Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. As of 1 January 2021, 862 episodes of Doctor Who have aired, concluding the twelfth series. This includes one television movie and multiple specials, and encompasses 296 stories over 38 seasons. Additionally, four charity specials and two animated serials have also been aired. The programme’s high episode count has resulted in Doctor Who holding the world record for the highest number of episodes of a science-fiction programme. In May 2017, it was announced that BBC Worldwide sold the right of refusal on future series of the programme until and including Series 15 in China.
Doctor Who ceased production in 1989, then resumed in 2005. The original series (1963–1989), generally consists of multi-episode serials. The 2005 revival trades the earlier serial format for a run of self-contained episodes, interspersed with occasional multi-part stories and structured into loose story arcs.
The story numbers below are not official designations; they are meant as a rough guide to placement in the overall context of the programme. There is some dispute, for instance, about whether to count Season 23’s The Trial of a Time Lord as one or as four serials, and whether the unfinished serial Shada should be included. The numbering scheme in this list reflects an internal practice of describing “Planet of the Dead” (2009) as the 200th story. Other sources, such as the Region 1 classic Doctor Who DVD releases, use different numbering schemes, which diverge after the 108th story, The Horns of Nimon (1979–1980).
Series overview
The following table dictates the season or series in question for the programme as a whole.
Regular seasons
| Season / Series | Doctor | Episodes | Serials | Originally aired | Average viewers (millions) |
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| Season 1 | First Doctor | 42 | 8 | 23 November 1963 | 12 September 1964 | 8.08 | ||||||
| Season 2 | 39 | 9 | 31 October 1964 | 24 July 1965 | 10.46 | |||||||
| Season 3 | 45 | 10 | 11 September 1965 | 16 July 1966 | 7.65 | |||||||
| Season 4 | Second Doctor | 43 | 9 | 10 September 1966 | 1 July 1967 | 7.10 | ||||||
| Season 5 | 40 | 7 | 2 September 1967 | 1 June 1968 | 7.23 | |||||||
| Season 6 | 44 | 7 | 10 August 1968 | 21 June 1969 | 6.38 | |||||||
| Season 7 | Third Doctor | 25 | 4 | 3 January 1970 | 20 June 1970 | 7.17 | ||||||
| Season 8 | 25 | 5 | 2 January 1971 | 19 June 1971 | 7.96 | |||||||
| Season 9 | 26 | 5 | 1 January 1972 | 24 June 1972 | 8.30 | |||||||
| Season 10 | 26 | 5 | 30 December 1972 | 23 June 1973 | 8.87 | |||||||
| Season 11 | 26 | 5 | 15 December 1973 | 8 June 1974 | 8.78 | |||||||
| Season 12 | Fourth Doctor | 20 | 5 | 28 December 1974 | 10 May 1975 | 10.00 | ||||||
| Season 13 | 26 | 6 | 30 August 1975 | 6 March 1976 | 10.14 | |||||||
| Season 14 | 26 | 6 | 4 September 1976 | 2 April 1977 | 11.08 | |||||||
| Season 15 | 26 | 6 | 3 September 1977 | 11 March 1978 | 8.98 | |||||||
| Season 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 September 1978 | 24 February 1979 | 8.61 | |||||||
| Season 17 | 20 | 5 | 1 September 1979 | 12 January 1980 | 11.21 | |||||||
| Season 18 | 28 | 7 | 30 August 1980 | 21 March 1981 | 5.82 | |||||||
| Season 19 | Fifth Doctor | 26 | 7 | 4 January 1982 | 30 March 1982 | 9.24 | ||||||
| Season 20 | 22 | 6 | 3 January 1983 | 16 March 1983 | 7.03 | |||||||
| Season 21 | 24 | 7 | 5 January 1984 | 30 March 1984 | 7.14 | |||||||
| Season 22 | Sixth Doctor | 13 | 6 | 5 January 1985 | 30 March 1985 | 7.12 | ||||||
| Season 23 | 14 | 1 | 6 September 1986 | 6 December 1986 | 4.81 | |||||||
| Season 24 | Seventh Doctor | 14 | 4 | 7 September 1987 | 7 December 1987 | 4.94 | ||||||
