# Lists of Doctor Who episodes

For the British science-fiction television programme Doctor Who, List of Doctor Who episodes may refer to:
* List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989), a list of the 1963–1989 episodes and 1996 film of Doctor Who
* List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present), a list of the episodes starting from 2005 of Doctor Who

## Series overview

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

### Regular seasons

| Season / Series | Doctor | Episodes | Episodes | Stories | Originally released (UK) | Originally released (UK) | Average viewers (millions) | Average AI |
| Season / Series | Doctor | Episodes | Episodes | Stories | First released | Last released | Average viewers (millions) | Average AI |
| Classic era |||||||||
| Season 1 | First Doctor | 42 | 42 | 8 | 23 November 1963 (1963-11-23) | 12 September 1964 (1964-09-12) | 8.08 | 59 |
| Season 2 | First Doctor | 39 | 39 | 9 | 31 October 1964 (1964-10-31) | 24 July 1965 (1965-07-24) | 10.46 | 54 |
| Season 3 | First Doctor | 45 | 45 | 10 | 11 September 1965 (1965-09-11) | 16 July 1966 (1966-07-16) | 7.65 | 49 |
| Season 4 | Second Doctor | 43 | 43 | 9 | 10 September 1966 (1966-09-10) | 1 July 1967 (1967-07-01) | 7.10 | 49 |
| Season 5 | Second Doctor | 40 | 40 | 7 | 2 September 1967 (1967-09-02) | 1 June 1968 (1968-06-01) | 7.23 | 53 |
| Season 6 | Second Doctor | 44 | 44 | 7 | 10 August 1968 (1968-08-10) | 21 June 1969 (1969-06-21) | 6.38 | 54 |
| Season 7 | Third Doctor | 25 | 25 | 4 | 3 January 1970 (1970-01-03) | 20 June 1970 (1970-06-20) | 7.17 | 59 |
| Season 8 | Third Doctor | 25 | 25 | 5 | 2 January 1971 (1971-01-02) | 19 June 1971 (1971-06-19) | 7.96 | – |
| Season 9 | Third Doctor | 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 January 1972 (1972-01-01) | 24 June 1972 (1972-06-24) | 8.30 | – |
| Season 10 | Third Doctor | 26 | 26 | 5 | 30 December 1972 (1972-12-30) | 23 June 1973 (1973-06-23) | 8.87 | – |
| Season 11 | Third Doctor | 26 | 26 | 5 | 15 December 1973 (1973-12-15) | 8 June 1974 (1974-06-08) | 8.78 | 60 |
| Season 12 | Fourth Doctor | 20 | 20 | 5 | 28 December 1974 (1974-12-28) | 10 May 1975 (1975-05-10) | 10.00 | 56 |
| Season 13 | Fourth Doctor | 26 | 26 | 6 | 30 August 1975 (1975-08-30) | 6 March 1976 (1976-03-06) | 10.14 | 57 |
| Season 14 | Fourth Doctor | 26 | 26 | 6 | 4 September 1976 (1976-09-04) | 2 April 1977 (1977-04-02) | 11.08 | 59 |
| Season 15 | Fourth Doctor | 26 | 26 | 6 | 3 September 1977 (1977-09-03) | 11 March 1978 (1978-03-11) | 8.98 | 62 |
| Season 16 | Fourth Doctor | 26 | 26 | 6 | 2 September 1978 (1978-09-02) | 24 February 1979 (1979-02-24) | 8.61 | 64 |
| Season 17 | Fourth Doctor | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 September 1979 (1979-09-01) | 12 January 1980 (1980-01-12) | 11.21 | 65 |
| Season 18 | Fourth Doctor | 28 | 28 | 7 | 30 August 1980 (1980-08-30) | 21 March 1981 (1981-03-21) | 5.82 | 63 |
| Season 19 | Fifth Doctor | 26 | 26 | 7 | 4 January 1982 (1982-01-04) | 30 March 1982 (1982-03-30) | 9.24 | – |
| Season 20 | Fifth Doctor | 22 | 22 | 6 | 3 January 1983 (1983-01-03) | 16 March 1983 (1983-03-16) | 7.03 | 67 |
| Season 21 | Fifth Doctor | 24 | 24 | 7 | 5 January 1984 (1984-01-05) | 30 March 1984 (1984-03-30) | 7.14 | 65 |
| Season 22 | Sixth Doctor | 13 | 13 | 6 | 5 January 1985 (1985-01-05) | 30 March 1985 (1985-03-30) | 7.12 | 64 |
| Season 23 | Sixth Doctor | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 September 1986 (1986-09-06) | 6 December 1986 (1986-12-06) | 4.81 | 69 |
| Season 24 | Seventh Doctor | 14 | 14 | 4 | 7 September 1987 (1987-09-07) | 7 December 1987 (1987-12-07) | 4.94 | 60 |
| Season 25 | Seventh Doctor | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 October 1988 (1988-10-05) | 4 January 1989 (1989-01-04) | 5.34 | 68 |
| Season 26 | Seventh Doctor | 14 | 14 | 4 | 6 September 1989 (1989-09-06) | 6 December 1989 (1989-12-06) | 4.15 | 68 |
| Revived era |||||||||
| Series 1 | Ninth Doctor | 13 | 13 | 10 | 26 March 2005 (2005-03-26) | 18 June 2005 (2005-06-18) | 7.95 | 82 |
| Series 2 | Tenth Doctor | 13 | 13 | 10 | 15 April 2006 (2006-04-15) | 8 July 2006 (2006-07-08) | 7.71 | 84 |
| Series 3 | Tenth Doctor | 13 | 13 | 9 | 31 March 2007 (2007-03-31) | 30 June 2007 (2007-06-30) | 7.55 | 86 |
| Series 4 | Tenth Doctor | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 April 2008 (2008-04-05) | 5 July 2008 (2008-07-05) | 8.05 | 88 |
| Series 5 | Eleventh Doctor | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 April 2010 (2010-04-03) | 26 June 2010 (2010-06-26) | 7.73 | 86 |
| Series 6 | Eleventh Doctor | 13 | 13 | 11 | 23 April 2011 (2011-04-23) | 1 October 2011 (2011-10-01) | 7.52 | 86 |
| Series 7 | Eleventh Doctor | 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 September 2012 (2012-09-01) | 18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) | 7.44 | 86 |
| Series 8 | Twelfth Doctor | 12 | 12 | 11 | 23 August 2014 (2014-08-23) | 8 November 2014 (2014-11-08) | 7.26 | 83 |
| Series 9 | Twelfth Doctor | 12 | 12 | 9 | 19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) | 5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) | 6.03 | 82 |
| Series 10 | Twelfth Doctor | 12 | 12 | 11 | 15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) | 1 July 2017 (2017-07-01) | 5.46 | 83 |
| Series 11 | Thirteenth Doctor | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) | 9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) | 7.96 | 81 |
| Series 12 | Thirteenth Doctor | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) | 1 March 2020 (2020-03-01) | 5.40 | 80 |
| Series 13 | Thirteenth Doctor | 6 | 6 | 1 | 31 October 2021 (2021-10-31) | 5 December 2021 (2021-12-05) | 4.95 | 77 |
| Series 14 | Fifteenth Doctor | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 May 2024 (2024-05-11) | 22 June 2024 (2024-06-22) | 3.71 | 78 |
| Series 15 | Fifteenth Doctor | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2025 (2025) | TBA | TBA | TBA |

