Whoniverse
by dean11mck | created - 26 Sep 2017 | updated - 18 Jul 2019 | PublicThe non-narrative name given to the fictional universe of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and the spin-off media, inclouding Torchwood, The Srah Jane Adventures and K-9. The word, a portmanteau of the words "Who" and "universe", has also been used to describe the show's production and fanbase. This entry mainly concentrates on "official" spin-offs, that is to say, material sanctioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which produces the series, as well as material sanctioned by the copyright holders of characters from the series.
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1. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.
Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker
Votes: 39,545
2. Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
Not Rated | 82 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
An eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his TARDIS to the Planet Skaro and battle the evil menace of the Daleks.
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden, Roberta Tovey
Votes: 5,358
3. Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)
Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Dr. Who and his companions arrive on Earth in the year 2150 AD, only to discover that the planet has been invaded and its population enslaved by the dreaded Daleks.
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, Ray Brooks, Andrew Keir
Votes: 4,544
4. K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend (1981 TV Movie)
50 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
One time companion of the Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith returns to Earth and carries on with her journalist career. Now, in 1981, she has managed to rebuild her career and has come, a matter of ... See full summary »
Director: John Black | Stars: Elisabeth Sladen, John Leeson, Bill Fraser, Ian Sears
Votes: 668
5. Wartime (1988 Video)
30 min | Short, Drama, Horror
Warrant Officer John Benton, a long-serving member of the United Nations Intelligence Taksforce (UNIT), is distracted from his mission to deliver valuable radioactive material to UNIT HQ by... See full summary »
Director: Keith Barnfather | Stars: John Levene, Michael Wisher, Mary Greenhalgh, Paul Greenhalgh
Votes: 93
6.
P.R.O.B.E. (1994– )
Episode:
The Zero Imperative
(1994)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Former UNIT scientist Liz Shaw investigates a series of bizarre murders near a soon-to-be closed psychiatric hospital. When the hospital is suddenly saved by a wealthy businessman events seem to run out of Liz's control.
Director: Bill Baggs | Stars: Caroline John, Jon Pertwee, Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker
Votes: 101
7.
P.R.O.B.E. (1994– )
Episode:
Ghosts of Winterborne
(1996)
82 min | Action, Crime, Drama
P.R.O.B.E. are summoned to investigate a series of strange events linked to a private school. Liz Shaw comes under increasing pressure to solve the case as P.R.O.B.E. is threatened with closure just when it may be most needed.
Director: Bill Baggs | Stars: Caroline John, Louise Jameson, Terry Molloy, Geoffrey Beevers
Votes: 98
8. Downtime (1995 Video)
65 min | Sci-Fi
Retired commander of the United Nations' Intelligence Taskforce, and long-time associate of the mysterious time traveler the Doctor, Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart faces the toughest... See full summary »
Directors: Christopher Barry, Keith Barnfather | Stars: Nicholas Courtney, Elisabeth Sladen, Deborah Watling, Jack Watling
Votes: 189
9.
P.R.O.B.E. (1994– )
Episode:
When to Die
(2015)
Not Rated | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Liz Shaw returns from a working holiday in Spain a new and deeply disturbing case awaits. Corporal 7891Alpha has outlived his usefulness or rather the government can no longer afford ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Baggs | Stars: William Baggs, Hazel Burrows, Georgette Ellison, Matthew Ellison
Votes: 6
10. Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans (1994 Video)
55 min | Sci-Fi
The space solar yacht Tiger Moth under the command of no-nonsense Captain Lisa Deranne is on a cruise taking some rich misfits on a voyage through space. Unfortunately on their travels they... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Davies | Stars: Jan Chappell, Brian Croucher, Carole Ann Ford, Sophie Aldred
Votes: 129
11.
P.R.O.B.E. (1994– )
Episode:
Unnatural Selection
(1996)
47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A series of gruesome and bizarre murders leads P.R.O.B.E. to investigate a secret government project from the seventies.
Director: Bill Baggs | Stars: Caroline John, Louise Jameson, Charles Kay, Kathryn Rayner
Votes: 57
12. Doctor Who (1996 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The newly-regenerated Doctor takes on the Master on the turn of the millennium, 31 December 1999.
Director: Geoffrey Sax | Stars: Paul McGann, Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook, Sylvester McCoy
Votes: 10,449
13.
P.R.O.B.E. (1994– )
Episode:
The Devil of Winterborne
(1995)
42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the body of a victim from the Winterborne case goes missing and a black magic grimoire is stolen from a local museum Liz Shaw teams up with the disgraced former headmaster of Winterborne school, Gavin Purcell to fight it.
