List of Doctor Who television stories
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This is a list of Doctor Who televised stories.
Episodes broadcast over the internet (webcasts) and mini-episodes are also included on this list. Names used are those given by the BBC as of today. For the 1963 version of the programme, this means that the list employs the DVD releases name in most cases, which may differ for some titles, particularly those broadcast from 1963 to 1965. This list does not include Doctor Who spin-offs.
Doctor Who episodes were generally broadcast on Saturday evenings, with occasional shifts to the schedule.
First Doctor
The First Doctor was portrayed by William Hartnell from 1963 to 1966.
Season 1
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
001 | An Unearthly Child | 4 | 23 November–14 December 1963 |
002 | The Daleks | 7 | 21 December 1963–1 February 1964 |
003 | The Edge of Destruction | 2 | 8–15 February 1964 |
004 | Marco Polo | 7 | 22 February–4 April 1964 |
005 | The Keys of Marinus | 6 | 11 April–16 May 1964 |
006 | The Aztecs | 4 | 23 May–13 June 1964 |
007 | The Sensorites | 6 | 20 June–1 August 1964 |
008 | The Reign of Terror | 6 | 8 August–12 September 1964 |
Story partially missing | Story completely missing |
Extras
From 2023, in an effort to make the 1960s era television episodes appeal to the show's audience of the 21st century, an experiment was made which saw the TV stories re-cut to single 75-minute episodes and colourised, as part of the then-newly established Whoniverse concept, as part of the 60th anniversary, beginning with The Daleks.[nb 1]
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
Re-cut | The Daleks in Colour | 1 | 23 November 2023 |
Season 2
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
009 | Planet of Giants | 3[nb 2] | 31 October–14 November 1964 |
010 | The Dalek Invasion of Earth | 6 | 21 November–26 December 1964 |
011 | The Rescue | 2 | 2–9 January 1965 |
012 | The Romans | 4 | 16 January–6 February 1965 |
013 | The Web Planet | 6 | 13 February–20 March 1965 |
014 | The Crusade | 4 | 27 March–17 April 1965 |
015 | The Space Museum | 4 | 24 April–15 May 1965 |
016 | The Chase | 6 | 22 May–26 June 1965 |
017 | The Time Meddler | 4 | 3–24 July 1965 |
Story partially missing |
Season 3
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
018 | Galaxy 4 | 4 | 11 September–2 October 1965 |
019 | Mission to the Unknown | 1 | 9 October 1965 |
020 | The Myth Makers | 4 | 16 October–6 November 1965 |
021 | The Daleks' Master Plan | 12 | 13 November 1965–29 January 1966 |
022 | The Massacre | 4 | 5–26 February 1966 |
023 | The Ark | 4 | 5–26 March 1966 |
024 | The Celestial Toymaker | 4 | 2–23 April 1966 |
025 | The Gunfighters | 4 | 30 April–21 May 1966 |
026 | The Savages | 4 | 28 May–18 June 1966 |
027 | The War Machines | 4 | 25 June–16 July 1966 |
Story partially missing | Story completely missing |
Season 4
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
028 | The Smugglers | 4 | 10 September–1 October 1966 |
029 | The Tenth Planet | 4 | 8–29 October 1966 |
Story partially missing | Story completely missing |
Webcast
Due to the nature of the original version of this story being a single episode, the entire thing was recreated by UCLAN in 2019, in the same format and as close to original as possible, and released onto YouTube.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
Recreation | Mission to the Unknown | 1 | 9 October 2019 |
Second Doctor
The Second Doctor was portrayed by Patrick Troughton from 1966 to 1969.
Season 4
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
030 | The Power of the Daleks | 6 | 5 November–10 December 1966 |
031 | The Highlanders | 4 | 17 December 1966–7 January 1967 |
032 | The Underwater Menace | 4 | 14 January–4 February 1967 |
033 | The Moonbase | 4 | 11 February–4 March 1967 |
034 | The Macra Terror | 4 | 11 March–1 April 1967 |
035 | The Faceless Ones | 6 | 8 April–13 May 1967 |
036 | The Evil of the Daleks | 7 | 20 May–1 July 1967 |
Story partially missing | Story completely missing |
Season 5
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
037 | The Tomb of the Cybermen | 4 | 2–23 September 1967 |
038 | The Abominable Snowmen | 6 | 30 September–4 November 1967 |
039 | The Ice Warriors | 6 | 11 November–16 December 1967 |
040 | The Enemy of the World | 6 | 23 December 1967–27 January 1968 |
041 | The Web of Fear | 6 | 3 February–9 March 1968 |
042 | Fury from the Deep | 6 | 16 March–20 April 1968 |
043 | The Wheel in Space | 6 | 27 April–1 June 1968 |
Story partially missing | Story completely missing |
Season 6
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
044 | The Dominators | 5 | 10 August–7 September 1968 |
045 | The Mind Robber | 5 | 14 September–12 October 1968 |
046 | The Invasion | 8 | 2 November–21 December 1968 |
047 | The Krotons | 4 | 28 December 1968–18 January 1969 |
048 | The Seeds of Death | 6 | 25 January–1 March 1969 |
049 | The Space Pirates | 6 | 8 March–12 April 1969 |
050 | The War Games | 10 | 19 April–21 June 1969 |
Story partially missing |
Mini-episodes
Story | Title | Length | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
- | The Wheel in Space: Episode 1 | 15 December 2018 |
Third Doctor
The Third Doctor was portrayed by Jon Pertwee from 1970 to 1974.