| Season 25 | 14 | 4 | 5 October 1988 | 4 January 1989 | 5.34 | |||||||
| Season 26 | 14 | 4 | 6 September 1989 | 6 December 1989 | 4.15 | |||||||
| Revived era | ||||||||||||
| Series 1 | Ninth Doctor | 13 | 10 | 26 March 2005 | 18 June 2005 | 7.95 | ||||||
| Series 2 | Tenth Doctor | 13 | 10 | 15 April 2006 | 8 July 2006 | 7.71 | ||||||
| Series 3 | 13 | 9 | 31 March 2007 | 30 June 2007 | 7.55 | |||||||
| Series 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 April 2008 | 5 July 2008 | 8.05 | |||||||
| Series 5 | Eleventh Doctor | 13 | 10 | 3 April 2010 | 26 June 2010 | 7.73 | ||||||
| Series 6 | 13 | 11 | 23 April 2011 | 1 October 2011 | 7.52 | |||||||
| Series 7 | 13 | 13 | 1 September 2012 | 18 May 2013 | 7.44 | |||||||
| Series 8 | Twelfth Doctor | 12 | 11 | 23 August 2014 | 8 November 2014 | 7.26 | ||||||
| Series 9 | 12 | 9 | 19 September 2015 | 5 December 2015 | 6.03 | |||||||
| Series 10 | 12 | 11 | 15 April 2017 | 1 July 2017 | 5.46 | |||||||
| Series 11 | Thirteenth Doctor | 10 | 10 | 7 October 2018 | 9 December 2018 | 7.96 | ||||||
| Series 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 January 2020 | 1 March 2020 | 5.40 | |||||||
| Series 13 | 8 | TBA | 2021 | TBA | TBA | |||||||
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 | 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 | 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 | – | 1 January 2020 | ||||
| 2021 New Year | 1 | 1 January 2021 | ||||
Notes
- ^ The First Doctor remained for the first two serials of season 4. The Second Doctor featured for the remainder of the season from the third serial, The Power of the Daleks.
- ^ Also known by its subtitle, The Key to Time.
- ^ Shada was left unfinished due to a strike. The story was later completed and officially released on home media in 2017. The voices of the original actors with new animation was incorporated to bridge the gaps between the recorded live-action segments. It is not included in the episode or story counts as it was not broadcast.
- ^ The Fifth Doctor regenerated in the sixth serial of season 21. The Sixth Doctor featured only in the final serial, The Twin Dilemma.
- ^ A change in transmission format for this season only as episodes where 45 minutes instead of the usual 23 minutes. Thus a traditional 4-part story was transmitted in 2 parts.
- ^ Also known by its subtitle, The Trial of a Time Lord.
- ^ These specials consist of the 2008 Christmas, 2009 Easter, 2009 November and the 2009–10 Christmas/New Year episodes.
- ^ These specials consist of the 2013 Christmas and 50th Anniversary episodes.
- ^ This episode was the first episode of the twelfth series, and thus not a special aired outside of a series, but it was aired outside of the respective series’ traditional timeslot to air deliberately on New Year’s Day.
Episodes
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1963–1989 episodes and 1996 film
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Ninth Doctor
In 2005, the BBC relaunched Doctor Who after a 15-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 a title, and most stand alone as complete stories. 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) |
AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 157 | 1 | “Rose” | Keith Boak | Russell T Davies | 26 March 2005 | 1.1 | 10.81 | 76 |
| 158 | 2 | “The End of the World” | Euros Lyn | Russell T Davies | 2 April 2005 | 1.2 | 7.97 | 76 |
| 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 | 82 |
| 160b | 5 | “World War Three” | Keith Boak | Russell T Davies | 23 April 2005 | 1.5 | 7.98 | 81 |
| 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 | 86 |
| 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.
