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Doctor Who

1963 Ended 25m episodes

7.9/10 731 votes

DramaAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

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

27 available

Season 26

Episodes

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E01

Episode 1

★ 7.5

Battlefield (1)

1989-09-06 · 25m

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.

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E02

Episode 2

★ 8.0

Battlefield (2)

1989-09-13 · 25m

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

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E03

Episode 3

★ 7.2

Battlefield (3)

1989-09-20 · 25m

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

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E04

Episode 4

★ 7.3

Battlefield (4)

1989-09-27 · 25m

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.

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E05

Episode 5

★ 6.1

Ghost Light (1)

1989-10-04 · 25m

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.

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E06

Episode 6

★ 6.2

Ghost Light (2)

1989-10-11 · 25m

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

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E07

Episode 7

★ 6.0

Ghost Light (3)

1989-10-18 · 25m

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.

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E08

Episode 8

★ 7.2

The Curse of Fenric (1)

1989-10-25 · 25m

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!

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E09

Episode 9

★ 7.0

The Curse of Fenric (2)

1989-11-01 · 25m

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

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E10

Episode 10

★ 7.1

The Curse of Fenric (3)

1989-11-08 · 25m

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

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E11

Episode 11

★ 6.7

The Curse of Fenric (4)

1989-11-15 · 25m

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.

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E12

Episode 12

★ 7.7

Survival (1)

1989-11-22 · 25m

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...

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E13

Episode 13

★ 7.4

Survival (2)

1989-11-29 · 25m

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.

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