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Highest Rated Doctor Who TV Stories

Written by: shauny

4th January 2024 (ratings updated live)


Here are the highest-rated Doctor Who TV stories per Doctor, according to our members.

Highest Rated First Doctor TV Stories

Classic Who S2 • Serial 4 · (4 episodes)

The Romans

Average. Rating: 74%
Average rating: ★ 3.93
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Classic Who S2 • Serial 9 · (4 episodes)

The Time Meddler

Average. Rating: 74%
Average rating: ★ 3.93
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Classic Who S2 • Serial 2 · (6 episodes)

The Dalek Invasion of Earth

Average. Rating: 74%
Average rating: ★ 3.92
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Classic Who S1 • Serial 6 · (4 episodes)

The Aztecs

Average. Rating: 74%
Average rating: ★ 3.91
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Classic Who S3 • Serial 4 · (3/12 episodes intact)

The Daleks’ Master Plan

Average. Rating: 73%
Average rating: ★ 3.93
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Classic Who S4 • Serial 2 · (3/4 episodes intact)

The Tenth Planet

Average. Rating: 72%
Average rating: ★ 3.85
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Highest Rated Second Doctor TV Stories

Classic Who S6 • Serial 7 · (10 episodes)

The War Games

Average. Rating: 86%
Average rating: ★ 4.50
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Classic Who S6 • Serial 2 · (5 episodes)

The Mind Robber

Average. Rating: 82%
Average rating: ★ 4.30
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Classic Who S5 • Serial 4 · (6 episodes)

The Enemy of the World

Average. Rating: 80%
Average rating: ★ 4.21
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Classic Who S6 • Serial 3 · (6/8 episodes intact)

The Invasion

Average. Rating: 78%
Average rating: ★ 4.12
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Classic Who S4 • Serial 3 · (0/6 episodes intact)

The Power of the Daleks

Average. Rating: 76%
Average rating: ★ 4.03
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Classic Who S4 • Serial 9 · (1/7 episodes intact)

The Evil of the Daleks

Average. Rating: 76%
Average rating: ★ 4.03
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Highest Rated Third Doctor TV Stories

Classic Who S7 • Serial 4 · (7 episodes)

Inferno

Average. Rating: 82%
Average rating: ★ 4.28
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Classic Who S7 • Serial 1 · (4 episodes)

Spearhead from Space

Average. Rating: 80%
Average rating: ★ 4.19
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Classic Who S10 • Serial 5 · (6 episodes)

The Green Death

Average. Rating: 79%
Average rating: ★ 4.20
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Classic Who S10 • Serial 1 · (4 episodes)

The Three Doctors

Average. Rating: 79%
Average rating: ★ 4.14
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Classic Who S8 • Serial 5 · (5 episodes)

The Dæmons

Average. Rating: 75%
Average rating: ★ 3.98
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Classic Who S11 • Serial 1 · (4 episodes)

The Time Warrior

Average. Rating: 73%
Average rating: ★ 3.91
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Highest Rated Fourth Doctor TV Stories

Classic Who S17 • Serial 2 · (4 episodes)

City of Death

Average. Rating: 89%
Average rating: ★ 4.61
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Classic Who S12 • Serial 4 · (6 episodes)

Genesis of the Daleks

Average. Rating: 84%
Average rating: ★ 4.40
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Classic Who S13 • Serial 6 · (6 episodes)

The Seeds of Doom

Average. Rating: 78%
Average rating: ★ 4.15
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Classic Who S17 • Serial 6

Shada

Average. Rating: 76%
Average rating: ★ 4.08
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Classic Who S14 • Serial 3 · (4 episodes)

The Deadly Assassin

Average. Rating: 76%
Average rating: ★ 4.04
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Classic Who S13 • Serial 3 · (4 episodes)

Pyramids of Mars

Average. Rating: 76%
Average rating: ★ 4.00
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Highest Rated Fifth Doctor TV Stories

Classic Who S21 • Serial 6 · (4 episodes)

