The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 12

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.7/10(7292 votes)

   #1 - Spyfall (1)

   S12:E11/1/2020

   When intelligence agents around the world come under attack from alien forces, MI6 turns to the only person who can help- a certain Doctor and her companions. As they travel the globe in pursuit of answers, threats arrive from all sides, leaving Earth’s security resting on the team’s shoulders. But where will this planet-threatening conspiracy lead them?

   Director:Wayne Che Yip

   Writer:Chris Chibnall

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   Director:Wayne Che Yip

   Writer:Chris Chibnall
2. 

   6.5/10(6616 votes)

   #2 - Spyfall (2)

   S12:E21/5/2020

   In part two of this epic spy thriller, a terrifying plan to destroy humanity is about to reach fruition. Can the Doctor and her friends escape multiple traps and defeat a deadly alliance?

   Director:Wayne Che Yip

   Writer:Chris Chibnall

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   Director:Wayne Che Yip

   Writer:Chris Chibnall
3. 

   4.1/10(7424 votes)

   #3 - Orphan 55

   S12:E31/12/2020

   The Doctor and her friends discover that the luxury resort where they are holidaying is hiding a number of deadly secrets. What are the ferocious monsters attacking Tranquillity Spa?

   Director:Lee Haven Jones

   Writer:Ed Hime

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   Director:Lee Haven Jones

   Writer:Ed Hime
4. 

   6.5/10(6095 votes)

   #4 - Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror

   S12:E41/19/2020

   1903. On the edge of Niagara Falls, something is wrong at Nikola Tesla’s generator plant. Who or what is sabotaging the maverick inventor’s work? Has he really received a message from Mars? And where does his great rival Thomas Edison fit into these events? The Doctor, Yaz, Ryan and Graham must join forces with one of history’s great minds to save both him and planet Earth.

   Director:Nida Manzoor

   Writer:Nina Metivier

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   Director:Nida Manzoor

   Writer:Nina Metivier
5. 

   7.5/10(6669 votes)

   #5 - Fugitive of the Judoon

   S12:E51/26/2020

   Ko Sho Blo! Trigger-happy space police the Judoon are targeting 21st-century Gloucester. The Doctor, Yaz, Ryan and Graham race back to Earth in order to prevent them doing too much damage to the cathedral city. But who are they looking for, and what did they do to incur the wrath of the Judoon?

   Director:Nida Manzoor

   Writer:Vinay Patel

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   Director:Nida Manzoor

   Writer:Vinay Patel
6. 

   5.2/10(5630 votes)

   #6 - Praxeus

   S12:E62/2/2020

   The mysterious “Praxeus” will cause the quartet to split up (never a good idea) to investigate mysteries all over Earth. And what they find will threaten all human life (again).

   Director:Jamie Magnus Stone

   Writer:Pete McTighe

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   Director:Jamie Magnus Stone

   Writer:Pete McTighe
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   5.7/10(5158 votes)

   #7 - Can You Hear Me?

   S12:E72/9/2020

   As Graham, Yaz and Ryan return home to see friends and family, they find themselves haunted by very different experiences. Who is the figure calling from beyond the stars for help, and why? And what are the fearsome Chagaskas terrorising Aleppo in 1380? To find the answers, Team TARDIS must embark on a mission which forces them to face their darkest fears.

   Director:Emma Sullivan

   Writers:Chris Chibnall, Charlene James

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   Director:Emma Sullivan

   Writers:Chris Chibnall, Charlene James
8. 

   7.1/10(5506 votes)

   #8 - The Haunting of Villa Diodati

   S12:E82/16/2020

   Lake Geneva, 1816. Lord Byron and the Shelleys prepare for a night telling ghost stories, but their villa proves to have ghostly presences all its own.

   Director:Emma Sullivan

   Writer:Maxine Alderton

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   Director:Emma Sullivan

   Writer:Maxine Alderton
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   6.5/10(5091 votes)

   #9 - Ascension of the Cybermen (1)

   S12:E92/23/2020

   In the far future, the Doctor and her friends face a brutal battle across the farthest reaches of space to protect the last of the human race against the deadly Cybermen.

   Director:Jamie Magnus Stone

   Writer:Chris Chibnall

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   Director:Jamie Magnus Stone

   Writer:Chris Chibnall
10. 

    5.1/10(7033 votes)

    #10 - The Timeless Children (2)

    S12:E103/1/2020

    The Cybermen are on the march. The last remaining humans are hunted down. Lies are exposed, truths are revealed, and for the Doctor nothing will ever be the same.

    Director:Jamie Magnus Stone

    Writer:Chris Chibnall

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    Director:Jamie Magnus Stone

    Writer:Chris Chibnall