List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present)

"Doctor Who episodes" redirects here. For a list of the individual episode titles in the first three seasons, see List of titled Doctor Who episodes.

This is a list of Doctor Who television serials and episodes. As of November 16 2007, 737 individual episodes^[a], one film, and two charity specials of Doctor Who have been aired, encompassing a total of 191 stories. Each serial up to 1989's Survival, with the exception of one cutaway and one telemovie, was a multi-episode story; the characters in the column after the serial titles indicate the code used by the production team to designate the serial (where applicable) and are followed by the number of episodes in the serial. Unless otherwise noted, episodes in this period are 25 minutes long.

A number of serials from the 1960s are either missing or incomplete, while some of the episodes from the early 1970s are only held in black and white. See the list of incomplete Doctor Who serials for more details.

The three-digit story numbers are not official designations but are merely to serve as a guide to where the story stands in the overall context of the programme. There is some dispute about, for example, whether to count Season 23's The Trial of a Time Lord as one or four serials, and whether the uncompleted Shada should be included. The numbering scheme used here reflects that used in sources such as The Discontinuity Guide, Outpost Gallifrey and DVD releases, which count Trial as four serials and include Shada.

Starting with the 2005 revival, the production team abandoned the traditional serial format for a largely self-contained episodic format with occasional multi-part story and loose story arcs, similar to the style of American dramas such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer or The X-Files. Unless otherwise noted, the new episodes are 45 minutes long.

In the first two seasons and most of the third season, each episode of a serial has an individual title; no serial has an overall onscreen title until The Savages. However, the earlier stories are generally referred to by "umbrella" titles that are not used onscreen; much debate over these titles has ensued over the years, with different sources often using different titles for various reasons. The titles in this list are generally those used for commercial release.

During the early seasons of the programme most serials are linked together, one usually leading directly into the next — although there are some breaks, such as between the second season finale, The Time Meddler, and the third season premiere, Galaxy 4.

First Doctor

The first televised incarnation of The Doctor was portrayed by William Hartnell. During Hartnell's tenure, the Doctor visited a mixture of both stories set in the future and historical events that had no extraterrestrial influence, such as fifteenth century Mesoamerica. In his last story, The Tenth Planet, the First Doctor gradually grew weaker until collapsing and regenerating at the end of episode four.

Season 1 (1963-64)

Verity Lambert was producer for the first season, and retained the position until "Mission to the Unknown". David Whitaker served as script editor until The Dalek Invasion of Earth.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
001	An Unearthly Child aka 100,000 BC and The Tribe of Gum	A	4 episodes	Anthony Coburn (and C. E. Webber)[b]	Waris Hussein	23 November–14 December 1963
002	The Daleks aka The Mutants and The Dead Planet	B	7 episodes	Terry Nation	Richard Martin & Christopher Barry	21 December 1963 –1 February 1964
003	The Edge of Destruction aka Inside the Spaceship and Beyond the Sun	C	2 episodes	David Whitaker	Richard Martin & Frank Cox	8–15 February 1964
004	Marco Polo aka A Journey Through Cathay	D	7 episodes; (all missing)	John Lucarotti	Waris Hussein	22 February–4 April 1964
005	The Keys of Marinus aka The Sea of Death	E	6 episodes	Terry Nation	John Gorrie	11 April–16 May 1964
006	The Aztecs	F	4 episodes	John Lucarotti	John Crockett	23 May–13 June 1964
007	The Sensorites	G	6 episodes	Peter R. Newman	Mervyn Pinfield & Frank Cox	20 June–1 August 1964
008	The Reign of Terror aka The French Revolution	H	6 episodes; (4 & 5 missing)	Dennis Spooner	Henric Hirsch & John Gorrie	8 August–12 September 1964

Season 2 (1964-65)

Dennis Spooner replaced Whitaker as script editor after The Dalek Invasion of Earth, and edited the remainder of the season apart from The Time Meddler, which was edited by Donald Tosh.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
009	Planet of Giants	J	3 episodes	Louis Marks	Mervyn Pinfield & Douglas Camfield	October 31–November 14 1964
010	The Dalek Invasion of Earth aka World's End	K	6 episodes	Terry Nation	Richard Martin	November 21–December 26 1964
011	The Rescue	L	2 episodes	David Whitaker	Christopher Barry	2–9 January 1965
012	The Romans	M	4 episodes	Dennis Spooner	Christopher Barry	January 16–February 6 1965
013	The Web Planet aka The Zarbi	N	6 episodes	Bill Strutton	Richard Martin	February 13–March 20 1965
014	The Crusade aka The Lionheart and The Crusaders	P	4 episodes; (2 & 4 missing)	David Whitaker	Douglas Camfield	March 27–April 17 1965
015	The Space Museum	Q	4 episodes	Glyn Jones	Mervyn Pinfield	April 24–May 15 1965
016	The Chase	R	6 episodes	Terry Nation	Richard Martin & Douglas Camfield	May 22–June 26 1965
017	The Time Meddler	S	4 episodes	Dennis Spooner	Douglas Camfield	3–24 July 1965

Season 3 (1965-66)