Season 7
Colour production began in this season.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
051 | Spearhead from Space | 4 | 3–24 January 1970 |
052 | Doctor Who and the Silurians | 7 | 31 January–14 March 1970 |
053 | The Ambassadors of Death | 7 | 21 March–2 May 1970 |
054 | Inferno | 7 | 9 May–20 June 1970 |
Season 8
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
055 | Terror of the Autons | 4 | 2–23 January 1971 |
056 | The Mind of Evil | 6 | 30 January–6 March 1971 |
057 | The Claws of Axos | 4 | 13 March–3 April 1971 |
058 | Colony in Space | 6 | 10 April–15 May 1971 |
059 | The Dæmons | 5 | 22 May–19 June 1971 |
Season 9
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
060 | Day of the Daleks | 4 | 1–22 January 1972 |
061 | The Curse of Peladon | 4 | 29 January–19 February 1972 |
062 | The Sea Devils | 6 | 26 February–1 April 1972 |
063 | The Mutants | 6 | 8 April–13 May 1972 |
064 | The Time Monster | 6 | 20 May–24 June 1972 |
Season 10
The opening story of season 10 introduced its first ever Anniversary Special, celebrating 10 years of the show.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
065 | The Three Doctors (10th anniversary special) | 4 | 30 December 1972–20 January 1973 |
066 | Carnival of Monsters | 4 | 27 January–17 February 1973 |
067 | Frontier in Space | 6 | 24 February–31 March 1973 |
068 | Planet of the Daleks | 6 | 7 April–12 May 1973 |
069 | The Green Death | 6 | 19 May–23 June 1973 |
Season 11
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
070 | The Time Warrior | 4 | 15 December 1973–5 January 1974 |
071 | Invasion of the Dinosaurs | 6 | 12 January–16 February 1974 |
072 | Death to the Daleks | 4 | 23 February–16 March 1974 |
073 | The Monster of Peladon | 6 | 23 March–27 April 1974 |
074 | Planet of the Spiders | 6 | 4 May–8 June 1974 |
Note: Even though all stories from the Jon Pertwee era exist in full, some of the stories were wiped in their original 625 line PAL colour videotape format, leaving only 16mm black and white film telerecordings made for overseas sales. These episodes were electronically restored to colour in later years.
Mini-episodes
Story | Title | Length | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
- | The Shrink | 3 minutes | 6 May 1989 |
Fourth Doctor
The Fourth Doctor was portrayed by Tom Baker from 1974 to 1981.
Season 12
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
075 | Robot | 4 | 28 December 1974–18 January 1975 |
076 | The Ark in Space | 4 | 25 January–15 February 1975 |
077 | The Sontaran Experiment | 2 | 22 February–1 March 1975 |
078 | Genesis of the Daleks | 6 | 8 March–12 April 1975 |
079 | Revenge of the Cybermen | 4 | 19 April–10 May 1975 |
Season 13
The penultimate story of the season, The Brain of Morbius, is notable for suggesting that the Doctor had several lives before the First Doctor.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
080 | Terror of the Zygons | 4 | 30 August–20 September 1975 |
081 | Planet of Evil | 4 | 27 September–18 October 1975 |
082 | Pyramids of Mars | 4 | 25 October–15 November 1975 |
083 | The Android Invasion | 4 | 22 November–13 December 1975 |
084 | The Brain of Morbius | 4 | 3–24 January 1976 |
085 | The Seeds of Doom | 6 | 31 January–6 March 1976 |
Season 14
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
086 | The Masque of Mandragora | 4 | 4–25 September 1976 |
087 | The Hand of Fear | 4 | 2–23 October 1976 |
088 | The Deadly Assassin | 4 | 30 October–20 November 1976 |
089 | The Face of Evil | 4 | 1–22 January 1977 |
090 | The Robots of Death | 4 | 29 January–19 February 1977 |
091 | The Talons of Weng-Chiang | 6 | 26 February–2 April 1977 |
Season 15
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
092 | Horror of Fang Rock | 4 | 3–24 September 1977 |
093 | The Invisible Enemy | 4 | 1–22 October 1977 |
094 | Image of the Fendahl | 4 | 29 October–19 November 1977 |
095 | The Sun Makers | 4 | 26 November–17 December 1977 |
096 | Underworld | 4 | 7–28 January 1978 |
097 | The Invasion of Time | 6 | 4 February–11 March 1978 |
Season 16 (The Key to Time)
The show makes its first attempt at a season-long story arc with the mysterious Key to Time making appearances through the entire season. The story arc is loose and is not considered to be a single story by this wiki.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
098 | The Ribos Operation | 4 | 2–23 September 1978 |
099 | The Pirate Planet | 4 | 30 September–21 October 1978 |
100 | The Stones of Blood | 4 | 28 October–18 November 1978 |
101 | The Androids of Tara | 4 | 25 November–16 December 1978 |
102 | The Power of Kroll | 4 | 23 December 1978–13 January 1979 |
103 | The Armageddon Factor | 6 | 20 January–24 February 1979 |
Season 17
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
104 | Destiny of the Daleks | 4 | 1–22 September 1979 |
105 | City of Death | 4 | 29 September–20 October 1979 |
106 | The Creature from the Pit | 4 | 27 October–17 November 1979 |
107 | Nightmare of Eden | 4 | 24 November–15 December 1979 |
108 | The Horns of Nimon | 4 | 22 December 1979–12 January 1980 |
- | Shada (incomplete) |
6 (incomplete) |
Planned transmission dates: 19 January-23 February 1980 (not broadcast) |
Story partially missing |
Note: Due to Shada being affected by BBC industrial action around the time it was filming, the story was never completed and ended up being unbroadcast.
- An attempt to remake the story was made on 4 February 1992, with the footage being stitched together with linking narration from Tom Baker, as himself, and released on BBC Video on 6 July 1992.
