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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Advice and Consent
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Advice and Consent

    S1:E8

    The fortunes of the hard-working Dalby family look set to dwindle even further until almost by accident James discovers the cause of their herd's illness. However, James still needs a push start on other fronts, and Siegfried and Tristan decide to remedy matters with their own expert advice.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 4 Episode 5 - Hail Caesar!
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Hail Caesar!

    S4:E5

    The church fete looms for the Darrowby vets, along with the dreaded Scottish country dancing display. Can Tristan brush up his steps in time to woo the fair Deirdre? Or will his colleague Calum's back-to-nature approach sweep her off her feet?

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 4 Episode 3 - The Bull with the Bowler Hat
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Bull with the Bowler Hat

    S4:E3

    James has a crisis of professional confidence while treating a cow with a new drug. Tristan tries to convince a local farmer of the virtues of artificial insemination but Siegfreid only succeeds in enraging the farmer's bull.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - Bulldog Breed
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Bulldog Breed

    S1:E11

    As James struggles to save the dairy herd in which a friend has sunk all his savings, he discovers a colleague's guilty secret.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Cats and Dogs
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Cats and Dogs

    S2:E1

    The waiting room is packed at the Darrowby practice, but Siegfried seems more focused on catching his hard-drinking brother asleep on the job.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 4 Episode 2 - Barks and Bites
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Barks and Bites

    S4:E2

    Tristan has been appointed a fertility counselor for the Ministry of Agriculture. He and James are sent to Grimbsby to examine an export consignment Russian vets. The Russian woman vet lives up to Tristan's belief that all Russian women are built like discus-throwers.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - Out of Practice
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Out of Practice

    S1:E5

    The veterinary practice goes from strength to strength, but James fears he has wrecked his chances with Helen after a disastrous first date. Tristan decides that a blind date is all James needs to hone his courtship skills.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  8. undefined Season 4 Episode 4 - The Pig Man Cometh
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Pig Man Cometh

    S4:E4

    James has his eye on a little semi-detached property coming up for sale, with the notion it would make a pleasant surprise for Helen. Unknown to him, however, Helen has grander ideas. There is trouble from a local farmer, which ironically leads Calum to celebrate his departure from the Herriot household.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  9. undefined Season 18 Episode 13 - State of Decay (1)
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #9 - State of Decay (1)

    S18:E13

    Still trapped in negative E-Space, the TARDIS lands on an unnamed world to find a society sliding back into feudalism. What is the secret of the Three Who Rule? And what ancient enemy of the Time Lords is stirring again on this world...?

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Dog Days
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Dog Days

    S1:E2

    James finds that long hours and rough conditions can make a veterinary work a dog's life, but for some dogs, like Mrs. Pumphrey's Tricki-Wu, have it so well that they can afford to spread the wealth.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  11. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - Beauty of the Beast
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Beauty of the Beast

    S2:E4

    As the tractor threatens to do away with a way of life in the Dales, James battles to save a dying shire horse.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  12. undefined Season 0 Episode 2 - Christmas Special 1985
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Christmas Special 1985

    S0:E2

    Siegfried waxes lyrical about the accelerating rate of scientific progress as James proceeds to plod along with tried and trusted remedies. How long can the practice and the surrounding countryside resist the oncoming tide of progress?

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - One of Nature's Little Miracles
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - One of Nature's Little Miracles

    S4:E1

    Calum Buchanan joins the practice along with his tame badger, Marylin. Pregnant ewes, the plumbing at Sceldale and Helen's lost engagement ring herald the new arrival.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  14. undefined Season 18 Episode 14 - State of Decay (2)
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #14 - State of Decay (2)

    S18:E14

    The Doctor and Romana are escorted to the tower to meet the royal leaders, hoping they can find answers to why this society evolves backwards. The Doctor recognizes the tower as an old Earth spaceship, and further finds that the old fuel tanks, far from empty, are full - but with blood. Meanwhile, Councilor Aukon senses intelligence in Adric and selects him to be the their first "Chosen One."

