Observations, rants, and musings by Joe Siegler.

Doctor Who Marathon

I’ve been a Doctor Who fan since 1983.  I’ve seen every episode at least once in all that time, but the one thing – the holy grail – the biggest geek level once can achieve as a Whovian is the “Full Marathon” (my term).  I’ve seen some fans refer to it as the “pilgrimage”. It’s when you watch every episode in a row.

That’s what I’ve done.  On 21 Aug 2021, I started with Episode 1 – “An Unearthly Child“, and kept going.  One episode per day, I made it through everything the show has done, going all the way up to current.  It was a lot of episodes for sure, but it was a lot of fun.  Rediscovering ones I’d forgotten about, things I’ve changed my opinion on, it was a great project.

Originally, the end date was supposed to be first week of Feb 2024, but when I was in the middle of Tom Baker’s run, I doubled up a bunch to bring the end of the project to 23 Nov 2023 – the actual 60th anniversary of the programme.   This page is an index of all that work – you can look up any story below, and click on it.  It will show basic facts about the story, my embedded tweets for each episode I watched, and some extra pictures I happened to like from it.

When I started this project I posted in some detail as to what I hoped to accomplish.  Now that I have accomplished it, it was a lot of fun, and I was super glad to go through it.  Although as I write this index text the day after I finished, it feels weird not to have a Doctor Who episode to watch for the first time in two and a half years.

Regarding future episodes, I will cover them, too as they happen – but in the interest of social media spoilers, I’ll probably do the bulk of the writing on my blog here, and reference them from social media.

Admin note: The order of stories on this page are backwards.  The oldest stuff is at the bottom, and the newer stuff is at the top.

In Dec of 2024 I wrote a piece about the formats of the packaging for the classic series blu-ray sets that been released for the last 6 years or so.  They’re working through the original 26 classic years of the show, and I have some thoughts about the packaging and my experience in buying them for my collection.  You can read that here.

Doctor 15: Ncuti Gatwa

Ncuti Gatwa (pronounced shoo-tee) takes over from David Tennant as the Doctor, the 15th actor to hold the title role in the TV series (yeah, I know, Martin/Hurt). At the time of his casting he was well known from the Netflix series “Sex Education” and from the Barbie movie.  But like nearly every other actor, he was an unknown to me.

His first appearance was in David Tennant’s last story “The Giggle”.  Gatwa’s first proper episode was on Christmas Day 2023.

In addition, the production is calling his first series “Series 1” again.  While I don’t agree with that (it’s really Season 40), I think it has to do with the show being on Disney+.  Since Disney has only new and forward, if they called it “Series 14”, people would go “where’s Series 1-13”, so I think that’s why they’re calling it that.

Series 2:

Series 1:

  • Empire of Death (6/22/2024) - (22 Jun 2024) – Series 1 Episode 8 (Serial 14.10)
  • The Legend of Ruby Sunday (6/15/2024) - (15 Jun 2024) – Series 1 Episode 7 (Serial 14.9)
  • Rogue (6/8/2024) - (8 Jun 2024) – Series 1 Episode 6 (Serial 14.8)
  • Dot and Bubble (6/1/2024) - (1 Jun 2024) – Series 1 Episode 5 (Serial 14.2)
  • 73 Yards (5/25/2024) - (25 May 2024) – Series 1 Episode 4 (Serial 14.1)
  • Boom (5/18/2024) - (18 May 2024) – Series 1 Episode 3 (Serial 14.5)
  • The Devil’s Chord (5/11/2024) - (11 May 2024) – Series 1 Episode 2 (Serial 14.7)
  • Space Babies (5/11/2024) - (11 May 2024) – Series 1 Episode 1 (Serial 14.4)
  • The Church on Ruby Road (12/25/2023) - (25 Dec 2023) – 2023 Christmas Special (Serial 14.3)

Doctor 14: David Tennant

For the first time in the show’s history, one of the title actors returns to be.. the title actor again.  David Tennant returned to play the 14th Doctor in three anniversary specials in November & December 2023.  He was never intended to stay beyond that.  Returning producer Russell T Davies said that this isn’t a ghost, or a trick or something – this is a full fledged new incarnation of the Doctor, except one that was short lived.   Given I already wrote a summary of Tennant’s original era, I opted not to do one based solely on three episodes here.

60th Anniversary Specials:

  • The Giggle (12/13/2023) - (9 Dec 2023) – 60th Anniv Special 3 (Serial 60a.3)
  • Wild Blue Yonder (12/9/2023) - (2 Dec 2023) – 60th Anniv Special 2 (Serial 60a.2)
  • The Star Beast (11/28/2023) - (25 Nov 2023) – 60th Anniv Special 1 (Serial 60a.1)
  • Destination Skaro (11/24/2023) - (17 Nov 2023) – Children in Need Special (Serial 14.6)

Doctor 13: Jodie Whittaker

Jodie Whittaker took over from Peter Capaldi, becoming the first female actor to be the Doctor. Her first episode aired on 7 Oct 2018, and her last episode aired 23 Oct 2022.

