List of Doctor Who Episodes (2005-present)

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Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. As of 23 November 2013, 799 individual episodes, including one television movie of Doctor Who, have been aired, encompassing 240 stories. Additionally, four charity specials and two animated serials have also been aired. The show's high episode count resulted in Doctor Who holding the world record for the highest number of episodes for a science-fiction programme.

Doctor Who ceased airing in 1989 and began again in 2005. Each story in the original series (1963–89) is a multi-episode serial, with two exceptions: the 1965 cutaway episode "Mission to the Unknown" and the 20th anniversary story The Five Doctors. 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 either by the titles of the individual episodes where given or by the number of episodes otherwise. Unless otherwise noted, episodes in this period are 25 minutes long. During the early seasons of the programme most serials were linked together and one would usually lead directly into the next. Starting with the 2005 revival, the production team abandoned the traditional serial format for a largely self-contained episodic format with occasional multi-part stories and loose story arcs.

Due to the BBC's 1970s junking policy, 97 episodes from the 1960s are missing, with the result that 26 serials are incomplete, although all of these still exist as audio recordings, and some have been reconstructed. In the first two seasons and most of the third, each episode of a serial had an individual title; no serial had an overall on-screen title until The Savages. The serial titles given below are the most common title for the serials as a whole, used in sources such as the Doctor Who Reference Guide and the BBC's classic episode guide, and are generally those used for commercial release. The practice of individually titled episodes resurfaced with the show's 2005 revival, when Doctor Who's serial nature was abandoned in favour of an episodic format.

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 the current internal practice of describing "Planet of the Dead (2009) as the 200th story, used in the official magazine's 407th issue. Other sources, such as the Region 1 DVDs of classic Doctor Who serials, use different numbering schemes which diverge after the 108th story, The Horns of Nimon (1979/80).

Contents 1 Series overview 1.1 Regular seasons 1.2 Specials 1.3 Notes 2 Episodes 2.1 Ninth Doctor 2.1.1 Series 1 (2005) 2.2 Tenth Doctor 2.2.1 Series 2 (2006) 2.2.2 Series 3 (2007) 2.2.3 Series 4 (2008) 2.2.4 Specials (2008–10) 2.3 Eleventh Doctor 2.3.1 Series 5 (2010) 2.3.2 Series 6 (2011) 2.3.3 Series 7 (2012–13) 2.3.4 Specials (2013) 2.4 Twelfth Doctor 2.4.1 Series 8 (2014) 2.4.2 Series 9 (2015) 2.4.3 Series 10 (2017) 2.5 Thirteenth Doctor 2.5.1 Series 11 3 See also 4 References 4.1 Sources 4.2 General websites 5 External links

Series overview

The following table dictates the season or series in question; singular specials are not included in episode counts or viewer totals.

Regular seasons

Season / Series		Doctor	Serials	Episodes	Originally aired		Viewers (millions)	Average AI
					First aired	Last aired
Classic era
	Season 1	First Doctor	8	42	23 November 1963	12 September 1964	8.08	59
	Season 2		9	39	31 October 1964	24 July 1965	10.46	54
	Season 3		10	45	11 September 1965	16 July 1966	8.65	49
	Season 4[a]	Second Doctor	9	43	10 September 1966	1 July 1967	6.05	49
	Season 5		7	40	2 September 1967	1 June 1968	7.23	53
	Season 6		7	44	10 August 1968	21 June 1969	6.38	54
	Season 7	Third Doctor	4	25	3 January 1970	20 June 1970	7.17	59
	Season 8		5	25	2 January 1971	19 June 1971	7.96	–
	Season 9		5	26	1 January 1972	24 June 1972	8.30	–
	Season 10		5	26	30 December 1972	23 June 1973	8.87	–
	Season 11		5	26	15 December 1973	8 June 1974	8.78	60
	Season 12	Fourth Doctor	5	20	28 December 1974	10 May 1975	10.00	56
	Season 13		6	26	30 August 1975	6 March 1976	10.14	57
	Season 14		6	26	4 September 1976	2 April 1977	11.08	59
	Season 15		6	26	3 September 1977	11 March 1978	8.98	62
	Season 16[b]		6	26	2 September 1978	24 February 1979	8.61	64
	Season 17		5[c]	20	1 September 1979	12 January 1980	11.21	65
	Season 18		7	28	30 August 1980	21 March 1981	5.82	63
	Season 19	Fifth Doctor	7	26	4 January 1982	30 March 1982	9.24	–
	Season 20		6	22	3 January 1983	16 March 1983	7.03	67
	Season 21[d]		7	24	5 January 1984	30 March 1984	7.14	65
	Season 22	Sixth Doctor	6	13	5 January 1985	30 March 1985	7.12	64
	Season 23[f]		1	14	6 September 1986	6 December 1986	4.81	69
	Season 24	Seventh Doctor	4	14	7 September 1987	7 December 1987	4.94	60
	Season 25		4	14	5 October 1988	4 January 1989	5.34	68
	Season 26		4	14	6 September 1989	6 December 1989	4.15	68
Revived era
	Series 1	Ninth Doctor	10	13	March 2005	18 June 2005	7.95	82
	Series 2	Tenth Doctor	10	13	15 April 2006	8 July 2006	7.71	84
	Series 3		9	13	31 March 2007	30 June 2007	7.55	85
	Series 4		10	13	5 April 2008	5 July 2008	8.05	88
	Series 5	Eleventh Doctor	10	13	3 April 2010	26 June 2010	7.73	86
	Series 6		11	13	23 April 2011	1 October 2011	7.52	86
	Series 7		13	13	1 September 2012	18 May 2013	7.44	86
	Series 8	Twelfth Doctor	11	12	23 August 2014	8 November 2014	7.26	83
	Series 9		9	12	19 September 2015	5 December 2015	6.03	82
	Series 10		11	12	15 April 2017	1 July 2017	5.46	83
	Series 11	Thirteenth Doctor	10	10	7 October 2018	9 December 2018	7.96	81
	Series 12		10	8	1 January 2020 1	March 2020	5.40	80
	Series 13		6	1	31 October 2021	5 December 2021	4.88	77

