.
Director: Norman Stewart
Writer: Robert Holmes
The massive Kroll is awake and killing anyone in its path. And the swampies are determined to appease it – by sacrificing the Doctor and Romana.
Director: Norman Stewart
Writer: Robert Holmes
The Doctor and Romana are trapped between the monstrous Kroll and the insane refinery commander. And there is no sign of the fifth segment of the Key to Time.
Director: Norman Stewart
Writer: Robert Holmes
Searching for the sixth segment, the Doctor and Romana land in the midst of a brutal nuclear war between the planets Atrios and Zeos.
Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: Dave Martin, Bob Baker
Swept up in an apocalyptic war, the Doctor must help the Marshal defend his planet. But who or what controls the Marshal?
Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: Dave Martin, Bob Baker
The Doctor meets a new enemy – the Shadow – who wants the Key to Time. And the Atrian-Zeon war is approaching an awful climax.
Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: Dave Martin, Bob Baker
The Doctor is forced into a desperate gambit to prevent a massacre. But it is getting harder to tell friend from foe.
Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: Dave Martin, Bob Baker
The Doctor and Romana finally venture into the Shadow's lair. The Shadow appears to hold all the cards but the Doctor has found an old friend.
Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: Dave Martin, Bob Baker