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The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 22

Every episode of Doctor Who Season 22 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 22!

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....
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Season 22 Ratings Summary

"Attack of the Cybermen (1)" is the best rated episode of "Doctor Who" season 22. It scored 6.9/10 based on 598 votes. Directed by Matthew Robinson and written by Paula Woolsey, it aired on 1/5/1985. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Attack of the Cybermen (2)".

  • Attack of the Cybermen (1)
    6.9/10598 votes

    #1 - Attack of the Cybermen (1)

    Season 22 Episode 1 - Aired 1/5/1985

    London, 1985. The alien mercenary Lytton has been stranded here for nearly a year, but now he has a plan to escape. But how does it involve the Doctor's old enemies - and why are they on Earth at this point in history?

    Director: Matthew Robinson

    Writer: Paula Woolsey

  • Attack of the Cybermen (2)
    6.8/10541 votes

    #2 - Attack of the Cybermen (2)

    Season 22 Episode 2 - Aired 1/12/1985

    On Telos, the Doctor is reintroduced to the Cyber Leader and meets the Cryons, the planet's original inhabitants who will go to any lengths to get their world back!

    Director: Matthew Robinson

    Writer: Paula Woolsey

  • Vengeance on Varos (1)
    7.5/10637 votes

    #3 - Vengeance on Varos (1)

    Season 22 Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/1985

    The former prison planet Varos, the future. The downtrodden population of miners are kept happy by real-life violence and murder broadcast live from the Punishment Dome. But then the TARDIS materialises inside the Dome...

    Director: Ron Jones

    Writer: Philip Martin

  • Vengeance on Varos (2)
    7.5/10573 votes

    #4 - Vengeance on Varos (2)

    Season 22 Episode 4 - Aired 1/26/1985

    The Governor forces the Doctor to tell him the true value of zeiton-7 but Sil attempts to derail his plans by subjecting Peri and Areta to an enforced mutation.

    Director: Ron Jones

    Writer: Philip Martin

  • The Mark of the Rani (1)
    6.7/10544 votes

    #5 - The Mark of the Rani (1)

    Season 22 Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/1985

    England, the 1820s. As the Industrial Revolution gathers pace, the village of Killingworth is disturbed by crazed Luddite miners intent on smashing all machinery and engineers. But is there another cause of the situation?

    Director: Sarah Hellings

    Writer: Pip Baker, Jane Baker

  • The Mark of the Rani (2)
    6.7/10503 votes

    #6 - The Mark of the Rani (2)

    Season 22 Episode 6 - Aired 2/9/1985

    The Master uses The Rani's mind-controlling parasites to keep a meeting of Earth's leading scientists from being cancelled, and helps her plant transformation land mines for The Doctor, as he continues to propose an alliance with her in ruling over Earth.

    Director: Sarah Hellings

    Writer: Pip Baker, Jane Baker

  • The Two Doctors (1)
    7.3/10595 votes

    #7 - The Two Doctors (1)

    Season 22 Episode 7 - Aired 2/16/1985

    The alien space station J7, the mid-1980s Earth time. The Time Lords have sent the second Doctor and Jamie here to try to stop dangerous experiments into time travel. But the station comes under attack from the Sontarans and far away in space and time the sixth Doctor goes into psychic shock...

    Director: Peter Moffatt

    Writer: Robert Holmes

  • The Two Doctors (2)
    7.3/10526 votes

    #8 - The Two Doctors (2)

    Season 22 Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/1985

    The Doctor and Peri meet Jamie and learn the Second Doctor is with the Sontarans on Earth.

    Director: Peter Moffatt

    Writer: Robert Holmes

  • The Two Doctors (3)
    7.2/10527 votes

    #9 - The Two Doctors (3)

    Season 22 Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/1985

    The Sontarans prepare the Second Doctor to trigger their Kartz-Reimer capsule.

    Director: Peter Moffatt

    Writer: Robert Holmes

  • Timelash (1)
    5.6/10527 votes

    #10 - Timelash (1)

    Season 22 Episode 10 - Aired 3/9/1985

    The planet Karfel, in the distant future. The tyrannical Borad rules with an iron fist, and any who oppose him are cast into the Timelash - a space-time tunnel leading to the past of an alien world called Earth...

    Director: Pennant Roberts

    Writer: Glen McCoy

  • Timelash (2)
    5.4/10485 votes

    #11 - Timelash (2)

    Season 22 Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/1985

    The Borad accepts no opposition and enables Maylin Tekker to expose the rebels and trap Peri with the Morlox. The Doctor tries to avert a war between Karfel and the Bandrils.

    Director: Pennant Roberts

    Writer: Glen McCoy

  • Revelation of the Daleks (1)
    7.4/10604 votes

    #12 - Revelation of the Daleks (1)

    Season 22 Episode 12 - Aired 3/23/1985

    The planet Necros, the future. The Doctor arrives for the cryogenic interment of an old friend at Tranquil Repose, a vast repository of bodies in suspended animation. But what does the 'Great Healer' really have in mind for them...?

    Director: Graeme Harper

    Writer: Eric Saward

  • Revelation of the Daleks (2)
    7.6/10553 votes

    #13 - Revelation of the Daleks (2)

    Season 22 Episode 13 - Aired 3/30/1985

    Davros plans to create an army of Daleks loyal only to him but on Skaro, the Daleks have other plans and head to Necros. Caught in the middle of this, the Doctor must save Peri...

    Director: Graeme Harper

    Writer: Eric Saward