The 15 Best Doctor Who Episodes of All Time

By YPB Team

The greatest Doctor Who episodes, from heart-pounding regenerations to tear-jerking farewells. Whether you love Daleks, Weeping Angels, or TARDIS adventures, these are the episodes fans return to again and again.

Blink (Series 3, 2007)

Sally Sparrow must decode the Doctor's hidden messages while facing the terrifying Weeping Angels, creatures that move only when unobserved.

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Army of Ghosts / Doomsday (Series 2, 2006)

Daleks and Cybermen wage war across Earth while Rose faces a heartbreaking and permanent separation from the Doctor across parallel universes.

824pts

Heaven Sent (Series 9, 2015)

The Twelfth Doctor is trapped alone in an ever-shifting castle and must confess his deepest secret to escape an infinite loop of death and rebirth.

628pts

The Girl in the Fireplace (Series 2, 2006)

The Doctor forms a heartbreaking bond with Madame de Pompadour while protecting her through time windows from clockwork androids who seek her brain.

628pts

Genesis of the Daleks (Classic, 1975)

The Fourth Doctor is sent back in time to prevent the creation of the Daleks but is forced to confront the moral question of genocide.

549pts

Human Nature / The Family of Blood (Series 3, 2007)

The Doctor hides as a human schoolteacher in 1913 England, forming a deep bond with a woman who must watch him choose duty over love.

549pts

The Waters of Mars (2009 Special)

The Doctor breaks the laws of time to save the crew of the first Mars colony, only to face the catastrophic consequences of playing god.

549pts

The Caves of Androzani (Classic, 1984)

The Fifth Doctor and Peri are caught in a brutal arms war on a toxic planet, culminating in a self-sacrificial regeneration widely considered the greatest in the show's history.

439pts

The Day of the Doctor (50th Anniversary, 2013)

Three incarnations of the Doctor unite to find a way to end the Time War without destroying Gallifrey in this landmark anniversary special.

439pts

Turn Left (Series 4, 2008)

Donna Noble is forced to experience an alternate timeline in which she never met the Doctor, with catastrophic consequences for the entire universe.

439pts

The Doctor Dances (Series 1, 2005)

The Ninth Doctor and Rose race to cure London of a terrifying plague while the Doctor joyfully celebrates that for once, everybody lives.

274pts

Vincent and the Doctor (Series 5, 2010)

The Doctor and Amy spend time with Vincent van Gogh, ultimately taking him forward in time to witness the enduring legacy of his art.

274pts

The Curse of Fenric (Classic, 1989)

The Seventh Doctor faces an ancient evil at a WWII naval base, while dark revelations about Ace's origin redefine their mentor-companion relationship.

274pts

City of Death (Classic, 1979)

The Fourth Doctor and Romana unravel a scheme involving stolen Mona Lisas and a fragmented alien lord in this witty Paris-set adventure co-written by Douglas Adams.

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