Doctor Who
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
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Season 1
42 episodes
Premiered Nov 23, 1963
Season 2
39 episodes
Premiered Oct 31, 1964
Season 3
45 episodes
Premiered Sep 11, 1965
Season 4
43 episodes
Premiered Sep 10, 1966
Season 5
40 episodes
Premiered Sep 2, 1967
Season 6
44 episodes
Premiered Aug 10, 1968
Season 7
25 episodes
Premiered Jan 3, 1970
Season 8
25 episodes
Premiered Jan 2, 1971
Season 9
26 episodes
Premiered Jan 1, 1972
Season 10
26 episodes
Premiered Dec 30, 1972
Season 11
26 episodes
Premiered Dec 15, 1973
Season 12
20 episodes
Premiered Dec 28, 1974
Season 13
26 episodes
Premiered Aug 30, 1975
Season 14
26 episodes
Premiered Sep 4, 1976
Season 15
26 episodes
Premiered Sep 3, 1977
The Key to Time
26 episodes
Premiered Sep 2, 1978
Season 17
20 episodes
Premiered Sep 1, 1979
Season 18
28 episodes
Premiered Aug 30, 1980
Season 19
26 episodes
Premiered Jan 4, 1982
Season 20
22 episodes
Premiered Jan 3, 1983
Season 21
24 episodes
Premiered Jan 5, 1984
Season 22
13 episodes
Premiered Jan 5, 1985
The Trial of a Time Lord
14 episodes
Premiered Sep 6, 1986
Season 24
14 episodes
Premiered Sep 7, 1987
Season 25
14 episodes
Premiered Oct 5, 1988
Season 26
14 episodes
Premiered Sep 6, 1989
Ep 1An Unearthly Child
After discussing a strange pupil, Susan Foreman, teachers Ian and Barbara follow her to a junkyard. They meet her grandfather, the Doctor, and force their way inside a police box with frightening results.
Ep 2The Cave of Skulls
The enigmatic Doctor, wary that Ian and Barbara will reveal his secrets to the people of 20th-century Earth, takes them and his granddaughter Susan back to the dawn of human history. There, the four travellers are dragged into the savage politics of a tribe of cavemen who have lost the secret of making fire...
Ep 3The Forest of Fear
Prisoners of the earliest humans, the TARDIS crew are caught in a deadly power play for leadership of the tribe.
Ep 4The Firemaker
The TARDIS crew must make fire for the early humans to stay alive. But once they do, they may not be allowed to leave!
Ep 5The Dead Planet
Time Unknown, Planet Unknown. The TARDIS lands in an eerie petrified forest overlooking a magnificent steel city. The Doctor wants to explore the city – but what's waiting there?
Ep 6The Survivors
The dead planet is not uninhabited after all. The Doctor is about to meet what will become his greatest enemies... And he and his crew are dying of radiation sickness.
BBC One
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BBC Television
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