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The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 6

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Every episode of Doctor Who Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 6!

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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  • The War Games (10)
    9.1/10(752)
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    #1 - The War Games (10)

    Season 6 Episode 44

    Aired 6/21/1969

    The TARDIS is drawn to the planet of the Time Lords where both the Doctor and the War Lord are placed on trial.

    Director: David Maloney

    Writer: N/A

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  • The War Games (9)
    8.7/10(627)
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    #2 - The War Games (9)

    Season 6 Episode 43

    Aired 6/14/1969

    To prove his loyalty to the Aliens, the Doctor is ordered to reprocess his friends while the Security Chief finally uncovers evidence of the War Chief's treachery.

    Director: David Maloney

    Writer: N/A

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  • The War Games (1)
    8.4/10(709)
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    #3 - The War Games (1)

    Season 6 Episode 35

    Aired 4/19/1969

    The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe realise they have arrived in the trenches of the First World War, where the sinister General Smythe accuses them of espionage.

    Director: David Maloney

    Writer: Malcolm Hulke, Terrance Dicks

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  • The War Games (2)
    8.3/10(616)
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    #4 - The War Games (2)

    Season 6 Episode 36

    Aired 4/26/1969

    The Doctor and Zoe manage to escape from Ransom and attempt to rescue Jamie from the military prison.

    Director: David Maloney

    Writer: N/A

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  • The War Games (3)
    8.3/10(615)
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    #5 - The War Games (3)

    Season 6 Episode 37

    Aired 5/3/1969

    The Doctor and his friends realise the area is divided into different time zones and decide to return to the château to obtain a map from Smythe.

    Director: David Maloney

    Writer: N/A

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  • The War Games (8)
    8.3/10(597)
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    #6 - The War Games (8)

    Season 6 Episode 42

    Aired 6/7/1969

    The Doctor and the processing machine have been taken by the Aliens but the resistance are making plans to attack the control centre.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

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  • The War Games (5)
    8.2/10(602)
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    #7 - The War Games (5)

    Season 6 Episode 39

    Aired 5/17/1969

    The Doctor attempts to rescue Zoe and Carstairs while Jamie and Lady Jennifer try to convince the resistance of the true nature of Von Weich and the others.

    Director: David Maloney

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Invasion (8)
    8.1/10(571)
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    #8 - The Invasion (8)

    Season 6 Episode 18

    Aired 12/21/1968

    The Cybermen have launched their deadly megatron bomb which will destroy all life on Earth unless the Doctor can deactivate the homing signal.

    Director: Douglas Camfield

    Writer: Derrick Sherwin

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  • The War Games (4)
    8.1/10(603)
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    #9 - The War Games (4)

    Season 6 Episode 38

    Aired 5/10/1969

    The Doctor and Zoe are transported to the control centre of the war games while Jamie and Lady Jennifer fall foul of American Revolution soldiers.

    Director: David Maloney

    Writer: N/A

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  • The War Games (7)
    8.1/10(592)
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    #10 - The War Games (7)

    Season 6 Episode 41

    Aired 5/31/1969

    The Doctor, Jamie and Carstairs manage to return to the 1917 zone only to be captured by Smythe, who orders the Doctor executed.

    Director: David Maloney

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Invasion (6)
    8.0/10(557)
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    #11 - The Invasion (6)

    Season 6 Episode 16

    Aired 12/7/1968

    Captain Turner manages to rescue Jamie and the others, while the Doctor begins working on a way to protect everyone from the Cybermen's hypno-sound signal.

    Director: Douglas Camfield

    Writer: Derrick Sherwin

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  • The Invasion (7)
    8.0/10(554)
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    #12 - The Invasion (7)

    Season 6 Episode 17

    Aired 12/14/1968

    With the entire world unconscious apart from the Doctor and his friends, the Cybermen are poised to invade and only Zoe, the Brigadier and a missile crew can stop them.

    Director: Douglas Camfield

    Writer: Derrick Sherwin

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  • The War Games (6)
    8.0/10(591)
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    #13 - The War Games (6)

    Season 6 Episode 40

    Aired 5/24/1969

    The scientist examines the captured resistance fighters and realises Jamie is a new arrival on the planet while the Doctor, Zoe and Carstairs try to rescue their friends.

