Seasons & episodes
S1 · E1An Unearthly Child 1963-11-23 · 23 min
After discussing a strange pupil, Susan Foreman, teachers Ian and Barbara follow her to a junkyard. They meet her grandfather, the Doctor, and force their way inside a police box with frightening results.
S1 · E2The Cave of Skulls 1963-11-30 · 25 min
The enigmatic Doctor, wary that Ian and Barbara will reveal his secrets to the people of 20th-century Earth, takes 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...
S1 · E3The Forest of Fear 1963-12-07 · 24 min
Prisoners of the earliest humans, the TARDIS crew are caught in a deadly power play for leadership of the tribe.
S1 · E4The Firemaker 1963-12-14 · 24 min
The TARDIS crew must make fire for the early humans to stay alive. But once they do, they may not be allowed to leave!
S1 · E5The Dead Planet 1963-12-21 · 25 min
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's waiting there?
S1 · E6The Survivors 1963-12-28 · 25 min
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.
S1 · E7The Escape 1964-01-04 · 26 min
Imprisoned on Skaro by the scheming Daleks, the Doctor and his companions work to escape their clutches.
S1 · E8The Ambush 1964-01-11 · 25 min
The time travellers work desperately to both escape the Dalek city and prevent a bloody massacre.
S1 · E9The Expedition 1964-01-18 · 25 min
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.
S1 · E10The Ordeal 1964-01-25 · 27 min
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?
S1 · E11The Rescue 1964-02-01 · 23 min
Time is running out as the Doctor and his companions try to defeat the Daleks before they wipe out all life on Skaro.
S1 · E12The Edge of Destruction 1964-02-08 · 25 min
A mysterious explosion has knocked the TARDIS into void. And in their confusion, the crew are turning on one another.
S1 · E13The Brink of Disaster 1964-02-15 · 23 min
The TARDIS is adrift, the crew turning on each other. Only by working together can they find their way out before they are destroyed.
S1 · E14The Roof of the World 1964-02-22 · 24 min
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 Asia to the Khan's court, but their many attempts to reclaim their property are foiled -- not just by Polo, but by the war lord Tegana, who is apparently on a mission of peace but has entirely different plans for dealing with Kublai Khan...
S1 · E15The Singing Sands 1964-02-29 · 27 min
Tegana sabotages the party's water bags, leaving them in dire need of fresh supplies.
S1 · E16Five Hundred Eyes 1964-03-07 · 23 min
The Doctor and Susan are able to supply Marco with condensation that has formed inside the TARDIS, saving the group from dying of thirst. When the group are reunited with Tegana, the travellers begin to suspect he is up to something.
S1 · E17The Wall of Lies 1964-03-14 · 25 min
The Doctor's group manage to rescue Barbara from the Mongols but once more Marco remains unaware of Tegana's involvement.
S1 · E18Rider from Shang Tu 1964-03-21 · 23 min
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.
S1 · E19Mighty Kublai Khan 1964-03-28 · 25 min
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.
S1 · E20Assassin at Peking 1964-04-04 · 25 min
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.
S1 · E21The Sea of Death 1964-04-11 · 24 min
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...
S1 · E22The Velvet Web 1964-04-18 · 26 min
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.
S1 · E23The Screaming Jungle 1964-04-25 · 24 min
The search for the second key takes the travellers to a jungle where Ian and Barbara come under threat from rapidly growing plants.
S1 · E24The Snows of Terror 1964-05-02 · 25 min
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.