- Big Finish Productions remade the story as WC: Shada with Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor on 12 and 14 November 2002 and released from 2 May to 6 June 2003. An exclusive adaption in the form of AUDIO: Shada was released on 21 November 2003.
- In 2011, Ian Levine privately funded animation to fill in the gaps in the already existing parts of the story. Paul Jones was hired to fill in for Baker, who declined to appear. Levine hoped for an agreement with BBC Worldwide for a commercial release on DVD. This never materialised.
- An attempt to recreate the story with animation was made with recording taking place from 9 to 13 June 2017. Baker returned as the Doctor, and even filmed a special live-action coda on 13 September 2017. The story was broadcast on 19 July and released as digital download in November 2017.
- A revised version, in the original intended format with cliffhangers intact, was released on 20 December 2021 on the Season 17 set of The Collection.
Season 18
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
109 | The Leisure Hive | 4 | 30 August–20 September 1980 |
110 | Meglos | 4 | 27 September–18 October 1980 |
111 | Full Circle | 4 | 25 October–15 November 1980 |
112 | State of Decay | 4 | 22 November–13 December 1980 |
113 | Warriors' Gate | 4 | 3–24 January 1981 |
114 | The Keeper of Traken | 4 | 31 January–21 February 1981 |
115 | Logopolis | 4 | 28 February–21 March 1981 |
Mini-episodes
Story | Title | Length | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
- | Mind your step! | 30 seconds | 1976 |
- | Merry Christmas Doctor Who | 1 minute, 20 seconds |
December 1978 |
- | Dr. Who For Keep Australia Beautiful | 1 minute, 11 seconds |
1979 |
- | Doctors Assemble! | 15 minutes, 15 seconds | 23 May 2020 |
Fifth Doctor
The Fifth Doctor was portrayed by Peter Davison from 1981 to 1984.
For this era the broadcast schedule was shifted to twice a week, and moved around on the days of broadcast.
Season 19
Beginning this season, broadcast was moved to Mondays and Tuesdays.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
116 | Castrovalva | 4 | 4–12 January 1982 |
117 | Four to Doomsday | 4 | 18–26 January 1982 |
118 | Kinda | 4 | 1–9 February 1982 |
119 | The Visitation | 4 | 15–23 February 1982 |
120 | Black Orchid | 2 | 1–2 March 1982 |
121 | Earthshock | 4 | 8–16 March 1982 |
122 | Time-Flight | 4 | 22–30 March 1982 |
Season 20
Beginning this season, broadcast was moved to Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with the exception of Part 1 of Arc of Infinity, which was broadcast on Monday.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
123 | Arc of Infinity | 4 | 3–12 January 1983 |
124 | Snakedance | 4 | 18–26 January 1983 |
125 | Mawdryn Undead | 4 | 1–9 February 1983 |
126 | Terminus | 4 | 15–23 February 1983 |
127 | Enlightenment | 4 | 1–9 March 1983 |
128 | The King's Demons | 2 | 15–16 March 1983 |
Children in Need 1983
A special episode was produced to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series, as part of the Children in Need charity. It is not considered to be a part of either season 20 or season 21.
It marked a rare instance, and the second of its kind, in the "Classic" era of single episode comprising the full story, last seen with Season 3's Mission to the Unknown.
It marked the first instance of an actor in the role of the Doctor being replaced; notably the First Doctor being portrayed by Richard Hurndall, replacing William Hartnell who had fallen ill and died in 1975.
The special was broadcast on a Wednesday.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
129 | The Five Doctors (20th anniversary special) | 1 | 23 November 1983 |
Season 21
Beginning this season, broadcast was moved to Thursdays and Fridays, with the exception of Resurrection of the Daleks which was broadcast on two consecutive Wednesdays.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
130 | Warriors of the Deep | 4 | 5–13 January 1984 |
131 | The Awakening | 2 | 19–20 January 1984 |
132 | Frontios | 4 | 26 January–3 February 1984 |
133 | Resurrection of the Daleks | 2[nb 3] | 8–15 February 1984 |
134 | Planet of Fire | 4 | 23 February–2 March 1984 |
135 | The Caves of Androzani | 4 | 8–16 March 1984 |
Sixth Doctor
The Sixth Doctor was portrayed by Colin Baker from 1984 to 1986.
With the exception of The Twin Dilemma, the schedule was shifted back to broadcast once a week.
Season 21
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
136 | The Twin Dilemma | 4 | 22–30 March 1984 |
Season 22
The show's format changed to 45-minute episodes in this season.
From this season onward, broadcast was changed back to Saturdays.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
137 | Attack of the Cybermen | 2 | 5–12 January 1985 |
138 | Vengeance on Varos | 2 | 19–26 January 1985 |
139 | The Mark of the Rani | 2 | 2–9 February 1985 |
140 | The Two Doctors | 3 | 16 February–2 March 1985 |
141 | Timelash | 2 | 9–16 March 1985 |
142 | Revelation of the Daleks | 2 | 23–30 March 1985 |
Mini-episodes
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
- | A Fix with Sontarans | 1 | 23 February 1985 |
- | Untitled | 1 | 20 September 1986 |
Season 23 (The Trial of a Time Lord)
25-minute episodes resumed. The Trial of a Time Lord was produced as four separate stories (The Mysterious Planet, Mindwarp, Terror of the Vervoids, The Ultimate Foe) with 3 of them consisting of 4 episodes and the last being 2 episodes, making up 14 episodes. Like season 16, season 23 had an overriding story arc.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
143a | The Mysterious Planet | 4 | 6-27 September 1986 |
143b | Mindwarp | 4 | 4-25 October 1986 |
143c | Terror of the Vervoids | 4 | 1–22 November 1986 |
143d | The Ultimate Foe | 2 | 29 November–6 December 1986 |
Animated serial
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
- | Real Time | 6 | 2 August-6 September 2002 |
Seventh Doctor
The Seventh Doctor was portrayed by Sylvester McCoy from 1987 to 1989, and in 1996.
