| The following article is written from an Out of Universe perspective. |
Doctor Who: Remastered was a remastered version of Doctor Who.
Originally, airing on UPN from 23 November 1999, each story was edited into an omnibus episode lasting for usually for 45 minutes, unless the story was a surviving story of a greater-length, which would then form a two-parter. Each episode of the series was remastered into full colour, with further picture and sound restoration, as well as additional CGI effects, in some circumstances.
For missing episodes, the decision was made to animate the stories, again in an omnibus format. For stories which had some surviving and some missing episodes, the decision was made to use animation and live-action footage, cutting between each as necessary, many members of the viewing-audience found this method, quite famously, very jarring and disorientating.
Although originally Chapter One had been made up of six seasons consisting of about 40x25 minute episodes after the remaster Chapter One was made up of five seasons consisting about 13x45 minute episodes, apart from Season 3 which consisted of 10x45 minute episodes.
The series was commissioned for a sixth and seventh season, released exclusively on Paramount+ in 2021.
Summary
UPN broadcast the first season of Doctor Who - Remastered, which also were abridged and cut-down versions of the originals, every Tuesday night from November 1999 to February 2000. The Reign of Terror was the first animated episode to air, with portions of it being animated, while other portions were live-action. The first full missing episode animation, Marco Polo, wasn't completed in time for its transmission date and was subsequently aired after the Reign of Terror. The first two stories of the original season 2 comprised the final 3 episodes of Season 1.
The following September, Season 2 was aired beginning with The Rescue and ending with a three-part version of The Daleks' Master Plan. Three episodes in this season were partially animated, and a further three episodes were fully animated.
It was in September 2000, that BBC Two agreed on a deal with UPN to air the first two seasons, and they did so back to back from September until March. From Season 3 onwards, BBC Two aired the episodes the week of UPN's broadcast.
Season 3 began airing the following September and due to the large number of missing episodes needing to be animated, the season only ran for 10 episodes, which several stories which would have normally been multi-parters being abridged even further to a single-part to save on animation costs. The season began with The Massacre and ended with the conclusion of the William Hartnell era with The Tenth Planet.
The fourth season required the most amount of animated episodes overall with 5 fully-animated episodes, and five further partially-animated episodes, leaving only three live-action episodes overall. Despite considering delaying the airing of this season, due to the heavy amount of animation needed, Paramount granted the season a larger budget and brought a second animation studio onboard to help with the workload. The season began with The Power of the Daleks and concluded with The Ice Warriors.
The fifth and final season was timed as to conclude just before the fortieth anniversary of Doctor Who, 18 November in the US and the day before, 22nd November 2003, in the UK. 3 episodes were fully-animated with other partially-animated episodes. 7 of the 13 episodes were live-action, including the original ten-parter, The War Games, which was heavily abridged to a two-parter and served as the finale to the entire series.
Just over 17 years later, the sixth series of Doctor Who: Remastered was released, all 13 episodes at once, with the launch of Paramount+. Like the previous remaster, Season 6 included abridging each story, some up to 7 episodes, down to a single 45-minute episode, as well as replacing original effects with new CGI effects. The Mind of Evil was the only episode colourised, as the only known copy existed in black and white, the rest were already available in full colour. Unlike the first five seasons, the show was released in High-Definition, with existing film prints scanned in at a 4K resolution, but downscaled to 1080i for release, and the remaining studio footage was upscaled, by CBS Digital, to match a similar standard. A controversial change was that the logo on the title sequence was replaced by the 2020 variation of the Doctor Who logo, which while similar had been subtly redesign - this worried fans, as in future, when different logos were in use, CBS may go onto change that to the 2020 logo as well. Additionally, a change which fans were even less fond of, was the fact that every title card on every episode had been changed from the original to the new 2021 unified title card design. While all 13 episodes were released on Paramount+ at the same time, BBC Two aired them over a period of 13 weeks, however, BBC iPlayer released them simultaneously with Paramount+.
Season 7 was released in August 2021, and was similar to Season 6 in its look, feel, format and release. Like with Season 6, some of the stories were reordered to suit the Remastered running order better. Also, in order to complete the entire Jon Pertwee era in this 13 episode season, it was decided to introduce 2 double-part episodes, the first being the original 6-parter The Green Death, and the second Jon Pertwee's finale, Planet of the Spiders, which was originally only 4 episodes and thus wasn't abridged like the other episodes, only remastered - which also served as the finale for the season. The Season 6 title sequence remained in place for the season, including the final 5 serials of the original Season 11.