Jodie’s era saw major disruption to regular broadcast schedule.  First, her “full” series was dropped from 12 episodes that Capaldi had to 10 (plus a special).  Then for her third series, it was dropped all the way down to just 6 episodes, but that a byproduct of the Covid pandemic in 2020.  There were a handful of specials for her when her time was up in Fall of 2022.

As with all the other Doctors, I’ve written a writeup of her area.  You can read that here.

Series 13 Specials:

There were a series of three specials to close out Jodie Whittaker’s era.  The first two were originally intended to be part of Series 13, but were kept aside for specials.  The final one was the “BBC Centenary” special as part of the BBC’s overall 100th anniversary celebration.

Series 13 (Flux):

Series 13 was severely shortened due to having been made during the height of Covid 19 in 2020/2021.  It was originally due to be 8 episodes (another covid restriction), then it was reduced to just 6, with the remaining two becoming specials.  It was also decided that Flux would be like Trial of A Time Lord, where the entire series would officially be one story with six episodes, collectively called “Flux”.

Series 12:

Series 11:

Doctor 12: Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi took over the role from Matt Smith, being the Doctor from 2014 through 2017.

Once again he had three series like the bulk of the Doctors, but during his time the show’s regular airing suffered.  We had an entire gap year with just a single episode.  The show’s feel had a tonal change with Capaldi – one I very much approved of (not that I didn’t like it before, but I LOVED this).  The show also dropped an episode from the series. Since Eccleston was the Doctor, a series had 13 episodes plus a Christmas special. A series from Series 8 onward is 12 episodes.

Peter is the second actor to appear in the programme in another role before becoming the Doctor.

His first episode aired on 23 Aug 2014, and his last episode aired 25 Dec 2017.

As with all the other Doctors, I have an article about his era on the show which you can read here.

Series 10:

  • Twice Upon a Time (10/23/2023) - (25 Dec 2017) – 2017 Christmas Special (Serial 10.13)
  • The Doctor Falls (10/22/2023) - (1 Jul 2017) – Series 10, Story 11b (Serial 10.12)
  • World Enough and Time (10/21/2023) - (24 Jun 2017) – Series 10, Story 11a (Serial 10.11)
  • The Eaters of Light (10/20/2023) - (17 Jun 2017) – Series 10, Story 10 (Serial 10.6)
  • Empress of Mars (10/19/2023) - (10 Jun 2017) – Series 10, Story 9 (Serial 10.10)
  • The Lie of the Land (10/18/2023) - (3 Jun 2017) – Series 10, Story 8 (Serial 10.9)
  • The Pyramid at the End of the World (10/17/2023) - (27 May 2017) – Series 10, Story 7 (Serial 10.8)
  • Extremis (10/16/2023) - (20 May 2017) – Series 10, Story 6 (Serial 10.7)
  • Oxygen (10/15/2023) - (13 May 2017) – Series 10, Story 5 (Serial 10.5)
  • Knock Knock (10/14/2023) - (6 May 2017) – Series 10, Story 4 (Serial 10.4)
  • Thin Ice (10/13/2023) - (29 Apr 2017) – Series 10, Story 3 (Serial 10.3)
  • Smile (10/12/2023) - (22 Apr 2017) – Series 10, Story 2 (Serial 10.2)
  • The Pilot (10/11/2023) - (15 Apr 2017) – Series 10, Story 1 (Serial 10.1)

Capaldi Xmas Specials:

From here the regular broadcast schedule is lost. There was a Christmas special in Dec 2015 tacked on after the end of Series 9, but the next episode after THAT was a full 365 days later – Dec 2016.  Then Series 10 happened four months after THAT.

Series 9:

Series 8:

  • Last Christmas (9/26/2023) - (25 Dec 2014) – 2014 Christmas Special (Serial 8.13)
  • Death in Heaven (9/25/2023) - (8 Nov 2014) – Series 8 Story 11b (Serial 8.11)
  • Dark Water (9/24/2023) - (1 Nov 2014) – Series 8 Story 11a (Serial 8.10)
  • In The Forest of the Night (9/23/2023) - (25 Oct 2014) – Series 8 Story 10 (Serial 8.12)
  • Flatline (9/22/2023) - (18 Oct 2014) – Series 8 Story 9 (Serial 8.9)
  • Mummy on the Orient Express (9/21/2023) - (11 Oct 2014) – Series 8 Story 8 (Serial 8.8)
  • Kill the Moon (9/20/2023) - (4 Oct 2014) – Series 8 Story 7 (Serial 8.7)
  • The Caretaker (9/19/2023) - (27 Sep 2014) – Series 8 Story 6 (Serial 8.6)
  • Time Heist (9/18/2023) - (20 Sep 2014) – Series 8 Story 5 (Serial 8.4)
  • Listen (9/17/2023) - (13 Sep 2014) – Series 8 Story 4 (Serial 8.3)
  • The Robot of Sherwood (9/16/2023) - (6 Sep 2014) – Series 8 Story 3 (Serial 8.5)
  • Into the Dalek (9/15/2023) - (30 Aug 2014) – Series 8 Story 2 (Serial 8.2)
  • Deep Breath (9/14/2023) - (23 Aug 2014) – Series 8 Story 1 (Serial 8.1)

Doctor 11: Matt Smith

Matt Smith took over the role of the Doctor in 2010, and remained in the role through 2013.  He is my daughter’s favorite Doctor by far.

