Doctor Who At It's Finest
This is, in my opinion, the best Doctor Who episodes.
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- DirectorRachel TalalayStarsPeter CapaldiJenna ColemanJami Reid-QuarrellTrapped 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...Heaven Sent is my personal favourite episode of Doctor Who ever.
- DirectorCharlie PalmerStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanJessica HynesIn 1913, Martha watches in jealousy from afar as The Doctor learns what it is to be human and to fall in love with the local school nurse, Joan Redfern.Some of the greatest TV I have ever seen
- DirectorCharlie PalmerStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanJessica HynesThe Doctor must deal with the repercussions of his decision to become human, as The Family Of Blood unveil themselves...The sequal to "Human Nature" and It's brilliant. Maybe even better than the first part.
- DirectorJames HawesStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperKate HarveyWhen a spaceship crashes in the middle of the London Blitz the Doctor, Rose and the enigmatic Captain Jack Harkness find themselves investigating a plague of physical injuries and a little boy in a gas mask.Season 1 of new Doctor Who is great and I can reassure you that this episode will not let you down.
- DirectorJames HawesStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperAlbert ValentineThe gas mask zombies are on the rise as the plague spreads across war-torn London.The sequal to "The Empty Child" and it is in my top ten favourite Doctor Who episodes. You'll see why.
- DirectorHettie MacdonaldStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanCarey MulliganSally Sparrow receives a cryptic message from the Doctor about a mysterious new enemy species that is after the TARDIS.The highest rated Doctor Who episode ever. It speaks for itself.
- DirectorAlice TroughtonStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateBillie PiperAs part of a well-deserved holiday, the Doctor takes a tour on a planet called Midnight. Little does he know that something is knocking on the walls, although the planet shouldn't be inhabited. Soon the passengers begin to panic when one of them is possessed.Midnight is another perfect episode of Doctor Who.
- DirectorJoe AhearneStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperJohn BarrowmanAs the Dalek fleet begin their attack on the Earth, the Doctor and his allies make one final stand.The 9th Doctors final episode and it is one of the all-time best episodes of Doctor Who.
- DirectorJames StrongStarsDavid TennantBillie PiperDanny WebbWhen the Doctor and Rose become stranded on a planet orbiting a black hole, they find a human expedition crew and their servants, the Ood, being terrorised by the Devil.The first part of an excellent but scary story.
- DirectorJames StrongStarsDavid TennantBillie PiperDanny WebbThe Doctor risks his life to investigate the pit and is forced to make a terrible decision, while Rose and the crew fend for their lives against the Legion of the Beast.The continuation of "The Impossible Planet" and it seals itself as a great bit of television.
- DirectorNick HurranStarsMatt SmithDavid TennantJohn HurtIn 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion.Celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who in style.
- DirectorEuros LynStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateAlex KingstonThe Doctor and Donna visit a planet-sized library but soon realise that the planet is devoid of life, that is until River Song and her team of archaeologists arrive. As they unravel the library's mystery, something lurks in the shadows.The first episode of a two parter and you are immediately hooked into this mind-bending tale.
- DirectorEuros LynStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateAlex KingstonWith the library darkening, the Doctor takes on the Vashta Nerada while figuring out what links River Song to his future. Meanwhile, Donna finds out the mystery of Dr. Moon and the Girl.The coolest title of Doctor Who history and it lives up to it's name.
- DirectorDouglas MackinnonStarsPeter CapaldiJenna ColemanSamuel AndersonWhen ghosts of past and future crowd into their lives, The Doctor and Clara are thrown into an adventure that takes them to the very end of the universe.Listen...
- DirectorAdam SmithStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillWith his TARDIS in ruins, the newly-regenerated Doctor with the help of Amy Pond must save the world in less than twenty minutes from galactic policemen known as the Atraxi.If you don't like the eleventh Doctor, I don't like you.
- DirectorJamie ChildsStarsJodie WhittakerBradley WalshTosin ColeYasmin travels in time to visit her grandmother during her youth in the partition of India, but everyone gets caught up in the tragic bloodshed of that era.If you don't like this episode, I'll shoot you in the foot.
- DirectorNick HurranStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillAfter Rory has an encounter with a weeping angel, the doctor and Amy travel to 1930's New York to save him, but they soon discover that the weeping angels have taken over Manhattan, and soon, maybe, the world.The Angels Take Manhattan is a brilliant episode. No more needs to be said.
