Home > Doctor Who > Season 1 « TV Series Page Doctor Who: Season 1 (2006) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12 Season 13 Season 14 Season 15 Season 16 Season 17 Season 18 Season 19 Season 20 Season 21 Season 22 Season 23 Season 24 Season 25 Want to see Episode List Season 1 Doctor Who Critics Consensus No consensus yet. 83% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 12 93% Audience Score User Ratings: 14 See score details Submit review Want to see Submit review Super Reviewer Super Reviewer Tap to review this movie Review this tv season Edit Review Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you get your ticket? 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The only hope for salvation lies inside a strange blue box. More 2 The End of the World Air date: Mar 17, 2006 The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time, to the year five billion. The Sun is about to expand, and swallow the Earth. But among the alien races gathering to watch on Platform One, a murderer is at work. Who is controlling the mysterious and deadly Spiders? More 3 The Unquiet Dead Air date: Mar 24, 2006 Time to get behind the sofa as Christopher Eccleston's Doctor takes Rose back to 1869. The dead are walking and creatures made of gas are on the loose. More 4 Aliens of London Air date: Mar 31, 2006 The Doctor takes Rose home, but when a spaceship crash-lands in the Thames, London is closed off and the whole world goes on red alert. While the Doctor investigates the alien survivor, Rose discovers that her home is no longer a safe haven. More 5 World War Three Air date: Apr 7, 2006 Conclusion. The Doctor, Rose and Harriet Jones are trapped inside Downing Street while outside, interplanetary war looms. More 6 Dalek Air date: Apr 14, 2006 Beneath the salt plains of Utah, the billionaire collector Henry Van Statten holds the last relic of an alien race. When the Doctor and Rose investigate, they discover that the Doctor's oldest and most deadly enemy is about to break free. It is a fight to the death, with Rose caught in the middle. More 7 The Long Game Air date: Apr 21, 2006 Adam discovers the wonders of travelling in the Tardis. In the far future, 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. Does Adam have what it takes to become the Time Lord's companion? More 8 Father's Day Air date: Apr 28, 2006 Rose travels back to 1987 to witness the day her father died, but when she interferes in the course of events, the monstrous Reapers are unleashed upon the world, and a wedding day turns into a massacre. Even the Doctor is powerless, as the human race is devoured. More 9 The Empty Child Air date: May 5, 2006 London, 1941, at the height of the Blitz. A mysterious cylinder is being guarded by the army, while homeless children, living on the bombsites, are being terrorised by an unearthly child. But when Rose meets the dashing Captain Jack Harkness, has she found a hero better than the Doctor himself? More 10 The Doctor Dances Air date: May 12, 2006 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. More Show More Episodes Doctor Who: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (36) Tv Season Info In a bid to rebrand the iconic Doctor, the BBC shakes off the kitschy sets of old and fashion a brand new start for the franchise. The ninth incarnation of the Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and his new companion Rose (U.K. pop starlet Billie Piper) embark on yet more far-flung and improbable adventures: traveling 5,000,000,000 years into the future as the Earth is about to be swallowed by the sun, escaping from a mysterious space-station where the contestants are trapped in demented versions of popular reality-TV shows, and facing an old and terrible menace, the Daleks. Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy Network: BBC America Premiere Date: Mar 17, 2006 Creator: Sydney Newman Cast Christopher Eccleston as Doctor Who Billie Piper as Rose Noel Clarke as Mickey Smith John Barrowman Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler Florence Hoath Jo Joyner as Lynda Eve Myles Yasmin Bannerman Bruno Langley as Adam Richard Wilson as Dr. Constantine Simon Callow as Charles Dickens Penelope Wilton as Harriet Jones Corey Johnson as Henry van Statten Anna-Louise Plowman Shaun Dingwall as Pete Tyler Colin Prockter as Grimy Man Annette Badland as Margaret Blaine Alan David as Gabriel Sneed Mark Benton as Clive Huw Rhys as Redpath William Thomas as Mr. Cleaver Paterson Joseph as Rodrick Robert Barton as Registrar Christine Adams as Cathica Jamie Bradley as Strood Ellie Garnett as Caroline Abi Eniola as Crosbie Luke Perry as Timothy Lloyd Jennifer Hill as Mrs Peace Simon Pegg as Editor Anna Maxwell Martin as Suki Mali Harries as Cathy Salt Aled Pedrick as Idris Hopper Christopher LLewellyn as Stuart Adam McCoy as Clive's son Albert Valentine as The Child Tamsin Greig as Nurse Cheryl Fergison as Mrs. Lloyd Frank Rozelaar Green as Sonny Alan Ruscoe as Margaret Slitheen Wayne Cater as Stage Manager Meic Povey as Driver Judy Holt as Adam's Mother Damian Samuels as Mr. Lloyd Natalie Jones as Sarah Zoe Thorne as The Gelth Eirlys Bellin as Bev Robert Hands as Algy Jordan Murphy as Ernie Joseph Tremain as Joe Rhian James as Suzie Jordan Murphy as Ernie Casey Dyer as Young Mickey Julia Joyce as Young Rose Martin Hodgson as Jenkins Vilma Hollingbery as Mrs. Harcourt Show More Cast News & Interviews for Doctor Who: Season 1 9 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This January The Scariest TV Episodes Ever 15 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This October View All Doctor Who: Season 1 News Episodes 1 Rose Air date: Mar 17, 