Doctor Who

Name: Doctor Who
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 1963-11-23
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred

ENDED26 Seasons694 Episodes★ 7.9

Doctor Who is a drama and action-adventure series on BBC One that ran from 1963 to 1989, ending after 26 seasons and 694 episodes.

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NetworkBBC One

First AiredNov 23, 1963

Last AiredDec 6, 1989

GenreDrama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Runtime25 min

Created BySydney Newman, C. E. Webber, Donald Wilson

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited Kingdom

ProductionBBC

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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Cast

Sylvester McCoy

The Doctor

Sophie Aldred

Ace

Seasons & Episodes26 seasons · 694 episodes

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It was the final season of the "classic" series. Unusually for a Doctor Who season, aside from some scenes in Survival, all the stories took place on Earth. Apart from Battlefield, the stories followed a loose character arc, as Ace came to terms with her past. As for the Doctor, he had become darker in personality, treating others as pawns in the battle between good and evil while dressing in dark clothes to match his personality change. This was the first and so far only season to be produced entirely out of broadcast order.

E1Battlefield (1)

Sep 6, 198925m★ 7.5

As UNIT are transporting a nuclear warhead around Carbury, knights in armour arrive to continue waging a war that began thousands of years ago, but in a wholly different dimension.

E2Battlefield (2)

Sep 13, 198925m★ 8.0

The Doctor and Ace discover a stone spaceship underneath Warmsley's archaeological dig while Mordred summons Morgaine to Earth's dimension.

E3Battlefield (3)

Sep 20, 198925m★ 7.2

The Brigadier rescues the Doctor from the stone spaceship before they set out to locate Morgaine before she gains Excalibur.

E4Battlefield (4)

Sep 27, 198925m★ 7.3

Morgaine forces Ace and Shou Yuing to hand over Excalibur by threatening to release the Destroyer, so the Doctor and the Brigadier enter a dimensional portal to stop her.

E5Ghost Light (1)

Oct 4, 198925m★ 6.1

The Doctor and Ace explore Victorian house Gabriel Chase and realise it hides just as many dark secrets in its drawing room as it does in its dark cellar.

E6Ghost Light (2)

Oct 11, 198925m★ 6.2

The Doctor manages to rescue Ace from the husks and then tries to uncover the truth about the goings on in Josiah's house.

E7Ghost Light (3)

Oct 18, 198925m★ 6.0

Only Redvers, still searching for the elusive Saxe-Coburg, seems able to withstand Light and communicate with Control. Ace realises her past actions need to be dealt with.

E8The Curse of Fenric (1)

Oct 25, 198925m★ 7.2

England, the 1940s. The TARDIS brings the Doctor and Ace to a secret naval base during WWII. There, the time-travellers battle vampiric Haemovores and an ancient Viking curse!

E9The Curse of Fenric (2)

Nov 1, 198925m★ 7.0

The Doctor and Ace manage to convince Sorin to release them while Millington and Judson attempt to translate the Viking runes.

E10The Curse of Fenric (3)

Nov 8, 198925m★ 7.1

The Doctor and his friends come under attack from the Haemavores, allowing Millington to retrieve the flask containing Fenric's essence.

E11The Curse of Fenric (4)

Nov 15, 198925m★ 6.7

Fenric is loose and planning to use the Ancient Haemovore to poison the Earth with chemicals, unless the Doctor can defeat him in their centuries old game.

E12Survival (1)

Nov 22, 198925m★ 7.7

Perivale, England, the late 1980s. People are vanishing into thin air under the baleful stare of a very strange cat. The Doctor and Ace learn that, in the battle for survival, success can carry a terrible price...

E13Survival (2)

Nov 29, 198925m★ 7.4

The Doctor and Paterson manage to escape from the Master and join up with Ace and her friends, where the Doctor tries to find a way to get them all off the planet before it explodes.

E14Survival (3)

Dec 6, 198925m★ 7.2

Ace manages to transport the Doctor and the others back to Perivale but the Master is also there, preparing for a final showdown with the Doctor.

About Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a drama, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy series on BBC One. The show first aired on Nov 23, 1963 and currently has 26 seasons and 694 episodes. Doctor Who has ended. It has a rating of 7.9/10 based on 729 votes. The cast includes Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred. Created by Sydney Newman and C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson.