List of special Doctor Who episodes
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The show has been a large influence in the media since its inception in 1963. Running parallel to its parenting seasons and series' lie 20 miscellaneous television broadcasts, 8 episodes into 2 home video "exclusive" releases and 9 video games.
Television broadcasts
There have been several special Doctor Who episodes and serials that are produced by the BBC. They usually consist of spoofs and crossovers with other TV shows, and stories produced for special occasions.
| Title | Episodes | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "A Fix with Sontarans" | 1 episode, 9 minutes | Marcus Mortimer | Eric Saward | 23 February 1985 | |
| A segment of Jim'll Fix It during Colin Baker's tenure as the Sixth Doctor, also starring Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka. | |||||
| "Search Out Space"[1] | 1 episode, 20 minutes | Stuart Berry-Anne Billingsley | Lambros Atteshlis and Stuart Berry-Anne Billingsley | 21 November 1990 | |
| A special edition of the children's education programme Search Out Science featuring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace and John Leeson as K-9. | |||||
| Dimensions in Time | 2 episodes, 13 minutes | Stuart MacDonald | John Nathan-Turner and David Roden | 26–27 November 1993 | |
| A thirtieth anniversary programme for Doctor Who for Children in Need. The special was also a crossover with EastEnders. It featured Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor plus many of the companions. | |||||
| Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death | 4 episodes, 23 minutes | John Henderson | Steven Moffat | 12 March 1999 | |
| A Comic Relief spoof, starring Rowan Atkinson, Richard E. Grant, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, and Joanna Lumley as the Doctor, and Jonathan Pryce as the Master. | |||||
| "Born Again" | 1 episode, 7 minutes | Euros Lyn | Russell T Davies | 18 November 2005 | |
| The Doctor has just regenerated; but will Rose be able to trust this strange new Doctor? Also known as "Children in Need special" or Pudsey Cutaway.[2] | |||||
| "Attack of the Graske" | 1 episode, 14 minutes | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 25 December 2005 | |
| An interactive "mini-episode" debuting on the BBC Red Button service | |||||
| The Infinite Quest | 13 episodes, 45 minutes | Gary Russell | Alan Barnes | 2 April 2007–30 June 2007 | |
| An animated serial debuting as segments during Totally Doctor Who made during David Tennant's tenure as The Doctor, plus his companion Martha Jones. | |||||
| "Time Crash" | 1 episode, 8 minutes | Graeme Harper | Steven Moffat | 16 November 2007 | |
| The episode, set during the last scene of the previous episode "Last of the Time Lords", depicts a humorous encounter between the Doctor's fifth and tenth incarnations, played by Peter Davison and David Tennant respectively. | |||||
| "Music of the Spheres" | 1 episode, 7 minutes | Euros Lyn | Russell T Davies | 27 July 2008 (BBC iPlayer and BBC Radio 3) 1 January 2009 (BBC One)[3] | |
| A segment of the 2008 BBC Proms. | |||||
| "Doctor Who: Tonight's the Night" | 1 episode, 3 minutes | Alice Troughton | Russell T Davies | 23 May 2009 | |
| A segment of Tonight's the Night written for the winner of the Doctor Who Alien Talent Search competition.[4] Starring the competition winner Tim Ingham as Sao Til,[5] John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness and David Tennant as himself. | |||||
| Dreamland | 6 episodes, 45 minutes | Gary Russell | Phil Ford | 21–26 November 2009[6] (BBC Red Button and online) 5 December 2009 (BBC Two) | |
| An animated serial debuting on the BBC Red Button service and the BBC Doctor Who website, and later broadcast as one episode on BBC Two. | |||||
| "Space" "Time" | 2 episodes, 6 minutes | Richard Senior | Steven Moffat | 18 March 2011 | |
| The episodes form a two-part story, set entirely within the TARDIS, starring Matt Smith as The Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams, and were written by the programme's head writer Steven Moffat. | |||||
| "Death Is the Only Answer"[7] | 1 episode, 4 minutes | Jeremy Webb | The Children of Oakley Junior School | 1 October 2011 | |
| Doctor Who Confidential special | |||||
| "Good as Gold"[8][9] | 1 episode, 3 minutes | Saul Metzstein[10] | The Children of Ashdene School | 24 April 2012 | |
| Blue Peter special | |||||
| Pond Life | 5 episodes, 5 minutes | Saul Metzstein | Chris Chibnall | 27–31 August 2012 (webcast) 1 September 2012 (BBC Red Button) | |
