TV Since there wasn't a festive episode of Doctor Who this year thanks to Disney's dithering, I decided to watch The Christmas Invasion on it's twentieth anniversary. Most of it still stands up, especially David Tennant's entrance, a proper Deus ex Machina. It was so good, I have in mind to watch the rest of the revival before next year's Christmas special especially since there's a bunch of episodes I haven't seen since transmission.
But there are some definite rough patches so rather than taking the logic route of working through in chronological order which would inevitably lead to moments when I wouldn't necessarily want to go straight into the next episode. So why not watch them in transmission anniversary order across the year, juxtaposing the various eras, actors and approaches? Spirit of the DVD releases. Find the results below.
Some statistics. There are 139 unique dates in a year that feature an episode. Christmas Day obviously has the most episodes (15), with New Year's Day a close second (5) and the 11 May is third (3) episode. All the others have just one or two. The earliest a series premiered on 1st January with Series 12 and the latest was 31st October for Series 13 (which just goes to show how infrequent the transmission dates were in that period).
1 January
The End of Time (Part 2) (2010)
Resolution (2019)
Spyfall (Part 1) (2020)
Revolution of the Daleks (2021)
Eve of the Daleks (2022)
5 January
Spyfall (Part 2) (2020)
12 January
Orphan 55 (2020)
19 January
Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror (2020)
26 January
Fugitive of the Judoon (2020)
2 February
Praxeus (2020)
9 February
Can You Hear Me? (2020)
16 February
The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020)
23 February
Ascension of the Cybermen (Part 1) (2020)
1 March
The Timeless Children (Part 2) (2020)
30 March
The Bells of Saint John (2013)
31 March
Smith and Jones (2007)
3 April
The Eleventh Hour (2010)
5 April
Partners in Crime (2008)
6 April
The Rings of Akhaten (2013)
7 April
The Shakespeare Code (2007)
10 April
The Beast Below (2010)
11 April
Planet of the Dead (2009)
12 April
The Fires of Pompeii (2008)
The Robot Revolution (2025)
13 April
Cold War (2013)
14 April
Gridlock (2007)
The Ghost Monument (2018)
15 April
New Earth (2006)
The Pilot (2017)
17 April
Victory of the Daleks (2010)
Legend of the Sea Devils (2022)
19 April
Planet of the Ood (2008)
Lux (2025)
20 April
Hide (2013)
21 April
Daleks in Manhattan (Part 1) (2007)
Rosa (2018)
22 April
Tooth and Claw (2006)
Smile (2017)
23 April
The Impossible Astronaut (Part 1) (2011)
24 April
The Time of Angels (Part 1) (2010)
26 April
The Sontaran Stratagem (Part 1) (2008)
The Well (2025)
27 April
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (2013)
28 April
Evolution of the Daleks (Part 2) (2007)
Arachnids in the UK (2018)
29 April
School Reunion (2006)
Thin Ice (2017)
30 April
Day of the Moon (Part 2) (2011)
1 May
Flesh and Stone (Part 2) (2010)
3 May
The Poison Sky (Part 2) (2008)
Lucky Day (2025)
4 May
The Crimson Horror (2013)
5 May
The Lazarus Experiment (2007)
6 May
The Girl in the Fireplace (2006)
Knock Knock (2017)
7 May
The Curse of the Black Spot (2011)
8 May
The Vampires of Venice (2010)
10 May
The Doctor's Daughter (2008)
The Story and the Engine (2025)
11 May
Nightmare in Silver (2013)
Space Babies (2024)
The Devil's Chord (2024)
13 May
Rise of the Cybermen (Part 1) (2006)
Oxygen (2017)
14 May
The Doctor's Wife (2011)
15 May
Amy's Choice (2010)
17 May
The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008)
The Interstellar Song Contest (2025)
18 May
The Name of the Doctor (2013)
Boom (2024)
19 May
42 (2007)
20 May
The Age of Steel (Part 2) (2006)
Extremis (2017)
21 May
The Rebel Flesh (Part 1) (2011)
22 May
The Hungry Earth (Part 1) (2010)
24 May
Wish World (Part 1) (2025)
25 May
73 Yards (2024)
26 May
Human Nature (Part 1) (2007)
27 May
The Idiot's Lantern (2006)
