The Best Doctor Who Episodes (2005 Onwards)
A list of my favourite episodes of the revived series of Doctor Who
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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...
- DirectorHettie MacdonaldStarsPeter CapaldiJenna ColemanMichelle GomezTrapped and alone in a terrifying Dalek city, the Doctor is at the heart of an evil Empire; no sonic, no TARDIS, nobody to help. With his greatest temptation before him, can the Doctor resist? And will there be mercy?
- DirectorNick HurranStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillThe Doctor, Amy and Rory become trapped in a hotel of horrors unable to escape and unable to find the TARDIS. The Doctor must save as many people as he can taking many twists and seeing his own worst fear.
- 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.
- DirectorJoe AhearneStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperJohn BarrowmanAs the Dalek fleet begin their attack on the Earth, the Doctor and his allies make one final stand.
- DirectorCharlie PalmerStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanAnne ReidWhen medical student Martha Jones meets a mysterious stranger called The Doctor, and finds herself transported to the moon, her life will never be the same again.
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantBillie PiperCamille CoduriThe TARDIS crash lands in London on a parallel world, where Rose's dad is still alive, people are disappearing off the streets and one of the Doctor's deadliest enemies is about to be reborn.
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantBillie PiperCamille CoduriThe Cybermen take control of London as the population is enslaved and the Doctor and his friends become fugitives.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorJames StrongStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanMiranda RaisonThe Doctor and Martha travel to New York in 1930, where people have been mysteriously vanishing from the streets, and an old enemy resurfaces.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorJames StrongStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanMiranda RaisonConcluding part to Daleks in Manhattan. In 1930s New York, the Daleks' plan is in full force. Faced with the cyborgs' most evil and dangerous scheme yet, will the Doctor and Martha be able to defeat their greatest opponents?
- 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.
- DirectorCharlie PalmerStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanJessica HynesThe Doctor must deal with the repercussions of his decision to become human, as The Family Of Blood unveil themselves...
- DirectorHettie MacdonaldStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanCarey MulliganSally Sparrow receives a cryptic message from the Doctor about a mysterious new enemy species that is after the TARDIS.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorDouglas MackinnonStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateFreema AgyemanUNIT's newest recruit Martha Jones enlists The Doctor's help to investigate kid genius Luke Rattigan and his ATMOS system that is used in every car on Earth.
- DirectorDouglas MackinnonStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateFreema AgyemanWith planet Earth choking under the poison sky, the Doctor must stop the Sontarans' threat to the planet.
- 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.
- 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?
- DirectorEuros LynStarsDavid TennantJohn SimmBernard CribbinsWith almost everyone on Earth now recast in his image, The Master controls the Earth. He's shocked however when he realises one person hasn't changed; Donna Noble. The Doctor soon understands what the pounding in the Master's head is; it's the Time Lords, who are trying to return and re-establish Gallifrey. If they succeed, it'll mean the Last Great Time War will re-start, and all the horrors which came with it. In order to stop Rasillon's mad plan, the Doctor must make a choice. Finally, the Ood's prophecy for the Doctor becomes true, and he takes the TARDIS on a trip, to see friends for one last time, before he's to regenerate.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorToby HaynesStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillThe Doctor, Amy, Rory and River Song are reunited in the Utah desert.
- DirectorToby HaynesJulian SimpsonStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillThe Doctor and his allies mount a rebellion against invaders who have been controlling humanity from the very beginning.
- 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.
- DirectorJeremy WebbStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillApril 22nd, 2011; 5:02pm. Having finally accepted his fate the Doctor travels to Lake Silencio for his final day. But one woman refuses to let time take its course.
- 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?
- DirectorRachel TalalayStarsPeter CapaldiJenna ColemanSamuel AndersonIn the mysterious world of the Nethersphere, plans have been drawn. Old friends and old enemies manoeuvre around the Doctor, and an impossible choice is looming over him.
- DirectorRachel TalalayStarsJenna ColemanPeter CapaldiSamuel AndersonWith Cybermen on the streets of London, old friends unite against old enemies and the Doctor takes to the air in a startling new role. As the Doctor faces his greatest challenge, sacrifices must be made before the day is won.
- DirectorBen WheatleyStarsPeter CapaldiJenna ColemanNeve McIntoshWhen the newly-regenerated doctor arrives in Victorian London, he finds a dinosaur rampant in the Thames and a spate of deadly spontaneous combustions.
- 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.
- DirectorSaul MetzsteinStarsMatt SmithJenna ColemanAlex KingstonThe Doctor's friends are being kidnapped, which leads him to the fields of Trenzalore, where his greatest secret will be revealed and Clara's mystery will be solved.