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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Doctor Who Season 26 Episode 10 - The Curse of Fenric (3)
    8.2/10(662 votes)

    S26:E10

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

    Director:Nicholas Mallett
    Writer:Ian Briggs

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  2. Doctor Who Season 26 Episode 11 - The Curse of Fenric (4)
    8.2/10(672 votes)

    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.

    Director:Nicholas Mallett
    Writer:Ian Briggs

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  3. Doctor Who Season 26 Episode 8 - The Curse of Fenric (1)
    8.1/10(745 votes)

    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!

    Director:Nicholas Mallett
    Writer:Ian Briggs

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  4. Doctor Who Season 26 Episode 9 - The Curse of Fenric (2)
    8.1/10(655 votes)

    S26:E9

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

    Director:Nicholas Mallett
    Writer:Ian Briggs

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  5. Doctor Who Season 26 Episode 4 - Battlefield (4)
    7.4/10(576 votes)

    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.

    Director:Michael Kerrigan
    Writer:Ben Aaronovitch

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  6. Doctor Who Season 26 Episode 14 - Survival (3)
    7.4/10(614 votes)

    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.

    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Rona Munro

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  7. Doctor Who Season 26 Episode 2 - Battlefield (2)
    7.3/10(576 votes)

    S26:E2

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

    Director:Michael Kerrigan
    Writer:Ben Aaronovitch

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  8. Doctor Who Season 26 Episode 3 - Battlefield (3)
    7.3/10(562 votes)

    S26:E3

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

    Director:Michael Kerrigan
    Writer:Ben Aaronovitch

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  9. Doctor Who Season 26 Episode 5 - Ghost Light (1)
    7.3/10(648 votes)

    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.

    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Marc Platt

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  10. Doctor Who Season 26 Episode 12 - Survival (1)
    7.3/10(634 votes)

    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...

    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Rona Munro

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  11. Doctor Who Season 26 Episode 1 - Battlefield (1)
    7.2/10(664 votes)

    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.

    Director:Michael Kerrigan
    Writer:Ben Aaronovitch

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  12. Doctor Who Season 26 Episode 13 - Survival (2)
    7.2/10(564 votes)

    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.

    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Rona Munro

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  13. Doctor Who Season 26 Episode 6 - Ghost Light (2)
    7.1/10(574 votes)

    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.

    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Marc Platt

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  14. Doctor Who Season 26 Episode 7 - Ghost Light (3)
    7.1/10(579 votes)

    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.

    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Marc Platt

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Season 26 Ratings Summary

"The Curse of Fenric (3)" is the best rated episode of Doctor Who season 26. It scored 8.2/10 from 662 votes. Directed by Nicholas Mallett and written by Ian Briggs, it aired on November 8, 1989.