Series synopsis
Doctor Who is a British action & adventure drama sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on BBC One on May 11, 2024. It ended on May 31, 2025. It was created by C. E. Webber, Donald Wilson, Verity Lambert, Sydney Newman. It stars Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson, Varada Sethu and Bonnie Langford.
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.
Premise
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.
Premise: One hell of a journey home.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Ncuti Gatwa as The Doctor
- Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday
- Varada Sethu as Belinda Chandra
- Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush
- Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart
- Yasmin Finney as Rose Noble
- Ruth Madeley as Shirley Bingham
- Anita Dobson as Mrs Flood
Supporting cast
- Angela Wynter as Cherry Sunday
- Michelle Greenidge as Carla Sunday
- Alexander Devrient as Colonel Christofer Ibrahim
- Aidan Cook as The Vlinx
- Lachele Carl as Trinity Wells
- Jinkx Monsoon as Maestro
- Indira Varma as Duchess of Pemberton
- Lenny Rush as Morris Gibbons
- Chris Mason as John Lennon
- George Caple as Paul McCartney
- James Hoyles as Ringo Starr
- Phillip Davies as George Harrison
Guest cast
- Varada Sethu as Belinda Chandra
- Bonnie Langford as Melanie Bush
- Jemma Redgrave as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart
- Yasmin Finney as Rose Noble
- Ruth Madeley as Shirley Bingham
- Anita Dobson as Mrs Flood
- Angela Wynter as Cherry Sunday
- Michelle Greenidge as Carla Sunday
- Alexander Devrient as Colonel Christofer Ibrahim
- Aidan Cook as The Vlinx
- Lachele Carl as Trinity Wells
- Jinkx Monsoon as Maestro
Episodes
This series spans 20 seasons with 519 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 5 | November 25, 2023 | May 2, 2026 |
| Season 1 | 8 | May 11, 2024 | June 22, 2024 |
| Season 2 | 8 | April 12, 2025 | May 31, 2025 |
| Season 3 | 45 | September 11, 1965 | July 16, 1966 |
| Season 4 | 43 | September 10, 1966 | July 1, 1967 |
| Season 5 | 40 | September 2, 1967 | June 1, 1968 |
| Season 6 | 44 | August 10, 1968 | June 21, 1969 |
| Season 7 | 25 | January 3, 1970 | June 20, 1970 |
| Season 8 | 25 | January 2, 1971 | June 19, 1971 |
| Season 9 | 26 | January 1, 1972 | June 24, 1972 |
| Season 10 | 26 | December 30, 1972 | June 23, 1973 |
| Season 11 | 26 | December 15, 1973 | June 8, 1974 |
| Season 12 | 20 | December 28, 1974 | May 10, 1975 |
| Season 13 | 26 | August 30, 1975 | March 6, 1976 |
| Season 14 | 26 | September 4, 1976 | April 2, 1977 |
| Season 15 | 26 | September 3, 1977 | March 11, 1978 |
| Season 16 | 26 | September 2, 1978 | February 24, 1979 |
| Season 17 | 20 | September 1, 1979 | January 12, 1980 |
| Season 18 | 28 | August 30, 1980 | March 21, 1981 |
| Season 19 | 26 | January 4, 1982 | March 30, 1982 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Star Beast The Doctor is caught in a fight to the death as a spaceship crash-lands in London. But as the battle wreaks havoc, destiny is converging on the Doctor’s old friend, Donna. |
November 25, 2023 |
| 2 |
Wild Blue Yonder The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Donna to the furthest edge of adventure. To escape, they must face the most desperate fight of their lives, with the fate of the universe at stake. |
December 2, 2023 |
| 3 |
The Giggle The giggle of a mysterious puppet is driving the human race insane. When the Doctor discovers the return of the terrifying Toymaker, he faces a fight he can never win. |
December 9, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Space Babies Ruby learns the Doctor's amazing secrets when he takes her to the far future. There, they find a baby farm run by babies. But can they be saved from the terrifying bogeyman? |
May 11, 2024 |
| 2 |
The Devil's Chord The Doctor and Ruby meet The Beatles but discover that the all-powerful Maestro is changing history. London becomes a battleground with the future of humanity at stake. |
May 11, 2024 |
| 3 |
Boom Caught in the middle of a devastating war on Kastarion 3, the Doctor is trapped when he steps on a landmine. Can he save himself and Ruby, plus the entire planet... without moving? |
