The Best Episodes Written By Eric Saward

Every TV Episode Written by Eric Saward Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for Resurrection of the Daleks (1)
    9.0/10(5 votes)

    #1 - Resurrection of the Daleks (1)

    S21:E11

    London's Docklands, 1984. Why are uniformed policemen gunning down strangely-dressed vagrants in broad daylight? A prison ship in the far future - who is the sole prisoner aboard the craft? And why are these two locations linked by the time corridor the TARDIS has been sucked into?

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  2. Background image for Resurrection of the Daleks (2)
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Resurrection of the Daleks (2)

    S21:E12

    As the surviving station crew work to destroy the space station, Davros consolidates his power and the Daleks launch a fiendish scheme to use the Doctor against the Time Lords.

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  3. Background image for Earthshock (2)
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Earthshock (2)

    S19:E20

    With her crew vanishing mysteriously, Captain Briggs assumes the Doctor is the guilty party, but the traitor is closer to home… as are the Cybermen.

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  4. Background image for Earthshock (4)
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Earthshock (4)

    S19:E22

    The Doctor realises the freighter is now a huge bomb and sends it back through time where it can explode millions of years ago... but Adric is still aboard...

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  5. Background image for Earthshock (1)
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #5 - Earthshock (1)

    S19:E19

    The TARDIS crew arrives on Earth in the 26th Century in a cave system where a military force is investigating the disappearance of a palaentological expedition.

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  6. Background image for Earthshock (3)
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Earthshock (3)

    S19:E21

    The Cybermen are released from their silos and are on the march, attacking Briggs's crew and ensuring that the freighter remains on course for Earth. But why?

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  7. Background image for The Visitation (4)
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - The Visitation (4)

    S19:E16

    With Tegan and Richard under alien control, and the manor sealed against anyone leaving or entering, it's a question whether or not the Doctor can get to London before the Terileptils release their improved strain of black death upon the world.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
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  8. Background image for The Visitation (1)
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #8 - The Visitation (1)

    S19:E13

    As plague sweeps 17th century England, the Doctor discovers a more exotic threat at work - shipwrecked Terileptil convicts, intent on making the planet their own.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
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  9. Background image for Attack of the Cybermen (1)
    6.2/10(5 votes)

    #9 - Attack of the Cybermen (1)

    S22:E1

    London, 1985. The alien mercenary Lytton has been stranded here for nearly a year, but now he has a plan to escape. But how does it involve the Doctor's old enemies - and why are they on Earth at this point in history?

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  10. Background image for The Visitation (2)
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - The Visitation (2)

    S19:E14

    To rescue Tegan and Adric, captured and interrogated by the Terileptil fugitive leader, the Doctor must get past the locals under alien control and overcome Death (an android servant dressed up as The Grim Reaper).

    Director:Peter Moffatt
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  11. Background image for The Visitation (3)
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - The Visitation (3)

    S19:E15

    The Doctor makes the fugitive Terileptils a rare offer they shouldn't refuse; but, though few in numbers, they have a plan in the works for the quick and complete domination of Earth and mean to see it through.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
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  12. Background image for Attack of the Cybermen (2)
    5.8/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Attack of the Cybermen (2)

    S22:E2

    On Telos, the Doctor is reintroduced to the Cyber Leader and meets the Cryons, the planet's original inhabitants who will go to any lengths to get their world back!

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  13. Background image for Revelation of the Daleks (1)
    5.2/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Revelation of the Daleks (1)

    S22:E12

    The planet Necros, the future. The Doctor arrives for the cryogenic interment of an old friend at Tranquil Repose, a vast repository of bodies in suspended animation. But what does the 'Great Healer' really have in mind for them...?

    Director:Graeme Harper
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  14. Background image for Revelation of the Daleks (2)
    5.2/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Revelation of the Daleks (2)

    S22:E13

    Davros plans to create an army of Daleks loyal only to him but on Skaro, the Daleks have other plans and head to Necros. Caught in the middle of this, the Doctor must save Peri...

    Director:Graeme Harper
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Eric Saward Ratings Summary

"Resurrection of the Daleks (1)" is the best rated episode written by Eric Saward. It scored 9/10 based on 5 votes. It was directed by Matthew Robinson. It aired on 2/8/1984 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Resurrection of the Daleks (2)".