McCoy very briefly portrayed the Sixth Doctor for the regeneration.[nb 4]
Season 24
This season moved broadcast to Mondays.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
144 | Time and the Rani | 4 | 7–28 September 1987 |
145 | Paradise Towers | 4 | 5–26 October 1987 |
146 | Delta and the Bannermen | 3 | 2–16 November 1987 |
147 | Dragonfire | 3 | 23 November–7 December 1987 |
Season 25
From this season onwards, broadcast was moved to Wednesdays.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
148 | Remembrance of the Daleks | 4 | 5–26 October 1988 |
149 | The Happiness Patrol | 3 | 2–16 November 1988 |
150 | Silver Nemesis (unofficial 25th anniversary) | 3 | 23 November–7 December 1988 |
151 | The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | 4 | 14 December 1988–4 January 1989 |
Season 26
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
152 | Battlefield | 4 | 6–27 September 1989 |
153 | Ghost Light | 3 | 4–18 October 1989 |
154 | The Curse of Fenric | 4 | 25 October–15 November 1989 |
155 | Survival | 3 | 22 November–6 December 1989 |
Children in Need 1993
This special was broadcast on a Friday and Saturday.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
- | Dimensions in Time (unofficial 30th anniversary special) | 2 | 26 - 27 November 1993 |
Animated serial
This serial had a year-long gap between a pilot episode, At the Temple of the 4th, and its first regular episode, Planet of Brood: Part 1.
The serial was broadcast on Fridays, bar the first regular episode Planet of Brood: Part 1 which was broadcast on a Thursday.
With exception of the pilot episode, the serial was divided into four separate storylines, each in three parts.
The serial spawned its own spin-off series, titled The Minister of Chance.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
- | Death Comes to Time | 13 | 13 July 2001 14 February-3 May 2002 |
Eighth Doctor
The Eighth Doctor was portrayed by Paul McGann in 1996, 2003, and 2013.
It marks the first time for a Doctor's main run to consist of a movie, and the first time their main run only consists of a single story.
TV Movie
The movie was broadcast on a Sunday.
Story | Title | Length | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
156 | Doctor Who | 89 minutes | 12 May 1996 |
Animated serial
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
- | Shada | 6 | 2 May-6 June 2003 |
Mini-episode
This mini-episode was created as part of the 50th anniversary in 2013.
The story gave this Doctor the previously unseen regeneration into the War Doctor, portrayed by John Hurt.
Story | Title | Length | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
- | The Night of the Doctor | 7 minutes | 14 November 2013 |
Ninth Doctor
Comic Relief
The Ninth Doctor was portrayed by Rowan Atkinson in 1999. The story also featured the Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Doctors portrayed by Richard E. Grant, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant and Joanna Lumley.
The skit was broadcast on a Friday.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
- | The Curse of Fatal Death | 4 | 12 March 1999 |
Animated serial
The Ninth Doctor was portrayed by Richard E Grant in 2003.
The serial was broadcast on Thursdays.
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
- | Scream of the Shalka (unofficial 40th anniversary special) | 6 | 12 November - 18 December 2003 |
Series 1
The Ninth Doctor was portrayed by Christopher Eccleston in 2005.
Beginning with series 1 of the BBC Wales-produced Doctor Who the multi-episode serial format was abandoned in favour of a mixture of standalone single-episode stories and two- (or three-) parters, in an ongoing story arc. Standard episode length changed to 45 minutes, with occasional longer episodes. For promotional purposes, the BBC chose to start numbering the series anew, although unofficially the count continued from 1989's Season 26. This wiki preserves the numbering in this list and its infoboxes.
From this series onwards, the Saturday broadcast schedule was retained.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
157 | 1 | Rose | 26 March 2005 |
158 | 2 | The End of the World | 2 April 2005 |
159 | 3 | The Unquiet Dead | 9 April 2005 |
160a | 4 | Aliens of London (Part 1) | 16 April 2005 |
160b | 5 | World War Three (Part 2) | 23 April 2005 |
161 | 6 | Dalek | 30 April 2005 |
162 | 7 | The Long Game | 7 May 2005 |
163 | 8 | Father's Day | 14 May 2005 |
164a | 9 | The Empty Child (Part 1) | 21 May 2005 |
164b | 10 | The Doctor Dances (Part 2) | 28 May 2005 |
165 | 11 | Boom Town | 4 June 2005 |
166a | 12 | Bad Wolf (Part 1) | 11 June 2005 |
166b | 13 | The Parting of the Ways (Part 2) | 18 June 2005 |
Tenth Doctor
The Tenth Doctor was portrayed by David Tennant from 2005 to 2010.
Beginning with Tennant's era, the producers began varying the story formats, adding occasional mini-episodes (usually produced for charity) and an annual Christmas Special story (both of which are generally considered separate from the season that follows). Several episodes have exceeded the 45-minute standard, including the Christmas Specials and several regular-season episodes.