The Pyramid at the End of the World (2017)
28 May
The Almost People (Part 2) (2011)
29 May
Cold Blood (Part 2) (2010)
31 May
Silence in the Library (Part 1) (2008)
The Reality War (Part 2) (2025)
1 June
Dot and Bubble (2024)
2 June
The Family of Blood (Part 2) (2007)
3 June
The Impossible Planet (Part 1) (2006)
The Lie of the Land (2017)
4 June
A Good Man Goes to War (2011)
5 June
Vincent and the Doctor (2010)
7 June
Forest of the Dead (Part 2) (2008)
8 June
Rogue (2024)
9 June
Blink (2007)
10 June
The Satan Pit (Part 2) (2006)
Empress of Mars (2017)
12 June
The Lodger (2010)
14 June
Midnight (2008)
15 June
The Legend of Ruby Sunday (Part 1) (2024)
16 June
Utopia (Part 1) (2007)
17 June
Love & Monsters (2006)
The Eaters of Light (2017)
19 June
The Pandorica Opens (Part 1) (2010)
21 June
Turn Left (2008)
22 June
Empire of Death (Part 2) (2024)
23 June
The Sound of Drums (Part 2) (2007)
24 June
Fear Her (2006)
World Enough and Time (Part 1) (2017)
26 June
The Big Bang (Part 2) (2010)
28 June
The Stolen Earth (Part 1) (2008)
30 June
Last of the Time Lords (Part 3) (2007)
1 July
Army of Ghosts (Part 1) (2006)
The Doctor Falls (Part 2) (2017)
5 July
Journey's End (Part 2) (2008)
8 July
Doomsday (Part 2) (2006)
23 August
Deep Breath (2014)
27 August
Let's Kill Hitler (2011)
30 August
Into the Dalek (2014)
1 September
Asylum of the Daleks (2012)
3 September
Night Terrors (2011)
6 September
Robot of Sherwood (2014)
8 September
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (2012)
10 September
The Girl Who Waited (2011)
13 September
Listen (2014)
15 September
A Town Called Mercy (2012)
17 September
The God Complex (2011)
19 September
The Magician's Apprentice (Part 1) (2015)
20 September
Time Heist (2014)
22 September
The Power of Three (2012)
23 September
Closing Time (2011)
26 September
The Witch's Familiar (Part 2) (2015)
27 September
The Caretaker (2014)
29 September
The Angels Take Manhattan (2012)
1 October
The Wedding of River Song (2011)
3 October
Under the Lake (Part 1) (2015)
4 October
Kill the Moon (2014)
7 October
The Woman Who Fell to Earth (2018)
10 October
Before the Flood (Part 2) (2015)
11 October
Mummy on the Orient Express (2014)
14 October
The Ghost Monument (2018)
17 October
The Girl Who Died (2015)
18 October
Flatline (2014)
21 October
Rosa (2018)
23 October
The Power of the Doctor (2022)
24 October
The Woman Who Lived (2015)
25 October
In the Forest of the Night (2014)
28 October
Arachnids in the UK (2018)
31 October
The Zygon Invasion (Part 1) (2015)
The Halloween Apocalypse (Chapter One) (2021)
1 November
Dark Water (Part 1) (2014)
4 November
The Tsuranga Conundrum (2018)
7 November
The Zygon Inversion (Part 2) (2015)
War of the Sontarans (Chapter Two) (2021)
8 November
Death in Heaven (Part 2) (2014)
11 November
Demons of the Punjab (2018)
14 November
Sleep No More (2015)
Once, Upon Time (Chapter Three) (2021)
15 November
The Waters of Mars (2009)
18 November
Kerblam! (2018)
21 November
Face the Raven (2015)
Village of the Angels (Chapter Four) (2021)
23 November
The Day of the Doctor (2013)
25 November
The Witchfinders (2018)
The Star Beast (2023)
28 November
Heaven Sent (2015)
Survivors of the Flux (Chapter Five) (2021)
2 December
It Takes You Away (2018)
Wild Blue Yonder (2023)
5 December
Hell Bent (2015)
The Vanquishers (Chapter Six) (2021)
9 December
The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos (2018)
The Giggle (2023)
25 December
The Christmas Invasion (2005)
The Runaway Bride (2006)
Voyage of the Damned (2007)
The Next Doctor (2008)
The End of Time (Part 1) (2009)
A Christmas Carol (2010)
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (2011)
The Snowmen (2012)
The Time of the Doctor (2013)
Last Christmas (2014)
The Husbands of River Song (2015)
The Return of Doctor Mysterio (2016)
Twice Upon a Time (2017)
The Church on Ruby Road (2023)
Joy to the World (2024)
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