Doctor Who

  • Premiered: Nov 1963
  • Episodes: 706
  • Followers: 1538
  • Ended
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Season 1
1x0
Pilot
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 26, 1963
The first episode, "An Unearthly Child", was originally recorded a month before full recording on the series began. However, the initial recording was bedevilled with technical problems .. show full overview
1x1
An Unearthly Child: An Unearthly Child (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 23, 1963
London, 1963. Schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright are perplexed by the behaviour of one of their pupils, Susan Foreman. Her knowledge of science and history exceeds theirs, .. show full overview
1x2
An Unearthly Child: The Cave of Skulls (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 30, 1963
Earth, 100,000 B.C. The enigmatic Doctor, afraid that schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright will reveal his secrets to the people of 20th century Earth, has taken them and his .. show full overview
1x3
An Unearthly Child: The Forest of Fear (3)
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Air date
Dec 07, 1963
Prisoners of the earliest humans, the TARDIS crew are caught in a deadly power play for leadership of the tribe.
1x4
An Unearthly Child: The Firemaker (4)
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 14, 1963
The TARDIS crew must make fire for the early humans to stay alive. But once they do, they may not be allowed to leave!
1x5
The Daleks: The Dead Planet (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 21, 1963
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 is waiting there?
1x6
The Daleks: The Survivors (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 28, 1963
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.
1x7
The Daleks: The Escape (3)
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Air date
Jan 04, 1964
Imprisoned on Skaro by the scheming Daleks, the Doctor and his companions work to escape their clutches.
1x8
The Daleks: The Ambush (4)
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Air date
Jan 11, 1964
The time travellers work desperately to both escape the Dalek city and prevent a bloody massacre.
1x9
The Daleks: The Expedition (5)
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 18, 1964
The time travellers have escaped from the Daleks, but left a vital piece of the TARDIS behind. Getting it back will mean pushing the Thals to mount a dangerous operation.
1x10
The Daleks: The Ordeal (6)
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 25, 1964
Ian, Barbara and the Thals struggle through the caves to reach the Dalek city. Will they get there in time? Is there even a way through the treacherous caves? And what are the Daleks planning?
1x11
The Daleks: The Rescue (7)
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Air date
Feb 01, 1964
Time is running out as the Doctor and his companions try to defeat the Daleks before they wipe out all life on Skaro.
1x12
The Edge of Destruction: The Edge of Destruction (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 08, 1964
A mysterious explosion has knocked the TARDIS into void. And in their confusion, the crew are turning on one another.
1x13
The Edge of Destruction: The Brink of Disaster (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 15, 1964
The TARDIS is adrift, the crew turning on each other. Only by working together can they find their way out before they are destroyed.
1x14
Marco Polo: The Roof of the World (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 22, 1964
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1x15
Marco Polo: The Singing Sands (2)
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Air date
Feb 29, 1964
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1x16
Marco Polo: Five Hundred Eyes (3)
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Air date
Mar 07, 1964
This episode has no summary.
1x17
Marco Polo: The Wall of Lies (4)
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Mar 14, 1964
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1x18
Marco Polo: Rider from Shang-Tu (5)
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Mar 21, 1964
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1x19
Marco Polo: Mighty Kublai Khan (6)
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Mar 28, 1964
This episode has no summary.
1x20
Marco Polo: Assassin at Peking (7)
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Air date
Apr 04, 1964
This episode has no summary.
1x21
The Keys of Marinus: The Sea of Death (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 11, 1964
The TARDIS lands on a remote island, surrounded by a sea of acid. They meet Arbitan, keeper of the Conscience of Marinus who forces the travellers to go in search of five keys.
1x22
The Keys of Marinus: The Velvet Web (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 18, 1964
In the city of Morphoton, the Doctor, Barbara, Ian and Susan are welcomed as honoured guests and given anything they want. But Barbara soon discovers that paradise is an illusion.
1x23
The Keys of Marinus: The Screaming Jungle (3)
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 25, 1964
Ian and Barbara find a temple in the middle of a hostile jungle. Inside is the ailing Darrius, keeper of one of the keys. As Darrius dies he gives Ian a clue to find the key.
1x24
The Keys of Marinus: The Snows of Terror (4)
Episode overview
Air date
May 02, 1964
In a snowy wasteland, Vasor, an unscrupulous trapper, imprisons the travellers in a frozen cavern inside a mountain. There they find one of the keys frozen in a block of ice.
