Series 1
(2005)
Overview
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 fo…
Cast
as Doctor Who
as Rose Tyler
Episodes
Rose 7.5
March 26, 2005
Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor, and realises Earth is in danger.
The End of the World 7.6
April 2, 2005
The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time: to the year five billion, when the Sun is about to expand and s…
The Unquiet Dead 7.2
April 9, 2005
Charles Dickens and the Doctor team up as corpses stalk the streets of Victorian Cardiff.
Aliens of London (1) 6.9
April 16, 2005
Rose is taken home, but a spaceship crashes in the Thames and London is closed off... Enter the Slitheen!
World War Three (2) 6.7
April 23, 2005
Time is running out for the Doctor as Downing Street announces mankind's first Interplanetary War.
Dalek 8.4
April 30, 2005
The Doctor is shattered and Earth is in danger as he and Rose discover the Time Lords' deadliest enemy beneath Utah.
The Long Game 6.7
May 7, 2005
Adam catches a glimpse of the wonders of travelling in the Tardis, as they head to a future, where Satellite 5 broadcas…
Father's Day 8.1
May 14, 2005
Rose requests a trip back to the day her father, Pete Tyler, died. Reluctantly, the Doctor agrees, but he realises he h…
The Empty Child (1) 8.6
May 21, 2005
After chasing an unexplained capsule through time, the TARDIS lands in London, during an air raid. Rose investigates wh…
The Doctor Dances (2) 8.8
May 28, 2005
After narrowly escaping the gas mask monsters, The Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack try to stop the mutated people from i…
Boom Town 6.8
June 4, 2005
The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack stop off in present-day Cardiff to recharge the TARDIS on the Rift they formerly enco…
Bad Wolf (1) 8.2
June 11, 2005
In a seemingly futuristic world, the Doctor wakes up in the Big Brother house during an eviction, Rose wakes up on the …
The Parting of the Ways (2) 8.7
June 18, 2005
The fate of the Universe is hanging in the balance as the Dalek fleet begin their invasion of Earth. The Doctor must de…