How many seasons of Doctor Who are there?

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How many seasons of Doctor Who are there?
Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor (Source: YouTube)


There are 31 seasons in Doctor Who including the original run and the relaunched series.


Created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber, and Donald Wilson, Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series that has been broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series revolves around an extraterrestrial being called the Doctor, who is a humanoid species called a Time Lord. While traveling, The Doctor uses a spaceship called the TARDIS and the series documents his journey as he works to save lives and liberate anyone oppressed across the universe alongside his companions. The series thrived during its first iteration, running for sixteen years before it was stopped and then revived in 2005, which has since earned rave reviews from fans and critics alike.


How many seasons of Doctor Who are there?


Doctor Who first began airing on television in 1963 on the BBC, running for sixteen years until 1989 when it ceased broadcasting for unknown reasons. Post that, there were multiple unsuccessful attempts to revive the series with one attempt in 1996 but it didn’t take. That changed in 2005 when the series was re-launched and produced in-house by BBC Wales. It has since spawned numerous spin-offs including Class, Tales of the Tardis, Torchwood, and more.

There are a total of 31 seasons across both the original and revived era.


Season/SeriesDoctor
Season 1First Doctor
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4Second Doctor
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7Third Doctor
Season 8
Season 9
Season 10
Season 11
Season 12Fourth Doctor
Season 13
Season 14
Season 15
Season 16
Season 17
Season 18
Season 19Fifth Doctor
Season 20
Season 21
Season 22Sixth Doctor
Season 23
Season 24Seventh Doctor
Season 25
Season 26
Series 1Ninth Doctor
Series 2Tenth Doctor
Series 3
Series 4
Series 5Eleventh Doctor
Series 6
Series 7
Series 8Twelfth Doctor
Series 9
Series 10
Series 11Thirteenth Doctor
Series 12
Series 13
Series 14Fifteenth Doctor
Series 15


How many doctors does the revival era of Doctor Who have?


The original series ran from 1963 to 1989, running for sixteen years with a total of 26 seasons and over 690 episodes with the story often structured in multi-episode arcs. This allowed the creative team more latitude and also led to the show’s increased popularity across the world. That hasn’t been the case for the revived era of Doctor Who as while it does have multi-episode arcs, the focus has been more on single-episode storylines over the course of its run time so far. Not only that, there have been nearly as many Doctors despite there being ten seasons fewer comparatively.


Season/seriesDoctorActor
Series 1Ninth DoctorChristopher Eccleston
Series 2Tenth DoctorDavid Tennant
Series 3
Series 4
Series 5Eleventh DoctorMatt Smith
Series 6
Series 7
Series 8Twelfth DoctorPeter Capaldi
Series 9
Series 10
Series 11Thirteenth DoctorJodie Whittaker
Series 12
Series 13
Series 14Fifteenth DoctorNcuti Gatwa
Series 15

FAQs

A. Yes, there is a 15th season of Doctor Who and it began airing from December 2024 with the winter special with the season set to start from April 2025.

A. In India, fans can watch Doctor Who on Disney +.

A. The 15th Doctor is Ncuti Gatwa.

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