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- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsPatrick TroughtonFrazer HinesWendy PadburyThe TARDIS arrives in a white void after making an emergency escape from the volcanic eruption on Dulkis.
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsPatrick TroughtonFrazer HinesHamish WilsonWith the TARDIS destroyed, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find themselves in a strange forest patrolled by mysterious soldiers.
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsPatrick TroughtonFrazer HinesHamish WilsonThe Doctor realises that the travelers are trapped in a world where fiction is real and where creatures are a threat if people believe in them.
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsPatrick TroughtonFrazer HinesWendy PadburyThe Doctor, Jamie and Zoe reach the citadel at the centre of the land, where they finally encounter the Master of the Land of Fiction.
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsPatrick TroughtonFrazer HinesWendy PadburyWith Jamie and Zoe having been turned into fiction, the Doctor must find a way to save them without suffering the same fate or becoming part of the Master Brain.
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenIan MarterThe Doctor and his companions are sent to the planet Skaro by the Time Lords to prevent the creation of the Daleks.
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenIan MarterThe Doctor and Harry are taken to the Kaled bunker where Davros is preparing to demonstrate the Daleks, while Sarah is captured by the Thals and taken to their city as a slave worker.
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenIan MarterThe Doctor and Harry head to the Kaled city to alert the authorities to Davros' plans while Sarah and Sevrin are forced to work on the completion of the Thals' rocket.
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenIan MarterThe Doctor fails to prevent the Thals from destroying the Kaled city but they don't have long to enjoy their victory before the Daleks attack.
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenIan MarterThe Doctor is forced to give Davros full details of future Dalek victories but opposition to Davros' plans is growing among the Kaleds and soon there is open rebellion.
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenIan MarterGharman tries to convince the Kaleds to vote against the Dalek project but Davros has a trick up his sleeve, while the Doctor works to destroy the tape recording of Dalek victory and the Thals plan an intervention of their own.
- DirectorRon JonesStarsColin BakerNicola BryantMartin JarvisThe TARDIS makes an emergency landing on Varos, a planet that used to be a penal colony, and where the native Varosians are presently entertained by broadcasts of real violence and death. Mistaken for rebels, the Doctor and Peri learn that Sil, an evil delegate of the Galatron mining corporation, bids to rule Varos and to control supplies of Zeiton 7 ore, which is the TARDIS's only fuel source.
- DirectorRon JonesStarsColin BakerNicola BryantMartin JarvisThe Governor forces the Doctor to tell him the true value of zeiton-7 but Sil attempts to derail his plans by subjecting Peri and Areta to an enforced mutation.
- DirectorJoe AhearneStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperSteven BeckinghamThe TARDIS is drawn to an alien museum deep below the Utah desert, where a ruthless billionaire keeps prisoner the last of the Doctor's most fearsome enemies.
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsDavid TennantLindsay DuncanPeter O'BrienIn a Mars base the inhabitants are being infected by a mysterious water creature which takes over its victims. The Doctor is thrust into the middle of this catastrophe knowing a larger one is waiting around the corner.
- DirectorPeter MoffattJohn Nathan-TurnerPennant RobertsStarsPeter DavisonJon PertweePatrick TroughtonThe Doctor and his previous incarnations are brought to the Death Zone on his homeworld Gallifrey as part of a renegade Time Lord's scheme.
- DirectorPaddy RussellStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenBernard ArchardThe Doctor and Sarah are drawn off course and, instead of UNIT HQ, they arrive on the same site in 1911.
- DirectorPaddy RussellStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenBernard ArchardThe Doctor, Sarah and Laurence try to find a way to sever Sutekh's link to the mummies while poacher Ernie Clements finds the priory surrounded by a forcefield.
- DirectorPaddy RussellStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenBernard ArchardThe Doctor and Sarah try to destroy Sutekh's rocket but the Osiran's mental powers prove too great for them.
- DirectorPaddy RussellStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenBernard ArchardSutekh forces the Doctor to transport Scarman and a mummy to Mars, where the Doctor and Sarah try to stop them destroying the Eye of Horus.
- DirectorJames HawesStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperKate HarveyWhen a spaceship crashes in the middle of the London Blitz the Doctor, Rose and the enigmatic Captain Jack Harkness find themselves investigating a plague of physical injuries and a little boy in a gas mask.
- DirectorJames HawesStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperAlbert ValentineThe gas mask zombies are on the rise as the plague spreads across war-torn London.
- DirectorHettie MacdonaldStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanCarey MulliganSally Sparrow receives a cryptic message from the Doctor about a mysterious new enemy species that is after the TARDIS.