### Specials

| Special(s) | Doctor | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Average viewers (millions) | Average AI |
| Special(s) | Doctor | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Average viewers (millions) | Average AI |
| 20th anniversary | Fifth Doctor | 1 | 1 | 25 November 1983 (1983-11-25) | 25 November 1983 (1983-11-25) | 7.70 | 75 |
| Television film | Eighth Doctor | 1 | 1 | 12 May 1996 (1996-05-12) | 12 May 1996 (1996-05-12) | 9.08 | 75 |
| 2005 Christmas | Tenth Doctor | 1 | 1 | 25 December 2005 (2005-12-25) | 25 December 2005 (2005-12-25) | 9.84 | 84 |
| 2006 Christmas | Tenth Doctor | 1 | 1 | 25 December 2006 (2006-12-25) | 25 December 2006 (2006-12-25) | 9.35 | 84 |
| 2007 Christmas | Tenth Doctor | 1 | 1 | 25 December 2007 (2007-12-25) | 25 December 2007 (2007-12-25) | 13.31 | 86 |
| 2008–2010 specials | Tenth Doctor | 5 | 5 | 25 December 2008 (2008-12-25) | 1 January 2010 (2010-01-01) | 11.50 | 88 |
| 2010 Christmas | Eleventh Doctor | 1 | 1 | 25 December 2010 (2010-12-25) | 25 December 2010 (2010-12-25) | 12.11 | 83 |
| 2011 Christmas | Eleventh Doctor | 1 | 1 | 25 December 2011 (2011-12-25) | 25 December 2011 (2011-12-25) | 10.77 | 84 |
| 2012 Christmas | Eleventh Doctor | 1 | 1 | 25 December 2012 (2012-12-25) | 25 December 2012 (2012-12-25) | 9.87 | 87 |
| 2013 specials | Eleventh Doctor | 2 | 2 | 23 November 2013 (2013-11-23) | 25 December 2013 (2013-12-25) | 11.97 | 86 |
| 2014 Christmas | Twelfth Doctor | 1 | 1 | 25 December 2014 (2014-12-25) | 25 December 2014 (2014-12-25) | 8.28 | 82 |
| 2015 Christmas | Twelfth Doctor | 1 | 1 | 25 December 2015 (2015-12-25) | 25 December 2015 (2015-12-25) | 7.69 | 82 |
| 2016 Christmas | Twelfth Doctor | 1 | 1 | 25 December 2016 (2016-12-25) | 25 December 2016 (2016-12-25) | 7.83 | 82 |
| 2017 Christmas | Twelfth Doctor | 1 | 1 | 25 December 2017 (2017-12-25) | 25 December 2017 (2017-12-25) | 7.92 | 81 |
| 2019 New Year | Thirteenth Doctor | 1 | 1 | 1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) | 1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) | 7.13 | 80 |
| 2021 New Year | Thirteenth Doctor | 1 | 1 | 1 January 2021 (2021-01-01) | 1 January 2021 (2021-01-01) | 6.36 | 79 |
| 2022 specials | Thirteenth Doctor | 3 | 3 | 1 January 2022 (2022-01-01) | 23 October 2022 (2022-10-23) | 4.39 | 78 |
| 2023 specials | Fourteenth Doctor | 3 | 3 | 25 November 2023 (2023-11-25) | 9 December 2023 (2023-12-09) | 7.20 | 84 |
| 2023 Christmas | Fifteenth Doctor | 1 | 1 | 25 December 2023 (2023-12-25) | 25 December 2023 (2023-12-25) | 7.49 | 82 |
| 2024 Christmas | Fifteenth Doctor | 1 | 1 | 25 December 2024 (2024-12-25) | 25 December 2024 (2024-12-25) | 5.91 | TBA |