The Best Episodes Written By Douglas Adams

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.6/10(9 votes)

   #1 - City of Death (1)

   S17:E59/29/1979

   Paris, 1979. The Doctor and Romana are here on holiday, but something is disturbing the flow of time. Could the time travel experiments of Count Scarlioni be to blame?

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2. 

   8.4/10(8 votes)

   #2 - City of Death (2)

   S17:E610/6/1979

   Captured by the Count, the Doctor and Romana uncover an elaborate plan to steal the Mona Lisa. But there is more to Scarlioni's plans than a simple theft.

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3. 

   8.2/10(8 votes)

   #3 - City of Death (3)

   S17:E710/13/1979

   The Doctor and Romana unwrap an intricate plot involving aliens, time travel and the Mona Lisa. How is Count Scarlioni living in two times at once? And what does he want?

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4. 

   8.1/10(8 votes)

   #4 - City of Death (4)

   S17:E810/20/1979

   Scaroth is determined to go back 400 million years in time to prevent a mistake. But the Doctor must stop him – because the consequences would be disastrous.

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5. 

   7.7/10(7 votes)

   #5 - The Pirate Planet (2)

   S16:E610/7/1978

   The Doctor begins to investigate the mysteriously wealthy planet Zanak. Mentiads, a deranged Captain, strange omens, miraculous mines – what does it all mean? And what does it have to do with the Key to Time?

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6. 

   7.7/10(7 votes)

   #6 - The Pirate Planet (3)

   S16:E710/14/1978

   The Mentiads take the Doctor, Romana and Kimus to a reunion with K9 and Mula, where they set about trying to defeat the Captain.

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7. 

   7.6/10(7 votes)

   #7 - The Pirate Planet (4)

   S16:E810/21/1978

   The Captain and Xanxia work toward their secret goals. Both depends on the pirate planet consuming one more victim - Earth.

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8. 

   7.4/10(8 votes)

   #8 - The Pirate Planet (1)

   S16:E59/30/1978

   Planet Zanak, unknown time. The Doctor and Romana are seeking the planet Calufrax where the second segment waits. They are in the right place and the right time… but on the wrong planet.

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9. 

   6.3/10(10 votes)

   #9 - Party Political Broadcast

   S4:E612/5/1974

   Sketches in this final episode include The Most Awful Family in Britain, Patient Abuse, Brigadier and Bishop and The Man Who Finishes Other People's Sentences.

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