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Doctor Who

2005TV-PG13 seasons7.6 / 10

Space. For all.

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.

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Synopsis

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.

Season 6 episodes

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Episode 1

The Impossible Astronaut (1)

44m8.4 / 10

Placing his life entirely in their hands, the Doctor agrees to search for the recipient of the fourth envelope - just who is Canton Everett Delaware the Third? And what is the relevance of their only other clue: 'Space 1969'? Their quest lands them - quite literally - in the Oval Office, where they are enlisted by President Nixon himself to assist enigmatic former-FBI agent Canton, in saving a terrified little girl from a mysterious spaceman.

Episode credits

Directed by Toby HaynesWritten by Steven MoffatGuest stars Alex Kingston, William Morgan Sheppard, Stuart Milligan, Chukwudi Iwuji, Mark Griffin, Sydney Wade, Nancy Baldwin, Kieran O'Connor

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Episode 2

Day of the Moon (2)

47m8.4 / 10

The Doctor is locked in the perfect prison. Amy, Rory and River Song are being hunted down across America by the FBI. With the help of new friend and FBI-insider, Canton Everett Delaware the Third, our heroes are reunited to share their discoveries, if not their memories. For the world is occupied by an alien force who control humanity through post-hypnotic suggestion and no one can be trusted. Aided by President Nixon and Neil Armstrong's foot, the Doctor must mount a revolution to drive out the enemy and rescue the missing little girl. No-one knows why they took her. Or why they have kidnapped Amy Pond...

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Directed by Toby HaynesWritten by Steven MoffatGuest stars Alex Kingston, Stuart Milligan, Chukwudi Iwuji, Mark Griffin, Sydney Wade, Kerry Shale, Glenn Wrage, Peter Banks

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Episode 3

The Curse of the Black Spot

46m6.3 / 10

The TARDIS is marooned onboard a 17th-century pirate ship whose crew is being attacked by a mysterious and beautiful sea creature. Becalmed and beset by cabin fever, the pirates have numerous superstitious explanations for the Siren's appearance. The Doctor has other ideas but, as his theories are disproved and every plan of escape is thwarted, he must work to win the trust of the implacable Captain Avery and uncover the truth behind the pirates' supernatural fears – and he must work quickly, for some of his friends have already fallen under the Siren's spell...

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Directed by Jeremy WebbWritten by Steve ThompsonGuest stars Lee Ross, Michael Begley, Tony Lucken, Chris Jarman, Carl McCrystal, Lily Cole, Oscar Lloyd, Hugh Bonneville

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Episode 4

The Doctor's Wife

47m8.1 / 10

The Doctor receives a distress signal from an old friend. Could there really be another living Time Lord out there? Hopes raised, he follows the signal to a junkyard planet sitting upon a mysterious asteroid in a Bubble universe, populated by a very strange family, as the time-travelling drama continues. The Doctor, Amy and Rory are given the warmest of welcomes by Auntie, Uncle and Nephew. But the beautiful and insane Idris greets them in a more unusual fashion – what is she trying to tell the Doctor? As the Doctor investigates, he unwittingly puts his friends in the gravest danger.

Episode credits

Directed by Richard ClarkWritten by Neil GaimanGuest stars Elizabeth Berrington, Suranne Jones, Michael Sheen, Adrian Schiller, Paul Kasey

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Episode 5

The Rebel Flesh (1)

44m7.0 / 10

A solar tsunami sends the TARDIS hurtling towards a futuristic factory on Earth, where human doppelgangers are used to mine dangerous acid, as the time-travelling adventures continue. A second wave hits and the "Gangers" separate. They can remember every second of their "original's" life and feel every emotion they've ever experienced. But are these memories stolen or have they been bequeathed? Are the Gangers merely faulty machinery that must be shut down or are they living, breathing, sentient beings? Can the Doctor convince the terrified humans to accept these "almost people" and prevent an all-out civil war before the factory explodes?

Episode credits

Directed by Julian SimpsonWritten by Matthew GrahamGuest stars Mark Bonnar, Marshall Lancaster, Sarah Smart, Raquel Cassidy, Frances Barber, Leon Vickers

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Episode 6

The Almost People (2)

46m7.1 / 10

As the solar storm rages, Jennifer, a Ganger driven mad by the memories of being "decommissioned", is seeking revenge, as the time-travelling drama continues. She can remember every excruciating second of every "execution" and is determined that the humans will pay. And she isn't just talking war; she's talking revolution. As the crumbling factory fills with toxic fumes and drips lethal acid, the "Originals" wait desperately for the shuttle from the Mainland to rescue them. But Jennifer has other ideas. Can the Doctor convince the terrified factory workers to embrace their own humanity and work together with their Gangers to overcome a monster of their own making?

