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The Worst Episodes of The Doctor Blake Mysteries

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Dr Lucien Blake left Ballarat as a young man. But now he finds himself returning to take over not only his dead father's medical practice, but also his on-call role as the town's police surgeon,

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 1 Episode 1 - Still Waters
    7.5/10(393 votes)

    #1 - Still Waters

    S1:E1

    When a wayward girl from the local reform school is found dead in Lake Wendouree, Dr Lucien Blake is immediately suspicious and shocks the police with his unconventional investigative methods.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Stuart Page

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  2. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 1 Episode 4 - Brotherly Love
    7.8/10(274 votes)

    #2 - Brotherly Love

    S1:E4

    A delirious prisoner on death row tells Dr Lucien Blake he is innocent of the police shooting for which he is soon to hang. Dr Blake pulls out all stops to uncover the truth.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Stuart Page

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  3. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 1 Episode 5 - Hearts and Flowers
    7.8/10(271 votes)

    #3 - Hearts and Flowers

    S1:E5

    Things get very ugly in Ballarat when the Begonia Festival's head judge is found incinerated in his own glasshouse, all eyes turn to two feuding contestants.

    Director:Ian Barry
    Writer:Stuart Page

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  4. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 1 Episode 6 - If the Shoe Fits
    7.8/10(260 votes)

    #4 - If the Shoe Fits

    S1:E6

    The death of a migrant factory foreman initially looks like an industrial accident. Dr Blake digs deeper revealing a hideous string of crimes and the ugly side of post war Australia. Meanwhile, Jean receives a marriage proposal.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Stuart Page

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  5. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 1 Episode 2 - The Greater Good
    7.9/10(299 votes)

    #5 - The Greater Good

    S1:E2

    On the eve of Anzac Day, Dr Lucien Blake is called to the morgue where the attendant has been murdered. With the autopsy tools and a body missing, Dr Blake smells a rat.

    Director:Declan Eames
    Writer:Stuart Page

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  6. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 1 Episode 3 - Death of a Travelling Salesman
    7.9/10(298 votes)

    #6 - Death of a Travelling Salesman

    S1:E3

    When a travelling salesman dies in a car accident, police blame alcohol. Dr Blake concludes that the victim was not drunk and died before the crash of very unusual causes.

    Director:Ian Barry
    Writers:Stuart Page, Chelsea Cassio

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  7. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 1 Episode 7 - Bedlam
    8.0/10(249 votes)

    #7 - Bedlam

    S1:E7

    In a psychiatric hospital, Nurse Violet is brutally stabbed. An inmate is found over her body holding a bloody knife, but Dr Lucien Blake is unsure he is really the culprit and begins an investigation.

    Director:Declan Eames
    Writer:Chris Corbett

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  8. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 1 Episode 8 - Game of Champions
    8.0/10(262 votes)

    #8 - Game of Champions

    S1:E8

    Doctor Lucien Blake is drawn into the new world of TV when contestants of a successful TV Quiz Show start dying.

    Director:Ian Barry
    Writer:Stuart Page

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  9. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 1 Episode 9 - All That Glitters
    8.0/10(238 votes)

    #9 - All That Glitters

    S1:E9

    A prospector strikes gold and later that night is found dead at the bottom of his mine shaft after showing off the nugget in the pub. The location of the murder triggers distressing war memories for Doctor Blake.

    Director:Andrew Prowse
    Writer:Tim Pye

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  10. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 4 Episode 4 - Against The Odds
    8.0/10(200 votes)

    #10 - Against The Odds

    S4:E4

    A jockey dies the morning after a big win. But Blake has other worries to deal with - his home life has unexpectedly been thrown into chaos. How will he solve this one?

    Director:Fiona Banks
    Writer:Stuart Page

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  11. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 5 Episode 2 - Sorrow Songs
    8.0/10(182 votes)

    #11 - Sorrow Songs

    S5:E2

    The murder of a beautiful gypsy woman takes Blake inside the intriguing and exotic world of Romani travellers passing through Ballarat.

    Director:Ian Barry
    Writer:David Hannam

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  12. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 2 Episode 3 - A Foreign Field
    8.1/10(221 votes)

    #12 - A Foreign Field

    S2:E3

    John Doe - a mysterious body found in the local park. Apples, illegal workers, reds under the bed - sounds like 1950s Ballarat and a job for Doctor Blake.

    Director:Lee Rogers
    Writer:Marcia Gardner

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  13. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 2 Episode 4 - Smoke and Mirrors
    8.1/10(223 votes)

    #13 - Smoke and Mirrors

    S2:E4

    It was a dark and stormy night in old Ballarat and Cec Drury was about to be shocked at what fell from the sky in front of the Colonists'Club. Looks like another case for Dr Blake.

