The Best Episodes Written By Terrance Dicks

Every TV Episode Written by Terrance Dicks Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. Background image for The War Games (1)
    8.8/10(5 votes)

    #1 - The War Games (1)

    S6:E35

    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.

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  2. Background image for The Brain of Morbius (1)
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #2 - The Brain of Morbius (1)

    S13:E17

    The storm-lashed planet Karn. Near a graveyard of crashed starships, the demented surgeon Solon hides in his castle, the last acolyte of the Time Lord despot Morbius. He only needs one final item to make his master live again... and then the Doctor and Sarah arrive...

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  3. Background image for The Brain of Morbius (3)
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #3 - The Brain of Morbius (3)

    S13:E19

    While the Doctor goes to confront the Sisterhood to seek a cure for Sarah Jane's blindness, Solon realizes that he must transfer Morbius' brain into a new body before it is too late.

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  4. Background image for The Brain of Morbius (4)
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #4 - The Brain of Morbius (4)

    S13:E20

    Morbius lives once more, but as a rampaging beast. The Doctor is forced to ally with Dr. Solon to bring him to heel, but the two disagree about what should happen to Morbius.

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  5. Background image for The Bringers of Wonder (1)
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - The Bringers of Wonder (1)

    S2:E18

    Everyone on Moonbase is electrified by the arrival of a spaceship from earth. Everyone, that is, except Commander Koenig. Where the others see long-lost friends and relatives, he sees hideous aliens, bent on taking over the Moonbase...

    Director:Tom Clegg
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  6. Background image for The Brain of Morbius (2)
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #6 - The Brain of Morbius (2)

    S13:E18

    The Doctor is captured by the Sisterhood, and Sarah Jane is blinded freeing him. The Doctor has no choice but to go back for a cure, unaware that he is leaving Sarah Jane in the hands of a treacherous Dr. Solon and the renegade Time Lord Morbius.

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  7. Background image for The Seeds of Death (1)
    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #7 - The Seeds of Death (1)

    S6:E23

    21st century Earth is entirely dependent on the T-Mat transport system but the control centre on the moon has stopped functioning. Meanwhile, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe meet the one man who can solve the crisis.

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  8. Background image for Horror of Fang Rock (1)
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #8 - Horror of Fang Rock (1)

    S15:E1

    The English channel, the 1900s AD. The TARDIS lands on barren Fang Rock, inhabited until now only by three lighthouse keepers. But what is the strange fog covering the island, and can it be connected to the falling star sighted earlier that night?

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  9. Background image for The Lambda Factor
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Lambda Factor

    S2:E17

    A pretty, young Alpha technician dies a horrible and unexplained death. Dr. Russell's experiments reveal that one of the crew is possessed of paranormal mental powers and is trying to take control of Moonbase Alpha....

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  10. Background image for Robot (4)
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #10 - Robot (4)

    S12:E4

    UNIT attempt to get into the bunker to stop Miss Winters setting off the world's nuclear missiles but first they have to get past the K1.

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  11. Background image for Horror of Fang Rock (3)
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #11 - Horror of Fang Rock (3)

    S15:E3

    The Doctor barricades everyone in the lighthouse to protect them from the mysterious deadly creature in the fog. But it may already be inside, biding its time…

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  12. Background image for Horror of Fang Rock (4)
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Horror of Fang Rock (4)

    S15:E4

    The Rutan starts picking off the surviving humans one by one as the Doctor and Leela struggle to defeat not only the alien but an entire fleet waiting to occupy Earth.

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  13. Background image for Horror of Fang Rock (2)
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Horror of Fang Rock (2)

    S15:E2

    The survivors of a wrecked ship are stranded with the lighhouse crew on Fang Rock as a deadly menace slithers through the fog. Has the Beast of Fang Rock returned?

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  14. Background image for Robot (1)
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Robot (1)

    S12:E1

    The Doctor changes form again. Before he has fully re-covered, something of colossal strength steals a secret weapon, and the convalescent Doctor starts to investigate.

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  15. Background image for Robot (3)
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #15 - Robot (3)

    S12:E3

    Sarah Jane and Kettlewell infiltrate an SRS meeting to try and find out what Miss Winters is up to but there is a surprise in store.

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  16. Background image for Robot (2)
    6.4/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Robot (2)

    S12:E2

    The Doctor and Sarah Jane become convinced Think Tank are behind the electronic component thefts but are unable to stop them carrying out another raid.

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  17. Background image for State of Decay (1)
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #17 - State of Decay (1)

    S18:E13

    Still trapped in negative E-Space, the TARDIS lands on an unnamed world to find a society sliding back into feudalism. What is the secret of the Three Who Rule? And what ancient enemy of the Time Lords is stirring again on this world...?

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  18. Background image for State of Decay (2)
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - State of Decay (2)

    S18:E14

    The Doctor and Romana are escorted to the tower to meet the royal leaders, hoping they can find answers to why this society evolves backwards. The Doctor recognizes the tower as an old Earth spaceship, and further finds that the old fuel tanks, far from empty, are full - but with blood. Meanwhile, Councilor Aukon senses intelligence in Adric and selects him to be the their first "Chosen One."

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  19. Background image for State of Decay (3)
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - State of Decay (3)

    S18:E15

    The Doctor finds archive material in the TARDIS that tells him he's dealing with an ancient enemy of the Time Lords, a nearly indestructible king vampire who's ready to revive and reenter normal space, spreading death, once again, across the universe.

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  20. Background image for State of Decay (4)
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - State of Decay (4)

    S18:E16

    The Doctor joins the villagers' revolt against their vampire rulers, unsure how to kill the king vampire. Meanwhile Adric is first in line to join the new vampire order while Romana is laid out as a sacrificial Time Lord for the awakening king vampire and his swarm of bats.

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  21. Background image for Homicide And Old Lace
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Homicide And Old Lace

    S6:E26

    It's Mother's birthday and he is visiting two of his aunts, Harriet and Georgina. To celebrate he tells them a hair-colour changing story, 'The Great Great British Crime'.

    Director:John Hough
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Terrance Dicks Ratings Summary

"The War Games (1)" is the best rated episode written by Terrance Dicks. It scored 8.8/10 based on 5 votes. It was directed by David Maloney. It aired on 4/19/1969 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Brain of Morbius (1)".