Episode credits

Directed by Julian SimpsonWritten by Matthew GrahamGuest stars Mark Bonnar, Marshall Lancaster, Sarah Smart, Raquel Cassidy, Frances Barber, Leon Vickers, Edmond Moulton

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Episode 7

A Good Man Goes to War (1)

49m8.0 / 10mid season

Amy Pond has been kidnapped and the Doctor is raising an army to rescue her as the drama continues. But as he and Rory race across galaxies, calling in long-held debts and solemnly given promises, his enemies are laying a carefully concealed trap. In her cell in Stormcage, River Song sadly acknowledges that the time has come at last – today will mark the Battle of Demons Run and the Doctor’s darkest hour. Both sides will make their sacrifices and River Song must finally reveal her most closely guarded secret to the Doctor.

Episode credits

Directed by Peter HoarWritten by Steven MoffatGuest stars Alex Kingston, Frances Barber, Simon Fisher-Becker, Dan Starkey, Charlie Baker, Dan Johnston, Christina Chong, Joshua Hayes

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Episode 8

Let's Kill Hitler (2)

49m7.3 / 10

In the desperate search for Melody Pond, the TARDIS crash lands in Thirties Berlin, as the time-travelling drama returns for the second half of the series shown earlier in the year. The Doctor comes face to face with the greatest war criminal in the Universe. And Hitler. Old friendships are tested to their limits as the Doctor suffers the ultimate betrayal and learns a harsh lesson in the cruelest warfare of all. As precious time ebbs away, the Doctor must teach his adversaries that time travel has responsibilities. And he must succeed before an almighty price is paid.

Episode credits

Directed by Richard SeniorWritten by Steven MoffatGuest stars Alex Kingston, Nina Toussaint-White, Ella Kenion, Richard Dillane, Maya Glace-Green, Ezekiel Wigglesworth, Philip Rham, Amy Cudden

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Episode 9

Night Terrors

44m6.7 / 10

A little boy named George sends a distress signal to the Doctor when he discovers that monsters live in his bedroom cupboard.

Episode credits

Directed by Richard ClarkWritten by Mark GatissGuest stars Andrew Tiernan, Emma Cunniffe, Daniel Mays, Jamie Oram, Leila Hoffman, Sophie Cosson

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Episode 10

The Girl Who Waited

47m8.2 / 10

The TARDIS brings its crew to a quarantine facility for victims of an alien plague. When Amy is trapped, Rory must rescue her from the facility's doctors but learns something surprising about his wife.

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Directed by Nick HurranWritten by Tom MacRaeGuest stars Imelda Staunton, Josie Taylor

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Episode 11

The God Complex

49m7.7 / 10

The trio arrive at a hotel where the layout of the rooms keeps changing. It also contains rooms that hold the greatest fears of each visitor.

Episode credits

Directed by Nick HurranWritten by Toby WhithouseGuest stars Amara Karan, David Walliams, Sarah Quintrell, Dimitri Leonidas, Daniel Pirrie, Dafydd Emyr, Spencer Wilding, Rashid Karapiet

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Episode 12

Closing Time

46m6.6 / 10

As the Doctor prepares for his inevitable death at Lake Silencio, he visits a former roommate and learns that the Cybermen are responsible for a series of disappearances at a local department store and resolves to investigate.

Episode credits

Directed by Steve HughesWritten by Gareth RobertsGuest stars Alex Kingston, Lynda Baron, Frances Barber, Paul Kasey, Daisy Haggard, James Corden, Seroca Davis, Holli Dempsey

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Episode 13

The Wedding of River Song

46m7.4 / 10finale

As the Doctor makes his final journey to the shores of Lake Silencio in Utah, he knows only one thing can keep the universe safe – his own death – in the concluding episode of this series of the time-travelling drama. But has he reckoned without the love of a good woman?

Episode credits

Directed by Jeremy WebbWritten by Steven MoffatGuest stars Alex Kingston, Simon Callow, Richard Dillane, Mark Gatiss, William Morgan Sheppard, Ian McNeice, Frances Barber, Sian Williams

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Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026

More about Doctor Who

Cast

Christopher EcclestonDoctor Who
Matt SmithThe Doctor
Jenna ColemanClara Oswald
David TennantThe Doctor
Jodie WhittakerThe Doctor
Pearl MackieBill Potts
Mandip GillYasmin 'Yaz' Khan
Bradley WalshGraham O'Brien

Credits

Created by
Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber, Donald Wilson

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
153
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • BBC OneUnited Kingdom
  • BBC Cymru WalesUnited Kingdom
  • BBC StudiosUnited Kingdom
  • CBCCanada
  • BBC Studios Drama ProductionsUnited Kingdom

Themes

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