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The 2005 series constitutes a loose story arc, dealing with the consequences of the Time War and the mystery of the seemingly omnipresent phrase 'Bad Wolf'.We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.

^ These specials consist of the 60th Anniversary episodes.

^ These specials consist of the 2022 New Year's Day, 2022 Easter, and 2022 BBC Centenary episodes.

^ This episode was the first episode of the twelfth series (and is only counted in the § Regular seasons table of this article), and thus not a special aired outside of a series, but it was aired four days before the twelfth series' traditional timeslot in order to air deliberately on New Year's Day.

^ These specials consist of the 50th Anniversary and 2013 Christmas episodes.

^ These specials consist of the 2008 Christmas, 2009 Easter, 2009 November and the 2009–10 Christmas/New Year's Day episodes.

^ Also known by its subtitle, The Trial of a Time Lord.

Thus a traditional 4-part story was transmitted in 2 parts.

^ A change in transmission format for this season only as episodes were 45 minutes instead of the usual 24 minutes.

The Sixth Doctor featured only in the final serial, The Twin Dilemma.

^ The Fifth Doctor regenerated in the sixth serial of season 21.

It is not included in the episode or story counts as it was not broadcast. The voices of the original actors with new animation was incorporated to bridge the gaps between the recorded live-action segments.

The story was later completed and officially released on home media in 2017. ^ Shada was left unfinished due to a strike.^ Also known by its subtitle, The Key to Time.The Second Doctor featured for the remainder of the season from the third serial, The Power of the Daleks. ^ The First Doctor remained for the first two serials of season 4.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). The numbering scheme in this list follows the official website's episode guide. 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 story numbers below are meant as a guide to placement in the overall context of the programme. 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. The original series (1963–1989), generally consists of multi-episode serials.

ĭoctor Who ceased broadcasting in 1989, then resumed in 2005. In May 2017, it was announced that BBC Worldwide sold the right of refusal on future series of the programme until and including series 15 in China. 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. Additionally, four charity specials and two animated serials have also been aired. This includes one television movie and multiple specials, and encompasses 300 stories over 39 seasons, starting in 1963. As of 23 October 2022, 871 episodes of Doctor Who have aired, concluding the thirteenth series. For the 1963–1989 episodes and 1996 film, see List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989).ĭoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. This article is about the episodes starting from 2005.

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