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Episode Guide - a guide to Season 1 of Doctor Who 2005

All episodes were first aired in the UK.

Premiere airing at 7PM, Saturdays on BBC ONE; repeated the day after (Sunday) at 7PM on BBC THREE unless otherwise stated.

Companion series Doctor Who Confidential is shown immediately after each Saturday airing on BBC Three from 7.45 to 8.15PM.

Broadcasts in Canada, on CBC, commenced at 8.00pm on Tuesday April 5, 2005 and in Australia they commenced at 7.30pm on Saturday May 21 on ABC.

The South Korean public TV station KBS acquired the series in early May 2005 and will commence broadcast on Saturday June 5, and following Saturdays at 11.15pm.

The series has also been bought by Prime TV in New Zealand and Nederland 3 in The Netherlands but no air dates have been announced for these territories.

Media Guardian in the UK has also reported the sale of the programmee to Sky Italia's entertainment channel Jimmy in Italy.

In addition BBC Prime, who broadcast via cable and satellite across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, plan to show the programme after transmission in the UK has ended. Announcements of further sales are expected soon.

Part 1 - episodes 1 to 6

Episode 1 - Rose

Original air date: March 26, 2005

Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger calling himself The Doctor and comes face to face with aliens made of living plastic.

Taking the shape of shop window dummies, they attack the streets of London in a bid to take over the world. Can The Doctor and Rose stop the alien invasion?

More info: Cast and Credits | Cuttings to be added | DVD Cover

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Episode 2 - The End of the World

Original air date: April 2, 2005

The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time to witness the death of planet Earth.

The Sun is about to expand and swallow the Earth but, amongst the alien races gathering to watch, a murderer is at work. Who is controlling the mysterious and deadly spiders?

More info: Cast and Credits | Cuttings to be added | DVD Cover

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Episode 3 - The Unquiet Dead

Original air date: April 9, 2005

The Doctor and Rose travel back through time to Victorian Cardiff, where the dead are walking and creatures made of gas are on the loose.

The time travellers team up with Charles Dickens to investigate Mr Sneed, the local undertaker. But can they halt the plans of the ethereal Gelth?

More info: Cast and Credits | Cuttings to be added | DVD Cover

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Episode 4 - Aliens of London (part 1 of 2)

Original air date: April 16, 2005

The Doctor takes Rose home in the first of a two-part story. 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. Who are the Slitheen?

More info: Cast and Credits | Cuttings to be added | DVD Cover

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Episode 5 - World War III (part 2 of 2)

Original air date: April 23, 2005

With The Doctor, Rose and Harriet Jones trapped inside Downing Street, the world edges towards mankind's first Interplanetary War.

But the real danger is much closer to home. The Doctor, Rose and Harriet race against time to unmask the villainous Slitheen - but only Rose's mum, Jackie, and boyfriend, Mickey, hold the key to salvation. Can the missiles be stopped?

More info: Cast and Credits | DVD Cover

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Episode 6 - Dalek

Original air date: April 30, 2005

The Doctor encounters his oldest enemy and it's a fight to the death as Rose is caught in the middle.

Beneath the Salt Plains of Utah, 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...

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