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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 6 Episode 35 - The War Games (1)
    8.3/10(9 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  2. undefined Season 13 Episode 20 - The Brain of Morbius (4)
    8.1/10(9 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  3. undefined Season 13 Episode 19 - The Brain of Morbius (3)
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - The Klae Resource
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E2

    The Klae Corporation requests Dan's help in determining whether a wealthy recluse is still alive and planning to make a corporate deal with a foreign government.

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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  5. undefined Season 13 Episode 17 - The Brain of Morbius (1)
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  6. undefined Season 13 Episode 18 - The Brain of Morbius (2)
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  7. undefined Season 15 Episode 1 - Horror of Fang Rock (1)
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 17 - The Lambda Factor
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  9. undefined Season 15 Episode 2 - Horror of Fang Rock (2)
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  10. undefined Season 15 Episode 4 - Horror of Fang Rock (4)
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  11. undefined Season 15 Episode 3 - Horror of Fang Rock (3)
    7.5/10(8 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  12. undefined Season 18 Episode 13 - State of Decay (1)
    7.1/10(7 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  13. undefined Season 6 Episode 23 - The Seeds of Death (1)
    7.0/10(8 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  14. undefined Season 18 Episode 14 - State of Decay (2)
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  15. undefined Season 18 Episode 15 - State of Decay (3)
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  16. undefined Season 18 Episode 16 - State of Decay (4)
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  17. undefined Season 3 Episode 24 - Concerto
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E24

    Soviet-British trade talks are coinciding with the first London concert of the brilliant young pianist, Stefan Veliko. A young girl accuses Veliko of assault, and is then murdered. If someone wants to disrupt the talks by incriminating the pianist, they seem to be going about it in the right way.

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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - The Mauritius Penny
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E7

    The owner of a stamp shop is murdered when excitedly talking on the phone to a contact about the rare Mauritius Penny that has turned up on a list. Cathy Gale applies for a job in the shop, and she and Steed witness another murder in an auction room.

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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 15 - Intercrime
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E15

    Steed wants Mrs. Gale to impersonate Hilda Stern, a recently arrested assassin about to be used by the trans-national crime syndicate Intercrime. Things go swimmingly, until the real Hilda Stern breaks out of Holloway and confronts the imposter.

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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  20. undefined Season 12 Episode 4 - Robot (4)
    6.9/10(7 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  21. undefined Season 12 Episode 3 - Robot (3)
    6.7/10(7 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  22. undefined Season 12 Episode 1 - Robot (1)
    6.6/10(8 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  23. undefined Season 0 Episode 41 - The Five Doctors
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    S0:E41

    The Doctor’s past incarnations are being snatched out of time and space and transported to the Death Zone on Gallifrey, where they are reunited with some old friends and pitted against their deadliest enemies in the Game of Rassilon. Someone is manipulating the Doctor and his companions in order to claim the most ancient and powerful secret of the Time Lords, but can they survive the challenges and uncover the traitor before it is too late?

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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  24. undefined Season 12 Episode 2 - Robot (2)
    6.4/10(7 votes)

    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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    Writer:Terrance Dicks

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  25. undefined Season 2 Episode 18 - The Bringers of Wonder (1)
    5.8/10(4 votes)

    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...

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Terrance Dicks Ratings Summary

"The War Games (1)" is the best rated episode written by Terrance Dicks. It scored 8.3/10 based on 9 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 4/19/1969 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Brain of Morbius (4)".