7.5/10336 votesLoading...#1 - Still Waters
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/1/2013
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
7.8/10218 votesLoading...#2 - If the Shoe Fits
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/8/2013
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
7.9/10253 votesLoading...#3 - The Greater Good
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/8/2013
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
7.9/10229 votesLoading...#4 - Brotherly Love
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/22/2013
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
7.9/10227 votesLoading...#5 - Hearts and Flowers
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/1/2013
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
7.9/10172 votesLoading...#6 - Against The Odds
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/2016
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? CAST: Craig McLachlan.
Director: Fiona Banks
Writer: Stuart Page
8.0/10249 votesLoading...#7 - Death of a Travelling Salesman
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/15/2013
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
Writer: Stuart Page, Chelsea Cassio
8.0/10218 votesLoading...#8 - Game of Champions
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/22/2013
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
8.0/10201 votesLoading...#9 - All That Glitters
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/29/2013
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
8.0/10154 votesLoading...#10 - Sorrow Songs
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2017
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
8.1/10210 votesLoading...#11 - Bedlam
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/15/2013
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
8.1/10185 votesLoading...#12 - A Foreign Field
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/21/2014
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
8.1/10185 votesLoading...#13 - Smoke and Mirrors
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/2014
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
8.1/10185 votesLoading...#14 - Mortal Coil
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/14/2014
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
8.1/10170 votesLoading...#15 - By The Southern Cross
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 3/6/2015
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
8.1/10161 votesLoading...#16 - The Price Of Love
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 3/4/2016
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
8.1/10178 votesLoading...#17 - A Lethal Combination
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/2017
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
8.1/10144 votesLoading...#18 - A Good Drop
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/2017
As Blake investigates the murder of a farmer and a mysterious case of arson, an unlikely party suddenly throws his future with Jean into chaos.
Director: Fiona Banks
Writer: Paul Jenner
8.2/10187 votesLoading...#19 - Crossing the Line
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/2014
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
8.2/10178 votesLoading...#20 - The Sky Is Empty
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 4/4/2014
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
8.2/10191 votesLoading...#21 - King of the Lake
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/13/2015
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
8.2/10177 votesLoading...#22 - My Brother's Keeper
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 2/20/2015
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
8.2/10216 votesLoading...#23 - The Open Road
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2/5/2016
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
8.2/10163 votesLoading...#24 - A Difficult Lie
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 3/11/2016
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
8.2/10150 votesLoading...#25 - The Call Of The Void
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/2017
When a French Chef is found murdered in the freezer of a restaurant, suspicion soon turns to Bill Hobart. Can Blake clear Hobart's name, or is the Senior Sergeant guilty of brutally murdering a man.
Director: Alister Grierson
Writer: Victoria Madden
The Worst Episodes of The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Every episode of The Doctor Blake Mysteries ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Doctor Blake Mysteries!
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,...
Genres:MysteryDrama
Network:ABC TV
Worst Episodes Summary
"Still Waters" is the worst rated episode of "The Doctor Blake Mysteries". It scored 7.5/10 based on 336 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, "If the Shoe Fits".