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) |
AI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special | ||||||||||||
| 167 | – | “The Christmas Invasion” | James Hawes | Russell T Davies | 25 December 2005 | 2X | 9.84 | 84 | ||||
| Series | ||||||||||||
| 168 | 1 | “New Earth” | James Hawes | Russell T Davies | 15 April 2006 | 2.1 | 8.62 | 85 | ||||
| 169 | 2 | “Tooth and Claw” | Euros Lyn | Russell T Davies | 22 April 2006 | 2.2 | 9.24 | 83 | ||||
| 170 | 3 | “School Reunion” | James Hawes | Toby Whithouse | 29 April 2006 | 2.3 | 8.31 | 85 | ||||
| 171 | 4 | “The Girl in the Fireplace” | Euros Lyn | Steven Moffat | 6 May 2006 | 2.4 | 7.90 | 84 | ||||
| 172a | 5 | “Rise of the Cybermen” | Graeme Harper | Tom MacRae | 13 May 2006 | 2.5 | 9.22 | 86 | ||||
| 172b | 6 | “The Age of Steel” | Graeme Harper | Tom MacRae | 20 May 2006 | 2.6 | 7.63 | 86 | ||||
| 173 | 7 | “The Idiot’s Lantern” | Euros Lyn | Mark Gatiss | 27 May 2006 | 2.7 | 6.76 | 84 | ||||
| 174a | 8 | “The Impossible Planet” | James Strong | Matt Jones | 3 June 2006 | 2.8 | 6.32 | 85 | ||||
| 174b | 9 | “The Satan Pit” | James Strong | Matt Jones | 10 June 2006 | 2.9 | 6.08 | 86 | ||||
| 175 | 10 | “Love & Monsters” | Dan Zeff | Russell T Davies | 17 June 2006 | 2.10 | 6.66 | 76 | ||||
| 176 | 11 | “Fear Her” | Euros Lyn | Matthew Graham | 24 June 2006 | 2.11 | 7.14 | 83 | ||||
| 177a | 12 | “Army of Ghosts” | Graeme Harper | Russell T Davies | 1 July 2006 | 2.12 | 8.19 | 86 | ||||
| 177b | 13 | “Doomsday” | Graeme Harper | Russell T Davies | 8 July 2006 | 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.
| Story | Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
UK viewers (millions) |
AI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special | ||||||||||||
| 178 | – | “The Runaway Bride” | Euros Lyn | Russell T Davies | 25 December 2006 | 3X | 9.35 | 84 | ||||
| Series | ||||||||||||
| 179 | 1 | “Smith and Jones” | Charles Palmer | Russell T Davies | 31 March 2007 | 3.1 | 8.71 | 88 | ||||
| 180 | 2 | “The Shakespeare Code” | Charles Palmer | Gareth Roberts | 7 April 2007 | 3.2 | 7.23 | 87 | ||||
| 181 | 3 | “Gridlock” | Richard Clark | Russell T Davies | 14 April 2007 | 3.3 | 8.41 | 85 | ||||
| 182a | 4 | “Daleks in Manhattan” | James Strong | Helen Raynor | 21 April 2007 | 3.4 | 6.69 | 86 | ||||
| 182b | 5 | “Evolution of the Daleks” | James Strong | Helen Raynor | 28 April 2007 | 3.5 | 6.97 | 85 | ||||
| 183 | 6 | “The Lazarus Experiment” | Richard Clark | Stephen Greenhorn | 5 May 2007 | 3.6 | 7.19 | 86 | ||||
| 184 | 7 | “42” | Graeme Harper | Chris Chibnall | 19 May 2007 | 3.7 | 7.41 | 85 | ||||
| 185a | 8 | “Human Nature” | Charles Palmer | Paul Cornell | 26 May 2007 | 3.8 | 7.74 | 86 | ||||
| 185b | 9 | “The Family of Blood” | Charles Palmer | Paul Cornell | 2 June 2007 | 3.9 | 7.21 | 86 | ||||
| 186 | 10 | “Blink” | Hettie MacDonald | Steven Moffat | 9 June 2007 | 3.10 | 6.62 | 87 | ||||
| 187a | 11 | “Utopia” | Graeme Harper | Russell T Davies | 16 June 2007 | 3.11 | 7.84 | 87 | ||||
| 187b | 12 | “The Sound of Drums” | Colin Teague | Russell T Davies | 23 June 2007 | 3.12 | 7.51 | 87 | ||||
| 187c | 13 | “Last of the Time Lords” | Colin Teague | Russell T Davies | 30 June 2007 | 3.13 | 8.61 | 88 | ||||
Series 4 (2008)
This series explores the coincidences binding the Doctor and Donna together. There is also the loose story arc of the planets disappearing and bees also disappearing.