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsTom BakerLlewellyn ReesBernard HorsfallA mysterious evil is at work on Gallifrey. The President of the Time Lords has been assassinated and the Doctor caught red-handed. An inexorable master plan has been set in motion. There can be no escape
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsTom BakerBernard HorsfallGeorge PravdaThe Doctor is arrested for the President's murder and struggles to avoid his immediate execution.
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsTom BakerBernard HorsfallGeorge PravdaThe Doctor battles the assassin inside the matrix dreamscape, while the Master tries to bring about his death in the real world.
- DirectorDavid MaloneyStarsTom BakerGeorge PravdaBernard HorsfallThe Doctor realises the Master is planning to tap into the Time Lords' power source to extend his own life, an act that will destroy all Gallifrey.
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsPeter DavisonNicola BryantChristopher GableThe Doctor and Peri get involved with drug running after landing on the twin planet of Androzani Minor and getting arrested as gun runners and targeted for execution. Not before Peri stumbles into some highly toxic and lethal plant life.
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsPeter DavisonNicola BryantChristopher GableHaving been saved from execution by Sharez Jek and his androids, Jek takes a shine to Peri, and wants her with him forever. Salateen tells the Dr and Peri that they are dying from Spectrox toxemia, but there is an antidote.
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsPeter DavisonNicola BryantChristopher GableAfter escaping the vicious Magma creature, the Doctor is made a prisoner of the gun runners and taken to Androzani Major. The real Salateen takes an ill Peri back to Chellak.
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsColin BakerPeter DavisonNicola BryantChellak and his men attack Jek's base. The Dr. crash-lands the ship, and must escape from his captors to find the antidote to the Spectrox poisoning and save Peri. He does so, but at a staggering cost.
- DirectorWaris HusseinDouglas CamfieldStarsWilliam HartnellWilliam RussellJacqueline HillTwo schoolteachers investigate the personal life of one of their brilliant students and her mysterious grandfather.
- DirectorWaris HusseinDouglas CamfieldStarsWilliam HartnellWilliam RussellJacqueline HillThe TARDIS takes its new passengers back to the dawn of history. There, the Doctor and his party are captured by a tribe who are trying to rediscover the secret of fire.
- DirectorWaris HusseinDouglas CamfieldStarsWilliam HartnellWilliam RussellJacqueline HillOld Mother frees the Doctor and the others on condition they will leave the tribe and not make fire.The group attempt to return to the TARDIS but Za and Hur follow them.
- DirectorWaris HusseinDouglas CamfieldStarsWilliam HartnellWilliam RussellJacqueline HillKal accuses Za of Old Mother's murder but the Doctor exposes him as the real killer.However, Za then insists the travellers be held prisoner until they show him how to make fire.
- 1963–198924mTV-PG8.2 (882)TV EpisodeDirectorMorris BarryStarsPatrick TroughtonFrazer HinesDeborah WatlingThe Doctor, Jamie and Victoria arrive on Telos, where an archaeological group are exploring the Tomb of the Cybermen. But are the Cybermen as dormant as they believe?
- 1963–198925mTV-PG8.2 (763)TV EpisodeDirectorMorris BarryStarsPatrick TroughtonBernard HolleyDeborah WatlingThe archaeologists learn they are stranded on Telos and Klieg suggests they use the opportunity to explore the Cybermen's tombs.
- 1963–198924mTV-PG8.1 (750)TV EpisodeDirectorMorris BarryStarsPatrick TroughtonAubrey RichardsGeorge PastellThe Cybermen have been revived and plan to convert the archeologists into their own kind, prompting Hopper to attempt a rescue.
- 1963–198924mTV-PG8.2 (748)TV EpisodeDirectorMorris BarryStarsPatrick TroughtonClive MerrisonGeorge PastellKlieg attempts to do a deal with the Cybercontroller while the Doctor tries to find a way to refreeze the Cybermen permanently.
- DirectorRichard MartinStarsWilliam HartnellWilliam RussellJacqueline HillIan and Barbara believe the TARDIS has finally returned to their contemporary London, but soon discover signs of plague and warfare. Their old enemies, the Daleks, have invaded the Earth of the 22nd century. Separated and fighting for their lives, the travelers must try to aid the remaining humans and overthrow the Daleks' cruel tyranny. (Originally broadcast in six parts.)
- DirectorRichard MartinStarsWilliam HartnellWilliam RussellJacqueline HillThe Doctor and Ian are taken to the Dalek saucer while Susan and Barbara join the rebels in planning an attack.
