8.7/103 votes#1 - The War Games (1)
Season 6 Episode 35 - Aired 4/19/1969
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe realise they have arrived in the trenches of the First World War, where the sinister General Smythe accuses them of espionage.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
8.0/104 votes#2 - Colony in Space (5)
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 5/8/1971
The Master offers to help the colonists in exchange for information on the Primitive city and forces the Doctor to act as a guide by taking Jo hostage.
Director: Michael E. Briant
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
8.0/104 votes#3 - Colony in Space (6)
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 5/15/1971
The Doctor and the Master are taken into the Primitive city, where the Master hopes to find the doomsday weapon, while Dent forces the colonists to leave the planet even though their ship is likely to explode.
Director: Michael E. Briant
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
8.0/101 votes#4 - The Gravediggers
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1965
Has the late Dr Marlow's proposed radar-jamming system been tested against British defences? If so, the dead scientist seems to be doing it from his grave. And what's the connection with the local hospital's bizarre operations and a train-crazy philanthropist?
Director: Quentin Lawrence
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.5/104 votes#5 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (4)
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 2/21/1970
With Quinn dead, the Brigadier decides to take an armed party into the caves, prompting the Doctor to contact the Silurians himself.
Director: Timothy Combe
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.5/104 votes#6 - Colony in Space (4)
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 5/1/1971
The Doctor descends into the Primitive city to try and find Jo while the colonists receive a visit from the Adjudicator.
Director: Michael E. Briant
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.4/105 votes#7 - The Sea Devils (1)
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 2/26/1972
The Doctor and Jo visit the Master at his island prison where the Doctor becomes curious about a number of ships sinking in the area.
Director: Michael E. Briant
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.3/104 votes#8 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (6)
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/1970
While the Doctor and Liz try to find a cure to the virus spread by Baker, the Young Silurian kills the Old Silurian and takes control of his people.
Director: Timothy Combe
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.3/104 votes#9 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (7)
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 3/14/1970
While Liz distributes the cure to the virus, the Doctor discovers the Silurians now plan to wipe out humanity by destroying the Van Allen Belt.
Director: Timothy Combe
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.3/104 votes#10 - The Sea Devils (2)
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 3/4/1972
The Doctor and Jo are trapped on the fort by a Sea Devil while the Master convinces Trenchard to help him steal some electronic components.
Director: Michael E. Briant
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.3/104 votes#11 - The Sea Devils (3)
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 3/11/1972
The Doctor is held prisoner by Trenchard while the Master attempts to contact the Sea Devils.
Director: Michael E. Briant
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.3/104 votes#12 - The Sea Devils (4)
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 3/18/1972
The Sea Devils attack the island prison and rescue the Master, prompting the Doctor to venture underwater to try and contact them.
Director: Michael E. Briant
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.3/104 votes#13 - The Sea Devils (5)
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 3/25/1972
The Doctor is taken to the Sea Devils' underwater colony where he tries to make peace with the creatures, only for the navy to attack the base.
Director: Michael E. Briant
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.3/104 votes#14 - The Sea Devils (6)
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 4/1/1972
The Sea Devils take over the naval base and the Doctor is forced to help the Master find a way to revive their colony.
Director: Michael E. Briant
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.3/104 votes#15 - Invasion (1)
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 1/12/1974
The Doctor and Sarah return to London in the present day only to find the city strangely deserted, while nearby UNIT are dealing with a series of monster appearances.
Director: Paddy Russell
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.2/106 votes#16 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (1)
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/1970
The Doctor and Liz are summoned to the Wenley Moor Research Centre by the Brigadier, after several staff members suffer nervous breakdowns.
Director: Timothy Combe
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.0/105 votes#17 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (2)
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 2/7/1970
The Doctor attempts to convince people there are monsters in the caves, prompting Major Baker to start shooting at a reptile man.
Director: Timothy Combe
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.0/104 votes#18 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (3)
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/1970
The Silurians contact Quinn for help in retrieving the creature while the Doctor and the Brigadier organise a search of the moors.
Director: Timothy Combe
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.0/104 votes#19 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (5)
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 2/28/1970
Worried about the Old Silurian's growing friendship with the Doctor, the Young Silurian has the scientist infect Baker with a virus and then release him.
Director: Timothy Combe
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.0/104 votes#20 - The Ambassadors of Death (2)
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 3/28/1970
UNIT retrieve the returned Recovery 7 but then Carrington hijacks it while the Doctor and Liz try to decode the signal he sent.
Director: Michael Ferguson
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.0/104 votes#21 - The Ambassadors of Death (3)
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 4/4/1970
Carrington is holding the astronauts at a secret location but when he takes the Doctor, Liz and the Brigadier there they find they have been kidnapped.
Director: Michael Ferguson
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.0/104 votes#22 - Frontier in Space (1)
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 2/24/1973
The Doctor and Jo land on a spaceship in the far future as it is attacked by Ogrons, which the human crew see as Draconians. The Doctor and Jo are taken to Earth as spies.
Director: Paul Bernard
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
7.0/101 votes#23 - Parallel Lines Sometimes Meet
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 3/16/1965
Drake trails two scientists to the West Indies.
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
6.7/103 votes#24 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs (2)
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 1/19/1974
The Doctor attempts to solve the mystery of the monster invasion. His first move - the capture of a dinosaur.
Director: Paddy Russell
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
6.5/104 votes#25 - The Ambassadors of Death (4)
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 4/11/1970
Liz has been captured by Reegan's men and the Doctor begins to suspect Taltalian is more involved than he appeared.
Director: Michael Ferguson
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
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"The War Games (1)" is the best rated episode written by Malcolm Hulke. It scored 8.7/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by David Maloney. It aired on 4/19/1969 and is rated 0.7 points higher than their second-best episode, "Colony in Space (5)".