List of Doctor Who serials

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. As of 25 December 2015, 826 episodes of Doctor Who have aired, concluding the ninth series. This includes one television movie, and encompasses 263 stories over 35 seasons. 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.^[1]

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. 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,^[2] and whether the uncompleted Shada should be included.^[3] 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.^[4] 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).

Series overview

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

	Season/Series	Doctor(s)	Serials	Episodes	Originally aired		Viewers (millions)
					First aired	Last aired	Premiere	Finale
	Season 1	First Doctor	8	42	23 November 1963	12 September 1964	4.4	6.4
	Season 2		9	39	31 October 1964	24 July 1965	8.4	8.3
	Season 3		10	45	11 September 1965	16 July 1966	9.0	5.5
	Season 4 (c)	First/Second Doctor	9	43	10 September 1966	1 July 1967	4.3	6.1
	Season 5	Second Doctor	7	40	2 September 1967	1 June 1968	6.0	6.5
	Season 6		7	44	10 August 1968	21 June 1969	6.1	5.0
	Season 7	Third Doctor	4	25	3 January 1970	20 June 1970	8.4	5.5
	Season 8		5	25	2 January 1971	19 June 1971	7.3	8.3
	Season 9		5	26	1 January 1972	24 June 1972	9.8	7.6
	Season 10		5	26	30 December 1972	23 June 1973	9.6	7.0
	Season 11		5	26	15 December 1973	8 June 1974	8.7	8.9
	Season 12	Fourth Doctor	5	20	28 December 1974	10 May 1975	10.1	9.0
	Season 13		6	26	30 August 1975	6 March 1976	7.5	10.9
	Season 14		6	26	4 September 1976	2 April 1977	9.5	10.4
	Season 15		6	26	3 September 1977	11 March 1978	8.4	10.5
	Season 16[note 1]		6	26	2 September 1978	24 February 1979	8.1	8.5
	Season 17		5[note 2]	20	1 September 1979	12 January 1980	13.5	8.8
	Season 18		7	28	30 August 1980	21 March 1981	5.1	6.7
	Season 19	Fifth Doctor	7	26	4 January 1982	30 March 1982	9.6	8.9
	Season 20		6	22	4 January 1983	16 March 1983	7.2	7.55
	Season 21 (c)	Fifth/Sixth Doctor	7	24	5 January 1984	30 March 1984	7.25	7.1
	Season 22	Sixth Doctor	6	13	5 January 1985	30 March 1985	8.05	7.55
	Season 23[note 3]		4	14	6 September 1986	6 December 1986	4.35	5.0
	Season 24	Seventh Doctor	4	14	7 September 1987	7 December 1987	4.63	5.07
	Season 25		4	14	5 October 1988	4 January 1989	5.35	5.45
	Season 26		4	14	6 September 1989	6 December 1989	3.65	4.9
	TV movie	Eighth Doctor	1	1	12 May 1996	000000001996-05-12-0000N/A	9.08	9.08
	Series 1	Ninth Doctor	10	13	26 March 2005	18 June 2005	10.81	6.91
	Series 2	Tenth Doctor	10	13	15 April 2006	8 July 2006	8.62	8.22
	Series 3		9	13	31 March 2007	30 June 2007	8.71	8.61
	Series 4		10	13	5 April 2008	5 July 2008	9.14	10.57
	Specials		4	5	25 December 2008	1 January 2010	13.10	12.27
	Series 5	Eleventh Doctor	10	13	3 April 2010	26 June 2010	10.09	6.70
	Series 6		11	13	23 April 2011	1 October 2011	8.86	7.67
	Series 7		13	13	1 September 2012	18 May 2013	8.33	7.45
	Specials		2	2	23 November 2013	25 December 2013	12.80	11.14
	Series 8	Twelfth Doctor	11	12	23 August 2014	8 November 2014	9.17	7.60
	Series 9		9	12	19 September 2015	5 December 2015	6.54	6.17

First Doctor

The first incarnation of the Doctor was portrayed by William Hartnell. During Hartnell's tenure, the episodes were a mixture of stories set on earth of the future with extraterrestrial influence, on alien planets and in historical events without extraterrestrial influence, such as Marco Polo, one of the lost serials. In his last story, The Tenth Planet, the Doctor gradually grew weaker to the point of collapsing at the end of the fourth episode, leading to his regeneration.

Season 1 (1963–64)

Verity Lambert was producer with David Whitaker serving as script editor.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
001	1	An Unearthly Child "An Unearthly Child" "The Cave of Skulls" "The Forest of Fear" "The Firemaker"	Waris Hussein	Anthony Coburn	23 November 1963 30 November 1963 7 December 1963 14 December 1963	A	4.4 5.9 6.9 6.4	63 59 56 55
002	2	The Daleks "The Dead Planet" "The Survivors" "The Escape" "The Ambush" "The Expedition" "The Ordeal" "The Rescue"	Richard Martin and Christopher Barry	Terry Nation	21 December 1963 28 December 1963 4 January 1964 11 January 1964 18 January 1964 25 January 1964 1 February 1964	B	6.9 6.4 8.9 9.9 9.9 10.4 10.4	59 58 63 63 63 63 65
003	3	The Edge of Destruction "The Edge of Destruction" "The Brink of Disaster"	Richard Martin & Frank Cox	David Whitaker	8 February 1964 15 February 1964	C	10.4 9.9	61 60
004	4	Marco Polo "The Roof of the World"† "The Singing Sands"† "Five Hundred Eyes"† "The Wall of Lies"† "Rider from Shang-Tu"† "Mighty Kublai Khan"† "Assassin at Peking"†	Waris Hussein and John Crockett	John Lucarotti	22 February 1964 29 February 1964 7 March 1964 14 March 1964 21 March 1964 28 March 1964 4 April 1964	D	9.4 9.4 9.4 9.9 9.4 8.4 10.4	63 62 62 60 59 59 59
005	5	The Keys of Marinus "The Sea of Death" "The Velvet Web" "The Screaming Jungle" "The Snows of Terror" "Sentence of Death" "The Keys of Marinus"	John Gorrie	Terry Nation	11 April 1964 18 April 1964 25 April 1964 2 May 1964 9 May 1964 16 May 1964	E	9.9 9.4 9.9 10.4 7.9 6.9	62 60 61 60 61 63
006	6	The Aztecs "The Temple of Evil" "The Warriors of Death" "The Bride of Sacrifice" "The Day of Darkness"	John Crockett	John Lucarotti	23 May 1964 30 May 1964 6 June 1964 13 June 1964	F	7.4 7.4 7.9 7.4	62 62 57 58
007	7	The Sensorites "Strangers in Space" "The Unwilling Warriors" "Hidden Danger" "A Race Against Death" "Kidnap" "A Desperate Venture"	Mervyn Pinfield and Frank Cox	Peter R. Newman	20 June 1964 27 June 1964 11 July 1964 18 July 1964 25 July 1964 1 August 1964	G	7.9 6.9 7.4 5.5 6.9 6.9	59 59 56 60 57 57
008	8	The Reign of Terror "A Land of Fear" "Guests of Madame Guillotine" "A Change of Identity" "The Tyrant of France"† "A Bargain of Necessity"† "Prisoners of Conciergerie"	Henric Hirsch and John Gorrie	Dennis Spooner	8 August 1964 15 August 1964 22 August 1964 29 August 1964 5 September 1964 12 September 1964	H	6.9 6.9 6.9 6.4 6.9 6.4	58 54 55 53 53 55

^† Episodes are missing

Season 2 (1964–65)

Dennis Spooner replaced David 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.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
009	1	Planet of Giants "Planet of Giants" "Dangerous Journey" "Crisis"	Mervyn Pinfield and Douglas Camfield	Louis Marks	31 October 1964 7 November 1964 14 November 1964	J	8.4 8.4 8.9	57 58 59
010	2	The Dalek Invasion of Earth "World's End" "The Daleks" "Day of Reckoning" "The End of Tomorrow" "The Waking Ally" "Flashpoint"	Richard Martin	Terry Nation	21 November 1964 28 November 1964 5 December 1964 12 December 1964 19 December 1964 26 December 1964	K	11.4 12.4 11.9 11.9 11.4 12.4	63 59 59 59 58 63
011	3	The Rescue "The Powerful Enemy" "Desperate Measures"	Christopher Barry	David Whitaker	2 January 1965 9 January 1965	L	12.0 13.0	57 59
012	4	The Romans "The Slave Traders" "All Roads Lead to Rome" "Conspiracy" "Inferno"	Christopher Barry	Dennis Spooner	16 January 1965 23 January 1965 30 January 1965 6 February 1965	M	13.0 11.5 10.0 12.0	53 51 50 50
013	5	The Web Planet "The Web Planet" "The Zarbi" "Escape to Danger" "Crater of Needles" "Invasion" "The Centre"	Richard Martin	Bill Strutton	13 February 1965 20 February 1965 27 February 1965 6 March 1965 13 March 1965 20 March 1965	N	13.5 12.5 12.5 13.0 12.0 11.5	56 53 53 49 48 42
014	6	The Crusade "The Lion" "The Knight of Jaffa"† "The Wheel of Fortune" "The Warlords"†	Douglas Camfield	David Whitaker	27 March 1965 3 April 1965 10 April 1965 17 April 1965	P	10.5 8.5 9.0 9.5	51 50 49 48
015	7	The Space Museum "The Space Museum" "The Dimensions of Time" "The Search" "The Final Phase"	Mervyn Pinfield	Glyn Jones	24 April 1965 1 May 1965 8 May 1965 15 May 1965	Q	10.5 9.2 8.5 8.5	61 53 56 49
016	8	The Chase "The Executioners" "The Death of Time" "Flight Through Eternity" "Journey into Terror" "The Death of Doctor Who" "The Planet of Decision"	Richard Martin and Douglas Camfield	Terry Nation	22 May 1965 29 May 1965 5 June 1965 12 June 1965 19 June 1965 26 June 1965	R	10.0 9.5 9.0 9.5 9.0 9.5	57 56 55 54 56 57
017	9	The Time Meddler "The Watcher" "The Meddling Monk" "A Battle of Wits" "Checkmate"	Douglas Camfield	Dennis Spooner	3 July 1965 10 July 1965 17 July 1965 24 July 1965	S	8.9 8.8 7.7 8.3	57 49 53 54

