The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 26

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.2/10(676 votes)

   #1 - Battlefield (1)

   S26:E19/6/1989

   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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   Director:Michael Kerrigan

   Writer:Ben Aaronovitch
2. 

   7.3/10(587 votes)

   #2 - Battlefield (2)

   S26:E29/13/1989

   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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   Director:Michael Kerrigan

   Writer:Ben Aaronovitch
3. 

   7.2/10(574 votes)

   #3 - Battlefield (3)

   S26:E39/20/1989

   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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   Director:Michael Kerrigan

   Writer:Ben Aaronovitch
4. 

   7.4/10(588 votes)

   #4 - Battlefield (4)

   S26:E49/27/1989

   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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   Director:Michael Kerrigan

   Writer:Ben Aaronovitch
5. 

   7.3/10(655 votes)

   #5 - Ghost Light (1)

   S26:E510/4/1989

   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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   Director:Alan Wareing

   Writer:Marc Platt
6. 

   7.1/10(584 votes)

   #6 - Ghost Light (2)

   S26:E610/11/1989

   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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   Director:Alan Wareing

   Writer:Marc Platt
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   7.1/10(591 votes)

   #7 - Ghost Light (3)

   S26:E710/18/1989

   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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   Director:Alan Wareing

   Writer:Marc Platt
8. 

   8.1/10(754 votes)

   #8 - The Curse of Fenric (1)

   S26:E810/25/1989

   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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   Director:Nicholas Mallett

   Writer:Ian Briggs
9. 

   8.1/10(664 votes)

   #9 - The Curse of Fenric (2)

   S26:E911/1/1989

   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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   Director:Nicholas Mallett

   Writer:Ian Briggs
10. 

    8.1/10(671 votes)

    #10 - The Curse of Fenric (3)

    S26:E1011/8/1989

    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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    Director:Nicholas Mallett

    Writer:Ian Briggs
11. 

    8.2/10(682 votes)

    #11 - The Curse of Fenric (4)

    S26:E1111/15/1989

    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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    Director:Nicholas Mallett

    Writer:Ian Briggs
12. 

    7.3/10(643 votes)

    #12 - Survival (1)

    S26:E1211/22/1989

    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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    Director:Alan Wareing

    Writer:Rona Munro
13. 

    7.2/10(576 votes)

    #13 - Survival (2)

    S26:E1311/29/1989

    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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    Director:Alan Wareing

    Writer:Rona Munro
14. 

    7.4/10(625 votes)

    #14 - Survival (3)

    S26:E1412/6/1989

    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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    Director:Alan Wareing

    Writer:Rona Munro