Series 2
The special was broadcast on a Sunday.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
167 | – | The Christmas Invasion (Christmas special) | 25 December 2005 |
168 | 1 | New Earth | 15 April 2006 |
169 | 2 | Tooth and Claw | 22 April 2006 |
170 | 3 | School Reunion | 29 April 2006 |
171 | 4 | The Girl in the Fireplace | 6 May 2006 |
172a | 5 | Rise of the Cybermen (Part 1) | 13 May 2006 |
172b | 6 | The Age of Steel (Part 2) | 20 May 2006 |
173 | 7 | The Idiot's Lantern | 27 May 2006 |
174a | 8 | The Impossible Planet (Part 1) | 3 June 2006 |
174b | 9 | The Satan Pit (Part 2) | 10 June 2006 |
175 | 10 | Love & Monsters | 17 June 2006 |
176 | 11 | Fear Her | 24 June 2006 |
177a | 12 | Army of Ghosts (Part 1) | 1 July 2006 |
177b | 13 | Doomsday (Part 2) | 8 July 2006 |
Series 3
The special was broadcast on a Monday.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
178 | - | The Runaway Bride (Christmas special) | 25 December 2006 |
179 | 1 | Smith and Jones | 31 March 2007 |
180 | 2 | The Shakespeare Code | 7 April 2007 |
181 | 3 | Gridlock | 14 April 2007 |
182a | 4 | Daleks in Manhattan (Part 1) | 21 April 2007 |
182b | 5 | Evolution of the Daleks (Part 2) | 28 April 2007 |
183 | 6 | The Lazarus Experiment | 5 May 2007 |
184 | 7 | 42 | 19 May 2007 |
185a | 8 | Human Nature (Part 1) | 26 May 2007 |
185b | 9 | The Family of Blood (Part 2) | 2 June 2007 |
186 | 10 | Blink | 9 June 2007 |
187a | 11 | Utopia (Part 1) | 16 June 2007 |
187b | 12 | The Sound of Drums (Part 2) | 23 June 2007 |
187c | 13 | Last of the Time Lords (Part 3) | 30 June 2007 |
Series 4
The special was broadcast on a Tuesday.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
188 | - | Voyage of the Damned (Christmas special) | 25 December 2007 |
189 | 1 | Partners in Crime | 5 April 2008 |
190 | 2 | The Fires of Pompeii | 12 April 2008 |
191 | 3 | Planet of the Ood | 19 April 2008 |
192a | 4 | The Sontaran Stratagem (Part 1) | 26 April 2008 |
192b | 5 | The Poison Sky (Part 2) | 3 May 2008 |
193 | 6 | The Doctor's Daughter | 10 May 2008 |
194 | 7 | The Unicorn and the Wasp | 17 May 2008 |
195a | 8 | Silence in the Library (Part 1) | 31 May 2008 |
195b | 9 | Forest of the Dead (Part 2) | 7 June 2008 |
196 | 10 | Midnight | 14 June 2008 |
197 | 11 | Turn Left | 21 June 2008 |
198a | 12 | The Stolen Earth (Part 1) | 28 June 2008 |
198b | 13 | Journey's End (Part 2) | 5 July 2008 |
2008-10 specials
Episodes began being filmed in HD from Planet of the Dead.
Unusual to the show, a series of five specials were featured following the series finale Journey's End to compensate for the lack of an actual series in the year between this and the following series: two Christmas Specials, an Easter Special, an Autumn Special and a New Year Special. The second Christmas Special and the New Year Special marks the first time since Season 26 that a multi-parter is labelled under one title.
These specials were generally considered by the production team at the time to be part of the preceding Series 4, being specifically coded "4.X". David Tennant considered Planet of the Dead to be "Episode 15".
The specials were broadcast on a Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and two Fridays.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
199 | – | The Next Doctor (Christmas special) | 25 December 2008 |
200 | – | Planet of the Dead (Easter special) | 11 April 2009 |
201 | – | The Waters of Mars (Autumn special) | 15 November 2009 |
202 | – - |
The End of Time (Christmas/New Year special) | 25 December 2009–1 January 2010[nb 5] |
Mini-episodes
Story | Title | Length | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
- | Born Again | 7 minutes | 18 November 2005 |
- | Tardisode 1 | 42 seconds | 1 April 2006 |
- | Tardisode 2 | 54 seconds | 15 April 2006 |
- | Tardisode 3 | 50 seconds | 22 April 2006 |
- | Tardisode 4 | 54 seconds | 29 April 2006 |
- | Tardisode 5 | 53 seconds | 6 May 2006 |
- | Tardisode 6 | 43 seconds | 13 May 2006 |
- | Tardisode 7 | 55 seconds | 20 May 2006 |
- | Tardisode 8 | 57 seconds | 27 May 2006 |
- | Tardisode 9 | 3 June 2006 | |
- | Tardisode 10 | 10 June 2006 | |
- | Tardisode 11 | 53 seconds | 17 June 2006 |
- | Tardisode 12 | 57 seconds | 24 June 2006 |
- | Tardisode 13 | 58 seconds | 1 July 2006 |
- | Tony Blair Regenerates | 2 minutes, 49 seconds | 29 March 2007 |
- | Time Crash | 8 minutes | 16 November 2007 |
- | Music of the Spheres | 7 minutes | 27 July 2008 |
- | A Ghost Story for Christmas | 3 minutes | 24 December 2009 |
Animated serials
Story | Title | Episodes | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
- | The Infinite Quest | 13 | 2 April-29 June 2007 |
- | Dreamland | 6 | 21-26 November 2009 |
Eleventh Doctor
The Eleventh Doctor was portrayed by Matt Smith from 2010 to 2013.
This Doctor's era, as of 2024, holds the record for having the largest amount of mini-episodes in the show's history, a total of 29.
