Doctor Who

Season 1 2005
TV-PG

  • 2005-03-26T18:30:00Z on BBC One
  • 45m
  • 9h 44m (13 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
The first series features Christopher Eccleston as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor, his only series in the role, accompanied by Billie Piper, as his first and main companion Rose Tyler, whom he plucks from obscurity on planet Earth, and to whom he grows increasingly attached. He also travels briefly with unruly boy-genius Adam Mitchell, played by Bruno Langley, and with 51st-century con man and former "Time Agent" Captain Jack Harkness, portrayed by John Barrowman. Episodes in the series form a loose story arc, based upon the recurring phrase "Bad Wolf".

13 episodes

Series Premiere

2005-03-26T18:30:00Z

1x01 Rose

Series Premiere

1x01 Rose

  • 2005-03-26T18:30:00Z47m

Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor, and realises Earth is in danger.

2005-04-02T17:30:00Z

1x02 The End of the World

1x02 The End of the World

  • 2005-04-02T17:30:00Z47m

The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time: to the year five billion, when the Sun is about to expand and swallow the Earth. She is cautious and soon starts to question her reasons for joining The Doctor. But amongst the powerful alien races gathering to watch on Platform One, a murderer is at work. Who is controlling the mysterious and deadly metal spiders?

2005-04-09T17:30:00Z

1x03 The Unquiet Dead

1x03 The Unquiet Dead

  • 2005-04-09T17:30:00Z47m

Charles Dickens and the Doctor team up as corpses stalk the streets of Victorian Cardiff.

2005-04-16T17:30:00Z

1x04 Aliens of London (1)

1x04 Aliens of London (1)

  • 2005-04-16T17:30:00Z45m

Rose is taken home, but a spaceship crashes in the Thames and London is closed off... Enter the Slitheen!

2005-04-23T17:30:00Z

1x05 World War Three (2)

1x05 World War Three (2)

  • 2005-04-23T17:30:00Z43m

Time is running out for the Doctor as Downing Street announces mankind's first Interplanetary War.

2005-04-30T17:30:00Z

1x06 Dalek

1x06 Dalek

  • 2005-04-30T17:30:00Z48m

The Doctor is shattered and Earth is in danger as he and Rose discover the Time Lords' deadliest enemy beneath Utah.

2005-05-07T17:30:00Z

1x07 The Long Game

1x07 The Long Game

  • 2005-05-07T17:30:00Z45m

Adam catches a glimpse of the wonders of travelling in the Tardis, as they head to a future, where Satellite 5 broadcasts to the entire Earth Empire. But anyone promoted to Floor 500 is never seen again, and the Doctor suspects mankind is being manipulated.

2005-05-14T17:30:00Z

1x08 Father's Day

1x08 Father's Day

  • 2005-05-14T17:30:00Z43m

Rose requests a trip back to the day her father, Pete Tyler, died. Reluctantly, the Doctor agrees, but he realises he has made a mistake, when Rose saves Pete from being run over by a car. This has now changed the timeline, and Reapers are transposing themselves all over the Universe. However, this time, the Doctor doesn't have a plan…

2005-05-21T17:30:00Z

1x09 The Empty Child (1)

1x09 The Empty Child (1)

  • 2005-05-21T17:30:00Z42m

After chasing an unexplained capsule through time, the TARDIS lands in London, during an air raid. Rose investigates when a small child wearing a gasmask, standing on a rooftop, continuously calls out for his mummy. After floating above the city on a barrage balloon, Rose is swept off her feet by another time traveller – Captain Jack Harkness. Meanwhile, The Doctor follows a teenaged girl to a meeting of the homeless children of the Blitz. Here, the child in the gasmask is terrorising them with a parade of strange events, constantly asking for his mother.

2005-05-28T17:30:00Z

1x10 The Doctor Dances (2)

1x10 The Doctor Dances (2)

  • 2005-05-28T17:30:00Z43m

After narrowly escaping the gas mask monsters, The Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack try to stop the mutated people from infecting other victims. But it soon becomes apparent that one of the group may indirectly responsible for the virus. The answer lies at the bomb site, but time is running out...

2005-06-04T17:30:00Z

1x11 Boom Town

1x11 Boom Town

  • 2005-06-04T17:30:00Z43m

The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack stop off in present-day Cardiff to recharge the TARDIS on the Rift they formerly encountered in 1869. Whilst there, they come upon a since-thought-long-dead enemy of theirs, who is hatching yet another plan to destroy Earth.

2005-06-11T17:30:00Z

1x12 Bad Wolf (1)

1x12 Bad Wolf (1)

  • 2005-06-11T17:30:00Z43m

In a seemingly futuristic world, the Doctor wakes up in the Big Brother house during an eviction, Rose wakes up on the Weakest Link with the Anne-Droid, and Captain Jack gets a make over with Trin-E and Zu-Zana. But something unusual is happening, and the losing contestants are being disintergrated. Obviously, it's time for the Doctor to investigate. Who or what is behind this?

Season Finale

2005-06-18T17:30:00Z

1x13 The Parting of the Ways (2)

Season Finale

1x13 The Parting of the Ways (2)

  • 2005-06-18T17:30:00Z48m

The fate of the Universe is hanging in the balance as the Dalek fleet begin their invasion of Earth. The Doctor must decide whether to sacrifice every human being on Earth in order to save every other living creature in the universe from the Daleks. Either way, he knows he must send Rose home...

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