# List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989)

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Doctor Who ceased production in 1989 after 695 episodes. A one-off TV movie was produced in the United States in 1996, before the series resumed in 2005. The original series (1963–1989), generally consists of multi-episode serials; in the early seasons, and occasionally through its run, serials tend to link together, one story leading directly into the next. The 2005 revival trades the earlier serial format for a run of self-contained episodes, interspersed with occasional multi-part stories and structured into loose story arcs.
As of 25 December 2024, 884 episodes of Doctor Who have aired. This includes one television movie and multiple specials, and encompasses 312 stories over 40 seasons, starting in 1963. Additionally, four charity specials and two animated serials have also been aired. The programme's high episode count has resulted in Doctor Who holding the world record for the highest number of episodes of a science-fiction programme.
For the first two seasons of Doctor Who and most of the third (1963–1966), each episode carries its own title; the show displays no titles for overarching serials until The Savages, at which point the episodic titles cease. The titles below, for these early serials, are those in most common circulation, used for commercial releases and in resources such as the Doctor Who Reference Guide and the BBC's classic episode guide. With the show's revival in 2005, the programme returned to individual episode titles.
Due to the BBC's 1970s junking policy, 97 episodes of Doctor Who from the 1960s are no longer known to exist. As a result, 26 serials are currently incomplete, with one or more episodes represented only by audio, which in many cases is in addition to clips or still frames. For commercial release, some episodes have been reconstructed using off-air audio recordings, paired to surviving visuals or newly commissioned animation.
The story numbers below are meant as a guide to placement in the overall context of the programme. There is some dispute, for instance, about whether to count Season 23's The Trial of a Time Lord as one or as four serials, and whether the unfinished serial Shada should be included. The numbering scheme in this list follows the official website's episode guide. Other sources, such as the Region 1 classic Doctor Who DVD releases, use different numbering schemes, which diverge after the 108th story, The Horns of Nimon (1979–1980).