May 18, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Robot Revolution When robots from outer space kidnap nurse Belinda Chandra, the Doctor embarks on an epic intergalactic quest to get his new friend back home to Earth. |
April 12, 2025 |
| 2 |
Lux The Doctor's quest to get Belinda home takes the Tardis to Miami in 1952, where an abandoned cinema is hiding a terrifying secret. Can the Doctor uncover Lux's power? |
April 19, 2025 |
| 3 |
The Well Far in the future, on a tough, brutal planet, a devastated mining colony has only one survivor. To discover the truth, the Doctor and Belinda must face absolute terror. |
April 26, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Four Hundred Dawns After an encounter with a hostile robot called a Chumblie, the Doctor and his companions are rescued by a group of female Drahvins. |
September 11, 1965 |
| 2 |
Trap of Steel With the knowledge that the planet will be destroyed in two days, the Drahvins instruct the Doctor to help them steal the Rills' ship. |
September 18, 1965 |
| 3 |
Air Lock The Doctor and Vicki encounter the Rills and learn the situation is more complex than they thought while Steven finds the Drahvins' hospitality ever more perilous. |
September 25, 1965 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Smugglers (1) The Doctor discovers Polly and Ben aboard the TARDIS shortly before the ship arrives in 17th century Cornwall, where the local churchwarden gives the Doctor a cryptic message shortly before being murdered. |
September 10, 1966 |
| 2 |
The Smugglers (2) Pike is convinced that the Doctor knows the location of Avery's treasure while Polly and Ben try to convince the locals they were not responsible for Longfoot's murder. |
September 17, 1966 |
| 3 |
The Smugglers (3) Polly and Ben are placed in the custody of Blake, who reveals he also has his suspicions about the Squire, while the Doctor and Kewper are forced to team up to escape from Pike's ship. |
September 24, 1966 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Tomb of the Cybermen (1) The Doctor, Jamie and Victoria arrive on Telos, where an archaeological group are exploring the Tomb of the Cybermen. But are the Cybermen as dormant as they believe? |
September 2, 1967 |
| 2 |
The Tomb of the Cybermen (2) The archaeologists learn they are stranded on Telos and Klieg suggests they use the opportunity to explore the Cybermen's tombs. |
September 9, 1967 |
| 3 |
The Tomb of the Cybermen (3) The Cybermen have been revived and plan to convert the archeologists into their own kind, prompting Hopper to attempt a rescue. |
September 16, 1967 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Dominators (1) The TARDIS arrives on the planet Dulkis where the Doctor, Zoe and Jamie decide to have a quiet holiday. Only to find the Evil Dominators and their robotic slaves, The Quarks have arrived on a radioactive island, where they plan to detonate a bomb in the planet's core, which will turn the entire planet as source of radioactive fuel for their invasion fleet. |
August 10, 1968 |
| 2 |
The Dominators (2) The Doctor and Jamie are captured by the Dominators, who subject them to an intelligence test, while Zoe and Cully attempt to convince the Dulcian council of the threat. |
August 17, 1968 |
| 3 |
The Dominators (3) Zoe and Cully are captured by the Dominators and put to work alongside the survey team while the Doctor and Jamie decide to return to the island to help. |
August 24, 1968 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Spearhead from Space (1) As the newly-regenerated Doctor arrives on Earth, so does the Nestene too. |
January 3, 1970 |
| 2 |
Spearhead from Space (2) UNIT's attempts to locate the meteorites are hampered by the mysterious plastic Autons, being constructed by Channing at a nearby factory, while the Doctor makes another attempt to escape from the hospital. |
January 10, 1970 |
| 3 |
Spearhead from Space (3) Ransome manages to escape from the plastics factory and alert UNIT, prompting the Doctor and the Brigadier to start an investigation. |