Series 5
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
203 | 1 | The Eleventh Hour | 3 April 2010 |
204 | 2 | The Beast Below | 10 April 2010 |
205 | 3 | Victory of the Daleks | 17 April 2010 |
206a | 4 | The Time of Angels (Part 1) | 24 April 2010 |
206b | 5 | Flesh and Stone (Part 2) | 1 May 2010 |
207 | 6 | The Vampires of Venice | 8 May 2010 |
208 | 7 | Amy's Choice | 15 May 2010 |
209a | 8 | The Hungry Earth (Part 1) | 22 May 2010 |
209b | 9 | Cold Blood (Part 2) | 29 May 2010 |
210 | 10 | Vincent and the Doctor | 5 June 2010 |
211 | 11 | The Lodger | 12 June 2010 |
212a | 12 | The Pandorica Opens (Part 1) | 19 June 2010 |
212b | 13 | The Big Bang (Part 2) | 26 June 2010 |
Series 6
Broadcast of series 6 was split in half between episodes seven and eight.
The specials were broadcast on a Saturday and Sunday.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
213 | - | A Christmas Carol (Christmas special) | 25 December 2010 |
214a | 1 | The Impossible Astronaut (Part 1) | 23 April 2011 |
214b | 2 | Day of the Moon (Part 2) | 30 April 2011 |
215 | 3 | The Curse of the Black Spot | 7 May 2011 |
216 | 4 | The Doctor's Wife | 14 May 2011 |
217a | 5 | The Rebel Flesh (Part 1) | 21 May 2011 |
217b | 6 | The Almost People (Part 2) | 28 May 2011 |
218 | 7 | A Good Man Goes to War (Mid-season finale) | 4 June 2011 |
219 | 8 | Let's Kill Hitler (Mid-season premiere) | 27 August 2011 |
220 | 9 | Night Terrors | 3 September 2011 |
221 | 10 | The Girl Who Waited | 10 September 2011 |
222 | 11 | The God Complex | 17 September 2011 |
223 | 12 | Closing Time | 24 September 2011 |
224 | 13 | The Wedding of River Song | 1 October 2011 |
225 | - | The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (Christmas special) | 25 December 2011 |
Series 7
Series 7 was split again, with episodes one through five — featuring the outgoing companions' final adventures — being broadcast in late 2012, and episodes six through thirteen, introducing a new companion, following in 2013. The 2012 Christmas Special was broadcast in-between.
This series was the first of the revived series not to include any two-part stories. It was marketed as a series of "blockbuster" stories, instead.
The special was broadcast on a Tuesday.
The final story, The Name of the Doctor, established a hitherto unknown incarnation of the Doctor: the War Doctor, portrayed by John Hurt.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
226 | 1 | Asylum of the Daleks | 1 September 2012 |
227 | 2 | Dinosaurs on a Spaceship | 8 September 2012 |
228 | 3 | A Town Called Mercy | 15 September 2012 |
229 | 4 | The Power of Three | 22 September 2012 |
230 | 5 | The Angels Take Manhattan (Mid-season finale) | 29 September 2012 |
231 | - | The Snowmen (Christmas special) | 25 December 2012 |
232 | 6 | The Bells of Saint John (Mid-season premiere) | 30 March 2013 |
233 | 7 | The Rings of Akhaten | 6 April 2013 |
234 | 8 | Cold War | 13 April 2013 |
235 | 9 | Hide | 20 April 2013 |
236 | 10 | Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS | 27 April 2013 |
237 | 11 | The Crimson Horror | 4 May 2013 |
238 | 12 | Nightmare in Silver | 11 May 2013 |
239 | 13 | The Name of the Doctor | 18 May 2013 |
2013 specials
A special episode was produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series, alongside the Christmas special. Neither are considered to be a part of either series 7 or series 8.
The 50th anniversary special gave some insight into the life of the War Doctor, portrayed by John Hurt. It also introduced a new incarnation from the far future in the Doctor's timeline, known as the Curator, played by Tom Baker.
The specials were broadcast on a Saturday and Wednesday.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
240 | - | The Day of the Doctor (50th anniversary special) | 23 November 2013 |
241 | - | The Time of the Doctor (Christmas special) | 25 December 2013 |
Mini-episodes
Twelfth Doctor
The Twelfth Doctor was portrayed by Peter Capaldi from 2013 to 2017.
Series 8
Beginning with series 8, thirteen episodes were cut down to twelve episodes.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
242 | 1 | Deep Breath | 23 August 2014 |
243 | 2 | Into the Dalek | 30 August 2014 |
244 | 3 | Robot of Sherwood | 6 September 2014 |
245 | 4 | Listen | 13 September 2014 |
246 | 5 | Time Heist | 20 September 2014 |
247 | 6 | The Caretaker | 27 September 2014 |
248 | 7 | Kill the Moon | 4 October 2014 |
249 | 8 | Mummy on the Orient Express | 11 October 2014 |
250 | 9 | Flatline | 18 October 2014 |
251 | 10 | In the Forest of the Night | 25 October 2014 |
252a | 11 | Dark Water (Part 1) | 1 November 2014 |
252b | 12 | Death in Heaven (Part 2) | 8 November 2014 |
Series 9
The specials were broadcast on a Thursday and Friday.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
253 | - | Last Christmas (Christmas special) | 25 December 2014 |
254a | 1 | The Magician's Apprentice (Part 1) | 19 September 2015 |
254b | 2 | The Witch's Familiar (Part 2) | 26 September 2015 |
255a | 3 | Under the Lake (Part 1) | 3 October 2015 |
255b | 4 | Before the Flood (Part 2) | 10 October 2015 |
256 | 5 | The Girl Who Died | 17 October 2015 |
257 | 6 | The Woman Who Lived | 24 October 2015 |
258a | 7 | The Zygon Invasion (Part 1) | 31 October 2015 |
258b | 8 | The Zygon Inversion (Part 2) | 7 November 2015 |
259 | 9 | Sleep No More | 14 November 2015 |
260 | 10 | Face the Raven | 21 November 2015 |
261 | 11 | Heaven Sent | 28 November 2015 |
262 | 12 | Hell Bent | 5 December 2015 |
263 | - | The Husbands of River Song (Christmas special) | 25 December 2015 |
Series 10
The last story of the era, Twice Upon a Time, saw the second instance of an actor for the Doctor being replaced; notably also the second time for the First Doctor, with David Bradley replacing Richard Hurndall who died in 1984, only half a year after he himself replaced William Hartnell, who died in 1975. With this, Bradley would become the regular actor of this particular incarnation.
