Doctor Who story guides

The First Doctor – William Hartnell 1963–1966

Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright, William Russell as Ian Chesterton, and William Hartnell as The Doctor for Doctor Who.

An Unearthly Child ★★★★★

The Daleks ★★★★★

The Edge of Destruction ★★★★

Marco Polo ★★★★★

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The Second Doctor – Patrick Troughton 1966–1969

The Power of the Daleks ★★★★★

The Highlanders ★★★

The Underwater Menace ★★★

The Moonbase ★★★★

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The Third Doctor – Jon Pertwee 1970–1974

Spearhead from Space ★★★★★

Doctor Who and the Silurians ★★★★★

The Ambassadors of Death ★★★★

Inferno ★★★★★

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The Fourth Doctor – Tom Baker 1974–1981

Robot ★★★

The Ark in Space ★★★★★

The Sontaran Experiment ★★★★

Genesis of the Daleks ★★★★★

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The Fifth Doctor – Peter Davison 1982–1984

Castrovalva ★★★

Four to Doomsday ★★★

Kinda ★★★★★

The Visitation ★★★★

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The Sixth Doctor – Colin Baker 1984–1986

The Twin Dilemma ★

Attack of the Cybermen ★★

Vengeance on Varos ★★★★

The Mark of the Rani ★★★

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The Seventh Doctor – Sylvester McCoy 1987–1989

Time and the Rani ★★★

Paradise Towers ★

Delta and the Bannermen ★★★

Dragonfire ★★

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The Eighth Doctor – Paul McGann 1996

Doctor Who (The Movie) ★★★

The Ninth Doctor – Christopher Eccleston 2005

Rose ★★★★

The End of the World ★★★★★

The Unquiet Dead ★★★★★

Aliens of London/World War Three ★★★

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The Tenth Doctor – David Tennant 2005–2010

The Christmas Invasion ★★★★★

New Earth ★★★

Tooth and Claw ★★★★

School Reunion ★★★★★

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The Eleventh Doctor – Matt Smith 2010–2013

Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour ★★★★★

Doctor Who: The Beast Below ★★

Doctor Who: Victory of the Daleks ★★★

Doctor Who: The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone ★★★★★

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The Twelfth Doctor – Peter Capaldi 2014–2017

Doctor Who: Deep Breath ★★★

Doctor Who: Into the Dalek ★★

Doctor Who: Robot of Sherwood ★★★★

Doctor Who: Listen ★★★★★

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The Thirteenth Doctor – Jodie Whittaker 2018–2022

Doctor Who: The Woman Who Fell to Earth ★★★

Doctor Who: The Ghost Monument ★★

Doctor Who: Rosa ★★★

Doctor Who: Arachnids in the UK ★★★★

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The Fourteenth Doctor – David Tennant 2023

Catherine Tate as Donna Noble, David Tennant as The Fourteenth Doctor holding the Meep and Yasmin Finney as Rose surrounded by monsters for the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials.

Doctor Who: The Star Beast ★★★★

The Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) in Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder

Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder ★★★★

Key poster for ‘The Giggle’ featuring David Tennant as the Doctor, Catherine Tate as Donna Noble and Neil Patrick Harris as the Toymaker. He is looming over the Doctor and Donna, smiling maniacally and throwing playing cards towards the foreground.

Doctor Who: The Giggle ★★★★★

The Fifteenth Doctor – Ncuti Gatwa 2023–

Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson in the Doctor Who Christmas special The Church on Ruby Road

Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road ★★★★

Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson in Doctor Who season 14

Doctor Who: Space Babies ★★

Jinkx Monsoon as Maestro in Doctor Who hanging over a piano with an evil and mischievous look.

Doctor Who: The Devil’s Chord ★★★★★

Joe Anderson wearing a soldier's uniform holding a giant futuristic rifle

Doctor Who: Boom ★★★★

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