- DirectorRichard MartinStarsWilliam HartnellWilliam RussellJacqueline HillThe Doctor manages to escape from the Dalek saucer and meet up with Susan and David but Ian is left trapped onboard. Meanwhile, Barbara and her new friends face a dangerous journey across London.
- DirectorRichard MartinStarsWilliam HartnellWilliam RussellJacqueline HillWhile Susan and David try to find a way out of London, Ian and Larry infiltrate the Dalek mine workings.
- DirectorRichard MartinStarsWilliam HartnellWilliam RussellJacqueline HillThe Doctor's party investigate the Daleks' central control in Bedfordshire while Barbara and Jenny's attempt to reach it are derailed when they are betrayed.
- DirectorRichard MartinStarsWilliam HartnellWilliam RussellJacqueline HillThe Daleks' plan to transform Earth into a giant spaceship and wipe out its inhabitants is nearing completion and the Doctor and his friends face a race against time to prevent them from destroying the planet's core.
- DirectorJonny CampbellStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanTony CurranThe Doctor and Amy travel back in time to meet Vincent Van Gogh and face an invisible monster that only the painter can see.
- DirectorCatherine MorsheadStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanJames CordenAfter the TARDIS teleports without him, the doctor tries to find out what is stopping it from landing and traces it to a seemingly ordinary, two storey house.
- DirectorEuros LynStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperSimon Paisley DayThe Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time, to the year five billion and the end of planet Earth.
- DirectorMichael FergusonStarsJon PertweeNicholas CourtneyRoger DelgadoWhen a mysterious object lands near the Nuton power complex, UNIT investigate and encounter the Axons, a group of aliens who offer the mineral axonite, which can duplicate matter, as a gift.
- DirectorMichael FergusonStarsJon PertweeNicholas CourtneyRoger DelgadoThe Doctor and Winser begin to analyse axonite while Chinn plots to secure its use exclusively for Britain.
- DirectorMichael FergusonStarsJon PertweeNicholas CourtneyRoger DelgadoThe Doctor and Jo are being held prisoner by Axos while Chinn is forced to organise the worldwide distribution of axonite and the Master returns to the power complex to try and steal the TARDIS.
- DirectorMichael FergusonStarsJon PertweeNicholas CourtneyRoger DelgadoThe Doctor and Jo escape from Axos but then the Doctor offers the Master a deal:if he helps him repair the TARDIS, they can flee Earth together.
- DirectorBarry LettsStarsPatrick TroughtonFrazer HinesDeborah WatlingAfter the Doctor is attacked by a group of mysterious gunmen, he discovers he is the physical double of the famous scientist Salamander.
- DirectorBarry LettsStarsPatrick TroughtonColin DouglasBill KerrJamie and Victoria agree to accompany Astrid to Hungary to observe Salamander's activities.
- DirectorBarry LettsStarsPatrick TroughtonColin DouglasDavid NettheimJamie and Victoria join Astrid into attempting to rescue Denes but Salamander becomes suspicious of them.
- DirectorBarry LettsStarsPatrick TroughtonColin DouglasMary PeachFariah brings the Doctor and Kent evidence of Salamander's activities but then they come under attack from Benik.
- DirectorBarry LettsStarsPatrick TroughtonColin DouglasBill KerrThe Doctor persuades Bruce to help him infiltrate Salamander's research centre while Salamander takes drastic action to prevent Swann finding out the truth.
- DirectorBarry LettsStarsPatrick TroughtonMary PeachChristopher BurgessThe Doctor discovers the true link between Salamander and Kent while Astrid tries to convince the shelter inhabitants they have been lied to.
- DirectorLennie MayneStarsJon PertweePatrick TroughtonWilliam HartnellThe 10th Anniversary Serial has three incarnations of the Doctor meeting up to face the evil Omega in a universe of antimatter.
- DirectorLennie MayneStarsJon PertweePatrick TroughtonWilliam HartnellThe third Doctor and Jo find themselves on an artificial world inside the black hole while the second Doctor tries to find a way to control the organism.
- DirectorLennie MayneStarsJon PertweePatrick TroughtonWilliam HartnellThe Time Lord Omega reveals himself to the third Doctor along with plans for vengeance against his own kind.
- DirectorLennie MayneStarsJon PertweePatrick TroughtonWilliam HartnellOmega reveals the purpose behind bringing the Doctor to his antimatter world, but the Doctor(s) discover a startling fact about Omega that he didn't know himself and eventually strike a bargain.
