The Best Episodes Written By Dennis Spooner

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(6 votes)

   #1 - Checkmate

   S2:E397/24/1965

   The Doctor finally discovers what the Monk is up to and must move fast to prevent his opponent from altering the course of history.

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   7.6/10(5 votes)

   #2 - Destruction of Time

   S3:E211/29/1966

   With the Daleks poised to invade the solar system, the Doctor decides his only option is to activate the Time Destructor prematurely, threatening the entire planet.

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   7.2/10(6 votes)

   #3 - A Battle of Wits

   S2:E387/17/1965

   The Doctor manages to escape from his cell and get the upper hand on the Monk but his plans are derailed when Sven and Ulf arrive at the monastery.

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   7.1/10(7 votes)

   #4 - Inferno

   S2:E152/6/1965

   Inspired by the Doctor, Nero sets Rome ablaze. Ian must fight his way out of the arena and rescue Barbara. The Doctor and Vicki hurry to flee the city and escape to the TARDIS.

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   7.1/10(8 votes)

   #5 - The Watcher

   S2:E367/3/1965

   The Doctor, Vicki, and Steven Taylor, go to 1066 England, but something doesn't seem right including modern inventions like a Gramaphone and electricity. Could there be another Time Lord?

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   7.0/10(7 votes)

   #6 - Conspiracy

   S2:E141/30/1965

   Poppaea plans to poison Barbara who has become the object of Nero's affections. The Doctor is to be thrown to the lions and Ian and Delos are set against each other in the arena.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - Look- (stop me if you've heard this one) But There Were These Two Fellers...

   S6:E1112/4/1968

   The directors of the Capital Land and Development Company are being murdered and the only clues Steed and Tara have are a massive footprint and a red nose.

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   #8 - Target!

   S1:E611/26/1976

   In an attempt to break Steed's perfect shooting-range record, Purdey tackles the range with all her grace and skill. However, it's not enough as she misses one tiny percentage and gets hit with a mark. But other agents begin to die who have performed similarly, and Steed and Gambit start putting the clues together and find that they must work fast to save their friend and colleague before she succumbs to a nasty poison.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - Faces

   S1:E912/17/1976

   A bizarre series of deaths of high-ups in the government becomes the business of Steed and his colleagues when a personal friend of his becomes one of the deceased. However, due to suspicion from the delicate nature of the case...apparently people are being duplicated by an unscrupulous firm...Steed, Purdey, and Gambit all go off on their own and make individual progress into the case. However, it seems that the situation is too far-reaching and confusing for each alone. They must work together and figure out quickly, who's who and what's what, before they themselves become the next targets.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Gnaws

    S1:E1012/21/1976

    2 scientists are developing a new growth drug which could end world famine. Unfortunately some of the drug has been flushed down the sink resulting in something nasty in the sewers.

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    #11 - Medium Rare

    S2:E39/23/1977

    Mason is the paymaster to a group of informants, but all is not what it seems: the informants are a single man. When Mason suspects this, he is murdered by Wallace, who has been lining his own pockets. Steed begins to investigate, and Wallace decides that the only option left is to frame Steed and kill him.

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    #12 - Forward Base

    S2:E1111/18/1977

    April 1969: Typhoon Agatha rages causing a new piece of coastline suddenly to appear in Toronto. It's up to the New Avengers to uncover the truth behind it all.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Emily

    S2:E1312/17/1977

    The trio are on the trail of a mysterious agent ""The Fox."" Although he escapes, he leaves a palm print on the roof of a car owned by the aged Miss Daly and the Avengers must preserve the print to make a positive ID on their target.

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    6.9/10(8 votes)

    #14 - The Slave Traders

    S2:E121/16/1965

    After relaxing at a Roman villa the Doctor is mistaken for a murdered lyre player and targeted by an assassin. Meanwhile, Ian and Barbara are captured by slave traders.

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    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Guests of Madame Guillotine

    S1:E388/15/1964

    Susan, Ian and Barbara are sentenced to be guillotined but an encounter with a dying English prisoner may offer Ian a chance of survival.

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    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Coronas of the Sun

    S3:E1512/18/1965

    The Doctor, Steven and Sara escape Mira in a Dalek pursuit ship but when they find the ship is returning to Kembel, they are forced to come up with a new plan to avoid the Daleks.

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    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #17 - The Abandoned Planet

    S3:E201/22/1966

    The Doctor, Steven and Sara reach Kembel where they find the Daleks have betrayed their allies and imprisoned them.

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    6.7/10(7 votes)

    #18 - A Land of Fear

    S1:E378/8/1964

    The TARDIS lands during the French Revolution, where Ian, Barbara, and Susan become caught up in the politics of the day. When they are arrested and set to be executed, the Doctor must take on the disguise of a public official to try and save their lives.

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    #19 - Prisoners of Conciergerie

    S1:E429/12/1964

    Ian finally delivers his message to James Stirling but in order to secure Susan's release he and Barbara are forced into a dangerous spying mission.

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    6.7/10(9 votes)

    #20 - The Meddling Monk

    S2:E377/10/1965

    The Doctor is being held prisoner by the Monk and Steven and Vicki's search for him brings them to the Saxon village.But a greater danger threatens when a Viking raiding party arrives.

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    #21 - All Roads Lead to Rome

    S2:E131/23/1965

    Barbara is sold as a slave and Ian is to be trained as a gladiator. The Doctor and Vicki arrive at the Emperor's court with the Doctor still masquerading as Maximus Pettulian.

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    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #22 - Volcano

    S3:E171/1/1966

    The Daleks realise the Doctor has given them a fake Taranium Core while, on the planet Tigus, the Doctor encounters the Meddling Monk.

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    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #23 - Golden Death

    S3:E181/8/1966

    The Doctor, Steven and Sara travel to Ancient Egypt, pursued by both the Daleks and the Meddling Monk.

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    6.5/10(6 votes)

    #24 - The Tyrant of France

    S1:E408/29/1964

    The Doctor is forced into a meeting with Robespierre while Barbara's attempts to find a physician for Susan result in them being betrayed.

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    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Girl on the Trapeze

    S1:E62/11/1961

    Keel, reviving a young woman who has jumped into the Thames, is led to the Radeck State Circus, where the trapeze girl is guarded, her face covered by bandages because of an accident. The 'trapeze girl'proves to be the daughter of a defecting scientist, who will be used to force her father to return home. When Keel discovers this, he and Carol are captured by Zibbo the Clown, who will shoot Carol if the police investigation is not called off.

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