First Doctor story index

WILLIAM HARTNELL (1963-1966)

Here are the links to individual episode reviews for each story of the First Doctor's era (Seasons 1, 2, 3 + two serials from Season 4):

SEASON 1 (November 1963 - September 1964)

• 100,000 BC - 1: An Unearthly Child; 2: The Cave of Skulls; 3: The Forest of Fear; 4: The Firemaker (overall score for serial: 7/10)
• THE DALEKS - 1: The Dead Planet; 2: The Survivors; 3: The Escape; 4: The Ambush; 5: The Expedition; 6: The Ordeal; 7. The Rescue (overall score for serial: 7/10)
• INSIDE THE SPACESHIP - 1: The Edge of Destruction; 2: The Brink of Disaster (overall score for serial: 7/10)
• MARCO POLO - 1: The Roof of the World; 2: The Singing Sands; 3: Five Hundred Eyes; 4: The Wall of Lies; 5: Rider from Shang-Tu; 6: Mighty Kublai Khan; 7: Assassin at Peking (overall score for serial: 7.9/10)
• THE KEYS OF MARINUS - 1: The Sea of Death; 2: The Velvet Web; 3: The Screaming Jungle; 4: The Snows of Terror; 5: Sentence of Death; 6: The Keys of Marinus (overall score for serial: 7.2/10)
• THE AZTECS - 1: The Temple of Evil; 2: The Warriors of Death; 3: The Bride of Sacrifice; 4: The Day of Darkness (overall score for serial: 8.8/10)
• THE SENSORITES - 1: Strangers in Space; 2: The Unwilling Warriors; 3: Hidden Danger; 4: A Race Against Death; 5: Kidnap; 6: A Desperate Venture (overall score for serial: 6/10)
• THE REIGN OF TERROR - 1: A Land of Fear; 2: Guests of Madame Guillotine; 3: A Change of Identity; 4: The Tyrant of France; 5: A Bargain of Necessity; 6: Prisoners of Conciergerie (overall score for serial: 6.7/10)

SEASON 2 (October 1964 - July 1965)

• PLANET OF GIANTS - 1: Planet of Giants; 2: Dangerous Journey; 3: Crisis (overall score for serial: 4.7/10)
• THE DALEK INVASION OF EARTH - 1: World's End; 2: The Daleks; 3: Day of Reckoning; 4: The End of Tomorrow; 5: The Waking Ally; 6: Flashpoint (overall score for serial: 9.2/10)
• THE RESCUE - 1: The Powerful Enemy; 2: Desperate Measures (overall score for serial: 9/10)
• THE ROMANS - 1: The Slave Traders; 2: All Roads Lead to Rome; 3: Conspiracy; 4: Inferno (overall score for serial: 7.5/10)
• THE WEB PLANET - 1: The Web Planet; 2: The Zarbi; 3: Escape to Danger; 4: Crater of Needles; 5: Invasion; 6: The Centre (overall score for serial: 4.5/10)
• THE CRUSADE - 1: The Lion; 2: The Knight of Jaffa; 3: The Wheel of Fortune; 4: The Warlords (overall score for serial: 6.5/10)
• THE SPACE MUSEUM - 1: The Space Museum; 2: The Dimensions of Time; 3: The Search; 4: The Final Phase (overall score for serial: 4.5/10)
• THE CHASE - 1: The Executioners; 2: The Death of Time; 3: Flight Through Eternity; 4: Journey Into Terror; 5: The Death of Doctor Who; 6: The Planet of Decision (overall score for serial: 6/10)
• THE TIME MEDDLER - 1: The Watcher; 2: The Meddling Monk; 3: A Battle of Wits; 4: Checkmate (overall score for serial: 6/10)

SEASON 3 (September 1965 - July 1966)

• GALAXY 4 - 1: Four Hundred Dawns; 2: Trap of Steel; 3: Air Lock; 4: The Exploding Planet (overall score for serial: 5.8/10)
• MISSION TO THE UNKNOWN (score: 7/10)
• THE MYTH MAKERS - 1: Temple of Secrets; 2: Small Prophet, Quick Return; 3: Death of a Spy; 4: Horse of Destruction (overall score for serial: 7/10)
• THE DALEKS' MASTER PLAN - 1: The Nightmare Begins; 2: Day of Armageddon; 3: Devil's Planet; 4: The Traitors; 5: Counter Plot; 6: Coronas of the Sun; 7: The Feast of Steven; 8: Volcano; 9: Golden Death; 10: Escape Switch; 11: The Abandoned Planet; 12: Destruction of Time (overall score for serial: 7.2/10)
• THE MASSACRE OF ST BARTHOLOMEW'S EVE - 1: War of God; 2: The Sea Beggar; 3: Priest of Death; 4: Bell of Doom (overall score for serial: 5.8/10)
• THE ARK - 1: The Steel Sky; 2: The Plague; 3: The Return; 4: The Bomb (overall score for serial: 8.3/10)
• THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER - 1: The Celestial Toyroom; 2: The Hall of Dolls; 3: The Dancing Floor; 4: The Final Test (overall score for serial: 4.5/10)
• THE GUNFIGHTERS - 1: A Holiday for the Doctor; 2: Don't Shoot the Pianist; 3: Johnny Ringo; 4: The O.K. Corral (overall score for serial: 7.8/10)
• THE SAVAGES - Episode 1; Episode 2; Episode 3; Episode 4 (overall score for serial: 8/10)
• THE WAR MACHINES - Episode 1; Episode 2; Episode 3; Episode 4 (overall score for serial: 8.5/10)

SEASON 4 (Hartnell stories only) (September 1966 - October 1966)

• THE SMUGGLERS - Episode 1; Episode 2; Episode 3; Episode 4 (overall score for serial: 8/10)
• THE TENTH PLANET - Episode 1; Episode 2; Episode 3; Episode 4 (overall score for serial: 6/10)

💥 DECADES OVERVIEW #1 - THE 1960s