## Series overview

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

### Regular seasons

| Season / Series | Era | Doctor | Episodes | Episodes | Stories | Originally released (UK) | Originally released (UK) | Average viewers (millions) | Average AI |
| Season / Series | Era | Doctor | Episodes | Episodes | Stories | First released | Last released | Average viewers (millions) | Average AI |
| Season 1 | Classic era | First Doctor | 42 | 42 | 8 | 23 November 1963 (1963-11-23) | 12 September 1964 (1964-09-12) | 8.08 | 59 |
| Season 2 | Classic era | First Doctor | 39 | 39 | 9 | 31 October 1964 (1964-10-31) | 24 July 1965 (1965-07-24) | 10.46 | 54 |
| Season 3 | Classic era | First Doctor | 45 | 45 | 10 | 11 September 1965 (1965-09-11) | 16 July 1966 (1966-07-16) | 7.65 | 49 |
| Season 4 | Classic era | Second Doctor | 43 | 43 | 9 | 10 September 1966 (1966-09-10) | 1 July 1967 (1967-07-01) | 7.10 | 49 |
| Season 5 | Classic era | Second Doctor | 40 | 40 | 7 | 2 September 1967 (1967-09-02) | 1 June 1968 (1968-06-01) | 7.23 | 53 |
| Season 6 | Classic era | Second Doctor | 44 | 44 | 7 | 10 August 1968 (1968-08-10) | 21 June 1969 (1969-06-21) | 6.38 | 54 |
| Season 7 | Classic era | Third Doctor | 25 | 25 | 4 | 3 January 1970 (1970-01-03) | 20 June 1970 (1970-06-20) | 7.17 | 59 |
| Season 8 | Classic era | Third Doctor | 25 | 25 | 5 | 2 January 1971 (1971-01-02) | 19 June 1971 (1971-06-19) | 7.96 | – |
| Season 9 | Classic era | Third Doctor | 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 January 1972 (1972-01-01) | 24 June 1972 (1972-06-24) | 8.30 | – |
| Season 10 | Classic era | Third Doctor | 26 | 26 | 5 | 30 December 1972 (1972-12-30) | 23 June 1973 (1973-06-23) | 8.87 | – |
| Season 11 | Classic era | Third Doctor | 26 | 26 | 5 | 15 December 1973 (1973-12-15) | 8 June 1974 (1974-06-08) | 8.78 | 60 |
| Season 12 | Classic era | Fourth Doctor | 20 | 20 | 5 | 28 December 1974 (1974-12-28) | 10 May 1975 (1975-05-10) | 10.00 | 56 |
| Season 13 | Classic era | Fourth Doctor | 26 | 26 | 6 | 30 August 1975 (1975-08-30) | 6 March 1976 (1976-03-06) | 10.14 | 57 |
| Season 14 | Classic era | Fourth Doctor | 26 | 26 | 6 | 4 September 1976 (1976-09-04) | 2 April 1977 (1977-04-02) | 11.08 | 59 |
| Season 15 | Classic era | Fourth Doctor | 26 | 26 | 6 | 3 September 1977 (1977-09-03) | 11 March 1978 (1978-03-11) | 8.98 | 62 |
| Season 16 | Classic era | Fourth Doctor | 26 | 26 | 6 | 2 September 1978 (1978-09-02) | 24 February 1979 (1979-02-24) | 8.61 | 64 |
| Season 17 | Classic era | Fourth Doctor | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 September 1979 (1979-09-01) | 12 January 1980 (1980-01-12) | 11.21 | 65 |
| Season 18 | Classic era | Fourth Doctor | 28 | 28 | 7 | 30 August 1980 (1980-08-30) | 21 March 1981 (1981-03-21) | 5.82 | 63 |
| Season 19 | Classic era | Fifth Doctor | 26 | 26 | 7 | 4 January 1982 (1982-01-04) | 30 March 1982 (1982-03-30) | 9.24 | – |
| Season 20 | Classic era | Fifth Doctor | 22 | 22 | 6 | 3 January 1983 (1983-01-03) | 16 March 1983 (1983-03-16) | 7.03 | 67 |
| Season 21 | Classic era | Fifth Doctor | 24 | 24 | 7 | 5 January 1984 (1984-01-05) | 30 March 1984 (1984-03-30) | 7.14 | 65 |
| Season 22 | Classic era | Sixth Doctor | 13 | 13 | 6 | 5 January 1985 (1985-01-05) | 30 March 1985 (1985-03-30) | 7.12 | 64 |
| Season 23 | Classic era | Sixth Doctor | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 September 1986 (1986-09-06) | 6 December 1986 (1986-12-06) | 4.81 | 69 |
| Season 24 | Classic era | Seventh Doctor | 14 | 14 | 4 | 7 September 1987 (1987-09-07) | 7 December 1987 (1987-12-07) | 4.94 | 60 |
| Season 25 | Classic era | Seventh Doctor | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 October 1988 (1988-10-05) | 4 January 1989 (1989-01-04) | 5.34 | 68 |
| Season 26 | Classic era | Seventh Doctor | 14 | 14 | 4 | 6 September 1989 (1989-09-06) | 6 December 1989 (1989-12-06) | 4.15 | 68 |
| Series 1 | Revived era | Ninth Doctor | 13 | 13 | 10 | 26 March 2005 (2005-03-26) | 18 June 2005 (2005-06-18) | 7.95 | 82 |
| Series 2 | Revived era | Tenth Doctor | 13 | 13 | 10 | 15 April 2006 (2006-04-15) | 8 July 2006 (2006-07-08) | 7.71 | 84 |
| Series 3 | Revived era | Tenth Doctor | 13 | 13 | 9 | 31 March 2007 (2007-03-31) | 30 June 2007 (2007-06-30) | 7.55 | 86 |
| Series 4 | Revived era | Tenth Doctor | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 April 2008 (2008-04-05) | 5 July 2008 (2008-07-05) | 8.05 | 88 |
| Series 5 | Revived era | Eleventh Doctor | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 April 2010 (2010-04-03) | 26 June 2010 (2010-06-26) | 7.73 | 86 |
| Series 6 | Revived era | Eleventh Doctor | 13 | 13 | 11 | 23 April 2011 (2011-04-23) | 1 October 2011 (2011-10-01) | 7.52 | 86 |
| Series 7 | Revived era | Eleventh Doctor | 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 September 2012 (2012-09-01) | 18 May 2013 (2013-05-18) | 7.44 | 86 |
| Series 8 | Revived era | Twelfth Doctor | 12 | 12 | 11 | 23 August 2014 (2014-08-23) | 8 November 2014 (2014-11-08) | 7.26 | 83 |
| Series 9 | Revived era | Twelfth Doctor | 12 | 12 | 9 | 19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) | 5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) | 6.03 | 82 |
| Series 10 | Revived era | Twelfth Doctor | 12 | 12 | 11 | 15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) | 1 July 2017 (2017-07-01) | 5.46 | 83 |
| Series 11 | Revived era | Thirteenth Doctor | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) | 9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) | 7.96 | 81 |
| Series 12 | Revived era | Thirteenth Doctor | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) | 1 March 2020 (2020-03-01) | 5.40 | 80 |
| Series 13 | Revived era | Thirteenth Doctor | 6 | 6 | 1 | 31 October 2021 (2021-10-31) | 5 December 2021 (2021-12-05) | 4.95 | 77 |
| Series 14 | Revived era | Fifteenth Doctor | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 May 2024 (2024-05-11) | 22 June 2024 (2024-06-22) | 3.71 | 78 |
| Series 15 | Revived era | Fifteenth Doctor | 8 | 8 | 7 | 12 April 2025 (2025-04-12) | 31 May 2025 (2025-05-31) | 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 | – |
| 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 | 76 |