2006 When Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor, her life will never be the same again. Soon she realises that her mum, her boyfriend and the whole of Earth are in danger. The only hope for salvation lies inside a strange blue box. More 2 The End of the World Air date: Mar 17, 2006 The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time, to the year five billion. The Sun is about to expand, and swallow the Earth. But among the alien races gathering to watch on Platform One, a murderer is at work. Who is controlling the mysterious and deadly Spiders? More 3 The Unquiet Dead Air date: Mar 24, 2006 Time to get behind the sofa as Christopher Eccleston's Doctor takes Rose back to 1869. The dead are walking and creatures made of gas are on the loose. More 4 Aliens of London Air date: Mar 31, 2006 The Doctor takes Rose home, but when a spaceship crash-lands in the Thames, London is closed off and the whole world goes on red alert. While the Doctor investigates the alien survivor, Rose discovers that her home is no longer a safe haven. More 5 World War Three Air date: Apr 7, 2006 Conclusion. The Doctor, Rose and Harriet Jones are trapped inside Downing Street while outside, interplanetary war looms. More 6 Dalek Air date: Apr 14, 2006 Beneath the salt plains of Utah, the billionaire collector Henry Van Statten holds the last relic of an alien race. When the Doctor and Rose investigate, they discover that the Doctor's oldest and most deadly enemy is about to break free. It is a fight to the death, with Rose caught in the middle. More 7 The Long Game Air date: Apr 21, 2006 Adam discovers the wonders of travelling in the Tardis. In the far future, 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. Does Adam have what it takes to become the Time Lord's companion? More 8 Father's Day Air date: Apr 28, 2006 Rose travels back to 1987 to witness the day her father died, but when she interferes in the course of events, the monstrous Reapers are unleashed upon the world, and a wedding day turns into a massacre. Even the Doctor is powerless, as the human race is devoured. More 9 The Empty Child Air date: May 5, 2006 London, 1941, at the height of the Blitz. A mysterious cylinder is being guarded by the army, while homeless children, living on the bombsites, are being terrorised by an unearthly child. But when Rose meets the dashing Captain Jack Harkness, has she found a hero better than the Doctor himself? More 10 The Doctor Dances Air date: May 12, 2006 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. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for Doctor Who Season 1 All Critics (12) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (2) To my novice's eye, it's pretty decent hokum-fast, corny, genial, honest in its schlock. Mar 17, 2006 | Full Review… Troy Patterson Slate Top Critic Between the Doctor and Rose there is genuine, old-fashioned chemistry, and their interaction, which occasionally takes on the aspect of screwball comedy, is much the best thing in the show. Mar 17, 2006 | Full Review… Charles McGrath New York Times Top Critic The thrill-filled cliffhangers of yore are gone, taking with them with the child's urge to watch TV from behind the sofa, breath bated. Mar 17, 2006 | Full Review… Joy Press Village Voice Top Critic If the program was inquisitive science fiction in 1963 and an alien invasion thriller in 1970, then in 2005 it must be considered a character drama. Nov 27, 2013 | Rating: B | Full Review… Alasdair Wilkins AV Club Top Critic Fast, funny, scary and beautifully acted, it manages to be vibrant and fresh to appeal to a new audience while remaining utterly faithful to the spirit of the old show. Oct 6, 2018 | Full Review… David Winner Financial Times Top Critic Eccleston is such an electrifying actor that he conveys the doctor's alien status (he is 900 years old with two hearts) by the means of wide-eyed, slightly unhinged over-enthusiasm. Jan 8, 2019 | Full Review… Stephen Pile Daily Telegraph (UK) Top Critic The stories may seem a little silly (the first foes are mannequins that come to life) but it's fairly lively and fun. Feb 11, 2020 | Full Review… Roger Catlin Hartford Courant The genius of the character development is that Rose does not become more powerful, or blessed with some macguffin of plot relevance. Jun 15, 2018 | Full Review… Steven Lloyd Wilson Pajiba Think big. Think bold. Think fantastic! For the very first time, Doctor Who achieves a perfect blend of big screen and small screen. Mar 5, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Patrick Mulkern Radio Times Some of the pop-culture humor and creatures owe a nod to Farscape, but the camp level is high and can be mighty funny. May 7, 2019 | Full Review… Sharon Eberson Pittsburgh Post-Gazette It's a decidedly British sensibility that mixes some state-of-the-art effects with stuff that looks, well, decidedly cheesy. And it's an odd combination of action, adventure and wackiness - an odd combination that somehow works. Feb 11, 2020 | Full Review… Scott D. Pierce Buffalo News Thundered back onto the BBC in a manner that honored the series' canon while also injecting new energy and reestablishing a show previously aimed primarily at children as one sophisticated enough that adult geeks could love it unabashedly. [Blu-ray] Nov 15, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews View All Critic Reviews (12) Audience Reviews for Doctor Who: Season 1 There are no featured audience reviews yet. Click the link below to see what others say about Doctor Who: Season 1! See All Audience Reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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