The first series features Christopher Eccleston as the ninth incarnation of the Doctor, his only series in the role, accompanied by Billie Piper, as his first and main companion Rose Tyler, whom he plucks from obscurity on planet Earth, and to whom he grows increasingly attached. He also travels briefly with unruly boy-genius Adam Mitchell, played by Bruno Langley, and with 51st-century con man and former "Time Agent" Captain Jack Harkness, portrayed by John Barrowman. Episodes in the series form a loose story arc, based upon the recurring phrase "Bad Wolf".

Season 1 Episode 1 - Rose

Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor, and realises Earth is in danger. Air Date : 26th-Mar-2005  Read More

Season 1 Episode 2 - The End of the World

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? Air Date : 2nd-Apr-2005  Read More

Season 1 Episode 3 - The Unquiet Dead

Charles Dickens and the Doctor team up as corpses stalk the streets of Victorian Cardiff. Air Date : 9th-Apr-2005  Read More

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aliens of London (1)

Rose is taken home, but a spaceship crashes in the Thames and London is closed off... Enter the Slitheen! Air Date : 16th-Apr-2005  Read More

Season 1 Episode 5 - World War Three (2)

Time is running out for the Doctor as Downing Street announces mankind's first Interplanetary War. Air Date : 23rd-Apr-2005  Read More

Season 1 Episode 6 - Dalek

The Doctor is shattered and Earth is in danger as he and Rose discover the Time Lords' deadliest enemy beneath Utah. Air Date : 30th-Apr-2005  Read More

Season 1 Episode 7 - The Long Game

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. Air Date : 7th-May-2005  Read More

Season 1 Episode 8 - Father's Day

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… Air Date : 14th-May-2005  Read More

Season 1 Episode 9 - The Empty Child (1)

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. Air Date : 21st-May-2005  Read More

Season 1 Episode 10 - The Doctor Dances (2)

After narrowly escaping the gas mask monsters, The Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack try to stop the mutated people from infecting other victims. But it soon becomes apparent that one of the group may indirectly responsible for the virus. The answer lies at the bomb site, but time is running out... Air Date : 28th-May-2005  Read More

Season 1 Episode 11 - Boom Town

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. Air Date : 4th-Jun-2005  Read More

Season 1 Episode 12 - Bad Wolf (1)

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? Air Date : 11th-Jun-2005  Read More

Season 1 Episode 13 - The Parting of the Ways (2)

The fate of the Universe is hanging in the balance as the Dalek fleet begin their invasion of Earth. The Doctor must decide whether to sacrifice every human being on Earth in order to save every other living creature in the universe from the Daleks. Either way, he knows he must send Rose home... Air Date : 18th-Jun-2005  Read More