^† Episodes are missing

Season 3 (1965–66)

John Wiles replaced Verity Lambert as producer after Mission to the Unknown. Innes Lloyd, in turn, replaced Wiles after The Ark. Donald Tosh continued as script editor until The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, which was also script-edited by his replacement, Gerry Davis. The practice of giving each individual episode a different title was abandoned after The Gunfighters, near the end of the season.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
018	1	Galaxy 4 "Four Hundred Dawns"† "Trap of Steel"† "Air Lock" "The Exploding Planet"†	Derek Martinus and Mervyn Pinfield	William Emms	11 September 1965 18 September 1965 25 September 1965 2 October 1965	T	9.0 9.5 11.3 9.9	56 55 54 53
019	2	"Mission to the Unknown"†	Derek Martinus	Terry Nation	9 October 1965	T/A	8.3	54
020	3	The Myth Makers "Temple of Secrets"† "Small Prophet, Quick Return"† "Death of a Spy"† "Horse of Destruction"†	Michael Leeston-Smith	Donald Cotton	16 October 1965 23 October 1965 30 October 1965 6 November 1965	U	8.3 8.1 8.7 8.3	48 51 49 52
021	4	The Daleks' Master Plan "The Nightmare Begins"† "Day of Armageddon" "Devil's Planet"† "The Traitors"† "Counter Plot" "Coronas of the Sun"† "The Feast of Steven"† "Volcano"† "Golden Death"† "Escape Switch" "The Abandoned Planet"† "Destruction of Time"†	Douglas Camfield	Terry Nation and Dennis Spooner	13 November 1965 20 November 1965 27 November 1965 4 December 1965 11 December 1965 18 December 1965 25 December 1965 1 January 1966 8 January 1966 15 January 1966 22 January 1966 29 January 1966	V	9.1 9.8 10.3 9.5 9.9 9.1 7.9 9.6 9.2 9.5 9.8 8.6	54 52 52 51 53 56 39 49 52 50 49 57
022	5	The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve "War of God"† "The Sea Beggar"† "Priest of Death"† "Bell of Doom"†	Paddy Russell	John Lucarotti and Donald Tosh	5 February 1966 12 February 1966 19 February 1966 26 February 1966	W	8.0 6.0 5.9 5.8	52 52 49 53
023	6	The Ark "The Steel Sky" "The Plague" "The Return" "The Bomb"	Michael Imison	Paul Erickson and Lesley Scott	5 March 1966 12 March 1966 19 March 1966 26 March 1966	X	5.5 6.9 6.2 7.3	55 56 51 50
024	7	The Celestial Toymaker "The Celestial Toyroom"† "The Hall of Dolls"† "The Dancing Floor"† "The Final Test"	Bill Sellars	Brian Hayles and Donald Tosh	2 April 1966 9 April 1966 16 April 1966 23 April 1966	Y	8.0 8.0 9.4 7.8	48 49 44 43
025	8	The Gunfighters "A Holiday for the Doctor" "Don't Shoot the Pianist" "Johnny Ringo" "The OK Corral"	Rex Tucker	Donald Cotton	30 April 1966 7 May 1966 14 May 1966 21 May 1966	Z	6.5 6.6 6.2 5.7	45 39 36 30
026	9	The Savages (all episodes missing)	Christopher Barry	Ian Stuart Black	28 May 1966 4 June 1966 11 June 1966 18 June 1966	AA	4.8 5.6 5.0 4.5	48 49 48 48
027	10	The War Machines	Michael Ferguson	Ian Stuart Black and Kit Pedler	25 June 1966 2 July 1966 9 July 1966 16 July 1966	BB	5.4 4.7 5.3 5.5	49 45 44 39

^† : Episode is missing

Season 4 (1966–67)

The Smugglers and The Tenth Planet were the last serials to star the First Doctor, his regeneration to the Second occurring in the latter. Peter Bryant joined as associate producer for The Faceless Ones, and replaced Gerry Davis as script editor for the last four episodes of The Evil of the Daleks.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	UK viewers (million) [5]	AI [5]
028	1	The Smugglers (all episodes missing)	Julia Smith	Brian Hayles	10 September 1966 17 September 1966 24 September 1966 1 October 1966	CC	4.3 4.9 4.2 4.5	47 45 43 43
029	2	The Tenth Planet (episode 4 missing)	Derek Martinus	Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis	8 October 1966 15 October 1966 22 October 1966 29 October 1966	DD	5.5 6.4 7.6 7.5	50 48 48 47

Second Doctor

The Second Doctor was portrayed by Patrick Troughton, whose serials were more action-oriented than those of his predecessor. Additionally, after The Highlanders, stories moved away from the purely historical ones that featured during William Hartnell's tenure; instead, any historical tales also included a science fiction element. Patrick Troughton retained the role until the last episode of The War Games when members of the Doctor's race, the Time Lords, put him on trial for breaking the laws of time and forced him to regenerate.

Season 4 (1966–67) continued

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	UK viewers (million) [5]	AI [5]
030	3	The Power of the Daleks (all episodes missing)	Christopher Barry	David Whitaker and Dennis Spooner	5 November 1966 12 November 1966 19 November 1966 26 November 1966 3 December 1966 10 December 1966	EE	7.9 7.8 7.5 7.8 8.0 7.8	43 45 44 47 48 47
031	4	The Highlanders (all episodes missing)	Hugh David	Elwyn Jones and Gerry Davis	17 December 1966 24 December 1966 31 December 1966 7 January 1967	FF	6.7 6.8 7.4 7.3	47 46 47 47
032	5	The Underwater Menace (episodes 1 & 4 missing)	Julia Smith	Geoffrey Orme	14 January 1967 21 January 1967 28 January 1967 4 February 1967	GG	8.3 7.5 7.1 7.0	48 46 45 47
033	6	The Moonbase (episodes 1 & 3 missing)	Morris Barry	Kit Pedler	11 February 1967 18 February 1967 25 February 1967 4 March 1967	HH	8.1 8.9 8.2 8.1	50 49 53 58
034	7	The Macra Terror (all episodes missing)	John Davies	Ian Stuart Black	11 March 1967 18 March 1967 25 March 1967 1 April 1967	JJ	8.0 7.9 8.5 8.4	50 48 52 49
035	8	The Faceless Ones (episodes 2, 4, 5 & 6 missing)	Gerry Mill	David Ellis and Malcolm Hulke	8 April 1967 15 April 1967 22 April 1967 29 April 1967 6 May 1967 13 May 1967	KK	8.0 6.4 7.9 6.9 7.1 8.0	51 50 53 55 55 52
036	9	The Evil of the Daleks (episodes 1, 3 - 7 missing)	Derek Martinus	David Whitaker	20 May 1967 27 May 1967 3 June 1967 10 June 1967 17 June 1967 24 June 1967 1 July 1967	LL	8.1 7.5 6.1 5.3 5.1 6.8 6.1	51 51 52 51 53 49 56

Season 5 (1967–68)

