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The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 9

Every episode of Doctor Who Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 9!

The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 9

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....
  1. 7.8/10(617 votes)

    #1 - Day of the Daleks (4)

    S9:E4

    The guerrillas infiltrate the Daleks' base to rescue the Doctor and Jo and ask them to return to their own time and alter history before the 20th century is plunged into a Third World War.

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    Director:Paul Bernard
  2. 7.7/10(702 votes)

    #2 - The Sea Devils (1)

    S9:E9

    The Doctor and Jo visit the Master at his island prison where the Doctor becomes curious about a number of ships sinking in the area.

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  3. 7.7/10(629 votes)

    #3 - The Sea Devils (2)

    S9:E10

    The Doctor and Jo are trapped on the fort by a Sea Devil while the Master convinces Trenchard to help him steal some electronic components.

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  4. 7.7/10(616 votes)

    #4 - The Sea Devils (6)

    S9:E14

    The Sea Devils take over the naval base and the Doctor is forced to help the Master find a way to revive their colony.

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  5. 7.6/10(684 votes)

    #5 - Day of the Daleks (1)

    S9:E1

    When someone tries to assassinate diplomat Sir Reginald Styles, UNIT investigate the possibility his attacker came from the future.

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    Director:Paul Bernard
  6. 7.6/10(613 votes)

    #6 - Day of the Daleks (2)

    S9:E2

    Jo uses the guerrillas' time machine to travel to the 22nd century where the Controller tricks her into telling the Daleks where she's come from.

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    Director:Paul Bernard
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  8. 7.6/10(612 votes)

    #7 - Day of the Daleks (3)

    S9:E3

    The Doctor forces the guerrillas to take him to the 22nd century where he is soon captured by the Controller.

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    Director:Paul Bernard
  9. 7.6/10(615 votes)

    #8 - The Sea Devils (4)

    S9:E12

    The Sea Devils attack the island prison and rescue the Master, prompting the Doctor to venture underwater to try and contact them.

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  10. 7.6/10(616 votes)

    #9 - The Sea Devils (5)

    S9:E13

    The Doctor is taken to the Sea Devils' underwater colony where he tries to make peace with the creatures, only for the navy to attack the base.

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  11. 7.5/10(579 votes)

    #10 - The Curse of Peladon (4)

    S9:E8

    Hepesh's plan has been exposed but he is still determined to prevent Peladon joining the Galactic Federation by leading a rebellion against the King.

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    Director:Lennie Mayne
  12. 7.5/10(625 votes)

    #11 - The Sea Devils (3)

    S9:E11

    The Doctor is held prisoner by Trenchard while the Master attempts to contact the Sea Devils.

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  13. 7.4/10(634 votes)

    #12 - The Curse of Peladon (1)

    S9:E5

    The Doctor and Jo arrive on the medieval planet Peladon, where the Doctor is mistaken for the Earth Delegate of the Galactic Federation and Jo is mistaken for a princess.

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    Director:Lennie Mayne
  14. 7.4/10(577 votes)

    #13 - The Curse of Peladon (2)

    S9:E6

    The Doctor is convinced the Ice Warriors are trying to sabotage the conference but his attempts to prove it see him accused of sacrilege.

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    Director:Lennie Mayne
  15. 7.4/10(578 votes)

    #14 - The Curse of Peladon (3)

    S9:E7

    The Doctor is sentenced to fight Grun to the death and his attempt to escape leads to an encounter with Aggedor.

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    Director:Lennie Mayne
  16. 6.8/10(499 votes)

    #15 - The Time Monster (4)

    S9:E24

    The Master prepares to travel back to Atlantis but the Doctor links his TARDIS to the Master's to try and stop him.

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  17. 6.7/10(552 votes)

    #16 - The Time Monster (1)

    S9:E21

    UNIT are invited to observe a demonstration of the new TOMTIT machine, unaware its creator, Professor Thascales, is actually the Master.

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  18. 6.6/10(547 votes)

    #17 - The Mutants (1)

    S9:E15

    The Doctor and Jo arrive on the planet Solos, on a assignment by the Time Lords, where they learn that the native Solonians are mutating into ant-like mutant creatures...

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  19. 6.6/10(499 votes)

    #18 - The Mutants (4)

    S9:E18

    The Doctor and his friends are led to safety by Professor Sondergaard, who tries to help the Doctor translate the tablets.

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  20. 6.6/10(502 votes)

    #19 - The Time Monster (2)

    S9:E22

    The Doctor realises the Master is trying to harness the power of Kronos, last of the Chronovores, but is unaware Percival is harbouring him at the institute.

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  21. 6.6/10(512 votes)

    #20 - The Time Monster (5)

    S9:E25

    Both TARDISes reach Atlantis, where the Doctor befriends King Dalios while the Master enlists the help of Queen Galleia to try and obtain the crystal of Kronos.

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  22. 6.6/10(510 votes)

    #21 - The Time Monster (6)

    S9:E26

    The Doctor enters the labyrinth to try and protect Jo from the minotaur but the Master has seized control of Atlantis and prepares to summon Kronos again.

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  23. 6.5/10(498 votes)

    #22 - The Mutants (2)

    S9:E16

    Ky transports himself and Jo down to Solos and the Marshal only agrees to help her if the Doctor assists Professor Jaeger in altering Solos' atmosphere.

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  24. 6.5/10(496 votes)

    #23 - The Mutants (3)

    S9:E17

    The Doctor and Varan travel down to Solos to search for Jo and Ky but the Marshal orders his men to pursue them.

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  25. 6.5/10(501 votes)

    #24 - The Mutants (6)

    S9:E20

    The Doctor is forced to help the Marshal cover up his actions with the Investigator but Jo and the others attempt to escape to expose him.

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  26. 6.4/10(495 votes)

    #25 - The Mutants (5)

    S9:E19

    The Marshal's premature use of Jaeger's experiment is threatening to destroy Solos' atmosphere and the Doctor returns to Skybase to try and correct the damage.

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Season 9 Ratings Summary

"Day of the Daleks (4)" is the best rated episode of "Doctor Who" season 9. It scored 7.8/10 based on 617 votes. Directed by Paul Bernard and written by Louis Marks, it aired on 1/22/1972. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Sea Devils (1)".