- DirectorPaul WilmshurstStarsPeter CapaldiJenna ColemanSamuel AndersonOn the most beautiful train in history, speeding amongst the stars of the future, a deadly and immortal creature is stalking the passengers.Mummy On The Orient Express, try saying that 10 times fast.
- DirectorJonny CampbellStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanTony CurranThe Doctor and Amy travel back in time to meet Vincent Van Gogh and face an invisible monster that only the painter can see.It's got a 9.3 rating on IMDB, how bad can it possibly be.
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantLindsay DuncanPeter O'BrienIn a Mars base the inhabitants are being infected by a mysterious water creature which takes over its victims. The Doctor is thrust into the middle of this catastrophe knowing a larger one is waiting around the corner.A classic Doctor Who episode that will not let you down.
- DirectorToby HaynesStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillFestive edition of the time-travelling drama. The Doctor has one hour to save a crashing spaceship and a miser's soul - but what lurks in the fog?A Christmas to remember.
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateBillie PiperWhat would happen if Donna never met the Doctor? How would Earth handle the Racnoss, the falling Titanic or the Sontarans? Aided by a familiar blonde time traveler, Donna corrects the alternate time line from happening.Should probably be in the top ten.
- DirectorJoe AhearneStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperSteven BeckinghamThe TARDIS is drawn to an alien museum deep below the Utah desert, where a ruthless billionaire keeps prisoner the last of the Doctor's most fearsome enemies.Brings back a classic enemy of the Doctors and gets and 8.7 rating on IMDB, I thought that was impossible.
- DirectorAdam SmithStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanAlex KingstonThe Doctor and Amy emerge from the TARDIS to find the wreck of the Byzantium spaceship. Down below the Weeping Angels are stirring, but the Doctor has someone else to contend with; none other than the mysterious Professor River Song.An enjoyable episode.
- DirectorAdam SmithStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanAlex KingstonThe Doctor, Amy, Dr. Song and the remaining soldiers manage to escape from the crashed ship and into the forest. The Angels attempt to create a rift in time and space such as the Doctor had found in Amy's room when they first met. Amy meanwhile is counting down from 10 minutes and the Doctor has determined that an Angel has taken over her mind.If you skip The Time Of Angels and Flesh and Stone, I skip you.
- DirectorToby HaynesStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanAlex KingstonRiver Song returns to deliver The Doctor a serious warning from his allies: the mythical Pandorica, said to contain the most feared creature in the entire Universe, is opening.It opens.
- DirectorToby HaynesStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanAlex KingstonThe Pandorica opened, silence fell, and now planet Earth is left alone in the universe. Jumping through time, the doctor must figure out a way to bring back those who never were and save his friends from the collapse of reality.Bang!
- DirectorNick HurranStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillAmy is trapped in a quarantine facility where time moves faster than in reality, while the Doctor is confined to the TARDIS. Can Rory save his wife in time?The Girl Who Waited is a must watch episode of Doctor Who.
- DirectorSaul MetzsteinStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillThe Doctor gets a Stetson (and a gun), and finds himself the reluctant Sheriff of a Western town under siege by a relentless cyborg who goes by the name of The Gunslinger. But who is he and what does he want?An underrated classic Doctor Who episode.
- DirectorNick HurranStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillAmy, Rory and the Doctor are reunited when they are kidnapped by the Daleks, who send them on a mission to destroy the most horrifying place in the universe- the asylum of the Daleks.Ingenious, just ingenious.
- DirectorDaniel NettheimStarsPeter CapaldiJenna ColemanIngrid OliverZygons, a shape-shifting alien race, and humans live in peace together on earth, but a group of rogue zygons threaten the peace between humans and zygons.Invasion of a life time.
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateBillie PiperThe return of an old enemy leaves Earth along with 26 other planets stolen from their places. As the Doctor and Donna look for the whereabouts of Earth, former companions of the Doctor assemble a resistance against the new Dalek Empire.There's Rhino people in it, that's why I like it.
- DirectorDaniel NettheimStarsPeter CapaldiJenna ColemanIngrid OliverWith the Zygons invading England, and UNIT neutralized, the Doctor stands alone to stop the Zygons from taking over the entire planet. But how can he stop the Zygons? And how can he save his friends?Inversion of a life time. Wait, that doesn't really make sense.