Victor Pemberton was script editor for The Tomb of the Cybermen, with Peter Bryant as producer. After this, Bryant resumed the role of script editor, with Innes Lloyd returning as producer, until The Web of Fear when Bryant took over from Lloyd as producer. Derrick Sherwin replaced Bryant as script editor at the same time.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
037	1	The Tomb of the Cybermen	Morris Barry	Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis	2 September 1967 9 September 1967 16 September 1967 23 September 1967	MM	6.0 6.4 7.2 7.4	53 52 49 50
038	2	The Abominable Snowmen (Episodes 1, 3, 4, 5 & 6 missing)	Gerald Blake	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	30 September 1967 7 October 1967 14 October 1967 21 October 1967 28 October 1967 4 November 1967	NN	6.3 6.0 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.4	50 52 51 50 51 52
039	3	The Ice Warriors (Episodes 2 & 3 missing)	Derek Martinus	Brian Hayles	11 November 1967 18 November 1967 25 November 1967 2 December 1967 9 December 1967 16 December 1967	OO	6.7 7.1 7.4 7.3 8.0 7.5	52 52 51 51 50 51
040	4	The Enemy of the World	Barry Letts	David Whitaker	23 December 1967 30 December 1967 6 January 1968 13 January 1968 20 January 1968 27 January 1968	PP	6.8 7.6 7.1 7.8 6.9 8.3	50 49 48 49 49 52
041	5	The Web of Fear (Episode 3 missing)	Douglas Camfield	Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln	3 February 1968 10 February 1968 17 February 1968 24 February 1968 2 March 1968 9 March 1968	QQ	7.2 6.8 7.0 8.4 8.0 8.3	54 53 51 53 55 55
042	6	Fury from the Deep (All episodes missing)	Hugh David	Victor Pemberton	16 March 1968 23 March 1968 30 March 1968 6 April 1968 13 April 1968 20 April 1968	RR	8.2 7.9 7.7 6.6 5.9 6.9	55 55 56 56 56 57
043	7	The Wheel in Space (Episodes 1, 2, 4 & 5 missing)	Tristan DeVere Cole	David Whitaker and Kit Pedler	27 April 1968 4 May 1968 11 May 1968 18 May 1968 25 May 1968 1 June 1968	SS	7.2 6.9 7.5 8.6 6.8 6.5	57 60 55 56 57 62

Season 6 (1968–69)

Terrance Dicks took over from Derrick Sherwin as script editor from The Invasion, with Sherwin resuming the role for The Space Pirates. Derrick Sherwin took over as producer from Peter Bryant for The War Games.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
044	1	The Dominators	Morris Barry	Norman Ashby (Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln)	10 August 1968 17 August 1968 24 August 1968 31 August 1968 7 September 1968	TT	6.1 5.9 5.4 7.5 5.9	52 55 55 51 53
045	2	The Mind Robber	David Maloney	Peter Ling and Derrick Sherwin	14 September 1968 21 September 1968 28 September 1968 5 October 1968 12 October 1968	UU	6.6 6.5 7.2 7.3 6.7	51 49 53 56 49
046	3	The Invasion (Episodes 1 & 4 missing)	Douglas Camfield	Derrick Sherwin and Kit Pedler	2 November 1968 9 November 1968 16 November 1968 23 November 1968 30 November 1968 7 December 1968 14 December 1968 21 December 1968	VV	7.3 7.1 7.1 6.4 6.7 6.5 7.2 7.0	55 53 54 51 52 56 55 53
047	4	The Krotons	David Maloney	Robert Holmes	28 December 1968 4 January 1969 11 January 1969 18 January 1969	WW	9.0 8.4 7.5 7.1	59 57 56 55
048	5	The Seeds of Death	Michael Ferguson	Brian Hayles and Terrance Dicks	25 January 1969 1 February 1969 8 February 1969 15 February 1969 22 February 1969 1 March 1969	XX	6.6 6.8 7.5 7.1 7.6 7.7	57 59 55 55 57 59
049	6	The Space Pirates (Episodes 1, 3, 4, 5 & 6 missing)	Michael Hart	Robert Holmes	8 March 1969 15 March 1969 22 March 1969 29 March 1969 5 April 1969 12 April 1969	YY	5.8 6.8 6.4 5.8 5.5 5.3	57 52 55 53 56 52
050	7	The War Games	David Maloney	Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke	19 April 1969 26 April 1969 3 May 1969 10 May 1969 17 May 1969 24 May 1969 31 May 1969 7 June 1969 14 June 1969 21 June 1969	ZZ	5.5 6.3 5.1 5.7 5.1 4.2 4.9 3.5 4.1 5.0	55 54 53 50 53 53 53 53 57 58

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 spent his time working for UNIT. After The Three Doctors, the Time Lords repealed his exile; however, the Doctor still worked closely with UNIT from time to time. The Third Doctor regenerated into his fourth incarnation as a result of radiation poisoning in the last moments of Planet of the Spiders.

Season 7 (1970)

Barry Letts took over as producer from Derrick Sherwin after Spearhead from Space. From this season onwards the programme was produced in colour. To accommodate the new production methods the number of episodes in a season was cut: season 6 has 44 episodes; season 7 has 25 episodes. The seasons would continue to have between 20 and 28 episodes until season 22.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
051	1	Spearhead from Space	Derek Martinus	Robert Holmes	3 January 1970 10 January 1970 17 January 1970 24 January 1970	AAA	8.4 8.1 8.3 8.1	54 — — 57
052	2	Doctor Who and the Silurians	Timothy Combe	Malcolm Hulke	31 January 1970 7 February 1970 14 February 1970 21 February 1970 28 February 1970 7 March 1970 14 March 1970	BBB	8.8 7.3 7.5 8.2 7.5 7.2 7.5	58 58 57 60 58 57 58
053	3	The Ambassadors of Death	Michael Ferguson	David Whitaker, Trevor Ray and Malcolm Hulke	21 March 1970 28 March 1970 4 April 1970 11 April 1970 18 April 1970 25 April 1970 2 May 1970	CCC	7.1 7.6 8.0 9.3 7.1 6.9 6.4	60 61 59 58 — 61 62
054	4	Inferno	Douglas Camfield and Barry Letts	Don Houghton	9 May 1970 16 May 1970 23 May 1970 30 May 1970 6 June 1970 13 June 1970 20 June 1970	DDD	5.7 5.9 4.8 6.0 5.4 6.7 5.5	61 61 60 60 — 58 60

Season 8 (1971)

This season forms a loose arc with the introduction of the Master, the villain in each of the season's storylines, and introduces the companion Jo Grant.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
055	1	Terror of the Autons	Barry Letts	Robert Holmes	2 January 1971 9 January 1971 16 January 1971 23 January 1971	EEE	7.3 8.0 8.1 8.4	—
056	2	The Mind of Evil	Timothy Combe	Don Houghton	30 January 1971 6 February 1971 13 February 1971 20 February 1971 27 February 1971 6 March 1971	FFF	6.1 8.8 7.5 7.4 7.6 7.3	—
057	3	The Claws of Axos	Michael Ferguson	Bob Baker and Dave Martin	13 March 1971 20 March 1971 27 March 1971 3 April 1971	GGG	7.3 8.0 6.4 7.8	—
058	4	Colony in Space	Michael E. Briant	Malcolm Hulke	10 April 1971 17 April 1971 24 April 1971 1 May 1971 8 May 1971 15 May 1971	HHH	7.6 8.5 9.5 8.1 8.8 8.7	—
059	5	The Dæmons	Christopher Barry	Guy Leopold (Robert Sloman and Barry Letts)	22 May 1971 29 May 1971 5 June 1971 12 June 1971 19 June 1971	JJJ	9.2 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.3	—

Season 9 (1972)

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
060	1	Day of the Daleks	Paul Bernard	Louis Marks	1 January 1972 8 January 1972 15 January 1972 22 January 1972	KKK	9.8 10.4 9.1 9.1	—
061	2	The Curse of Peladon	Lennie Mayne	Brian Hayles	29 January 1972 5 February 1972 12 February 1972 19 February 1972	MMM	10.3 11.0 7.8 8.4	—
062	3	The Sea Devils	Michael E. Briant	Malcolm Hulke	26 February 1972 4 March 1972 11 March 1972 18 March 1972 25 March 1972 1 April 1972	LLL	6.4 9.7 8.3 7.8 8.3 8.5	—
063	4	The Mutants	Christopher Barry	Bob Baker and Dave Martin	8 April 1972 15 April 1972 22 April 1972 29 April 1972 6 May 1972 13 May 1972	NNN	9.1 7.8 7.9 7.5 7.9 6.5	—
064	5	The Time Monster	Paul Bernard	Robert Sloman and Barry Letts	20 May 1972 27 May 1972 3 June 1972 10 June 1972 17 June 1972 24 June 1972	OOO	7.6 7.4 8.1 7.6 6.0 7.6	—

Season 10 (1972–73)

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
065	1	The Three Doctors	Lennie Mayne	Bob Baker and Dave Martin	30 December 1972 6 January 1973 13 January 1973 20 January 1973	RRR	9.6 10.8 8.8 11.9	—
066	2	Carnival of Monsters	Barry Letts	Robert Holmes	27 January 1973 3 February 1973 10 February 1973 17 February 1973	PPP	9.5 9.0 9.0 9.2	—
067	3	Frontier in Space	Paul Bernard	Malcolm Hulke	24 February 1973 3 March 1973 10 March 1973 17 March 1973 24 March 1973 31 March 1973	QQQ	9.1 7.8 7.5 7.1 7.7 8.9	—
068	4	Planet of the Daleks	David Maloney	Terry Nation	7 April 1973 14 April 1973 21 April 1973 28 April 1973 5 May 1973 12 May 1973	SSS	11.0 10.7 10.1 8.3 9.7 8.5	—
069	5	The Green Death	Michael E. Briant	Robert Sloman and Barry Letts	19 May 1973 26 May 1973 2 June 1973 9 June 1973 16 June 1973 23 June 1973	TTT	9.2 7.2 7.8 6.8 8.3 7.0	—

