The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
Doctor Who 9: Christopher Eccleston (Season 1)
Rose (Episode 1)
Air date: 2005-03-26
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor, and realises Earth is in danger.
The End of the World (Episode 2)
Air date: 2005-04-02
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time: to the year five billion, when the Sun is about to expand and swallow the Earth. She is cautious and soon starts to question her reasons for joining The Doctor. But amongst the powerful alien races gathering to watch on Platform One, a murderer is at work. Who is controlling the mysterious and deadly metal spiders?
The Unquiet Dead (Episode 3)
Air date: 2005-04-09
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Charles Dickens and the Doctor team up as corpses stalk the streets of Victorian Cardiff.
Aliens of London (1) (Episode 4)
Air date: 2005-04-16
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Rose is taken home, but a spaceship crashes in the Thames and London is closed off... Enter the Slitheen!
World War Three (2) (Episode 5)
Air date: 2005-04-23
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Time is running out for the Doctor as Downing Street announces mankind's first Interplanetary War.
Dalek (Episode 6)
Air date: 2005-04-30
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The Doctor is shattered and Earth is in danger as he and Rose discover the Time Lords' deadliest enemy beneath Utah.
The Long Game (Episode 7)
Air date: 2005-05-07
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Adam catches a glimpse of the wonders of travelling in the Tardis, as they head to a future, where Satellite 5 broadcasts to the entire Earth Empire. But anyone promoted to Floor 500 is never seen again, and the Doctor suspects mankind is being manipulated.
Father's Day (Episode 8)
Air date: 2005-05-14
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: Rose requests a trip back to the day her father, Pete Tyler, died. Reluctantly, the Doctor agrees, but he realises he has made a mistake, when Rose saves Pete from being run over by a car. This has now changed the timeline, and Reapers are transposing themselves all over the Universe. However, this time, the Doctor doesn't have a plan…
The Empty Child (1) (Episode 9)
Air date: 2005-05-21
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: After chasing an unexplained capsule through time, the TARDIS lands in London, during an air raid. Rose investigates when a small child wearing a gasmask, standing on a rooftop, continuously calls out for his mummy. After floating above the city on a barrage balloon, Rose is swept off her feet by another time traveller – Captain Jack Harkness. Meanwhile, The Doctor follows a teenaged girl to a meeting of the homeless children of the Blitz. Here, the child in the gasmask is terrorising them with a parade of strange events, constantly asking for his mother.
The Doctor Dances (2) (Episode 10)
Air date: 2005-05-28
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: The Child's plague is spreading throughout wartime London, and its zombie army is on the march. The Doctor and Rose form an alliance with the intergalactic con man, Captain Jack, but find themselves trapped in the abandoned hospital. The answer lies at the bomb site, but time is running out.
Boom Town (Episode 11)
Air date: 2005-06-04
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack stop off in present-day Cardiff to recharge the TARDIS on the Rift they formerly encountered in 1869. Whilst there, they come upon a since-thought-long-dead enemy of theirs, who is hatching yet another plan to destroy Earth.
Bad Wolf (1) (Episode 12)
Air date: 2005-06-11
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: In a seemingly futuristic world, the Doctor wakes up in the Big Brother house during an eviction, Rose wakes up on the Weakest Link with the Anne-Droid, and Captain Jack gets a make over with Trin-E and Zu-Zana. But something unusual is happening, and the losing contestants are being disintergrated. Obviously, it's time for the Doctor to investigate. Who or what is behind this?
The Parting of the Ways (2) (Episode 13)
Air date: 2005-06-18
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Rose has seen danger and wonders alongside the Doctor, but now their friendship is put to the test as Earth plunges into an epic war. With the human race being slaughtered, the Doctor is forced into terrible action. Will the time-travellers ever be reunited?
Seasons
Episodes 13