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Doctor Who episodes broadcast in September

Episodes of Doctor Who originally broadcast in September, ordered by day

UK Premiere
Thursday
1st September 2011
9:00PM
BBC One (55 mins)

Torchwood - Miracle Day - End of the Road

Episode 8 of 10 from Miracle Day
Captain Jack faces a showdown with a man he thought long since dead.
This episode premiered 26th August 2011 - USA (Starz)

Saturday
1st September 1979
6:10PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Destiny of the Daleks - Part One

The TARDIS lands on the old Dalek homeworld of Skaro, with the newly regenerated Romana.

Saturday
1st September 2012
7:20PM
BBC One (49 mins)

Doctor Who - Asylum of the Daleks

Amy and Rory are kidnapped by their oldest foe the Daleks and forced on a seemingly impossible mission.

Saturday
2nd September 1967
5:50PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Tomb of the Cybermen - Episode 1

The Doctor meet Professor Parry and his archaeologists on the planet Telos.

Saturday
2nd September 1978
5:45PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Ribos Operation - Part One

The Doctor is given the task of reassembling the six parts of the Key to Time by the the White Guardian.

Saturday
3rd September 1977
6:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Horror of Fang Rock - Part One

The TARDIS lands on Fang Rock island at the start of the 20th century.

Saturday
3rd September 2011
7:45PM
BBC Three (42 mins)

Doctor Who Confidential - About a Boy

On location at a Gloucestershire country house and a high-rise housing estate in Bristol.

Saturday
3rd September 2011
7:00PM
BBC One (43 mins)

Doctor Who - Night Terrors

Every night George lies awake, terrorised by every fear you can possibly imagine – fears that live in his bedroom cupboard.

Saturday
4th September 1976
6:10PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Masque of Mandragora - Part One

The Doctor and Sarah arrive in Renaissance Italy unaware that they have brought with them.

Saturday
5th September 1964
5:30PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Reign of Terror - A Bargain of Necessity (5/6)

Episode 5 of 6 from The Reign of Terror
The Doctor arranges for Barbara's escape when they reunite at the prison, while Susan stays imprisoned.

Saturday
6th September 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part One

Episode 1 of 4 from The Mysterious Planet
Placed on trial, the Doctor is forced to watch events from his past, beginning with an incident on Ravolox

Saturday
6th September 1975
5:45PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - Terror of the Zygons - Part Two

Sarah is attacked by a Zygon disguised as Harry who is a prisoner on the Zygon spaceship.

Wednesday
6th September 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Battlefield - Part One

Knights in armour arrive to contine waging a war that began thousands of years ago

Monday
6th September 2010
8:30PM
BBC Three (59 mins)

Doctor Who at the Proms - 2010

Doctor Who returns to the Proms with a new show hosted by stars Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill.

Monday
6th September 2010
12:00AM
BBC Red Button (20 mins)

Doctor Who Confidential - Backstage at the Doctor Who Prom

Doctor Who Confidential special episode, backstage at the Doctor Who Proms in 2010.

Saturday
6th September 1980
6:20PM
BBC 1 (20 mins)

Doctor Who - The Leisure Hive - Part Two

Romana tries to get Argolis' tachyon machine working properly, but the consequences could be dramatic.

Saturday
6th September 2014
7:30PM
BBC One (46 mins)

Doctor Who - Robot Of Sherwood

In Sherwood forest, the Doctor discovers an evil plan from beyond the stars and strikes up an unlikely alliance with Robin Hood.

Monday
6th September 2010
BBC Three (4 mins)

Doctor Who - Doctor Who at the Proms 2010 Scene

The Doctor makes a special live appearance on stage at the Royal Albert Hall alongside the orchestra, dealing with a rift in time and space affecting the concert.

Monday
7th September 1987
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Time and the Rani - Part One

A newly regenerated Doctor is taken to the Rani’s base by Urak the Tetrap, while Mel meets some of the Lakertyans.

Saturday
7th September 1968
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Dominators - Episode 5

The Doctor hatches a plan to intercept the Dominators' atomic seed pod as it is dropped into the planet's core.