Season 11 (1973–74)

This season introduces the companion Sarah Jane Smith.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
070	1	The Time Warrior	Alan Bromly	Robert Holmes	15 December 1973 22 December 1973 29 December 1973 5 January 1974	UUU	8.7 7.0 6.6 10.6	59 — — 60
071	2	Invasion of the Dinosaurs	Paddy Russell	Malcolm Hulke	12 January 1974 19 January 1974 26 January 1974 2 February 1974 9 February 1974 16 February 1974	WWW	11.0 10.1 11.0 9.0 9.0 7.5	62 — 63 — — 62
072	3	Death to the Daleks	Michael E. Briant	Terry Nation	23 February 1974 2 March 1974 9 March 1974 16 March 1974	XXX	8.1 9.5 10.5 9.5	61 — 61 62
073	4	The Monster of Peladon	Lennie Mayne	Brian Hayles	23 March 1974 30 March 1974 6 April 1974 13 April 1974 20 April 1974 27 April 1974	YYY	9.2 6.8 7.4 7.2 7.5 8.1	—
074	5	Planet of the Spiders	Barry Letts	Robert Sloman and Barry Letts	4 May 1974 11 May 1974 18 May 1974 25 May 1974 1 June 1974 8 June 1974	ZZZ	10.1 8.9 8.8 8.2 9.2 8.9	58 60 57 — — 56

Fourth Doctor

The Fourth Doctor was portrayed by Tom Baker. He is, to date, the actor who has played the Doctor on television for the longest time,^[6] having held the role for seven seasons.

Season 12 (1974–75)

Barry Letts served as producer for Robot, after which he was succeeded by Philip Hinchcliffe. Robert Holmes took over from Terrance Dicks as script editor. 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. This season also introduced the character of Harry Sullivan as a companion; this character was intended to undertake action scenes, during the period prior to Tom Baker being cast, when it was unclear how old the actor playing the new Doctor would be.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
075	1	Robot	Christopher Barry	Terrance Dicks	28 December 1974 4 January 1975 11 January 1975 18 January 1975	4A	10.8 10.7 10.1 9.0	53 53 — 51
076	2	The Ark in Space	Rodney Bennett	Robert Holmes	25 January 1975 1 February 1975 8 February 1975 15 February 1975	4C	9.4 13.6 11.2 10.2	—
077	3	The Sontaran Experiment	Rodney Bennett	Bob Baker and Dave Martin	22 February 1975 1 March 1975	4B	11.0 10.5	— 55
078	4	Genesis of the Daleks	David Maloney	Terry Nation	8 March 1975 15 March 1975 22 March 1975 29 March 1975 5 April 1975 12 April 1975	4E	10.7 10.5 8.5 8.8 9.8 9.1	— 57 — 58 57 56
079	5	Revenge of the Cybermen	Michael E. Briant	Gerry Davis	19 April 1975 26 April 1975 3 May 1975 10 May 1975	4D	9.5 8.3 8.9 9.4	57 — — 58

Season 13 (1975–76)

During this season, Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan) left after Terror of the Zygons, but returned for a guest appearance in The Android Invasion. Terror of the Zygons also saw the last semi-regular appearance of Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart) who would not return until Season 20 in Mawdryn Undead.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
080	1	Terror of the Zygons	Douglas Camfield	Robert Banks Stewart	30 August 1975 6 September 1975 13 September 1975 20 September 1975	4F	8.4 6.1 8.2 7.2	59 — 54 —
081	2	Planet of Evil	David Maloney	Louis Marks	27 September 1975 4 October 1975 11 October 1975 18 October 1975	4H	10.4 9.9 9.1 10.1	— 56 57 54
082	3	Pyramids of Mars	Paddy Russell	Stephen Harris (Lewis Greifer and Robert Holmes)	25 October 1975 1 November 1975 8 November 1975 15 November 1975	4G	10.5 11.3 9.4 11.7	— — — 60
083	4	The Android Invasion	Barry Letts	Terry Nation	22 November 1975 29 November 1975 6 December 1975 13 December 1975	4J	11.9 11.3 12.1 11.4	58 — — —
084	5	The Brain of Morbius	Christopher Barry	Robin Bland (Terrance Dicks and Robert Holmes)	3 January 1976 10 January 1976 17 January 1976 24 January 1976	4K	9.5 9.3 10.1 10.2	— — 57 —
085	6	The Seeds of Doom	Douglas Camfield	Robert Banks Stewart	31 January 1976 7 February 1976 14 February 1976 21 February 1976 28 February 1976 6 March 1976	4L	11.4 11.4 10.3 11.1 9.9 11.5	59 — — — — —

Season 14 (1976–77)

Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) left the series this season and was replaced by Louise Jameson (Leela). The season also saw the first story in which the Doctor did not have a companion, The Deadly Assassin.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
086	1	The Masque of Mandragora	Rodney Bennett	Louis Marks	4 September 1976 11 September 1976 18 September 1976 25 September 1976	4M	8.3 9.8 9.2 10.6	58 56 — 56
087	2	The Hand of Fear	Lennie Mayne	Bob Baker and Dave Martin	2 October 1976 9 October 1976 16 October 1976 23 October 1976	4N	10.5 10.2 11.1 12.0	— — 62 —
088	3	The Deadly Assassin	David Maloney	Robert Holmes	30 October 1976 6 November 1976 13 November 1976 20 November 1976	4P	11.8 12.1 13.0 11.8	— 59 — 61
089	4	The Face of Evil	Pennant Roberts	Chris Boucher	1 January 1977 8 January 1977 15 January 1977 22 January 1977	4Q	10.7 11.1 11.3 11.7	61 — 59 60
090	5	The Robots of Death	Michael E. Briant	Chris Boucher	29 January 1977 5 February 1977 12 February 1977 19 February 1977	4R	12.8 12.4 13.1 12.6	62 — — 57
091	6	The Talons of Weng-Chiang	David Maloney	Robert Holmes	26 February 1977 5 March 1977 12 March 1977 19 March 1977 26 March 1977 2 April 1977	4S	11.3 9.8 10.2 11.4 10.1 9.3	— — — 60 — 58

Season 15 (1977–78)

Graham Williams took over as producer from Philip Hinchcliffe. Robert Holmes was replaced as script editor by Anthony Read during The Sun Makers.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
092	1	Horror of Fang Rock	Paddy Russell	Terrance Dicks	3 September 1977 10 September 1977 17 September 1977 24 September 1977	4V	6.8 7.1 9.8 9.9	58 — 60 57
093	2	The Invisible Enemy	Derrick Goodwin	Bob Baker and Dave Martin	1 October 1977 8 October 1977 15 October 1977 22 October 1977	4T	8.6 7.3 7.5 8.3	— — — 60
094	3	Image of the Fendahl	George Spenton-Foster	Chris Boucher	29 October 1977 5 November 1977 12 November 1977 19 November 1977	4X	6.7 7.5 7.9 9.1	— — — 61
095	4	The Sun Makers	Pennant Roberts	Robert Holmes	26 November 1977 3 December 1977 10 December 1977 17 December 1977	4W	8.5 9.5 8.9 8.4	— — 68 59
096	5	Underworld	Norman Stewart	Bob Baker and Dave Martin	7 January 1978 14 January 1978 21 January 1978 28 January 1978	4Y	8.9 9.1 8.9 11.7	65 — — —
097	6	The Invasion of Time	Gerald Blake	David Agnew (Graham Williams and Anthony Read)	4 February 1978 11 February 1978 18 February 1978 25 February 1978 4 March 1978 11 March 1978	4Z	11.2 11.4 9.5 10.9 10.3 9.8	56 — — — — —

Season 16 (1978–79)

Douglas Adams took over as script editor from Anthony Read for The Armageddon Factor. 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.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
098	1	The Ribos Operation	George Spenton-Foster	Robert Holmes	2 September 1978 9 September 1978 16 September 1978 23 September 1978	5A	8.3 8.1 7.9 8.2	59 — — 67
099	2	The Pirate Planet	Pennant Roberts	Douglas Adams	30 September 1978 7 October 1978 14 October 1978 21 October 1978	5B	9.1 7.4 8.2 8.4	61 — 64 64
100	3	The Stones of Blood	Darrol Blake	David Fisher	28 October 1978 4 November 1978 11 November 1978 18 November 1978	5C	8.6 6.6 9.3 7.6	— — — 67
101	4	The Androids of Tara	Michael Hayes	David Fisher	25 November 1978 2 December 1978 9 December 1978 16 December 1978	5D	9.5 10.1 8.9 9.0	— 65 — 66
102	5	The Power of Kroll	Norman Stewart	Robert Holmes	23 December 1978 30 December 1978 6 January 1979 13 January 1979	5E	6.5 12.4 8.9 9.9	— — — 63
103	6	The Armageddon Factor	Michael Hayes	Bob Baker and Dave Martin	20 January 1979 27 January 1979 3 February 1979 10 February 1979 17 February 1979 24 February 1979	5F	7.5 8.8 7.8 8.6 8.6 9.6	65 — — — — 66

