The Best Episodes Written By Brian Hayles

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.5/10(6 votes)

   #1 - The Seeds of Death (1)

   S6:E231/25/1969

   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.

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   7.2/10(6 votes)

   #2 - The Smugglers (1)

   S4:E19/10/1966

   The Doctor discovers Polly and Ben aboard the TARDIS shortly before the ship arrives in 17th century Cornwall, where the local churchwarden gives the Doctor a cryptic message shortly before being murdered.

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3. 

   7.0/10(5 votes)

   #3 - The Seeds of Death (2)

   S6:E242/1/1969

   Eldred agrees to supply a rocket for travel to the moon and the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe volunteer to crew it.

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4. 

   7.0/10(4 votes)

   #4 - The Seeds of Death (3)

   S6:E252/8/1969

   The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe make it to the moon and join forces with Phipps but the Ice Warriors have gained control of T-mat.

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5. 

   7.0/10(5 votes)

   #5 - The Seeds of Death (4)

   S6:E262/15/1969

   The Ice Warriors' seed pods beginning materialising all over the globe while Slaar decides to kill the Doctor by T-matting him into space.

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6. 

   6.8/10(5 votes)

   #6 - The Ice Warriors (1)

   S5:E1111/11/1967

   The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria are brought to a base which is attempting to halt the flow of the Second Ice Age.

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7. 

   6.7/10(3 votes)

   #7 - The Curse of Peladon (4)

   S9:E82/19/1972

   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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8. 

   6.6/10(5 votes)

   #8 - The Seeds of Death (5)

   S6:E272/22/1969

   The Doctor and his allies manage to return to Earth via T-mat only to find the Ice Warrior has attacked the weather control station.

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9. 

   6.6/10(5 votes)

   #9 - The Smugglers (4)

   S4:E410/1/1966

   The Doctor and his friends are at the mercy of Cherub, who is now seeking Avery's treasure for himself, while Pike prepares to attack the village.

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10. 

    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #10 - The Ice Warriors (2)

    S5:E1211/18/1967

    Varga revives and takes Victoria hostage as he works to revive his crew while the Doctor and Jamie find Penley stealing medical supplies.

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11. 

    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #11 - The Seeds of Death (6)

    S6:E283/1/1969

    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.

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12. 

    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #12 - The Curse of Peladon (1)

    S9:E51/29/1972

    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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13. 

    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #13 - The Smugglers (3)

    S4:E39/24/1966

    Polly and Ben are placed in the custody of Blake, who reveals he also has his suspicions about the Squire, while the Doctor and Kewper are forced to team up to escape from Pike's ship.

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14. 

    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #14 - The Ice Warriors (4)

    S5:E1412/2/1967

    The Doctor leaves the base to try and find Jamie and Victoria while Storr tries to do a deal with the Ice Warriors.

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15. 

    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #15 - The Ice Warriors (3)

    S5:E1311/25/1967

    Jamie and Arden venture out to rescue Victoria only to find the rest of the Ice Warriors are now active.

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16. 

    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #16 - The Curse of Peladon (2)

    S9:E62/5/1972

    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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17. 

    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #17 - The Curse of Peladon (3)

    S9:E72/12/1972

    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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18. 

    6.2/10(5 votes)

    #18 - The Smugglers (2)

    S4:E29/17/1966

    Pike is convinced that the Doctor knows the location of Avery's treasure while Polly and Ben try to convince the locals they were not responsible for Longfoot's murder.

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19. 

    6.0/10(4 votes)

    #19 - The Ice Warriors (6)

    S5:E1612/16/1967

    The Doctor and Victoria attempt to force the Ice Warriors to surrender control of the ioniser before the ice flow destroys them.

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20. 

    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - The Monster of Peladon (6)

    S11:E204/27/1974

    The Doctor turns the Aggedor spirit against the Ice Warriors to aid the Peladonians in their battle but Eckersley attacks him with the security system.

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21. 

    5.8/10(5 votes)

    #21 - The Celestial Toyroom

    S3:E304/2/1966

    The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive in the realms of the Celestial Toymaker, who forces them to play his deadly games.

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22. 

    5.8/10(5 votes)

    #22 - The Final Test

    S3:E334/23/1966

    As the Doctor nears the end of his game against the Toymaker, Steven and Dodo take on Cyril in a lethal game of hopscotch to try and recover the TARDIS.

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23. 

    5.8/10(4 votes)

    #23 - The Monster of Peladon (5)

    S11:E194/20/1974

    Sarah and Alpha Centauri decide to try and alert the Federation to what the Ice Warriors are up to but first they have to escape from the throne room.

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24. 

    5.5/10(4 votes)

    #24 - The Monster of Peladon (2)

    S11:E163/30/1974

    The Doctor is rescued by Gebek, prompting him to try and help the miners, but his advice results in Ettis launching another attack on the armoury.

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25. 

    5.5/10(4 votes)

    #25 - The Monster of Peladon (3)

    S11:E174/6/1974

    The Doctor and Sarah pacify Aggedor and the Doctor encourages the Queen to make peace with the miners, but Ortron soon has him under arrest again.

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