| Five part mini-adventure premiering on the BBC's Doctor Who website. An omnibus version was shown on 1 September 2012 on the BBC Red Button service. Amy and Rory's life is seen throughout the year after the Doctor reunited with them at Christmas. Several times, they receive the Doctor's calls, learning of many ridiculous things he's up to. Other times, he shows up at the wrong time due to the TARDIS malfunctioning. He even accidentally leaves an Ood with them for a short while. When the Doctor calls again, he finds no one is home; he deletes his call. Unknown to him, Amy has kicked Rory out and is wishing the Doctor will come. | |||||
| "P.S." | 1 episode, 5 minutes | N/A | Chris Chibnall | 12 October 2012 (webcast) | |
| A mini episode, depicted in simple drawings, of a letter from Rory to his father Brian explaining that they will never see each other again. The scene was originally intended to be included on the DVD release, but was not filmed due to actor availability problems. Due to popular demand to see a conclusion to Brian, the scene was constructed with storyboards and released online. | |||||
| "The Great Detective" | 1 episode, 3 minutes | Marcus Wilson[11] | Steven Moffat | 16 November 2012 | |
| A mini episode for Children in Need 2012, Vastra, Jenny and Strax attempt to lure the Doctor out of retirement in this prologue to "The Snowmen". | |||||
| "The Night of the Doctor" | 1 episode, 7 minutes | John Hayes | Steven Moffat | 14 November 2013 (webcast) | |
| The episode, set during the Time War, shows the previously unseen last moments of the Eighth Doctor (McGann), and his artificially controlled regeneration into the War Doctor (John Hurt). | |||||
| "The Last Day" | 1 episode, 4 minutes | Jamie Stone | Steven Moffat | 21 November 2013 (webcast) | |
| From the perspective of a Gallifreyan soldier, a look into the Last Great Time War. The beginning of the Fall of Arcadia is one of the final battles that heralds the War Doctor ending the Time War. | |||||
| "The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot" | 1 episode, 31 minutes | Peter Davison | Peter Davison | 23 November 2013 | |
| A 50th anniversary Doctor Who comedy homage debuting on the BBC Red Button service, featuring former stars Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and others. | |||||
Internet broadcasts
There have been several special Doctor Who episodes broadcast over the web.
| Title | Episodes | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Death Comes to Time" | 13 episodes | Dan Freedman | Colin Meek and Nev Fountain | 13 July 2001 | |
| Released on the Doctor Who website, it starred Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor. | |||||
| "Real Time" | 6 episodes | Gary Russell | Gary Russelll | 2 August 2002 | |
| A webcast featuring Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor and Maggie Stables as Evelyn Smythe plus the Cybermen. | |||||
| "Shada" | 6 episodes | Nicholas Pegg | Douglas Adams and Gary Russell | 13 November 2003 | |
| Another special webcast featuring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and Lalla Ward as Romana with John Leeson as K9. | |||||
| "Scream of the Shalka" | 6 episodes | Wilson Milam | Paul Cornell | 2 May 2003 | |
| Another special webcast featuring Richard E. Grant as the Ninth Doctor. It celebrated the fortieth anniversary of Doctor Who. | |||||
| "Songtaran Carols" | 1 episode | N/A | N/A | 21 December 2012 | |
| Another special webcast featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald with the Paternoster Gang. | |||||
| "Mind My Minions" | 1 episode | N/A | Greg James | 24 July 2015 | |
| A special webcast featuring Minions take control of the TARDIS with many of the desktop themes being seen. | |||||
| "Home Invasion" | 1 episode | Peter Jackson | Peter Jackson and Peter Capaldi | 30 November 2015 | |
| Another special webcast featuring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, Peter Jackson as Himself and Nicholas Briggs as a Dalek. It was released on the official Doctor Who Facebook page and Peter Jackson's. | |||||
Home video releases
| Title | Episodes | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Pilot Episode" | 1 episode, 26 minutes | Waris Hussein | Anthony Coburn | 26 August 1991 | |
| A "first cut" version of An Unearthly Child. | |||||
| "Who on Earth is Tom Baker?" | 1 episode, 50 minutes | Sue Jerrard Baker | Tom Baker (co), other writer Unknown | 1991 | |
| A comedy docudrama about Tom Baker and the Fourth Doctor. | |||||
| "Global Conspiracy!" | 1 episode, 10 minutes | Paul Vanezis | Mark Gatiss | 10 April 2004 | |
| It served as a sort of prequel to The Green Death and released alongside it. It was produced by, written by and starred Mark Gatiss. | |||||
| "Liberty Hall" | 1 episode, 10 minutes | Karen Davies | Brendan Sheppard | 10 August 2009 | |