January 17, 1970 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Terror of the Autons (1) When a Nestene Energy Unit is stolen and a radio telescope sabotaged, the Doctor is contacted by a Time Lord who tells him his old rival the Master is responsible. |
January 2, 1971 |
| 2 |
Terror of the Autons (2) Attempting to find out where Jo encountered the Master, the Doctor heads to the circus where he falls foul of Rossini. |
January 9, 1971 |
| 3 |
Terror of the Autons (3) The Doctor and the Brigadier head to Farrel's factory but the Master and the Autons have already left and are distributing plastic daffodils around the country. |
January 16, 1971 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Day of the Daleks (1) When someone tries to assassinate diplomat Sir Reginald Styles, UNIT investigate the possibility his attacker came from the future. |
January 1, 1972 |
| 2 |
Day of the Daleks (2) Jo uses the guerrillas' time machine to travel to the 22nd century where the Controller tricks her into telling the Daleks where she's come from. |
January 8, 1972 |
| 3 |
Day of the Daleks (3) The Doctor forces the guerrillas to take him to the 22nd century where he is soon captured by the Controller. |
January 15, 1972 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Three Doctors (1) England, the near future. A strange anti-matter creature arrives on Earth and attacks UNIT HQ. It seems to be specifically seeking the Doctor out - but why? With the Time Lords themselves unable to help, it seems the only person who can help the Doctor is himself - or selves... |
December 30, 1972 |
| 2 |
The Three Doctors (2) The third Doctor and Jo find themselves on an artificial world inside the black hole while the second Doctor tries to find a way to control the organism. |
January 6, 1973 |
| 3 |
The Three Doctors (3) The Time Lord Omega reveals himself to the third Doctor along with plans for vengeance against his own kind. |
January 13, 1973 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Time Warrior (1) England, the 12th century. Robber baron Irongron is recruited by Linx, a Sontaran warrior whose starship has been forced down on Earth. Linx is forced to use a time-travel device to steal resources and scientists from the future to repair his ship, but in doing so involves UNIT and the Doctor... |
December 15, 1973 |
| 2 |
The Time Warrior (2) The Doctor tracks the missing scientists to Irongron's castle, where Linx is using them to repair his spaceship and construct advanced weapons for Irongron. |
December 22, 1973 |
| 3 |
The Time Warrior (3) The Doctor escapes the castle with Sarah and Hal and must persuade Sir Edward to trust him before Irongron launches an attack on them. |
December 29, 1973 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Robot (1) The Doctor changes form again. Before he has fully re-covered, something of colossal strength steals a secret weapon, and the convalescent Doctor starts to investigate. |
December 28, 1974 |
| 2 |
Robot (2) The Doctor and Sarah Jane become convinced Think Tank are behind the electronic component thefts but are unable to stop them carrying out another raid. |
January 4, 1975 |
| 3 |
Robot (3) Sarah Jane and Kettlewell infiltrate an SRS meeting to try and find out what Miss Winters is up to but there is a surprise in store. |
January 11, 1975 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Terror of the Zygons (1) Scotland, the near future. Something is smashing oil rigs off the Scottish coast, and UNIT have been called in to investigate. The Brigadier summons the Doctor to Earth to help in the investigation, but it soon becomes clear some kind of alien presence is at work... |
August 30, 1975 |
| 2 |
Terror of the Zygons (2) The Zygon traps the Doctor and Sarah Jane in a decompression chamber while Harry is taken to the aliens' underwater ship. |
September 6, 1975 |
| 3 |
Terror of the Zygons (3) The Doctor and the Brigadier begin to realise who the Zygon imposters among them are while Sarah Jane discovers a secret tunnel to the underwater ship. |
September 13, 1975 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Masque of Mandragora (1) The Doctor and Sarah arrive in Renaissance Italy unaware that they have brought a deadly alien energy force with them. |