He had the same three series that every modern Doctor seems to have, but in his time was the start of the show not having as regular a viewing period as it did up to this point.  Not his fault, though – just when it happened.

The show’s 50th anniversary happened during his tenure.  This also marks the start of the Steven Moffat era, as he took over from Russell T Davies, who left with the rest of the production team following David Tennant’s run.   Matt’s era also had an enormous amount of extra scenes, prequels, and bonuses.  Some were aired, some were DVD/Blu only.  I’ve covered I believe all of them (except prequels).

His first episode aired on 3 Apr 2010, and his last episode aired 25 Dec 2013.

As with all the other Doctors, I wrote a wrap-up of his era, too.  You can read it here.

Final Matt Smith Specials:

To close out Matt Smith’s era in 2013, we got a couple of specials that were not part of Series 7.  One was the 50th anniversary special, and the other was the 2013 Christmas Special.  They’re listed here with a couple of connected extras.

Series 7 Bonus:

Series 7 had a bunch of bonus scenes and prequels. Some of them were connected to other things (and were covered where relevant).  However, a few of them were disconnected shorts and extras. They’re covered here.  There was also a Children in Need special in Nov 2013 for the TV show Call the Midwife where the Doctor dropped in on that cast, but I’m not covering it as it’s 95% Call the Midwife and just a very short appearance by Matt Smith.

Series 7:

Series 7 had a very split broadcast. The first five episodes were in Sep 2012 (which itself was a delay from the usual spring broadcast), then a Christmas Special, and the remaining 8 episodes from Mar – May 2013. I’m still not entirely sure why the series was split across two years like that. There are also no multi-part stories in this series.

Series 6:

Series 5:

Doctor 10: David Tennant

David Tennant took over the role as The Doctor in late 2005, and is the modern series’ equivalent of Tom Baker.  That guy who most people imagine as “The Doctor”.  He IS Doctor Who to a lot of people.

His time in the role is unique.  As the tenth Doctor, he held the role for three full series plus an extra year of specials.  He will return again in late 2023 as the 14th Doctor, something that’s never been done before.

His first episode aired on 25 Dec 2005, and his last episode aired 1 Jan 2010.

But for now, we’ll discuss his first era below (his second is further up the page).  You can read my summary of his (first) era here.

Series 4 Specials:

After David Tennant announced he was leaving the role, there were a series of specials made which were spread out over the span of roughly 13 months.  They comprised the end of the 10th Doctor.  From a production standpoint, they carried on with the Season 4 production codes, as we hadn’t gotten to Season 5 yet, but they aren’t part of the proper “Season 4”.  I’m calling them “Series 4b” (in the indexes below), but that’s my own invention – that’s in no way official.

  • The End of Time (7/31/2023) - (25 Dec 2009 - 1 Jan 2010) – Series 4b, Story 14 (Serial 4.17)
  • The Waters of Mars (7/29/2023) - (15 Nov 2009) – Series 4b, Story 13 (Serial 4.16)
  • Planet of the Dead (7/28/2023) - (11 Apr 2009) – Series 4b, Story 12 (Serial 4.15)
  • The Next Doctor (7/27/2023) - (25 Dec 2008) – Series 4b, Story 11 (Serial 4.14)

Bonus:

These are extras that aren’t actual episodes of Doctor Who as such (and one that was from another series competely).  Because they’re not tied to the series and/or stories around which they were produced, they didn’t really warrant going with those series. So this bonus section was born.

Series 4:

Series 3:

  • Time Crash (7/12/2023) - (16 Nov 2007) – Series 3, Children in Need Short (Serial 4.1x)
  • Last of the Time Lords (7/12/2023) - (30 Jun 2007) – Series 3, Story 9c (Serial 3.13)
  • The Sound of Drums (7/11/2023) - (23 Jun 2007) – Series 3, Story 9b (Serial 3.12)
  • Utopia (7/10/2023) - (16 Jun 2007) – Series 3, Story 9a (Serial 3.11)
  • Blink (7/9/2023) - (9 Jun 2007) – Series 3, Story 8 (Serial 3.7)
  • The Family of Blood (7/8/2023) - (2 Jun 2007) – Series 3, Story 7b (Serial 3.9)
  • Human Nature (7/7/2023) - (26 May 2007) – Series 3, Story 7a (Serial 3.8)
  • 42 (7/6/2023) - (19 May 2007) – Series 3, Story 6 (Serial 3.10)
  • The Lazarus Experiment (7/5/2023) - (5 May 2007) – Series 3, Story 5 (Serial 3.4)
  • Evolution of the Daleks (7/4/2023) - (28 Apr 2007) – Series 3, Story 4b (Serial 3.6)
  • Daleks in Manhattan (7/3/2023) - (21 Apr 2007) – Series 3, Story 4a (Serial 3.5)
  • Gridlock (7/2/2023) - (14 Apr 2007) – Series 3, Story 3 (Serial 3.3)
  • The Shakespeare Code (7/1/2023) - (7 Apr 2007) – Series 3, Story 2 (Serial 3.2)
  • Smith and Jones (6/30/2023) - (31 Mar 2007) – Series 3, Story 1 (Serial 3.1)
  • The Runaway Bride (6/29/2023) - (25 Dec 2006) – Series 3, Story 0 (Serial 3.0)

