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== [[First Doctor]] - [[William Hartnell]] ==
== [[First Doctor]] - [[William Hartnell]] ==
===='''[[Season 1|Season One]] - [[1963]]-[[1964|64]]'''====
===='''[[Season 1|Season One]] - 1963-64'''====
*''[[/An Unearthly Child/]]'' a.k.a. "100,000 BC", "The Tribe of Gum"
*''[[/An Unearthly Child/]]'' a.k.a. "100,000 BC", "The Tribe of Gum"
*''[[/The Daleks/]]'' a.k.a. "The Mutants", "The Dead Planet"
*''[[/The Daleks/]]'' a.k.a. "The Mutants", "The Dead Planet"
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*''[[/The Reign of Terror/]]'' a.k.a. "The French Revolution"
*''[[/The Reign of Terror/]]'' a.k.a. "The French Revolution"


===='''[[Season 2|Season Two]] - [[1964]]-[[1965|65]]'''====
===='''[[Season 2|Season Two]] - 1964-65'''====
*''[[/Planet of Giants/]]''
*''[[/Planet of Giants/]]''
*''[[/The Dalek Invasion of Earth/]]''
*''[[/The Dalek Invasion of Earth/]]''
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*''[[/The Time Meddler/]]''
*''[[/The Time Meddler/]]''


===='''[[Season 3|Season Three]] - [[1965]]-[[1966|66]]'''====
===='''[[Season 3|Season Three]] - 1965-66'''====
*''[[/Galaxy 4/]]''
*''[[/Galaxy 4/]]''
*''[[/Mission to the Unknown/]]'' a.k.a. "Dalek Cutaway"
*''[[/Mission to the Unknown/]]'' a.k.a. "Dalek Cutaway"
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*''[[/The War Machines/]]''
*''[[/The War Machines/]]''


===='''[[Season 4|Season Four]] - [[1966]]''' ====
===='''[[Season 4|Season Four]] - 1966''' ====
*''[[/The Smugglers/]]''
*''[[/The Smugglers/]]''
*''[[/The Tenth Planet/]]''
*''[[/The Tenth Planet/]]''


== [[Second Doctor]] - [[Patrick Troughton]] ==
== [[Second Doctor]] - [[Patrick Troughton]] ==
===='''[[Season 4|Season Four]] - [[1966]]-[[1967|67]]''' (continued)====
===='''[[Season 4|Season Four]] - 1966-67''' (continued)====
*''[[/The Power of the Daleks/]]''
*''[[/The Power of the Daleks/]]''
*''[[/The Highlanders/]]''
*''[[/The Highlanders/]]''
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*''[[/The Evil of the Daleks/]]''
*''[[/The Evil of the Daleks/]]''


===='''[[Season 5|Season Five]] - [[1967]]-[[1968|68]]'''====
===='''[[Season 5|Season Five]] - 1967-68'''====
*''[[/The Tomb of the Cybermen/]]''
*''[[/The Tomb of the Cybermen/]]''
*''[[/The Abominable Snowmen/]]''
*''[[/The Abominable Snowmen/]]''
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*''[[/The Wheel in Space/]]''
*''[[/The Wheel in Space/]]''


===='''[[Season 6|Season Six]] - [[1968]]-[[1969|69]]'''====
===='''[[Season 6|Season Six]] - 1968-69'''====
*''[[/The Dominators/]]''
*''[[/The Dominators/]]''
*''[[/The Mind Robber/]]''
*''[[/The Mind Robber/]]''
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== [[Third Doctor]] - [[Jon Pertwee]] ==
== [[Third Doctor]] - [[Jon Pertwee]] ==


===='''[[Season 7|Season Seven]]''' - '''[[1970]]'''====
===='''[[Season 7|Season Seven]]''' - '''1970'''====
*''[[/Spearhead from Space/]]''
*''[[/Spearhead from Space/]]''
*''[[/Doctor Who and the Silurians/]]''
*''[[/Doctor Who and the Silurians/]]''
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*''[[/Inferno/]]''
*''[[/Inferno/]]''


===='''[[Season 8|Season Eight]] - [[1971]]'''====
===='''[[Season 8|Season Eight]] - 1971'''====
*''[[/Terror of the Autons/]]''
*''[[/Terror of the Autons/]]''
*''[[/The Mind of Evil/]]''
*''[[/The Mind of Evil/]]''
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*''[[/The Dæmons/]]''
*''[[/The Dæmons/]]''


===='''[[Season 9|Season Nine]] - [[1972]]'''====
===='''[[Season 9|Season Nine]] - 1972'''====
*''[[/Day of the Daleks/]]''
*''[[/Day of the Daleks/]]''
*''[[/The Curse of Peladon/]]''
*''[[/The Curse of Peladon/]]''
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*''[[/The Time Monster/]]''
*''[[/The Time Monster/]]''


===='''[[Season 10|Season Ten]] - [[1972]]-[[1973|73]]'''====
===='''[[Season 10|Season Ten]] - 1972-73'''====
*''[[/The Three Doctors/]]''
*''[[/The Three Doctors/]]''
*''[[/Carnival of Monsters/]]''
*''[[/Carnival of Monsters/]]''
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*''[[/The Green Death/]]''
*''[[/The Green Death/]]''


===='''[[Season 11|Season Eleven]] - [[1973]]-[[1974|74]]'''====
===='''[[Season 11|Season Eleven]] - 1973-74'''====
*''[[/The Time Warrior/]]''
*''[[/The Time Warrior/]]''
*''[[/Invasion of the Dinosaurs/]]''
*''[[/Invasion of the Dinosaurs/]]''
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== [[Fourth Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] ==
== [[Fourth Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] ==


===='''[[Season 12|Season Twelve]] - [[1974]]-[[1975|75]]'''====
===='''[[Season 12|Season Twelve]] - 1974-75'''====
*''[[/Robot/]]''
*''[[/Robot/]]''
*''[[/The Ark in Space/]]''
*''[[/The Ark in Space/]]''
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*''[[/Revenge of the Cybermen/]]''
*''[[/Revenge of the Cybermen/]]''


===='''[[Season 13|Season Thirteen]] - [[1975]]-[[1976|76]]'''====
===='''[[Season 13|Season Thirteen]] - 1975-76'''====
*''[[/Terror of the Zygons/]]''
*''[[/Terror of the Zygons/]]''
*''[[/Planet of Evil/]]''
*''[[/Planet of Evil/]]''
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*''[[/The Seeds of Doom/]]''
*''[[/The Seeds of Doom/]]''


===='''[[Season 14|Season Fourteen]] - [[1976]]-[[1977|77]]'''====
===='''[[Season 14|Season Fourteen]] - 1976-77'''====
*''[[/The Masque of Mandragora/]]''
*''[[/The Masque of Mandragora/]]''
*''[[/The Hand of Fear/]]''
*''[[/The Hand of Fear/]]''
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*''[[/The Talons of Weng-Chiang/]]''
*''[[/The Talons of Weng-Chiang/]]''


===='''[[Season 15|Season Fifteen]] - [[1977]]-[[1978|78]]'''====
===='''[[Season 15|Season Fifteen]] - 1977-78'''====
*''[[/Horror of Fang Rock/]]''
*''[[/Horror of Fang Rock/]]''
*''[[/The Invisible Enemy/]]''
*''[[/The Invisible Enemy/]]''
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*''[[/The Invasion of Time/]]''
*''[[/The Invasion of Time/]]''


===='''[[Season 16|Season Sixteen]] - [[1978]]-[[1979|79]]''' ====
===='''[[Season 16|Season Sixteen]] - 1978-79''' ====
*''[[/The Ribos Operation/]]''
*''[[/The Ribos Operation/]]''
*''[[/The Pirate Planet/]]''
*''[[/The Pirate Planet/]]''
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*''[[/The Armageddon Factor/]]''
*''[[/The Armageddon Factor/]]''


===='''[[Season 17|Season Seventeen]] - [[1979]]-[[1980|80]]'''====
===='''[[Season 17|Season Seventeen]] - 1979-80'''====
*''[[/Destiny of the Daleks/]]''
*''[[/Destiny of the Daleks/]]''
*''[[/City of Death/]]''
*''[[/City of Death/]]''
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*''[[/Shada/]]'' (incomplete; not broadcast)
*''[[/Shada/]]'' (incomplete; not broadcast)


