List of Doctor Who serials - Definition and Overview

This is a list of Doctor Who television serials. Each serial was a multi-episode storyline; the characters in brackets after the serial titles indicates the code used by the production team to designate the serial (where applicable) and are followed by the number of episodes in the serial. Unless otherwise noted, episodes were 25 minutes long.

A number of serials from the 1960s are either totally missing or have episodes missing, while some of the early 1970s episodes are only held in black and white. See List of incomplete Doctor Who serials for an exact listing.

William Hartnell

(In the first two seasons and most of the third season, each episode of a serial had an individual title; no serial had an overall onscreen title until The Savages. The earlier stories did have overall titles though they were not used onscreen, and much confusion has existed over the years, with many sources using different titles due to early fandom and reference works being unable to initially access the production files.)

Season 1 (1963-64)

Individual Episodes

• 100,000 BC (A) (4 episodes) Also known as An Unearthly Child, The Tribe of Gum and The Cavemen
• The Daleks (B) (7 episodes) Also known as The Mutants and The Dead Planet
• Inside the Spaceship (C) (2 episodes) Also known as Beyond the Sun and The Edge of Destruction
• Marco Polo (D) (7 episodes)
• The Keys of Marinus (E) (6 episodes)
• The Aztecs (F) (4 episodes)
• The Sensorites (G) (6 episodes)
• The Reign of Terror (H) (6 episodes) Also known as The French Revolution

Season 2 (1964-65)

Individual Episodes

• Planet of Giants (J) (3 episodes)
• The Dalek Invasion of Earth (K) (6 episodes)
• The Rescue (L) (2 episodes)
• The Romans (M) (4 episodes)
• The Web Planet (N) (6 episodes)
• The Crusade (P) (4 episodes) Also known as The Lionheart (multiple spellings)
• The Space Museum (Q) (4 episodes)
• The Chase (R) (6 episodes)
• The Time Meddler (S) (4 episodes)

Season 3 (1965-66)

Individual Episodes

• Galaxy 4 (T) (4 episodes)
• Mission to the Unknown (T/A or DC) (1 episodes) Also known as Dalek Cutaway, this is the only story in which the Doctor does not appear
• The Myth Makers (U) (4 episodes)
• The Daleks' Master Plan (V) (12 episodes)
• The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve (W) (4 episodes)
• The Ark (X) (4 episodes)
• The Celestial Toymaker (Y) (4 episodes)
• The Gunfighters (Z) (4 episodes)

(From this point onwards the stories had overall onscreen titles.)

• The Savages (AA) (4 episodes)
• The War Machines (BB) (4 episodes)

Season 4 (1966-67)

• The Smugglers (CC) (4 episodes)
• The Tenth Planet (DD) (4 episodes)

Patrick Troughton

Season 4 (1966-67) - continued

• The Power of the Daleks (EE) (6 episodes)
• The Highlanders (FF) (4 episodes)
• The Underwater Menace (GG) (4 episodes)
• The Moonbase (HH) (4 episodes)
• The Macra Terror (JJ) (4 episodes)
• The Faceless Ones (KK) (6 episodes)
• The Evil of the Daleks (LL) (7 episodes)

Season 5 (1967-68)

• The Tomb of the Cybermen (MM) (4 episodes)
• The Abominable Snowmen (NN) (6 episodes)
• The Ice Warriors (OO) (6 episodes)
• The Enemy of the World (PP) (6 episodes)
• The Web of Fear (QQ) (6 episodes)
• Fury from the Deep (RR) (6 episodes)
• The Wheel in Space (SS) (6 episodes)

Season 6 (1968-69)

• The Dominators (TT) (5 episodes)
• The Mind Robber (UU) (5 episodes)
• The Invasion (VV) (8 episodes)
• The Krotons (WW) (4 episodes)
• The Seeds of Death (XX) (6 episodes)
• The Space Pirates (YY) (6 episodes)
• The War Games (ZZ) (10 episodes)

Jon Pertwee

(Starting from Season 7, the programme was broadcast in colour.)

