Doctor Who - Season 1

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.

42 Episodes

An Unearthly Child

Season 1 - Episode 1

After discussing a strange pupil, Susan Foreman, teachers Ian and Barbara follow her to a junkyard. They meet her grandfather, the Doctor, a...

The Cave of Skulls

Season 1 - Episode 2

The enigmatic Doctor, afraid that schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright will reveal his secrets to the people of 20th century Ear...

The Forest of Fear

Season 1 - Episode 3

Prisoners of the earliest humans, the TARDIS crew are caught in a deadly power play for leadership of the tribe.

The Firemaker

Season 1 - Episode 4

The TARDIS crew must make fire for the early humans to stay alive. But once they do, they may not be allowed to leave!

The Dead Planet

Season 1 - Episode 5

Time Unknown, Planet Unknown. The TARDIS lands in an eerie petrified forest overlooking a magnificent steel city. The Doctor wants to explor...

The Survivors

Season 1 - Episode 6

The dead planet is not uninhabited after all. The Doctor is about to meet what will become his greatest enemies. And he and his crew are dyi...

The Escape

Season 1 - Episode 7

Imprisoned on Skaro by the scheming Daleks, the Doctor and his companions work to escape their clutches.

The Ambush

Season 1 - Episode 8

The time travellers work desperately to both escape the Dalek city and prevent a bloody massacre.

The Expedition

Season 1 - Episode 9

The time travellers have escaped from the Daleks, but left a vital piece of the TARDIS behind. Getting it back will mean pushing the Thals t...

The Ordeal

Season 1 - Episode 10

Ian, Barbara and the Thals struggle through the caves to reach the Dalek city. Will they get there in time? Is there even a way through the ...

The Rescue

Season 1 - Episode 11

Time is running out as the Doctor and his companions try to defeat the Daleks before they wipe out all life on Skaro.

The Edge of Destruction

Season 1 - Episode 12

A mysterious explosion has knocked the TARDIS into void. And in their confusion, the crew are turning on one another.

The Brink of Disaster

Season 1 - Episode 13

The TARDIS is adrift, the crew turning on each other. Only by working together can they find their way out before they are destroyed.

The Roof of the World

Season 1 - Episode 14

The TARDIS experiences a total power failure and is stranded in the Himalayas in the 13th century. The travellers are forced to join the car...

The Singing Sands

Season 1 - Episode 15

Tegana sabotages the party's water bags, leaving them in dire need of fresh supplies.

Five Hundred Eyes

Season 1 - Episode 16

The Doctor and Susan are able to supply Marco with condensation that has formed inside the TARDIS, saving the group from dying of thirst. Wh...

The Wall of Lies

Season 1 - Episode 17

The Doctor's group manage to rescue Barbara from the Mongols but once more Marco remains unaware of Tegana's involvement.

Rider from Shang Tu

Season 1 - Episode 18

The Doctor and his friends elect to warn Marco of Acomat's attack even though it means losing their chance to gain access to the TARDIS.

Mighty Kublai Khan

Season 1 - Episode 19

The Doctor, Ian and Barbara are forced to surrender to Tegana and Marco, leaving both of them the opportunity to gain possession of the TARD...

Assassin at Peking

Season 1 - Episode 20

Tegana finally makes his move to assassinate the Khan, giving the Doctor and his friends an opportunity to thwart his plans and regain the T...

The Sea of Death

Season 1 - Episode 21

The alien world of Marinus. Perfect peace has reigned here for decades due to the mind-controlling influence of a machine known as the Consc...

The Velvet Web

Season 1 - Episode 22

The Doctor and his friends arrive in the apparently idyllic city of Morphoton but Barbara soon begins to realise there is more to their host...

The Screaming Jungle

Season 1 - Episode 23

The search for the second key takes the travellers to a jungle where Ian and Barbara come under threat from rapidly growing plants.

The Snows of Terror

Season 1 - Episode 24

Searching for the third key, Ian and Barbara meet with the sinister trapper Vasor before following Susan and the others into a cave system g...

Sentence of Death

Season 1 - Episode 25

The group are reunited with the Doctor in the city of Millennius where Ian faces trial for murder after the fourth key is stolen.

The Keys of Marinus

Season 1 - Episode 26

The Doctor and his friends must locate the real murderers and the fourth key before heading off for a final confrontation with the Voord

The Temple of Evil

Season 1 - Episode 27

The TARDIS arrives on Earth landing in 16th century Aztec society. Barbara goes off exploring - despite the Doctor's orders not to wander of...

The Warriors of Death

Season 1 - Episode 28

Barbara tries to change the course of history - and Ian fights for his life.

The Bride of Sacrifice

Season 1 - Episode 29

While the Doctor tries to find a way back to the TARDIS, Tlotoxl continues to plot Barbara's downfall and sees an opening when Susan questio...

The Day of Darkness

Season 1 - Episode 30

Tlotoxl's machinations result in both Susan and Ian being arrested. With the TARDIS once again trapped inside the tomb, the travellers' only...

Strangers in Space

Season 1 - Episode 31

The 28th century. The TARDIS materialises on a spaceship orbiting a planet known as the Sense-Sphere, whose natives, the Sensorites, have tr...

The Unwilling Warriors

Season 1 - Episode 32

The Doctor and his companions are on board an Earth ship trapped in orbit around the Sense-Sphere when it is boarded by the Sensorites, who ...

Hidden Danger

Season 1 - Episode 33

The Doctor and his companions are escorted to the Sense-Sphere where they attempt to negotiate with the Sensorites for the release of the TA...

A Race Against Death

Season 1 - Episode 34

With Ian having fallen victim to the Sensorites' plague, the Doctor is desperate to find a cure. But the City Administrator is still determi...

Kidnap

Season 1 - Episode 35

The City Administrator is determined to destroy the Doctor and his friends and his paranoia prevents the Doctor's cure from being distribute...

A Desperate Venture

Season 1 - Episode 36

While the City Administrator's schemes reach their climax, the Doctor and Ian venture into the tunnels under the city to discover the real c...

A Land of Fear

Season 1 - Episode 37

The TARDIS lands during the French Revolution, where Ian, Barbara, and Susan become caught up in the politics of the day. When they are arre...

Guests of Madame Guillotine

Season 1 - Episode 38

Susan, Ian and Barbara are sentenced to be guillotined but an encounter with a dying English prisoner may offer Ian a chance of survival.

A Change of Identity

Season 1 - Episode 39

Susan and Barbara are rescued by Jules and Jean, two members of the escape chain, while the Doctor gains access to the prison by posing as a...

The Tyrant of France

Season 1 - Episode 40

The Doctor is forced into a meeting with Robespierre while Barbara's attempts to find a physician for Susan result in them being betrayed.

A Bargain of Necessity

Season 1 - Episode 41

Ian finds himself held prisoner by the treacherous Leon while the Doctor attempts to engineer Susan and Barbara's escape.

Prisoners of Conciergerie

Season 1 - Episode 42

Ian finally delivers his message to James Stirling but in order to secure Susan's release he and Barbara are forced into a dangerous spying ...