The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 22

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.9/10(648 votes)

   #1 - Attack of the Cybermen (1)

   S22:E11/5/1985

   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

   Writers:Eric Saward, Paula Woolsey

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   Director:Matthew Robinson

   Writers:Eric Saward, Paula Woolsey
2. 

   6.8/10(585 votes)

   #2 - Attack of the Cybermen (2)

   S22:E21/12/1985

   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

   Writers:Eric Saward, Paula Woolsey

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   Director:Matthew Robinson

   Writers:Eric Saward, Paula Woolsey
3. 

   7.5/10(686 votes)

   #3 - Vengeance on Varos (1)

   S22:E31/19/1985

   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

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   Director:Ron Jones

   Writer:Philip Martin
4. 

   7.5/10(615 votes)

   #4 - Vengeance on Varos (2)

   S22:E41/26/1985

   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

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   Director:Ron Jones

   Writer:Philip Martin
5. 

   6.8/10(618 votes)

   #5 - The Mark of the Rani (1)

   S22:E52/2/1985

   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

   Writers:Philip Baker, Jane Baker

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   Director:Sarah Hellings

   Writers:Philip Baker, Jane Baker
6. 

   6.7/10(568 votes)

   #6 - The Mark of the Rani (2)

   S22:E62/9/1985

   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

   Writers:Philip Baker, Jane Baker

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   Director:Sarah Hellings

   Writers:Philip Baker, Jane Baker
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   7.3/10(646 votes)

   #7 - The Two Doctors (1)

   S22:E72/16/1985

   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

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   Director:Peter Moffatt

   Writer:Robert Holmes
8. 

   7.3/10(573 votes)

   #8 - The Two Doctors (2)

   S22:E82/23/1985

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

   Director:Peter Moffatt

   Writer:Robert Holmes

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   Director:Peter Moffatt

   Writer:Robert Holmes
9. 

   7.2/10(573 votes)

   #9 - The Two Doctors (3)

   S22:E93/2/1985

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

   Director:Peter Moffatt

   Writer:Robert Holmes

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   Director:Peter Moffatt

   Writer:Robert Holmes
10. 

    5.6/10(565 votes)

    #10 - Timelash (1)

    S22:E103/9/1985

    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

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    Director:Pennant Roberts

    Writer:Glen McCoy
11. 

    5.4/10(517 votes)

    #11 - Timelash (2)

    S22:E113/16/1985

    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

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    Director:Pennant Roberts

    Writer:Glen McCoy
12. 

    7.4/10(653 votes)

    #12 - Revelation of the Daleks (1)

    S22:E123/23/1985

    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

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    Director:Graeme Harper

    Writer:Eric Saward
13. 

    7.6/10(600 votes)

    #13 - Revelation of the Daleks (2)

    S22:E133/30/1985

    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

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    Director:Graeme Harper

    Writer:Eric Saward