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Season 1
8.1/102,296 votesLoading...An Unearthly Child
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/23/1963
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.
Director: Waris Hussein
Writer: Anthony Coburn
6.4/101,638 votesLoading...The Cave of Skulls
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/30/1963
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…
Director: Waris Hussein
Writer: Anthony Coburn
6.3/101,509 votesLoading...The Forest of Fear
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/7/1963
Prisoners of the earliest humans, the TARDIS crew are caught in a deadly power play for leadership of the tribe.
Director: Waris Hussein
Writer: Anthony Coburn
6.5/101,468 votesLoading...The Firemaker
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/14/1963
The TARDIS crew must make fire for the early humans to stay alive. But once they do, they may not be allowed to leave!
Director: Waris Hussein
Writer: Anthony Coburn
7.6/101,553 votesLoading...The Dead Planet
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/21/1963
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?
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
7.7/101,368 votesLoading...The Survivors
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/28/1963
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.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
7.6/101,327 votesLoading...The Escape
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/4/1964
Imprisoned on Skaro by the scheming Daleks, the Doctor and his companions work to escape their clutches.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
7.6/101,293 votesLoading...The Ambush
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/11/1964
The time travellers work desperately to both escape the Dalek city and prevent a bloody massacre.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
7.2/101,255 votesLoading...The Expedition
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/18/1964
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.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
7.0/101,221 votesLoading...The Ordeal
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/25/1964
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?
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
7.5/101,234 votesLoading...The Rescue
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/1/1964
Time is running out as the Doctor and his companions try to defeat the Daleks before they wipe out all life on Skaro.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: Terry Nation
6.8/101,231 votesLoading...The Edge of Destruction
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/8/1964
A mysterious explosion has knocked the TARDIS into void. And in their confusion, the crew are turning on one another.
Director: Joe Ahearne, Richard Martin
Writer: David Whitaker
6.9/101,119 votesLoading...The Brink of Disaster
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/15/1964
The TARDIS is adrift, the crew turning on each other. Only by working together can they find their way out before they are destroyed.
Director: Joe Ahearne, Frank Cox
Writer: David Whitaker
7.2/10636 votesLoading...The Roof of the World
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/22/1964
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...
Director: Waris Hussein
Writer: John Lucarotti
7.0/10589 votesLoading...The Singing Sands
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/29/1964
Tegana sabotages the party's water bags, leaving them in dire need of fresh supplies.
Director: Waris Hussein
Writer: John Lucarotti
6.9/10579 votesLoading...Five Hundred Eyes
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/7/1964
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.
Director: Waris Hussein
Writer: John Lucarotti
6.9/10570 votesLoading...The Wall of Lies
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/14/1964
The Doctor's group manage to rescue Barbara from the Mongols but once more Marco remains unaware of Tegana's involvement.
Director: John Crockett
Writer: John Lucarotti
6.8/10565 votesLoading...Rider from Shang Tu
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/21/1964
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.
Director: Waris Hussein
Writer: John Lucarotti
6.9/10560 votesLoading...Mighty Kublai Khan
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/28/1964
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.
Director: Waris Hussein
Writer: John Lucarotti
7.1/10567 votesLoading...Assassin at Peking
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/4/1964
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.
Director: Waris Hussein
Writer: John Lucarotti
7.1/10913 votesLoading...The Sea of Death
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/11/1964
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...
Director: John Gorrie
Writer: Terry Nation
7.2/10872 votesLoading...The Velvet Web
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/18/1964
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.
Director: John Gorrie
Writer: Terry Nation
6.9/10856 votesLoading...The Screaming Jungle
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 4/25/1964
The search for the second key takes the travellers to a jungle where Ian and Barbara come under threat from rapidly growing plants.
Director: John Gorrie
Writer: Terry Nation
6.7/10846 votesLoading...The Snows of Terror
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/2/1964
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.
Director: John Gorrie
Writer: Terry Nation
7.1/10834 votesLoading...Sentence of Death
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 5/9/1964
The group are reunited with the Doctor in the city of Millennius where Ian faces trial for murder after the fourth key is stolen.
Director: John Gorrie
Writer: Terry Nation
7.1/10867 votesLoading...The Keys of Marinus
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 5/16/1964
The Doctor and his friends must locate the real murderers and the fourth key before heading off for a final confrontation with the Voord
Director: John Gorrie
Writer: Terry Nation
7.3/101,070 votesLoading...The Temple of Evil
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 5/23/1964
The TARDIS arrives on Earth landing in 16th century Aztec society. Barbara goes off exploring - despite the Doctor's orders not to wander off - and is taken away by the high priest Autloc who believes she is the reincarnation of the goddess Yetaxa. They believe it is a sign that the rains - which are late - will now come. The high priest of sacrifice Tlotoxl recruits Ian to lead their army but he finds he has a rival in Ixta. Ian is less than comfortable with his role when he learns that they are to deliver the human sacrifice to the high priest at the rain ceremony. The Doctor emphasizes that they must not interfere with Aztec rituals, something that does not sit well with Barbara.