| Story | Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
UK viewers (millions) |
AI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special | ||||||||||||
| 188 | – | “Voyage of the Damned” | James Strong | Russell T Davies | 25 December 2007 | 4X | 13.31 | 86 | ||||
| Series | ||||||||||||
| 189 | 1 | “Partners in Crime” | James Strong | Russell T Davies | 5 April 2008 | 4.1 | 9.14 | 88 | ||||
| 190 | 2 | “The Fires of Pompeii” | Colin Teague | James Moran | 12 April 2008 | 4.3 | 9.04 | 87 | ||||
| 191 | 3 | “Planet of the Ood” | Graeme Harper | Keith Temple | 19 April 2008 | 4.2 | 7.50 | 87 | ||||
| 192a | 4 | “The Sontaran Stratagem” | Douglas Mackinnon | Helen Raynor | 26 April 2008 | 4.4 | 7.06 | 87 | ||||
| 192b | 5 | “The Poison Sky” | Douglas Mackinnon | Helen Raynor | 3 May 2008 | 4.5 | 6.53 | 88 | ||||
| 193 | 6 | “The Doctor’s Daughter” | Alice Troughton | Stephen Greenhorn | 10 May 2008 | 4.6 | 7.33 | 88 | ||||
| 194 | 7 | “The Unicorn and the Wasp” | Graeme Harper | Gareth Roberts | 17 May 2008 | 4.7 | 8.41 | 86 | ||||
| 195a | 8 | “Silence in the Library” | Euros Lyn | Steven Moffat | 31 May 2008 | 4.9 | 6.27 | 89 | ||||
| 195b | 9 | “Forest of the Dead” | Euros Lyn | Steven Moffat | 7 June 2008 | 4.10 | 7.84 | 89 | ||||
| 196 | 10 | “Midnight” | Alice Troughton | Russell T Davies | 14 June 2008 | 4.8 | 8.05 | 86 | ||||
| 197 | 11 | “Turn Left” | Graeme Harper | Russell T Davies | 21 June 2008 | 4.11 | 8.09 | 88 | ||||
| 198a | 12 | “The Stolen Earth” | Graeme Harper | Russell T Davies | 28 June 2008 | 4.12 | 8.78 | 91 | ||||
| 198b | 13 | “Journey’s End” | Graeme Harper | Russell T Davies | 5 July 2008 | 4.13 | 10.57 | 91 | ||||
Specials (2008–2010)
The specials focus on the “four knocks” and the death of the Tenth Doctor. From “Planet of the Dead”, episodes were filmed in HD.
| Story | Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
UK viewers (millions) |
AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 199 | 1 | “The Next Doctor” | Andy Goddard | Russell T Davies | 25 December 2008 | 4.14 | 13.10 | 86 |
| 200 | 2 | “Planet of the Dead” | James Strong | Russell T Davies & Gareth Roberts | 11 April 2009 | 4.15 | 9.75 | 88 |
| 201 | 3 | “The Waters of Mars” | Graeme Harper | Russell T Davies & Phil Ford | 15 November 2009 | 4.16 | 10.32 | 88 |
| 202a | 4 | “The End of Time – Part One” | Euros Lyn | Russell T Davies | 25 December 2009 | 4.17 | 12.04 | 87 |
| 202b | 5 | “The End of Time – Part Two” | Euros Lyn | Russell T Davies | 1 January 2010 | 4.18 | 12.27 | 89 |
Eleventh Doctor
The Eleventh Doctor was portrayed by Matt Smith. Steven Moffat took over as showrunner from the fifth series.
Series 5 (2010)
This series deals with cracks spreading throughout time, the Pandorica and the Silence which is mentioned in various episodes.
| Story | Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
UK viewers (millions) |
AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 203 | 1 | “The Eleventh Hour” | Adam Smith | Steven Moffat | 3 April 2010 | 1.1 | 10.09 | 86 |
| 204 | 2 | “The Beast Below” | Andrew Gunn | Steven Moffat | 10 April 2010 | 1.2 | 8.42 | 86 |
| 205 | 3 | “Victory of the Daleks” | Andrew Gunn | Mark Gatiss | 17 April 2010 | 1.3 | 8.21 | 84 |
| 206a | 4 | “The Time of Angels” | Adam Smith | Steven Moffat | 24 April 2010 | 1.4 | 8.59 | 87 |
| 206b | 5 | “Flesh and Stone” | Adam Smith | Steven Moffat | 1 May 2010 | 1.5 | 8.50 | 86 |
| 207 | 6 | “The Vampires of Venice” | Jonny Campbell | Toby Whithouse | 8 May 2010 | 1.6 | 7.68 | 86 |
| 208 | 7 | “Amy’s Choice” | Catherine Morshead | Simon Nye | 15 May 2010 | 1.7 | 7.55 | 84 |
| 209a | 8 | “The Hungry Earth” | Ashley Way | Chris Chibnall | 22 May 2010 | 1.8 | 6.49 | 86 |
| 209b | 9 | “Cold Blood” | Ashley Way | Chris Chibnall | 29 May 2010 | 1.9 | 7.49 | 85 |
| 210 | 10 | “Vincent and the Doctor” | Jonny Campbell | Richard Curtis | 5 June 2010 | 1.10 | 6.76 | 86 |
| 211 | 11 | “The Lodger” | Catherine Morshead | Gareth Roberts | 12 June 2010 | 1.11 | 6.44 | 87 |
| 212a | 12 | “The Pandorica Opens” | Toby Haynes | Steven Moffat | 19 June 2010 | 1.12 | 7.57 | 88 |
| 212b | 13 | “The Big Bang” | Toby Haynes | Steven Moffat | 26 June 2010 | 1.13 | 6.70 | 89 |
Series 6 (2011)
The series centres on River Song’s relation to the Doctor, the Doctor’s “death” and discovering what the Silence is. 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.
