List of supplementary 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 miscellaneous television broadcasts, several episodes into home video "exclusive" releases and many video games. This list does not include adverts or skits from other shows (bar crossovers and stories as part of telethons i.e. CIN).
Television broadcasts
There have been several special Doctor Who episodes and serials that are produced by the BBC. They usually consist of minisodes, crossovers with other TV shows, and stories produced for special occasions.
Title | Episodes | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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"Search Out Space"[1] | 1 episode, 20 minutes | Stuart Berry-Anne Billingsley | Lambros Atteshlis and Stuart Berry-Anne Billingsley | 21 November 1990 | |
A crossover with 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. | |||||
"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. | |||||
Dreamland | 6 episodes, 45 minutes | Gary Russell | Phil Ford | 21–26 November 2009[4] (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" and "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"[5] | 1 episode, 4 minutes | Jeremy Webb | The Children of Oakley Junior School | 1 October 2011 | |
Doctor Who Confidential special | |||||
"Good as Gold"[6][7] | 1 episode, 3 minutes | Saul Metzstein[8] | 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. | |||||
"The Night of the Doctor" | 1 episode, 7 minutes | John Hayes | Steven Moffat | 14 November 2013 | |
Paul McGann returns to the role of the Eighth Doctor. The story serves as his regeneration story into John Hurt's War Doctor, |
Home media
Title | Episodes | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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"The Pilot Episode" | 1 episode, 26 minutes | Waris Hussein | Anthony Coburn | 26 August 1991 | |
A "first cut" version of An Unearthly Child. | |||||
"Destiny of the Doctors" | 1 episode, 15 minutes | Stuart MacDonald | Terrance Dicks | 1997 | |
The scenes that accompanied the 1997 video game of the same name. It was later released independently as a bonus feature on the DVD release of Survival with a new end credits roll. It starred Anthony Ainley in his last outing as the Master. | |||||
"Night and the Doctor" | 5 episodes, 16 minutes | Richard Senior[9] | Steven Moffat | 21 November 2011 | |
Four additional scenes written and produced for "The Complete Sixth Series" boxset. The episodes are titled "Bad Night", "Good Night", "First Night" and "Last Night" with the prequel "Up All Night" attached. | |||||
"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.[10] | |||||
"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. |
Internet broadcasts
There have been several special Doctor Who internet broadcasts.
Title | Episodes | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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"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 | December 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 | 13 November 2003 –18 December 2003 | |
Another special webcast featuring Richard E. Grant as the Ninth Doctor. It celebrated the fortieth anniversary of Doctor Who. |
Prequels
Throughout the sixth and seventh series beginning with "The Impossible Astronaut", several prequels were released online, which acted as openers for their accompanying episodes. All "prequels" were released ahead of their accompanying episodes, 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. In August 2013, a prequel to "Deep Breath" was shown in cinemas prior to the debut of the episode. Two prequels to the ninth series premiere, "The Magician's Apprentice", were released in September 2015. The following year another prequel came out introducing the Doctor's companion Bill Potts. Stories from the original run have also had new scenes and prequels, such as The Evil of the Daleks, which gained an extra prologue for its rebroadcast the following year, as did The Crusade for its 1999 VHS box set release.