- DirectorKen GrieveStarsTom BakerLalla WardTim BarlowThe Doctor and Romana find themselves on Skaro and forced to be military advisers to the Daleks' enemy, Movellans, while the Daleks revive Davros.
- DirectorKen GrieveStarsTom BakerLalla WardTim BarlowWhile the Daleks assign Romana to their excavation detail, the Doctor and an escaped prisoner help the Movellans' attempt to beat the Daleks.
- 1963–198925mTV-PG7.2 (496)TV EpisodeDirectorKen GrieveStarsTom BakerLalla WardTim BarlowThe Doctor reaches Davros first, but can he hang on to him? Meanwhile, the Movellans test a bomb to incinerate the planet.
- 1963–198926mTV-PG7.2 (500)TV EpisodeDirectorKen GrieveStarsTom BakerLalla WardTim BarlowTo break the centuries-old stalemate in their war, the Movellans need the Doctor, as do the Daleks Davros. The solution is simple, but neither side can see it, nor would the Doctor upset this perfect and unplanned peace they've achieved. Davros, though, is another matter.
- DirectorMichael E. BriantStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenIan MarterThe Doctor, Sarah and Harry use the Time Ring to return to the Nerva Beacon, however they arrive thousands of years earlier than they anticipated and discover that an old foe of the Doctor is targeting the station's crew.
- DirectorMichael E. BriantStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenIan MarterThe Doctor transmits Sarah and Harry down to Voga to cure Sarah of the Cybermat's poison but Kellman's sabotage means he is unable to bring them back.
- DirectorMichael E. BriantStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenIan MarterThe Cybermen force the Doctor, Stevenson and Lester to carry bombs to the centre of Voga while Sarah, Harry and Tyrum decide to contact Vorus.
- DirectorMichael E. BriantStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenIan MarterThe Doctor, Harry and Lester try to destroy the Cybermen's relay device, while the Vogans prepare to destroy Nerva even though Sarah is still on board.
- DirectorAdam SmithStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillWith his TARDIS in ruins, the newly-regenerated Doctor with the help of Amy Pond must save the world in less than twenty minutes from galactic policemen known as the Atraxi.
- DirectorKeith BoakStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperCamille CoduriWhen ordinary shop-worker Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor she is drawn into his strange and dangerous world; her life will never be the same again.
- DirectorCharlie PalmerStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanDean Lennox KellyThe Doctor takes Martha to London in 1599, where William Shakespeare's new play is being used by three witches in an evil plan.
- DirectorSteve HughesStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillThe Doctor makes one last stop before his death to see an old friend. But people are disappearing, there are reports of a silver rat and metal men are lurking in the shadows.
- 1963–198925mTV-PG8.4 (772)TV EpisodeDirectorAndrew MorganStarsSylvester McCoySophie AldredSimon WilliamsThe Doctor and Ace travel back to London in November 1963 and are caught in the middle of a Dalek civil war.
- 1963–198925mTV-PG8.4 (655)TV EpisodeDirectorAndrew MorganStarsSylvester McCoySophie AldredSimon WilliamsWith two factions of Daleks involved in a race war on Earth, the Doctor takes care of old business by having the Hand of Omega ceremoniously but quietly buried in a churchyard. His actions do not go unobserved, and leaving behind a bored Ace without a purposeful outlet could spell trouble as well.
- 1963–198925mTV-PG8.4 (649)TV EpisodeDirectorAndrew MorganStarsSylvester McCoySophie AldredSimon WilliamsThe Doctor plans to let one of the Dalek factions have the Hand of Omega (but not too easily, of course) while keeping Gilmore and his military men preoccupied in a safe territory, but that plan could be threatened by a mole in their midst and a miscalculation on the Doctor's part.
- 1963–198925mTV-PG8.5 (657)TV EpisodeDirectorAndrew MorganStarsSylvester McCoySophie AldredSimon WilliamsThe Imperial Dalek Emperor reveals himself to be an old, familiar adversary of the Doctor. Now with the Hand of Omega, the Imperial Daleks expect to rule over both time and the Time Lords. The only snag in the Doctor's plan to thwart this may come from the fascist mole in Gilmore's unit - discovered and detained but escaped to cause mischief, putting both Ace's life and the Doctor's plan at risk.
- DirectorBrian GrantStarsChristopher EcclestonBillie PiperBruno LangleyIn the year 200,000 the Doctor discovers that a satellite with a dark secret is controlling humanity and slowing its development.
- DirectorDerek MartinusStarsJon PertweeCaroline JohnNicholas CourtneyAs the newly regenerated Doctor arrives on Earth, so does the Nestene.