Director: Bill Baggs | Stars: Reece Shearsmith, Daniel Matthews, David Hankinson, Nathan Hamlett
Votes: 61
14. Auton (1997 Video)
57 min | Sci-Fi
In a top-secret UNIT warehouse Dr Sally Arnold is studying a Nestene energy unit with little success. Until she subjects it to cosmic signals that activate it and it awakens several dormant Autons stored in the facility.
Director: Nicholas Briggs | Stars: Michael Wade, Bryonie Pritchard, George Telfer, Reece Shearsmith
Votes: 124
15. Auton 2: Sentinel (1998 Video)
57 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Two years after the incident at the UNIT warehouse a lorry transporting Autons from there to another UNIT facility is hijacked by it's cargo. Lockwood and another psychic, Natasha, trace the Autons to Sentinel Island.
Director: Nicholas Briggs | Stars: Michael Wade, George Telfer, Jo Castleton, Andrew Fettes
Votes: 93
16. Mindgame (1998 Video)
30 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
Three alien beings - a Sontaran officer, a Draconian nobleman and a Human mercenary - find themselves transported to a remote asteroid by a mysterious alien who wants to test their worthiness for his race's masterplan...
Director: Keith Barnfather | Stars: Bryan Robson, Sophie Aldred, Toby Aspin, Miles Richardson
Votes: 81
17. Auton 3 (1999 Video)
54 min | Sci-Fi
Lockwood and Natasha have returned to the mainland from Sentinel Island but find that the population of the town of Millhampton have vanished. The pair discover that the nearby hospital is the Nestene base of operations.
Directors: Bill Baggs, Patricia Merrick | Stars: Michael Wade, Jo Castleton, George Telfer, Bryonie Pritchard
Votes: 62
18. Mindgame Trilogy (1999 Video)
80 min | Sci-Fi
Sequel to "Mindgame" (1998) which follows the fate of the three prisoners after their escape from their asteroid prison cell. Sontaran Sarg faces death against overwhelming odds on a ... See full summary »
Director: Keith Barnfather | Stars: Sophie Aldred, Miles Richardson, John Wadmore
Votes: 60
19. Doctor Who: Shada (2003)
TV-PG | 147 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Would-be universe conqueror Skagra seeks out the location of the lost planet Shada, home to a Time Lord prison, from a Time Lord who's a professor at Cambridge and is old friends with the Doctor.
Stars: Paul McGann, Lalla Ward, John Leeson, James Fox
Votes: 153
20. Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (2003)
TV-PG | 90 min | Animation, Sci-Fi
The Doctor, a time-travelling alien explorer, is sent by his people, the Time Lords, to liberate a small town in England from the tyrannical rule of a race of alien lava creatures called ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard E. Grant, Sophie Okonedo, Derek Jacobi, Diana Quick
Votes: 442
21. Dæmos Rising (2004 Video)
53 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Trapped in an isolated cottage, Captain Cavendish thinks he is seeing ghosts. The only person who might understand and help is Kate Lethbridge-Stewart ... but when she arrives, she realises... See full summary »
Director: Keith Barnfather | Stars: Beverley Cressman, Miles Richardson, Andrew Wisher, Amanda Evans
Votes: 74
22. Doctor Who (2005–2022)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.
Stars: Jodie Whittaker, Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie, Matt Smith
Votes: 246,729
23. Doctor Who: Children in Need Special (2005 Video)
7 min | Short, Sci-Fi
Rose must learn to accept the Doctor in his new, regenerated form.
Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, David Tennant
Votes: 529
24. Torchwood (2006–2011)
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
The members of the Torchwood Institute, a secret organization founded by the British Crown, fight to protect the Earth from extraterrestrial and supernatural threats.
Stars: John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Kai Owen, Gareth David-Lloyd
Votes: 43,481
25. Totally Doctor Who (2006–2007)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A magazine series for young viewers of Doctor Who (2005).
Stars: Barney Harwood, David Tennant, Liz Barker, Kirsten O'Brien
Votes: 96
26. The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith, with the help of her adopted son, his friends, and an intelligent supercomputer, combats evil alien forces here on Earth.
Stars: Elisabeth Sladen, Daniel Anthony, Alexander Armstrong, Tommy Knight
Votes: 6,753
27. Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest (2007)
TV-PG | 45 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Doctor and Martha Jones trek through space and time in a race against the galaxy's greatest despot, Baltazar, to follow a complex trail of clues to discover the location of the ... See full summary »
Stars: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, Anthony Head, Toby Longworth
Votes: 1,039
28. Zygon (2008 Video)
58 min | Sci-Fi
Zygon Commander Kritakh and his second Torlakh have been stranded on Earth for 20 years. Kritakh has lost his sense of purpose, can his second get him back on track? Sexy psychiatrist Lauren Anderson complicates matters further.