Season 7 (1970)

• Spearhead from Space (AAA) (4 episodes)
• Doctor Who and the Silurians (BBB) (7 episodes)
• The Ambassadors of Death (CCC) (7 episodes)
• Inferno (DDD) (7 episodes)

Season 8 (1971)

• Terror of the Autons (EEE) (4 episodes)
• The Mind of Evil (FFF) (6 episodes)
• The Claws of Axos (GGG)(4 episodes)
• Colony in Space (HHH) (6 episodes)
• The Dæmons (JJJ) (5 episodes)

Season 9 (1972)

• Day of the Daleks (KKK) (4 episodes)
• The Curse of Peladon (MMM) (4 episodes)
• The Sea Devils (LLL) (6 episodes)
• The Mutants (NNN) (6 episodes)
• The Time Monster (OOO) (6 episodes)

Season 10 (1972-73)

• The Three Doctors (RRR) (4 episodes)
• Carnival of Monsters (PPP) (4 episodes)
• Frontier in Space (QQQ) (6 episodes)
• Planet of the Daleks (SSS) (6 episodes)
• The Green Death (TTT) (6 episodes)

Season 11 (1973-74)

• The Time Warrior (UUU) (4 episodes)
• Invasion of the Dinosaurs (WWW) (6 episodes) First episode titled Invasion
• Death to the Daleks (XXX) (6 episodes)
• The Monster of Peladon (YYY) (6 episodes)
• Planet of the Spiders (ZZZ) (6 episodes)

Tom Baker

Season 12 (1974-75)

(All episodes in this season were linked together in one long story arc, although most of the stories are considered standalones.)

• Robot (4A) (4 episodes)
• The Ark in Space (4C) (4 episodes)
• The Sontaran Experiment (4B) (2 episodes)
• Genesis of the Daleks (4E) (6 episodes)
• Revenge of the Cybermen (4D) (4 episodes)

Season 13 (1975-76)

• Terror of the Zygons (4F) (4 episodes)
• Planet of Evil (4H) (4 episodes)
• Pyramids of Mars (4G) (4 episodes)
• The Android Invasion (4J) (4 episodes)
• The Brain of Morbius (4K) (4 episodes)
• The Seeds of Doom (4L) (6 episodes)

Season 14 (1976-77)

• The Masque of Mandragora (4M) (4 episodes)
• The Hand of Fear (4N) (4 episodes)
• The Deadly Assassin (4P) (4 episodes)
• The Face of Evil (4Q) (4 episodes)
• The Robots of Death (4R) (4 episodes)
• The Talons of Weng-Chiang (4S) (6 episodes)

Season 15 (1977-78)

• Horror of Fang Rock (4V) (4 episodes)
• The Invisible Enemy (4T) (4 episodes)
• Image of the Fendahl (4X) (4 episodes)
• The Sun Makers (4W) (4 episodes)
• Underworld (4Y) (4 episodes)
• The Invasion of Time (4Z) (6 episodes)

Season 16 (1978-79)

(Season 16 consisted 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 to DVD under this title.)

• The Ribos Operation (5A) (4 episodes)
• The Pirate Planet (5B) (4 episodes)
• The Stones of Blood (5C) (4 episodes)
• The Androids of Tara (5D) (4 episodes)
• The Power of Kroll (5E) (4 episodes)
• The Armageddon Factor (5F) (6 episodes)

Season 17 (1979-80)

• Destiny of the Daleks (5J) (4 episodes)
• City of Death (5H) (4 episodes)
• The Creature from the Pit (5G) (4 episodes)
• Nightmare of Eden (5K) (4 episodes)
• The Horns of Nimon (5L) (4 episodes)
• Shada (5M) (6 episodes) - not transmitted.

Season 18 (1980-81)

(in a return to the format of early seasons, virtually all serials from the start of Season 18 through to the end of Season 20 would be linked together, often with the final scene of one story leading straight into the next story.)