UK Premiere
Thursday
8th September 2011
9:00PM
BBC One (56 mins)

Torchwood - Miracle Day - The Gathering

Episode 9 of 10 from Miracle Day
The Torchwood team - defeated, powerless, and hunted - must strike a bargain with the devil himself.
This episode premiered 2nd September 2011 - USA (Starz)

Saturday
8th September 1979
6:10PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - Destiny of the Daleks - Part Two

Romana is captured and interrogated by the Daleks whilst the Doctor meets the Movellans.

Saturday
8th September 2012
7:35PM
BBC One (45 mins)

Doctor Who - Dinosaurs On A Spaceship

A spaceship hurtles towards certain destruction – unless the Doctor can save it, and its cargo of dinosaurs.

Saturday
9th September 1967
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Tomb of the Cybermen - Episode 2

Professor Parry and his team begin to unlock the secrets of the Cybermen's tomb.

Saturday
9th September 1978
6:20PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Ribos Operation - Part Two

Trying to obtain the first segment of the Key to Time, the Doctor and Romana are swept up in an elaborate con.

Saturday
10th September 1966
5:50PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Smugglers - Episode 1

In 17th Century Cornwall, Joseph Longfoot passes a message to the Doctor and is then murdered.

Saturday
10th September 1977
6:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Horror of Fang Rock - Part Two

A thick fog surrounds Fang Rock and a ship is wrecked.

Saturday
10th September 2011
8:00PM
BBC Three (43 mins)

Doctor Who Confidential - What Dreams May Come

Can Karen Gillan get up to 100mph around one of the UK's fastest racetracks?

Saturday
10th September 2011
7:15PM
BBC One (46 mins)

Doctor Who - The Girl Who Waited

Amy is trapped in a quarantine facility for victims of an alien plague – a plague that will kill the Doctor in a day.

Saturday
11th September 1965
5:40PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Galaxy 4 - Four Hundred Dawns (1/4)

Episode 1 of 4 from Galaxy 4
The Doctor meet the Drahvins, a predominantly female race in constant strife with the Rills.

Friday
11th September 2015
7:00PM

Doctor Who - Series 9 Prologue

Series 9 Prologue Synopsis

Saturday
11th September 1976
6:05PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Masque of Mandragora - Part Two

The Mandragora energy combines forces with the secret Brotherhood of Demnos.

Saturday
12th September 1964
5:30PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Reign of Terror - Prisoners of Conciergerie (6/6)

Episode 6 of 6 from The Reign of Terror
The Doctor guides Lemaitre to the royalist house where he discloses his true identity.

Saturday
13th September 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Two

Episode 2 of 4 from The Mysterious Planet
The Doctor has an appointment with the Immortal, while Peri finds herself caught up with Glitz and the Tribe.

Saturday
13th September 1975
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Terror of the Zygons - Part Three

The Doctor and Sarah find their way into the Zygon spaceship at the bottom of Loch Ness.

Wednesday
13th September 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Battlefield - Part Two

The Doctor and Ace explore King Arthur's spaceship deep under Lake Vortigern,

Saturday
13th September 1980
5:55PM
BBC 1 (21 mins)

Doctor Who - The Leisure Hive - Part Three

The Doctor, aged by the unstable tachyon machine, finally uncovers the truth about the tachyon generator.

Saturday
13th September 2014
7:30PM
BBC One (48 mins)

Doctor Who - Listen

When ghosts crowd into their lives, the Doctor and Clara get into an adventure that takes them to the end of the universe.

Monday
14th September 1987
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Time and the Rani - Part Two

The Rani’s impersonation of Mel backfires badly because Urak can't tell the difference.

Saturday
14th September 1968
5:20PM
BBC 1 (21 mins)

Doctor Who - The Mind Robber - Episode 1

To escape their destruction, the Doctor removes the TARDIS from normal space and time.

UK Premiere
Thursday
15th September 2011
9:00PM
BBC One (56 mins)

Torchwood - Miracle Day - The Blood Line

Episode 10 of 10 from Miracle Day
The Three Families are unstoppable, unless a terrible sacrifice is made.
This episode premiered 9th September 2011 - USA (Starz)

Saturday
15th September 1979
6:10PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Destiny of the Daleks - Part Three

Davros has awoken from his centuries long slumber and is taken prisoner by the Doctor.

Saturday
15th September 2012
7:35PM
BBC One (44 mins)

Doctor Who - A Town Called Mercy

The Doctor finds himself the reluctant Sheriff of a Western town under siege by a relentless cyborg.