The specials were broadcast on a Sunday and Monday.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
264 | - | The Return of Doctor Mysterio (Christmas special) | 25 December 2016 |
265 | 1 | The Pilot | 15 April 2017 |
266 | 2 | Smile | 22 April 2017 |
267 | 3 | Thin Ice | 29 April 2017 |
268 | 4 | Knock Knock | 6 May 2017 |
269 | 5 | Oxygen | 13 May 2017 |
270 | 6 | Extremis | 20 May 2017 |
271 | 7 | The Pyramid at the End of the World | 27 May 2017 |
272 | 8 | The Lie of the Land | 3 June 2017 |
273 | 9 | Empress of Mars | 10 June 2017 |
274 | 10 | The Eaters of Light | 17 June 2017 |
275a | 11 | World Enough and Time (Part 1) | 24 June 2017 |
275b | 12 | The Doctor Falls (Part 2) | 1 July 2017 |
276 | - | Twice Upon a Time (Christmas special) | 25 December 2017 |
Mini-episodes
Story | Title | Length | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
- | Prequel to Deep Breath | 6 minutes | 23 August 2014 |
- | The Doctor Who Experience | 30 seconds | 19 March 2015 |
- | Prologue | 1 minute, 50 seconds | 11 September 2015 |
- | The Doctor's Meditation | 6 minutes | 15 September 2015 |
Thirteenth Doctor
The Thirteenth Doctor was portrayed by Jodie Whittaker from 2017 to 2022.
Series 11
Beginning with series 11, the incoming executive producers changed the season standard of twelve, 45-minute episodes and a Christmas Special, to ten, 50-minute episodes (with some variance) and a New Year Special, as well as changing the broadcast day to Sunday. Like series 7, this series did not include any two-part stories.
The special was broadcast on a Tuesday.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
277 | 1 | The Woman Who Fell to Earth | 7 October 2018 |
278 | 2 | The Ghost Monument | 14 October 2018 |
279 | 3 | Rosa | 21 October 2018 |
280 | 4 | Arachnids in the UK | 28 October 2018 |
281 | 5 | The Tsuranga Conundrum | 4 November 2018 |
282 | 6 | Demons of the Punjab | 11 November 2018 |
283 | 7 | Kerblam! | 18 November 2018 |
284 | 8 | The Witchfinders | 25 November 2018 |
285 | 9 | It Takes You Away | 2 December 2018 |
286 | 10 | The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos | 9 December 2018 |
287 | - | Resolution (New Year special) | 1 January 2019 |
Series 12
Series 12's opening story was a two-parter, broadcast under one title, in the first example of this format since Series 4's The End of Time. Part One replaced the New Year Special and was broadcast on a Wednesday.
The half-way point of the series, Fugitive of the Judoon, established a hitherto unknown incarnation of the Doctor had existed: the Fugitive Doctor portrayed by Jo Martin.
The final story of the series, The Timeless Children, established that the Doctor was the being known as the Timeless Child and had therefore lived several hitherto unknown lives before the First Doctor, confirming the suggestion made in Season 13's The Brain of Morbius.
The special was broadcast on a Friday.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
288 | 1–2 | Spyfall | 1–5 January 2020[nb 6] |
289 | 3 | Orphan 55 | 12 January 2020 |
290 | 4 | Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror | 19 January 2020 |
291 | 5 | Fugitive of the Judoon | 26 January 2020 |
292 | 6 | Praxeus | 2 February 2020 |
293 | 7 | Can You Hear Me? | 9 February 2020 |
294 | 8 | The Haunting of Villa Diodati | 16 February 2020 |
295a | 9 | Ascension of the Cybermen (Part 1) | 23 February 2020 |
295b | 10 | The Timeless Children (Part 2) | 1 March 2020 |
296 | - | Revolution of the Daleks (New Year special) | 1 January 2021 |
Series 13 (Flux)
The main run of series 13 was entitled Doctor Who: Flux[nb 7] This series re-introduced the serialised format, unrepresented since Doctor Who's original run in season 26.
It was the first series since season 23 (The Trial of a Time Lord) to be made into one continuing serial, and as such it is considered a single story by this wiki.
This was a format previously used in Torchwood, specifically for series 3 (Children of Earth) and series 4 (Miracle Day).
For the first time in Doctor Who since the William Hartnell era story The Gunfighters, individual episodes were also given their own story titles (The Halloween Apocalypse, War of the Sontarans, Once, Upon Time, Village of the Angels, Survivors of the Flux and The Vanquishers).
The Flux storylines were also each called a "Chapter", rather than "Part" as previously used.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
297a | 1-6 | The Halloween Apocalypse (Chapter One) | 31 October 2021 |
297b | War of the Sontarans (Chapter Two) | 7 November 2021 | |
297c | Once, Upon Time (Chapter Three) | 14 November 2021 | |
297d | Village of the Angels (Chapter Four) | 21 November 2021 | |
297e | Survivors of the Flux (Chapter Five) | 28 November 2021 | |
297f | The Vanquishers (Chapter Six) | 5 December 2021 |
2022 specials
Similar to back in 2008-2010, a series of three specials were commissioned to compensate for the lack of an actual series in the year between The Vanquishers and the following era, starting with a New Year Special.