Season 17 (1979–80)

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
104	1	Destiny of the Daleks	Ken Grieve	Terry Nation	1 September 1979 8 September 1979 15 September 1979 22 September 1979	5J	13.0 12.7 13.8 14.4	67 — 63 64
105	2	City of Death	Michael Hayes	David Agnew (Douglas Adams, Graham Williams and David Fisher)	29 September 1979 6 October 1979 13 October 1979 20 October 1979	5H	12.4 14.1 15.4 16.1	— 64 — 64
106	3	The Creature from the Pit	Christopher Barry	David Fisher	27 October 1979 3 November 1979 10 November 1979 17 November 1979	5G	9.3 10.8 10.2 9.6	— 67 — —
107	4	Nightmare of Eden	Alan Bromly	Bob Baker	24 November 1979 1 December 1979 8 December 1979 15 December 1979	5K	8.7 9.6 9.6 9.4	— — — 65
108	5	The Horns of Nimon	Kenny McBain	Anthony Read	22 December 1979 29 December 1979 5 January 1980 12 January 1980	5L	6.0 8.8 9.8 10.4	— — — 67
—	6	Shada	Pennant Roberts	Douglas Adams	Unaired[note 2]	5M	—	—

Season 18 (1980–81)

John Nathan-Turner replaced Graham Williams as producer. Barry Letts returned, as executive producer, for just this season. Christopher H. Bidmead replaced Douglas Adams 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 in both VHS and DVD boxsets with the umbrella title The E-Space Trilogy.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
109	1	The Leisure Hive	Lovett Bickford	David Fisher	30 August 1980 6 September 1980 13 September 1980 20 September 1980	5N	5.9 5.0 5.0 4.5	— — — 65
110	2	Meglos	Terence Dudley	John Flanagan & Andrew McCulloch	27 September 1980 4 October 1980 11 October 1980 18 October 1980	5Q	5.0 4.2 4.7 4.7	61 64 — 63
111	3	Full Circle	Peter Grimwade	Andrew Smith	25 October 1980 1 November 1980 8 November 1980 15 November 1980	5R	5.9 3.7 5.9 5.4	— — — 65
112	4	State of Decay	Peter Moffatt	Terrance Dicks	22 November 1980 29 November 1980 6 December 1980 13 December 1980	5P	5.8 5.3 4.4 5.4	— — — 69
113	5	Warriors' Gate	Paul Joyce & Graeme Harper	Stephen Gallagher	3 January 1981 10 January 1981 17 January 1981 24 January 1981	5S	7.1 6.7 8.3 7.8	59 — — 59
114	6	The Keeper of Traken	John Black	Johnny Byrne	31 January 1981 7 February 1981 14 February 1981 21 February 1981	5T	7.6 6.1 5.2 6.1	— — — 63
115	7	Logopolis	Peter Grimwade	Christopher H. Bidmead	28 February 1981 7 March 1981 14 March 1981 21 March 1981	5V	7.7 7.7 5.8 6.1	— 61 — 65

Fifth Doctor

The Fifth Doctor was portrayed by Peter Davison.

Season 19 (1982)

Antony Root took over from Bidmead as script editor for Four to Doomsday and The Visitation (the first stories produced for season 19), with Eric Saward assuming the role for the remainder of the season. The show moved from its traditional once-weekly Saturday broadcast to being broadcast twice-weekly primarily on Monday and Tuesday, although there were regional variations to the schedule.

Castrovalva, together with the previous two serials, The Keeper of Traken and Logopolis, form a trilogy involving the return of the Master. They were released on DVD under the banner title New Beginnings.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
116	1	Castrovalva	Fiona Cumming	Christopher H. Bidmead	4 January 1982 5 January 1982 11 January 1982 12 January 1982	5Z	9.1 8.6 10.2 10.4	–
117	2	Four to Doomsday	John Black	Terence Dudley	18 January 1982 19 January 1982 25 January 1982 26 January 1982	5W	8.4 8.8 8.9 9.4	–
118	3	Kinda	Peter Grimwade	Christopher Bailey	1 February 1982 2 February 1982 8 February 1982 9 February 1982	5Y	8.4 9.4 8.5 8.9	–
119	4	The Visitation	Peter Moffatt	Eric Saward	15 February 1982 16 February 1982 22 February 1982 23 February 1982	5X	9.1 9.3 9.9 10.1	–
120	5	Black Orchid	Ron Jones	Terence Dudley	1 March 1982 2 March 1982	6A	9.9 10.1	–
121	6	Earthshock	Peter Grimwade	Eric Saward	8 March 1982 9 March 1982 15 March 1982 16 March 1982	6B	9.1 8.8 9.8 9.6	–
122	7	Time-Flight	Ron Jones	Peter Grimwade	23 March 1982 24 March 1982 30 March 1982 31 March 1982	6C	10.0 8.5 8.9 8.1	–

Season 20 (1983)

To commemorate the twentieth season, the stories in this season involve the return of previous villains. Mawdryn Undead, Terminus and Enlightenment involve the Black Guardian's plot to kill the Doctor; they were released individually on VHS and as a set on DVD as parts of The Black Guardian Trilogy. This season was broadcast twice weekly on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings on BBC1.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
123	1	Arc of Infinity	Ron Jones	Johnny Byrne	3 January 1983 5 January 1983 11 January 1983 12 January 1983	6E	7.2 7.3 6.9 7.2	69 70 67 66
124	2	Snakedance	Fiona Cumming	Christopher Bailey	18 January 1983 19 January 1983 25 January 1983 26 January 1983	6D	6.7 7.7 6.6 7.4	65 66 67 67
125	3	Mawdryn Undead	Peter Moffatt	Peter Grimwade	1 February 1983 2 February 1983 8 February 1983 9 February 1983	6F	6.5 7.5 7.4 7.7	67 70 67 68
126	4	Terminus	Mary Ridge	Stephen Gallagher	15 February 1983 16 February 1983 22 February 1983 23 February 1983	6G	6.8 7.5 6.5 7.4	65 67 64 67
127	5	Enlightenment	Fiona Cumming	Barbara Clegg	1 March 1983 2 March 1983 8 March 1983 9 March 1983	6H	6.6 7.2 6.2 7.3	67 65 68 70
128	6	The King's Demons	Tony Virgo	Terence Dudley	15 March 1983 16 March 1983	6J	5.8 7.2	65 63
129	—	The Five Doctors	Peter Moffatt	Terrance Dicks	25 November 1983[7]	6K	7.7	75

Season 21 (1984)

Episodes were broadcast twice weekly on Thursday and Friday evenings, with Resurrection of the Daleks broadcast on two consecutive Wednesday nights. The Caves of Androzani saw the regeneration of the Fifth Doctor, and the season finale The Twin Dilemma was the first story of the Sixth Doctor.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	UK viewers (million) [5]	AI [5]
130	1	Warriors of the Deep	Pennant Roberts	Johnny Byrne	5 January 1984 6 January 1984 12 January 1984 13 January 1984	6L	7.6 7.5 7.3 6.6	65 64 62 65
131	2	The Awakening	Michael Owen Morris	Eric Pringle	19 January 1984 20 January 1984	6M	7.9 6.6	65 63
132	3	Frontios	Ron Jones	Christopher H. Bidmead	26 January 1984 27 January 1984 2 February 1984 3 February 1984	6N	8.0 5.8 7.8 5.6	66 69 65 65
133	4	Resurrection of the Daleks	Matthew Robinson	Eric Saward	8 February 1984 15 February 1984	6P	7.3 8.0	69 65
134	5	Planet of Fire	Fiona Cumming	Peter Grimwade	23 February 1984 24 February 1984 1 March 1984 2 March 1984	6Q	7.4 6.1 7.4 7.0	—
135	6	The Caves of Androzani	Graeme Harper	Robert Holmes	8 March 1984 9 March 1984 15 March 1984 16 March 1984	6R	6.9 6.6 7.8 7.8	65 — 65 68

Sixth Doctor

The Sixth Doctor was portrayed by Colin Baker.