===='''[[Season 18|Season Eighteen]] - [[1980]]-[[1981|81]]'''====
===='''[[Season 18|Season Eighteen]] - 1980-81'''====
*''[[/The Leisure Hive/]]''
*''[[/The Leisure Hive/]]''
*''[[/Meglos/]]''
*''[[/Meglos/]]''
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===='''[[Season 19|Season Nineteen]] - [[1982]]'''====
===='''[[Season 19|Season Nineteen]] - 1982'''====
*''[[/Castrovalva/]]''
*''[[/Castrovalva/]]''
*''[[/Four to Doomsday/]]''
*''[[/Four to Doomsday/]]''
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*''[[/Time-Flight/]]''
*''[[/Time-Flight/]]''


===='''[[Season 20|Season Twenty]] - [[1983]]'''====
===='''[[Season 20|Season Twenty]] - 1983'''====
*''[[/Arc of Infinity/]]''
*''[[/Arc of Infinity/]]''
*''[[/Snakedance/]]''
*''[[/Snakedance/]]''
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*''[[/The Five Doctors/]]''
*''[[/The Five Doctors/]]''


===='''[[Season 21|Season Twenty-One]] - [[1984]]'''====
===='''[[Season 21|Season Twenty-One]] - 1984'''====
*''[[/Warriors of the Deep/]]''
*''[[/Warriors of the Deep/]]''
*''[[/The Awakening/]]''
*''[[/The Awakening/]]''
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== [[Sixth Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] ==
== [[Sixth Doctor]] - [[Colin Baker]] ==
===='''[[Season 21|Season Twenty-One]] (continued) - [[1984]]'''====
===='''[[Season 21|Season Twenty-One]] (continued) - 1984'''====
*''[[/The Twin Dilemma/]]''
*''[[/The Twin Dilemma/]]''


===='''[[Season 22|Season Twenty-Two]] - [[1985]]'''====
===='''[[Season 22|Season Twenty-Two]] - 1985'''====
Format changes to 45-minute episodes
Format changes to 45-minute episodes


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*''[[/Revelation of the Daleks/]]''
*''[[/Revelation of the Daleks/]]''


===='''[[Season 23|Season Twenty-Three]] - [[1986]]'''====
===='''[[Season 23|Season Twenty-Three]] - 1986'''====
25-minute episodes resume.
25-minute episodes resume.


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== [[Seventh Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] ==
== [[Seventh Doctor]] - [[Sylvester McCoy]] ==
===='''[[Season 24|Season Twenty-Four]] - [[1987]]'''====
===='''[[Season 24|Season Twenty-Four]] - 1987'''====
*''[[/Time and the Rani/]]''
*''[[/Time and the Rani/]]''
*''[[/Paradise Towers/]]''
*''[[/Paradise Towers/]]''
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*''[[/Dragonfire/]]''
*''[[/Dragonfire/]]''


===='''[[Season 25|Season Twenty-Five]] - [[1988]]''' '''-[[1989]]'''====
===='''[[Season 25|Season Twenty-Five]] - 1988-89'''====
*''[[/Remembrance of the Daleks/]]''
*''[[/Remembrance of the Daleks/]]''
*''[[/The Happiness Patrol/]]''
*''[[/The Happiness Patrol/]]''
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*''[[/The Greatest Show in the Galaxy/]]''
*''[[/The Greatest Show in the Galaxy/]]''


===='''[[Season 26|Season Twenty-Six]] - [[1989]]'''====
===='''[[Season 26|Season Twenty-Six]] - 1989'''====
*''[[/Battlefield/]]''
*''[[/Battlefield/]]''
*''[[/Ghost Light/]]''
*''[[/Ghost Light/]]''
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== [[Eighth Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]] ==
== [[Eighth Doctor]] - [[Paul McGann]] ==


===='''Television Movie - [[1996]]'''====
===='''Television Movie - 1996'''====
*''[[/Doctor Who/]]'', a.k.a. "Enemy Within", "The TV Movie" or "The Movie"
*''[[/Doctor Who/]]'', a.k.a. "Enemy Within", "The TV Movie" or "The Movie"