Series Overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired (U.S.) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||
| 1 | 13 | 23 November 1999 | 15 February 2000 | UPN | ||
| 2 | 13 | 26 September 2000 | 19 December 2000 | |||
| 3 | 10 | 18 September 2001 | 20 November 2001 | |||
| 4 | 13 | 10 September 2002 | 3 December 2002 | |||
| 5 | 13 | 26 August 2003 | 18 November 2003 | |||
| 6 | 13 | 4 March 2021 | Paramount+ | |||
| 7 | 13 | 12 August 2021 | ||||
| 8 | 13 | 6 January 2022 | ||||
| 9 | 13 | 5 August 2022 | ||||
| 10 | 13 | 30 March 2023 | ||||
| 11 | 13 | 24 August 2023 | 18 November 2023 | |||
List of Episodes
Season 1
| Episode | No. | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 1 | An Unearthly Child | 23 November 1999 |
| 02 | 2 | The Daleks, Part One | 30 November 1999 |
| 03 | 3 | The Daleks, Part Two | 7 December 1999 |
| 04 | 4 | The Edge of Destruction | 14 December 1999 |
| 05 | 5 | The Keys of Marinus | 21 December 1999 |
| 06 | 6 | The Aztecs | 28 December 1999 |
| 07 | 7 | The Sensorites | 4 January 2000 |
| 08 | 8 | The Reign of Terror, Part One (partially-animated) | 11 January 2000 |
| 09 | 9 | The Reign of Terror, Part Two (animated) | 18 January 2000 |
| 10 | 10 | Marco Polo (animated) | 25 January 2000 |
| 11 | 11 | Planet of Giants | 1 February 2000 |
| 12 | 12 | The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Part One | 8 February 2000 |
| 13 | 13 | The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Part Two | 15 February 2000 |
Season 2
| Episode | No. | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | The Rescue | 26 September 2000 |
| 15 | 2 | The Romans | 3 October 2000 |
| 16 | 3 | The Web Planet | 10 October 2000 |
| 17 | 4 | The Crusade (partially-animated) | 17 October 2000 |
| 18 | 5 | The Space Museum | 24 October 2000 |
| 19 | 6 | The Chase, Part One | 31 October 2000 |
| 20 | 7 | The Chase, Part Two | 7 November 2000 |
| 21 | 8 | The Time Meddler | 14 November 2000 |
| 22 | 9 | Galaxy Four (animated) | 21 November 2000 |
| 23 | 10 | The Myth Makers (animated) | 28 November 2000 |
| 24 | 11 | The Daleks' Master Plan, Part One (animated) | 5 December 2000 |
| 25 | 12 | The Daleks' Master Plan, Part Two (partially-animated) | 12 December 2000 |
| 26 | 13 | The Daleks' Master Plan, Part Three (partially-animated) | 19 December 2000 |
Season 3
| Episode | No. | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | The Massacre (animated) | 18 September 2001 |
| 28 | 2 | The Ark | 25 September 2001 |
| 29 | 3 | The Celestial Toymaker (partially-animated) | 2 October 2001 |
| 30 | 4 | The Gunfighters | 9 October 2001 |
| 31 | 5 | The Savages (animated) | 16 October 2001 |
| 32 | 6 | The War Machines, Part One | 23 October 2001 |
| 33 | 7 | The War Machines, Part Two | 30 October 2001 |
| 34 | 8 | The Smugglers (animated) | 6 November 2001 |
| 35 | 9 | The Tenth Planet, Part One | 13 November 2001 |
| 36 | 10 | The Tenth Planet, Part Two (partially-animated) | 20 November 2001 |
Season 4
| Episode | No. | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 1 | The Power of the Daleks (animated) | 10 September 2002 |
| 38 | 2 | The Highlanders (animated) | 17 September 2002 |
| 39 | 3 | The Underwater Menace (animated) | 24 September 2002 |
| 40 | 4 | The Moonbase (partially-animated) | 1 October 2002 |
| 41 | 5 | The Macra Terror (animated) | 8 October 2002 |
| 42 | 6 | The Faceless Ones, Part One (partially-animated) | 15 October 2002 |
| 43 | 7 | The Faceless Ones, Part Two (animated) | 22 October 2002 |
| 44 | 8 | The Evil of the Daleks (partially-animated) | 29 October 2002 |