Specials

Special		Doctor	Episodes	Originally aired
	20th anniversary	Fifth Doctor	1	25 November 1983
	Television movie	Eighth Doctor	1	12 May 1996
	2005 Christmas	Tenth Doctor	1	25 December 2005
	2006 Christmas		1	25 December 2006
	2007 Christmas		1	25 December 2007
	2008–2010 specials[h]		5	25 December 2008 – 1 January 2010
	2010 Christmas	Eleventh Doctor	1	25 December 2010
	2011 Christmas		1	25 December 2011
	2012 Christmas		1	25 December 2012
	2013 specials[i]		2	23 November – 25 December 2013
	2014 Christmas	Twelfth Doctor	1	25 December 2014
	2015 Christmas		1	25 December 2015
	2016 Christmas		1	25 December 2016
	2017 Christmas		1	25 December 2017
	2019 New Year	Thirteenth Doctor	1	1 January 2019
	2020 New Year		–[j]	1 January 2020
	2021 New Year		1	1 January 2021
	2022 specials[k]		3	1 January 2022 – Late 2022
	60th anniversary	Fourteenth Doctor	3	November 2023

Notes

Episodes

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.

The revival is a continuation of the original series. 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 1965–1966 season each episode has an individual title, and most stories do not span more than one episode. The show also returned to its traditional Saturday evening slot.

Series 1 (2005)

Main article: Doctor Who (series 1)

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

Story	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions)	AI
157	1	"Rose"	Keith Boak	Russell T Davies	26 March 2005	1.1	10.81	81
158	2	"The End of the World"	Euros Lyn	Russell T Davies	2 April 2005	1.2	7.97	79
159	3	"The Unquiet Dead"	Euros Lyn	Mark Gatiss	9 April 2005	1.3	8.86	80
160a	4	"Aliens of London"	Keith Boak	Russell T Davies	16 April 2005	1.4	7.63	81
160b	5	"World War Three"	Keith Boak	Russell T Davies	23 April 2005	1.5	7.98	82
161	6	"Dalek"	Joe Ahearne	Robert Shearman	30 April 2005	1.6	8.63	84
162	7	"The Long Game"	Brian Grant	Russell T Davies	7 May 2005	1.7	8.01	81
163	8	"Father's Day"	Joe Ahearne	Paul Cornell	14 May 2005	1.8	8.06	83
164a	9	"The Empty Child"	James Hawes	Steven Moffat	21 May 2005	1.9	7.11	84
164b	10	"The Doctor Dances"	James Hawes	Steven Moffat	28 May 2005	1.10	6.86	85
165	11	"Boom Town"	Joe Ahearne	Russell T Davies	4 June 2005	1.11	7.68	82
166a	12	"Bad Wolf	Joe Ahearne	Russell T Davies	11 June 2005	1.12	6.81	85
166b	13	"The Parting of the Ways"	Joe Ahearne	Russell T Davies	18 June 2005	1.13	6.91	89

Tenth Doctor

The Tenth Doctor was portrayed by David Tennant, who was cast before the first series aired. Mal Young vacated his position as executive producer when he departed the BBC after Series 1. He was not replaced in that capacity.

