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Doctor Who/Recap

See also the BBC's episode guide.

Many of the 1st and 2nd Doctor episodes no longer exist in video format, although all are available in audio format.

First Doctor

There is some dispute as to what a number of the serials up to "The Gunfighters" should be called, as these stories had individual episode titles rather than an on-screen full title. Many of the titles have been gleaned from surviving BBC paperwork, but for the very early stories, you may see alternative names being used.

Season 1 (42 episodes of which 33 survive, 23 November 1963 to 12 September 1964)

  1. An Unearthly Child (4 episodes)
  2. The Daleks (7 episodes)
  3. The Edge of Destruction (2 episodes)
  4. Marco Polo (7 episodes, all missing)
  5. The Keys of Marinus (6 episodes)
  6. The Aztecs (4 episodes)
  7. The Sensorites (6 episodes)
  8. The Reign of Terror (6 episodes, 4-5 missing)

Season 2 (39 episodes of which 37 survive, 31 October 1964 to 24 July 1965)

  1. Planet of Giants (3 episodes)
  2. The Dalek Invasion of Earth (6 episodes)
  3. The Rescue (2 episodes)
  4. The Romans (4 episodes)
  5. The Web Planet (6 episodes)
  6. The Crusade (4 episodes, 2 & 4 missing)
  7. The Space Museum (4 episodes)
  8. The Chase (6 episodes)
  9. The Time Meddler (4 episodes)

Season 3 (45 episodes of which 17 survive, 11 September 1965 to 16 July 1966)

  1. Galaxy 4 (4 episodes, only episode 3 known to survive)
  2. Mission to the Unknown (1 episode, missing)
  3. The Myth Makers (4 episodes, all missing)
  4. The Daleks' Master Plan (12 episodes, only episodes 2, 5 and 10 known to survive)
  5. The Massacre (4 episodes, all missing)
  6. The Ark (4 episodes)
  7. The Celestial Toymaker (4 episodes, only episode 4 known to survive)
  8. The Gunfighters (4 episodes)
  9. The Savages (4 episodes, all missing)
  10. The War Machines (4 episodes)

Season 4 (43 episodes of which 10 survive, 10 September 1966 to 1 July 1967. No story from this season exists in a complete form)

  1. The Smugglers (4 episodes, all missing)
  2. The Tenth Planet (The only story in the season to have more than half of its episodes accounted-for—of its four episodes, only the fourth is missing. Especially unfortunate as it was one of the biggest Wham Episodes of the entire show. The footage of the regeneration itself survives however)

Second Doctor

Season 4 (continued)

  1. The Power of the Daleks (6 episodes, all missing)
  2. The Highlanders (4 episodes, all missing)
  3. The Underwater Menace (4 episodes, 1 & 4 missing)
  4. The Moonbase (4 episodes, 1 & 3 missing)
  5. The Macra Terror (4 episodes, all missing)
  6. The Faceless Ones (6 episodes, only episodes 1 & 3 known to survive)
  7. The Evil of the Daleks (7 episodes, only episode 2 known to survive)

Season 5 (40 episodes of which 22 survive, 2 September 1967 to 1 June 1968)

  1. The Tomb of the Cybermen (4 episodes)
  2. The Abominable Snowmen (6 episodes, only episode 2 known to survive)
  3. The Ice Warriors (6 episodes, 2-3 missing)
  4. The Enemy of the World (6 episodes)
  5. The Web of Fear (6 episodes, episode 3 missing)
  6. Fury from the Deep (6 episodes, all missing)
  7. The Wheel In Space (6 episodes, only episodes 3 and 6 known to survive)

Season 6 (44 episodes of which 37 survive, 10 August 1968 to 21 June 1969)

  1. The Dominators (5 episodes)
  2. The Mind Robber (5 episodes)
  3. The Invasion (8 episodes, 1 & 4 missing; these episodes were recreated in animated form for DVD release)
  4. The Krotons (4 episodes)
  5. The Seeds of Death (6 episodes)
  6. The Space Pirates (6 episodes, only episode 2 known to survive)
  7. The War Games (10 episodes)