- DirectorDerek MartinusStarsJon PertweeCaroline JohnNicholas CourtneyUNIT's attempts to locate the meteorites are hampered by the mysterious plastic Autons, being constructed by Channing at a nearby factory, while the Doctor makes another attempt to escape from the hospital.
- DirectorDerek MartinusStarsJon PertweeCaroline JohnNicholas CourtneyRansome manages to escape from the plastics factory and alert UNIT, prompting the Doctor and the Brigadier to start an investigation.
- DirectorDerek MartinusStarsJon PertweeCaroline JohnNicholas CourtneyWith UNIT's investigation being blocked by the Replica of Scobie, the Doctor and Liz visit Madame Tussaud's to try and find out more as Channing prepares to activate the Autons.
- DirectorToby HaynesStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanAlex KingstonRiver Song returns to deliver The Doctor a serious warning from his allies: the mythical Pandorica, said to contain the most feared creature in the entire Universe, is opening.
- DirectorRodney BennettStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenIan MarterThe Doctor's attempt to give Harry a trip in the TARDIS sees the two of them and Sarah arriving onboard a space station in the far future, with some rather deadly security mechanisms.
- DirectorRodney BennettStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenIan MarterThe Doctor and Harry revive the Ark's medtech, Vira, to help Sarah.But when station commander Noah is revived, he becomes suspicious of the newcomers.
- DirectorRodney BennettStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenIan MarterKnowing that Noah has been infected by the Wirrn, the Doctor persuades Vira to halt the reviving of her people, knowing it will place them in danger as well.
- DirectorRodney BennettStarsTom BakerElisabeth SladenIan MarterThe Doctor tries to protect the humans still in cryogenic suspension from the Wirrn, who are determined to use Earth as their new breeding ground.
- DirectorCharlie PalmerStarsDavid TennantFreema AgyemanAnne ReidWhen medical student Martha Jones meets a mysterious stranger called The Doctor, and finds herself transported to the moon, her life will never be the same again.
- DirectorRichard SeniorStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillThe search for Melody Pond brings the Doctor and his friends to Berlin in 1938, face-to-face with Adolf Hitler, River Song and a justice-serving, shapeshifting robot.
- DirectorEuros LynStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateAlex KingstonThe Doctor and Donna visit a planet-sized library but soon realise that the planet is devoid of life, that is until River Song and her team of archaeologists arrive. As they unravel the library's mystery, something lurks in the shadows.
- DirectorEuros LynStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateAlex KingstonWith the library darkening, the Doctor takes on the Vashta Nerada while figuring out what links River Song to his future. Meanwhile, Donna finds out the mystery of Dr. Moon and the Girl.
- DirectorPaul WilmshurstStarsPeter CapaldiJenna ColemanSamuel AndersonOn the most beautiful train in history, speeding amongst the stars of the future, a deadly and immortal creature is stalking the passengers.
- DirectorAndrew GunnStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanIan McNeiceThe TARDIS takes The Doctor and Amy to war-torn Britain in the middle of World War Two. Not only do they meet Winston Churchill himself, but the Doctor comes face to face once again with his greatest enemy of all.
- DirectorJames StrongStarsDavid TennantMichelle RyanLee EvansA meeting in a London bus with jewel thief Lady Christina takes a turn for the worst for the Doctor when the bus takes a detour to a desert-like planet, where the deadly Swarm awaits.
- DirectorDerek MartinusStarsWilliam HartnellRobert BeattyDudley JonesIn December 1986, a new planet appears in the Solar System which turns out to be a long-lost twin of Earth's named Mondas. Its inhabitants are the Cybermen.
- DirectorDerek MartinusStarsWilliam HartnellDavid DodimeadDudley JonesThe Doctor's warnings are ignored and the Cybermen take over the base, hampering the crew's efforts to help Zeus IV.
- DirectorDerek MartinusStarsWilliam HartnellRobert BeattyChristopher MatthewsWith the Doctor out of action, it is up to Polly, Ben and Barclay to stop Cutler using the Z-Bomb and devastating half the world.
- DirectorDerek MartinusStarsWilliam HartnellAnneke WillsMichael CrazeThe Cybermen take over the base again, apparently to stop the humans using the Z-Bomb, but then the Doctor realises they intend to use it themselves to destroy Earth.
- 1963–198925mTV-PG7.4 (598)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael FergusonStarsJon PertweeCaroline JohnNicholas CourtneyWhile the Brigadier investigates a loss of contact with Mars Probe 7, the Doctor realises signals coming from the probe are of extra-terrestrial origin.