3rd Doctor Stories Ranked:
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1.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Inferno: Episode 1
(1970)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and UNIT investigate strange happenings at a top secret government drilling project headed by the pompous Professor Stahlman.
Director: Douglas Camfield | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, Olaf Pooley
Votes: 761
2.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Three Doctors: Episode One
(1972)
TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The 10th Anniversary Serial has three incarnations of the Doctor meeting up to face the evil Omega in a universe of antimatter.
Director: Lennie Mayne | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, William Hartnell, Katy Manning
Votes: 828
3.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 1
(1970)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
While the Brigadier investigates a loss of contact with Mars Probe 7, the Doctor realises signals coming from the probe are of extra-terrestrial origin.
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, Ronald Allen
Votes: 596
4.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Spearhead from Space: Episode 1
(1970)
TV-Y | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
As the newly regenerated Doctor arrives on Earth, so does the Nestene.
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, Hugh Burden
Votes: 982
5.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Terror of the Autons: Episode One
(1971)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When a Nestene Energy Unit is stolen and a radio telescope sabotaged, the Doctor is contacted by a Time Lord who tells him his old rival the Master is responsible.
Director: Barry Letts | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Roger Delgado, Katy Manning
Votes: 694
6.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Planet of the Spiders: Part One
(1974)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
While the Doctor carries out an investigation into ESP, Mike Yates asks Sarah to look into some strange goings on at a meditation centre he's attending.
Director: Barry Letts | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, Richard Franklin
Votes: 542
7.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Day of the Daleks: Episode One
(1972)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When someone tries to assassinate diplomat Sir Reginald Styles, UNIT investigate the possibility his attacker came from the future.
Director: Paul Bernard | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Katy Manning, Aubrey Woods
Votes: 595
8.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Doctor Who and the Silurians: Episode 1
(1970)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Liz are summoned to the Wenley Moor Research Centre by the Brigadier, after several staff members suffer nervous breakdowns.
Director: Timothy Combe | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, Fulton Mackay
Votes: 724
9.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Dæmons: Episode One
(1971)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Jo race to the village of Devil's End to prevent what the Doctor believes could be a disaster. With a midnight excavation due to take place, mysterious events are happening - not helped by the Reverend Magister.
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Roger Delgado, Katy Manning
Votes: 654
10.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Green Death: Episode One
(1973)
TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
While the Doctor plans a holiday to Metebelis Three, Jo and the Brigadier are intrigued by a mysterious death at a coal mine in Llanfairfach, which is being blamed on local company Global Chemicals.
Director: Michael E. Briant | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney, Jerome Willis
Votes: 644
11.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Sea Devils: Episode One
(1972)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Jo visit the Master at his island prison where the Doctor becomes curious about a number of ships sinking in the area.
Director: Michael E. Briant | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Roger Delgado, Katy Manning, Edwin Richfield
Votes: 634
12.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Invasion: Part One
(1974)
TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Sarah return to London in the present day only to find the city strangely deserted, while nearby UNIT are dealing with a series of monster appearances.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, John Bennett
Votes: 499
13.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Mind of Evil: Episode One
(1971)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Jo head to Stangmoor Prison to investigate the Keller Machine, which drains the evil impulses from prisoners' minds, while UNIT are handling security at the first world peace conference.
Director: Timothy Combe | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Katy Manning, Richard Franklin
Votes: 570
14.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Carnival of Monsters: Episode One
(1973)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor attempts to test his new dematerialisation circuit by taking Jo to Metebelis Three but instead the TARDIS arrives in the hold of a 1920s cargo ship.
Director: Barry Letts | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Tenniel Evans, Ian Marter
Votes: 651
15.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Time Warrior: Part One
(1973)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Brigadier asks the Doctor to investigate the disappearance of several scientists, only for him to find they have been abducted back in time.
Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, Kevin Lindsay
Votes: 652
16.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Frontier in Space: Episode One
(1973)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Jo discover the Master and the Ogrons are the masterminds behind the Galactic war between the Earth Federation and the Reptilian Draconian Empire. The Master has framed the ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Bernard | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Vera Fusek, Michael Hawkins
Votes: 535
17.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Curse of Peladon: Episode One
(1972)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Jo arrive on the medieval planet Peladon, where the Doctor is mistaken for the Earth Delegate of the Galactic Federation and Jo is mistaken for a princess. Where the Doctor ... See full summary »
Director: Lennie Mayne | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, David Troughton, Geoffrey Toone
Votes: 557
18.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Claws of Axos: Episode One
(1971)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When a mysterious object lands near the Nuton power complex, UNIT investigate and encounter the Axons, a group of aliens who offer the mineral axonite, which can duplicate matter, as a gift.
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Roger Delgado, Katy Manning
Votes: 615
19.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Planet of the Daleks: Episode One
(1973)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS lands on the jungle planet Spiridon, where the Doctor has fallen into a coma. Before collapsing he has requested the Time Lords to pilot the TARDIS, so he and Jo can follow the ... See full summary »
Director: David Maloney | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Bernard Horsfall, Prentis Hancock
Votes: 548
20.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Colony in Space: Episode One
(1971)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Time Lords takes control of the TARDIS and the Doctor and Jo arrive on a Earth Colony in the 25th Century, where a ruthless mining company are using a dinosaur-like creature to force ... See full summary »
Director: Michael E. Briant | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Katy Manning, Nicholas Pennell
Votes: 532
21.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Monster of Peladon: Part One
(1974)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Returning to the medieval planet Peladon (50 years after "The Curse of Peladon") The Doctor and Sarah find King Peladon's daughter Queen Thalira has inherited the throne and the galactic ... See full summary »
Director: Lennie Mayne | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Donald Gee, Nina Thomas
Votes: 469
22.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Mutants: Episode One
(1972)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Jo arrive on the planet Solos, on an assignment by the Time Lords. The Doctor and Jo learn that the native Solonians are mutating into ant-like mutant creatures and they ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Paul Whitsun-Jones, James Mellor
Votes: 482
23.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Death to the Daleks: Part One
(1974)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
As the TARDIS heads to the paradise planet Florana where the Doctor and Sarah go for a holiday, the TARDIS goes off-course and arrives on the barren planet Exxilon, where the TARDIS is ... See full summary »
Director: Michael E. Briant | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Duncan Lamont, John Abineri
Votes: 524
24.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Time Monster: Episode One
(1972)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
UNIT are invited to observe a demonstration of the new TOMTIT machine, unaware its creator, Professor Thascalos, is actually the Master.
Director: Paul Bernard | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Roger Delgado, Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney
Votes: 482
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