10 Doctor Who Episodes Where Evil Won
2. The Caves Of Androzani
The Caves of Androzani proves that when evil wins, nobody does.
The final adventure for the Fifth Doctor doesn't have a single sympathetic character in it beyond him and Peri. There's Stotz and the grizzled gunrunners, malevolent corporate player Morgus, no-nonsense General Chellak, and the embittered and obsessive Sharaz Jek – and all of these men get small victories throughout the story.
Morgus and Stotz profit from both sides of the conflict between Chellak and Jek, as they're in charge of Chellak and supplying arms to Jek! Morgus also attempts a corporate takeover of his own government by assassinating the President of Androzani.
General Chellak then launches a valiant effort to kill Sharaz Jek and his forces, and while he destroys most of them, he and his soldiers are killed in the conflict. Sharaz Jek also finally gets to kill his hated rival Morgus, but eventually succumbs to a gunshot wound delivered by Stotz.
The bleak climax of The Caves of Androzani proves the old adage that those who seek revenge ought to dig two graves – or in the case of this story, enough graves for the majority of the cast!