Series 2:

Doctor 9: Christopher Eccleston

Doctor Who was finally announced as returning as a proper television show in 2003, with it set to air in Spring of 2005.  Some fans wanted Paul McGann to return, but it was announced that the 9th Doctor would be actor Christopher Eccleston and his companion would be played by Billie Piper. I wasn’t sure what to expect because of not having regular Doctor Who for nearly 16 years at this point.  But it turned out to be “fantastic!”.   It was short lived though as Chris had major behind the scenes problems with the production team and left after the one series.  But the series we got was awesome.  It was 10 stories, comprising 13 episodes, and they ran from 26 March to 18 June 2005.  Click here to read my wrap-up on the Christopher Eccleston era of Doctor Who.

Also, the production team restarted the “series”. This first series was not going to be “Season 27”, it was called “Series 1”.  Internally, I always called it Season 27, but then I’m pedantic that way.  But to avoid confusion for site visitors, I’ll label them as the production team labels them as I go through New Who.  Also, episodes were twice as long as classic episodes (Season 22 notwithstanding).  Stories were mostly just one episode now (the length of a classic series two parter). Story wise it was meant to be more of the old show, but legally/officially it was a new TV show, hence the series restart at “Series 1”. Additionally, the production codes I use here are my own made up ones, as the new show didn’t have production codes like the old one did. I created them based on their series and production order (this goes for both the “Production Code” on the individual pages, and for the “Serial code” on this index page you’re reading now).

Series 1:

  • The Parting of the Ways (6/14/2023) - (18 Jun 2005) – Series 1, Story 10b (Serial 1.13)
  • Bad Wolf (6/13/2023) - (11 Jun 2005) – Series 1, Story 10a (Serial 1.12)
  • Boom Town (6/12/2023) - (4 Jun 2005) – Series 1, Story 9 (Serial 1.11)
  • The Doctor Dances (6/11/2023) - (28 May 2005) – Series 1, Story 8b (Serial 1.10)
  • The Empty Child (6/10/2023) - (21 May 2005) – Series 1, Story 8a (Serial 1.9)
  • Father’s Day (6/9/2023) - (14 May 2005) – Series 1, Story 7 (Serial 1.7)
  • The Long Game (6/8/2023) - (7 May 2005) – Series 1, Story 6 (Serial 1.8)
  • Dalek (6/7/2023) - (30 Apr 2005) – Series 1, Story 5 (Serial 1.6)
  • World War Three (6/6/2023) - (23 Apr 2005) – Series 1, Story 4b (Serial 1.3)
  • Aliens of London (6/5/2023) - (16 Apr 2005) – Series 1, Story 4a (Serial 1.2)
  • The Unquiet Dead (6/4/2023) - (9 Apr 2005) – Series 1, Story 3 (Serial 1.5)
  • The End of the World (6/3/2023) - (2 Apr 2005) – Series 1, Story 2 (Serial 1.4)
  • Rose (6/2/2023) - (26 Mar 2005) – Series 1, Story 1 (Serial 1.1)

Doctor 8: Paul McGann

After Doctor Who had been off the air for about 6 years, an attempt was made to bring it back.  There was a backdoor pilot made for Doctor Who, which was a co-production between the BBC & Fox television in the United States.  It didn’t fly, but we did get a canonical on screen regeneration from 7 to 8, so that was all great.  But aside for a short film made in 2013, this was pretty much it for Doctor 8, save for a couple of small cameos in specials and whatnot.  I’ll cover what I can, but it will be exceptionally short.  Despite that, I still wrote a summary of his “era”. Check it out.

I also called his stuff “Series 0” because there’s only two stories, and he had no proper series as such, and it ties into the modern series numbering system.

Series 0:

The Wilderness Years (1990-2004)

Anthony Ainley in Destiny of the Doctors.

After the main Doctor Who program went off the air following the 26th series, it was a LONG time until we got proper televised Doctor Who again.  During that time there were a handful of shorts and things produced for television and/or online consumption which are generally referred to as the “Wilderness Years”.   The 1996 Paul McGann TV movie is also part of this, but given his status as a full fledged primary Doctor, I’m making a separate (albeit short) section for him.

Additionally, Sylvester McCoy was still the incumbent Doctor until 1996 when he regenerated on screen, but the couple of things produced when he was still the incumbent were never part of a proper series during his era, and as such are put in the Wilderness era here.  As I get to the specials, there will be pages created for them.  There was also a video game in 1997 called “Destiny of the Doctors” which featured a lot of footage of Anthony Ainley in his final performance as the Master, but I’m not really covering video games here.

Wilderness Stuff:

Doctor 7: Sylvester McCoy

Sylvester McCoy took over for Colin Baker during the most turbulent part of the show’s era.  He was the Doctor for three full seasons (such that full was in the late 80’s), and remained the incumbent until he returned in 1996 and regenerated properly into Paul McGann.  Sylvester’s first episode was 7 Sep 1987, and his final one was 6 Dec 1989.

