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Doctor Who

  • TV Series
  • 2005–2022
  • TV-PG
  • 45m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
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Christopher Eccleston, Peter Capaldi, David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Jodie Whittaker in Doctor Who (2005)
"I don't want it to end..."
Her final battle - The Power of the Doctor, coming 23rd October 2022.
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The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.

  • Creator
    • Sydney Newman
  • Stars
    • Jodie Whittaker
    • Peter Capaldi
    • Pearl Mackie
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.5/10
    257K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    60
    6
    • Creator
      • Sydney Newman
    • Stars
      • Jodie Whittaker
      • Peter Capaldi
      • Pearl Mackie
    • 1KUser reviews
    • 230Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Top rated TV #244
    • Won 4 BAFTA Awards
      • 121 wins & 220 nominations total

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    The Rise of Matt Smith
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    The Rise of Jodie Whittaker
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    Karen Gillan on Why She's 'Legitimately Scottish'
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    FIRST LOOK: Episode 1 | The Woman Who Fell To Earth
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    Doctor Who: The Doctor's Time Loop Speech

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    Jodie Whittaker
    Jodie Whittaker
    • The Doctor
    • 2017–2022
    Peter Capaldi
    Peter Capaldi
    • The Doctor…
    • 2008–2020
    Pearl Mackie
    Pearl Mackie
    • Bill…
    • 2017
    Matt Smith
    Matt Smith
    • The Doctor
    • 2010–2020
    David Tennant
    David Tennant
    • The Doctor…
    • 2005–2022
    Nicholas Briggs
    Nicholas Briggs
    • Daleks…
    • 2005–2022
    Jon Davey
    • Cyberman…
    • 2006–2022
    Jenna Coleman
    Jenna Coleman
    • Clara…
    • 2012–2017
    Paul Kasey
    Paul Kasey
    • Ood Sigma…
    • 2005–2020
    Karen Gillan
    Karen Gillan
    • Amy Pond…
    • 2008–2013
    Billie Piper
    Billie Piper
    • Rose Tyler
    • 2005–2013
    Mandip Gill
    Mandip Gill
    • Yasmin Khan…
    • 2018–2022
    Simon Carew
    • Cyberman…
    • 2012–2022
    Arthur Darvill
    Arthur Darvill
    • Rory…
    • 2010–2020
    Bradley Walsh
    Bradley Walsh
    • Graham O'Brien…
    • 2018–2022
    Tosin Cole
    Tosin Cole
    • Ryan Sinclair
    • 2018–2021
    Barnaby Edwards
    • Dalek Operator…
    • 2005–2022
    Ruari Mears
    Ruari Mears
    • Cyberman…
    • 2006–2013
    • Creator
      • Sydney Newman
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    Reviewers say 'Doctor Who' is celebrated for its imaginative storytelling, diverse characters, and the Doctor's regenerative ability, offering fresh perspectives. Fans enjoy its blend of humor, action, and emotional depth, alongside social issue exploration. Criticisms include inconsistent writing, with varying episode quality, and mixed reactions to the female Doctor. Earth-based settings and perceived quality decline in certain seasons are also points of contention.
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    9Little_C

    The 9 is for Season 1 till 10, season 11 is a disappointment

    I'm a 46 year old man, but I'm not ashamed to tell you I wept with all the regenerations of the Doctor, and for other episodes too (for example, the Van Gogh episode broke me).

    But when Whitaker's time's up, I think I'll be having a sigh of relief. But only if Chibnall also going away. Especially when Chibnall is gone. Maybe even if Whitaker stays, and she's getting good stories, less companions (or "fam", for f* sake).

    The stories are weak, boring and preachy. The Doctor isn't a force of nature that stops planets rotating, she's not the oncoming storm anymore. She's a boring, bland, preachy dimwit, who doesn't belong in the Tardis.

    Get Moffat back, get Davies back, get people in the seats that love and understand Doctor Who and scifi. Otherwise this will be the death of the undying Doctor.
    10Sleepin_Dragon

    Time passes by so quickly.

    I cannot believe it's been back on our screens for ten years, it seems like only yesterday the show returned with Rose.

    What I've loved so much about interacting with people on IMDb is that no series seems to split opinion more then Doctor Who, fundamentally we all love it, it's why we tune in each week to see what's on offer.

    We've experienced highs and lows and will no doubt continue along the same vein for many years to come.

    Each Doctor has offered something, some perhaps more then others. Same for its producers, there are people that have loved and loathed both Moffat and Davies, both have given us some excellent and not so excellent episodes.

    The format and premise of the show remains its key strength, he can literally go anywhere and do anything, most shows are faced with multiple constraints, that isn't the case here, the possibilities are endless.

    We've had episodes that are widely loved, some of my own favourites include Blink, Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead and Vincent and the Doctor. Others have positively split opinion, Love and Monsters is a good idea, personally it's one I enjoy. I can appreciate an attempt at doing something different, it's a show that could become tiresome if it became to formulaic.

