The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.5/10(11982 votes)

   #1 - Rose

   S1:E13/26/2005

   Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor, and realises Earth is in danger.

   Director:Keith Boak

   Writer:Russell T Davies

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   Director:Keith Boak

   Writer:Russell T Davies
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   7.5/10(10548 votes)

   #2 - The End of the World

   S1:E24/2/2005

   The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time: to the year five billion, when the Sun is about to expand and swallow the Earth. She is cautious and soon starts to question her reasons for joining The Doctor. But amongst the powerful alien races gathering to watch on Platform One, a murderer is at work. Who is controlling the mysterious and deadly metal spiders?

   Director:Euros Lyn

   Writer:Russell T Davies

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   Director:Euros Lyn

   Writer:Russell T Davies
3. 

   7.4/10(9855 votes)

   #3 - The Unquiet Dead

   S1:E34/9/2005

   Charles Dickens and the Doctor team up as corpses stalk the streets of Victorian Cardiff.

   Director:Euros Lyn

   Writer:Mark Gatiss

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   Director:Euros Lyn

   Writer:Mark Gatiss
4. 

   6.9/10(9566 votes)

   #4 - Aliens of London (1)

   S1:E44/16/2005

   Rose is taken home, but a spaceship crashes in the Thames and London is closed off... Enter the Slitheen!

   Director:Keith Boak

   Writer:Russell T Davies

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   Director:Keith Boak

   Writer:Russell T Davies
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   6.9/10(9265 votes)

   #5 - World War Three (2)

   S1:E54/23/2005

   Time is running out for the Doctor as Downing Street announces mankind's first Interplanetary War.

   Director:Keith Boak

   Writer:Russell T Davies

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   Director:Keith Boak

   Writer:Russell T Davies
6. 

   8.6/10(10504 votes)

   #6 - Dalek

   S1:E64/30/2005

   The Doctor is shattered and Earth is in danger as he and Rose discover the Time Lords' deadliest enemy beneath Utah.

   Director:Joe Ahearne

   Writer:Robert Shearman

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   Director:Joe Ahearne

   Writer:Robert Shearman
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   7.0/10(9116 votes)

   #7 - The Long Game

   S1:E75/7/2005

   Adam catches a glimpse of the wonders of travelling in the Tardis, as they head to a future, where Satellite 5 broadcasts to the entire Earth Empire. But anyone promoted to Floor 500 is never seen again, and the Doctor suspects mankind is being manipulated.

   Director:Brian Grant

   Writer:Russell T Davies

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   Director:Brian Grant

   Writer:Russell T Davies
8. 

   8.3/10(9964 votes)

   #8 - Father's Day

   S1:E85/14/2005

   Rose requests a trip back to the day her father, Pete Tyler, died. Reluctantly, the Doctor agrees, but he realises he has made a mistake, when Rose saves Pete from being run over by a car. This has now changed the timeline, and Reapers are transposing themselves all over the Universe. However, this time, the Doctor doesn't have a plan…

   Director:Joe Ahearne

   Writer:Paul Cornell

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   Director:Joe Ahearne

   Writer:Paul Cornell
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   9.0/10(11799 votes)

   #9 - The Empty Child (1)

   S1:E95/21/2005

   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:Steven Moffat

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   Director:James Hawes

   Writer:Steven Moffat
10. 

    9.1/10(10956 votes)

    #10 - The Doctor Dances (2)

    S1:E105/28/2005

    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:Steven Moffat

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    Director:James Hawes

    Writer:Steven Moffat
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    7.1/10(8729 votes)

    #11 - Boom Town

    S1:E116/4/2005

    The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack stop off in present-day Cardiff to recharge the TARDIS on the Rift they formerly encountered in 1869. Whilst there, they come upon a since-thought-long-dead enemy of theirs, who is hatching yet another plan to destroy Earth.

    Director:Joe Ahearne

    Writer:Russell T Davies

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    Director:Joe Ahearne

    Writer:Russell T Davies
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    8.6/10(9757 votes)

    #12 - Bad Wolf (1)

    S1:E126/11/2005

    In a seemingly futuristic world, the Doctor wakes up in the Big Brother house during an eviction, Rose wakes up on the Weakest Link with the Anne-Droid, and Captain Jack gets a make over with Trin-E and Zu-Zana. But something unusual is happening, and the losing contestants are being disintegrated. Obviously, it's time for the Doctor to investigate. Who or what is behind this?

    Director:Joe Ahearne

    Writer:Russell T Davies

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    Director:Joe Ahearne

    Writer:Russell T Davies
13. 

    9.0/10(10407 votes)

    #13 - The Parting of the Ways (2)

    S1:E136/18/2005

    The fate of the Universe is hanging in the balance as the Dalek fleet begin their invasion of Earth. The Doctor must decide whether to sacrifice every human being on Earth in order to save every other living creature in the universe from the Daleks. Either way, he knows he must send Rose home...

    Director:Joe Ahearne

    Writer:Russell T Davies

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    Director:Joe Ahearne

    Writer:Russell T Davies