• The Leisure Hive (5N) (4 episodes)
• Meglos (5Q) (4 episodes)
• Full Circle (5R) (4 episodes)
• State of Decay (5P) (4 episodes)
• Warriors' Gate (5S) (4 episodes)
• The Keeper of Traken (5T) (4 episodes)
• Logopolis (5V) (4 episodes)

Peter Davison

Season 19 (1982)

• Castrovalva (5Z) (4 episodes)
• Four to Doomsday (5W) (4 episodes)
• Kinda (5Y)(4 episodes)
• The Visitation (5X) (4 episodes)
• Black Orchid (6A) (2 episodes)
• Earthshock (6B) (4 episodes)
• Time-Flight (6C) (4 episodes)

Season 20 (1983)

• Arc of Infinity (6E) (4 episodes)
• Snakedance (6D) (4 episodes)
• Mawdryn Undead (6F) (4 episodes)
• Terminus (6G) (4 episodes)
• Enlightenment (6H) (4 episodes)
• The King's Demons (6J) (2 episodes)
• The Five Doctors (6K) (20th anniversary special telemovie)

Season 21 (1984)

• Warriors of the Deep (6L) (4 episodes)
• The Awakening (6M) (2 episodes)
• Frontios (6N) (4 episodes)
• Resurrection of the Daleks (6P) (2 45-minute episodes)
• Planet of Fire (6Q) (4 episodes)
• The Caves of Androzani (6R) (4 episodes)

Colin Baker

Season 21 (1984) - continued

• The Twin Dilemma (6S) (4 episodes)

Season 22 (1985) (all episodes 45 minutes)

• Attack of the Cybermen (6T) (2 episodes)
• Vengeance on Varos (6V) (2 episodes)
• The Mark of the Rani (6X) (2 episodes)
• The Two Doctors (6W) (3 episodes)
• Timelash (6Y) (2 episodes)
• Revelation of the Daleks (6Z) (2 episodes)

Season 23 (1986)

The Trial of a Time Lord (14 episodes)

Although broadcast as a single epic serial, The Trial of a Time Lord episodes 1-14, Season 23, was structured as four serials (recorded as three). The whole season went out under one title, however. Details of the four serials, with the working titles, are as follows:

• The Mysterious Planet (7A) (4 episodes)
• Mindwarp (7B) (4 episodes)
• Terror of the Vervoids (7C) (4 episodes) Also known as The Vervoids
• The Ultimate Foe (7C) (2 episodes) Also known as Time Inc.

Sylvester McCoy

Season 24 (1987)

• Time and the Rani (7D) (4 episodes)
• Paradise Towers (7E) (4 episodes)
• Delta and the Bannermen (7F) (3 episodes)
• Dragonfire (7G) (3 episodes)

Season 25 (1988)

• Remembrance of the Daleks (7H) (4 episodes)
• The Happiness Patrol (7L) (3 episodes)
• Silver Nemesis (7K) (3 episodes)
• The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (7J) (4 episodes)

Season 26 (1989)

• Battlefield (7N) (4 episodes)
• Ghost Light (7Q) (3 episodes)
• The Curse of Fenric (7M) (4 episodes)
• Survival (7P) (3 episodes)

Paul McGann

TV Movie (1996)

• Enemy Within (telemovie)

(No title was ever used for this project other than "Doctor Who", which is highly confusing in a listing of this nature. However "Enemy Within" was suggested as an alternative title by producer Philip Segal and has been used by many fans lacking any other title by which to refer to the telemovie.)

Christopher Eccleston

Series 1 (2005)

The series will no longer carry on the former production codes or 'season' numbers. Each episode will be 45 minutes. Information below subject to change.

• Rose (working title) (1 episode; Russell T. Davies)
• The End of the World (working title) (1 episode; Russell T. Davies)
• The Unquiet Dead (working title) (1 episode; Mark Gatiss)
• Aliens of London (working title) (1 episode, Part 1 of 2; Russell T. Davies)
• 10 Downing Street (working title) (1 episode, Part 2 of 2; Russell T. Davies)
• Title unknown (1 episode; Rob Shearman)
• The Long Game (working title) (1 episode; Russell T. Davies)
• Title unknown (1 episode; Paul Cornell)
• The Empty Child (working title) (1 episode, Part 1 of 2; Steven Moffat)
• The Doctor Dances (working title) (1 episode, Part 2 of 2; Steven Moffat)
• Title unknown (1 episode; Russell T. Davies)
• The Parting of the Ways (working title) (2 episodes; Russell T. Davies)