| 45 | 9 | The Tomb of the Cybermen, Part One | 5 November 2002 |
| 46 | 10 | The Tomb of the Cybermen, Part Two | 12 November 2002 |
| 47 | 11 | The Abominable Snowmen (partially-animated) | 19 November 2002 |
| 48 | 12 | The Ice Warriors, Part One (partially-animated) | 26 November 2002 |
| 49 | 13 | The Ice Warriors, Part Two | 3 December 2002 |
Season 5
| Episode | No. | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 1 | The Enemy of the World (animated) | 26 August 2003 |
| 51 | 2 | The Web of Fear (animated) | 2 September 2003 |
| 52 | 3 | Fury from the Deep (animated) | 9 September 2003 |
| 53 | 4 | The Wheel in Space (partially-animated) | 16 September 2003 |
| 54 | 5 | The Dominators | 23 September 2003 |
| 55 | 6 | The Mind Robber | 30 September 2003 |
| 56 | 7 | The Invasion, Part One (partially-animated) | 7 October 2003 |
| 57 | 8 | The Invasion, Part Two | 14 October 2003 |
| 58 | 9 | The Krotons | 21 October 2003 |
| 59 | 10 | The Seeds of Death | 28 October 2003 |
| 60 | 11 | The Space Pirates (partially-animated) | 4 November 2003 |
| 61 | 12 | The War Games, Part One | 11 November 2003 |
| 62 | 13 | The War Games, Part Two | 18 November 2003 |
Season 6
| Episode | No. | Title | Original Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streaming Release | Air Dates | |||
| 63 | 1 | Spearhead from Space | 4 March 2021 | 6 March 2021 |
| 64 | 2 | The Silurians | 4 March 2021 | 13 March 2021 |
| 65 | 3 | The Ambassadors of Death | 4 March 2021 | 20 March 2021 |
| 66 | 4 | Inferno | 4 March 2021 | 27 March 2021 |
| 67 | 5 | Terror of the Autons | 4 March 2021 | 3 April 2021 |
| 68 | 6 | The Mind of Evil | 4 March 2021 | 10 April 2021 |
| 69 | 7 | The Claws of Axos | 4 March 2021 | 17 April 2021 |
| 70 | 8 | The Dæmons | 4 March 2021 | 24 April 2021 |
| 71 | 9 | Colony in Space | 4 March 2021 | 1 May 2021 |
| 72 | 10 | Day of the Daleks | 4 March 2021 | 8 May 2021 |
| 73 | 11 | The Curse of Peladon | 4 March 2021 | 15 May 2021 |
| 74 | 12 | The Mutants | 4 March 2021 | 22 May 2021 |
| 75 | 13 | The Sea Devils | 4 March 2021 | 29 May 2021 |
Season 7
| Episode | No. | Title | Original Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streaming Release | Air Dates | |||
| 76 | 1 | The Three Doctors | 12 August 2021 | 14 August 2021 |
| 77 | 2 | Carnival of Monsters | 12 August 2021 | 21 August 2021 |
| 78 | 3 | The Time Monster | 12 August 2021 | 28 August 2021 |
| 79 | 4 | Frontier in Space | 12 August 2021 | 4 September 2021 |
| 80 | 5 | Planet of the Daleks | 12 August 2021 | 11 September 2021 |
| 81 | 6 | The Green Death, Part One | 12 August 2021 | 18 September 2021 |
| 82 | 7 | The Green Death, Part Two | 12 August 2021 | 25 September 2021 |
| 83 | 8 | The Time Warrior | 12 August 2021 | 2 October 2021 |
| 84 | 9 | The Invasion of the Dinosaurs | 12 August 2021 | 9 October 2021 |
| 85 | 10 | Death to the Daleks | 12 August 2021 | 16 October 2021 |
| 86 | 11 | The Monster of Peladon | 12 August 2021 | 23 October 2021 |
| 87 | 12 | Planet of Spiders, Part One | 12 August 2021 | 30 October 2021 |
| 88 | 13 | Planet of Spiders, Part Two | 12 August 2021 | 6 November 2021 |
Season 8
| Episode | No. | Title | Original Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streaming Release | Air Dates | |||
| 89 | 1 | Robot | 6 January 2022 | 8 January 2022 |
| 90 | 2 | The Ark in Space | 6 January 2022 | 15 January 2022 |
| 91 | 3 | The Sontaran Experiment | 6 January 2022 | 22 January 2022 |
| 92 | 4 | Genesis of the Daleks | 6 January 2022 | 29 January 2022 |
| 93 | 5 | Revenge of the Cybermen | 6 January 2022 | 5 February 2022 |
