The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 6

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.3/10(611 votes)

   #1 - The Dominators (1)

   S6:E18/10/1968

   The TARDIS arrives on the planet Dulkis where the Doctor, Zoe and Jamie decide to have a quiet holiday. Only to find the Evil Dominators and their robotic slaves, The Quarks have arrived on a radioactive island, where they plan to detonate a bomb in the planet's core, which will turn the entire planet as source of radioactive fuel for their invasion fleet.

   Director:Morris Barry

   Writers:Henry Lincoln, Mervyn Haisman

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   Director:Morris Barry

   Writers:Henry Lincoln, Mervyn Haisman
2. 

   6.2/10(550 votes)

   #2 - The Dominators (2)

   S6:E28/17/1968

   The Doctor and Jamie are captured by the Dominators, who subject them to an intelligence test, while Zoe and Cully attempt to convince the Dulcian council of the threat.

   Director:Morris Barry

   Writers:Henry Lincoln, Mervyn Haisman

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   Director:Morris Barry

   Writers:Henry Lincoln, Mervyn Haisman
3. 

   6.0/10(550 votes)

   #3 - The Dominators (3)

   S6:E38/24/1968

   Zoe and Cully are captured by the Dominators and put to work alongside the survey team while the Doctor and Jamie decide to return to the island to help.

   Director:Morris Barry

   Writers:Henry Lincoln, Mervyn Haisman

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   Director:Morris Barry

   Writers:Henry Lincoln, Mervyn Haisman
4. 

   6.0/10(547 votes)

   #4 - The Dominators (4)

   S6:E48/31/1968

   The Doctor and Zoe are interrogated by Rago, who is planning to present his terms to the Dulcian council, while Jamie and Cully try to find a way to strike back against the Quarks.

   Director:Morris Barry

   Writers:Henry Lincoln, Mervyn Haisman

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   Director:Morris Barry

   Writers:Henry Lincoln, Mervyn Haisman
5. 

   6.2/10(551 votes)

   #5 - The Dominators (5)

   S6:E59/7/1968

   Jamie and Cully manage to rescue the Doctor's party and together they try to find a way to stop the Dominators before they destroy the entire planet.

   Director:Morris Barry

   Writers:Henry Lincoln, Mervyn Haisman

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   Director:Morris Barry

   Writers:Henry Lincoln, Mervyn Haisman
6. 

   8.0/10(820 votes)

   #6 - The Mind Robber (1)

   S6:E69/14/1968

   The TARDIS arrives in a white void, having made an emergency take-off to escape the volcanic eruption on Dulkis. The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find themselves in the Land of Fiction, where characters from the imagination come to life, and The Master, the mysterious ruler, chooses the Doctor to take his place.

   Director:David Maloney

   Writer:Derrick Sherwin

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   Director:David Maloney

   Writer:Derrick Sherwin
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   7.8/10(734 votes)

   #7 - The Mind Robber (2)

   S6:E79/21/1968

   With the TARDIS destroyed, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find themselves in a strange forest patrolled by mysterious soldiers.

   Director:David Maloney

   Writer:Peter Ling

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   Director:David Maloney

   Writer:Peter Ling
8. 

   7.7/10(713 votes)

   #8 - The Mind Robber (3)

   S6:E89/28/1968

   The Doctor realises that the travellers are trapped in a world where fiction is real and where creatures are a threat if people believe in them.

   Director:David Maloney

   Writer:Peter Ling

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   Director:David Maloney

   Writer:Peter Ling
9. 

   7.6/10(707 votes)

   #9 - The Mind Robber (4)

   S6:E910/5/1968

   The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe reach the citadel at the centre of the land, where they finally encounter the Master of the Land of Fiction.

   Director:David Maloney

   Writer:Peter Ling

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   Director:David Maloney

   Writer:Peter Ling
10. 

    7.8/10(732 votes)

    #10 - The Mind Robber (5)

    S6:E1010/12/1968

    With Jamie and Zoe having been turned into fiction, the Doctor must find a way to save them without suffering the same fate or becoming part of the Master Brain.

    Director:David Maloney

    Writer:Peter Ling

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    Director:David Maloney

    Writer:Peter Ling
11. 

