8.8/1017 votes#1 - Day Five
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 7/10/2009
Torchwood is defenceless, and Gwen Cooper stands alone, as the final sanction begins. As violence erupts and the world descends into anarchy, an ordinary council estate becomes a battleground where the future of the human race will be decided.
Director: Euros Lyn
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.7/1060 votes#2 - Doomsday (2)
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 7/8/2006
Humanity is caught in the crossfire as the Cybermen and the Daleks wage war against each other. When the mysterious Genesis Ark opens, the Tenth Doctor is faced with an impossible decision: saving the world could mean losing Rose Tyler forever…
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.7/1068 votes#3 - The Parting of the Ways (2)
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/18/2005
The fate of the Universe is hanging in the balance as the Dalek fleet begin their invasion of Earth. The Doctor must decide whether to sacrifice every human being on Earth in order to save every other living creature in the universe from the Daleks. Either way, he knows he must send Rose home...
Director: Joe Ahearne
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.4/1063 votes#4 - Midnight
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 6/14/2008
While visiting the planet Midnight, a beautiful and luxury planet, full of lavishs and hightech cities, a terrifying problem arises that leaves The Doctor powerless.
Director: Alice Troughton
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.4/1018 votes#5 - Day One
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 7/6/2009
At 8.45am, every child in the world suddenly stops, chanting the words "we are coming" again and again. Whilst investigating, the remaining Torchwood team face greater personal and professional challenges than ever before, having to work with their numbers depleted.
Director: Euros Lyn
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.4/1055 votes#6 - The Sound of Drums (2)
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 6/23/2007
Harry Saxon becomes Prime Minister and his reign of terror begins – but that's only the start of his ambitions, as he announces mankind's first contact with an alien race, the Toclafane. An audacious plan spanning the whole of time and space begins to close around the Earth, in the penultimate episode of Russell T Davies's Doctor Who.
Director: Colin Teague
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.4/1017 votes#7 - Day Three
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/8/2009
The eyes of the world turn to Britain, as the 456 announce, 'We are here'. As a pillar of fire descends upon London, the members of Torchwood must battle to protect their own families, as the fight gets personal. But will Clem's memories destroy everything?
Director: Euros Lyn
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.2/1057 votes#8 - Turn Left
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 6/21/2008
Whilst attending a carnival on the Chino-planet of Shan Shen, Donna is cajoled into having her fortune read, where her past is carefully examined. With the Doctor missing, Donna must work with Rose, a traveller from a parallel universe, to prevent darkness encompassing the whole of the universe.
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.2/1067 votes#9 - Bad Wolf (1)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/11/2005
In a seemingly futuristic world, the Doctor wakes up in the Big Brother house during an eviction, Rose wakes up on the Weakest Link with the Anne-Droid, and Captain Jack gets a make over with Trin-E and Zu-Zana. But something unusual is happening, and the losing contestants are being disintergrated. Obviously, it's time for the Doctor to investigate. Who or what is behind this?
Director: Joe Ahearne
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.2/1057 votes#10 - Utopia (1)
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 6/16/2007
After being brought back to life in The Parting of the Ways, Captain Jack Harkness was just left on the Gamestation by the Doctor and Rose. In this episode, Captain Jack Harkness storms back into the Doctor's life, and the TARDIS is thrown to the end of the universe itself.
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.1/1054 votes#11 - Army of Ghosts (1)
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 7/1/2006
Ghostly beings have been regularly appearing across the world and people, believing them to be their dead loved ones, are welcoming their visits with open arms. When the TARDIS arrives at the Torchwood Institute, the Tenth Doctor and Rose are taken prisoner. They are drawn into the investigation of a mysterious sphere kept in Torchwood Tower, and monstrous foes return as two universes collide.
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.1/1061 votes#12 - Journey's End (2)
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 7/5/2008
The Earth has been overwhelmed and the universe faces dominion by the resurgent forces of a terrifying and limitless empire led by one of The Doctor's greatest enemies. Aiding the Time Lord in a final battle are several of his closest allies and companions, but for one of them, a price will be paid...
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.0/105 votes#13 - The Blood Line
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 9/15/2011
As the Torchwood team launch a final, desperate mission against the seemingly undefeatable Three Families, they realize it may come down to the ultimate sacrifice.
