# List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present)

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Having ceased broadcasting in 1989, it resumed in 2005. The 2005 revival traded the earlier multi-episode serial format of the original series for a run of self-contained episodes, interspersed with occasional multi-part stories and structured into loose story arcs.
Doctor Who depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial being called the Doctor, part of a humanoid species called Time Lords. The Doctor travels in the universe and in time using a time travelling spaceship called the TARDIS, which externally appears as a British police box. While travelling, typically with companions, the Doctor works to save lives and liberate oppressed peoples by combating various enemies. The Doctor has been played by various actors; the transition between actors is written into the plot with the concept of regeneration, a plot device in which a Time Lord's cells regenerated when they are fatally injured and they are reincarnated into a different body. Each actor's distinct portrayal represents different stages in the Doctor's life and, together, they form a single lifetime and narrative.
Six actors have led the revived series in the role of the Doctor under three showrunners, beginning with Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Russell T Davies as showrunner. Eccleston departed the role after the first series, succeeded by David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, who played the role for three regular series. Tennant and Davies departed following a series of specials, replaced by Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Steven Moffat as showrunner, respectively. Smith portrayed the character for three series, leaving after the 2013 specials. Peter Capaldi took over the role for three series as the Twelfth Doctor; he and Moffat departed following the 2017 Christmas special. Capaldi was replaced by Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to play the role, as the Thirteenth Doctor; Chris Chibnall became showrunner. After three series, Whittaker and Chibnall left at the end of the 2022 specials, and Davies returned for a second term as showrunner. Tennant returned as the Fourteenth Doctor in the 60th anniversary specials, succeeded by Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor, who has headlined the series since 2024.
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; out of these, 188 are from the revived series, encompassing 156 stories over 14 series and various specials. 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. As of November 2023, up to a seventeenth series of the revived era has been planned. The story numbers below are meant as a guide to placement in the overall context of the programme. The numbering scheme in this list follows the official website's episode guide; other sources sometimes diverge in their numbering.

## 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 (1964-9-12) | 8.08 | 59 |
| Season 2 | Classic era | First Doctor | 39 | 39 | 9 | 31 October 1964 (1964-10-31) | 24 July 1965 (1965-7-24) | 10.46 | 54 |
| Season 3 | Classic era | First Doctor | 45 | 45 | 10 | 11 September 1965 (1965-9-11) | 16 July 1966 (1966-7-16) | 7.65 | 49 |
| Season 4 | Classic era | Second Doctor | 43 | 43 | 9 | 10 September 1966 (1966-9-10) | 1 July 1967 (1967-7-1) | 7.10 | 49 |
| Season 5 | Classic era | Second Doctor | 40 | 40 | 7 | 2 September 1967 (1967-9-2) | 1 June 1968 (1968-6-1) | 7.23 | 53 |
| Season 6 | Classic era | Second Doctor | 44 | 44 | 7 | 10 August 1968 (1968-8-10) | 21 June 1969 (1969-6-21) | 6.38 | 54 |
| Season 7 | Classic era | Third Doctor | 25 | 25 | 4 | 3 January 1970 (1970-1-3) | 20 June 1970 (1970-6-20) | 7.17 | 59 |
| Season 8 | Classic era | Third Doctor | 25 | 25 | 5 | 2 January 1971 (1971-1-2) | 19 June 1971 (1971-6-19) | 7.96 | – |
| Season 9 | Classic era | Third Doctor | 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 January 1972 (1972-1-1) | 24 June 1972 (1972-6-24) | 8.30 | – |
| Season 10 | Classic era | Third Doctor | 26 | 26 | 5 | 30 December 1972 (1972-12-30) | 23 June 1973 (1973-6-23) | 8.87 | – |
| Season 11 | Classic era | Third Doctor | 26 | 26 | 5 | 15 December 1973 (1973-12-15) | 8 June 1974 (1974-6-8) | 8.78 | 60 |
| Season 12 | Classic era | Fourth Doctor | 20 | 20 | 5 | 28 December 1974 (1974-12-28) | 10 May 1975 (1975-5-10) | 10.00 | 56 |
| Season 13 | Classic era | Fourth Doctor | 26 | 26 | 6 | 30 August 1975 (1975-8-30) | 6 March 1976 (1976-3-6) | 10.14 | 57 |