His three series saw a marked increase in quality from start to finish – to the point when the show was finally cancelled in early 1990, I was quite annoyed as they found out how to make really good Doctor Who again.  Sylvester had a total of 3 series, 12 stories, and 42 episodes in his original run.

Here is my wrap-up of the Sylvester McCoy era of Doctor Who.

Season 26:

  • Survival (5/31/2023) - (22 Nov - 6 Dec 1989) – Season 26, Story 4 (Serial 7P)
  • The Curse of Fenric (5/28/2023) - (25 Oct - 15 Nov 1989) – Season 26, Story 3 (Serial 7M)
  • Ghost Light (5/24/2023) - (4 Oct - 18 Oct 1989) – Season 26, Story 2 (Serial 7Q)
  • Battlefield (5/21/2023) - (6 Sep - 27 Sep 1989) – Season 26, Story 1 (Serial 7N)

Season 25:

Season 24:

  • Dragonfire (5/3/2023) - (23 Nov - 7 Dec 1987) – Season 24, Story 4 (Serial 7G)
  • Delta & The Bannermen (4/30/2023) - (2 Nov - 16 Nov 1987) – Season 24, Story 3 (Serial 7F)
  • Paradise Towers (4/27/2023) - (5 Oct - 26 Oct 1987) – Season 24, Story 2 (Serial 7E)
  • Time and the Rani (4/23/2023) - (7 Sep - 28 Sep 1987) – Season 24, Story 1 (Serial 7D)

Doctor 6: Colin Baker

Colin Baker (no relation to Tom) was the sixth actor to play the Doctor on TV.  Colin’s first episode was 22 Mar 1984, and his last was 6 Dec 1986.  From this point forward (including modern Doctor Who), no series of Doctor Who will have more than 14 episodes (which is what Colin’s second/last has).

As with all of his predecessors, I wrote a wrap-up of his era for this overall project.  You can read that here.

Season 23 – “The Trial of a Time-Lord”:

NOTE: Series 23 is one that has differing opinions in fandom. The entire series is officially labeled as a single story with 14 episodes, despite having three separate production codes, and the four segments having their own individual titles. Some consider this as four stories, but I do not. As broadcast, they are shown as “The Trial of a Time Lord” episodes 1 through 14. However, I will mention the individual story titles and production codes for brevity’s sake. The idea being that I don’t have 28 or so tweets embedded on a single page.  But officially this is all one single story (with 14 episodes), and the longest individual story in the show’s entire run.  In addition, the episodes went back to 25 mins vs the 45 mins they were in Series 22.

  • The Ultimate Foe (4/19/2023) - (29 Nov - 6 Dec 1986) – Season 23, Story 1 (Serial 7C)
  • Terror of the Vervoids (4/17/2023) - (1 Nov - 22 Nov 1986) – Season 23, Story 1 (Serial 7C)
  • Mindwarp (4/13/2023) - (4 Oct - 25 Oct 1986) – Season 23, Story 1 (Serial 7B)
  • The Mysterious Planet (4/9/2023) - (6 Sep - 27 Sep 1986) – Season 23, Story 1 (Serial 7A)

Season 22:

NOTE: The episodes in Series 22 were created to be 45 minutes each, the only time in the classic series this was done. The show also returned to one episode a week vs the two per week it had been for Series 19-21.

Season 21: (continued)

  • The Twin Dilemma (3/23/2023) - (22 Mar - 30 Mar 1984) – Season 21, Story 7 (Serial 6S)

Doctor 5: Peter Davison

Peter Davison was the fifth actor to play the title role in Doctor Who.  He played it for three series, comprising 69 total episodes and 20 stories overall.  His first episode was 4 Jan 1982, and his last (as a regular) was 16 Mar 1984.

When I completed his era, I did a summary post of his era like I’ve done all the Doctors before him.

You can read that here.

Season 21:

  • The Caves of Androzani (3/19/2023) - (8 Mar - 16 Mar 1984) – Season 21, Story 6 (Serial 6R)
  • Planet of Fire (3/15/2023) - (23 Feb - 2 Mar 1984) – Season 21, Story 5 (Serial 6Q)
  • Resurrection of the Daleks (3/11/2023) - (8 Feb - 15 Feb 1984) – Season 21, Story 4 (Serial 6P)
  • Frontios (3/9/2023) - (26 Jan - 3 Feb 1984) – Season 21, Story 3 (Serial 6N)
  • The Awakening (3/5/2023) - (19 - 20 Jan 1984) – Season 21, Story 2 (Serial 6M)
  • Warriors of the Deep (3/3/2023) - (5 Jan - 13 Jan 1984) – Season 21, Story 1 (Serial 6L)

Season 20:

NOTE: Technically “The Five Doctors” isn’t part of Season 20, it is a standalone special. I am including it in the Season 20 list anyway, as it was done as part of that production block, AFAIK.

