The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   5.5/10(96 votes)

   #1 - Space Babies

   S1:E15/11/2024

   Ruby learns the Doctor's amazing secrets when he takes her to the far future. There, they find a baby farm run by babies. But can they be saved from the terrifying bogeyman?

   Director:Julie Anne Robinson

   Writer:Russell T Davies

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   Director:Julie Anne Robinson

   Writer:Russell T Davies
2. 

   5.9/10(89 votes)

   #2 - The Devil's Chord

   S1:E25/11/2024

   The Doctor and Ruby meet The Beatles but discover that the all-powerful Maestro is changing history. London becomes a battleground with the future of humanity at stake.

   Director:Ben Chessell

   Writer:Russell T Davies

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   Director:Ben Chessell

   Writer:Russell T Davies
3. 

   6.7/10(76 votes)

   #3 - Boom

   S1:E35/18/2024

   Caught in the middle of a devastating war on Kastarion 3, the Doctor is trapped when he steps on a landmine. Can he save himself and Ruby, plus the entire planet... without moving?

   Director:Julie Anne Robinson

   Writer:Steven Moffat

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   Director:Julie Anne Robinson

   Writer:Steven Moffat
4. 

   7.3/10(70 votes)

   #4 - 73 Yards

   S1:E45/25/2024

   Landing on the Welsh coast, the Doctor and Ruby embark on the strangest journey of their lives. In a rain-lashed pub, the locals sit in fear of ancient legends coming to life.

   Director:Dylan Holmes Williams

   Writer:Russell T Davies

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   Director:Dylan Holmes Williams

   Writer:Russell T Davies
5. 

   6.8/10(64 votes)

   #5 - Dot and Bubble

   S1:E56/1/2024

   The world of Finetime seems happy and harmonious. But an awful terror is preying on the citizens. Can the Doctor and Ruby make them see the truth before it’s too late?

   Director:Dylan Holmes Williams

   Writer:Russell T Davies

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   Director:Dylan Holmes Williams

   Writer:Russell T Davies
6. 

   6.5/10(65 votes)

   #6 - Rogue

   S1:E66/8/2024

   The Doctor and Ruby land in 1813, where guests at a duchess's party are being murdered and a mysterious bounty hunter called Rogue is about to change the Doctor's life forever.

   Director:Ben Chessell

   Writers:Kate Herron, Briony Redman

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   Director:Ben Chessell

   Writers:Kate Herron, Briony Redman
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   6.5/10(63 votes)

   #7 - The Legend of Ruby Sunday (1)

   S1:E76/15/2024

   The Doctor and UNIT investigate Ruby's past. But as the Time Window reveals horrifying secrets from Christmas Eve, the mysterious Triad Technology unleash the greatest evil of all.

   Director:Jamie Donoughue

   Writer:Russell T Davies

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   Director:Jamie Donoughue

   Writer:Russell T Davies
8. 

   5.7/10(56 votes)

   #8 - Empire of Death (2)

   S1:E86/22/2024

   The Doctor has lost, his ageless enemy reigns supreme, and a shadow is falling over creation. Nothing can stop the devastation... except, perhaps, one woman.

   Director:Jamie Donoughue

   Writer:Russell T Davies

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   Director:Jamie Donoughue

   Writer:Russell T Davies