1st Doctor Stories Ranked
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1.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
World's End
(1964)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Ian and Barbara believe the TARDIS has finally returned to their contemporary London, but soon discover signs of plague and warfare. Their old enemies, the Daleks, have invaded the Earth of... See full summary »
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 874
2.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Temple of Evil
(1964)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
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 ... See full summary »
Director: John Crockett | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 1,002
3.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Roof of the World
(1964)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS arrives on Earth in the 13th century, where it is claimed by famed explorer Marco Polo as a gift for his employer, Kublai Khan. Polo hopes to finally buy his way out of the ... See full summary »
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 589
4.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Slave Traders
(1965)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The travelers decide to take a holiday near ancient Rome, but after a month the Doctor gets restless. He and Vicki determine to visit Rome, and while they are gone Ian and Barbara are ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 705
5.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Dead Planet
(1963)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS lands in a petrified forest on an alien planet. Determined to explore, the Doctor leads his companions into the metal city, where they discover the danger of what will become his... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 1,450
6.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Tenth Planet: Episode 1
(1966)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In December 1986, a new planet appears in the Solar System which turns out to be a long-lost twin of Earth's named Mondas. Its inhabitants are the Cybermen.
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: William Hartnell, Robert Beatty, Dudley Jones, David Dodimead
Votes: 629
7.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Watcher
(1965)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor, Vicki, and Steven Taylor, go to 1066 England, but something doesn't seem right including modern inventions like a Gramaphone and electricity. Could there be another time traveller?
Director: Douglas Camfield | Stars: William Hartnell, Maureen O'Brien, Peter Purves, Peter Butterworth
Votes: 709
8.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
An Unearthly Child
(1963)
TV-G | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Two schoolteachers investigate the personal life of one of their brilliant students and her mysterious grandfather.
Directors: Waris Hussein, Douglas Camfield | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 2,158
9.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Executioners
(1965)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor has obtained a Time and Space Visualizer, which has a TV screen that can show scenes in the past to order. Lincoln, Shakespeare and the Beatles are selected. They land on a ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 649
10.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Planet of Giants
(1964)
TV-G | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When the TARDIS malfunctions and the doors open in the time vortex, the travelers and their Ship shrink to the size of insects. When they arrive on Earth, they uncover a murderous plot ... See full summary »
Director: Mervyn Pinfield | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 758
11.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Sea of Death
(1964)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
On the planet Marinus, the Doctor and his companions are enlisted by Arbitan to seek out the keys to an ancient and powerful machine. Their quest takes them across time and space; will they... See full summary »
Director: John Gorrie | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 851
12.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The War Machines: Episode 1
(1966)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Dodo return to London in the present day where the Doctor becomes concerned about WOTAN, a new super-computer installed in the Post Officer Tower.
Director: Michael Ferguson | Stars: William Hartnell, Jackie Lane, Alan Curtis, John Harvey
Votes: 635
13.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Steel Sky
(1966)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor, Steven and Dodo arrive on a giant spaceship millions of years in the future, transporting the last humans away from the doomed Earth.
Director: Michael Imison | Stars: William Hartnell, Jackie Lane, Peter Purves, Eric Elliott
Votes: 560
14.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Powerful Enemy
(1965)
TV-G | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
On the planet Dido, the monstrous Koquillion terrorizes Bennett and Vicki, the only survivors of a crashed spaceship. When the TARDIS lands, the Doctor, Ian, and Barbara team up with Vicki ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Barry | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 715
15.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
A Holiday for the Doctor
(1966)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS arrives in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881. Where the Doctor is looking for a dentist when he has a toothache, where The Doctor finds the local dentist is the famous Doc Holliday who ... See full summary »
Director: Rex Tucker | Stars: William Hartnell, William Hurndell, Maurice Good, David Cole
Votes: 573
16.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Four Hundred Dawns
(1965)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
After an encounter with a hostile robot called a Chumblie, the Doctor and his companions are rescued by a group of female Drahvins.
Director: Derek Martinus | Stars: William Hartnell, Maureen O'Brien, Peter Purves, Stephanie Bidmead
Votes: 469
17.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Strangers in Space
(1964)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS arrives aboard a spaceship that has been captured by the Sensorites, a hearing-sensitive alien race. The Sensorites are dying, and the Doctor finds himself forced to investigate ... See full summary »
Director: Mervyn Pinfield | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 740
18.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Space Museum
(1965)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS arrives on a planet that has been turned into a space museum but the Doctor and his friends are puzzled when they find themselves out of phase with their surroundings.
Director: Mervyn Pinfield | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 685
19.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Edge of Destruction
(1964)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In this completely TARDIS-based story, the crew find themselves and their ship acting very strangely indeed. Blame runs high for the Ship's unusual behavior, until the Doctor realizes the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford
Votes: 1,145
20.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Web Planet
(1965)
TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS is drawn by a mysterious force and lands on the alien planet Vortis. There the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki find themselves caught up in a war between an evil force known as "... See full summary »
Director: Richard Martin | Stars: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien
Votes: 721
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