Third Doctor

Season 7 (25 episodes of which all exist in colour, 3 January 1970 to 20 June 1970)

  1. Spearhead from Space (4 episodes)
  2. Doctor Who and the Silurians (7 episodes)
  3. The Ambassadors of Death (7 episodes, B&W episodes restored to color for DVD)
  4. Inferno (7 episodes)

Season 8 (25 episodes of which 19 exist in colour, 2 January 1971 to 19 June 1971)

  1. Terror of the Autons (4 episodes)
  2. The Mind of Evil (6 episodes)
  3. The Claws of Axos (4 episodes)
  4. Colony in Space (6 episodes)
  5. The Daemons (5 episodes)

Season 9 (26 episodes of which all exist in colour, 1 January 1972 to 24 June 1972)

  1. Day of the Daleks (4 episodes)
  2. The Curse of Peladon (4 episodes)
  3. The Sea Devils (6 episodes)
  4. The Mutants (6 episodes)
  5. The Time Monster (6 episodes)

Season 10 (26 episodes of which all exist in colour, 30 December 1972 to 23 June 1973)

  1. The Three Doctors (4 episodes)
  2. Carnival of Monsters (4 episodes)
  3. Frontier in Space (6 episodes)
  4. Planet of the Daleks (6 episodes, episode 3 restored to color for DVD)
  5. The Green Death (6 episodes)

Season 11 (26 episodes of which all exist in colour, 15 December 1973 to 8 June 1974)

  1. The Time Warrior (4 episodes)
  2. Invasion of the Dinosaurs (6 episodes, episode 1 restored to color for DVD)
  3. Death to the Daleks (4 episodes)
  4. The Monster of Peladon (6 episodes)
  5. Planet of the Spiders (6 episodes)

Fourth Doctor

Season 12 (20 episodes, 28 December 1974 to 10 May 1975)

  1. Robot (4 episodes)
  2. The Ark in Space (4 episodes)
  3. The Sontaran Experiment (2 episodes)
  4. Genesis of the Daleks (6 episodes)
  5. Revenge of the Cybermen (4 episodes)

Season 13 (26 episodes, 30 August 1975 to 6 March 1976)

  1. Terror of the Zygons (4 episodes)
  2. Planet of Evil (4 episodes)
  3. Pyramids of Mars (4 episodes)
  4. The Android Invasion (4 episodes)
  5. The Brain of Morbius (4 episodes)
  6. The Seeds of Doom (6 episodes)

Season 14 (26 episodes, 4 September 1976 to 2 April 1977)

  1. The Masque of Mandragora (4 episodes)
  2. The Hand of Fear (4 episodes)
  3. The Deadly Assassin (4 episodes)
  4. The Face of Evil (4 episodes)
  5. The Robots of Death (4 episodes)
  6. The Talons of Weng-Chiang (6 episodes)

Season 15 (26 episodes, 3 September 1977 to 11 March 1978)

  1. Horror of Fang Rock (4 episodes)
  2. The Invisible Enemy (4 episodes)
  3. Image of the Fendahl (4 episodes)
  4. The Sun Makers (4 episodes)
  5. Underworld (4 episodes)
  6. The Invasion of Time (6 episodes)

Season 16 - The Key to Time (26 episodes, 2 September 1978 to 24 February 1979)

  1. The Ribos Operation (4 episodes)
  2. The Pirate Planet (4 episodes)
  3. The Stones of Blood (4 episodes)
  4. The Androids of Tara (4 episodes)
  5. The Power of Kroll (4 episodes)
  6. The Armageddon Factor (6 episodes)

Season 17 (20 episodes, plus 6 unfinished, 1 September 1979 to 12 January 1980)