Episode title | Episodes | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | ||||||||
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Original Series | ||||||||||||
"The Evil of the Daleks additional scene" | 1 scene, 2 minutes | N/A | David Whitaker | August 1968 | ||||||||
"Sir Ian Chesterton's Crusade" ("The Crusade" prequel) | 1 scene, 4 minutes | Paul Vanezis | Stephen Cole | 1 July 1999 | ||||||||
"Global Conspiracy?" ("The Green Death" scene) | 1 scene, 10 minutes | Paul Vanezis | Mark Gatiss | 10 April 2004 | ||||||||
"Liberty Hall" ("Mawdryn Undead" scene) | 1 scene, 10 minutes | Karen Davies | Brendan Sheppard | 10 August 2009 | ||||||||
Series 2 | ||||||||||||
"Tardisodes" ("Series 2" prequels) | 13 episodes, 10 minutes | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 2006 | ||||||||
Series 5 | ||||||||||||
"Meanwhile in the TARDIS" ("The Beast Below" and "The Vampires of Venice" prequel) | 1 episode, 2 minutes | Euros Lyn | Steven Moffat | 8 November 2010 | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
"Brain Trafficking" ("A Good Man Goes to War" prequel) | 1 episode, 1 minute | Marcus Wilson[11] | Steven Moffat | 28 May 2011 | ||||||||
"Let's Kill Hitler" | 1 episode, 1 minute | Steve Hughes[11] | Steven Moffat | 14 August 2011 | ||||||||
"Up All Night" ("Closing Time" prequel) | 1 episode, 2 minutes | Richard Senior | Tom MacRae | 21 November 2011 | ||||||||
"The Wedding of River Song" | 1 episode, 1 minute | Marcus Wilson[12] | Steven Moffat | 24 September 2011 | ||||||||
Series 7 | ||||||||||||
"The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" | 1 episode, 1 minute | Marcus Wilson[12] | Steven Moffat | 6 December 2011 | ||||||||
"Asylum of the Daleks" | 1 episode, 1 minute | Saul Metzstein[13] | Steven Moffat | 1 September 2012 | ||||||||
"The Making of The Gunslinger" ("A Town Called Mercy" prequel) | 1 episode, 1 minute | Neill Gorton[13] | Toby Whithouse | 9 September 2012 | ||||||||
"P.S." ("The Angels Take Manhattan" prequel) | 1 episode, 2 minutes | N/A | Chris Chibnall | 12 October 2012 | ||||||||
"The Great Detective" ("The Snowmen" prequel) | 1 episode, 4 minutes | Saul Metzstein | Steven Moffat | 16 November 2012 | ||||||||
"Vastra Investigates" ("The Snowmen" prequel) | 1 episode, 2 minutes | John Hayes[14] | Steven Moffat | 17 December 2012 | ||||||||
"The Bells of Saint John" | 1 episode, 2 minutes | John Hayes[14] | Steven Moffat | 23 March 2013 | ||||||||
"The Battle of Demons Run - 2 Days Later" ("The Snowmen" prequel) | 1 episode, 1 minute | Marcus Wilson[14] | Steven Moffat | 25 March 2013 | ||||||||
"She Said, He Said" ("The Name of the Doctor" prequel) | 1 episode, 3 minutes | Saul Metzstein[14] | Steven Moffat | 11 May 2013 | ||||||||
"Clarence and the Whispermen" ("The Name of the Doctor" prequel) | 1 episode, 2 minutes | Stephen Woolfenden | Steven Moffat | 22 May 2013 | ||||||||
"The Last Day" ("The Day of the Doctor" prequel) | 1 episode, 4 minutes | Jamie Stone | Steven Moffat | 21 November 2013 (webcast) | ||||||||
Series 8 | ||||||||||||
"Deep Breath" | 1 episode, 6 minutes | N/A | Steven Moffat | 23 August 2014 | ||||||||
Series 9 | ||||||||||||
"Prologue" | 1 episode, 1 minute | Hettie MacDonald[15] | 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" ("The Pilot" prequel) | 1 episode, 2 minutes | Lawrence Gough | Steven Moffat | 23 April 2016 |
Parodic sketches
There have been several special Doctor Who parodic sketches either on television, online or on DVD.
Title | Episodes | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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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. | |||||
"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. |
See also
- Doctor Who
- List of Doctor Who serials
- List of Doctor Who missing episodes
- List of unmade Doctor Who serials
- List of Doctor Who audio releases
- List of Doctor Who radio stories
References
- "Search Out Science". Dominique Boies. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- Tribe, Steve (2009). Doctor Who: Companions and Allies. BBC Books. ISBN 978-1-84607-749-4.
- "Programme Information – BBC Network TV Weeks 52/53 – BBC ONE" (Press release). BBC Press Office. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- 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. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- "Twitter / saulmetzstein". 24 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- Richard Senior, interviewee (2011). Doctor Who Confidential:The Nights' Tale (DVD and Blu-ray)
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- Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 30
- Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 31
- Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 33
- Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 37
- "BBC One - Doctor Who, Series 9, New Series Prologue - Credits".
External links
- Doctor Who Reference Guide – detailed descriptions of all televised episodes, plus spin-off audio, video, and literary works.