September 4, 1976 |
| 2 |
The Masque of Mandragora (2) The Mandragora energy joins forces with the secret Brotherhood of Demnos. Count Federico plots to steal the Dukedom of San Martino from his nephew, Giuliano. |
September 11, 1976 |
| 3 |
The Masque of Mandragora (3) Tempted by the promises of ultimate power offered by Mandragora, Hieronymous plots to eliminate the threat posed by the Doctor and uses an unwitting Sarah as his weapon. |
September 18, 1976 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Horror of Fang Rock (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? |
September 3, 1977 |
| 2 |
Horror of Fang Rock (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? |
September 10, 1977 |
| 3 |
Horror of Fang Rock (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… |
September 17, 1977 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Ribos Operation (1) The Magellanic Clouds, the planet Ribos, an unknown time. Ordered by the White Guardian to collect the pieces of the omnipotent Key to Time, The Doctor, K-9 and his new assistant Romana arrive. Collecting the first segment is not going to be easy… |
September 2, 1978 |
| 2 |
The Ribos Operation (2) Trying to obtain the first segment of the Key to Time, the Doctor and Romana are swept up in an elaborate con. The target – the homicidal Graff Vynda K. |
September 9, 1978 |
| 3 |
The Ribos Operation (3) Prisoners of the maniacal Graff Vynda K, the Doctor and Romana must break out and pursue the first segment – even as Unstoff takes it into the most dangerous place on Ribos. |
September 16, 1978 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Destiny of the Daleks (1) Skaro, the Dalek homeworld, some time in the future. The TARDIS lands in the irradiated ruins of the old Kaled city and something is moving underneath the wasted surface of the planet… |
September 1, 1979 |
| 2 |
Destiny of the Daleks (2) Romana has been captured by the Daleks, the Doctor is the guest of the Movellans. The Daleks are drilling deep into Skaro for something and the Doctor has an awful suspicion about their objective… |
September 8, 1979 |
| 3 |
Destiny of the Daleks (3) The Daleks have awoken Davros in the heart of Skaro. Only the Doctor and the Movellans stand between them and their objective. But are the Movellans really on the Doctor's side? |
September 15, 1979 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Leisure Hive (1) The planet Argolis, around the year 2290. The Argolins live in a huge shielded city, protected from the irradiated wasteland outside. The planet's survival depends on the tourists their Leisure Hive attracts. But a series of horrific deaths seems to jeopardise that future - can the Doctor and Romana find a solution? |
August 30, 1980 |
| 2 |
The Leisure Hive (2) Another man is found dead, strangled by the Doctor's scarf, so the Doctor is put on trial. By some of the archaic rules of law, he's made to "prove" his innocence by becoming a test subject in a new tachyon experiment with time. The result will prove his innocence or guilt, so they say. |
September 6, 1980 |
| 3 |
The Leisure Hive (3) With the Doctor suffering from the time experiment, the clandestine schemes of others start coming to light, along with the secreted purposes to which the tachyonic generator has been used. |
September 13, 1980 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Castrovalva (1) Southern England, 1981. The universe has been saved, but at the cost of the fourth Doctor's life. The newly-regenerated fifth Doctor must rely on his friends to survive as the regeneration threatens to fail… |
January 4, 1982 |
| 2 |
Castrovalva (2) The TARDIS is plunging toward destruction. But even if the Doctor can escape, is yet another trap waiting? |
January 5, 1982 |
| 3 |
Castrovalva (3) The Doctor has arrived in the supposed safety of Castrovalva. But something is odd about the seemingly tranquil city… |
January 11, 1982 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC One |
|---|---|
| First aired | May 11, 2024 |
| Last aired | May 31, 2025 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | canceled |
| Schedule | Saturday at 08:00:00 |