TV series

Doctor Who

Name: Doctor Who
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 1963-11-23
Cast: William Hartnell, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, Katy Manning, Roger Delgado

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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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Overview

Series details

First air date: 1963
Last air date: 1989
Status: Ended
Seasons: 26
Episodes: 694
Episode runtime: 25 min
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Original language: EN
Origin country: GB
Networks: BBC One, BBC Television
Created by: Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber, Donald Wilson
Production: BBC

Cast

William Hartnell

The Doctor

Jon Pertwee

The Doctor

Patrick Troughton

The Doctor

Katy Manning

Jo Grant

Roger Delgado

The Master

Tom Baker

The Doctor

Seasons

Season information provided by TMDB.

Season 1

1963

42 episodes

The season introduces William Hartnell as the First Doctor, an alien who travels through time and space in his TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box on the outside. Carole Ann Ford is also introduced as the Doctor's granddaughter Susan Foreman, who acts as his companion alongside her schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, portrayed by William Russell and Jacqueline Hill, respectively. Throughout the season, the Doctor and his companions travel throughout history and into the future. Historical stories were intended to educate viewers about significant events in history, such as the Aztec civilisation and the French Revolution; futuristic episodes took a more subtle approach to educating viewers, such as the theme of pacifism with the Daleks.

Season 2

1964

39 episodes

Milestones this season included not one but two encore appearances by the Daleks; the departure of the original three companions, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton; and the first appearance of someone else from the Doctor and Susan's home planet, and the first Time Lord enemy to appear.