  • The Five Doctors (2/27/2023) - (23 Nov 1983) – Season 20, Story 7 (Serial 6K)
  • The King’s Demons (2/26/2023) - (15 Mar - 16 Mar 1983) – Season 20, Story 6 (Serial 6J)
  • Enlightenment (2/24/2023) - (1 Mar - 9 Mar 1983) – Season 20, Story 5 (Serial 6H)
  • Terminus (2/20/2023) - (15 Feb - 23 Feb 1983) – Season 20, Story 4 (Serial 6G)
  • Mawdryn Undead (2/16/2023) - (1 Feb - 9 Feb 1983) – Season 20, Story 3 (Serial 6F)
  • Snakedance (2/12/2023) - (18 Jan - 26 Jan 1983) – Season 20, Story 2 (Serial 6D)
  • Arc of Infinity (2/8/2023) - (3 Jan - 12 Jan 1983) – Season 20, Story 1 (Serial 6E)

Season 19:

  • Time-Flight (2/4/2023) - (22 Mar - 30 Mar 1982) – Season 19, Story 7 (Serial 6C)
  • Earthshock (1/31/2023) - (8 Mar - 16 Mar 1982) – Season 19, Story 6 (Serial 6B)
  • Black Orchid (1/27/2023) - (1 Mar - 2 Mar 1982) – Season 19, Story 5 (Serial 6A)
  • The Visitation (1/25/2023) - (15 Feb - 23 Feb 1982) – Season 19, Story 4 (Serial 5X)
  • Kinda (1/21/2023) - (1 Feb - 9 Feb 1982) – Season 19, Story 3 (Serial 5Y)
  • Four to Doomsday (1/17/2023) - (18 Jan - 26 Jan 1982) – Season 19, Story 2 (Serial 5W)
  • Castrovalva (1/13/2023) - (4 Jan - 12 Jan 1982) – Season 19, Story 1 (Serial 5Z)

Bonus:

NOTE: K9 & Company was an attempt to spin off K9 & Sarah Jane Smith into their own series.  A pilot was produced, but it did not go to series. This wasn’t part of proper Doctor Who, although later episodes did acknowledge the canon of events in this pilot.

Doctor 4: Tom Baker

When I completed Tom Baker’s run I wrote a summary post of some thoughts having watched all his episodes.

There were a lot of them as he’s the longest serving Doctor of all of them (7 seasons 178 episodes). His first episode aired on 28 Dec 1974, and his last episode aired 21 Mar 1981.

You can read that post here.

Season 18:

  • Logopolis (1/9/2023) - (28 Feb - 21 Mar 1981) – Season 18, Story 7 (Serial 5V)
  • The Keeper of Traken (1/5/2023) - (31 Jan - 21 Feb 1981) – Season 18, Story 6 (Serial 5T)
  • Warriors’ Gate (1/1/2023) - (3 Jan - 24 Jan 1981) – Season 18, Story 5 (Serial 5S)
  • State of Decay (12/30/2022) - (22 Nov - 13 Dec 1980) – Season 18, Story 4 (Serial 5P)
  • Full Circle (12/28/2022) - (25 Oct - 15 Nov 1980) – Season 18, Story 3 (Serial 5R)
  • Meglos (12/26/2022) - (27 Sep - 18 Oct 1980) – Season 18, Story 2 (Serial 5Q)
  • The Leisure Hive (12/23/2022) - (30 Aug - 20 Sep 1980) – Season 18, Story 1 (Serial 5N)
For Season 18 only, the show used this logo which was also used during all of Peter Davison’s era, but with a slightly different colour.

Season 17:

NOTE: Shada began filming, then stopped due to a strike – it was never finished.  Was unaired in its original form.  There’s details about that on the Shada page.

  • Shada (12/21/2022) - (19 Jul 2018) – Season 17, Story 6 (Serial 5M)
  • The Horns of Nimon (12/20/2022) - (22 Dec 1979 - 12 Jan 1980) – Season 17, Story 5 (Serial 5L)
  • Nightmare of Eden (12/19/2022) - (24 Nov - 15 Dec 1979) – Season 17, Story 4 (Serial 5K)
  • The Creature From the Pit (12/16/2022) - (27 Oct - 17 Nov 1979) – Season 17, Story 3 (Serial 5G)
  • City of Death (12/14/2022) - (29 Sep - 20 Oct 1979) – Season 17, Story 2 (Serial 5H)
  • Destiny of the Daleks (12/12/2022) - (1 Sep - 22 Sep 1979) – Season 17, Story 1 (Serial 5J)

Season 16:

NOTE: Collectively, Series 16 is known as “The Key to Time”, but that title is not shown on screen. As transmitted, the six stories retained their own individual names.

Season 15:

  • The Invasion of Time (11/22/2022) - (4 Feb - 11 Mar 1978) – Season 15, Story 6 (Serial 4Z)
  • Underworld (11/19/2022) - (7 Jan - 28 Jan 1978) – Season 15, Story 5 (Serial 4Y)
  • The Sun Makers (11/15/2022) - (26 Nov - 17 Dec 1977) – Season 15, Story 4 (Serial 4W)
  • Image of the Fendahl (11/12/2022) - (29 Oct - 19 Nov 1977) – Season 15, Story 3 (Serial 4X)
  • The Invisible Enemy (11/8/2022) - (1 Oct - 22 Oct 1977) – Season 15, Story 2 (Serial 4T)
  • Horror of Fang Rock (11/4/2022) - (3 Sep - 24 Sep 1977) – Season 15, Story 1 (Serial 4V)

