The Best Episodes Written By Dave Martin

Every TV Episode Written by Dave Martin Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for The Three Doctors (1)
    8.2/10(8 votes)

    #1 - The Three Doctors (1)

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    S10:E1

    England, the near future. A strange anti-matter creature arrives on Earth and attacks UNIT HQ. It seems to be specifically seeking the Doctor out - but why? With the Time Lords themselves unable to help, it seems the only person who can help the Doctor is himself - or selves...

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    Director:Lennie Mayne
  2. Background image for The Three Doctors (2)
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #2 - The Three Doctors (2)

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    S10:E2

    The third Doctor and Jo find themselves on an artificial world inside the black hole while the second Doctor tries to find a way to control the organism.

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    Director:Lennie Mayne
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    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #3 - The Three Doctors (3)

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    S10:E3

    The Time Lord Omega reveals himself to the third Doctor along with plans for vengeance against his own kind.

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    Director:Lennie Mayne
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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #4 - The Three Doctors (4)

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    S10:E4

    Omega reveals the purpose behind bringing the Doctor to his antimatter world, but the Doctor(s) discover a startling fact about Omega that he didn't know himself and eventually strike a bargain.

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    Director:Lennie Mayne
  5. Background image for The Hand of Fear (1)
    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #5 - The Hand of Fear (1)

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    S14:E5

    England, the near future. The TARDIS materialises in a quarry and Sarah is trapped under a rockfall. But what is the origin of the fossilised hand she is found gripping ? And who is the Eldrad she keeps mumbling about ?

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    Director:Lennie Mayne
  6. Background image for The Claws of Axos (1)
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #6 - The Claws of Axos (1)

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    S8:E11

    When a mysterious object lands near the Nuton power complex, UNIT investigate and encounter the Axons, a group of aliens who offer the mineral axonite, which can duplicate matter, as a gift.

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    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #7 - The Hand of Fear (3)

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    S14:E7

    The energy of the reactor has returned the mysterious Eldrad to life. The Doctor agrees to take her back to Kastria. But what is waiting for them there?

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    Director:Lennie Mayne
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    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #8 - The Hand of Fear (4)

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    S14:E8

    The Doctor and Sarah race to save the mortally wounded Eldrad. But they find that everything is not quite as she told them.

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    Director:Lennie Mayne
  9. Background image for The Invisible Enemy (3)
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #9 - The Invisible Enemy (3)

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    S15:E7

    Miniaturised clones of the Doctor and Leela are injected into his brain. But they must now fight the virus on its own level. And its servants are closing in around them.

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    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #10 - The Claws of Axos (2)

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    S8:E12

    The Doctor and Winser begin to analyse axonite while Chinn plots to secure its use exclusively for Britain.

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    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #11 - The Invisible Enemy (4)

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    S15:E8

    The Nucleus, now grown to human size, is determined to spawn and take over the Galaxy. Only the Doctor and Leela can stop it.

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    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #12 - The Armageddon Factor (3)

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    S16:E23

    The Doctor meets a new enemy – the Shadow – who wants the Key to Time. And the Atrian-Zeon war is approaching an awful climax.

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    Director:Michael Hayes
  13. Background image for The Armageddon Factor (1)
    6.7/10(6 votes)

    #13 - The Armageddon Factor (1)

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    S16:E21

    Searching for the sixth segment, the Doctor and Romana land in the midst of a brutal nuclear war between the planets Atrios and Zeos.

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    Director:Michael Hayes
  14. Background image for The Sontaran Experiment (1)
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #14 - The Sontaran Experiment (1)

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    S12:E9

    The Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry teleport to Earth to ensure the planet is safe for the survivors on board Nerva Beacon to return and reinhabit their world. A Sontaran named Styre has captured a group of humans and is conducting experiments on them to discover the human body's weaknesses, as part of the Sontaran's goal for domination of the galaxy.

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    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #15 - The Armageddon Factor (2)

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    S16:E22

    Swept up in an apocalyptic war, the Doctor must help the Marshal defend his planet. But who or what controls the Marshal?

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    Director:Michael Hayes
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    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #16 - The Armageddon Factor (6)

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    S16:E26

    The Doctor and the Shadow have their final confrontation to take control of the Key to Time. Completing it may entail an awful sacrifice. And the Black Guardian will do anything to obtain it and plunge the Universe into chaos.

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    Director:Michael Hayes
  17. Background image for The Sontaran Experiment (2)
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #17 - The Sontaran Experiment (2)

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    S12:E10

    The Doctor learns that Styre has been experimenting on the Galsec crewmembers to pave the way for a Sontaran invasion of Earth and decides the only way to halt his plans is to challenge him to a duel.

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    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #18 - The Invisible Enemy (1)

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    S15:E5

    Deep space, 5000AD. An Earth supply shuttle is infected by a strange sentient space-borne virus, which quickly spreads to the crew of the refuelling station on the moon Titan. Even worse, the Doctor himself falls victim. But why is Leela immune, and what is the virus's ultimate goal?

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    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #19 - The Invisible Enemy (2)

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    S15:E6

    Leela and Lowe take the Doctor to the Bi-Al Foundation for help. But how can they cure an infection of the mind?

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    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #20 - The Armageddon Factor (4)

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    S16:E24

    The Doctor is forced into a desperate gambit to prevent a massacre. But it is getting harder to tell friend from foe.

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    Director:Michael Hayes
  21. Background image for The Hand of Fear (2)
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #21 - The Hand of Fear (2)

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    S14:E6

    The Doctor and Professor Watson struggle to stop first Sarah Jane and then Driscoll from obeying the strange and dangerous orders of the stone hand, which has suddenly come to life.

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    Director:Lennie Mayne
  22. Background image for The Claws of Axos (4)
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #22 - The Claws of Axos (4)

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    S8:E14

    The Doctor and Jo escape from Axos but then the Doctor offers the Master a deal; if he helps him repair the TARDIS, they can flee Earth together.

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    6.2/10(5 votes)

    #23 - The Armageddon Factor (5)

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    S16:E25

    The Doctor and Romana finally venture into the Shadow's lair. The Shadow appears to hold all the cards but the Doctor has found an old friend.

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    Director:Michael Hayes
  24. Background image for The Mutants (1)
    6.0/10(4 votes)

    #24 - The Mutants (1)

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    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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    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #25 - The Mutants (2)

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    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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Dave Martin Ratings Summary

"The Three Doctors (1)" is the best rated episode written by Dave Martin. It scored 8.2/10 based on 8 votes. It was directed by Lennie Mayne. It aired on 12/30/1972 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Three Doctors (2)".