| A specially filmed episode starring Nicholas Courtney as Lethbridge-Stewart. This is Courtney's last screen appearance as the Brig. | |||||
| "Meanwhile in the TARDIS" | 2 episodes, 7 minutes | Euros Lyn | Steven Moffat | 8 November 2010 | |
| Two additional scenes, starring Matt Smith and Karen Gillan, specially filmed for "The Complete Fifth Series" boxset which reveal what occurred between selected regular episodes. The first instalment is set between "The Eleventh Hour" and "The Beast Below", the second is set between "Flesh and Stone" and "The Vampires of Venice". | |||||
| "Night and the Doctor" | 5 episodes, 16 minutes | Richard Senior[12] | Steven Moffat | 21 November 2011 | |
| Five additional scenes written and produced for "The Complete Sixth Series" boxset. The episodes are titled "Bad Night", "Good Night", "First Night", "Last Night" and "Up All Night". | |||||
| "Clarence and the Whispermen" | 1 episode, 2 minutes | Stephen Woolfenden[11] | Steven Moffat | 22 May 2013 | |
| An additional scene written and produced for "Series 7: Part 2" boxset, a prequel to "The Name of the Doctor". | |||||
| "The Inforarium" | 1 episode, 2 minutes | N/A | Steven Moffat | 24 September 2013 | |
| An additional scene written and produced for "The Complete Seventh Series" boxset. | |||||
| "Rain Gods" | 1 episode, 2 minutes | N/A | Neil Gaiman | 24 September 2013 | |
| An additional scene written and produced for "The Complete Seventh Series" boxset. While credited to Steven Moffat, the mini-episode was actually written by Neil Gaiman.[13] | |||||
| "Clara and the TARDIS" | 1 episode, 2 minutes | N/A | Steven Moffat | 24 September 2013 | |
| An additional scene written and produced for "The Complete Seventh Series" boxset. | |||||
Prequels
Throughout the sixth and seventh series' beginning with "The Impossible Astronaut", several "prequels" were released online, which acted as openers for its accompanying episode. All "prequels" were released ahead of the accompanying episode, with the exception of "Battle of Demons Run - Two Days Later" which was released after "The Snowmen". The concept is similar to that of the second series, in which each episode had an accompanying Tardisode. Two prequels to the ninth series premiere, "The Magician's Apprentice", were released in September 2015.
| Episode title | Episodes | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | ||||||||
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| Series 6 | ||||||||||||
| "The Impossible Astronaut" | 1 episode, 1 minute | N/A | Steven Moffat | 22 March 2011 | ||||||||
| "The Curse of the Black Spot" | 1 episode, 1 minute | N/A | Stephen Thompson | 30 April 2011 | ||||||||
| "A Good Man Goes to War" | 1 episode, 1 minute | Marcus Wilson[14] | Steven Moffat | 28 May 2011 | ||||||||
| "Let's Kill Hitler" | 1 episode, 1 minute | Steve Hughes[14] | Steven Moffat | 14 August 2011 | ||||||||
| "The Wedding of River Song" | 1 episode, 1 minute | Marcus Wilson[15] | Steven Moffat | 24 September 2011 | ||||||||
| Series 7 | ||||||||||||
| "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" | 1 episode, 1 minute | Marcus Wilson[15] | Steven Moffat | 6 December 2011 | ||||||||
| "Asylum of the Daleks" | 1 episode, 1 minute | Saul Metzstein[16] | Steven Moffat | 1 September 2012 | ||||||||
| "The Making of The Gunslinger" ("A Town Called Mercy" prequel) | 1 episode, 1 minute | Neill Gorton[16] | Toby Whithouse | 9 September 2012 | ||||||||
| "Vastra Investigates" ("The Snowmen" prequel) | 1 episode, 2 minutes | John Hayes[11] | Steven Moffat | 17 December 2012 | ||||||||
| "The Bells of Saint John" | 1 episode, 2 minutes | John Hayes[11] | Steven Moffat | 23 March 2013 | ||||||||
| "The Battle of Demons Run - 2 Days Later" ("The Snowmen" prequel) | 1 episode, 1 minute | Marcus Wilson[11] | Steven Moffat | 25 March 2013 | ||||||||
| "She Said, He Said" ("The Name of the Doctor" prequel) | 1 episode, 3 minutes | Saul Metzstein[11] | Steven Moffat | 11 May 2013 | ||||||||
| "The Night of the Doctor" ("The Day of the Doctor" prequel) | 1 episode, 7 minutes | John Hayes | Steven Moffat | 14 November 2013 | ||||||||
| Series 9 | ||||||||||||
| "Prologue" | 1 episode, 1 minute | Hettie MacDonald[17] | Steven Moffat | 11 September 2015 | ||||||||
| "The Doctor's Meditation" ("The Magician's Apprentice" prequel) | 1 episode, 6 minutes | Ed Bazalgette | Steven Moffat | 15 September 2015 | ||||||||
| Series 10 | ||||||||||||
| "Friend from the Future"[18] | 1 episode, 2 minutes | TBA | TBA | 23 April 2016 | ||||||||
Video games
In 1983 Doctor Who: The First Adventure was released for the BBC Micro.[19] followed by Doctor Who and the Warlord in 1985[20] and Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror also in 1985.[21] Later several other games were released.
