Doctor Who episodes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_serials

Included:
- Recommended "best" episodes
- Death and regeneration episodes
- Debuts and the most important arcs of Daleks, Cybermen, The Master
- Asterisks mean an episode is not generally included on recommendation lists, but it fits one of the other critera, as noted in parentheses

S1
An Unearthly Child (100 mins) (Watch the first episode, skip the rest)
The Daleks* (175 mins) (watch the first half, skip the rest)
The Edge of Destruction (50 mins)

S2
The Dalek Invasion of Earth (150 mins) (replace with The Daleks' Master Plan unless you can't stand reconstructions)

S3
The Daleks' Master Plan (300 mins, largely missing and reconstructed) (add)

S4
The Tenth Planet* (100 mins, episode 4 is missing but reconstructed) (death)
D2
The Power of the Daleks (150 mins, all missing and reconstructed) (regeneration)

S5
Tomb of the Cybermen (100 mins)
The Web of Fear

S6
The War Games (250 mins) (death)

S7 D3
Spearhead from Space* (100 mins) (regeneration)
Doctor Who and the Silurians (175 mins)
Inferno (175 mins)

S8
Terror of the Autons (100 mins)
The Daemons* (125 mins)

S9
The Sea Devils* (150 mins) (skip unless you like the Master)

S10
The Three Doctors (100 mins)
Frontier in Space* (150 mins) (skip unless you like the Master)
Planet of the Daleks* (150 mins) (concludes the story of Frontier in Space, can be skipped)

S11
The Time Warrior (100 mins)
Invasion of the Dinosaurs (150 mins)
Planet of the Spiders* (150 mins) (death)

S12 D4
Robot (100 mins) (regeneration)
The Ark in Space (100 mins)
The Sontaran Experiment (50 mins)
Genesis of the Daleks (150 mins)

___ = 51.66
2889 = 48.15
___ = 99.8

S13
Terror of the Zygons (100 mins)
Pyramids of Mars (100 mins)
Seeds of Doom (150 mins)

S14
The Deadly Assassin (100 mins)
The Robots of Death (100 mins)
Talons of Weing-Chiang (150 mins)

S15
Horror of Fang Rock (100 mins)

S16

S17
City of Death (100 mins)

S18
The Keeper of Traken* (100 mins) (skip unless you plan to watch Logopolis/like the Master)
Logopolis* (100 mins) (death)

S19 D5
Castrovalva* (100 mins) (regeneration)
Earthshock (100 mins)

S20

1983 Special
The Five Doctors (90 mins)

S21 D5
The Caves of Androzani (100 mins) (death)
D6
The Twin Dilemma** (100 mins) (regeneration, bad, skip unless you're morbidly curious)

S22
The Two Doctors (135 mins)
Revelation of the Daleks** (90 mins) (remove)

S23, "The Trial of a Time Lord"

S24 D7
Time and the Rani* (100 mins) (death/regeneration)

S25
Remembrance of the Daleks (100 mins)

S26
Battlefield (100 mins)
The Curse of Fenric (100 mins)
Survival* (75 mins)

D8
"Doctor Who" 1996 movie* (90 mins)

= 1795
  29.91 hours
+ 2 hours (Two Doctors)

13.25
81.66
68.41

18.3
69.99
= .857

TOTAL: 132 hours


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BEST EPISODES

D1
The Edge of Destruction/The Daleks (first 4 episodes)

D2
The Power of the Daleks/Tomb of the Cybermen?

D3
Invasion of the Dinosaurs

D4
The City of Death

D5
The Caves of Androzani

D6
The Two Doctors/The Twin Dilemma

D7
Remembrance of the Daleks


Second viewing:
- Introductory episodes for companions
- All important UNIT (Brigadier) episodes
- Pertwee's episodes that need re-viewing (Inferno)
- The Master's episodes with the Fifth Doctor
- The Daleks' Master Plan

Invasion of Time (Tom Baker with a rifle)
The Ark (disease)

Key to Time (giant octopus monster)
The Valeyard

The Snowman
Timelash
Companions: Romana, Leela, Ace, K-9, Jamie
Morbius
Brigadier/UNIT

[[Bracketed episodes are less important]]


S3 D1
The Myth Makers (Katarina)
The Dalek's Master Plan (Brigadier, companion death)
The Ark (disease)

D2

S4
The Highlanders (Jamie introduction)
[Evil of the Daleks (Jamie; Victoria introduction)]

S5
The Abominable Snowman (Yeti)
[The Ice Warriors (Jamie)]
The Web of Fear (Brigadier/UNIT introduction, Yeti)
[Fury from the Deep (Victoria leaves)
The Wheel in Space (Jamie)]

S6
The Invasion (Brigadier)

D3

S7
The Ambassadors of Death (Brigadier)

S8
The Mind of Evil (Brigadier)
The Claws of Axos (?) (Brigadier)

S9
Day of the Daleks (Brigadier)
The Time Monster (Brigadier)

S10
The Green Death (Brigadier; Jo Grant leaves)


D4

S13
Planet of Evil
The Brain of Morbius (Morbius)

S14
The Hand of Fear (Sarah Jane Smith leaves)
The Face of Evil (Leela introduction)

S15
The Invisible Enemy (K-9 introduction)
The Invasion of Time (Tom Baker with a rifle, Leela and K-9 leave)

S16: The Key to Time (giant octopus monster)
The Ribos Operation (Romana introduction)
[The Pirate Planet
The Stones of Blood
The Androids of Tara
The Power of Kroll]
The Armageddon Factor (Romana, Lalla Ward)

S17
Destiny of the Daleks (Romana regeneration)
The Creature from the Pit (K-9 mk II introduction)
[Nightmare of Eden (Romana, K-9)]
The Horns of Nimron (K-9 mk II leaves)

S18
[The Leisure Hive]
Meglos (Romana)
Full Circle (Romana; Adric introduction)
State of Decay (Romana, Adric)
Warriors' Gate (Romana leaves)

D5

S19
Time-Flight (The Master)

S20
Mawdryn Undead (Brigadier)
The King's Demons (Kamelion introduction)

S21
Resurrection of the Daleks (Tegan leaves)
Planet of Fire (Peri introduction)

D6

S22
Timelash

S23: The Trial of a Time Lord (The Valeyard)

D7

S24
Dragonfire (Ace introduction)