| Season 14 | Classic era | Fourth Doctor | 26 | 26 | 6 | 4 September 1976 (1976-9-4) | 2 April 1977 (1977-4-2) | 11.08 | 59 |
| Season 15 | Classic era | Fourth Doctor | 26 | 26 | 6 | 3 September 1977 (1977-9-3) | 11 March 1978 (1978-3-11) | 8.98 | 62 |
| Season 16 | Classic era | Fourth Doctor | 26 | 26 | 6 | 2 September 1978 (1978-9-2) | 24 February 1979 (1979-2-24) | 8.61 | 64 |
| Season 17 | Classic era | Fourth Doctor | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 September 1979 (1979-9-1) | 12 January 1980 (1980-1-12) | 11.21 | 65 |
| Season 18 | Classic era | Fourth Doctor | 28 | 28 | 7 | 30 August 1980 (1980-8-30) | 21 March 1981 (1981-3-21) | 5.82 | 63 |
| Season 19 | Classic era | Fifth Doctor | 26 | 26 | 7 | 4 January 1982 (1982-1-4) | 30 March 1982 (1982-3-30) | 9.24 | – |
| Season 20 | Classic era | Fifth Doctor | 22 | 22 | 6 | 3 January 1983 (1983-1-3) | 16 March 1983 (1983-3-16) | 7.03 | 67 |
| Season 21 | Classic era | Fifth Doctor | 24 | 24 | 7 | 5 January 1984 (1984-1-5) | 30 March 1984 (1984-3-30) | 7.14 | 65 |
| Season 22 | Classic era | Sixth Doctor | 13 | 13 | 6 | 5 January 1985 (1985-1-5) | 30 March 1985 (1985-3-30) | 7.12 | 64 |
| Season 23 | Classic era | Sixth Doctor | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 September 1986 (1986-9-6) | 6 December 1986 (1986-12-6) | 4.81 | 69 |
| Season 24 | Classic era | Seventh Doctor | 14 | 14 | 4 | 7 September 1987 (1987-9-7) | 7 December 1987 (1987-12-7) | 4.94 | 60 |
| Season 25 | Classic era | Seventh Doctor | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 October 1988 (1988-10-5) | 4 January 1989 (1989-1-4) | 5.34 | 68 |
| Season 26 | Classic era | Seventh Doctor | 14 | 14 | 4 | 6 September 1989 (1989-9-6) | 6 December 1989 (1989-12-6) | 4.15 | 68 |
| Series 1 | Revived era | Ninth Doctor | 13 | 13 | 10 | 26 March 2005 (2005-3-26) | 18 June 2005 (2005-6-18) | 7.95 | 82 |
| Series 2 | Revived era | Tenth Doctor | 13 | 13 | 10 | 15 April 2006 (2006-4-15) | 8 July 2006 (2006-7-8) | 7.71 | 84 |
| Series 3 | Revived era | Tenth Doctor | 13 | 13 | 9 | 31 March 2007 (2007-3-31) | 30 June 2007 (2007-6-30) | 7.55 | 86 |
| Series 4 | Revived era | Tenth Doctor | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 April 2008 (2008-4-5) | 5 July 2008 (2008-7-5) | 8.05 | 88 |
| Series 5 | Revived era | Eleventh Doctor | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 April 2010 (2010-4-3) | 26 June 2010 (2010-6-26) | 7.73 | 86 |
| Series 6 | Revived era | Eleventh Doctor | 13 | 13 | 11 | 23 April 2011 (2011-4-23) | 1 October 2011 (2011-10-1) | 7.52 | 86 |
| Series 7 | Revived era | Eleventh Doctor | 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 September 2012 (2012-9-1) | 18 May 2013 (2013-5-18) | 7.44 | 86 |
| Series 8 | Revived era | Twelfth Doctor | 12 | 12 | 11 | 23 August 2014 (2014-8-23) | 8 November 2014 (2014-11-8) | 7.26 | 83 |
| Series 9 | Revived era | Twelfth Doctor | 12 | 12 | 9 | 19 September 2015 (2015-9-19) | 5 December 2015 (2015-12-5) | 6.03 | 82 |
| Series 10 | Revived era | Twelfth Doctor | 12 | 12 | 11 | 15 April 2017 (2017-4-15) | 1 July 2017 (2017-7-1) | 5.46 | 83 |
| Series 11 | Revived era | Thirteenth Doctor | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 October 2018 (2018-10-7) | 9 December 2018 (2018-12-9) | 7.96 | 81 |
| Series 12 | Revived era | Thirteenth Doctor | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 January 2020 (2020-1-1) | 1 March 2020 (2020-3-1) | 5.40 | 80 |
| Series 13 | Revived era | Thirteenth Doctor | 6 | 6 | 1 | 31 October 2021 (2021-10-31) | 5 December 2021 (2021-12-5) | 4.95 | 77 |
| Series 14 | Revived era | Fifteenth Doctor | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 May 2024 (2024-5-11) | 22 June 2024 (2024-6-22) | 3.71 | 78 |
| Series 15 | Revived era | Fifteenth Doctor | 8 | 8 | 7 | 12 April 2025 (2025-4-12) | 31 May 2025 (2025-5-31) | 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 (1996-5-12) | 12 May 1996 (1996-5-12) | 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 (2010-1-1) | 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 (2019-1-1) | 1 January 2019 (2019-1-1) | 7.13 | 80 |
| 2021 New Year | Thirteenth Doctor | 1 | 1 | 1 January 2021 (2021-1-1) | 1 January 2021 (2021-1-1) | 6.36 | 79 |
| 2022 specials | Thirteenth Doctor | 3 | 3 | 1 January 2022 (2022-1-1) | 23 October 2022 (2022-10-23) | 4.39 | – |
| 2023 specials | Fourteenth Doctor | 3 | 3 | 25 November 2023 (2023-11-25) | 9 December 2023 (2023-12-9) | 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 |