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The Best Episodes Written By Steven Moffat

Every TV Episode Written by Steven Moffat Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Steven Moffat Ratings Summary

"The Man with Two Legs" is the best rated episode written by Steven Moffat. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 9/3/2001 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Unconditional Sex".

  • The Man with Two Legs
    10.0/101 votes

    #1 - The Man with Two Legs

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2001

    Jeff finally gets to speak to Chrissy, the woman on the train whose leg he has been fancying for days, and tells her that he only has one leg, a lie which becomes ever harder to undo. Meanwhile, Sally is dating a "surgeon" called David, and Jeff wonders whether it would be easier.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • Unconditional Sex
    10.0/101 votes

    #2 - Unconditional Sex

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2002

    Jeff is still trying to decide whether he should cheat on his girlfriend Julia with Wilma, or not. While his friends try to help him, Jeff is no match in this debate for "devil woman" Wilma. She knows every argument that Susan (the expert in getting her own way) has ever used. Jeff paints himself into a terrifyingly extreme conversational corner, until he blurts out that the reason he can't have sex with Wilma is that his girlfriend is dead...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • Blink
    9.3/10101 votes

    #3 - Blink

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 6/9/2007

    Only the Doctor can stop the Weeping Angels, but he's lost in time.

    Director: Hettie Macdonald

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • The Girl with Two Breasts
    9.2/105 votes

    #4 - The Girl with Two Breasts

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/9/2000

    Jeff and co. can't take their eyes of a beautiful stranger in their local bar. And the girl can't take her eyes off Jeff. Jeff goes over to talk to her, only to discover that she doesn't speak a word of English, which to Jeff of course is quite a relief. Her interpreter, Alice, tells Jeff she's Israeli, then whisks her away. The next day the girl is back and Jeff attempts to chat her up. With neither speaking a word of the other's language, it is an utter disaster.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • Forest of the Dead (2)
    9.1/1066 votes

    #5 - Forest of the Dead (2)

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 6/7/2008

    As the shadows rise, the Doctor forges an alliance with the mysterious River Song.

    Director: Euros Lyn

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • Remember This
    9.0/101 votes

    #6 - Remember This

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2002

    Sally is surprised to say the least when Patrick arrives at her flat at three in the morning to get rid of a spider for her. It turns out that he dreamt her distress call. What can this mean? Does Patrick subconsciously want to protect Sally? More shockingly, does Patrick have a subconscious? Encouraged by their friends, Sally and Patrick independently tell the story of how they first met...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • Silence in the Library (1)
    9.0/1065 votes

    #7 - Silence in the Library (1)

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 5/31/2008

    The Doctor and Donna land in a frightening position in the far future. While investigating a derelict library, the duo come face to face with the disembodied mind of a little girl, an archaeological team led by a woman from the Doctor's future, and swarms of flesh-eating creatures that are seen only as shadows.

    Director: Euros Lyn

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • The Doctor Dances (2)
    8.8/1071 votes

    #8 - The Doctor Dances (2)

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/28/2005

    After narrowly escaping the gas mask monsters, The Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack try to stop the mutated people from infecting other victims. But it soon becomes apparent that one of the group may indirectly responsible for the virus. The answer lies at the bomb site, but time is running out...

    Director: James Hawes

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • The Empty Child (1)
    8.6/1076 votes

    #9 - The Empty Child (1)

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/21/2005

    After chasing an unexplained capsule through time, the TARDIS lands in London, during an air raid. Rose investigates when a small child wearing a gasmask, standing on a rooftop, continuously calls out for his mummy. After floating above the city on a barrage balloon, Rose is swept off her feet by another time traveller – Captain Jack Harkness. Meanwhile, The Doctor follows a teenaged girl to a meeting of the homeless children of the Blitz. Here, the child in the gasmask is terrorising them with a parade of strange events, constantly asking for his mother.

    Director: James Hawes

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • The Girl in the Fireplace
    8.6/1070 votes

    #10 - The Girl in the Fireplace

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 5/6/2006

    On a seemingly abandoned spaceship in the 51st century, the Tenth Doctor, Rose and Mickey find time windows leading to 18th century France and a group of clockwork androids using them to stalk a young woman throughout her life.

    Director: Euros Lyn

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • Heaven Sent (1)
    8.6/1065 votes

    #11 - Heaven Sent (1)

    Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/2015

    Trapped in a world unlike any other he has seen, the Doctor faces the greatest challenge of his many lives. One final test. And he must face it alone.

    Director: Rachel Talalay

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • The Impossible Astronaut (1)
    8.4/1062 votes

    #12 - The Impossible Astronaut (1)

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 4/23/2011

    Placing his life entirely in their hands, the Doctor agrees to search for the recipient of the fourth envelope - just who is Canton Everett Delaware the Third? And what is the relevance of their only other clue: 'Space 1969'? Their quest lands them - quite literally - in the Oval Office, where they are enlisted by President Nixon himself to assist enigmatic former-FBI agent Canton, in saving a terrified little girl from a mysterious spaceman.