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateBillie PiperIn the wake of Davros' threat to destroy the existence of the Universe itself, the Doctor's companions unite to stop the Dalek empire. Which one will die by the prophecies and what will the fate be for the Doctor?It's so hard to list things from best to worst, you should try it, it gives you a good work out.
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanJohn BarrowmanSoon after bumping into old friend Jack Harkness, Martha and The Doctor head off to Malcassairo, a distant planet where an old professor will do anything he can to keep his people alive...A utopia (/juːˈtoʊpiə/ yoo-TOH-pee-ə) is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. The term was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island society in the south Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South America.
- DirectorColin TeagueStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanJohn BarrowmanThe Doctor, Martha and Jack return to the 21st Century eighteen months after the Doctor and Martha left. They find they've missed the election, and the new Prime Minister, Harold Saxon, is someone they've met before by another name.Wasn't the Doctor in a band with the Master and the Master played the drums. Conspiracy theory.
- DirectorColin TeagueGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanJohn BarrowmanIt's been a year since The Master unleashed the mysterious Toclafane onto Earth. With the human race and The Doctor enslaved under The Master's control, Martha Jones is the only person that can help stop the evil Time Lord.Huh? Come again. Last of the what?
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantBillie PiperCamille CoduriWhen ghosts of loved ones appear all over the world the Doctor traces the phenomena to the Torchwood Tower, where some old friends and enemies are waiting.Who you gonna call, ghostbusters!
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantBillie PiperCamille CoduriEarth becomes a battleground for the Daleks and the Cybermen. With the whole planet at stake and the Genesis Ark activated, how much will the Doctor sacrifice in order to end the war?There a book called the Doomsday book. Not related, just filling this list with facts.
- DirectorPeter HoarStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillA member of The Doctor's team has been abducted and he will call in every favor and maybe even go to war to get them back.Certainly a good episode worth watching.
- DirectorDaniel O'HaraStarsPeter CapaldiJenna ColemanColin McFarlaneThe Doctor and Clara find themselves on a underwater station where the crew live in fear of deadly ghosts which have taken over the station.The first part of a great story.
- DirectorDaniel O'HaraStarsPeter CapaldiJenna ColemanColin McFarlaneIn a town that never was, the Doctor and his friends are being stalked by a mysterious figure. With the past and future in the balance, can the Doctor stop the evil Fisher King? And more importantly, who composed Beethoven's 5th.Still flooding out good episodes. Okay I'll stop now.
- DirectorRachel TalalayStarsPeter CapaldiPearl MackieMatt LucasTrapped on a giant spaceship, caught in the event horizon of a black hole, he witnesses the death of someone he is pledged to protect. Are events already out of control?An Easter egg of an episode.
- DirectorRachel TalalayStarsPeter CapaldiPearl MackieMatt LucasThe Doctor makes a final stand against an army of Cybermen to protect a tiny band of humans from destruction.I'm running out of jokes.
- DirectorJoe AhearneStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperCamille CoduriRose asks The Doctor to take her to 1987, on the day her father was killed.When I saw that it was rated 8.4 I thought, this must be a different episode father's day is much better than an 8.4.
- DirectorJoe AhearneStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperJohn BarrowmanThe Doctor, Rose and Jack are separated and forced to compete in twisted and deadly games on the Game Station.Bad Wolf. Remember that.
- DirectorCatherine MorsheadStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillFive years after finally leaving the TARDIS, Amy and Rory, now married, live in the quiet little village of Leadworth; but everything is not what it would seem.Amy's Choice remains, to this day, an excellent episode.
- DirectorRachel TalalayStarsPeter CapaldiDavid BradleyPearl MackieThe Twelfth Doctor, still refusing to change, goes on a last adventure with the First Doctor.That is technically not correct but it's Doctor Who so who cares.
- DirectorJamie PayneStarsMatt SmithJenna ColemanOrla BradyThe Doctor's worst enemies, The Daleks, The Cybermen, The Angels and The Silence, return, as the doctor's eleventh life comes to a close, and his twelfth life begins.I cried. I really did. The Eleventh Doctor is my favourite.
- DirectorRichard ClarkStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillReceiving a powerful distress call from a terrified little boy, the Doctor and his friends soon find that the monsters in his cupboard are real - and deadly.This episode gave me night terrors. Literally I was only a child when I first watched this and I had nightmares for like a week.