| Story | Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
UK viewers (millions) |
AI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special | ||||||||||||
| 213 | – | “A Christmas Carol” | Toby Haynes | Steven Moffat | 25 December 2010 | 2.X | 12.11 | 83 | ||||
| Part 1 | ||||||||||||
| 214a | 1 | “The Impossible Astronaut” | Toby Haynes | Steven Moffat | 23 April 2011 | 2.1 | 8.86 | 88 | ||||
| 214b | 2 | “Day of the Moon” | Toby Haynes | Steven Moffat | 30 April 2011 | 2.2 | 7.30 | 87 | ||||
| 215 | 3 | “The Curse of the Black Spot” | Jeremy Webb | Stephen Thompson | 7 May 2011 | 2.9 | 7.85 | 86 | ||||
| 216 | 4 | “The Doctor’s Wife” | Richard Clark | Neil Gaiman | 14 May 2011 | 2.3 | 7.97 | 87 | ||||
| 217a | 5 | “The Rebel Flesh” | Julian Simpson | Matthew Graham | 21 May 2011 | 2.5 | 7.35 | 85 | ||||
| 217b | 6 | “The Almost People” | Julian Simpson | Matthew Graham | 28 May 2011 | 2.6 | 6.72 | 86 | ||||
| 218 | 7 | “A Good Man Goes to War” | Peter Hoar | Steven Moffat | 4 June 2011 | 2.7 | 7.51 | 88 | ||||
| Part 2 | ||||||||||||
| 219 | 8 | “Let’s Kill Hitler” | Richard Senior | Steven Moffat | 27 August 2011 | 2.8 | 8.10 | 85 | ||||
| 220 | 9 | “Night Terrors” | Richard Clark | Mark Gatiss | 3 September 2011 | 2.4 | 7.07 | 86 | ||||
| 221 | 10 | “The Girl Who Waited” | Nick Hurran | Tom MacRae | 10 September 2011 | 2.10 | 7.60 | 85 | ||||
| 222 | 11 | “The God Complex” | Nick Hurran | Toby Whithouse | 17 September 2011 | 2.11 | 6.77 | 86 | ||||
| 223 | 12 | “Closing Time” | Steve Hughes | Gareth Roberts | 24 September 2011 | 2.12 | 6.93 | 86 | ||||
| 224 | 13 | “The Wedding of River Song” | Jeremy Webb | Steven Moffat | 1 October 2011 | 2.13 | 7.67 | 86 | ||||
Series 7 (2012–2013)
Series 7 started with five episodes and a Christmas Special in late 2012, followed by eight episodes in 2013. The series dealt with the exit of the Ponds, the Great Intelligence and the mystery of Clara Oswald, the impossible girl.
