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Doctor Who: Series 11

10 episodes Premiered Oct 7, 2018 Updated Oct 3, 2026

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Produce a JSON object for "Doctor Who" Season 11. Constraints: Use ONLY provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES. No inventing/guessing (titles, names, dates, etc.). If a detail is missing, omit it. Style: Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose, plain text. No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points in the text fields. Output: Valid JSON only. JSON Keys: overvie

Previously on Doctor Who

Season 11 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Series 11 follows the Thirteenth Doctor as she initially searches for her lost TARDIS, inadvertently bringing Graham, Ryan, and Yasmin with her on her travels.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season overview

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Produce a JSON object for "Doctor Who" Season 11.
Constraints:
Use ONLY provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No inventing/guessing (titles, names, dates, etc.).
If a detail is missing, omit it.
Style: Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose, plain text.
No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points in the text fields.
Output: Valid JSON only.
JSON Keys:
overview: Factual 160-220 word summary of the season's narrative arc.
primer: Array of exactly 4 concise bullet points (but the prompt says "no bullet points" in the prose instructions, yet asks for an "array of exactly 4 concise bullet points". In JSON, an array is the structural equivalent of bullet points. I will provide 4 strings in the array).
TMDB Synopsis: Season 11 follows the Thirteenth Doctor. She initially searches for her lost TARDIS. She inadvertently brings Graham, Ryan, and Yasmin with her on her travels. All three later contemplate returning to their normal lives but decide to continue travelling with the Doctor.
Source 1: The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel.
Source 2: Cast and crew info (no specific plot/lore details).
Source 3: 2005 revival is a direct plot continuation of the 1963–1989 series and the 1996 film.
Source 4: Info about "Totally Doctor Who" (irrelevant to Season 11 plot).
Source 5: The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living.
Overview:
The Thirteenth Doctor begins the season on a search for her lost TARDIS. During this period of searching, she inadvertently brings Graham, Ryan, and Yasmin along on her travels. The Doctor is a Time Lord, a 900 year old alien with two hearts from a gifted civilization that mastered time travel. While the Doctor saves planets as a hobby, the companions Graham, Ryan, and Yasmin eventually face a period of contemplation regarding their roles. Although they consider returning to their normal lives, they ultimately make the decision to continue travelling with the Doctor. This season follows

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Season 11 Episodes

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Season 11: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S11·E1 Mytharc

The Woman Who Fell to Earth

Oct 7, 2018 · 63 min

“We don't get aliens in Sheffield.” In a South Yorkshire city, Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan and Graham O'Brien are about to have their lives changed forever, as a mysterious woman, u

S11·E2 Core

The Ghost Monument

Oct 14, 2018 · 49 min

Still reeling from their first encounter, can the Doctor and her new friends stay alive long enough, in a hostile alien environment, to solve the mystery of Desolation? And just wh

S11·E3 Core

Rosa

Oct 21, 2018 · 50 min

Montgomery, Alabama. 1955. The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America. As they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wonder w

S11·E4 Core

Arachnids in the UK

Oct 28, 2018 · 50 min

“Something's happening with the spiders in this city.” The Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan find their way back to Yorkshire - and Yaz's family - only to find something is stirring ami

S11·E5 Core

The Tsuranga Conundrum

Nov 4, 2018 · 51 min

Injured and stranded in the wilds of a far-flung galaxy, the Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan must band together with a group of strangers to survive against one of the universe's most

S11·E6 Core

Demons of the Punjab

Nov 11, 2018 · 51 min

India, 1947. The Doctor and her friends arrive in the Punjab, as India is being torn apart. While Yaz attempts to discover her grandmother's hidden history, the Doctor discovers de

S11·E7 Core

Kerblam!

Nov 18, 2018 · 49 min

“Delivery for the Doctor!” A mysterious message arrives in a package addressed to the Doctor, leading her, Graham, Yaz and Ryan to investigate the warehouse moon orbiting Kandoka,

S11·E8 Core

The Witchfinders

Nov 25, 2018 · 47 min

The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz arrive in 17th-century Lancashire and become embroiled in a witch trial run by the local landowner. As fear stalks the land, the arrival of King Ja

S11·E9 Mytharc

It Takes You Away

Dec 2, 2018 · 50 min

On the edge of a Norwegian fjord in the present day, the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz discover a boarded-up cottage and a girl named Hanne in need of their help. What has happened

S11·E10 Mytharc

The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

Dec 9, 2018 · 50 min

On the planet of Ranskoor Av Kolos, a battlefield, a conflict-scarred survivor, and a deadly reckoning await the Doctor, Ryan, Yaz and Graham.

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