Season 21 (1984) continued

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	UK viewers (million) [5]	AI [5]
136	7	The Twin Dilemma	Peter Moffatt	Anthony Steven	22 March 1984 23 March 1984 29 March 1984 30 March 1984	6S	7.6 7.4 7.0 6.3	61 66 59 67

Season 22 (1985)

The series moved back to once-weekly Saturday broadcasts. All episodes were 45 minutes long, though they also exist in 25-minute versions. Although there were now only 13 episodes in the season, the total running time remained approximately the same as in previous seasons since the episodes were almost twice as long.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
137	1	Attack of the Cybermen	Matthew Robinson	Paula Moore	5 January 1985 12 January 1985	6T	8.9 7.2	61 65
138	2	Vengeance on Varos	Ron Jones	Philip Martin	19 January 1985 26 January 1985	6V	7.2 7.0	63 65
139	3	The Mark of the Rani	Sarah Hellings	Pip and Jane Baker	2 February 1985 9 February 1985	6X	6.3 7.3	64 64
140	4	The Two Doctors	Peter Moffatt	Robert Holmes	16 February 1985 23 February 1985 2 March 1985	6W	6.6 6.0 6.9	65 62 65
141	5	Timelash	Pennant Roberts	Glen McCoy	9 March 1985 16 March 1985	6Y	6.7 7.4	66 64
142	6	Revelation of the Daleks	Graeme Harper	Eric Saward	23 March 1985 30 March 1985	6Z	7.4 7.7	67 65

Season 23 (1986)

After an 18-month production hiatus, the series returned. Eric Saward was script editor up to part eight, when Nathan-Turner unofficially took over script editing the remainder of the season because of Saward's departure. The whole season is titled as The Trial of a Time Lord, and is split into four segments. The segments are commonly referred to by their working titles^[8] (listed below) but the season was broadcast as one fourteen-part story and the working titles did not appear on screen. Episode length returned to 25 minutes, but with only fourteen episodes in the season, making the total running time of this season (and subsequent seasons) just over half of the previous seasons, going back to season 7.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
143a	1	The Mysterious Planet	Nicholas Mallett	Robert Holmes	6 September 1986 13 September 1986 20 September 1986 27 September 1986	7A	4.9 4.9 3.9 3.7	72 69 70 72
143b	2	Mindwarp	Ron Jones	Philip Martin	4 October 1986 11 October 1986 18 October 1986 25 October 1986	7B	4.8 4.6 5.1 5.0	71 69 66 72
143c	3	Terror of the Vervoids	Chris Clough	Pip and Jane Baker	1 November 1986 8 November 1986 15 November 1986 22 November 1986	7C	5.2 4.6 5.3 5.3	66 69 69 69
143d	4	The Ultimate Foe	Chris Clough	Robert Holmes Pip and Jane Baker	29 November 1986 6 December 1986	7C	4.4 5.6	69 69

Seventh Doctor

The Seventh Doctor was portrayed by Sylvester McCoy.

Season 24 (1987)

Andrew Cartmel took over as script editor. This season was moved to a Monday schedule.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
144	1	Time and the Rani	Andrew Morgan	Pip and Jane Baker	7 September 1987 14 September 1987 21 September 1987 28 September 1987	7D	5.1 4.2 4.3 4.9	58 63 57 59
145	2	Paradise Towers	Nicholas Mallett	Stephen Wyatt	5 October 1987 12 October 1987 19 October 1987 26 October 1987	7E	4.5 5.2 5.0 5.0	61 58 58 57
146	3	Delta and the Bannermen	Chris Clough	Malcolm Kohll	2 November 1987 9 November 1987 16 November 1987	7F	5.3 5.1 5.4	63 60 60
147	4	Dragonfire	Chris Clough	Ian Briggs	23 November 1987 30 November 1987 7 December 1987	7G	5.5 5.0 4.7	61 61 64

Season 25 (1988–89)

The series was moved to Wednesdays.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
148	1	Remembrance of the Daleks	Andrew Morgan	Ben Aaronovitch	5 October 1988 12 October 1988 19 October 1988 26 October 1988	7H	5.5 5.8 5.1 5.0	68 69 70 72
149	2	The Happiness Patrol	Chris Clough	Graeme Curry	2 November 1988 9 November 1988 16 November 1988	7L	5.3 4.6 5.3	67 65 65
150	3	Silver Nemesis	Chris Clough	Kevin Clarke	23 November 1988 30 November 1988 7 December 1988[9]	7K	6.1 5.2 5.2	71 70 70
151	4	The Greatest Show in the Galaxy	Alan Wareing	Stephen Wyatt	14 December 1988 21 December 1988 28 December 1988 4 January 1989	7J	5.0 5.3 4.8 6.6	68 66 69 64

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 set the tone for the Virgin New Adventures novels that followed.

Story	Serial	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
152	1	Battlefield	Michael Kerrigan	Ben Aaronovitch	6 September 1989 13 September 1989 20 September 1989 27 September 1989	7N	3.1 3.9 3.6 4.0	69 68 67 65
153	2	Ghost Light	Alan Wareing	Marc Platt	4 October 1989 11 October 1989 18 October 1989	7Q	4.2 4.0 4.0	68 68 64
154	3	The Curse of Fenric	Nicholas Mallett	Ian Briggs	25 October 1989 1 November 1989 8 November 1989 15 November 1989	7M	4.3 4.0 4.0 4.2	67 68 68 68
155	4	Survival	Alan Wareing	Rona Munro	22 November 1989 29 November 1989 6 December 1989	7P	5.0 4.8 5.0	69 69 71

Eighth Doctor

The Eighth Doctor was portrayed by Paul McGann. The movie is the only television appearance of this Doctor during his tenure. 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. In 2013, Paul McGann returned for the second television appearance of the Eighth Doctor in the minisode titled "The Night of the Doctor".

Television movie (1996)

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Story	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
156	—	Doctor Who	Geoffrey Sax	Matthew Jacobs	12 May 1996 (Canada) 14 May 1996 (USA) 27 May 1996 (UK)	9.08	75

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 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, although most stories do not span more than one episode. The show also returned to its traditional Saturday evening slot.

Series 1 (2005)

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) [5]	AI [5]
157	1	"Rose"	Keith Boak	Russell T Davies	26 March 2005 (2005-03-26)	1.1	10.81	81
158	2	"The End of the World"	Euros Lyn	Russell T Davies	2 April 2005 (2005-04-02)	1.2	7.97	79
159	3	"The Unquiet Dead"	Euros Lyn	Mark Gatiss	9 April 2005 (2005-04-09)	1.3	8.86	80
160	4	"Aliens of London"	Keith Boak	Russell T Davies	16 April 2005 (2005-04-16)	1.4	7.63	81
	5	"World War Three"	Keith Boak	Russell T Davies	23 April 2005 (2005-04-23)	1.5	7.98	82
161	6	"Dalek"	Joe Ahearne	Robert Shearman	30 April 2005 (2005-04-30)	1.6	8.63	84
162	7	"The Long Game"	Brian Grant	Russell T Davies	7 May 2005 (2005-05-07)	1.7	8.01	81
163	8	"Father's Day"	Joe Ahearne	Paul Cornell	14 May 2005 (2005-05-14)	1.8	8.06	83
164	9	"The Empty Child"	James Hawes	Steven Moffat	21 May 2005 (2005-05-21)	1.9	7.11	84
	10	"The Doctor Dances"	James Hawes	Steven Moffat	28 May 2005 (2005-05-28)	1.10	6.86	85
165	11	"Boom Town"	Joe Ahearne	Russell T Davies	4 June 2005 (2005-06-04)	1.11	7.68	82
166	12	"Bad Wolf"	Joe Ahearne	Russell T Davies	11 June 2005 (2005-06-11)	1.12	6.81	85
	13	"The Parting of the Ways"	Joe Ahearne	Russell T Davies	18 June 2005 (2005-06-18)	1.13	6.91	89

Tenth Doctor

The Tenth Doctor was portrayed by David Tennant, who was cast before the first series aired.^[14] 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)

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	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
167	—	"The Christmas Invasion"	James Hawes	Russell T Davies	25 December 2005 (2005-12-25)	2X	9.84	84
168	1	"New Earth"	James Hawes	Russell T Davies	15 April 2006 (2006-04-15)	2.1	8.62	85
169	2	"Tooth and Claw"	Euros Lyn	Russell T Davies	22 April 2006 (2006-04-22)	2.2	9.24	83
170	3	"School Reunion"	James Hawes	Toby Whithouse	29 April 2006 (2006-04-29)	2.3	8.31	85
171	4	"The Girl in the Fireplace"	Euros Lyn	Steven Moffat	6 May 2006 (2006-05-06)	2.4	7.90	84
172	5	"Rise of the Cybermen"	Graeme Harper	Tom MacRae	13 May 2006 (2006-05-13)	2.5	9.22	86
	6	"The Age of Steel"	Graeme Harper	Tom MacRae	20 May 2006 (2006-05-20)	2.6	7.63	86
173	7	"The Idiot's Lantern"	Euros Lyn	Mark Gatiss	27 May 2006 (2006-05-27)	2.7	6.76	84
174	8	"The Impossible Planet"	James Strong	Matt Jones	3 June 2006 (2006-06-03)	2.8	6.32	85
	9	"The Satan Pit"	James Strong	Matt Jones	10 June 2006 (2006-06-10)	2.9	6.08	86
175	10	"Love & Monsters"	Dan Zeff	Russell T Davies	17 June 2006 (2006-06-17)	2.10	6.66	76
176	11	"Fear Her"	Euros Lyn	Matthew Graham	24 June 2006 (2006-06-24)	2.11	7.14	83
177	12	"Army of Ghosts"	Graeme Harper	Russell T Davies	1 July 2006 (2006-07-01)	2.12	8.19	86
	13	"Doomsday"	Graeme Harper	Russell T Davies	8 July 2006 (2006-07-08)	2.13	8.22	89

