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Doctor Who, etc. (2005-today) Marathon

Want to marathon the Whoniverse but feel intimidated by the amount of episodes and not sure when to watch different shows? I've made a list of all the best and/or plot relevant episodes to watch of Doctor Who (DW), Torchwood (T), and Sarah Jane Adventures (SJA).

Reasons for inclusion have been provided for those who wish to have more agency, minimal spoilers. Any episodes excluded are fully optional and therefore can totally be watched in between the episodes on this list. Inspired by Xerblade's List of Important Detective Conan episodes.

Technically, no spoilers as long as you watch School Reunion(DW S2:E4) before SJA. School Reunion (re)introduces us to Sarah Jane Smith [she was a companion of Jon Pertwee(3rd Doctor) and Tom Baker(4th Doctor) in Classic Who]; a year passes for Sarah Jane between DW S2:E4 and SJA S1:E0.

Torchwood can only begin after the Series 2 finale, since some events of the first season are direct consequences of that finale. Pretending that Torchwood ended with Children of Earth.

Note that different distributors are now counting Special episodes as either the last episode of the previous series or first episode of the following series. Originally, they had no episode number. Therefore, some episode numbers may not match this list.

If you have any suggestions about this list, please contact me directly!

Divided by the Doctor Who Show-runner:

Russell T Davies 2005-2010 Era

Steven Moffat 2010-2017 Era

Chris Chibnall 2018-2022 Era

Russell T Davies 2023-Present Era

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timeduchess · 3 months

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Russell T. Davies 2005-2010 Era

What is this? Overall Marathon Post

Steven Moffat 2010-2017 Era

Chris Chibnall 2018-2022 Era

Russell T Davies 2023-Present Era

Episode List Below

DW S1:E1: Rose (First episode of new DW)

DW S1:E2: The End of the World (Relationship development; establishes more of the Doctor's backstory)

DW S1:E3: The Unquiet Dead (Establishes facts relevant to DW: Boom Town and T)

DW S1:E4-5: Aliens of London; World War Three (Introduces Harriet Jones; introduces the Slitheen; relationship development)

DW S1:E6: Dalek (Introduces Adam Mitchell and the Daleks; reveals more of the Doctor's backstory)

DW S1:E7: The Long Game (Adam Mitchell character development; establishes facts relevant to finale)

DW S1:E8: Father’s Day (Introduces Pete Tyler; major character development; Relationship development)

DW S1:E9-10: The Empty Child; The Doctor Dances (Introduces Jack Harkness)

DW S1:E11: Boom Town (Character development)

DW S1:E12-13: Bad Wolf; The Parting of Ways (Finale; major character development)

DW Children in Need 2005: Born Again Minisode

DW 2005 Christmas Special: The Christmas Invasion (First episode with [spoiler]; Establishes facts relevant to series 2 and 3 finales)

DW S2:E2: Tooth and Claw (Introduces Torchwood Institute)

DW S2:E3: School Reunion ([Re]Introduces Sarah Jane Smith; character development)

DW S2:E4: The Girl in the Fireplace (Just a great episode)

DW S2:E5-6: Rise of the Cybermen; The Age of Steel (Major character development; [spoiler] introduced)

DW S2:E9-10: The Impossible Planet; The Satan Pit (Relationship development; also great episodes)

DW S2:E13-14: Army of Ghosts; Doomsday (Finale; major character development)

DW 2006 Christmas Special: The Runaway Bride (Introduces Donna Noble)

T S1:E1: Everything Changes (First episode)

T S1:E2: Day One (Major character/relationship development)

T S1:E3 Ghost Machine (Major character development)

DW S3:E2 Smith and Jones (Introduces Martha Jones)

T S1:E5 Cyberwoman (Major character development)

DW S3:E4: Gridlock ([spoiler] development; will come up in finale; relationship development)

SJA S1:E0: Invasion of the Bane (First episode)

SJA S1:E1-2: Revenge of the Slitheen (Introduces Clyde Langer)

T S1:E5: Small Worlds (Just a great episode)

DW S3:E5-6: Daleks in Manhattan; Evolution of the Daleks (Plot development; events effect later episodes)

T S1:E6: Countrycide (A great episode; major relationship development)

T S1:E7: Greeks Bearing Gifts (Major character development)

DW S1:E7: The Lazarus Experiment (Relationship development)

T S1:E8: They Keep Killing Suzie (Major character/relationship development)

DW S3:E9-10: Human Nature; The Family of Blood (Major character development; establishes facts used in finale)

SJA S1:E5-6: Warriors of Kudlak (A great episode; minor relationship development)

T S1:E10: Out of Time (Character/relationship development)

SJA S1:E7-8: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (Relationship development)

DW S3:E12: Blink (Just a great episode)

T S1:E11 Combat (Relationship development)

SJA S1:E9-10: The Lost Boy (Relationship development)

T S1:E12 Captain Jack Harkness (Reveals more of Jack's backstory; also a great episode)

T S1:E13 End of Days (Finale; major developments)

DW S3:E12: Utopia (Introduces [spoiler]; major character development)

DW S3:E13-14: Sound of Drums; Last of the Time Lords (Finale; major developments)

DW Minisode: Time Crash 2007

DW 2008 Christmas Special: Voyage of the Damned (Just a great episode; Introduces Wilfred Mott)

T S2:E1: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Introduces John Hart; Major character/relationship developments)

DW S4:E1: Partners in Crime (Major character development)

DW S4:E2: Fires of Pompeii (Establishes facts used in finale)

T S2:E3: To the Last Man (A great episode; character development)

T S2:E4: Meat (Major character/relationship development)

DW S4:E3: Planet of the Ood (Major plot developments)

T S2:E5: Adam (Reveals more of Jack's backstory)

T S2:E6-7: Reset; Dead Man Walking (Major character development)

T S2:E8: A Day in Death (Major character development)

DW S4:E4-5: The Sontaran Stratagem; The Poison Sky (Establishes facts used in the finale)

DW S4:E7: The Doctor's Daughter (Character development)

T S2:E9: Something Borrowed (Major relationship development)

DW S4:E8: The Unicorn and the Wasp (Great episode)

T S2:E11: Adrift (Great episode; minor character development)

DW S4:E9-10: Silence in the Library; Forest of the Dead (Introduces River Song; great episodes)

T S2:E12: Fragments (Major backstories reveal; major plot development)

T S2:E13: Exit Wounds (Major character/relationship/plot development)

DW S4:E11: Midnight (Great episode)

DW S4:12-14: Turn Left; The Stolen Earth; Journey's End (Finale; Major character/relationship development)

SJA S2:E0-1: The Last Sontaran (Major character development)

SJA S2:E2-3: The Day of the Clown (Introduces Rani Chandra)

SJA S2:E7-8: The Mark of the Berserker (Clyde's family appears)

SJA S2:E9-10: The Temptation of Sarah Jane (Major character development; major backstory reveal)

SJA S2:E11-12: Enemy of the Bane (Plot development; Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's only appearance in New Who)

SJA S3:E1-2: Prisoner of the Judoon (Events effect future episodes)

SJA S3:E3-4: The Madwoman in the Attic (Major character development)

SJA S3:E5-6: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (Major plot development)

DW 2009 Special: The Waters of Mars (Major character development)

T S3:E1-5: Children of Earth (Major character/relationship development)

DW 2009 Specials: The End of Time (Major character development)

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