Season 14:

Season 13:

  • The Seeds of Doom (10/9/2022) - (31 Jan - 6 Mar 1976) – Season 13, Story 6 (Serial 4L)
  • The Brain of Morbius (10/3/2022) - (3 Jan - 24 Jan 1976) – Season 13, Story 5 (Serial 4K)
  • The Android Invasion (9/30/2022) - (22 Nov - 13 Dec 1975) – Season 13, Story 4 (Serial 4J)
  • Pyramids of Mars (9/26/2022) - (25 Oct - 15 Nov 1975) – Season 13, Story 3 (Serial 4G)
  • Planet of Evil (9/22/2022) - (27 Sep - 18 Oct 1975) – Season 13, Story 2 (Serial 4H)
  • Terror of the Zygons (9/18/2022) - (30 Aug - 20 Sep 1975) – Season 13, Story 1 (Serial 4F)

Season 12:

  • Revenge of the Cybermen (9/14/2022) - (19 Apr - 10 May 1975) – Season 12, Story 5 (Serial 4D)
  • Genesis of the Daleks (9/10/2022) - (8 Mar - 12 Apr 1975) – Season 12, Story 4 (Serial 4E)
  • The Sontaran Experiment (9/4/2022) - (22 Feb - 1 Mar 1975) – Season 12, Story 3 (Serial 4B)
  • The Ark in Space (9/4/2022) - (25 Jan - 15 Feb 1975) – Season 12, Story 2 (Serial 4C)
  • Robot (8/31/2022) - (28 Dec 1974 - 18 Jan 1975) – Season 12, Story 1 (Serial 4A)

Doctor 3: Jon Pertwee

Jon’s first episode aired on 3 Jan 1970, and his last episode aired 8 Jun 1974.

When I completed Jon Pertwee’s run I wrote a summary post of some thoughts having watched all his episodes.  You can read that post here.

Season 11:

NOTE: During Season 11, Jon Pertwee’s final season had the same diamond logo that became far more well known as the logo of the fourth Doctor.

Season 10:

  • The Green Death (8/5/2022) - (19 May - 23 Jun 1973) – Season 10, Story 5 (Serial TTT)
  • Planet of the Daleks (7/30/2022) - (7 Apr - 12 May 1973) – Season 10, Story 4 (Serial SSS)
  • Frontier in Space (7/24/2022) - (24 Feb - 31 Mar 1973) – Season 10, Story 3 (Serial QQQ)
  • Carnival of Monsters (7/18/2022) - (27 Jan - 17 Feb 1973) – Season 10, Story 2 (Serial PPP)
  • The Three Doctors (7/14/2022) - (30 Dec 1972 - 20 Jan 1973) – Season 10, Story 1 (Serial RRR)

Season 9:

  • The Time Monster (7/10/2022) - (20 May - 24 Jun 1972) – Season 9, Story 5 (Serial OOO)
  • The Mutants (7/5/2022) - (8 Apr - 13 May 1972) – Season 9, Story 4 (Serial NNN)
  • The Sea Devils (6/29/2022) - (26 Feb - 1 Apr 1972) – Season 9, Story 3 (Serial LLL)
  • The Curse of Peladon (6/23/2022) - (29 Jan - 19 Feb 1972) – Season 9, Story 2 (Serial MMM)
  • Day of the Daleks (6/19/2022) - (1 Jan - 22 Jan 1972) – Season 9, Story 1 (Serial KKK)

Season 8:

  • The Dæmons (6/16/2022) - (22 May - 19 Jun 1971) – Season 8, Story 5 (Serial JJJ)
  • Colony in Space (6/11/2022) - (10 Apr - 15 May 1971) – Season 8, Story 4 (Serial HHH)
  • The Claws of Axos (6/5/2022) - (13 Mar - 3 Apr 1971) – Season 8, Story 3 (Serial GGG)
  • The Mind of Evil (6/1/2022) - (30 Jan - 6 Mar 1971) – Season 8, Story 2 (Serial FFF)
  • Terror of the Autons (5/26/2022) - (2 Jan - 23 Jan 1971) – Season 8, Story 1 (Serial EEE)

Season 7:

  • Inferno (5/22/2022) - (9 May – 20 Jun 1970) – Season 7, Story 4 (Serial DDD)
  • The Ambassadors of Death (5/15/2022) - (21 Mar – 2 May 1970) – Season 7, Story 3 (Serial CCC)
  • The Silurians (5/8/2022) - (31 Jan – 14 Mar 1970) – Season 7, Story 2 (Serial BBB)
  • Spearhead From Space (5/1/2022) - (3 Jan – 24 Jan 1970) – Season 7, Story 1 (Serial AAA)

Doctor 2: Patrick Troughton

His first episode aired on 5 Nov 1966, and his last episode aired 21 Jun 1969.

When I completed Patrick Troughton’s run I wrote a summary post of some thoughts having watched all his episodes.  You can read that post here.