Series 3 (2007)

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	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
178	—	"The Runaway Bride"	Euros Lyn	Russell T Davies	25 December 2006 (2006-12-25)	3X	9.35	84
179	1	"Smith and Jones"	Charles Palmer	Russell T Davies	31 March 2007 (2007-03-31)	3.1	8.71	88
180	2	"The Shakespeare Code"	Charles Palmer	Gareth Roberts	7 April 2007 (2007-04-07)	3.2	7.23	87
181	3	"Gridlock"	Richard Clark	Russell T Davies	14 April 2007 (2007-04-14)	3.3	8.41	85
182	4	"Daleks in Manhattan"	James Strong	Helen Raynor	21 April 2007 (2007-04-21)	3.4	6.69	86
	5	"Evolution of the Daleks"	James Strong	Helen Raynor	28 April 2007 (2007-04-28)	3.5	6.97	85
183	6	"The Lazarus Experiment"	Richard Clark	Stephen Greenhorn	5 May 2007 (2007-05-05)	3.6	7.19	86
184	7	"42"	Graeme Harper	Chris Chibnall	19 May 2007 (2007-05-19)	3.7	7.41	85
185	8	"Human Nature"	Charles Palmer	Paul Cornell	26 May 2007 (2007-05-26)	3.8	7.74	86
	9	"The Family of Blood"	Charles Palmer	Paul Cornell	2 June 2007 (2007-06-02)	3.9	7.21	86
186	10	"Blink"	Hettie MacDonald	Steven Moffat	9 June 2007 (2007-06-09)	3.10	6.62	87
187	11	"Utopia"	Graeme Harper	Russell T Davies	16 June 2007 (2007-06-16)	3.11	7.84	87
	12	"The Sound of Drums"	Colin Teague	Russell T Davies	23 June 2007 (2007-06-23)	3.12	7.51	87
	13	"Last of the Time Lords"	Colin Teague	Russell T Davies	30 June 2007 (2007-06-30)	3.13	8.61	88

Series 4 (2008)

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	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
188	—	"Voyage of the Damned"	James Strong	Russell T Davies	25 December 2007 (2007-12-25)	4X	13.31	86
189	1	"Partners in Crime"	James Strong	Russell T Davies	5 April 2008 (2008-04-05)	4.1	9.14	88
190	2	"The Fires of Pompeii"	Colin Teague	James Moran	12 April 2008 (2008-04-12)	4.3	9.04	87
191	3	"Planet of the Ood"	Graeme Harper	Keith Temple	19 April 2008 (2008-04-19)	4.2	7.50	87
192	4	"The Sontaran Stratagem"	Douglas Mackinnon	Helen Raynor	26 April 2008 (2008-04-26)	4.4	7.06	87
	5	"The Poison Sky"	Douglas Mackinnon	Helen Raynor	3 May 2008 (2008-05-03)	4.5	6.53	88
193	6	"The Doctor's Daughter"	Alice Troughton	Stephen Greenhorn	10 May 2008 (2008-05-10)	4.6	7.33	88
194	7	"The Unicorn and the Wasp"	Graeme Harper	Gareth Roberts	17 May 2008 (2008-05-17)	4.7	8.41	86
195	8	"Silence in the Library"	Euros Lyn	Steven Moffat	31 May 2008 (2008-05-31)	4.9	6.27	89
	9	"Forest of the Dead"	Euros Lyn	Steven Moffat	7 June 2008 (2008-06-07)	4.10	7.84	89
196	10	"Midnight"	Alice Troughton	Russell T Davies	14 June 2008 (2008-06-14)	4.8	8.05	86
197	11	"Turn Left"	Graeme Harper	Russell T Davies	21 June 2008 (2008-06-21)	4.11	8.09	88
198	12	"The Stolen Earth"	Graeme Harper	Russell T Davies	28 June 2008 (2008-06-28)	4.12	8.78	91
	13	"Journey's End"	Graeme Harper	Russell T Davies	5 July 2008 (2008-07-05)	4.13	10.57	91

Specials (2008–10)

From "Planet of the Dead", episodes were filmed in HD.^[15] 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	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
199	1	"The Next Doctor"	Andy Goddard	Russell T Davies	25 December 2008 (2008-12-25)	4.14	13.10	86
200	2	"Planet of the Dead"	James Strong	Russell T Davies & Gareth Roberts	11 April 2009 (2009-04-11)	4.15	9.75	88
201	3	"The Waters of Mars"	Graeme Harper	Russell T Davies & Phil Ford	15 November 2009 (2009-11-15)	4.16	10.32	88
202	4 5	The End of Time	Euros Lyn	Russell T Davies	25 December 2009 (2009-12-25) 1 January 2010 (2010-01-01)	4.17 4.18	12.04 12.27	87 89

Eleventh Doctor

The Eleventh Doctor was 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)

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	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
203	1	"The Eleventh Hour"	Adam Smith	Steven Moffat	3 April 2010 (2010-04-03)	1.1	10.09	86
204	2	"The Beast Below"	Andrew Gunn	Steven Moffat	10 April 2010 (2010-04-10)	1.2	8.42	86
205	3	"Victory of the Daleks"	Andrew Gunn	Mark Gatiss	17 April 2010 (2010-04-17)	1.3	8.21	84
206	4	"The Time of Angels"	Adam Smith	Steven Moffat	24 April 2010 (2010-04-24)	1.4	8.59	87
	5	"Flesh and Stone"	Adam Smith	Steven Moffat	1 May 2010 (2010-05-01)	1.5	8.50	86
207	6	"The Vampires of Venice"	Jonny Campbell	Toby Whithouse	8 May 2010 (2010-05-08)	1.6	7.68	86
208	7	"Amy's Choice"	Catherine Morshead	Simon Nye	15 May 2010 (2010-05-15)	1.7	7.55	84
209	8	"The Hungry Earth"	Ashley Way	Chris Chibnall	22 May 2010 (2010-05-22)	1.8	6.49	86
	9	"Cold Blood"	Ashley Way	Chris Chibnall	29 May 2010 (2010-05-29)	1.9	7.49	85
210	10	"Vincent and the Doctor"	Jonny Campbell	Richard Curtis	5 June 2010 (2010-06-05)	1.10	6.76	86
211	11	"The Lodger"	Catherine Morshead	Gareth Roberts	12 June 2010 (2010-06-12)	1.11	6.44	87
212	12	"The Pandorica Opens"	Toby Haynes	Steven Moffat	19 June 2010 (2010-06-19)	1.12	7.57	88
	13	"The Big Bang"	Toby Haynes	Steven Moffat	26 June 2010 (2010-06-26)	1.13	6.70	89

Series 6 (2011)

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	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
213	–	"A Christmas Carol"	Toby Haynes	Steven Moffat	25 December 2010 (2010-12-25)	2.X	12.11	83
Part 1
214	1	"The Impossible Astronaut"	Toby Haynes	Steven Moffat	23 April 2011 (2011-04-23)	2.1	8.86	88
	2	"Day of the Moon"	Toby Haynes	Steven Moffat	30 April 2011 (2011-04-30)	2.2	7.30	87
215	3	"The Curse of the Black Spot"	Jeremy Webb	Stephen Thompson	7 May 2011 (2011-05-07)	2.9	7.85	86
216	4	"The Doctor's Wife"	Richard Clark	Neil Gaiman	14 May 2011 (2011-05-14)	2.3	7.97	87
217	5	"The Rebel Flesh"	Julian Simpson	Matthew Graham	21 May 2011 (2011-05-21)	2.5	7.35	85
	6	"The Almost People"	Julian Simpson	Matthew Graham	28 May 2011 (2011-05-28)	2.6	6.72	86
218	7	"A Good Man Goes to War"	Peter Hoar	Steven Moffat	4 June 2011 (2011-06-04)	2.7	7.51	88
Part 2
219	8	"Let's Kill Hitler"	Richard Senior	Steven Moffat	27 August 2011 (2011-08-27)	2.8	8.10	85
220	9	"Night Terrors"	Richard Clark	Mark Gatiss	3 September 2011 (2011-09-03)	2.4	7.07	86
221	10	"The Girl Who Waited"	Nick Hurran	Tom MacRae	10 September 2011 (2011-09-10)	2.10	7.60	85
222	11	"The God Complex"	Nick Hurran	Toby Whithouse	17 September 2011 (2011-09-17)	2.11	6.77	86
223	12	"Closing Time"	Steve Hughes	Gareth Roberts	24 September 2011 (2011-09-24)	2.12	6.93	86
224	13	"The Wedding of River Song"	Jeremy Webb	Steven Moffat	1 October 2011 (2011-10-01)	2.13	7.67	86

Series 7 (2012–13)

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.^[16] Beth Willis left the BBC and stepped down as executive producer after series 6^[17] and Wenger also departed following the Christmas special, leaving Moffat and Skinner as executive producers for series 7.^[18] 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. This series saw the departure of companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams and the arrival of new companion, Clara Oswald, whose mysterious origins served as the basis for a loose story arc during the season. The season finale revealed the existence of the War Doctor, a previously unknown incarnation of the Doctor portrayed by John Hurt.