| Story | Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
AI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special (2011) | ||||||||||||
| 225 | – | “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe” | Farren Blackburn | Steven Moffat | 25 December 2011 | 10.77 | 84 | |||||
| Part 1 | ||||||||||||
| 226 | 1 | “Asylum of the Daleks” | Nick Hurran | Steven Moffat | 1 September 2012 | 8.33 | 89 | |||||
| 227 | 2 | “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship” | Saul Metzstein | Chris Chibnall | 8 September 2012 | 7.57 | 87 | |||||
| 228 | 3 | “A Town Called Mercy” | Saul Metzstein | Toby Whithouse | 15 September 2012 | 8.42 | 85 | |||||
| 229 | 4 | “The Power of Three” | Douglas Mackinnon | Chris Chibnall | 22 September 2012 | 7.67 | 87 | |||||
| 230 | 5 | “The Angels Take Manhattan” | Nick Hurran | Steven Moffat | 29 September 2012 | 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 | 8.44 | 87 | |||||
| 233 | 7 | “The Rings of Akhaten” | Farren Blackburn | Neil Cross | 6 April 2013 | 7.45 | 84 | |||||
| 234 | 8 | “Cold War” | Douglas Mackinnon | Mark Gatiss | 13 April 2013 | 7.37 | 84 | |||||
| 235 | 9 | “Hide” | Jamie Payne | Neil Cross | 20 April 2013 | 6.61 | 85 | |||||
| 236 | 10 | “Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS” | Mat King | Stephen Thompson | 27 April 2013 | 6.50 | 85 | |||||
| 237 | 11 | “The Crimson Horror” | Saul Metzstein | Mark Gatiss | 4 May 2013 | 6.47 | 85 | |||||
| 238 | 12 | “Nightmare in Silver” | Stephen Woolfenden | Neil Gaiman | 11 May 2013 | 6.64 | 84 | |||||
| 239 | 13 | “The Name of the Doctor” | Saul Metzstein | Steven Moffat | 18 May 2013 | 7.45 | 88 | |||||
Specials (2013)
The specials focus on various incarnations of the Doctor, including the reveal of the War Doctor and his actions during the Time War.
| Story | Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240 | 1 | “The Day of the Doctor” | Nick Hurran | Steven Moffat | 23 November 2013 | 12.80 | 88 |
| 241 | 2 | “The Time of the Doctor” | Jamie Payne | Steven Moffat | 25 December 2013 | 11.14 | 83 |
Twelfth Doctor
The Twelfth Doctor was portrayed by Peter Capaldi.
Series 8 (2014)
For Series 8–10, the episode count was reduced from thirteen to twelve. This series dealt with the mystery identity of the character “Missy” and the mystery around “The Promised Land”.
| Story | Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 242 | 1 | “Deep Breath” | Ben Wheatley | Steven Moffat | 23 August 2014 | 9.17 | 82 |
| 243 | 2 | “Into the Dalek” | Ben Wheatley | Phil Ford & Steven Moffat | 30 August 2014 | 7.29 | 84 |
| 244 | 3 | “Robot of Sherwood” | Paul Murphy | Mark Gatiss | 6 September 2014 | 7.28 | 82 |
| 245 | 4 | “Listen” | Douglas Mackinnon | Steven Moffat | 13 September 2014 | 7.01 | 82 |
| 246 | 5 | “Time Heist” | Douglas Mackinnon | Stephen Thompson & Steven Moffat | 20 September 2014 | 6.99 | 84 |
| 247 | 6 | “The Caretaker” | Paul Murphy | Gareth Roberts & Steven Moffat | 27 September 2014 | 6.82 | 83 |
| 248 | 7 | “Kill the Moon” | Paul Wilmshurst | Peter Harness | 4 October 2014 | 6.91 | 82 |
| 249 | 8 | “Mummy on the Orient Express” | Paul Wilmshurst | Jamie Mathieson | 11 October 2014 | 7.11 | 85 |
| 250 | 9 | “Flatline” | Douglas Mackinnon | Jamie Mathieson | 18 October 2014 | 6.71 | 85 |
| 251 | 10 | “In the Forest of the Night” | Sheree Folkson | Frank Cottrell-Boyce | 25 October 2014 | 6.92 | 83 |
| 252a | 11 | “Dark Water” | Rachel Talalay | Steven Moffat | 1 November 2014 | 7.34 | 85 |
| 252b | 12 | “Death in Heaven” | Rachel Talalay | Steven Moffat | 8 November 2014 | 7.60 | 83 |
Series 9 (2015)
This series dealt with the consequences of the Doctor and Clara’s relationship, and the Doctor’s confession about the Hybrid.