1x25
The Keys of Marinus: Sentence of Death (5)
Episode overview
Air date
May 09, 1964
Arriving in the city of Millennius, Ian is put on trial for murder. The Doctor takes on the role of defence counsel and must prove Ian's innocence or he will be executed.
1x26
The Keys of Marinus: The Keys of Marinus (6)
Episode overview
Air date
May 16, 1964
The Doctor solves the murder mystery and finds the final missing key. With Ian now free, the travellers return to the island only to discover that Arbitan has been murdered.
1x27
The Aztecs: The Temple of Evil (1)
Episode overview
Air date
May 23, 1964
The TARDIS lands inside an Aztec temple in 15th Century Mexico and become cut off from the ship when they leave the temple to explore.
1x28
The Aztecs: The Warriors of Death (2)
Episode overview
Air date
May 30, 1964
The High Priest of Sacrifice, Tlotoxl begins to doubt Barbara's claim to be the reincarnation of Yetaxa and plots to undermine her position and eliminate her friends.
1x29
The Aztecs: The Bride of Sacrifice (3)
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 06, 1964
The Doctor and Ian attempt to find a way back to the TARDIS. Barbara attempts to distract Tlotoxl but the High Priest of Sacrifice already has plans for Susan.
1x30
The Aztecs: The Day of Darkness (4)
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 13, 1964
Tlotoxl is preparing to make his move and have Barbara, the Doctor, Ian and Susan killed. Ian prepares for a fight to the death with the warrior, Ixta.
1x31
The Sensorites: Strangers in Space (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 20, 1964
The 28th century. The TARDIS materialises on a spaceship orbiting a planet known as the Sense-Sphere, whose natives, the Sensorites, have trapped the ship's human crew in a state of paralysis.
1x32
The Sensorites: The Unwilling Warriors (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 27, 1964
The Doctor and his companions are on board an Earth ship trapped in orbit around the Sense-Sphere when it is boarded by the Sensorites, who steal the lock mechanism from the TARDIS.
1x33
The Sensorites: Hidden Danger (3)
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 11, 1964
The Doctor and his companions are escorted to the Sense-Sphere where they attempt to negotiate with the Sensorites for the release of the TARDIS.
1x34
The Sensorites: A Race Against Death (4)
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 18, 1964
Trapped on the Sense-Sphere, Ian is dying from the illness that has been killing the Sensorites and the Doctor tries to find a cure.
1x35
The Sensorites: Kidnap (5)
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 25, 1964
Trapped on the Sense-Sphere, the Doctor's investigations into the cause of the sickness affecting the Sensorites are hampered by the subversive activities of the City Administrator.
1x36
The Sensorites: A Desperate Venture (6)
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 01, 1964
Trapped on the Sense-Sphere, the Doctor and his companions find three deranged human survivors who have been fighting a guerilla war against the Sensorites.
1x37
The Reign of Terror: A Land of Fear (1)
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 08, 1964
When the Doctor attempts to return Ian and Barbara to their own time, the TARDIS actually lands in 18th-century France during the French Revolution.
1x38
The Reign of Terror: Guests of Madame Guillotine (2)
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 15, 1964
In Paris, Ian, Barbara and Susan are sentenced to death under the blade of the guillotine. Having escaped the burning farmhouse, the Doctor is on his way to rescue his friends.
1x39
The Reign of Terror: A Change of Identity (3)
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 22, 1964
Barbara and Susan are saved from the guillotine by two royalists, Jules and Jean, but Susan has fallen ill. At the prison, a stroke of luck provides Ian with a chance to escape.
1x40
The Reign of Terror: The Tyrant of France (4)
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 29, 1964
Susan is now very ill and in desperate need of medical help. The royalist, Leon, arranges for Barbara to take Susan to a physician, but the physician betrays them.
1x41
The Reign of Terror: A Bargain of Necessity (5)
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 05, 1964
The Doctor is reunited with Barbara at the prison and arranges for her to escape, but Susan remains behind bars. Jules rescues Ian, killing Leon in the process.
1x42 Season finale
The Reign of Terror: Prisoners of Conciergerie (6)
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 12, 1964
The Doctor leads Lemaitre to the royalist house where Lemaitre reveals that he is in fact the English spy, James Sterling.

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