  1. Destiny of the Daleks (4 episodes)
  2. City of Death (4 episodes)
  3. The Creature from the Pit (4 episodes)
  4. Nightmare of Eden (4 episodes)
  5. The Horns of Nimon (4 episodes)
  6. Shada (Unaired; 6 episodes written and partially filmed)

Season 18 (28 episodes, 30 August 1980 to 21 March 1981)

  1. The Leisure Hive (4 episodes)
  2. Meglos (4 episodes)
  3. Full Circle (4 episodes)
  4. State of Decay (4 episodes)
  5. Warriors Gate (4 episodes)
  6. The Keeper of Traken (4 episodes)
  7. Logopolis (4 episodes)

Fifth Doctor

Season 19 (26 episodes, 4 January 1982 to 30 March 1982)

  1. Castrovalva (4 episodes)
  2. Four to Doomsday (4 episodes)
  3. Kinda (4 episodes)
  4. The Visitation (4 episodes)
  5. Black Orchid (2 episodes)
  6. Earthshock (4 episodes)
  7. Time-Flight (4 episodes)

Season 20 (22 episodes, 3 January 1983 to 16 March 1983)

  1. Arc of Infinity (4 episodes)
  2. Snakedance (4 episodes)
  3. Mawdryn Undead (4 episodes)
  4. Terminus (4 episodes)
  5. Enlightenment (4 episodes)
  6. The King's Demons (2 episodes)

20th Anniversary Special - 1983 Children in Need Special (25 November 1983)

Season 21 (24 episodes [26 on home video], 5 January 1984 to 30 March 1984)

  1. Warriors of the Deep (4 episodes)
  2. The Awakening (2 episodes)
  3. Frontios (4 episodes)
  4. Resurrection of the Daleks (2 episodes; 4 on home video)
  5. Planet of Fire (4 episodes)
  6. The Caves of Androzani (4 episodes)

Sixth Doctor

Season 21 (continued)

  1. The Twin Dilemma (4 episodes)

Season 22 (13 episodes, 5 January 1985 to 30 March 1985)

  1. Attack of the Cybermen (2 episodes)
  2. Vengeance on Varos (2 episodes)
  3. The Mark of the Rani (2 episodes)
  4. The Two Doctors (3 episodes)
  5. Timelash (2 episodes)
  6. Revelation of the Daleks (2 episodes)

1985 - Jim'll Fix It Guest Segment (23 February 1985)

Season 23 - The Trial of a Time Lord (14 episodes, 6 September 1986 to 6 December 1986)

"The Trial of a Time Lord" is a 14-part story, split into four distinctive parts. This is either treated as one story or four.

  1. The Mysterious Planet (4 episodes)
  2. Mindwarp (4 episodes)
  3. Terror of the Vervoids (4 episodes)
  4. The Ultimate Foe (2 episodes)

Seventh Doctor

Season 24 (14 episodes, 7 September 1987 to 7 December 1987)

  1. Time and the Rani (4 episodes)
  2. Paradise Towers (4 episodes)
  3. Delta and the Bannermen (3 episodes)
  4. Dragonfire (3 episodes)

Season 25 (14 episodes, 5 October 1988 to 4 January 1989)

  1. Remembrance of the Daleks (4 episodes)
  2. The Happiness Patrol (3 episodes)
  3. Silver Nemesis (3 episodes)
  4. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (4 episodes)

Season 26 (14 episodes, 6 September 1989 to 6 December 1989)

  1. Battlefield (4 episodes)
  2. Ghost Light (3 episodes)
  3. The Curse of Fenric (4 episodes)
  4. Survival (3 episodes)

30th Anniversary Special - 1993 Children in Need Special (2 parts, 26 November 1993 to 27 November 1993)

Eighth Doctor

Ninth Doctor

New Series 1 - Season 27 (13 episodes, 26 March 2005 to 18 June 2005)