Season 6:

  • The War Games (4/27/2022) - (19 Apr – 21 Jun 1969) – Season 6, Story 7 (Serial ZZ)
  • The Space Pirates (4/17/2022) - (8 Mar – 12 Apr 1969) – Season 6, Story 6 (Serial YY)
  • The Seeds of Death (4/11/2022) - (25 Jan – 1 Mar 1969) – Season 6, Story 5 (Serial XX)
  • The Krotons (4/5/2022) - (28 Dec 1968 – 18 Jan 1969) – Season 6, Story 4 (Serial WW)
  • The Invasion (4/1/2022) - (2 Nov – 21 Dec 1968) – Season 6, Story 3 (Serial VV)
  • The Mind Robber (3/24/2022) - (14 Sep – 12 Oct 1968) – Season 6, Story 2 (Serial UU)
  • The Dominators (3/19/2022) - (10 Aug – 7 Sep 1968) – Season 6, Story 1 (Serial TT)

Season 5:

Season 4: (continued)

NOTE: For the first four stories of Patrick Troughton’s run, they continued to use the same title sequence that the First Doctor did.  On the fifth story (The Macra Terror), they went to a Troughton specific title sequence, the new logo can be seen above.

Doctor 1: William Hartnell

His first episode aired on 23 Nov 1963, and his last episode aired 29 Oct 1966.

When I completed William Hartnell’s run I wrote a summary post of some thoughts having watched all his episodes.  You can read that post here.

Season 4:

  • The Tenth Planet (12/29/2021) - (8 Oct - 29 Oct 1966) - Season 4, Story 2 (Serial DD)
  • The Smugglers (12/25/2021) - (10 Sep - 1 Oct 1966) - Season 4, Story 1 (Serial CC)

Season 3:

  • The War Machines (12/21/2021) - (25 Jun - 16 Jul 1966) - Season 3, Story 10 (Serial BB)
  • The Savages (12/17/2021) - (28 May - 18 Jun 1966) - Season 3, Story 9 (Serial AA)
  • The Gunfighters (12/13/2021) - (30 Apr - 21 May 1966) - Season 3, Story 8 (Serial Z)
  • The Celestial Toymaker (12/9/2021) - (2 Apr - 23 Apr 1966) - Season 3, Story 7 (Serial Y)
  • The Ark (12/5/2021) - (5 Mar - 26 Mar 1966) - Season 3, Story 6 (Serial X)
  • The Massacre (12/1/2021) - (5 Feb - 26 Feb 1966) - Season 3, Story 5 (Serial W)
  • The Daleks’ Master Plan (11/23/2021) - (13 Nov 1965 - 29 Jan 1966) - Season 3, Story 4 (Serial V)
  • The Myth Makers (11/11/2021) - (16 Oct - 6 Nov 1965) - Season 3, Story 3 (Serial U)
  • Mission to the Unknown (11/7/2021) - (9 Oct 1965) - Season 3, Story 2 (Serial T5)
  • Galaxy 4 (11/7/2021) - (11 Sep - 2 Oct 1965) - Season 3, Story 1 (Serial T)

Season 2:

  • The Time Meddler (11/6/2021) - (3 Jul - 24 Jun 1965) - Season 2, Story 9 (Serial S)
  • The Chase (11/2/2021) - (22 May - 26 Jun 1965) - Season 2, Story 8 (Serial R)
  • The Space Museum (10/27/2021) - (24 Apr - 15 May 1965) - Season 2, Story 7 (Serial Q)
  • The Crusade (10/23/2021) - (27 Mar - 17 Apr 1965) - Season 2, Story 6 (Serial P)
  • The Web Planet (10/19/2021) - (13 Feb - 20 Mar 1965) - Season 2, Story 5 (Serial N)
  • The Romans (10/13/2021) - (16 Jan - 6 Feb 1965) - Season 2, Story 4 (Serial M)
  • The Rescue (10/9/2021) - (2 Jan - 9 Jan 1965) - Season 2, Story 3 (Serial L)
  • The Dalek Invasion of Earth (10/7/2021) - (21 Nov - 26 Dec 1964) - Season 2, Story 2 (Serial K)
  • Planet of Giants (10/1/2021) - (31 Oct - 14 Nov 1964) - Season 2, Story 1 (Serial J)

Season 1:

  • The Reign of Terror (9/28/2021) - (8 Aug - 12 Sep 1964) - Season 1, Story 8 (Serial H)
  • The Sensorites (9/22/2021) - (20 Jun - 1 Aug 1964) - Season 1, Story 7 (Serial G)
  • The Aztecs (9/16/2021) - (23 May - 13 Jun 1964) - Season 1, Story 6 (Serial F)
  • The Keys of Marinus (9/12/2021) - (11 Apr - 16 May 1964) - Season 1, Story 5 (Serial E)
  • Marco Polo (9/6/2021) - (22 Feb - 4 Apr 1964) - Season 1, Story 4 (Serial D)
  • The Edge of Destruction (8/30/2021) - (8 Feb - 15 Feb 1964) - Season 1, Story 3 (Serial C)
  • The Daleks (8/29/2021) - (21 Dec 1963 - 1 Feb 1964) - Season 1, Story 2 (Serial B)
  • An Unearthly Child (8/21/2021) - (23 Nov - 14 Dec 1963) - Season 1, Story 1 (Serial A)

 

Fun pic of Russell T Davies with the original producer, Verity Lambert.
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