Director: John Crockett
Writer: John Lucarotti
7.3/10955 votesLoading...The Warriors of Death
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 5/30/1964
Barbara tries to change the course of history - and Ian fights for his life.
Director: John Crockett
Writer: John Lucarotti
7.4/10947 votesLoading...The Bride of Sacrifice
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 6/6/1964
While the Doctor tries to find a way back to the TARDIS, Tlotoxl continues to plot Barbara's downfall and sees an opening when Susan questions Aztec custom.
Director: John Crockett
Writer: John Lucarotti
7.5/10934 votesLoading...The Day of Darkness
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 6/13/1964
Tlotoxl's machinations result in both Susan and Ian being arrested. With the TARDIS once again trapped inside the tomb, the travellers' only hope for escape lies with Autloc and Cameca.
Director: John Crockett
Writer: John Lucarotti
6.9/10800 votesLoading...Strangers in Space
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 6/20/1964
The 28th century. The TARDIS materialises on a spaceship orbiting a planet known as the Sense-Sphere, whose natives, the Sensorites, have trapped the ship's human crew in a state of paralysis.
Director: Frank Cox, Mervyn Pinfield
Writer: Peter R. Newman
6.7/10751 votesLoading...The Unwilling Warriors
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 6/27/1964
The Doctor and his companions are on board an Earth ship trapped in orbit around the Sense-Sphere when it is boarded by the Sensorites, who steal the lock mechanism from the TARDIS.
Director: Frank Cox, Mervyn Pinfield
Writer: Peter R. Newman
6.5/10743 votesLoading...Hidden Danger
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 7/11/1964
The Doctor and his companions are escorted to the Sense-Sphere where they attempt to negotiate with the Sensorites for the release of the TARDIS.
Director: Mervyn Pinfield
Writer: Peter R. Newman
6.6/10739 votesLoading...A Race Against Death
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 7/18/1964
With Ian having fallen victim to the Sensorites' plague, the Doctor is desperate to find a cure. But the City Administrator is still determined to rid his world of aliens.
Director: Mervyn Pinfield
Writer: Peter R. Newman
6.5/10736 votesLoading...Kidnap
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 7/25/1964
The City Administrator is determined to destroy the Doctor and his friends and his paranoia prevents the Doctor's cure from being distributed.
Director: Frank Cox, Mervyn Pinfield
Writer: Peter R. Newman
6.5/10731 votesLoading...A Desperate Venture
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 8/1/1964
While the City Administrator's schemes reach their climax, the Doctor and Ian venture into the tunnels under the city to discover the real cause of the Sensorite plague.
Director: Frank Cox, Mervyn Pinfield
Writer: Peter R. Newman
6.9/10672 votesLoading...A Land of Fear
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 8/8/1964
The TARDIS lands during the French Revolution, where Ian, Barbara, and Susan become caught up in the politics of the day. When they are arrested and set to be executed, the Doctor must take on the disguise of a public official to try and save their lives.
Director: Henric Hirsch
Writer: Dennis Spooner
6.7/10625 votesLoading...Guests of Madame Guillotine
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 8/15/1964
Susan, Ian and Barbara are sentenced to be guillotined but an encounter with a dying English prisoner may offer Ian a chance of survival.
Director: Henric Hirsch
Writer: Dennis Spooner
6.6/10609 votesLoading...A Change of Identity
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 8/22/1964
Susan and Barbara are rescued by Jules and Jean, two members of the escape chain, while the Doctor gains access to the prison by posing as a revolution official.
Director: John Gorrie
Writer: Dennis Spooner
6.4/10598 votesLoading...The Tyrant of France
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 8/29/1964
The Doctor is forced into a meeting with Robespierre while Barbara's attempts to find a physician for Susan result in them being betrayed.
Director: Henric Hirsch
Writer: Dennis Spooner
6.5/10594 votesLoading...A Bargain of Necessity
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 9/5/1964
Ian finds himself held prisoner by the treacherous Leon while the Doctor attempts to engineer Susan and Barbara's escape.
Director: Henric Hirsch
Writer: Dennis Spooner
6.7/10605 votesLoading...Prisoners of Conciergerie
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 9/12/1964
Ian finally delivers his message to James Stirling but in order to secure Susan's release he and Barbara are forced into a dangerous spying mission.
Director: Henric Hirsch
Writer: Dennis Spooner