John Wiles replaced Lambert to produce The Myth Makers, who was himself replaced after The Ark by Innes Lloyd. Donald Tosh served as script editor until The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, during which he was replaced by Gerry Davis. Lloyd and Davis retained their roles until the end of the fourth season.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
018	Galaxy 4	T	4 episodes; (all missing)	William Emms	Derek Martinus & Mervyn Pinfield	September 11–October 2 1965
019	"Mission to the Unknown" aka "Dalek Cutaway"	T/A or DC	1 episode; (missing)	Terry Nation	Derek Martinus	October 9 1965
020	The Myth Makers	U	4 episodes; (all missing)	Donald Cotton	Michael Leeston-Smith	October 16–November 6 1965
021	The Daleks' Master Plan	V	12 episodes; (all missing except 2, 5, & 10)	Terry Nation and Dennis Spooner	Douglas Camfield	November 13 1965– January 29 1966
022	The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve aka The Massacre	W	4 episodes; (all missing)	John Lucarotti and Donald Tosh	Paddy Russell	5–26 February 1966
023	The Ark	X	4 episodes	Paul Erickson and Lesley Scott	Michael Imison	5–26 March 1966
024	The Celestial Toymaker	Y	4 episodes; (1-3 missing)	Brian Hayles (and Donald Tosh)	Bill Sellars	2–23 April 1966
025	The Gunfighters	Z	4 episodes	Donald Cotton	Rex Tucker	April 30–May 21 1966
026	The Savages[c]	AA	4 episodes; (all missing)	Ian Stuart Black	Christopher Barry	May 28–June 18 1966
027	The War Machines	BB	4 episodes	Ian Stuart Black (and Kit Pedler)	Michael Ferguson	June 25–July 16 1966

Season 4 (1966-67)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
028	The Smugglers	CC	4 episodes; (all missing)	Brian Hayles	Julia Smith	September 10–October 1 1966
029	The Tenth Planet	DD	4 episodes; (4th missing)	Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis	Derek Martinus	8–29 October 1966

Second Doctor

The Second Doctor was portrayed by Patrick Troughton, whose serials were more science fiction based. He retained the role until the last episode of The War Games, when members of the Doctor's race, the Time Lords, put the Doctor on trial for breaking the laws of time.

Season 4 (1966-67) — continued

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
030	The Power of the Daleks	EE	6 episodes; (all missing)	David Whitaker (and Dennis Spooner)	Christopher Barry	November 5–December 10 1966
031	The Highlanders	FF	4 episodes; (all missing)	Elwyn Jones and Gerry Davis	Hugh David	December 17 1966–January 7 1967
032	The Underwater Menace	GG	4 episodes; (1, 2 & 4 missing)	Geoffrey Orme	Julia Smith	January 14–February 4 1967
033	The Moonbase	HH	4 episodes; (1 & 3 missing)	Kit Pedler	Morris Barry	February 11–March 3 1967
034	The Macra Terror	JJ	4 episodes; (all missing)	Ian Stuart Black	John Howard Davies	March 11–April 1 1967
035	The Faceless Ones	KK	6 episodes; (2, 4-6 missing)	David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke	Gerry Mill	April 8–May 13 1967
036	The Evil of the Daleks	LL	7 episodes; (1, 3-7 missing)	David Whitaker	Derek Martinus	May 20–July 1 1967

Season 5 (1967-68)

Peter Bryant replaced Lloyd as producer after The Enemy of the World and would produce every serial until The War Games. Victor Pemberton eidted The Tomb of the Cybermen. Peter Bryant also edited the scripts between The Abominable Snowmen and The Enemy of the World, after which Derrick Sherwin replaced him.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
037	The Tomb of the Cybermen	MM	4 episodes	Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis	Morris Barry	2–23 September 1967
038	The Abominable Snowmen	NN	6 episodes; (1, 3-6 missing)	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	Gerald Blake	September 30–November 4 1967
039	The Ice Warriors	OO	6 episodes (2 & 3 missing)	Brian Hayles	Derek Martinus	November 11–December 16 1967
040	The Enemy of the World	PP	6 episodes; (1, 2, 4-6 missing)	David Whitaker	Barry Letts	December 23 1967–January 27 1968
041	The Web of Fear	QQ	6 episodes; (2-6 missing)	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	Douglas Camfield	February 3–March 9 1968
042	Fury from the Deep	RR	6 episodes; (all missing)	Victor Pemberton	Hugh David	March 16–April 20 1968
043	The Wheel in Space	SS	6 episodes (1, 2, 4 & 5 missing)	David Whitaker and Kit Pedler	Tristan de Vere Cole	April 27–June 1 1968

Season 6 (1968-69)

Bryant and Sherwin retained their roles as producer and script editor respectively during the season, with the exception of The War Games, which was produced by Sherwin and edited by Terrance Dicks, who had also edited The Invasion earlier in the season.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
044	The Dominators	TT	5 episodes	Norman Ashby (a.k.a. Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln)	Morris Barry	August 10–September 7 1968
045	The Mind Robber	UU	5 episodes	Peter Ling (and Derrick Sherwin)	David Maloney	September 14–October 12 1968
046	The Invasion	VV	8 episodes; (1 & 4 missing)	Derrick Sherwin and Kit Pedler	Douglas Camfield	November 2–December 21 1968
047	The Krotons	WW	4 episodes	Robert Holmes	David Maloney	December 28 1968– January 18 1969
048	The Seeds of Death	XX	6 episodes	Brian Hayles (and Terrance Dicks)	Michael Ferguson	January 25–March 1 1969
049	The Space Pirates	YY	6 episodes; (1, 3-6 missing)	Robert Holmes	Michael Hart	March 8–April 12 1969
050	The War Games	ZZ	10 episodes	Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks	David Maloney	April 19–June 21 1969

Third Doctor

The Third Doctor was portrayed by Jon Pertwee. Sentenced to exile on Earth and forcibly regenerated at the end of The War Games, the Doctor spends his time working for UNIT. After The Three Doctors, The Time Lords repeal his exile, however the Doctor still worked closely with UNIT from time to time.