Tuesday
15th September 2015
12:00AM

Doctor Who - The Doctor's Meditation

Saturday
16th September 1967
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Tomb of the Cybermen - Episode 3

The Cybermen have risen from their hibernation and are intent on converting the humans.

Saturday
16th September 1978
6:30PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Ribos Operation - Part Three

Prisoners of the maniacal Graff Vynda K, the Doctor and Romana must break out and pursue the first segment.

Saturday
17th September 1966
5:55PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Smugglers - Episode 2

The Doctor is held captive aboard the pirate ship whilst Captain Pike strikes a deal with the Smugglers.

Saturday
17th September 1977
6:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Horror of Fang Rock - Part Three

The Doctor seals the survivors inside the lighthouse but discovers that the creature might be with them.

Saturday
17th September 2011
8:00PM
BBC Three (43 mins)

Doctor Who Confidential - Heartbreak Hotel

Toby Whithouse tells why he set his latest Doctor adventure in a hotel with a difference.

Saturday
17th September 2011
7:10PM
BBC One (48 mins)

Doctor Who - The God Complex

The TARDIS lands in what looks like an ordinary hotel. But the walls move, corridors twist and rooms vanish.

Saturday
18th September 1965
5:50PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - Galaxy 4 - Trap of Steel (2/4)

Episode 2 of 4 from Galaxy 4
Intent on capturing the spacecraft of the hideous Rills, Maaga holds Steven prisoner.

Saturday
18th September 1976
6:10PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Masque of Mandragora - Part Three

Hieronymous plots to eliminate the threat posed by the Doctor and uses an unwitting Sarah as his weapon.

Saturday
19th September 2015
7:40PM
BBC One (46 mins)

Doctor Who - The Magician’s Apprentice

Where is the Doctor? When the skies of Earth are frozen by a mysterious alien force, Clara needs her friend.

Saturday
20th September 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Three

Episode 3 of 4 from The Mysterious Planet
The Doctor fears for the planet's safety and needs to find the Secrets of the Sleepers and discover more.

Saturday
20th September 1975
5:20PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - Terror of the Zygons - Part Four

The Zygon warlord, Broton, intends to use the Skarasen to attack the World Energy Conference in London.

Wednesday
20th September 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Battlefield - Part Three

Morgaine threatens to unleash the Destroyer upon the planet unless the Doctor gives her what she wants.

Saturday
20th September 1980
6:15PM
BBC 1 (21 mins)

Doctor Who - The Leisure Hive - Part Four

Pangol begins his plan for a rebirth of Argolis — a rebirth that will start by resuming their ancient war.

Saturday
20th September 2014
7:30PM
BBC One (45 mins)

Doctor Who - Time Heist

The Doctor turns bank robber when he is given a task he cannot refuse – to steal from the most dangerous bank in the cosmos.

Monday
21st September 1987
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Time and the Rani - Part Three

The furious Rani begins to slaughter the Lakertyans, so Mel rallies the survivors to help them.

Saturday
21st September 1968
5:20PM
BBC 1 (21 mins)

Doctor Who - The Mind Robber - Episode 2

Arriving in the Land of Fiction, the Doctor searches for his companions in a forest of words.

Saturday
22nd September 1979
6:15PM
BBC 1 (26 mins)

Doctor Who - Destiny of the Daleks - Part Four

The Doctor discovers that the Daleks need Davros to break the stalemate in their war with the Movellans.

Saturday
22nd September 2012
7:30PM
BBC One (41 mins)

Doctor Who - The Power Of Three

The Doctor and the Ponds puzzle an unlikely invasion of Earth, as millions of sinister black cubes arrive overnight.

Saturday
23rd September 1967
5:50PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - The Tomb of the Cybermen - Episode 4

The Cyber Controller has been revitalised after leaving the icy tomb, threatening to overpower his human foes.

Saturday
23rd September 1978
6:20PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Ribos Operation - Part Four

The Doctor and Romana work desperately to obtain the segment of the Key to Time - and escape alive.

Monday
24th September 2007
5:00PM
BBC One (25 mins)

Sarah Jane - Revenge of the Slitheen - Part One

On their first day at their new school Maria and Luke soon realise that all is not as it seems.

Monday
24th September 2007
5:30PM
CBBC (25 mins)

Sarah Jane - Revenge of the Slitheen - Part Two

With the Slitheen’s deadly plans to destroy the Earth well under way, the gang race back to Sarah Jane’s attic.