Story	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
Special (2011)
225	–	"The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"	Farren Blackburn	Steven Moffat	25 December 2011 (2011-12-25)	10.77	84
Part 1
226	1	"Asylum of the Daleks"	Nick Hurran	Steven Moffat	1 September 2012 (2012-09-01)	8.33	89
227	2	"Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"	Saul Metzstein	Chris Chibnall	8 September 2012 (2012-09-08)	7.57	87
228	3	"A Town Called Mercy"	Saul Metzstein	Toby Whithouse	15 September 2012 (2012-09-15)	8.42	85
229	4	"The Power of Three"	Douglas Mackinnon	Chris Chibnall	22 September 2012 (2012-09-22)	7.67	87
230	5	"The Angels Take Manhattan"	Nick Hurran	Steven Moffat	29 September 2012 (2012-09-29)	7.82	88
Special (2012)
231	–	"The Snowmen"	Saul Metzstein	Steven Moffat	25 December 2012	9.87	87
Part 2
232	6	"The Bells of Saint John"	Colm McCarthy	Steven Moffat	30 March 2013 (2013-03-30)	8.44	87
233	7	"The Rings of Akhaten"	Farren Blackburn	Neil Cross	6 April 2013 (2013-04-06)	7.45	84
234	8	"Cold War"	Douglas Mackinnon	Mark Gatiss	13 April 2013 (2013-04-13)	7.37	84
235	9	"Hide"	Jamie Payne	Neil Cross	20 April 2013 (2013-04-20)	6.61	85
236	10	"Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS"	Mat King	Stephen Thompson	27 April 2013 (2013-04-27)	6.50	85
237	11	"The Crimson Horror"	Saul Metzstein	Mark Gatiss	4 May 2013 (2013-05-04)	6.47	85
238	12	"Nightmare in Silver"	Stephen Woolfenden	Neil Gaiman	11 May 2013 (2013-05-11)	6.64	84
239	13	"The Name of the Doctor"	Saul Metzstein	Steven Moffat	18 May 2013 (2013-05-18)	7.45	88

Specials (2013)

Following Caroline Skinner's departure, BBC Wales' Head of Drama, Faith Penhale, served as Executive Producer with Moffat for the 50th anniversary special;^[19] Brian Minchin, previously a script editor in series 5, took over the role thereafter.^[20] Marcus Wilson left the position of producer following the Christmas special. The second special ended with the Eleventh Doctor regenerating into the Twelfth Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, who debuted as the Doctor in a brief cameo during the preceding anniversary special.

Story	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
240	1	"The Day of the Doctor"	Nick Hurran	Steven Moffat	23 November 2013 (2013-11-23)	12.80	88
241	2	"The Time of the Doctor"	Jamie Payne	Steven Moffat	25 December 2013 (2013-12-25)	11.14	83

Twelfth Doctor

The Twelfth Doctor is portrayed by Peter Capaldi.

Series 8 (2014)

Nikki Wilson and Peter Bennett returned as producers, with Paul Frift producing "In the Forest of the Night". Series 8's story arcs focused on a mysterious woman named Missy, the new Doctor coming to terms with whether or not he is a good man, and Clara Oswald's attempts at balancing a normal life with travelling with the Doctor.

Story	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) [5]	AI [5]
242	1	"Deep Breath"	Ben Wheatley	Steven Moffat	23 August 2014 (2014-08-23)	9.17	82
243	2	"Into the Dalek"	Ben Wheatley	Phil Ford & Steven Moffat	30 August 2014 (2014-08-30)	7.29	84
244	3	"Robot of Sherwood"	Paul Murphy	Mark Gatiss	6 September 2014 (2014-09-06)	7.28	82
245	4	"Listen"	Douglas Mackinnon	Steven Moffat	13 September 2014 (2014-09-13)	7.01	82
246	5	"Time Heist"	Douglas Mackinnon	Stephen Thompson & Steven Moffat	20 September 2014 (2014-09-20)	6.99	84
247	6	"The Caretaker"	Paul Murphy	Gareth Roberts & Steven Moffat	27 September 2014 (2014-09-27)	6.82	83
248	7	"Kill the Moon"	Paul Wilmshurst	Peter Harness	4 October 2014 (2014-10-04)	6.91	82
249	8	"Mummy on the Orient Express"	Paul Wilmshurst	Jamie Mathieson	11 October 2014 (2014-10-11)	7.11	85
250	9	"Flatline"	Douglas Mackinnon	Jamie Mathieson	18 October 2014 (2014-10-18)	6.71	85
251	10	"In the Forest of the Night"	Sheree Folkson	Frank Cottrell Boyce	25 October 2014 (2014-10-25)	6.92	83
252	11	"Dark Water"	Rachel Talalay	Steven Moffat	1 November 2014 (2014-11-01)	7.34	85
	12	"Death in Heaven"	Rachel Talalay	Steven Moffat	8 November 2014 (2014-11-08)	7.60	83

Series 9 (2015)

Story	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions) [21]	AI [21]
253	–	"Last Christmas"	Paul Wilmshurst	Steven Moffat	25 December 2014 (2014-12-25)	8.28	82
254	1	"The Magician's Apprentice"	Hettie MacDonald	Steven Moffat	19 September 2015 (2015-09-19)	6.54	84
	2	"The Witch's Familiar"	Hettie MacDonald	Steven Moffat	26 September 2015 (2015-09-26)	5.71	83
255	3	"Under the Lake"	Daniel O'Hara	Toby Whithouse	3 October 2015 (2015-10-03)	5.63	84
	4	"Before the Flood"	Daniel O'Hara	Toby Whithouse	10 October 2015 (2015-10-10)	6.05	83
256	5	"The Girl Who Died"	Ed Bazalgette	Jamie Mathieson and Steven Moffat	17 October 2015 (2015-10-17)	6.56	82
257	6	"The Woman Who Lived"	Ed Bazalgette	Catherine Tregenna	24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)	6.11	81
258	7	"The Zygon Invasion"	Daniel Nettheim	Peter Harness	31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)	5.76	82
	8	"The Zygon Inversion"	Daniel Nettheim	Peter Harness and Steven Moffat	7 November 2015 (2015-11-07)	6.03	84
259	9	"Sleep No More"	Justin Molotnikov	Mark Gatiss	14 November 2015 (2015-11-14)	5.61	78
260	10	"Face the Raven"	Justin Molotnikov	Sarah Dollard	21 November 2015 (2015-11-21)	6.05	84
261	11	"Heaven Sent"	Rachel Talalay	Steven Moffat	28 November 2015 (2015-11-28)	6.19	80
262	12	"Hell Bent"	Rachel Talalay	Steven Moffat	5 December 2015 (2015-12-05)	6.17	82

Christmas special (2015)

Story	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)	AI
263	–	"The Husbands of River Song"	Douglas Mackinnon	Steven Moffat	25 December 2015 (2015-12-25)	7.69[22]	82[23]

Series 10

On 14 July 2015, BBC Worldwide's Annual Review revealed that it had invested in a tenth series.^[24] Steven Moffat has stated that it will be a full series of twelve episodes and a Christmas special.^[25] The series is expected to air in early 2017, preceded by a Christmas special in 2016.^[26] Filming for this series will commence in May 2016.^[26]

See also

• List of Doctor Who missing episodes
• List of Doctor Who Christmas specials
• List of unmade Doctor Who serials
• List of Doctor Who audio releases
• List of Doctor Who home video releases
• List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish
• List of Doctor Who radio stories
• List of special Doctor Who episodes
• Doctor Who films
  • Dr. Who (Dalek films)
• Doctor Who spin-offs
  • Torchwood
  • The Sarah Jane Adventures
  • K-9

Footnotes

References

Sources

External links

• BBC Classic Series Episode Guide
• BBC Episode Guide (Classic and New Series)
• Doctor Who Reference Guide – detailed descriptions of all televised episodes, plus spin-off audio, video, and literary works.
• Doctor Who (1963–1989) at the Internet Movie Database
• Doctor Who (1996) at the Internet Movie Database
• Doctor Who (2005–) at the Internet Movie Database

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