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The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 26

Every episode of Doctor Who Season 26 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 26!

The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 26

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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    7.2/10(652 votes)

    #1 - Battlefield (1)

    S26:E1

    As UNIT are transporting a nuclear warhead around Carbury, knights in armour arrive to continue waging a war that began thousands of years ago, but in a wholly different dimension.

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    7.2/10(568 votes)

    #2 - Battlefield (2)

    S26:E2

    The Doctor and Ace discover a stone spaceship underneath Warmsley's archaeological dig while Mordred summons Morgaine to Earth's dimension.

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    7.2/10(556 votes)

    #3 - Battlefield (3)

    S26:E3

    The Brigadier rescues the Doctor from the stone spaceship before they set out to locate Morgaine before she gains Excalibur.

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    7.4/10(569 votes)

    #4 - Battlefield (4)

    S26:E4

    Morgaine forces Ace and Shou Yuing to hand over Excalibur by threatening to release the Destroyer, so the Doctor and the Brigadier enter a dimensional portal to stop her.

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    7.3/10(636 votes)

    #5 - Ghost Light (1)

    S26:E5

    The Doctor and Ace explore Victorian house Gabriel Chase and realise it hides just as many dark secrets in its drawing room as it does in its dark cellar.

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    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Marc Platt
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    7.1/10(564 votes)

    #6 - Ghost Light (2)

    S26:E6

    The Doctor manages to rescue Ace from the husks and then tries to uncover the truth about the goings on in Josiah's house.

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    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Marc Platt
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    7.1/10(570 votes)

    #7 - Ghost Light (3)

    S26:E7

    Only Redvers, still searching for the elusive Saxe-Coburg, seems able to withstand Light and communicate with Control. Ace realises her past actions need to be dealt with.

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    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Marc Platt
  9. Background image for The Curse of Fenric (1)
    8.0/10(726 votes)

    #8 - The Curse of Fenric (1)

    S26:E8

    England, the 1940s. The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Ace to a secret naval base during WWII. There, the time-travellers battle vampiric Haemovores and an ancient Viking curse!

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    8.0/10(638 votes)

    #9 - The Curse of Fenric (2)

    S26:E9

    The Doctor and Ace manage to convince Sorin to release them while Millington and Judson attempt to translate the Viking runes.

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    8.1/10(647 votes)

    #10 - The Curse of Fenric (3)

    S26:E10

    The Doctor and his friends come under attack from the Haemavores, allowing Millington to retrieve the flask containing Fenric's essence.

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    8.1/10(656 votes)

    #11 - The Curse of Fenric (4)

    S26:E11

    Fenric is loose and planning to use the Ancient Haemovore to poison the Earth with chemicals, unless the Doctor can defeat him in their centuries old game.

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    7.3/10(625 votes)

    #12 - Survival (1)

    S26:E12

    Perivale, England, the late 1980s. People are vanishing into thin air under the baleful stare of a very strange cat. The Doctor and Ace learn that, in the battle for survival, success can carry a terrible price...

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    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Rona Munro
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    7.2/10(558 votes)

    #13 - Survival (2)

    S26:E13

    The Doctor and Paterson manage to escape from the Master and join up with Ace and her friends, where the Doctor tries to find a way to get them all off the planet before it explodes.

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    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Rona Munro
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    7.4/10(604 votes)

    #14 - Survival (3)

    S26:E14

    Ace manages to transport the Doctor and the others back to Perivale but the Master is also there, preparing for a final showdown with the Doctor.

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    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Rona Munro

Season 26 Ratings Summary

"Battlefield (1)" is the best rated episode of "Doctor Who" season 26. It scored 7.2/10 based on 652 votes. Directed by Michael Kerrigan and written by Ben Aaronovitch, it aired on 9/6/1989. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Battlefield (2)".