    Director: Toby Haynes

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • Day of the Moon (2)
    8.4/1057 votes

    #13 - Day of the Moon (2)

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 4/30/2011

    The Doctor is locked in the perfect prison. Amy, Rory and River Song are being hunted down across America by the FBI. With the help of new friend and FBI-insider, Canton Everett Delaware the Third, our heroes are reunited to share their discoveries, if not their memories. For the world is occupied by an alien force who control humanity through post-hypnotic suggestion and no one can be trusted. Aided by President Nixon and Neil Armstrong's foot, the Doctor must mount a revolution to drive out the enemy and rescue the missing little girl. No-one knows why they took her. Or why they have kidnapped Amy Pond...

    Director: Toby Haynes

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • World Enough and Time (1)
    8.4/1048 votes

    #14 - World Enough and Time (1)

    Season 10 Episode 11 - Aired 6/24/2017

    Friendship drives the Doctor into the rashest decision of his life. Trapped on a giant spaceship, caught in the event horizon of a black hole, he witnesses the death of someone he is pledged to protect. Is there any way he can redeem his mistake? Are events already out of control? For once, time is the Time Lord’s enemy.

    Director: Rachel Talalay

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • A Scandal in Belgravia
    8.4/10208 votes

    #15 - A Scandal in Belgravia

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2012

    Blackmail threatens the monarchy and Sherlock is about to meet the woman who beats him.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • The Eleventh Hour
    8.3/1069 votes

    #16 - The Eleventh Hour

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 4/3/2010

    The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, and the sonic screwdriver destroyed, the new Doctor has just 20 minutes to save the whole world - and only Amy Pond to help him.

    Director: Adam Smith

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • The Lying Detective
    8.3/10142 votes

    #17 - The Lying Detective

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2017

    Sherlock faces perhaps the most chilling enemy of his long career: the powerful and seemingly unassailable Culverton Smith – a man with a very dark secret indeed.

    Director: Nick Hurran

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • The Angels Take Manhattan
    8.2/1052 votes

    #18 - The Angels Take Manhattan

    Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/2012

    The Doctor’s heart-breaking farewell to Amy and Rory – a race against time through the streets of Manhattan, as New York’s statues come to life around them… With Rory’s life in danger, the Doctor and Amy must locate him before it’s too late! Luckily, an old friend helps them and guides the way.

    Director: Nick Hurran

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • A Study in Pink
    8.2/10220 votes

    #19 - A Study in Pink

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/25/2010

    A war hero, invalided home from Afghanistan, meets a strange but charismatic genius who is looking for a flatmate; it is London, 2010, and Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes are meeting for the first time. A string of impossible suicides has Scotland Yard baffled - and only one man can help.

    Director: Paul McGuigan

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • His Last Vow
    8.1/10162 votes

    #20 - His Last Vow

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/12/2014

    A case of stolen letters leads Sherlock Holmes into a long conflict with Charles Augustus Magnussen, the Napoleon of blackmail, and the one man he truly hates. But how do you tackle a foe who knows the personal weakness of every person of importance in the Western world?

    Director: Nick Hurran

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • The Pandorica Opens (1)
    8.1/1057 votes

    #21 - The Pandorica Opens (1)

    Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 6/19/2010

    The Doctor's friends unite to send him a terrible warning; the Pandorica - which is said to contain the most feared being in all the cosmos - is opening. But what's inside, and can the Doctor stop it?

    Director: Toby Haynes

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • The Time of Angels (1)
    8.1/1058 votes

    #22 - The Time of Angels (1)

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 4/24/2010

    A crashed spaceship, a shattered temple and a terrifying climb through the maze of the dead - River Song is back in the Doctor's life, and she's brought more trouble than even he can handle. The last of the weeping Angels is loose in the ruins of Alfava Metraxis, and the Doctor is recruited to track it down. "Don't blink!" everyone tells Amy - but Amy is about to discover, not blinking might just be the worst thing you can do...

    Director: Adam Smith

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • The Big Bang (2)
    8.1/1058 votes

    #23 - The Big Bang (2)

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 6/26/2010

    The Doctor is gone, the Tardis has been destroyed, and the universe is collapsing. The only hope for all reality is a little girl who still believes in stars.

    Director: Toby Haynes

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • The Name of the Doctor
    8.1/1059 votes

    #24 - The Name of the Doctor

    Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 5/18/2013

    Someone is kidnapping the Doctor's friends, leading him towards the one place in all of time and space that he should never go.

    Director: Saul Metzstein

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • Size Matters
    8.0/103 votes

    #25 - Size Matters

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/19/2000

    Susan invites Steve for a date at home, and offers to cook. Jeff warns him about 'The Sock Gap', and Patrick alerts him to her collection of remote controls. Somehow everyone's conversation seems to revolve around Patrick's size, and Jeff is asked by several people to accompany him to the toilet to check.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Steven Moffat