    Director:Lee Rogers
    Writer:Chelsea Cassio

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  14. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 2 Episode 6 - Mortal Coil
    8.1/10(220 votes)

    #14 - Mortal Coil

    S2:E6

    Two bodies in the one grave. Will Doctor Blake prescribe something to stop the coffin? Lucien horses around and eventually solves the problem with the plot.

    Director:Pino Amenta
    Writer:Stuart Page

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  15. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 3 Episode 4 - By The Southern Cross
    8.1/10(207 votes)

    #15 - By The Southern Cross

    S3:E4

    When Doctor Blake investigates the death of a student leader at the Eureka Memorial site, he uncovers quite a few political and family tensions.

    Director:Fiona Banks
    Writer:Roger Monk

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  16. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 4 Episode 5 - The Price Of Love
    8.1/10(188 votes)

    #16 - The Price Of Love

    S4:E5

    When a solider is killed during a routine training exercise, Doctor Blake finds himself at the Ballarat Military Base facing his old nemesis Major Derek Alderton.

    Director:John Hartley
    Writer:Chelsea Cassio

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  17. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 5 Episode 1 - A Lethal Combination
    8.1/10(211 votes)

    #17 - A Lethal Combination

    S5:E1

    An exhibition boxing match turns sour when one of the boxers is seemingly beaten to death in front of hundreds of witnesses. Blake must determine the cause of death.

    Director:Ian Barry
    Writer:Paul Oliver

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  18. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 2 Episode 2 - The Food of Love
    8.2/10(226 votes)

    #18 - The Food of Love

    S2:E2

    Rock N'Roll, a preacher who visits town with a dark past, bodgies, and wedgies - it all adds up to another mystery for Doctor Blake.

    Director:Declan Eames
    Writer:Pete McTighe

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  19. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 2 Episode 5 - Crossing the Line
    8.2/10(224 votes)

    #19 - Crossing the Line

    S2:E5

    Murder at the Cinema and Dr Blake is there to solve it. Was it the manager? An usher? The candy girl? One of the audience? All is revealed as Doctor Blake unravels one mystery to find an even darker one involving young girls of Ballarat.

    Director:Pino Amenta
    Writer:Chelsea Cassio

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  20. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 2 Episode 9 - The Sky Is Empty
    8.2/10(210 votes)

    #20 - The Sky Is Empty

    S2:E9

    When the old parish priest is found dead, Doctor Blake needs to unravel the secrets and lies of parishioners in order to get to the truth.

    Director:Ian Barry
    Writer:Chelsea Cassio

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  21. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 3 Episode 1 - King of the Lake
    8.2/10(227 votes)

    #21 - King of the Lake

    S3:E1

    When an elite schoolboy rower wins a regatta on Lake Wendouree then inexplicably drowns, his mother asks Doctor Blake to find the truth behind her son's death.

    Director:Pino Amenta
    Writer:Michael Harvey

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  22. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 3 Episode 2 - My Brother's Keeper
    8.2/10(213 votes)

    #22 - My Brother's Keeper

    S3:E2

    When a Ballarat farmer is found dead in a cow pen, locals are quick to blame livestock for trampling the man, but Doctor Blake isn't convinced.

    Director:Pino Amenta
    Writer:Chelsea Cassio

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  23. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 3 Episode 3 - This Time and This Place
    8.2/10(207 votes)

    #23 - This Time and This Place

    S3:E3

    When Dr Blake investigates the death of a student leader at the Eureka Memorial site, he uncovers quite a few political and family tensions.

    Director:Fiona Banks
    Writer:Michael Miller

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  24. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 4 Episode 1 - The Open Road
    8.2/10(249 votes)

    #24 - The Open Road

    S4:E1

    Dr Lucien Blake returns home to find Ballarat hosting a very public stopover in a round - Australia motor race - and a very suspicious death.

    Director:Declan Eames
    Writer:Stuart Page

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  25. The Doctor Blake Mysteries Season 4 Episode 6 - A Difficult Lie
    8.2/10(190 votes)

    #25 - A Difficult Lie

    S4:E6

    When a reporter's body is discovered on the 18th hole at the local golf course, Blake is called in to investigate.

    Director:John Hartley
    Writer:Paul Jenner

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Still Waters" is the worst rated episode of "The Doctor Blake Mysteries". It scored 7.5/10 based on 393 votes. Directed by Andrew Prowse and written by Stuart Page, it aired on 2/1/2013. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Brotherly Love".