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  15. undefined Season 19 Episode 16 - The Visitation (4)
    6.8/10(4 votes)

    #15 - The Visitation (4)

    S19:E16

    With Tegan and Richard under alien control, and the manor sealed against anyone leaving or entering, it's a question whether or not the Doctor can get to London before the Terileptils release their improved strain of black death upon the world.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  16. undefined Season 20 Episode 10 - Mawdryn Undead (2)
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Mawdryn Undead (2)

    S20:E10

    The TARDIS lands on Earth six years out of date, stranding the Doctor in 1983 while leaving Tegan and Nyssa to look for him in 1977. Both parties also encounter former companion, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, though curiously, he has no memory of the Doctor at all.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  17. undefined Season 19 Episode 13 - The Visitation (1)
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    #17 - The Visitation (1)

    S19:E13

    As plague sweeps 17th century England, the Doctor discovers a more exotic threat at work - shipwrecked Terileptil convicts, intent on making the planet their own.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  18. undefined Season 18 Episode 15 - State of Decay (3)
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #18 - State of Decay (3)

    S18:E15

    The Doctor finds archive material in the TARDIS that tells him he's dealing with an ancient enemy of the Time Lords, a nearly indestructible king vampire who's ready to revive and reenter normal space, spreading death, once again, across the universe.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  19. undefined Season 18 Episode 16 - State of Decay (4)
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #19 - State of Decay (4)

    S18:E16

    The Doctor joins the villagers' revolt against their vampire rulers, unsure how to kill the king vampire. Meanwhile Adric is first in line to join the new vampire order while Romana is laid out as a sacrificial Time Lord for the awakening king vampire and his swarm of bats.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  20. undefined Season 19 Episode 14 - The Visitation (2)
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #20 - The Visitation (2)

    S19:E14

    To rescue Tegan and Adric, captured and interrogated by the Terileptil fugitive leader, the Doctor must get past the locals under alien control and overcome Death (an android servant dressed up as The Grim Reaper).

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  21. undefined Season 19 Episode 15 - The Visitation (3)
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #21 - The Visitation (3)

    S19:E15

    The Doctor makes the fugitive Terileptils a rare offer they shouldn't refuse; but, though few in numbers, they have a plan in the works for the quick and complete domination of Earth and mean to see it through.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  22. undefined Season 20 Episode 9 - Mawdryn Undead (1)
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Mawdryn Undead (1)

    S20:E9

    The Doctor discovers a starship trapped in a time warp over Earth. Meanwhile, public schoolboy - and secret alien émigré, Turlough, learns he can have that which he most desires, in return for the murder of the Doctor...

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  23. undefined Season 20 Episode 11 - Mawdryn Undead (3)
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Mawdryn Undead (3)

    S20:E11

    Mawdryn and his eternal mutants reveal the truth: they are exiles, they are in pain and need the Doctor's future 'lives', as afforded by each of his remaining regenerations.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  24. undefined Season 22 Episode 7 - The Two Doctors (1)
    6.3/10(7 votes)

    #24 - The Two Doctors (1)

    S22:E7

    The alien space station J7, the mid-1980s Earth time. The Time Lords have sent the second Doctor and Jamie here to try to stop dangerous experiments into time travel. But the station comes under attack from the Sontarans and far away in space and time the sixth Doctor goes into psychic shock...

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writer:N/A

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  25. undefined Season 22 Episode 8 - The Two Doctors (2)
    6.3/10(6 votes)

    #25 - The Two Doctors (2)

    S22:E8

    The Doctor and Peri meet Jamie and learn the Second Doctor is with the Sontarans on Earth.

    Director:Peter Moffatt
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Peter Moffatt Ratings Summary

"Advice and Consent" is the best rated episode directed by Peter Moffatt. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 2/26/1978 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Hail Caesar!".