Season 7 (1970)

Derrick Sherwin served as producer for Spearhead from Space, and was then succeeded by Barry Letts, who would produce all of the remaining Third Doctor serials. Terrance Dicks also continued as script editor, who also edited all Third Doctor Serials. From Spearhead in Space, the programme was produced in colour, although some now exist only in black and white.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
051	Spearhead from Space	AAA	4 episodes	Robert Holmes	Derek Matinus	3–24 January 1970
052	Doctor Who and the Silurians aka The Silurians	BBB	7 episodes	Malcolm Hulke	Timothy Combe	January 31–March 14 1970
053	The Ambassadors of Death	CCC	7 episodes (Parts exist in black and white only)	David Whitaker, (and Trevor Ray and Malcolm Hulke)	Michael Ferguson	March 21–May 2 1970
054	Inferno	DDD	7 episodes	Don Houghton	Douglas Camfield & Barry Letts	May 9–June 20 1970

Season 8 (1971)

This season forms a loose arc with the introduction of the Master.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
055	Terror of the Autons	EEE	4 episodes	Robert Holmes	Barry Letts	2–23 January 1971
056	The Mind of Evil	FFF	6 episodes (Exists in black and white)	Don Houghton	Timothy Combe	January 30–March 6 1971
057	The Claws of Axos	GGG	4 episodes	Bob Baker & Dave Martin	Michael Ferguson	March 13–April 3 1971
058	Colony in Space	HHH	6 episodes	Malcolm Hulke	Michael E. Briant	April 10–May 15 1971
059	The Dæmons	JJJ	5 episodes	Guy Leopold (a.k.a. Robert Sloman and Barry Letts)	Christopher Barry	May 22–June 19 1971

Season 9 (1972)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
060	Day of the Daleks	KKK	4 episodes	Louis Marks	Paul Bernard	1–22 January 1972
061	The Curse of Peladon	MMM	4 episodes	Brian Hayles	Lennie Mayne	January 29– February 19 1972
062	The Sea Devils	LLL	6 episodes	Malcolm Hulke	Michael Briant	February 26– April 1 1972
063	The Mutants	NNN	6 episodes	Bob Baker and Dave Martin	Christopher Barry	April 8–May 13 1972
064	The Time Monster	OOO	6 episodes	Robert Sloman (and Barry Letts)	Paul Bernard	May 20–June 24 1972|

Season 10 (1972-73)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
065	The Three Doctors[d]	RRR	4 episodes	Bob Baker and Dave Martin	Lennie Mayne	December 30 1972 –January 20 1973
066	Carnival of Monsters	PPP	4 episodes	Robert Holmes	Barry Letts	January 27– February 17 1973
067	Frontier in Space	QQQ	6 episodes	Malcolm Hulke	Paul Bernard	February 24– March 31 1973
068	Planet of the Daleks	SSS	6 episodes (Episode 3 exists only in black and white)	Terry Nation	David Maloney	April 7–May 12 1973
069	The Green Death	TTT	6 episodes	Robert Sloman (and Barry Letts)	Michael Briant	May 19–June 23 1973

Season 11 (1973-74)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
070	The Time Warrior	UUU	4 episodes	Robert Holmes	Alan Bromly	December 15 1973- January 5 1974
071	Invasion of the Dinosaurs[e]	WWW	6 episodes (Episode 1 exists only in black and white)	Malcolm Hulke	Paddy Russell	January 12– February 16 1974
072	Death to the Daleks	XXX	4 episodes	Terry Nation	Michael Briant	February 23– March 16 1974
073	The Monster of Peladon	YYY	6 episodes	Brian Hayles	Lennie Mayne	March 23–April 27 1974
074	Planet of the Spiders	ZZZ	6 episodes	Robert Sloman (and Barry Letts)	Barry Letts	May 4–June 8 1974

Fourth Doctor

The Fourth Doctor was portrayed by Tom Baker, and is to date the longest-serving Doctor, having held the role for 41 serials over seven seasons.

Season 12 (1974-75)

Barry Letts served as producer for Robot, after which he was succeeded by Philip Hinchcliffe. Robert Holmes served as script editor. Both Letts and Holmes would retain these roles until the start of season 15. All serials in this season continue directly one after the other, tracing one single problematic voyage of the TARDIS crew. Despite the continuity, each serial is considered its own standalone story.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
075	Robot	4A	4 episodes	Terrance Dicks	Christopher Barry	28 December 1974–18 January 1975
076	The Ark in Space	4C	4 episodes	Robert Holmes (and John Lucarotti)	Rodney Bennett	25 January–15 February 1975
077	The Sontaran Experiment	4B	2 episodes	Bob Baker & Dave Martin	Rodney Bennett	22 February–1 March 1975
078	Genesis of the Daleks	4E	6 episodes	Terry Nation	David Maloney	8 March–12 April 1975
079	Revenge of the Cybermen	4D	4 episodes	Gerry Davis	Michael Briant	19 April–10 May 1975

Season 13 (1975-76)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
080	Terror of the Zygons	4F	4 episodes	Robert Banks Stewart	Douglas Camfield	30 August–20 September 1975
081	Planet of Evil	4H	4 episodes	Louis Marks	David Maloney	27 September–18 October 1975
082	Pyramids of Mars	4G	4 episodes	Stephen Harris (a.k.a. Robert Holmes and Lewis Greifer)	Paddy Russell	25 October–15 November 1975
083	The Android Invasion	4J	4 episodes	Terry Nation	Barry Letts	22 November–13 December 1975
084	The Brain of Morbius	4K	4 episodes	Robin Bland (a.k.a. Terrance Dicks and Robert Holmes)	Christopher Barry	3–24 January 1976
085	The Seeds of Doom	4L	6 episodes	Robert Banks Stewart	Douglas Camfield	31 January–6 March 1976

