9.6/107 votes#1 - Genesis of the Daleks (6)
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 4/12/1975
Gharman tries to convince the Kaleds to vote against the Dalek project but Davros has a trick up his sleeve, while the Doctor works to destroy the tape recording of Dalek victory and the Thals plan an intervention of their own.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Terry Nation
9.1/108 votes#2 - Genesis of the Daleks (1)
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 3/8/1975
The planet Skaro, the distant past. The Time Lords divert the Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry to this war-torn world, and give the Doctor a mission: the evil of the Daleks is about to be born here, and the Doctor is to try to ensure they evolve into less lethally aggressive beings - or, failing that, to avert their creation altogether. But has even the Doctor the right to commit genocide?
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Terry Nation
9.1/107 votes#3 - Genesis of the Daleks (4)
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 3/29/1975
The Doctor fails to prevent the Thals from destroying the Kaled city but they don't have long to enjoy their victory before the Daleks attack.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Terry Nation
9.1/107 votes#4 - Genesis of the Daleks (5)
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aired 4/5/1975
The Doctor is forced to give Davros full details of future Dalek victories but opposition to Davros' plans is growing among the Kaleds and soon there is open rebellion.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Terry Nation
9.0/107 votes#5 - Genesis of the Daleks (2)
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 3/15/1975
The Doctor and Harry are taken to the Kaled bunker where Davros is preparing to demonstrate the Daleks, while Sarah Jane is captured by the Thals and taken to their city as a slave worker.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Terry Nation
8.9/107 votes#6 - Genesis of the Daleks (3)
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 3/22/1975
The Doctor and Harry head to the Kaled city to alert the authorities to Davros' plans while Sarah Jane and Sevrin are forced to work on the completion of the Thals' rocket.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Terry Nation
8.0/101 votes#7 - A Home of One's Own
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/31/1971
Danny buys a `handy man's special' cottage in England and discovers that his neighbors are into the occult.
Director: James Hill
Writer: Terry Nation
8.0/101 votes#8 - Five Miles to Midnight
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/7/1972
Trying to open a travel business, Danny and Brett encounter a New York hoodlum who needs to be smuggled out of Italy after he killed an Italian gangster.
Director: Val Guest
Writer: Terry Nation
8.0/101 votes#9 - A Death in the Family
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/4/1972
Brett's relatives are being killed off one by one, so Brett and Danny decide to find the killer before he gets to Brett.
Director: Sidney Hayers
Writer: Terry Nation
7.8/105 votes#10 - Destiny of the Daleks (1)
Season 17 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/1979
Skaro, the Dalek homeworld, some time in the future. The TARDIS lands in the irradiated ruins of the old Kaled city and something is moving underneath the wasted surface of the planet…
Director: Ken Grieve
Writer: Terry Nation
7.7/103 votes#11 - Destiny of the Daleks (2)
Season 17 Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/1979
Romana has been captured by the Daleks, the Doctor is the guest of the Movellans. The Daleks are drilling deep into Skaro for something and the Doctor has an awful suspicion about their objective…
Director: Ken Grieve
Writer: Terry Nation
7.7/103 votes#12 - Destiny of the Daleks (4)
Season 17 Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/1979
Trapped between the Movellans and the Daleks, the Doctor must find a way to defeat both. Meanwhile, vast space fleets await new orders.
Director: Ken Grieve
Writer: Terry Nation
7.7/103 votes#13 - Thief of Budapest
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1985
MacGyver travels to Budapest to meet with a Russian double agent who is in possession of a watch containing information about other Russian spies. However, before MacGyver can take the watch, the agent is killed and the watch is stolen. Now MacGyver must work with the Gypsies to get it back.
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Writer: Terry Nation
7.5/104 votes#14 - Destiny of the Daleks (3)
Season 17 Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/1979
The Daleks have awoken Davros in the heart of Skaro. Only the Doctor and the Movellans stand between them and their objective. But are the Movellans really on the Doctor's side?
Director: Ken Grieve
Writer: Terry Nation
7.5/102 votes#15 - The Golden Triangle
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1985
When MacGyver tries to retrieve a canister filled with a deadly chemical in Burma, he stumbles right into an area known as the Golden Triangle, where the military uses farmers as slaves on the opium fields. MacGyver is mistaken for a narcotics agent and is captured, but convinces the slaves to fight their oppression. MacGyver assists by setting several traps at the slave camp, and when the army returns to suppress the unrest, the real action begins.
Director: Paul Stanley
Writer: Terry Nation
7.3/107 votes#16 - The Daleks
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/28/1964
The Doctor and Ian are taken to the Dalek saucer while Susan and Barbara join the rebels in planning an attack.
Director: Richard Martin
Writer: Terry Nation
7.3/106 votes#17 - Day of Reckoning
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/5/1964
The Doctor manages to escape from the Dalek saucer and meet up with Susan and David but Ian is left trapped onboard. Meanwhile, Barbara and her new friends face a dangerous journey across London.
Director: Richard Martin
Writer: Terry Nation
7.3/104 votes#18 - Planet of the Daleks (5)
Season 10 Episode 19 - Aired 5/5/1973
The Doctor and his friends ambush two Daleks as part of their plan to get back into the city, but the Daleks are on the verge of unleashing their virus.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Terry Nation
7.3/104 votes#19 - Planet of the Daleks (6)
Season 10 Episode 20 - Aired 5/12/1973
The Doctor and his friends prepare to refreeze the Dalek army but the Dalek Supreme has arrived on the planet determined to destroy them all.
Director: David Maloney
Writer: Terry Nation
7.3/104 votes#20 - Death to the Daleks (1)
Season 11 Episode 11 - Aired 2/23/1974
The barren planet Exxilon, some time in the future. The TARDIS is forced down by a total power failure and the Doctor and Sarah meet a stranded Earth crew who came here to mine for priceless medical supplies. But what is causing the power failures? And why have the Daleks come here too?
Director: Michael E. Briant
Writer: Terry Nation
7.2/1010 votes#21 - The Dead Planet
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/21/1963
Time Unknown, Planet Unknown. The TARDIS lands in an eerie petrified forest overlooking a magnificent steel city. The Doctor wants to explore the city – but what is waiting there?
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
7.2/1011 votes#22 - The Escape
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/4/1964
Imprisoned on Skaro by the scheming Daleks, the Doctor and his companions work to escape their clutches.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
7.2/108 votes#23 - World's End
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/21/1964
Ian and Barbara believe the TARDIS has finally returned to their contemporary London, but soon discover signs of plague and warfare. Their old enemies, the Daleks, have invaded the Earth of the 22nd century. Separated and fighting for their lives, the travellers must try to aid the remaining humans and overthrow the Daleks' cruel tyranny. (Originally broadcast in six parts.)
Director: Richard Martin
Writer: Terry Nation
7.0/1011 votes#24 - The Survivors
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/28/1963
The dead planet is not uninhabited after all. The Doctor is about to meet what will become his greatest enemies. And he and his crew are dying of radiation sickness.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
7.0/103 votes#25 - The Ordeal
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/25/1964
Ian, Barbara and the Thals struggle through the caves to reach the Dalek city. Will they get there in time? Is there even a way through the treacherous caves? And what are the Daleks planning?
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
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"Genesis of the Daleks (6)" is the best rated episode written by Terry Nation. It scored 9.6/10 based on 7 votes. It was directed by David Maloney. It aired on 4/12/1975 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Genesis of the Daleks (1)".