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The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
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Episode 1
The English channel, the 1900s AD. The TARDIS lands on barren Fang Rock, inhabited until now only by three lighthouse keepers. But what is the strange fog covering the island, and can it be connected to the falling star sighted earlier that night?
Directed by Paddy RussellWritten by Terrance DicksGuest stars Colin Douglas, John Abbott, Ralph Watson
Episode 2
The survivors of a wrecked ship are stranded with the lighhouse crew on Fang Rock as a deadly menace slithers through the fog. Has the Beast of Fang Rock returned?
Directed by Paddy RussellWritten by Terrance DicksGuest stars Colin Douglas, John Abbott, Sean Caffrey, Alan Rowe, Rio Fanning, Annette Woollett
Episode 3
The Doctor barricades everyone in the lighthouse to protect them from the mysterious deadly creature in the fog. But it may already be inside, biding its time…
Directed by Paddy RussellWritten by Terrance DicksGuest stars Colin Douglas, John Abbott, Sean Caffrey, Alan Rowe, Rio Fanning, Annette Woollett
Episode 4
The Rutan starts picking off the surviving humans one by one as the Doctor and Leela struggle to defeat not only the alien but an entire fleet waiting to occupy Earth.
Directed by Paddy RussellWritten by Terrance DicksGuest stars Colin Douglas, John Abbott, Sean Caffrey, Alan Rowe, Annette Woollett
Episode 5
Deep space, 5000AD. An Earth supply shuttle is infected by a strange sentient space-borne virus, which quickly spreads to the crew of the refuelling station on the moon Titan. Even worse, the Doctor himself falls victim. But why is Leela immune, and what is the virus's ultimate goal?
Directed by Derrick GoodwinWritten by Dave Martin, Bob BakerGuest stars Michael Sheard, Brian Grellis, Edmund Pegge, Jay Neill, Anthony Rowlands, Cy Town
Episode 6
Leela and Lowe take the Doctor to the Bi-Al Foundation for help. But how can they cure an infection of the mind?
Directed by Derrick GoodwinWritten by Dave Martin, Bob BakerGuest stars Michael Sheard, Brian Grellis, Frederick Jaeger, Roy Herrick, Elizabeth Norman, Nell Curran, Jim McManus, Roderick Smith
Episode 7
Miniaturised clones of the Doctor and Leela are injected into his brain. But they must now fight the virus on its own level. And its servants are closing in around them.
Directed by Derrick GoodwinWritten by Dave Martin, Bob BakerGuest stars Michael Sheard, Frederick Jaeger, Roy Herrick, Elizabeth Norman, Jim McManus, Roderick Smith, Pat Gorman, John Scott Martin
Episode 8
The Nucleus, now grown to human size, is determined to spawn and take over the Galaxy. Only the Doctor and Leela can stop it.
Directed by Derrick GoodwinWritten by Dave Martin, Bob BakerGuest stars Michael Sheard, Brian Grellis, Frederick Jaeger, Jim McManus, Pat Gorman, John Scott Martin
Episode 9
England, the late 1970s. At Fetch Priory, Dr Fendelman's experiments with the new Time Scanner are disrupted by the mysterious death of a hiker, nearby. Then there's the mysterious skull, also being used as part of his work. A skull that seems to predate the evolution of mankind. What is the true role of the Fendahl in humanity's evolution?
Directed by George Spenton-FosterWritten by Chris BoucherGuest stars Wanda Ventham, Daphne Heard, Denis Lill, Edward Evans, Scott Fredericks, Edward Arthur, Derek Martin, Graham Simpson
Episode 10
The mystery surrounding the strange skull deepens. Thea is slowly succumbing to its influence while the Doctor prepares to battle a creature from mythology.
Directed by George Spenton-FosterWritten by Chris BoucherGuest stars Wanda Ventham, Daphne Heard, Denis Lill, Edward Evans, Scott Fredericks, Edward Arthur, Geoffrey Hinsliff, Derek Martin
Episode 11
While Max prepares to tap supernatural forces beyond imagining, the Doctor and Leela investigate the legend of the Fendahl.
Directed by George Spenton-FosterWritten by Chris BoucherGuest stars Wanda Ventham, Daphne Heard, Denis Lill, Edward Evans, Scott Fredericks, Edward Arthur, Geoffrey Hinsliff
Episode 12
The Fendahl is returning to life, ready to consume everything in its path. Can the Doctor find a way to kill death itself?
Directed by George Spenton-FosterWritten by Chris BoucherGuest stars Wanda Ventham, Daphne Heard, Edward Evans, Scott Fredericks, Edward Arthur, Geoffrey Hinsliff
Episode 13
Pluto, the distant future. The planet has been terraformed and is now orbited by artificial suns, provided by the rapacious company who ruthlessly exploit the relocated human workforce. The Doctor, Leela, and K9 arrive and befriend a luckless drone worker, but they must flee with him to the dark undercity...
Directed by Pennant RobertsWritten by Robert HolmesGuest stars Richard Leech, Jonina Scott, Roy Macready, William Simons, Michael Keating, Adrienne Burgess, Carole Hopkin, Max Faulkner
Episode 14
The Doctor has been captured by the Gatherer. Leela works to free him but the Gatherer is already laying his own plans…
Directed by Pennant RobertsWritten by Robert HolmesGuest stars Richard Leech, Jonina Scott, Roy Macready, William Simons, Michael Keating, Adrienne Burgess, Henry Woolf, David Rowlands
Episode 15
Now Leela is the prisoner of the Collector. He knows of the Doctor and is determined to rid himself of both of them.
Directed by Pennant RobertsWritten by Robert HolmesGuest stars Richard Leech, Jonina Scott, Roy Macready, William Simons, Michael Keating, Adrienne Burgess, Henry Woolf, David Rowlands
Episode 16
The Doctor now moves to completely overthrow the Company. But the Collector has one last trump card to play.
Directed by Pennant RobertsWritten by Robert HolmesGuest stars Tom Kelly, Richard Leech, Jonina Scott, Roy Macready, William Simons, Michael Keating, Adrienne Burgess, Henry Woolf
Episode 17
Deep space, an unknown time. The Doctor encounters the Minyans, survivors of a race the Time Lords unwittingly obliterated early in their own history. The Minyans are searching for their race's lost gene banks, a quest which takes them to the edge of the galaxy…
Directed by Norman StewartWritten by Dave Martin, Bob BakerGuest stars James Maxwell, Alan Lake, Jonathan Newth, Imogen Bickford-Smith
Episode 18
After 100,000 years, the Minyans have found the long-lost P7E. But what awaits them on the ship, long buried in the core of a newborn planet?
Directed by Norman StewartWritten by Dave Martin, Bob BakerGuest stars James Maxwell, Alan Lake, Jonathan Newth, James Marcus, Imogen Bickford-Smith, Godfrey James, Norman Tipton, Jay Neill
Episode 19
The Minyans have, at long last, found the P7E. But a host of guards and robotic seers stand between them and the race banks.
Directed by Norman StewartWritten by Dave Martin, Bob BakerGuest stars James Maxwell, Alan Lake, Jonathan Newth, James Marcus, Imogen Bickford-Smith, Godfrey James, Norman Tipton, Frank Jarvis
Episode 20
The Minyons struggle to gain the precious race banks from the Oracle. But perhaps it is giving in a little too easily ...
Directed by Norman StewartWritten by Dave Martin, Bob BakerGuest stars James Maxwell, Alan Lake, Jonathan Newth, James Marcus, Imogen Bickford-Smith, Godfrey James, Norman Tipton, Frank Jarvis
Episode 21
Gallifrey, world of the Time Lords. The Doctor returns and claims the vacant presidency. But his behaviour is erratic and his motives mysterious.
Directed by Gerald BlakeWritten by Anthony Read, Graham WilliamsGuest stars Stan McGowan, Tom Kelly, Chris Tranchell, Milton Johns, John Arnatt, Dennis Edwards, Reginald Jessup, Charles Morgan
Episode 22
The Doctor is made president of the Time Lords. He immediately orders K-9 to lower the planet's defences and has Leela banished to the wilderness.
Directed by Gerald BlakeWritten by Anthony Read, Graham WilliamsGuest stars Stan McGowan, Chris Tranchell, Milton Johns, John Arnatt, Charles Morgan, Dennis Edwards, Tom Kelly, Christopher Christou
Episode 23
The Doctor has betrayed his own people and enabled a Vardan invasion of Gallifrey. Leela joins forces with the Outsiders and prepares to strike back against the aliens.
Directed by Gerald BlakeWritten by Anthony Read, Graham WilliamsGuest stars Stan McGowan, Chris Tranchell, Milton Johns, John Arnatt, Charles Morgan, Dennis Edwards, Ray Callaghan, Hilary Ryan
Episode 24
The Doctor works to free his planet of the Vardan menace. How can he defeat an enemy who can read his very thoughts? And does their invasion conceal a greater menace?
Directed by Gerald BlakeWritten by Anthony Read, Graham WilliamsGuest stars Chris Tranchell, Milton Johns, Ray Callaghan, Hilary Ryan, Michael Mundell, Max Faulkner, Gai Waterhouse, Eric Danot
Episode 25
The Sontarans have invaded Gallifrey, seeking to seize the incredible power of the Time Lords. The Doctor's first step is to cut them off from their fleet. But Kelner is helping the enemy…
Directed by Gerald BlakeWritten by Anthony Read, Graham WilliamsGuest stars Chris Tranchell, Milton Johns, John Arnatt, Ray Callaghan, Hilary Ryan, Michael Mundell, Max Faulkner, Gai Waterhouse
Episode 26
The Sontarans finally invade the TARDIS itself, seeking the Great Key. The Doctor, however, has other uses for this powerful object…
Directed by Gerald BlakeWritten by Anthony Read, Graham WilliamsGuest stars Chris Tranchell, Milton Johns, John Arnatt, Hilary Ryan, Max Faulkner, Gai Waterhouse, Derek Deadman, Stuart Fell
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