Season 14 (1976-77)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
086	The Masque of Mandragora	4M	4 episodes	Louis Marks	Rodney Bennett	4–25 September 1976
087	The Hand of Fear	4N	4 episodes	Bob Baker & Dave Martin	Lennie Mayne	2–23 October 1976
088	The Deadly Assassin	4P	4 episodes	Robert Holmes	David Maloney	30 October–20 November 1976
089	The Face of Evil	4Q	4 episodes	Chris Boucher	Pennant Roberts	1–22 January 1977
090	The Robots of Death	4R	4 episodes	Chris Boucher	Michael Briant	29 January – 19 February 1977
091	The Talons of Weng-Chiang	4S	6 episodes	Robert Holmes (and Robert Banks Stewart)	David Maloney	26 February – 2 April 1977

Season 15 (1977-78)

Graham Williams served as producer, a role he retained until Shada, at the end of season 17. Robert Holmes served as script editor until The Sun Makers, during which he was replaced with Anthony Read.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
092	Horror of Fang Rock	4V	4 episodes	Terrance Dicks	Paddy Russell	3–24 September 1977
093	The Invisible Enemy	4T	4 episodes	Bob Baker & Dave Martin	Derrick Goodwin	1–22 October 1977
094	Image of the Fendahl	4X	4 episodes	Chris Boucher	George Spenton-Foster	29 October–19 November 1977
095	The Sun Makers	4W	4 episodes	Robert Holmes	Pennant Roberts	26 November–17 December 1977
096	Underworld	4Y	4 episodes	Bob Baker & Dave Martin	Norman Stewart	7–28 January 1978
097	The Invasion of Time	4Z	6 episodes	David Agnew (a.k.a. Graham Williams and Anthony Read)	Gerald Blake	4 February – 11 March 1978

Season 16 (1978-79)

Anthony Read acted as script editor for his final season, except for The Armageddon Factor, when that job was taken by Robert Holmes. Season 16 consists of one long story arc encompassing six separate, linked stories. This season is referred to by the umbrella title The Key to Time and has been released on DVD under this title.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
098	The Ribos Operation	5A	4 episodes	Robert Holmes	George Spenton-Foster	2–23 September 1978
099	The Pirate Planet	5B	4 episodes	Douglas Adams	Pennant Roberts	30 September–21 October 1978
100	The Stones of Blood	5C	4 episodes	David Fisher	Darrol Blake	28 October–18 November 1978
101	The Androids of Tara	5D	4 episodes	David Fisher	Michael Hayes	25 November–16 December 1978
102	The Power of Kroll	5E	4 episodes	Robert Holmes	Norman Stewart	23 December 1978–13 January 1979
103	The Armageddon Factor	5F	6 episodes	Bob Baker and Dave Martin	Michael Hayes	20 January – 24 February 1979

Season 17 (1979-80)

Graham Williams served as producer. Douglas Adams was script editor.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
104	Destiny of the Daleks	5J	4 episodes	Terry Nation	Ken Grieve	1–22 September 1979
105	City of Death	5H	4 episodes	David Agnew (a.k.a. Douglas Adams, Graham Williams, and David Fisher)	Michael Hayes	29 September–20 October 1979
106	The Creature from the Pit	5G	4 episodes	David Fisher	Christopher Barry	27 October–15 November 1979
107	Nightmare of Eden	5K	4 episodes	Bob Baker	Alan Bromly	24 November–15 December 1979
108	The Horns of Nimon	5L	4 episodes	Anthony Read	Kenny McBain	22 December 1979–12 January 1980
109	Shada[f]	5M	6 episodes	Douglas Adams	Pennant Roberts	Unaired

Season 18 (1980-81)

This was the first season produced by John Nathan-Turner; Christopher H. Bidmead served as script editor. In a return to the format of early seasons, virtually all serials from Seasons 18 through 20 are linked together, often running directly into each other. Season 18 forms a loose story arc dealing with the theme of Entropy. Full Circle, State of Decay, and Warriors' Gate trace the Doctor's adventures in E-Space; they were released as a VHS set with the umbrella title, The E-Space Trilogy.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
110	The Leisure Hive	5N	4 episodes	David Fisher	Lovett Bickford	30 August–20 September 1980
111	Meglos	5Q	4 episodes	John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch	Terence Dudley	27 September–18 October 1980
112	Full Circle	5R	4 episodes	Andrew Smith	Peter Grimwade	25 October–15 November 1980
113	State of Decay	5P	4 episodes	Terrance Dicks	Peter Moffatt	22 November–13 December 1980
114	Warriors' Gate	5S	4 episodes	Stephen Gallagher	Paul Joyce & Graeme Harper	3–24 January 1981
115	The Keeper of Traken	5T	4 episodes	Johnny Byrne	John Black	31 January–21 February 1981
116	Logopolis	5V	4 episodes	Christopher H. Bidmead	Peter Grimwade	28 February–21 March 1981

Fifth Doctor

The Fifth Doctor was portrayed by Peter Davison.

Season 19 (1982)

John Nathan-Turner continued as producer throughout Davison's entire tenure. Antony Root was script editor until The Visitation, after which he was replaced by Eric Saward, who edited the scripts until Mindwarp, four years later. The show moved from its traditional once-weekly Saturday broadcast to being broadcast twice weekly on Monday and Tuesday. Castrovalva, together with the previous two serials, The Keeper of Traken and Logopolis, form a loose trilogy involving the return of the Master. They were released on DVD under the banner title, New Beginnings.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
117	Castrovalva	5Z	4 episodes	Christopher H. Bidmead	Fiona Cumming	4–12 January 1982
118	Four to Doomsday	5W	4 episodes	Terence Dudley	John Black	18–26 January 1982
119	Kinda	5Y	4 episodes	Christopher Bailey	Peter Grimwade	1–9 February 1982
120	The Visitation	5X	4 episodes	Eric Saward	Peter Moffatt	15–23 February 1982
121	Black Orchid	6A	2 episodes	Terence Dudley	Ron Jones	1–2 March 1982
122	Earthshock	6B	4 episodes	Eric Saward	Peter Grimwade	8–16 March 1982
123	Time-Flight	6C	4 episodes	Peter Grimwade	Ron Jones	22–30 March 1982

Season 20 (1983)

Mawdryn Undead, Terminus and Enlightenment involve the Black Guardian's plot to kill the Doctor; they were released individually on VHS as parts of The Black Guardian Trilogy.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
124	Arc of Infinity	6E	4 episodes	Johnny Byrne	Ron Jones	3-12 January 1983
125	Snakedance	6D	4 episodes	Christopher Bailey	Fiona Cumming	18-26 January 1983
126	Mawdryn Undead	6F	4 episodes	Peter Grimwade	Peter Moffatt	1-9 February 1983
127	Terminus	6G	4 episodes	Stephen Gallagher	Mary Ridge	15-23 February 1983
128	Enlightenment	6H	4 episodes	Barbara Clegg	Fiona Cumming	1-9 March 1983
129	The King's Demons	6J	2 episodes	Terence Dudley	Tony Virgo	15-16 March 1983
130	The Five Doctors[g]	6K	20th anniversary special 90-minute telemovie	Terrance Dicks	Peter Moffatt	23 November 1983

Season 21 (1984)

For the first time since Season 18, not all of the serials were directly linked. Resurrection of the Daleks was written and filmed as four 25-minute episodes, then re-edited into two 45-minute episodes to accommodate coverage of the 1984 Winter Olympics; the 25-minute versions were later circulated to overseas broadcasters and commercially released.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
131	Warriors of the Deep	6L	4 episodes	Johnny Byrne	Pennant Roberts	5–13 January 1984
132	The Awakening	6M	2 episodes	Eric Pringle	Michael Owen Morris	19–20 January 1984
133	Frontios	6N	4 episodes	Christopher H. Bidmead	Ron Jones	26 January–3 February 1984
134	Resurrection of the Daleks	6P	2 episodes (45 minutes each)	Eric Saward	Matthew Robinson	8–15 February 1984
135	Planet of Fire	6Q	4 episodes	Peter Grimwade	Fiona Cumming	23 February–2 March 1984
136	The Caves of Androzani	6R	4 episodes	Robert Holmes	Graeme Harper	8–16 March 1984

Sixth Doctor

The Sixth Doctor was portrayed by Colin Baker.

Season 21 (1984) — continued

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
137	The Twin Dilemma	6S	4 episodes	Anthony Steven	Peter Moffatt	22–30 March 1984

Season 22 (1985)

John Nathan-Turner and Eric Saward retained their roles as producer and script editor respectively. The series moved back to Saturday broadcasts. All episodes were 45 minutes long, though all of the episodes also exist in 25-minute versions.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
138	Attack of the Cybermen	6T	2 episodes	Paula Moore	Matthew Robinson	5–12 January 1985
139	Vengeance on Varos	6V	2 episodes	Philip Martin	Ron Jones	19–26 January 1985
140	The Mark of the Rani	6X	2 episodes	Pip and Jane Baker	Sarah Hellings	2–9 February 1985
141	The Two Doctors	6W	3 episodes	Robert Holmes	Peter Moffatt	16 February–2 March 1985
142	Timelash	6Y	2 episodes	Glen McCoy	Pennant Roberts	9–16 March 1985
143	Revelation of the Daleks	6Z	2 episodes	Eric Saward	Graeme Harper	23–30 March 1985

Season 23 (1986)

Eric Saward was script editor up to part eight, when Nathan-Turner unofficially took over script editing the remainder of the season. Although broadcast as an epic 14-part serial under the title of The Trial of a Time Lord, Season 23 is structured as four serials, recorded across 3 production blocks, forming a story arc. The four serials, with their generally used titles, are listed below. Episode length returns to 25 minutes.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
144	The Mysterious Planet	7A	4 episodes	Robert Holmes	Nicholas Mallett	6–27 September 1986
145	Mindwarp	7B	4 episodes	Philip Martin	Ron Jones	4–25 October 1986
146	Terror of the Vervoids aka The Vervoids	7C	4 episodes	Pip and Jane Baker	Chris Clough	1–22 November 1986
147	The Ultimate Foe aka Time Incorporated	7C	2 episodes	Robert Holmes and Pip and Jane Baker	Chris Clough	29 November–6 December 1986

Seventh Doctor

The Seventh Doctor was portrayed by Sylvester McCoy.