Series 2 (2006)

Main article: Doctor Who (series 2)

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.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (million)	AI
Special
Series

Series 3 (2007)

Main article: Doctor Who (series 3)

This series introduces Martha Jones and deals with the Face of Boe's final message, the mysterious Mr. Saxon, and the Doctor dealing with the loss of Rose Tyler. Susie Liggat was the producer for "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood", with Phil Collinson credited as executive producer for those episodes.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	UK viewers (million)	AI
Special
Series

Series 4 (2008)

Main article: Doctor Who (series 4)

This series explores the coincidences binding the Doctor and Donna together. Susie Liggat was the producer for "Planet of the Ood", "The Sontaran Stratagem", "The Poison Sky", "The Unicorn and the Wasp" and "Turn Left", with Phil Collinson credited as executive producer for those episodes. Phil Collinson left the position of producer at the end of the series.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	UK viewers (million)	AI
Special
Series

Specials (2008–10)

Main article: Doctor Who (2008–2010 specials)

From "Planet of the Dead", episodes were filmed in HD. Susie Liggat produced "The Next Doctor", while Nikki Wilson produced "The Waters of Mars" and Tracie Simpson produced "Planet of the Dead" and The End of Time. For practical reasons, these specials continued to use Series 4 production codes.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	UK viewers (million)	AI

Eleventh Doctor

The Eleventh Doctor is portrayed by Matt Smith. Steven Moffat took over as head writer and executive producer after Russell T Davies stepped down. Julie Gardner also stepped down as executive producer and was replaced by Piers Wenger and Beth Willis.

Series 5 (2010)

Main article: Doctor Who (series 5)

Tracie Simpson and Peter Bennett shared producer duties for this series only, with Patrick Schweitzer co-producing with Simpson for "The Vampires of Venice" and "Vincent and the Doctor".

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	UK viewers (million)	AI

Series 6 (2011)

Main article: Doctor Who (series 6)

The original transmission of series 6 was split into two parts, with the first seven episodes airing April to June 2011 and the final six from late August to October 2011. Sanne Wohlenberg continued as producer for the first block of filming, consisting of "The Doctor's Wife" and "Night Terrors". Marcus Wilson then took over as series producer, with Denise Paul producing "Closing Time".

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	UK viewers (million)	AI
Special
Part 1
Part 2

Series 7 (2012–13)

Main article: Doctor Who (series 7)

Series 7 started with five episodes in late 2012, followed by a Christmas special and eight episodes in 2013. From this series on, the use of production codes were abandoned. The Christmas special had Steven Moffat, Wenger and Caroline Skinner as executive producers. Beth Willis left the BBC and stepped down as executive producer after series 6 and Wenger also departed following the Christmas special, leaving Moffat and Skinner as executive producers for series 7. Denise Paul produced "The Bells of Saint John", "The Rings of Akhaten", "Nightmare in Silver" and "The Name of the Doctor" with Marcus Wilson credited as series producer on those episodes.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (million)	AI
Special
Part 1
Part 2

Specials (2013)

Main article: Doctor Who (2013 specials)

Following Caroline Skinner's departure, BBC Wales' Head of Drama, Faith Penhale, served as Executive Producer with Moffat for the 50th anniversary special; Brian Minchin, previously a script editor in series 5, took over the role thereafter. Marcus Wilson left the position of producer following the Christmas special.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (million)	AI

Twelfth Doctor

The Twelfth Doctor is portrayed by Peter Capaldi.

Series 8 (2014)

Main article: Doctor Who (series 8)

Nikki Wilson and Peter Bennett returned as producers, with Paul Frift producing "In the Forest of the Night".

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (million)	AI

Series 9 (2015)

Main article: Doctor Who (series 9)

Derek Ritchie was added to the roster of producers alongside Nikki Wilson, Peter Bennett and Paul Frift, fulfilling the role on four episodes.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (million)	AI
Special
Series
Special (2015)

Series 10 (2017)

Main article: Doctor Who (series 10)

Story	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)	AI
Special
Series

Thirteenth Doctor

The Thirteenth Doctor will be portrayed by Jodie Whittaker.

Series 11

Main article: Doctor Who (series 11)

Story	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)	AI
277	1	"The Woman Who Fell to Earth"	Jamie Childs	Chris Chibnall	7 October 2018	TBD	TBD
278	2	"The Ghost Monument"	Mark Tonderai	Chris Chibnall	14 October 2018	TBD	TBD
279	3	TBA	Mark Tonderai	TBA	21 October 2018	TBD	TBD
280	4	TBA	Mark Tonderai	TBA	28 October 2018	TBD	TBD
281	5	TBA	Jennifer Perrott	TBA	4 November 2018	TBD	TBD
282	6	TBA	Sallie Aprahamian	TBA	11 November 2018	TBD	TBD
283	7	TBA	Jamie Childs	TBA	18 November 2018	TBD	TBD
284	8	TBA	Jennifer Perrott	TBA	25 November 2018	TBD	TBD
285	9	TBA	Jamie Childs	TBA	2 December 2018	TBD	TBD
286	10	TBA	Jamie Childs	TBA	9 December 2018	TBD	TBD
Special
287	–	TBA	Wayne Yip	TBA	25 December 2018	TBD	TBD

See also

• List of Doctor Who missing episodes
• List of Doctor Who Christmas specials
• List of unmade Doctor Who serials and films
• List of Doctor Who audio releases
• List of Doctor Who DVD and Blu-ray releases
• List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish
• List of Doctor Who radio stories
• List of special Doctor Who episodes
• Doctor Who spin-offs

References

Sources

General websites

External links