| Story | Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
AI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special (2014) | ||||||||||||
| 253 | – | “Last Christmas” | Paul Wilmshurst | Steven Moffat | 25 December 2014 | 8.28 | 82 | |||||
| Series | ||||||||||||
| 254a | 1 | “The Magician’s Apprentice” | Hettie MacDonald | Steven Moffat | 19 September 2015 | 6.54 | 84 | |||||
| 254b | 2 | “The Witch’s Familiar” | Hettie MacDonald | Steven Moffat | 26 September 2015 | 5.71 | 83 | |||||
| 255a | 3 | “Under the Lake” | Daniel O’Hara | Toby Whithouse | 3 October 2015 | 5.63 | 84 | |||||
| 255b | 4 | “Before the Flood” | Daniel O’Hara | Toby Whithouse | 10 October 2015 | 6.05 | 83 | |||||
| 256 | 5 | “The Girl Who Died” | Ed Bazalgette | Jamie Mathieson and Steven Moffat | 17 October 2015 | 6.56 | 82 | |||||
| 257 | 6 | “The Woman Who Lived” | Ed Bazalgette | Catherine Tregenna | 24 October 2015 | 6.11 | 81 | |||||
| 258a | 7 | “The Zygon Invasion” | Daniel Nettheim | Peter Harness | 31 October 2015 | 5.76 | 82 | |||||
| 258b | 8 | “The Zygon Inversion” | Daniel Nettheim | Peter Harness and Steven Moffat | 7 November 2015 | 6.03 | 84 | |||||
| 259 | 9 | “Sleep No More” | Justin Molotnikov | Mark Gatiss | 14 November 2015 | 5.61 | 78 | |||||
| 260 | 10 | “Face the Raven” | Justin Molotnikov | Sarah Dollard | 21 November 2015 | 6.05 | 84 | |||||
| 261 | 11 | “Heaven Sent” | Rachel Talalay | Steven Moffat | 28 November 2015 | 6.19 | 80 | |||||
| 262 | 12 | “Hell Bent” | Rachel Talalay | Steven Moffat | 5 December 2015 | 6.17 | 82 | |||||
| Special (2015) | ||||||||||||
| 263 | – | “The Husbands of River Song” | Douglas Mackinnon | Steven Moffat | 25 December 2015 | 7.69 | 82 | |||||
Series 10 (2017)
This series dealt with the mystery of the vault and the Doctor’s oath, later exploring the Doctor and Missy’s relationship, and the possibility of Missy “turning good”. This season introduces Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie) and Nardole (Matt Lucas) as The Doctor’s companions.
| Story | Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special (2016) | ||||||||||||
| 264 | – | “The Return of Doctor Mysterio” | Ed Bazalgette | Steven Moffat | 25 December 2016 | 7.83 | 82 | |||||
| Series | ||||||||||||
| 265 | 1 | “The Pilot” | Lawrence Gough | Steven Moffat | 15 April 2017 | 6.68 | 83 | |||||
| 266 | 2 | “Smile” | Lawrence Gough | Frank Cottrell-Boyce | 22 April 2017 | 5.98 | 83 | |||||
| 267 | 3 | “Thin Ice” | Bill Anderson | Sarah Dollard | 29 April 2017 | 5.61 | 84 | |||||
| 268 | 4 | “Knock Knock” | Bill Anderson | Mike Bartlett | 6 May 2017 | 5.73 | 83 | |||||
| 269 | 5 | “Oxygen” | Charles Palmer | Jamie Mathieson | 13 May 2017 | 5.27 | 83 | |||||
| 270 | 6 | “Extremis” | Daniel Nettheim | Steven Moffat | 20 May 2017 | 5.53 | 82 | |||||
| 271 | 7 | “The Pyramid at the End of the World” | Daniel Nettheim | Peter Harness and Steven Moffat | 27 May 2017 | 5.79 | 82 | |||||
| 272 | 8 | “The Lie of the Land” | Wayne Yip | Toby Whithouse | 3 June 2017 | 4.82 | 82 | |||||
| 273 | 9 | “Empress of Mars” | Wayne Yip | Mark Gatiss | 10 June 2017 | 5.02 | 83 | |||||
| 274 | 10 | “The Eaters of Light” | Charles Palmer | Rona Munro | 17 June 2017 | 4.73 | 81 | |||||
| 275a | 11 | “World Enough and Time” | Rachel Talalay | Steven Moffat | 24 June 2017 | 5.00 | 85 | |||||
| 275b | 12 | “The Doctor Falls” | Rachel Talalay | Steven Moffat | 1 July 2017 | 5.30 | 83 | |||||
| Special (2017) | ||||||||||||
| 276 | – | “Twice Upon a Time” | Rachel Talalay | Steven Moffat | 25 December 2017 | 7.92 | 81 | |||||
Thirteenth Doctor
The Thirteenth Doctor is portrayed by Jodie Whittaker. Chris Chibnall took over as showrunner from the eleventh series.