Season 24 (1987)

John Nathan-Turner continued as producer. Andrew Cartmel was script editor. Both would serve these roles until the show was put on hiatus in 1989.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
148	Time and the Rani	7D	4 episodes	Pip and Jane Baker	Andrew Morgan	7–28 September 1987
149	Paradise Towers	7E	4 episodes	Stephen Wyatt	Nicholas Mallett	5–26 October 1987
150	Delta and the Bannermen	7F	3 episodes	Malcolm Kohll	Chris Clough	2–16 November 1987
151	Dragonfire	7G	3 episodes	Ian Briggs	Chris Clough	23 November–7 December 1987

Season 25 (1988-89)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
152	Remembrance of the Daleks	7H	4 episodes	Ben Aaronovitch	Andrew Morgan	5–26 October 1988
153	The Happiness Patrol	7L	3 episodes	Graeme Curry	Chris Clough	2–16 November 1988
154	Silver Nemesis	7K	3 episodes	Kevin Clarke	Chris Clough	23 November–7 December 1988
155	The Greatest Show in the Galaxy	7J	4 episodes	Stephen Wyatt	Alan Wareing	14 December 1988–4 January 1989

Season 26 (1989)

The final season continued to push the series towards a darker approach, focusing this time more on Ace's personal life as well as The Doctor's past and manipulations. This season sets the tone for the virgin New Adventures novels that follow, paving the way for future episodes based on the novels such as "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood".

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
156	Battlefield	7N	4 episodes	Ben Aaronovitch	Michael Kerrigan	6–27 September 1989
157	Ghost Light	7Q	3 episodes	Marc Platt	Alan Wareing	4–18 October 1989
158	The Curse of Fenric	7M	4 episodes	Ian Briggs	Nicholas Mallett	25 October–15 November 1989
159	Survival	7P	3 episodes	Rona Munro	Alan Wareing	22 November–6 December 1989

Eighth Doctor

The Eighth Doctor was played by Paul McGann. The movie is the first and only television appearance of this Doctor. The only production title held by this story was Doctor Who. However, producer Philip Segal later suggested Enemy Within as an alternative title. Lacking any other specific name, many fans have adopted this to refer to the movie. Fan groups have also used other informal titles. The DVD release is titled Doctor Who: The Movie.

Television movie (1996)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
160	Doctor Who	TVM[h]	TV movie, 89 minutes	Matthew Jacobs	Geoffrey Sax	12 May 1996

Ninth Doctor

In 2005, the BBC relaunched Doctor Who after a 16-year absence from episodic television, with Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner and Mal Young as executive producers, Phil Collinson as producer, and Christopher Eccleston taking the lead role of the Ninth Doctor. Although the production team chose to restart the series numbering from scratch, some fans of the programme prefer to refer to the 2005 series as Season 27, the 2006 series as Season 28, and so on. Despite the new numbering, the revival adheres to the original continuity. The new series is formatted to a 16:9 widescreen display ratio, and a standard episode length of 45 minutes. For the first time since the 1965–'66 season, each episode has an individual title even though some stories span several episodes.

Series 1 (2005)

The 2005 series constitutes a loose story arc, dealing with the consequences of the Time War and the mysterious Bad Wolf.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
161	"Rose"	1.1	1 episode	Russell T. Davies	Keith Boak	26 March 2005
162	"The End of the World"	1.2	1 episode	Russell T. Davies	Euros Lyn	2 April 2005
163	"The Unquiet Dead"	1.3	1 episode	Mark Gatiss	Euros Lyn	9 April 2005
164	"Aliens of London" "World War Three"	1.4 1.5	2 episodes	Russell T. Davies	Keith Boak	16 April 2005 23 April 2005
165	"Dalek"	1.6	1 episode	Robert Shearman	Joe Ahearne	30 April 2005
166	"The Long Game"	1.7	1 episode	Russell T. Davies	Brian Grant	7 May 2005
167	"Father's Day"	1.8	1 episode	Paul Cornell	Joe Ahearne	14 May 2005
168	"The Empty Child" "The Doctor Dances"	1.9 1.10	2 episodes	Steven Moffat	James Hawes	21 May 2005 28 May 2005
169	"Boom Town"	1.11	1 episode	Russell T. Davies	Joe Ahearne	4 June 2005
170	"Bad Wolf" "The Parting of the Ways"	1.12 1.13	2 episodes	Russell T. Davies	Joe Ahearne	11 June 2005 18 June 2005

Tenth Doctor

The current incumbent Tenth Doctor is portrayed by David Tennant, who was cast before the first season aired after Eccleston announced his intention to leave the show.

Specials (2005)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
Children in Need special (2005)
—	"Doctor Who: Children in Need"	—	7-minute special	Russell T. Davies	Euros Lyn	17 November 2005
Christmas special (2005)
171	"The Christmas Invasion"	2.X	60-minute special	Russell T. Davies	James Hawes	25 December 2005
Interactive episode (2005)
—	"Attack of the Graske"[i]	14-minute interactive episode	Gareth Roberts	Ashley Way	25 December 2005

Series 2 (2006)

The back-story for the spin-off series Torchwood is "seeded" in various episodes in the 2006 series. Each episode also has an accompanying online TARDISODE.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
172	"New Earth"	2.1	1 episode	Russell T. Davies	James Hawes	15 April 2006
173	"Tooth and Claw"	2.2	1 episode	Russell T. Davies	Euros Lyn	22 April 2006
174	"School Reunion"	2.3	1 episode	Toby Whithouse	James Hawes	29 April 2006
175	"The Girl in the Fireplace"	2.4	1 episode	Steven Moffat	Euros Lyn	6 May 2006
176	"Rise of the Cybermen" "The Age of Steel"	2.5 2.6	2 episodes	Tom MacRae	Graeme Harper	13 May 2006 20 May 2006
177	"The Idiot's Lantern"	2.7	1 episode	Mark Gatiss	Euros Lyn	27 May 2006
178	"The Impossible Planet" "The Satan Pit"	2.8 2.9	2 episodes	Matt Jones	James Strong	3 June 2006 10 June 2006
179	"Love & Monsters"	2.10	1 episode	Russell T. Davies	Dan Zeff	17 June 2006
180	"Fear Her"	2.11	1 episode	Matthew Graham	Euros Lyn	24 June 2006
181	"Army of Ghosts" "Doomsday"	2.12 2.13	2 episodes	Russell T. Davies	Graeme Harper	1 July 2006 8 July 2006

Specials (2006)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
Christmas special (2006)
182	"The Runaway Bride"	3.X	60-minute special	Russell T. Davies	Euros Lyn	25 December 2006

Series 3 (2007)

This series deals with the Face of Boe's final message, the mysterious Mr Saxon, and the Doctor dealing with the loss of Rose Tyler.

