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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.
- Created by:
- Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber, Donald Wilson
- Cast:
- Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Network:
- BBC One, BBC Television
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 24
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 4.5Time and the Rani (1)
1987-09-07 · 25mThe alien world of Lakertya. With the aid of the savage Tetraps, the Rani has conquered this planet to allow her to continue her depraved biochemical experiments. But she finds herself needing the Doctor's assistance...
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E02
Episode 2
★ 5.3Time and the Rani (2)
1987-09-14 · 25mThe Rani's impersonation of Mel backfires badly because Urak can't tell the difference, while the Doctor attempts to learn the secret of the Loyhargil.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 5.4Time and the Rani (3)
1987-09-21 · 25mThe solstice nears, making it time for the Rani to bring her plans into fruition. The Doctor's sympathies for Beyus, ruler of the Lykertyans, are rather qualified. Beyus' heart is for his people yet something prompts him to collaborate fully in helping the Rani reach all her objectives. The answer, he's told, lies within the Center of Leisure.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 5.2Time and the Rani (4)
1987-09-28 · 25mThe Rani, at last, links the Doctor into her great brain machine, the crowning jewel in her component packet of geniuses brought together to turn Lakertya itself into one vast cerebral mass capable of redirecting time anywhere in the universe, giving her absolute power over all creation.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 5.4Paradise Towers (1)
1987-10-05 · 25mThe legendary Paradise Towers is supposed to be the height of luxury but when the Doctor and Mel arrive, they find it is as far from paradise as possible...
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E06
Episode 6
★ 6.1Paradise Towers (2)
1987-10-12 · 25mWith the Doctor condemned to death by the caretakers and their bizarre rulebook, Mel faces cannibalistic OAPS. Is Pex going to be the true hero of Paradise Towers?
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E07
Episode 7
★ 6.0Paradise Towers (3)
1987-10-19 · 25mMel and Pex play cat and mouse with the lethal cleaner robots while the Doctor and the surviving Kangs learn all about Kroagnon the Great Architect.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 5.9Paradise Towers (4)
1987-10-26 · 25mMeeting up at the pool, the Doctor leads the surviving Rezzies, Kangs and Caretakers as they draw the line together on the 245th floor against the systematic cleansing of all life by Kroagnon and his robotic Cleaners.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 5.5Delta and the Bannermen (1)
1987-11-02 · 25mWales, 1959. A top-secret US satellite has mysteriously gone missing. This could have something to do with the arrival of a party of alien tourists en route to Disneyland, amongst their number Mel and the Doctor, and the Queen of the Chimerons - who's fleeing the Bannermen and their genocidal leader Gavrok...
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E10
Episode 10
★ 5.2Delta and the Bannermen (2)
1987-11-09 · 25mMel's just discovered something very interesting about the life cycle of her new friend and the Doctor has been cornered by an alien bounty hunter wearing blue suede shoes.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 5.1Delta and the Bannermen (3)
1987-11-16 · 25mAs Billy and Ray do what they can to help save Delta and the baby, the Doctor and Goronwy the beekeeper face Gavrok and his Bannermen one last time...
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E12
Episode 12
★ 6.5Dragonfire (1)
1987-11-23 · 25mThe deep-space trading post of Iceworld, the far future. The Doctor, Mel, their old friend Glitz and time-lost waitress Ace go in search of a fabulous treasure, supposedly guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. But what is the link between the treasure and Iceworld's proprietor, the frosty Mr Kane?
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E13
Episode 13
★ 6.5Dragonfire (2)
1987-11-30 · 25mWhile Mel and Ace run from Glitz's former crewmen (whom he sold to Kane), officers Belazs and Kracauer conspire to overthrow Kane. The Doctor, meanwhile, discovers there really is a dragon in the ice caverns, which turns out to be a bio-mechanoid with a very interesting function.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 7.0Dragonfire (3)
1987-12-07 · 25mAt last learning the location of the missing key to his spaceship, Kane has the dragon hunted down and Iceworld brutally purged of all visitors; but, the Doctor, visiting the Ice Garden, learns something significant that will put the chagrin on Kane's grand plans for home world vengeance.
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Sylvester McCoy
The Doctor
Sophie Aldred
Ace