== [[Ninth Doctor]] - [[Christopher Eccleston]] ==
== [[Ninth Doctor]] - [[Christopher Eccleston]] ==


===='''[[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|Series 1]] - [[2005]]'''====
===='''[[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|Series 1]] - 2005'''====


*''[[/Rose/]]''
*''[[/Rose/]]''
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== [[Tenth Doctor]] - [[David Tennant]] ==
== [[Tenth Doctor]] - [[David Tennant]] ==


===='''[[Children in Need]] Special - [[2005]]'''====
===='''[[Children in Need]] Special - 2005'''====
*''[[/Children in Need Special/]]''
*''[[/Children in Need Special/]]''


===='''Christmas Special - [[2005]]'''====
===='''Christmas Special - 2005'''====
*''[[/The Christmas Invasion/]]''
*''[[/The Christmas Invasion/]]''


===='''Interactive Christmas Special - [[2005]]'''====
===='''Interactive Christmas Special - 2005'''====
* ''[[/Attack of the Graske/]]''
* ''[[/Attack of the Graske/]]''


===='''[[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|Series 2]] - [[2006]]'''====
===='''[[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|Series 2]] - 2006'''====
* ''[[/New Earth/]]''
* ''[[/New Earth/]]''
* ''[[/Tooth and Claw/]]''
* ''[[/Tooth and Claw/]]''
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* ''[[/Doomsday/]]''
* ''[[/Doomsday/]]''


===='''Christmas Special - [[2006]]'''====
===='''Christmas Special - 2006'''====
* ''[[/The Runaway Bride/]]''
* ''[[/The Runaway Bride/]]''


===='''[[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]] - [[2007]]'''====
===='''[[Series 3 (Doctor Who)|Series 3]] - 2007'''====
* ''[[/Smith and Jones/]]''
* ''[[/Smith and Jones/]]''
* ''[[/The Shakespeare Code/]]''
* ''[[/The Shakespeare Code/]]''
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* ''[[/Last of the Time Lords/]]''
* ''[[/Last of the Time Lords/]]''


====Animated Mini-Series - [[2007]]====
====Animated Mini-Series - 2007====
Produced as part of the behind-the-scenes series, ''[[Totally Doctor Who]]''.
Produced as part of the behind-the-scenes series, ''[[Totally Doctor Who]]''.


*''[[/The Infinite Quest/]]''
*''[[/The Infinite Quest/]]''


===='''[[Children in Need]] Special - [[2007]]'''====
===='''[[Children in Need]] Special - 2007'''====
*''[[/Time Crash/]]''
*''[[/Time Crash/]]''


===='''Christmas Special - [[2007]]'''====
===='''Christmas Special - 2007'''====


* ''[[/Voyage of the Damned/]]''
* ''[[/Voyage of the Damned/]]''


===='''[[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|Series 4]] [[2008]]'''====
===='''[[Series 4 (Doctor Who)|Series 4]] 2008'''====
*''[[/Partners in Crime/]]''
*''[[/Partners in Crime/]]''
*''[[/The Fires of Pompeii/]]''
*''[[/The Fires of Pompeii/]]''
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*''[[/The End of Time/]]''
*''[[/The End of Time/]]''


===='''Animated Mini-Series - [[2009]]'''====
===='''Animated Mini-Series - 2009'''====
*''[[/Dreamland/]]''
*''[[/Dreamland/]]''


==[[Eleventh Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]==
==[[Eleventh Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]==
===='''[[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] - [[2010]]'''====
===='''[[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] - 2010'''====
*''[[/The Eleventh Hour/]]''
*''[[/The Eleventh Hour/]]''
*''[[/The Beast Below/]]''
*''[[/The Beast Below/]]''
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*''[[/A Christmas Carol/]]''
*''[[/A Christmas Carol/]]''


===='''[[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|Series 6]] - [[2011]]'''====
===='''[[Series 6 (Doctor Who)|Series 6]] - 2011'''====
*''[[/The Impossible Astronaut/]]''
*''[[/The Impossible Astronaut/]]''
*''[[/Day of the Moon/]]''
*''[[/Day of the Moon/]]''
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*''[[/The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe/]]''
*''[[/The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe/]]''