The Caves of Androzani

Average. Rating: 85%
Average rating: ★ 4.45
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Classic Who S19 • Serial 6 · (4 episodes)

Earthshock

Average. Rating: 77%
Average rating: ★ 4.07
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Classic Who S20 • Serial 7

The Five Doctors

Average. Rating: 77%
Average rating: ★ 4.06
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Classic Who S20 • Serial 5 · (4 episodes)

Enlightenment

Average. Rating: 76%
Average rating: ★ 4.08
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Classic Who S19 • Serial 3 · (4 episodes)

Kinda

Average. Rating: 70%
Average rating: ★ 3.75
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Classic Who S21 • Serial 4 · (2 episodes)

Resurrection of the Daleks

Average. Rating: 68%
Average rating: ★ 3.71
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Highest Rated Sixth Doctor TV Stories

Classic Who S22 • Serial 2 · (2 episodes)

Vengeance on Varos

Average. Rating: 70%
Average rating: ★ 3.77
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Classic Who S22 • Serial 6 · (2 episodes)

Revelation of the Daleks

Average. Rating: 68%
Average rating: ★ 3.67
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Classic Who S23 • Serial 1 · (4 episodes)

The Mysterious Planet

Average. Rating: 61%
Average rating: ★ 3.36
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Classic Who S23 • Serial 3 · (4 episodes)

Terror of the Vervoids

Average. Rating: 59%
Average rating: ★ 3.28
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Classic Who S22 • Serial 4 · (3 episodes)

The Two Doctors

Average. Rating: 59%
Average rating: ★ 3.24
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Classic Who S22 • Serial 1 · (2 episodes)

Attack of the Cybermen

Average. Rating: 59%
Average rating: ★ 3.23
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Highest Rated Seventh Doctor TV Stories

Classic Who S25 • Serial 1 · (4 episodes)

Remembrance of the Daleks

Average. Rating: 87%
Average rating: ★ 4.53
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Classic Who S26 • Serial 3 · (4 episodes)

The Curse of Fenric

Average. Rating: 82%
Average rating: ★ 4.33
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Classic Who S26 • Serial 4 · (3 episodes)

Survival

Average. Rating: 74%
Average rating: ★ 3.93
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Classic Who S25 • Serial 4 · (4 episodes)

The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Average. Rating: 73%
Average rating: ★ 3.90
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Classic Who S25 • Serial 2 · (3 episodes)

The Happiness Patrol

Average. Rating: 72%
Average rating: ★ 3.85
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Classic Who S26 • Serial 2 · (3 episodes)

Ghost Light

Average. Rating: 71%
Average rating: ★ 3.80
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(The Eighth Doctor only had 1 TV Story – The TV Movie)

Highest Rated Ninth Doctor TV Stories

Doctor Who S1 • Episode 10

The Doctor Dances

Average. Rating: 88%
Average rating: ★ 4.55
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Doctor Who S1 • Episode 9

The Empty Child

Average. Rating: 88%
Average rating: ★ 4.53
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Doctor Who S1 • Episode 6

Dalek

Average. Rating: 88%
Average rating: ★ 4.52
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Doctor Who S1 • Episode 13

The Parting of the Ways

Average. Rating: 87%
Average rating: ★ 4.46
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Doctor Who S1 • Episode 12

Bad Wolf

Average. Rating: 82%
Average rating: ★ 4.23
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Doctor Who S1 • Episode 8

Father’s Day

Average. Rating: 79%
Average rating: ★ 4.12
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Highest Rated Tenth Doctor TV Stories

Doctor Who S4 • Episode 10

Midnight

Average. Rating: 91%
Average rating: ★ 4.67
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Doctor Who S3 • Episode 10

Blink

Average. Rating: 89%
Average rating: ★ 4.58
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Doctor Who S4 • Episode 11

Turn Left

Average. Rating: 88%
Average rating: ★ 4.52
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Doctor Who S4 • Episode 9

Forest of the Dead

River Song, hooked up to the computer, sacrificing her life
Average. Rating: 87%
Average rating: ★ 4.49
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Doctor Who S4 • Episode 8