Director: Bill Baggs | Stars: Jo Castleton, Daniel Harcourt, Keith Drinkel, David Roeciffe
Votes: 39
29. Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres (2008 TV Short)
7 min | Short, Sci-Fi
The Doctor confronts a Graske as he poses a threat not just to the Doctor, but to the BBC Proms.
Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: David Tennant, Jimmy Vee, Philip Hurd-Wood
Votes: 849
30. K9 (2009–2010)
30 min | Family, Sci-Fi
Spin off TV show based on the adventures of the robot dog companion from "Doctor Who".
Stars: John Leeson, Robert Moloney, Keegan Joyce, Philippa Coulthard
Votes: 379
31. Doctor Who: Dreamland (2009)
TV-PG | 45 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
While visiting a diner in Nevada in 1958, the Doctor finds an alien artifact and ends up on a mission to save the Rivesh Mantilax from the danger of the Viperox and the U.S. Military.
Stars: David Tennant, Georgia Tennant, Tim Howar, David Warner
Votes: 1,190
32.
The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011)
Episode:
From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love
(2009)
TV-PG | 5 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sarah, Rani, Luke and Clyde get an unexpected visit from Ambassador Ranius (Ronnie Corbett) who claims to come from the Galactic Alliance. He brings gratitude but bestows strange gifts and why does his bottom burp when he sits?
Director: Joss Agnew | Stars: Elisabeth Sladen, Tommy Knight, Daniel Anthony, Anjli Mohindra
Votes: 162
33. Meanwhile, in the TARDIS: Part 1 (2010 Video)
2 min | Short, Sci-Fi
After Amy enters the TARDIS, Amy is awestruck when she sees what lies inside.
Director: Richard Senior | Stars: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan
Votes: 257
34. SJA: Alien Files (2010)
30 min | Family, Sci-Fi
Sarah Jane Smith creates a fact file on notable aliens, based on her experiences in The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007).
Stars: Alexander Armstrong, Elisabeth Sladen, Tommy Knight, Anjli Mohindra
Votes: 57
35. Meanwhile, in the TARDIS: Part 2 (2010 Video)
3 min | Short, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Amy tries to flirt with The Doctor but he tries to ignore her advances.
Director: Richard Senior | Stars: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Freema Agyeman, Nicola Bryant
Votes: 215
36. Doctor Who: Space and Time (2011)
6 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
The Doctor, Amy, and Rory get stuck in a time paradox within the TARDIS when another TARDIS materializes inside the ship itself. When a second Amy enters from outside, things get complicated.
Stars: Arthur Darvill, Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Andy Evason
Votes: 1,609
37. Torchwood: Web of Lies (2011)
Animation, Drama
A ten episode companion series with events taking place during the Torchwood: Miracle Day series.
Stars: Eve Myles, Eliza Dushku, John Barrowman, Bob Harris
Votes: 500
38. Night and the Doctor (2011)
16 min | Short, Sci-Fi
This series takes place in the TARDIS asks the question "what does the doctor do when his companions are asleep"?
Stars: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Alex Kingston, Daisy Haggard
Votes: 833
39. Pond Life (2012)
TV-PG | 5 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Prequel to series seven of Doctor Who (2005); five short films show the home life of Amy and Rory, while The Doctor has a few adventures of his own.
Stars: Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Matt Smith, Silas Carson
Votes: 1,268
40. Doctor Who: Good as Gold (2012 TV Short)
3 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
Special mini-episode written via a competition in which junior schools were asked to write a script including the Eleventh Doctor and an enemy of his. In it, the Doctor and Amy land in the 2012 Olympic Games and encounter a Weeping Angel.
Director: Saul Metzstein | Stars: Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Karen Gillan, Sarah Louise Madison, Matt Smith
Votes: 535
41. Ian Levine: Downtime Redux (2013 Video)
Sci-Fi
Somewhere in deep space, someone is playing a manipulative game of chess involving the Doctor's former companions and his enemies.
Directors: Keith Barnfather, Christopher Barry | Stars: Nicholas Courtney, Beverley Cressman, David J. Howe, Sylvester McCoy
Votes: 11
42. Tale of a Timelord (2016)
42 min | Short, Sci-Fi
Doctor Who fan-film, including multiples cameos of Doctor Who's characters.
Director: Steve Healey | Stars: Sophie Aldred, Simon Baker, John Barrowman, Jamie Baxter
Votes: 39
43. Class (I) (2016)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The sixth formers of Coal Hill Academy all have their own secrets and desires. They have to deal with the stresses of everyday life including friends, parents, school work, sex, and sorrow, but also the horrors that come from time travel.
Stars: Katherine Kelly, Greg Austin, Jordan Renzo, Fady Elsayed
Votes: 4,508
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