Doctor Who Series 1

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".

7.6

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9h 44m

Runtime

13

Episodes

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Season

2005

Year

1. Rose

7.4 26 Mar 2005 47m

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

7.5 02 Apr 2005 47m

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 race...

7.1 09 Apr 2005 47m

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

6.8 16 Apr 2005 45m

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

6.7 23 Apr 2005 43m

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

6. Dalek

8.3 30 Apr 2005 48m

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

6.6 07 May 2005 45m

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 manipul...

8 14 May 2005 43m

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...

8.5 21 May 2005 42m

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 b...

8.6 28 May 2005 43m

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...

11. Boom Town

6.7 04 Jun 2005 43m

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...

8.2 11 Jun 2005 43m

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...

8.6 18 Jun 2005 48m

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. Ei...