===='''[[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7]] - [[2012]]'''====
===='''[[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7]] - 2012'''====
* ''[[/Asylum of the Daleks/]]''
* ''[[/Asylum of the Daleks/]]''
* ''[[/Dinosaurs on a Spaceship/]]''
* ''[[/Dinosaurs on a Spaceship/]]''
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*''[[/The Pilot Episode/]]'' (unaired)
*''[[/The Pilot Episode/]]'' (unaired)


===='''[[Jim'll Fix It]] Mini-Episode - [[1985]]'''====
===='''[[Jim'll Fix It]] Mini-Episode - 1985'''====


*''[[/A Fix with Sontarans/]]''
*''[[/A Fix with Sontarans/]]''


===='''[[Wikipedia:Search Out Science|Search Out Science]] Mini-Episode - [[1990]]'''====
===='''{{w|Search Out Science}} Mini-Episode - 1990'''====
*''[[/Search Out Space/]]''
*''[[/Search Out Space/]]''


===='''[[Children in Need]] Special - [[1993]]'''====
===='''[[Children in Need]] Special - 1993'''====
*''[[/Dimensions in Time/]]''
*''[[/Dimensions in Time/]]''


==== '''Comic Relief/Red Nose Day Special - [[1999]]'''====
==== '''Comic Relief/Red Nose Day Special - 1999'''====
*''[[/The Curse of Fatal Death/]]''
*''[[/The Curse of Fatal Death/]]''
[[category:discontinuity stickies]]
[[category:discontinuity stickies]]

Revision as of 02:10, 18 December 2013


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First Doctor - William Hartnell

Season One - 1963-64

Season Two - 1964-65

Season Three - 1965-66

Season Four - 1966

Second Doctor - Patrick Troughton

Season Four - 1966-67 (continued)

Season Five - 1967-68

Season Six - 1968-69

Third Doctor - Jon Pertwee

Season Seven - 1970

Season Eight - 1971

Season Nine - 1972

Season Ten - 1972-73

Season Eleven - 1973-74

Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker

Season Twelve - 1974-75

Season Thirteen - 1975-76

Season Fourteen - 1976-77

Season Fifteen - 1977-78

Season Sixteen - 1978-79

Season Seventeen - 1979-80

Season Eighteen - 1980-81

Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison

Season Nineteen - 1982

Season Twenty - 1983

Season Twenty-One - 1984

Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker

Season Twenty-One (continued) - 1984

Season Twenty-Two - 1985

Format changes to 45-minute episodes

Season Twenty-Three - 1986

25-minute episodes resume.

Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy

Season Twenty-Four - 1987

Season Twenty-Five - 1988-89

Season Twenty-Six - 1989

Eighth Doctor - Paul McGann

Television Movie - 1996

  • Doctor Who, a.k.a. "Enemy Within", "The TV Movie" or "The Movie"

Ninth Doctor - Christopher Eccleston

Series 1 - 2005

Tenth Doctor - David Tennant

Children in Need Special - 2005

Christmas Special - 2005

Interactive Christmas Special - 2005

Series 2 - 2006

Christmas Special - 2006

Series 3 - 2007

Animated Mini-Series - 2007

Produced as part of the behind-the-scenes series, Totally Doctor Who.

Children in Need Special - 2007

Christmas Special - 2007

Series 4 2008

Proms Special 2008

Christmas Special 2008

2009 specials

Animated Mini-Series - 2009

Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith

Series 5 - 2010

Christmas Special 2010

Series 6 - 2011

Christmas Special 2011

Series 7 - 2012

Christmas Special 2012

Series 7 - 2013

50th Anniversary Special

Other

"They may not be in the Whoniverse, but anything for sport, innit?"

The following episodes are generally considered wholly discontinuous with the main series, and so therefore can't have "continuity errors" as such. Another way of looking at it is that they are continuity errors. Nevertheless, as this is a forum, they're included more or less for pure sport.

Pilot Episode

Jim'll Fix It Mini-Episode - 1985

Search Out Science Mini-Episode - 1990

Children in Need Special - 1993

Comic Relief/Red Nose Day Special - 1999