Series 11 (2018)
For Series 11, the episode count was reduced from twelve to ten. The Thirteenth Doctor initially searches for her lost TARDIS, inadvertently bringing her companions with her on her travels, who contemplate returning to their lives but decide to continue travelling. The series also deals with grief. This series also saw the time slot change to Sunday.
| Story | Episode | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 277 | 1 | “The Woman Who Fell to Earth” | Jamie Childs | Chris Chibnall | 7 October 2018 | 10.96 | 83 | |||||
| 278 | 2 | “The Ghost Monument” | Mark Tonderai | Chris Chibnall | 14 October 2018 | 9.00 | 82 | |||||
| 279 | 3 | “Rosa” | Mark Tonderai | Malorie Blackman and Chris Chibnall | 21 October 2018 | 8.41 | 83 | |||||
| 280 | 4 | “Arachnids in the UK” | Sallie Aprahamian | Chris Chibnall | 28 October 2018 | 8.22 | 83 | |||||
| 281 | 5 | “The Tsuranga Conundrum” | Jennifer Perrott | Chris Chibnall | 4 November 2018 | 7.76 | 79 | |||||
| 282 | 6 | “Demons of the Punjab” | Jamie Childs | Vinay Patel | 11 November 2018 | 7.48 | 80 | |||||
| 283 | 7 | “Kerblam!” | Jennifer Perrott | Pete McTighe | 18 November 2018 | 7.46 | 81 | |||||
| 284 | 8 | “The Witchfinders” | Sallie Aprahamian | Joy Wilkinson | 25 November 2018 | 7.21 | 81 | |||||
| 285 | 9 | “It Takes You Away” | Jamie Childs | Ed Hime | 2 December 2018 | 6.42 | 80 | |||||
| 286 | 10 | “The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos” | Jamie Childs | Chris Chibnall | 9 December 2018 | 6.65 | 79 | |||||
| Special | ||||||||||||
| 287 | – | “Resolution” | Wayne Yip | Chris Chibnall | 1 January 2019 | 7.13 | 80 | |||||
Series 12 (2020)
This series deals with a new incarnation of the Master, the return of Jack Harkness, the appearance of an unknown incarnation of the Doctor who existed at some point before the Time War, and the “lone Cyberman”, while following the destruction of Gallifrey and the secret of the Timeless Child. The special marked the last regular appearance of Graham and Ryan.
| No. story |
No. in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 288a | 1 | “Spyfall, Part 1” | Jamie Magnus Stone | Chris Chibnall | 1 January 2020 | 6.89 | 82 | |||||
| 288b | 2 | “Spyfall, Part 2” | Lee Haven Jones | Chris Chibnall | 5 January 2020 | 6.07 | 82 | |||||
| 289 | 3 | “Orphan 55” | Lee Haven Jones | Ed Hime | 12 January 2020 | 5.38 | 77 | |||||
| 290 | 4 | “Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror” | Nida Manzoor | Nina Metivier | 19 January 2020 | 5.20 | 79 | |||||
| 291 | 5 | “Fugitive of the Judoon” | Nida Manzoor | Vinay Patel and Chris Chibnall | 26 January 2020 | 5.57 | 83 | |||||
| 292 | 6 | “Praxeus” | Jamie Magnus Stone | Pete McTighe and Chris Chibnall | 2 February 2020 | 5.22 | 78 | |||||
| 293 | 7 | “Can You Hear Me?” | Emma Sullivan | Charlene James and Chris Chibnall | 9 February 2020 | 4.90 | 78 | |||||
| 294 | 8 | “The Haunting of Villa Diodati” | Emma Sullivan | Maxine Alderton | 16 February 2020 | 5.07 | 80 | |||||
| 295a | 9 | “Ascension of the Cybermen” | Jamie Magnus Stone | Chris Chibnall | 23 February 2020 | 4.99 | 81 | |||||
| 295b | 10 | “The Timeless Children” | Jamie Magnus Stone | Chris Chibnall | 1 March 2020 | 4.69 | 82 | |||||
| Special | ||||||||||||
| 296 | – | “Revolution of the Daleks” | Lee Haven Jones | Chris Chibnall | 1 January 2021 | 6.35 | 79 | |||||
Series 13
For Series 13, the episode count will be reduced from ten to eight episodes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also set to introduce Dan (John Bishop) as a new companion.