The Adventure Games
Main article: Doctor Who: The Adventure Games
On 7 April 2010, the BBC announced that the fifth series would be supplemented with four "interactive episodes",[22] released online for free in the UK. They are described as "part of the Doctor Who universe", and will "go on to define the look and feel of future TV episodes." Executively produced by Moffat, Wenger and Willis with Anwen Aspden and Charles Cecil, the games are developed by Sumo Digital and written by Phil Ford and James Moran. Matt Smith and Karen Gillan provide full voiceovers for the digitised Doctor and Amy, both of whom are playable characters. Each episode offers around two hours of gameplay.[22] The Adventure Games were recommissioned by the BBC for a second series in 2011,[23] but after the release of The Gunpowder Plot, they were cancelled so the BBC could focus more on console games such as Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock.
| No. | Title | Series | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "City of the Daleks" | 1 | Phil Ford | 5 June 2010 |
| 2 | "Blood of the Cybermen" | 1 | Phil Ford | 26 June 2010 |
| 3 | "TARDIS" | 1 | James Moran | 27 August 2010 |
| 4 | "Shadows of the Vashta Nerada" | 1 | Phil Ford | 22 December 2010 |
| 5 | "The Gunpowder Plot" | 2 | Phil Ford | 31 October 2011 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Search Out Science". Dominique Boies. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ Tribe, Steve (2009). Doctor Who: Companions and Allies. BBC Books. ISBN 1-84607-749-4.
- ↑ "Programme Information – BBC Network TV Weeks 52/53 – BBC ONE" (Press release). BBC Press Office. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ↑ "David Tennant makes surprise return to the TARDIS!". BBC. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ↑ "County man stars as Doctor Who alien". Lincolnshire Echo. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
- ↑ Will R – Online Host (4 November 2009). "Doctor Who: Dreamland Animation Blog". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ↑ "BBC announces one-off mini-episode of Doctor Who" (Press release). BBC Press Office. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ↑ "Blue Peter | 24/05/2012". Radio Times. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ↑ "Doctor Who is Back". Blog Post. BBC. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ↑ "Twitter / saulmetzstein". 24 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 37
- ↑ Richard Senior, interviewee (2011). Doctor Who Confidential:The Nights' Tale (DVD and BluRay). 2 Entertain. Event occurs at 40 seconds. Documentary included on the Doctor Who: Complete Series 6 DVD/BD release. Richard Senior interviewed about directing the shorts and named as director in caption.
- ↑ "Neil Gaiman". tumblr.com.
- 1 2 Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 30
- 1 2 Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 31
- 1 2 Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 33
- ↑ "BBC One - Doctor Who, Series 9, New Series Prologue - Credits".
- ↑ "Doctor Who: Friend from the Future, Preview".
- ↑ "Doctor Who: The First Adventure for BBC Micro (1983) - MobyGames". MobyGames.
- ↑ Micro Fun With BBC TV's Doctor Who, Sci-fi-online.com
- ↑ "C64". GameSpot.
- 1 2 "Doctor Who: The Adventure Games". BBC. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ↑ "Gaming – News – 'Doctor Who: Adventure Games' to return – Digital Spy". Digital Spy. UK. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
External links
- Doctor Who Reference Guide – detailed descriptions of all televised episodes, plus spin-off audio, video, and literary works.
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