  1. Rose
  2. The End of the World
  3. The Unquiet Dead
  4. Aliens of London (first of a two-parter)
  5. World War Three (second of two-parter)
  6. Dalek
  7. The Long Game
  8. Father's Day
  9. The Empty Child (first of a two-parter)
  10. The Doctor Dances (second of a two-parter)
  11. Boom Town
  12. Bad Wolf (first of a two-parter)
  13. The Parting of the Ways (second of a two-parter)

Tenth Doctor

2005 Children in Need Special (18 November 2005)

2005 Christmas Special (25 December 2005)

New Series 2 - Season 28 (13 episodes, 15 April 2006 to 8 July 2006)

  1. New Earth
  2. Tooth and Claw
  3. School Reunion
  4. The Girl in the Fireplace
  5. Rise of the Cybermen (first of a two-parter)
  6. The Age of Steel (second of a two-parter)
  7. The Idiot's Lantern
  8. The Impossible Planet (first of a two-parter)
  9. The Satan Pit (second of a two-parter)
  10. Love & Monsters
  11. Fear Her
  12. Army of Ghosts (first of a two-parter)
  13. Doomsday (second of a two-parter)

2006 Christmas Special (December 25, 2006)

New Series 3 - Season 29 (13 episodes, 31 March 2007 to 30 June 2007)

  1. Smith and Jones
  2. The Shakespeare Code
  3. Gridlock
  4. Daleks in Manhattan (first of a two-parter)
  5. Evolution of the Daleks (second of two-parter)
  6. The Lazarus Experiment
  7. 42
  8. Human Nature (first of a two-parter)
  9. The Family of Blood (second of a two-parter)
  10. Blink
  11. Utopia (first of a three-parter)
  12. The Sound of Drums (second of a three-parter)
  13. Last of the Time Lords (third of a three-parter)

2007 Totally Doctor Who Animated Serial (13 mini-episodes, 2 April 2007 to 30 June 2007)

2007 Children in Need Special (16 November 2007)

2007 Christmas Special (25 December 2007)

New Series 4 - Season 30 (13 episodes, 5 April 2008 to 5 July 2008)

  1. Partners in Crime
  2. The Fires of Pompeii
  3. Planet of the Ood
  4. The Sontaran Stratagem (first of a two-parter)
  5. The Poison Sky (second of a two-parter)
  6. The Doctor's Daughter
  7. The Unicorn and the Wasp
  8. Silence in the Library (first of a two-parter)
  9. Forest of the Dead (second of two-parter)
  10. Midnight
  11. Turn Left
  12. The Stolen Earth (first of a two-parter)
  13. Journey's End (second of a two-parter)

2008 Christmas Special (December 25, 2008)

2009 Easter Special (11 April 2009)

2009 Autumn Special (15 November 2009)

2009 Animated Serial (6 parts, 21 November 2009 to 26 November 2009)

2009 Christmas Special (25 December 2009) / 2010 New Year's Special (1 January 2010)

Eleventh Doctor

New Series 5 - Season 31 (13 episodes, 3 April 2010 to 26 June 2010)

  1. The Eleventh Hour / Meanwhile In The TARDIS: First Episode
  2. The Beast Below
  3. Victory of the Daleks
  4. The Time of Angels (first of a two-parter)
  5. Flesh and Stone (second of a two-parter) / Meanwhile In The TARDIS: Second Episode
  6. The Vampires of Venice
  7. Amy's Choice
  8. The Hungry Earth (first of a two-parter)
  9. Cold Blood (second of a two-parter)
  10. Vincent and the Doctor
  11. The Lodger
  12. The Pandorica Opens (first of a two-parter)
  13. The Big Bang (second of a two-parter)

The Adventure Games Series 1 (5 June 2010 to 23 December 2010)

  1. City of the Daleks
  2. Blood of the Cybermen
  3. TARDIS
  4. Shadows of the Vashta Nerada

2010 Christmas Special (25 December 2010)

2011 Red Nose Day Special

New Series 6 - Season 32 (13 episodes, 23 April 2011 to 1 October 2011)