    Director: David Maloney

    Writer: N/A

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  • The Mind Robber (1)
    7.9/10(766)
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    #14 - The Mind Robber (1)

    Season 6 Episode 6

    Aired 9/14/1968

    The TARDIS arrives in a white void, having made an emergency take-off to escape the volcanic eruption on Dulkis. The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find themselves in the Land of Fiction, where characters from the imagination come to life, and The Master, the mysterious ruler, chooses the Doctor to take his place.

    Director: David Maloney

    Writer: Derrick Sherwin

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  • The Invasion (2)
    7.9/10(573)
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    #15 - The Invasion (2)

    Season 6 Episode 12

    Aired 11/9/1968

    The Doctor and Jamie are taken prisoner by their mysterious observers and have a reunion with an old friend while Zoe and Isobel carry out their own investigation of IE.

    Director: Douglas Camfield

    Writer: Derrick Sherwin

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  • The Invasion (5)
    7.9/10(561)
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    #16 - The Invasion (5)

    Season 6 Episode 15

    Aired 11/30/1968

    The Doctor and Jamie tell the Brigadier about the Cybermen but with Rutledge under Vaughn's control he is powerless to act.

    Director: Douglas Camfield

    Writer: Derrick Sherwin

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  • The Mind Robber (2)
    7.8/10(681)
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    #17 - The Mind Robber (2)

    Season 6 Episode 7

    Aired 9/21/1968

    With the TARDIS destroyed, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find themselves in a strange forest patrolled by mysterious soldiers.

    Director: David Maloney

    Writer: Peter Ling

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  • The Mind Robber (5)
    7.8/10(681)
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    #18 - The Mind Robber (5)

    Season 6 Episode 10

    Aired 10/12/1968

    With Jamie and Zoe having been turned into fiction, the Doctor must find a way to save them without suffering the same fate or becoming part of the Master Brain.

    Director: David Maloney

    Writer: Peter Ling

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  • The Invasion (1)
    7.8/10(606)
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    #19 - The Invasion (1)

    Season 6 Episode 11

    Aired 11/2/1968

    The Doctor and the newly formed UNIT must stop a Cybermen Invasion and a Sinister Industrialist in league with them

    Director: Douglas Camfield

    Writer: Derrick Sherwin

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  • The Invasion (4)
    7.8/10(548)
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    #20 - The Invasion (4)

    Season 6 Episode 14

    Aired 11/23/1968

    The Doctor and Jamie enlist the help of UNIT to rescue Zoe and Isobel before trying to find out what Vaughn is really up to.

    Director: Douglas Camfield

    Writer: Derrick Sherwin

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  • The Mind Robber (3)
    7.7/10(661)
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    #21 - The Mind Robber (3)

    Season 6 Episode 8

    Aired 9/28/1968

    The Doctor realises that the travellers are trapped in a world where fiction is real and where creatures are a threat if people believe in them.

    Director: David Maloney

    Writer: Peter Ling

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  • The Invasion (3)
    7.7/10(565)
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    #22 - The Invasion (3)

    Season 6 Episode 13

    Aired 11/16/1968

    The Doctor and Jamie return to the IE factory in search of Zoe and Isobel, where they meet with Professor Watkins and fall foul of Vaughn.

    Director: Douglas Camfield

    Writer: Derrick Sherwin

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  • The Mind Robber (4)
    7.6/10(657)
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    #23 - The Mind Robber (4)

    Season 6 Episode 9

    Aired 10/5/1968

    The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe reach the citadel at the centre of the land, where they finally encounter the Master of the Land of Fiction.

    Director: David Maloney

    Writer: Peter Ling

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  • The Seeds of Death (1)
    7.2/10(598)
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    #24 - The Seeds of Death (1)

    Season 6 Episode 23

    Aired 1/25/1969

    21st century Earth is entirely dependent on the T-Mat transport system but the control centre on the moon has stopped functioning. Meanwhile, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe meet the one man who can solve the crisis.

    Director: Michael Ferguson

    Writer: Terrance Dicks, Brian Hayles

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  • The Seeds of Death (6)
    7.2/10(532)
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    #25 - The Seeds of Death (6)

    Season 6 Episode 28

    Aired 3/1/1969

    The Doctor manages to create a rain storm to destroy the Martian fungus before trying to find a way to stop the Ice Warriors' invasion fleet.

    Director: Michael Ferguson

    Writer: Brian Hayles

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"The War Games (10)" is the best rated episode of "Doctor Who" season 6. It scored 9.1/10 based on 752 votes. Directed by David Maloney and written by N/A, it aired on 6/21/1969. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The War Games (9)".