The show also re-introduced the Easter Special, not seen since the aforementioned specials.
As part of the 100th Anniversary celebrations of the BBC, an event was held across a week, called the BBC 100, which included the special episode The Power of the Doctor, labelled a Centenary Special, the first story to be labelled such.
Similar to the aforementioned specials, these specials were considered to be part of the preceding Series 13.
The specials were broadcast on a Saturday and two Sundays.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
298 | – | Eve of the Daleks (New Year Special) | 1 January 2022 |
299 | – | Legend of the Sea Devils (Easter Special) | 17 April 2022 |
300 | - | The Power of the Doctor (BBC Centenary Special) | 23 October 2022 |
Mini-episodes
Story | Title | Length | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
- | The Universe is Calling | 50 seconds | 15 July 2018 |
- | Festive Thirteenth Doctor Yule Log | 2 hours, 3 minutes | 4 December 2018 |
- | 'Twas the Night Before Christmas | 1 minute | 18 December 2018 |
- | Message from the Doctor | 1 minute, 21 seconds | 25 March 2020 |
- | United we stand, 2m apart | 33 seconds | 8 April 2020 |
- | The Shadow in the Mirror | 5 minutes, 37 seconds | 24 April 2020 |
- | Doctor Who Festive Holiday Yule Log | 2 hours | 7 December 2020 |
- | A New Year's message from the Doctor... | 7 seconds | 31 December 2020 |
- | Welcome to the TARDIS... | 25 seconds | 1 January 2021 |
- | A Message from Yaz | 34 seconds | 13 August 2021 |
- | A Message from the Doctor | 35 seconds | 15 September 2021 |
- | The Flux is Coming... | 20 seconds | 9 October 2021 |
Fourteenth Doctor
The Fourteenth Doctor was portrayed by David Tennant from 2022 to 2023.
It marked the first time an actor who had previously portrayed the Doctor returned to the programme as the incumbent Doctor.
2023 specials
As a first for the show, three special episodes were produced to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the series. None are considered to be a part of either series 13 (nor that set of specials) or series 14.
Unusually, the last story of this era introduced the next Doctor in the third act, rather than at the very end, allowing them to play an active part in the story, although their first full adventure would be the following The Church on Ruby Road).
The specials were broadcast on three consecutive Saturdays.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
301 | - | The Star Beast (60th anniversary special) | 25 November 2023 |
302 | - | Wild Blue Yonder (60th anniversary special) | 2 December 2023 |
303 | - | The Giggle (60th anniversary special) | 9 December 2023 |
Mini-episodes
Story | Title | Length | Original airdates |
---|---|---|---|
- | Lenny Henry Regenerates into David Tennant | 1 minute, 19 seconds | 17 March 2023 |
- | Destination: Skaro | 5 minutes | 17 November 2023 |
- | Doctor Who: The Bedtime Story | 24 November 2023 |
Fifteenth Doctor
The Fifteenth Doctor was portrayed by Ncuti Gatwa from 2023 onwards.
Season 1
This marked the first time since 2005's The Christmas Invasion, that a new era with a new Doctor began on a Christmas Special (although he did play an active part in the previous Doctor's last story The Giggle), at the same time also marking the reintroduction of the format since 2017's Twice Upon a Time.
Standard episode length changed back to 45 minutes, with occasional longer episodes, however standard length of season was cut down from ten to eight episodes, plus a special. For promotional purposes, the BBC chose once more to start numbering the series anew, although unofficially the count again continued from 1989's Season 26, with the addition of 2021's Series 13. This wiki preserves the numbering in this list and its infoboxes.
As a first for the franchise, this season opened with a double-bill, courtesy of partnership with Disney, meaning episodes 1 and 2 were broadcast on the same day. Broadcast for regular episodes was changed back to Saturdays, although as midnight releases.
The special was broadcast on a Monday, in its usual time slot.
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
304 | - | The Church on Ruby Road (Christmas special) | 25 December 2023 |
305 | 1 | Space Babies | 11 May 2024 |
306 | 2 | The Devil's Chord | |
307 | 3 | Boom | 18 May 2024 |
308 | 4 | 73 Yards | 25 May 2024 |
309 | 5 | Dot and Bubble | 1 June 2024 |
310 | 6 | Rogue | 8 June 2024 |
311a | 7 | The Legend of Ruby Sunday (Part 1) | 15 June 2024 |
311b | 8 | Empire of Death (Part 2) | 22 June 2024 |
Season 2
Story | No. | Title | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
312 | - | Joy to the World (Christmas special) | 25 December 2024 |
Footnotes
Notes
- ↑ The re-cut and colourised story was originally, and more befittingly, supposed to be An Unearthly Child[source needed], however due to at-the-time ongoing legal battles over the legal rights to the story with Stef Coburn, son of Anthony Coburn, the story was withheld and The Daleks was chosen in its place.[1]
- ↑ Planet of Giants was originally produced as four episodes, but later edited and released as only three episodes.
- ↑ Resurrection of the Daleks was originally produced as four episodes, but later broadcast as two forty-five-minute episodes.
- ↑ Due to circumstances involving Colin Baker not returning for the regeneration sequence, having been declined a further full season, Sylvester McCoy was put in his place.
- ↑ The End of Time was broadcast in two parts, as a Christmas special on 25 December 2009 and as a New Year's special on 1 January 2010.
- ↑ Spyfall was broadcast in two parts, with Part One airing on 1 January 2020. Part Two's broadcast followed, in the usual timeslot, on 5 January 2020.
- ↑ Series 13 was the first series of Doctor Who to include a subtitle in its marketing, let alone to use it in the title sequence proper.