For the British science-fiction television programme Doctor Who , List of Doctor Who episodes may refer to:
The following table dictates the season or series in question for the programme as a whole.
Season / Series | Doctor | Episodes | Stories | Originally released (UK) | Average viewers (millions) | Average AI | ||||||
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First released | Last released | |||||||||||
Classic era | ||||||||||||
Season 1 | First Doctor | 42 | 8 | 23 November 1963 | 12 September 1964 | 8.08 | 59 | |||||
Season 2 | 39 | 9 | 31 October 1964 | 24 July 1965 | 10.46 | 54 | ||||||
Season 3 | 45 | 10 | 11 September 1965 | 16 July 1966 | 7.65 | 49 | ||||||
Season 4 [a] | Second Doctor | 43 | 9 | 10 September 1966 | 1 July 1967 | 7.10 | 49 | |||||
Season 5 | 40 | 7 | 2 September 1967 | 1 June 1968 | 7.23 | 53 | ||||||
Season 6 | 44 | 7 | 10 August 1968 | 21 June 1969 | 6.38 | 54 | ||||||
Season 7 | Third Doctor | 25 | 4 | 3 January 1970 | 20 June 1970 | 7.17 | 59 | |||||
Season 8 | 25 | 5 | 2 January 1971 | 19 June 1971 | 7.96 | – | ||||||
Season 9 | 26 | 5 | 1 January 1972 | 24 June 1972 | 8.30 | – | ||||||
Season 10 | 26 | 5 | 30 December 1972 | 23 June 1973 | 8.87 | – | ||||||
Season 11 | 26 | 5 | 15 December 1973 | 8 June 1974 | 8.78 | 60 | ||||||
Season 12 | Fourth Doctor | 20 | 5 | 28 December 1974 | 10 May 1975 | 10.00 | 56 | |||||
Season 13 | 26 | 6 | 30 August 1975 | 6 March 1976 | 10.14 | 57 | ||||||
Season 14 | 26 | 6 | 4 September 1976 | 2 April 1977 | 11.08 | 59 | ||||||
Season 15 | 26 | 6 | 3 September 1977 | 11 March 1978 | 8.98 | 62 | ||||||
Season 16 [b] | 26 | 6 | 2 September 1978 | 24 February 1979 | 8.61 | 64 | ||||||
Season 17 | 20 | 5 [c] | 1 September 1979 | 12 January 1980 | 11.21 | 65 | ||||||
Season 18 | 28 | 7 | 30 August 1980 | 21 March 1981 | 5.82 | 63 | ||||||
Season 19 | Fifth Doctor | 26 | 7 | 4 January 1982 | 30 March 1982 | 9.24 | – | |||||
Season 20 | 22 | 6 | 3 January 1983 | 16 March 1983 | 7.03 | 67 | ||||||
Season 21 [d] | 24 | 7 | 5 January 1984 | 30 March 1984 | 7.14 | 65 | ||||||
Season 22 | Sixth Doctor | 13 | 6 | 5 January 1985 | 30 March 1985 | 7.12 | 64 | |||||
Season 23 [e] | 14 | 1 | 6 September 1986 | 6 December 1986 | 4.81 | 69 | ||||||
Season 24 | Seventh Doctor | 14 | 4 | 7 September 1987 | 7 December 1987 | 4.94 | 60 | |||||
Season 25 | 14 | 4 | 5 October 1988 | 4 January 1989 | 5.34 | 68 | ||||||
Season 26 | 14 | 4 | 6 September 1989 | 6 December 1989 | 4.15 | 68 | ||||||
Revived era | ||||||||||||
Series 1 | Ninth Doctor | 13 | 10 | 26 March 2005 | 18 June 2005 | 7.95 | 82 | |||||
Series 2 | Tenth Doctor | 13 | 10 | 15 April 2006 | 8 July 2006 | 7.71 | 84 | |||||
Series 3 | 13 | 9 | 31 March 2007 | 30 June 2007 | 7.55 | 86 | ||||||
Series 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 April 2008 | 5 July 2008 | 8.05 | 88 | ||||||
Series 5 | Eleventh Doctor | 13 | 10 | 3 April 2010 | 26 June 2010 | 7.73 | 86 | |||||
Series 6 | 13 | 11 | 23 April 2011 | 1 October 2011 | 7.52 | 86 | ||||||
Series 7 | 13 | 13 | 1 September 2012 | 18 May 2013 | 7.44 | 86 | ||||||
Series 8 | Twelfth Doctor | 12 | 11 | 23 August 2014 | 8 November 2014 | 7.26 | 83 | |||||
Series 9 | 12 | 9 | 19 September 2015 | 5 December 2015 | 6.03 | 82 | ||||||
Series 10 | 12 | 11 | 15 April 2017 | 1 July 2017 | 5.46 | 83 | ||||||
Series 11 | Thirteenth Doctor | 10 | 10 | 7 October 2018 | 9 December 2018 | 7.96 | 81 | |||||
Series 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 January 2020 | 1 March 2020 | 5.40 | 80 | ||||||
Series 13 [f] | 6 | 1 | 31 October 2021 | 5 December 2021 | 4.95 | 77 | ||||||
Series 14 | Fifteenth Doctor | 8 | 7 | 11 May 2024 | 22 June 2024 | 3.71 | 78 | |||||
Series 15 | 8 [7] | 2025[7] | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Special(s) | Doctor | Episodes | Originally released | Average viewers (millions) | Average AI | ||
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First released | Last released | ||||||
20th anniversary | Fifth Doctor | 1 | 25 November 1983 | 7.70 | 75 | ||
Television film | Eighth Doctor | 1 | 12 May 1996 | 9.08 | 75 | ||
2005 Christmas | Tenth Doctor | 1 | 25 December 2005 | 9.84 | 84 | ||
2006 Christmas | 1 | 25 December 2006 | 9.35 | 84 | |||
2007 Christmas | 1 | 25 December 2007 | 13.31 | 86 | |||
2008–2010 specials [g] | 5 | 25 December 2008 | 1 January 2010 | 11.50 | 88 | ||
2010 Christmas | Eleventh Doctor | 1 | 25 December 2010 | 12.11 | 83 | ||
2011 Christmas | 1 | 25 December 2011 | 10.77 | 84 | |||
2012 Christmas | 1 | 25 December 2012 | 9.87 | 87 | |||
2013 specials [h] | 2 | 23 November 2013 | 25 December 2013 | 11.97 | 86 | ||
2014 Christmas | Twelfth Doctor | 1 | 25 December 2014 | 8.28 | 82 | ||
2015 Christmas | 1 | 25 December 2015 | 7.69 | 82 | |||
2016 Christmas | 1 | 25 December 2016 | 7.83 | 82 | |||
2017 Christmas | 1 | 25 December 2017 | 7.92 | 81 | |||
2019 New Year | Thirteenth Doctor | 1 | 1 January 2019 | 7.13 | 80 | ||
2021 New Year | 1 | 1 January 2021 | 6.36 | 79 | |||
2022 specials [i] | 3 | 1 January 2022 | 23 October 2022 | 4.39 | 78 | ||
2023 specials [j] | Fourteenth Doctor | 3 | 25 November 2023 | 9 December 2023 | 7.20 | 84 | |
2023 Christmas | Fifteenth Doctor | 1 | 25 December 2023 | 7.49 | 82 | ||
2024 Christmas | 1 | 25 December 2024 | 5.91 | TBA |
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