    I like the format of the two part serial, it allows a greater character development, sometimes with the single episode there's sometimes a feeling that some characters are a little shy of screen time.

    They have been guilty of using some of the Doctor's foes too often, the Daleks for example, they've popped up a few times too many, once they were the adversary I desperately wanted to see, not it's a feeling of indifference.

    Long may it continue!! I couldn't contemplate Christmas Day without my hour of Who, Baileys and Ferrero Rocher.

    Great big 10/10
    7LordBarrett-52262

    Great, until Series 11 and 12.

    I am one of the millions that have stopped watching it, and I have no joy in saying that, but under Chris Chibnall's course this show has become a laughing stock. The first episode attracted 10+ million viewers, that number has now sunk to less than 4 million. If I lost 60% of my customers I would be out of business, why hasn't there been an announcement that Chris and Jodie are leaving?

    I would class the Chibnall era as 1/10, the episodes are unwatchable, Resolution was enough for me. Prior to that we had Capaldi, not my favourite, but in comparison he was good. The Tennant and Smith years were the greatest, as a family we'd have pizza and make an evening of it, now we just enjoy the DVDs.

    Please BBC listen to your viewers, give us back Doctor Who, before Chibnall wrecks nearly sixty years of history.
    10niktemadur

    Blew the mind of an uninitiated, long time sci-fi lover

    For as long as I can remember, I've heard about the good Doctor, references, inside jokes and the like. Such as "Real Daleks don't climb stairs, they flatten the building".

    The quandary was this: Where do I begin, with thousands of episodes aired? I was afraid of getting myself into something deep, dense, voluminous and possibly repetitive, impossible to get back out of.

    The very simple yet belated answer was, of course, by accident.

    On one of those sleepless nights, flipping channels, I saw astronauts in a Victorian library, and was immediately intrigued by the weird homage to Kubrick. Before the commercial break, I was treated to electronic ghosts and invisible floating piranhas.

    Then this absolute beauty comes up, I paraphrase - "You've been living in a computer simulation, your physical body is elsewhere" - "But I've been dieting"

    Bleak, subtle and sophisticated humor? Check, and count me in.

    As it turned out, I had stumbled into the middle of a Sy-Fy Channel short marathon of Doctor Who. I resisted going to sleep until the damn thing ended five or six episodes later, at ten in the morning.

    What wildly imaginative premises, what a high-quality level of writing, what a gem this is! There is serious brain-power at work here, courtesy of the BBC yet again, on a continuing heroic mission to sacrifice short-term profit for long-term legacy. As evidence, I present "Monty Python's Flying Circus", "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", "The Singing Detective", "Brideshead Revisited".

    From what little I've seen in half of a short marathon, Doctor Who deserves a ten out of ten.
    9jagaroth

    The show ended in 2017

    Seasons 1 through 10 are brilliant overall. Seasons 11 and 12 are so awful that they might as well be a different show altogether. From 2018 onwards, the vibes and tone are just plain wrong. Don't even bother watching any episodes post-2017.

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    • Trivia
      When the first season was being made, television pirates were desperate to acquire the preview tapes. One of the people in the office had the idea of labelling the tapes with the anagram "Torchwood", rather than "Doctor Who", as a security measure to disguise the tapes when they were delivered from Cardiff to London. Writer Russell T. Davies liked this idea so much that it later inspired him to use it as a title for the Torchwood institution and then when creating the spin-off series Torchwood (2006).
    • Goofs
      The principles of the TARDIS' universal translator are depicted inconsistently throughout the series. It is supposed to translate everything into the traveler's own language, which should give everyone perfect British accents. Yet some characters in foreign countries speak with their own accents, such as Chinese or Italian, and "colourful" phrases like "apres vouz," "adios amigos," or "sayonara" are heard in their own languages. To say nothing of the Tenth Doctor's French catchphrase "Allons-y!"
    • Quotes

      [series 1 trailer]

      The Ninth Doctor: Do you wanna come with me? 'Cause if you do then I should warn you, you're gonna see all sorts of things. Ghosts from the past; Aliens from the future; the day the Earth died in a ball of flame; It won't be quiet, it won't be safe, and it won't be calm. But I'll tell you what it will be: the trip of a lifetime.

    • Crazy credits
      During the first series, Christopher Eccleston is credited as "Doctor Who", as set in the Classic Series. Beginning with the second series - reportedly at the behest of the show's new star, David Tennant - the credit has been changed to read "The Doctor".
    • Alternate versions
      In series 5, Amy has a prologue that only exists in syndicated versions and isn't present in the original UK airings. It doesn't appear on home media (DVD) either.
    • Connections
      Edited into Ashens: Cybermen Call Centre (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Doctor Who Theme
      Written by Ron Grainer

      Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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    • Release date
      • March 17, 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • BBC
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nu-Who
    • Filming locations
      • Cardiff, Wales, UK
    • Production companies
      • BBC Studios
      • BBC Wales
      • Bad Wolf
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    • Runtime
      45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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