Director: Billy Gierhart
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.0/101 votes#14 - Stuart Alan Jones
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/2/1999
Nathan tells his friend Donna that he fancies a male pupil, and had met and had sex with Stuart. She thinks it's great. Stuart meets a man at work who is married with kids, and they have sex. Marcie informs Vince that new recruit Rosalie fancies him. She arranges for them to meet in a pub after work.
Director: Charles McDougall
Writer: Russell T Davies
- 8.0/101 votes
#15 - The Date
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/1999
Nathan wakes up with Daniel, aka Dazz, not much older than him but more experienced. Stuart wakes up with two more attractive strangers.
Director: Sarah Harding
Writer: Russell T Davies
- 8.0/101 votes
#16 - Meet the Parents
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/1999
Stuart and Marie visit their parents. It's obvious that this is a rare occurrence and that, surprisingly, Stuart has never discussed his sexuality with them, which puts constraints on their relationship. Meanwhile Vince takes Cameron to meet his mum.
Director: Sarah Harding
Writer: Russell T Davies
8.0/1056 votes#17 - The Stolen Earth (1)
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 6/28/2008
The Earth has been moved, and it's a race against time as Donna and the Doctor try to find it before the Daleks destroy everything; they head for the Shadow Proclamation and the Medusa Cascade. Meanwhile on Earth a veritable bevy of ex-companions join together to contact the Doctor and take down the Daleks. Can Captain Jack, Sarah-Jane, Martha Jones and Rose find the Doctor in time...
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Russell T Davies
- 8.0/101 votes
#18 - What Amathus Wants (1)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/27/1997
An investigation into multiple attacks on horses across the country reveals a mysterious website game called 'Amathus', where real life players are sucked into a violent reality where they must commit acts of violence in order to secure points and win prizes. When the next level of play results in a triple murder, Creegan realises he is running out of time. Meanwhile, an unstable Kreitman confesses to Creegan that he was responsible for Ronald Hinks' death.
Director: Julian Jarrold
Writer: Russell T Davies
7.9/1055 votes#19 - Last of the Time Lords (3)
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 6/30/2007
One year has passed since the events of "The Sound of Drums." The Earth has been conquered and its population enslaved, the Doctor is the Master's prisoner, and the warships of a new Time Lord Empire rise from the ashes. The fate of the world is in Martha Jones' hands.
Director: Graeme Harper
Writer: Russell T Davies
7.9/1032 votes#20 - 73 Yards
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/25/2024
Landing on the Welsh coast, the Doctor and Ruby embark on the strangest journey of their lives. In a rain-lashed pub, the locals sit in fear of ancient legends coming to life.
Director: Dylan Holmes Williams
Writer: Russell T Davies
7.8/1058 votes#21 - Smith and Jones
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2007
Trainee doctor Martha Jones has her hands full balancing her medical studies with placating her demanding family. So the last thing she needs is to find that the hospital where she works has been transported to the moon, where it's invaded by an overbearing alien police force. There she encounters a patient called John Smith, who seems curiously at ease with the situation…
Director: Charles Palmer
Writer: Russell T Davies
7.8/107 votes#22 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/27/2018
As Jeremy gets one step closer to becoming prime minister, Norman demands that old promises should be honoured. With the old affair with Norman threatening to derail his political career, will Jeremy stop at nothing to silence him?
Director: Stephen Frears
Writer: Russell T Davies
7.8/1013 votes#23 - Everything Changes
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/22/2006
WPC Gwen Cooper is at the scene of a brutal murder, when the "special ops," known only as Torchwood, arrive. After witnessing the group bring the dead man back to life, Gwen goes in pursuit of this mysterious organisation, only to see weirder things than she could ever imagine existed. Soon after, she begins to regret giving in to her curiosity, when she meets Captain Jack Harkness.
Director: Brian Kelly
Writer: Russell T Davies
7.7/106 votes#24 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/3/2018
Having survived a bungled attempt on his life, Norman Scott publicly accuses Jeremy Thorpe of being behind a plot to kill him. After years of acrimony between them, Norman and Jeremy finally go head to head in court with the world watching.
Director: Stephen Frears
Writer: Russell T Davies
7.7/1060 votes#25 - Gridlock
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 4/14/2007
The Doctor takes Martha to New Earth, in the far future, only to find that an entire city has become a deadly trap.
Director: Richard Clark
Writer: Russell T Davies
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"Day Five" is the best rated episode written by Russell T Davies. It scored 8.824/10 based on 17 votes. It was directed by Euros Lyn. It aired on 7/10/2009 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Doomsday (2)".