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Doctor Who 2005-2026

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Heaven Sent1876

The Day of the Doctor1839

The Husbands of River Song1816

A Good Man Goes to War1767

The Doctor Falls1754

World Enough and Time1737

Listen1736

Hell Bent1734

Twice Upon a Time1733

#10

The Pandorica Opens1712

#11

Angels Take Manhattan1697

#12

Journey's End1684

#13

The Name of the Doctor1676

#14

The Giggle1672

#15

Day of the Moon1667

#16

In the Forest of the Night1664

#17

Forest of the Dead1663

#18

The Sound of Drums1660

#19

Deep Breath1659

#20

The Doctor's Wife1656

#21

The Unicorn and the Wasp1655

#22

Dark Water1654

#23

The Stolen Earth1654

#24

The Big Bang1650

#25

The Zygon Invasion1648

#26

Let's Kill Hitler1648

#27

The Caretaker1641

#28

Flesh and Stone1637

#29

Smile1635

#30

Death in Heaven1625

#31

The Star Beast1624

#32

Robot of Sherwood1624

#33

Planet of the Ood1624

#34

Flatline1621

#35

A Christmas Carol1619

#36

Face the Raven1619

#37

Under the Lake1619

#38

Into the Dalek1615

#39

The Eleventh Hour1611

#40

The Waters of Mars1611

#41

Last Christmas1610

#42

The Magician's Apprentice1609

#43

The Zygon Inversion1607

#44

School Reunion1601

#45

Time Heist1597

#46

Amy's Choice1597

#47

Oxygen1594

#48

The Snowmen1593

#49

Utopia1589

#50

The Return of Doctor Mysterio1586

#51

Thin Ice1585

#52

Boom Town1584

#53

The Runaway Bride1584

#54

Smith and Jones1584

#55

The God Complex1581

#56

The Girl Who Died1580

#57

Blink1579

#58

Cold War1574

#59

The Pilot1569

#60

The Wedding of River Song1568

#61

The End of the World1564

#62

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship1564

#63

Lucky Day1563

#64

Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS1558

#65

Before the Flood1556

#66

Turn Left1556

#67

Kill the Moon1551

#68

Vincent and the Doctor1548

#69

The Woman Who Lived1547

#70

Silence in the Library1546

#71

Night Terrors1539

#72

New Earth1539

#73

The Power of the Doctor1535

#74

Midnight1534

#75

The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe1532

#76

Human Nature1531

#77

Joy to the World1528

#78

Dot and Bubble1523

#79

The Story and the Engine1522

#80

The Empty Child1518

#81

The End of Time, Part 21517

#82

Hide1513

#83

The Witch's Familiar1512

#84

The Lie of the Land1512

#85

The Halloween Apocalypse1508

#86

The Power of Three1506

#87

The Rebel Flesh1505

#88

The Interstellar Song Contest1505

#89

The Satan Pit1504

#90

The Lodger1504

#91

Wild Blue Yonder1503

#92

Sleep No More1497

#93

Dalek1496

#94

Rogue1495

#95

The Poison Sky1494

#96

Knock Knock1493

#97

Partners in Crime1491

#98

Planet of the Dead1489

#99

73 Yards1488

#100

The Time of the Doctor1487

What the community says

Rank your favorite Doctor Who episodes from 2005 to 2026. Discover the best episodes of the iconic British sci-fi series across generations of Doctors.

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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