Lists of Doctor Who episodes

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Series overview

The following table dictates the season or series in question for the programme as a whole.

Regular seasons

Season / SeriesDoctorEpisodesStoriesOriginally released (UK)Average viewers
(millions)
Average AI
First releasedLast released
Classic era
Season 1 First Doctor 42823 November 196312 September 19648.0859
Season 2 39931 October 196424 July 196510.4654
Season 3 451011 September 196516 July 19667.6549
Season 4 [a] Second Doctor 43910 September 19661 July 19677.1049
Season 5 4072 September 19671 June 19687.2353
Season 6 44710 August 196821 June 19696.3854
Season 7 Third Doctor 2543 January 197020 June 19707.1759
Season 8 2552 January 197119 June 19717.96
Season 9 2651 January 197224 June 19728.30
Season 10 26530 December 197223 June 19738.87
Season 11 26515 December 19738 June 19748.7860
Season 12 Fourth Doctor 20528 December 197410 May 197510.0056
Season 13 26630 August 19756 March 197610.1457
Season 14 2664 September 19762 April 197711.0859
Season 15 2663 September 197711 March 19788.9862
Season 16 [b] 2662 September 197824 February 19798.6164
Season 17 205 [c] 1 September 197912 January 198011.2165
Season 18 28730 August 198021 March 19815.8263
Season 19 Fifth Doctor 2674 January 198230 March 19829.24
Season 20 2263 January 198316 March 19837.0367
Season 21 [d] 2475 January 198430 March 19847.1465
Season 22 Sixth Doctor 1365 January 198530 March 19857.1264
Season 23 [e] 1416 September 19866 December 19864.8169
Season 24 Seventh Doctor 1447 September 19877 December 19874.9460
Season 25 1445 October 19884 January 19895.3468
Season 26 1446 September 19896 December 19894.1568
Revived era
Series 1 Ninth Doctor 131026 March 200518 June 20057.9582
Series 2 Tenth Doctor 131015 April 20068 July 20067.7184
Series 3 13931 March 200730 June 20077.5586
Series 4 13105 April 20085 July 20088.0588
Series 5 Eleventh Doctor 13103 April 201026 June 20107.7386
Series 6 131123 April 20111 October 20117.5286
Series 7 13131 September 201218 May 20137.4486
Series 8 Twelfth Doctor 121123 August 20148 November 20147.2683
Series 9 12919 September 20155 December 20156.0382
Series 10 121115 April 20171 July 20175.4683
Series 11 Thirteenth Doctor 10107 October 20189 December 20187.9681
Series 12 1081 January 20201 March 20205.4080
Series 13 [f] 6131 October 20215 December 20214.9577
Series 14 Fifteenth Doctor 8711 May 202422 June 20243.7178
Series 15 8 [7] 2025 [7] TBATBATBA

Specials

Special(s)DoctorEpisodesOriginally releasedAverage viewers
(millions)
Average AI
First releasedLast released
20th anniversary Fifth Doctor 125 November 19837.7075
Television film Eighth Doctor 112 May 19969.0875
2005 Christmas Tenth Doctor 125 December 20059.8484
2006 Christmas 125 December 20069.3584
2007 Christmas 125 December 200713.3186
2008–2010 specials [g] 525 December 20081 January 201011.5088
2010 Christmas Eleventh Doctor 125 December 201012.1183
2011 Christmas 125 December 201110.7784
2012 Christmas 125 December 20129.8787
2013 specials [h] 223 November 201325 December 201311.9786
2014 Christmas Twelfth Doctor 125 December 20148.2882
2015 Christmas 125 December 20157.6982
2016 Christmas 125 December 20167.8382
2017 Christmas 125 December 20177.9281
2019 New Year Thirteenth Doctor 11 January 20197.1380
2021 New Year 11 January 20216.3679
2022 specials [i] 31 January 202223 October 20224.3978
2023 specials [j] Fourteenth Doctor 325 November 20239 December 20237.2084
2023 Christmas Fifteenth Doctor 125 December 20237.4982
2024 Christmas 125 December 20245.91TBA

Notes

  1. The First Doctor remained for the first two serials of season 4. The Second Doctor featured for the remainder of the season from the third serial, The Power of the Daleks .
  2. Also known by its subtitle, The Key to Time . [1]
  3. Shada was left unfinished due to a strike. The story was later completed and officially released on home media in 2017. [2] It is not included in the episode or story counts as it was not broadcast. [3]
  4. The Fifth Doctor regenerated in the sixth serial of season 21. The Sixth Doctor featured only in the final serial, The Twin Dilemma . [4]
  5. Also known by its subtitle, The Trial of a Time Lord . [5]
  6. Also known by its subtitle, Flux . [6]
  7. These specials consist of the 2008 Christmas, 2009 Easter, 2009 November and the 2009–10 Christmas/New Year's Day episodes. [8]
  8. These specials consist of the 50th Anniversary and 2013 Christmas episodes.
  9. These specials consist of the 2022 New Year's Day, 2022 Easter, and 2022 BBC Centenary episodes. [9] [10]
  10. These specials consist of the 60th anniversary episodes. [11]

See also

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