Saturday
24th September 1966
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Smugglers - Episode 3

Escaping from the pirate ship and reunited with Ben and Polly, the Doctor goes in search of the hidden treasure.

Saturday
24th September 1977
6:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Horror of Fang Rock - Part Four

The Doctor devises a desperate plan to defeat the alien and repel the approaching Rutan mothership.

Saturday
24th September 2011
8:00PM
BBC Three (42 mins)

Doctor Who Confidential - Open All Hours

Greg James gives an insightful, in-depth character profile of his new role.

Saturday
24th September 2011
7:10PM
BBC One (45 mins)

Doctor Who - Closing Time

A silver rat scuttles in the shadows of a department store, and somewhere close by the Cybermen are waiting…

Thursday
24th September 2026
3:00PM
Youtube (53 mins)

The Whoniverse Show - Peter Davison and Janet Fielding

Christel Dee is joined by Peter Davison and Janet Fielding for a Fifth Doctor-packed episode of The Whoniverse Show.

Tuesday
24th September 2013
12:00AM

Doctor Who - The Inforarium

Tuesday
24th September 2013
12:00AM

Doctor Who - Clara and the TARDIS

Tuesday
24th September 2013
12:00AM

Doctor Who - Rain Gods

Saturday
25th September 1965
5:50PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Galaxy 4 - Air Lock (3/4)

Episode 3 of 4 from Galaxy 4
The Doctor and Vicki learn the truth about the Drahvins from the ammonia breathing Rills.

Saturday
25th September 1976
6:10PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Masque of Mandragora - Part Four

As the leading scholars of the era assemble in the palace for the masque, Mandragora prepares to attack.

Saturday
26th September 2015
7:45PM
BBC One (48 mins)

Doctor Who - The Witch’s Familiar

Trapped and alone in a terrifying Dalek city, the Doctor is at the heart of an evil Empire with nobody to help.

Saturday
27th September 1986
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Trial of a Time Lord - Part Four

Episode 4 of 4 from The Mysterious Planet
The Doctor is foxed by Drathro's logic so it takes Glitz's blunt lies to buy them some time.

Saturday
27th September 1975
5:45PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Planet of Evil - Part One

The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Sarah to the planet Zeta Minor on the edge of the universe.

Wednesday
27th September 1989
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Battlefield - Part Four

The Brigadier slays the Destroyer while Morgaine takes control of UNIT's nuclear warhead.

Saturday
27th September 1980
6:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Meglos - Part One

Meglos plans to steal the ancient and powerful Dodecahedron from the neighbouring world of Tigella.

Saturday
27th September 2014
8:30PM
BBC One (45 mins)

Doctor Who - The Caretaker

When terrifying events threaten Coal Hill school, the Doctor decides to go undercover.

Monday
28th September 1987
7:35PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Time and the Rani - Part Four

Mel convinces the Lakertyans fight back. The Doctor ensures the missile is deflected.

Saturday
28th September 1968
5:20PM
BBC 1 (19 mins)

Doctor Who - The Mind Robber - Episode 3

With the help of Rapunzel, Jamie escapes from a clockwork soldier into the citadel where he makes a discovery.

Monday
29th September 2008
4:35PM
BBC One (25 mins)

Sarah Jane - The Last Sontaran - Part One

Strange lights around the Tycho Radio Telescope lead Sarah Jane and the gang into a terrifying forest encounter.

Saturday
29th September 1979
6:05PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - City of Death - Part One

While on holiday in Paris, the Doctor and Romana experience a time distortion.

Saturday
29th September 2012
7:20PM
BBC One (44 mins)

Doctor Who - The Angels Take Manhattan

A race against time through the streets of Manhattan, as New York’s statues come to life around Amy and Rory.

Tuesday
30th September 2025
3:00PM
Youtube

The Whoniverse Show - Tia Kofi Hunts For Legendary Doctor Who Filming Locations

This month’s episode is bursting with iconic locations, legendary props, and fan-favourite moments!

Saturday
30th September 1967
5:25PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Abominable Snowmen - Episode One

The Doctor is accused of murder by Professor Travers who is in search of the legendary Yeti.

Saturday
30th September 1978
6:20PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - The Pirate Planet - Part One

Instead of landing on Calufrax, they arrive on a different planet and encounter the Mentiads.