    7.8/10(651 votes)

    #11 - The Invasion (1)

    S6:E1111/2/1968

    The Doctor and the newly formed UNIT must stop a Cybermen Invasion and a Sinister Industrialist in league with them

    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin

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    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin
12. 

    7.9/10(614 votes)

    #12 - The Invasion (2)

    S6:E1211/9/1968

    The Doctor and Jamie are taken prisoner by their mysterious observers and have a reunion with an old friend while Zoe and Isobel carry out their own investigation of IE.

    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin

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    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin
13. 

    7.7/10(605 votes)

    #13 - The Invasion (3)

    S6:E1311/16/1968

    The Doctor and Jamie return to the IE factory in search of Zoe and Isobel, where they meet with Professor Watkins and fall foul of Vaughn.

    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin

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    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin
14. 

    7.8/10(589 votes)

    #14 - The Invasion (4)

    S6:E1411/23/1968

    The Doctor and Jamie enlist the help of UNIT to rescue Zoe and Isobel before trying to find out what Vaughn is really up to.

    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin

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    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin
15. 

    7.9/10(601 votes)

    #15 - The Invasion (5)

    S6:E1511/30/1968

    The Doctor and Jamie tell the Brigadier about the Cybermen but with Rutledge under Vaughn's control he is powerless to act.

    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin

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    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin
16. 

    8.1/10(599 votes)

    #16 - The Invasion (6)

    S6:E1612/7/1968

    Captain Turner manages to rescue Jamie and the others, while the Doctor begins working on a way to protect everyone from the Cybermen's hypno-sound signal.

    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin

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    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin
17. 

    8.0/10(597 votes)

    #17 - The Invasion (7)

    S6:E1712/14/1968

    With the entire world unconscious apart from the Doctor and his friends, the Cybermen are poised to invade and only Zoe, the Brigadier and a missile crew can stop them.

    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin

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    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin
18. 

    8.1/10(613 votes)

    #18 - The Invasion (8)

    S6:E1812/21/1968

    The Cybermen have launched their deadly megatron bomb which will destroy all life on Earth unless the Doctor can deactivate the homing signal.

    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin

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    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Derrick Sherwin
19. 

    6.6/10(580 votes)

    #19 - The Krotons (1)

    S6:E1912/28/1968

    When the TARDIS arrives on the planet of the Gonds, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe discover a world ruled and enslaved by the Krotons. The brightest Gonds are always chosen to serve as companions of the Krotons and are never seen again...

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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20. 

    6.6/10(534 votes)

    #20 - The Krotons (2)

    S6:E201/4/1969

    Zoe is selected as a companion for the Krotons and the Doctor insists on joining her.

    Director:David Maloney

    Writer:Robert Holmes

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    Director:David Maloney

    Writer:Robert Holmes
21. 

    6.3/10(532 votes)

    #21 - The Krotons (3)

    S6:E211/11/1969

    Jamie is held prisoner by the Krotons who intend to recapture the Doctor and Zoe for their mental energy.

    Director:David Maloney

    Writer:Robert Holmes

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    Director:David Maloney

    Writer:Robert Holmes
22. 

    6.4/10(535 votes)

    #22 - The Krotons (4)

    S6:E221/18/1969

    Selris succeeds in drawing the Krotons out of the Dynatrope but Eelek agrees to hand the Doctor and Zoe over to them in return for their leaving the planet.

    Director:David Maloney

    Writer:Robert Holmes

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    Director:David Maloney

    Writer:Robert Holmes
23. 

    7.2/10(643 votes)

    #23 - The Seeds of Death (1)

    S6:E231/25/1969

    21st century Earth is entirely dependent on the T-Mat transport system but the control centre on the moon has stopped functioning. Meanwhile, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe meet the one man who can solve the crisis.

    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:Terrance Dicks, Brian Hayles

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    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:Terrance Dicks, Brian Hayles
24. 

    7.1/10(588 votes)

    #24 - The Seeds of Death (2)

    S6:E242/1/1969

    Eldred agrees to supply a rocket for travel to the moon and the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe volunteer to crew it.

    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writer:Brian Hayles

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    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writer:Brian Hayles
25. 

    7.1/10(588 votes)

    #25 - The Seeds of Death (3)

    S6:E252/8/1969

    The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe make it to the moon and join forces with Phipps but the Ice Warriors have gained control of T-mat.

    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writer:Brian Hayles

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    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writer:Brian Hayles