  1. The Impossible Astronaut (first of a two-parter)
  2. Day of the Moon (second of a two-parter)
  3. The Curse of the Black Spot
  4. The Doctor's Wife
  5. The Rebel Flesh (first of a two-parter)
  6. The Almost People (second of a two-parter)
  7. A Good Man Goes to War (first of a two-parter, spring finale)
  8. Let's Kill Hitler (second of a two-parter, autumn premiere)
  9. Night Terrors
  10. The Girl Who Waited
  11. The God Complex
  12. Closing Time
  13. The Wedding of River Song

Write for Doctor Who 3 Minute Short

  1. Death Is the Only Answer

The Adventure Games Series 2 - October 2011

  1. The Gunpowder Plot

Season 6 Mini-epiodes

2011 Christmas Special 25th December 2011

  1. The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe

New Series 7 - Season 33 (13 episodes, 1 September 2012 to 18 May 2013)

  1. Asylum of the Daleks
  2. Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
  3. A Town Called Mercy
  4. The Power of Three
  5. The Angels Take Manhattan
  6. The Bells of Saint John
  7. The Rings of Akhaten
  8. Cold War
  9. Hide
  10. Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
  11. The Crimson Horror
  12. Nightmare in Silver
  13. The Name of the Doctor

2012 Christmas Special (25 December 2012)

2013 Specials (23 November 2013 and 25 December 2013)

  1. The Day of the Doctor
  2. The Time of the Doctor

Twelfth Doctor

New Series 8 - Season 34 (12 episodes, 23 August 2014 to 8 November 2014)

  1. Deep Breath
  2. Into the Dalek
  3. Robot of Sherwood
  4. Listen
  5. Time Heist
  6. The Caretaker
  7. Kill the Moon
  8. Mummy on the Orient Express
  9. Flatline
  10. In the Forest of the Night
  11. Dark Water
  12. Death in Heaven

2014 Christmas Special (25 December 2014)

New Series 9 - Season 35 (12 episodes, 19 September 2015 to 5 December 2015)

  1. The Magician's Apprentice
  2. The Witch's Familiar
  3. Under the Lake
  4. Before the Flood
  5. The Girl Who Died
  6. The Woman Who Lived
  7. The Zygon Invasion
  8. The Zygon Inversion
  9. Sleep No More
  10. Face the Raven
  11. Heaven Sent
  12. Hell Bent

2015 Christmas Special (25 December 2015)

2016 Christmas Special (25 December 2016)

New Series 10 - Season 36 (12 episodes, 15 April 2017 to 1 July 2017)

  1. The Pilot
  2. Smile
  3. Thin Ice
  4. Knock Knock
  5. Oxygen
  6. Extremis
  7. The Pyramid at the End of the World
  8. The Lie of the Land
  9. Empress of Mars
  10. The Eaters of Light
  11. World Enough and Time
  12. The Doctor Falls

2017 Christmas Special (25 December 2017)

Thirteenth Doctor

New Series 11 - Season 37 (10 episodes, 7 October 2018 to 9 December 2018)

  1. The Woman Who Fell to Earth
  2. The Ghost Monument
  3. Rosa
  4. Arachnids in the UK
  5. The Tsuranga Conundrum
  6. Demons of the Punjab
  7. Kerblam!
  8. The Witchfinders
  9. It Takes You Away
  10. The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

2019 Special (1 January 2019)

New Series 12 - Season 38 (10 episodes, 1 January 2020 to 1 March 2020)

  1. Spyfall, Part 1
  2. Spyfall, Part 2
  3. Orphan 55
  4. Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror
  5. Fugitive of the Judoon
  6. Praxeus
  7. Can You Hear Me?
  8. The Haunting of Villa Diodati
  9. Ascension of the Cybermen
  10. The Timeless Children

2020 Special (1 January 2021)

New Series 13 - Season 39 (8 episodes, airdates TBD)

No episode list as of November 2020. Radio Times reports "There's no word yet on whether all eight episodes will air as part of series 13, or whether one will be saved for a festive special in 2021."

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