Silence in the Library

Average. Rating: 87%
Average rating: ★ 4.47
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Doctor Who Specials Tenth Doctor Specials

The Waters of Mars

Average. Rating: 86%
Average rating: ★ 4.43
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Highest Rated Eleventh Doctor TV Stories

Doctor Who S5 • Episode 10

Vincent and the Doctor

Average. Rating: 86%
Average rating: ★ 4.46
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Doctor Who Specials

The Day of the Doctor

Average. Rating: 84%
Average rating: ★ 4.33
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Doctor Who S5 • Episode 1

The Eleventh Hour

Average. Rating: 82%
Average rating: ★ 4.25
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Doctor Who S6 • Episode 11

The God Complex

Average. Rating: 79%
Average rating: ★ 4.14
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Doctor Who S5 • Episode 12

The Pandorica Opens

Average. Rating: 79%
Average rating: ★ 4.12
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Doctor Who S6 • Episode 4

The Doctor’s Wife

Average. Rating: 79%
Average rating: ★ 4.10
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Highest Rated Twelfth Doctor TV Stories

Doctor Who S9 • Episode 11

Heaven Sent

Average. Rating: 93%
Average rating: ★ 4.77
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Doctor Who S10 • Episode 11

World Enough and Time

Average. Rating: 91%
Average rating: ★ 4.65
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Doctor Who S10 • Episode 12

The Doctor Falls

Average. Rating: 90%
Average rating: ★ 4.62
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Doctor Who S8 • Episode 8

Mummy on the Orient Express

Average. Rating: 82%
Average rating: ★ 4.28
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Doctor Who Specials • Christmas Special

The Husbands of River Song

Average. Rating: 82%
Average rating: ★ 4.25
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Doctor Who S8 • Episode 11

Dark Water

Average. Rating: 78%
Average rating: ★ 4.08
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Highest Rated Thirteenth Doctor TV Stories

Doctor Who S12 • Episode 8

The Haunting of Villa Diodati

Average. Rating: 73%
Average rating: ★ 3.85
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Doctor Who S11 • Episode 6

Demons of the Punjab

Average. Rating: 73%
Average rating: ★ 3.84
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Doctor Who S13 (Flux) • Episode 4

Village of the Angels

Average. Rating: 71%
Average rating: ★ 3.75
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Doctor Who Specials

The Power of the Doctor

Average. Rating: 70%
Average rating: ★ 3.68
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Doctor Who S12 • Episode 5

Fugitive of the Judoon

Average. Rating: 69%
Average rating: ★ 3.65
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Doctor Who S12 • Episode 1

Spyfall, Part 1

Average. Rating: 68%
Average rating: ★ 3.62
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Fourteenth Doctor TV Stories Rated

(There were only 3!)

60th Anniversary Specials • Episode 2

Wild Blue Yonder

Average. Rating: 84%
Average rating: ★ 4.33
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60th Anniversary Specials • Episode 3

The Giggle

Average. Rating: 72%
Average rating: ★ 3.74
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60th Anniversary Specials • Episode 1

The Star Beast

Average. Rating: 66%
Average rating: ★ 3.46
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Highest Rated Fifteenth Doctor TV Stories

More to come, watch this space…!

Doctor Who Season One • Episode 3

Boom

Average. Rating: 81%
Average rating: ★ 4.20
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Doctor Who Season One • Episode 4

73 Yards

Average. Rating: 79%
Average rating: ★ 4.10
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Doctor Who Season One • Episode 6

Rogue

Average. Rating: 75%
Average rating: ★ 3.93
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60th Anniversary Specials • Episode 3

The Giggle

Average. Rating: 72%
Average rating: ★ 3.74
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Doctor Who Season One • Episode 5

Dot and Bubble

Average. Rating: 72%
Average rating: ★ 3.77
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Doctor Who Specials • Christmas Special

The Church on Ruby Road

Average. Rating: 69%
Average rating: ★ 3.62
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Written by: shauny