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
183	"Smith and Jones"	3.1	1 episode	Russell T. Davies	Charles Palmer	31 March 2007
184	"The Shakespeare Code"	3.2	1 episode	Gareth Roberts	Charles Palmer	7 April 2007
185	"Gridlock"	3.3	1 episode	Russell T. Davies	Richard Clark	14 April 2007
186	"Daleks in Manhattan" "Evolution of the Daleks"	3.4 3.5	2 episodes	Helen Raynor	James Strong	21 April 2007 28 April 2007
187	"The Lazarus Experiment"	3.6	1 episode	Stephen Greenhorn	Richard Clark	5 May 2007
188	"42"	3.7	1 episode	Chris Chibnall	Graeme Harper	19 May 2007
189	"Human Nature" "The Family of Blood"	3.8 3.9	2 episodes	Paul Cornell	Charles Palmer	26 May 2007 2 June 2007
190	"Blink"	3.10	1 episode	Steven Moffat	Hettie MacDonald	9 June 2007
191	"Utopia" "The Sound of Drums" "Last of the Time Lords"	3.11 3.12 3.13	3 episodes (3.13 is 52 minutes)	Russell T. Davies	Graeme Harper (3.11) Colin Teague (3.12 & 3.13)	16 June 2007 23 June 2007 30 June 2007

Specials (2007)

No	Title	Code	Episodes	Writer	Director	Original Airdate
Totally Doctor Who special (2007)
—	The Infinite Quest[j]	—	Animated serial (13 x 3:30 or 45 mins)	Alan Barnes	Gary Russell	2 April–30 June 2007
Children in Need special (2007)
—	"Time Crash"	—	8-minute special	Steven Moffat	Graeme Harper	16 November 2007
Christmas special (2007)
192	"Voyage of the Damned"	4.X	71-minute special	Russell T. Davies	James Strong	25 December 2007

Series 4 (2008) and beyond

David Tennant is confirmed to star through to 2009. However, during the latter half of 2008, Tennant is committed to a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet. After the 2008 Christmas Special, three Bank Holiday specials have been commissioned to air throughout 2009. The programme will then return in 2010 with a fifth full series. Russell T Davies has suggested that the programme is expected to follow this pattern, of full series interspersed with occasional year-long breaks, for some time into the future.

The Doctor will have three companions in the fourth series: Catherine Tate will reprise her role as Donna Noble, who was first introduced in "The Runaway Bride", for all 13 episodes; Freema Agyeman (Martha) will return mid-season for five episodes, and Billie Piper will return as Rose Tyler for three episodes. Agyeman will also appear in three episodes of Torchwood.

In the Doctor Who Confidential episode for "The Sound Of Drums", Davies stated that it had always been his intention to bring back classic icons of Doctor Who one step at a time: Daleks in series 1, Cybermen in series 2, and the Master in series 3. He has also stated that he is not finished and will continue reviving villains from the original series.

Guest stars

Kylie Minogue will guest star as Astrid Peth, a waitress aboard the Titanic, in the Christmas Special "Voyage of the Damned", set to air on 25 December 2007. Bernard Cribbins, who played companion Tom Campbell in the 1966 film Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD, will also star in this episode.

The Doctor and Donna Noble will meet Agatha Christie who will be played by Fenella Woolgar in an episode set in the 1920s, where she will be supported by Felicity Kendal, who will play the part of Lady Clemency Eddison. Other actors featuring in the Agatha Christie episode include Felicity Jones, Christopher Benjamin, Tom Goodman-Hill, Ian Barritt, David Quilter, Adam Rayner, Daniel King and Charlotte Eaton.

The Doctor and Donna will also visit Pompeii in AD 79, on the eve of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Guest stars featuring in this episode include Peter Capaldi playing Caecilius, Phil Davis as Lucius and Tracey Childs as Metella. This episode featured one week of filming at the Cinecittà studio in Rome.

Further guest stars include Sarah Lancashire as Miss Foster, an "enigmatic and powerful businesswoman", in the opening episode, Tim McInnerny in "Planet of the Ood", and Christopher Ryan as a Sontaran general in a story which will feature the return of Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones. Howard Attfield was set to reprise his role as Donna's father. However, Attfield died in late 2007, mid-way through shooting the series.

Production

Writers for series four have also been announced: Gareth Roberts, Stephen Greenhorn, Tom MacRae, James Moran and Keith Temple will each write one episode. Moran co-wrote the 2006 horror film Severance, while Temple has written episodes of Byker Grove and Casualty. Helen Raynor and Steven Moffat will write two episodes each, and head writer Russell T. Davies will write four episodes. The episode written by Temple, "Planet of the Ood", will feature the Ood - who previously appeared in Series 2 two-parter, "The Impossible Planet" / "The Satan Pit" - on their home planet. The name of Roberts' episode has been revealed via an acronym as "TUATW". In addition, information regarding the production of several episdodes was announced in issue 385 of Doctor Who Magazine'.

