Doctor Who: Season 1

2005 · 13 episodes · ★ 7.7

Series 1

What Season 1 of Doctor Who

A Time Lord called the Doctor travels the universe aboard the TARDIS, a ship with a mind of its own that from the outside looks like a 1960s police box. In this season, the Ninth Doctor, played by Christopher Eccleston, crosses paths with Rose Tyler, a young Earth woman who gradually gets drawn into his world. Together they visit the past, the future and far-off places, and face a variety of enemies. Adam Mitchell, a brilliant young man, joins them for a brief stretch. Later, Captain Jack Harkness, a con artist and former time agent, joins the crew. Along the way, the phrase "Big bad wolf" keeps appearing in every era.

13episodes

Mar 26, 2005released

Jun 18, 2005latest episode

9.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Rose
Mar 26, 2005 · 47 min · ★ 7.3
Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor, and realises Earth is in danger.
Directed by: Keith Boak · Written by: Russell T Davies · Starring: Paul Kasey, Alan Ruscoe, Nicholas Briggs, Mark Benton
1x02 The End of the World
Apr 2, 2005 · 47 min · ★ 7.5
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?
Directed by: Euros Lyn · Written by: Russell T Davies · Starring: Zoë Wanamaker, Yasmin Bannerman, Jimmy Vee, Beccy Armory
1x03 The Unquiet Dead
Apr 9, 2005 · 47 min · ★ 7.1
Charles Dickens and the Doctor team up as corpses stalk the streets of Victorian Cardiff.
Directed by: Euros Lyn · Written by: Mark Gatiss · Starring: Simon Callow, Alan David, Zoe Thorne, Huw Rhys
1x04 Aliens of London (1)
Apr 16, 2005 · 45 min · ★ 6.8
Rose is taken home, but a spaceship crashes in the Thames and London is closed off... Enter the Slitheen!
Directed by: Keith Boak · Written by: Russell T Davies · Starring: Naoko Mori, Matt Baker, Navin Chowdhry, Eric Potts
1x05 World War Three (2)
Apr 23, 2005 · 43 min · ★ 6.8
Time is running out for the Doctor as Downing Street announces mankind's first Interplanetary War.
Directed by: Keith Boak · Written by: Russell T Davies · Starring: Morgan Hopkins, Rupert Vansittart, David Verrey, Andrew Marr
1x06 Dalek
Apr 30, 2005 · 48 min · ★ 8.4
The Doctor is shattered and Earth is in danger as he and Rose discover the Time Lords' deadliest enemy beneath Utah.
Directed by: Joe Ahearne · Written by: Robert Shearman · Starring: Bruno Langley, Corey Johnson, Anna-Louise Plowman, Steven Beckingham
1x07 The Long Game
May 7, 2005 · 45 min · ★ 6.7
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.
Directed by: Brian Grant · Written by: Russell T Davies · Starring: Bruno Langley, Colin Prockter, Simon Pegg, Tamsin Greig
1x08 Father's Day
May 14, 2005 · 43 min · ★ 8.0
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…
Directed by: Joe Ahearne · Written by: Paul Cornell · Starring: Shaun Dingwall, Christopher Llewellyn, Natalie Jones, Robert Barton
1x09 The Empty Child (1)
May 21, 2005 · 42 min · ★ 8.5
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.
Directed by James Hawes · Written by Steven Moffat · Starring Florence Hoath, Albert Valentine, Richard Wilson, Jordan Murphy
1x10 The Doctor Dances (2)
May 28, 2005 · 43 min · ★ 8.6
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...
Directed by James Hawes · Written by Steven Moffat · Starring Florence Hoath, Albert Valentine, Richard Wilson, Jordan Murphy
1x11 Boom Town
Jun 4, 2005 · 43 min · ★ 6.9
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.
Directed by: Joe Ahearne · Written by: Russell T Davies · Starring: Alan Ruscoe, William Thomas, Mali Harries, Aled Pedrick
1x12 Bad Wolf (1)
Jun 11, 2005 · 43 min · ★ 8.3
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 disintegrated. Obviously, it's time for the Doctor to investigate. Who or what is behind this?
Directed by: Joe Ahearne · Written by: Russell T Davies · Starring: Sam Callis, Paterson Joseph, Nisha Nayar, Jamie Bradley
1x13 The Parting of the Ways (2) Season Finale
Jun 18, 2005 · 48 min · ★ 8.6
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...
Directed by Joe Ahearne · Written by Russell T Davies · Starring David Tennant, Paterson Joseph, Nisha Nayar, Barnaby Edwards