• Air date: 23 Nov '63 42 episodes
      The first season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 23 November 1963 with the first ever story An Unearthly Child and ended on 12 September 1964 with The Reign of Terror.
  • List of Episodes (42)
    • 1. An Unearthly Child

      23 Nov '63
      London, 1963. Schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright are perplexed by the behaviour of one of their pupils, Susan Foreman. Her knowledge of science and history exceeds theirs, yet she seems totally ignorant of many common aspects of everyday life. They follow her to her home address, a junk-yard with a police telephone box standing in it, and encounter her grandfather, the enigmatic Doctor. When they force their way past him into the police box, Susan's secret is revealed: she and the
    • 2. The Cave of Skulls

      30 Nov '63
      Earth, 100,000 B.C. The enigmatic Doctor, afraid that schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright will reveal his secrets to the people of 20th century Earth, has taken them and his granddaughter Susan back to the dawn of human history. There, the four travellers are dragged into the savage politics of a tribe of cavemen who have lost the secret of making fire…
    • 3. The Forest of Fear

      07 Dec '63
      Prisoners of the earliest humans, the TARDIS crew are caught in a deadly power play for leadership of the tribe.
    • 4. The Firemaker

      14 Dec '63
      The TARDIS crew must make fire for the early humans to stay alive. But once they do, they may not be allowed to leave!
    • 5. The Dead Planet

      21 Dec '63
      Time Unknown, Planet Unknown. The TARDIS lands in an eerie petrified forest overlooking a magnificent steel city. The Doctor wants to explore the city – but what is waiting there?
    • 6. The Survivors

      28 Dec '63
      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 dying of radiation sickness.
    • 7. The Escape

      04 Jan '64
      Imprisoned on Skaro by the scheming Daleks, the Doctor and his companions work to escape their clutches.
    • 8. The Ambush

      11 Jan '64
      The time travellers work desperately to both escape the Dalek city and prevent a bloody massacre.
    • 9. The Expedition

      18 Jan '64
      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 to mount a dangerous operation.
    • 10. The Ordeal

      25 Jan '64
      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 treacherous caves? And what are the Daleks planning?
    • 11. The Rescue

      01 Feb '64
      Time is running out as the Doctor and his companions try to defeat the Daleks before they wipe out all life on Skaro.
    • 12. The Edge of Destruction

      08 Feb '64
      A mysterious explosion has knocked the TARDIS into void. And in their confusion, the crew are turning on one another.
    • 13. The Brink of Disaster

      15 Feb '64
      The TARDIS is adrift, the crew turning on each other. Only by working together can they find their way out before they are destroyed.
    • 14. The Roof of the World

      22 Feb '64
      The TARDIS experiences a total power failure and is stranded in the Himalayas in the 13th century. The travellers are forced to join the caravan of the famous explorer, Marco Polo, in order to survive -- but Polo, fascinated by their claims that the TARDIS can fly through the air, seizes it on behalf of Kublai Khan in the hope that presenting the Khan with such a fabulous gift will convince him to let Polo return home to Venice. The travellers are forced to accompany Polo on his long trek across
    • 15. The Singing Sands

      29 Feb '64
      Tegana sabotages the party's water bags, leaving them in dire need of fresh supplies.
    • 16. Five Hundred Eyes

      07 Mar '64
      The Doctor and Susan are able to supply Marco with condensation that has formed inside the TARDIS, saving the group from dying of first.When the group are reunited with Tegana, the travelers begin to suspect he is up to something.
    • 17. The Wall of Lies

      14 Mar '64
      The Doctor's group manage to rescue Barbara from the Mongols but once more Marco remains unaware of Tegana's involvement.
    • 18. Rider from Shang Tu

      21 Mar '64
      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.
    • 19. Mighty Kublai Khan

      27 Mar '64
      The Doctor, Ian and Barbara are forced to surrender to Tegana and Marco, leaving both of them the opportunity to gain possession of the TARDIS.
    • 20. Assassin at Peking

      04 Apr '64
      Tegana finally makes his move to assassinate the Khan, giving the Doctor and his friends an opportunity to thwart his plans and regain the TARDIS.
    • 21. The Sea of Death

      11 Apr '64
      The alien world of Marinus. Perfect peace has reigned here for decades due to the mind-controlling influence of a machine known as the Conscience. But now a race known as the Voord have developed an immunity and Arbitan, keeper of the machine, has been forced to scatter the vital control keys around the planet. Now he needs the help of the time travellers to get them back - it will be an extraordinary journey, with perils every step of the way...
    • 22. The Velvet Web

      18 Apr '64
      The Doctor and his friends arrive in the apparently idyllic city of Morphoton but Barbara soon begins to realise there is more to their hosts than meets the eye.
    • 23. The Screaming Jungle

      25 Apr '64
      The search for the second key takes the travellers to a jungle where Ian and Barbara come under threat from rapidly growing plants.
    • 24. The Snows of Terror

      02 May '64
      Searching for the third key, Ian and Barbara meet with the sinister trapper Vasor before following Susan and the others into a cave system guarded by the mysterious Ice Soldiers.
    • 25. Sentence of Death

      09 May '64
      The group are reunited with the Doctor in the city of Millennius where Ian faces trial for murder after the fourth key is stolen.