Block	Episodes	Director	Writers	Producer	Code
1	"Voyage of the Damned"	James Strong	Russell T. Davies	Phil Collinson	4.X
2	"Planet of the Ood" (Agatha Christie episode/"TUATW")	Graeme Harper	Keith Temple Gareth Roberts	Susie Liggat
3	(Pompeii episode)	Colin Teague	James Moran	Phil Collinson
4	4.1	James Strong	Russell T. Davies	Phil Collinson	4.1
5	Sontaran two-parter	Douglas Mackinnon	Helen Raynor	Susie Liggat	4.4 4.5
6	Two episodes	Alice Troughton		Phil Collinson
7	One episode (double banked with Block 6)	Graeme Harper	Russell T. Davies	Phil Collinson

A further two episodes will be directed by Graeme Harper. Euros Lyn is also directing an unknown number of episodes. Susie Liggat will be producing four episodes (Block 2 and Block 5), as she did in Series 3 with "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood". Phil Collinson will receive an executive producer credit for these episodes.

In August 2007, a Roman-themed episode, set in Pompeii in AD 79 on the eve of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, had been interrupted by a fire in Rome's Cinecittà, on sets previously used for the filming of the HBO/BBC TV series Rome, however, the fire did not reach the parts of the sets which the Doctor Who team intended to use.

Other stories

TV broadcasts

There have also been several special Doctor Who episodes and serials that are produced by the BBC, but are not generally considered part of the series continuity. They usually consist of spoofs and crossovers with other TV shows, and stories produced for special occasions.

• "A Fix with Sontarans" (1985) - segment of Jim'll Fix It starring Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka.
• Dimensions in Time (1993) - Children in Need 30th anniversary program for Doctor Who and also crossover with EastEnders, starring Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy, with many companions returning.
• Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death (1999) - Comic Relief spoof, starring Rowan Atkinson.

Webcasts

• Death Comes to Time (2001) - webcast for BBCi featuring the Seventh Doctor.
• Real Time (2002) - webcast for BBCi featuring the Sixth Doctor.
• Shada (2003) - webcast for BBCi featuring the Eighth Doctor; remake of the unfinished Fourth Doctor serial.
• Scream of the Shalka (2003) - Animated webcast for BBCi featuring an alternative version of the Ninth Doctor known as the Shalka Doctor, played by Richard E. Grant.

Some of the webcast productions were produced by Big Finish Productions but first aired on the BBC's website before release in other media; none were live-action productions, but instead used limited animation and illustrations, with Scream of the Shalka being more fully animated than the others.

The BBC has also commissioned and broadcast several radio serials based upon the series (see Doctor Who audio productions), most recently a series of productions for BBC7 starring Paul McGann.

Notes

• ^a For this purpose, The Five Doctors is treated as a feature-length episode.
• ^b Webber's script for the originally intended opening episode for the first story The Giants was a basis for the opening episode, but Webber didn't work with Coburn on the script.
• ^c From this point on, the stories (not the episodes) all have on-screen serial titles. For the 2005 revival, episode titles are used, even for most multi-episode tales, although the majority of stories are told in a single episode.
• ^d The Three Doctors was a tenth anniversary serial.
• ^e The first episode lists the serial's name as simply Invasion, ostensibly to conceal the surprise ending to that episode.
• ^f Shada was left unfinished due to a strike. Its recorded footage was later released on home video using linking narration by Tom Baker to complete the story.
• ^g The Five Doctors is considered part of the 20th season, although it was broadcast only a few weeks before the start of Season 21. The Five Doctors was re-edited into four 25-minute episodes for syndication, but the 90-minute special remained more frequently shown, until it was supplanted by 1995's "Special Edition" re-edit, c. 2000.
• ^h "TVM" is used in the BBC's online episode guide. The actual code used during production is 50/LDX071Y/01X. Doctor Who Magazine's "Complete Eighth Doctor Special" gives the production code as #83705. Big Finish Productions uses the code 8A, and numbers its subsequent Eighth Doctor stories correspondingly.
• ^i "Attack of the Graske" is not listed in the episode count, and is included only for completeness.
• ^j The Infinite Quest is not listed in the episode count, and is included only for completeness.

References

General

• "Episode Guide". Doctor Who Classic series. BBC.
• Shaun Lyon, David Hancock; et al. "The Canon Keeper's Guide to Doctor Who". Outpost Gallifrey. {{cite web}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
• Shaun Lyon; et al. "Doctor Who episode guide". Outpost Gallifrey. {{cite web}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
• "Doctor Who episode guide". BBC.
• Boies, Dominique. "Doctor Who reference guide".
• Sullivan, Shannon Patrick. "A Brief History of Time (Travel)".

Specific

See also

• K-9 and Company
• The Sarah Jane Adventures
• Torchwood
• Doctor Who missing episodes
• List of incomplete Doctor Who serials
• List of unmade Doctor Who serials
• List of titled Doctor Who episodes
• Doctor Who audio releases
• Doctor Who DVD releases
• Doctor Who story title debate
• Chronology of the Doctor Who universe
• Doctor Who story chronology

External links

• BBC Classic Series Episode Guide
• Doctor Who Reference Guide - detailed descriptions of all televised episodes, plus spin-off audio, video, and literary works.
• Outpost Gallifrey: Episode Guide
• Doctor Who (1963–1989) at IMDb
• Doctor Who (1996) at IMDb
• Doctor Who (2005–) at IMDb