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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - The Doctor Dances (2)
    8.6/10(88 votes)

    #1 - The Doctor Dances (2)

    S1:E10

    After narrowly escaping the gas mask monsters, The Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack try to stop the mutated people from infecting other victims. But it soon becomes apparent that one of the group may indirectly responsible for the virus. The answer lies at the bomb site, but time is running out...

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - The Empty Child (1)
    8.5/10(94 votes)

    #2 - The Empty Child (1)

    S1:E9

    After chasing an unexplained capsule through time, the TARDIS lands in London, during an air raid. Rose investigates when a small child wearing a gasmask, standing on a rooftop, continuously calls out for his mummy. After floating above the city on a barrage balloon, Rose is swept off her feet by another time traveller – Captain Jack Harkness. Meanwhile, The Doctor follows a teenaged girl to a meeting of the homeless children of the Blitz. Here, the child in the gasmask is terrorising them with a parade of strange events, constantly asking for his mother.

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - Hated in the Nation
    8.0/10(321 votes)

    #3 - Hated in the Nation

    S3:E6

    The death of a journalist at the center of a social media firestorm leads a veteran detective and her tech-savvy apprentice to a chilling discovery.

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - School Reunion
    7.9/10(77 votes)

    #4 - School Reunion

    S2:E3

    There are strange goings-on at a comprehensive school - UFOs, over-intelligent children, and odd-tasting school dinners. This attracts the attention of the Tenth Doctor, Rose and Mickey Smith, as well as a couple of old friends…

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Umbilical
    7.8/10(36 votes)

    #5 - Umbilical

    S1:E9

    Sue is determined to keep the children safe, and in doing so, struggles with whether or not she can trust Mother. Meanwhile, a new threat arises and an increasingly erratic Marcus causes the Mithraic to question their leader.

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Grand Guignol
    7.8/10(24 votes)

    #6 - Grand Guignol

    S1:E8

    After a vision of the Grand Guignol, Vanessa, Sir Malcolm, Ethan, Dr. Frankenstein and Sembene explore an empty theater only to be confronted by their worst nightmares.

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - Glorious Horrors
    7.6/10(35 votes)

    #7 - Glorious Horrors

    S2:E6

    Malcolm learns of his wife's death but isn't as upset as Ethan and Vanessa believe he should be. Meanwhile, Ethan asks Sembene for a favor, and Dorian sends out invitations for Angelique's coming-out ball.

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Possession
    7.6/10(26 votes)

    #8 - Possession

    S1:E7

    Over the course of four harrowing weeks, Sir Malcolm, Ethan, Dr. Frankenstein and Sembene do everything they can to save Vanessa from what's within her.

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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  9. undefined Season 0 Episode 2 - The Christmas Invasion
    7.4/10(61 votes)

    #9 - The Christmas Invasion

    S0:E2

    Rose and the newly-regenerated Doctor continue their adventures together in this Christmas Special episode. Christmas becomes a time of terror for Planet Earth, as the whole of mankind falls under the shadow of the alien Sycorax. Rose needs the Doctor's help, but can she trust a man with a new face?

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - The Train Demanded Blood
    7.2/10(27 votes)

    #10 - The Train Demanded Blood

    S1:E9

    The rebel forces are on their heels when a dangerous foe joins them. A plan is hatched to take the train, but it may destroy them all.

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Verbis Diablo
    7.1/10(38 votes)

    #11 - Verbis Diablo

    S2:E2

    Vanessa meets Caliban for the first time, while Victor begins to train the resurrected Brona in the rudiments of language. Meanwhile, the group turns to Ferdinand for help translating the Verbis Diablo.

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Fresh Hell
    7.1/10(39 votes)

    #12 - Fresh Hell

    S2:E1

    As Victor struggles to resurrect Brona, Ethan prepares to leave London and Malcolm discovers that Vanessa is plagued by new visions.

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - New Earth
    7.0/10(75 votes)

    #13 - New Earth

    S2:E1

    In the year five billion and twenty-three, after the destruction of the Earth, the Doctor takes Rose to the New Earth. There, in a hospital facility, the feline Sisters of Plenitude can mysteriously cure any diseases, but, in the basement, an old enemy of the Doctor is out for revenge.

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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  14. undefined Season 5 Episode 2 - Smithereens
    7.0/10(261 votes)

    #14 - Smithereens

    S5:E2

    A London rideshare driver ignites an international crisis when he kidnaps a worker from a social media company.

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - 994 Cars Long
    6.7/10(30 votes)

    #15 - 994 Cars Long

    S1:E10

    In the revolution's aftermath, Layton and Melanie realize the greatest threat to their survival is right over their shoulder.

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - First, the Weather Changed
    6.4/10(49 votes)

    #16 - First, the Weather Changed

    S1:E1

    A grisly murder stokes class division on Snowpiercer, the Great Ark Train. Melanie Cavill, the powerful head of hospitality, deputizes a dangerous rebel to help solve the killing -- Andre Layton, the world's only surviving homicide detective.

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:N/A

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James Hawes Ratings Summary

"The Doctor Dances (2)" is the best rated episode directed by James Hawes. It scored 8.551/10 based on 88 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 5/28/2005 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Empty Child (1)".