| 94 | 6 | Terror of the Zygons | 6 January 2022 | 12 February 2022 |
| 95 | 7 | Planet of Evil | 6 January 2022 | 19 February 2022 |
| 96 | 8 | Pyramids of Mars | 6 January 2022 | 26 February 2022 |
| 97 | 9 | The Android Invasion | 6 January 2022 | 5 March 2022 |
| 98 | 10 | The Brain of Morbius | 6 January 2022 | 12 March 2022 |
| 99 | 11 | The Seeds of Doom | 6 January 2022 | 19 March 2022 |
| 100 | 12 | The Masque of Mandragora | 6 January 2022 | 26 March 2022 |
| 101 | 13 | The Hand of Fear | 6 January 2022 | 2 April 2022 |
Season 9
| Episode | No. | Title | Original Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streaming Release | Air Dates | |||
| 102 | 1 | The Deadly Assassin | 25 August 2022 | 27 August 2022 |
| 103 | 2 | The Face of Evil | 25 August 2022 | 3 September 2022 |
| 104 | 3 | The Robots of Death | 25 August 2022 | 10 September 2022 |
| 105 | 4 | The Talons of Weng-Chiang | 25 August 2022 | 17 September 2022 |
| 106 | 5 | Horror of Fang Rock | 25 August 2022 | 24 September 2022 |
| 107 | 6 | The Invisible Enemy | 25 August 2022 | 1 October 2022 |
| 108 | 7 | Image of the Fendahl | 25 August 2022 | 8 October 2022 |
| 109 | 8 | The Sun Makers | 25 August 2022 | 15 October 2022 |
| 110 | 9 | Underworld | 25 August 2022 | 22 October 2022 |
| 111 | 10 | The Key to Time, Part One | 25 August 2022 | 29 October 2022 |
| 112 | 11 | The Key to Time, Part Two | 25 August 2022 | 5 November 2022 |
| 113 | 12 | The Key to Time, Part Three | 25 August 2022 | 12 November 2022 |
| 114 | 13 | The Key to Time, Part Four | 25 August 2022 | 19 November 2022 |
Season 10
| Episode | No. | Title | Original Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streaming Release | Air Dates | |||
| 115 | 1 | Destiny of the Daleks | 30 March 2023 | 1 April 2023 |
| 116 | 2 | The Creature from the Pit | 30 March 2023 | 8 April 2023 |
| 117 | 3 | Nightmare of Eden | 30 March 2023 | 15 April 2023 |
| 118 | 4 | The Horns of Nimon | 30 March 2023 | 22 April 2023 |
| 119 | 5 | City of Death, Part One | 30 March 2023 | 29 April 2023 |
| 120 | 6 | City of Death, Part Two | 30 March 2023 | 6 May 2023 |
| 121 | 7 | The Leisure Hive | 30 March 2023 | 13 May 2023 |
| 122 | 8 | Meglos | 30 March 2023 | 20 May 2023 |
| 123 | 9 | Full Circle | 30 March 2023 | 27 May 2023 |
| 124 | 10 | State of Decay | 30 March 2023 | 3 June 2023 |
| 125 | 11 | Warriors' Gate | 30 March 2023 | 10 June 2023 |
| 126 | 12 | The Keeper of Traken | 30 March 2023 | 17 June 2023 |
| 127 | 13 | Logopolis | 30 March 2023 | 24 June 2023 |
Season 11
| Episode | No. | Title | Original Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streaming Release | Air Dates | |||
| 127 | 1 | Castrovalva | 24 August 2023 | 26 August 2023 |
| 128 | 2 | Four to Doomsday | 24 August 2023 | 2 September 2023 |
| 129 | 3 | Kinda | 24 August 2023 | 2 September 2023 |
| 130 | 4 | The Visitation | 24 August 2023 | 16 September 2023 |
| 131 | 5 | Black Orchid | 24 August 2023 | 23 September 2023 |
| 131 | 6 | Earthshock | 24 August 2023 | 30 September 2023 |
| 132 | 7 | Time-Flight | 24 August 2023 | 7 October 2023 |
| 133 | 8 | Arc of Infinity | 24 August 2023 | 14 October 2023 |
| 134 | 9 | Snakedance | 24 August 2023 | 21 October 2023 |
| 135 | 10 | Mawdryn Undead | 24 August 2023 | 28 October 2023 |
| 136 | 11 | Terminus | 24 August 2023 | 4 November 2023 |
| 137 | 12 | Enlightenment | 24 August 2023 | 11 November 2023 |
| 138 | 13 | The Five Doctors | 18 November 2023 | 18 November 2023 |
Home Media Releases
To be added.
Footnotes
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