List of working titles

Several stories have had different working titles than the finished stories.

Season 1

 * An Unearthly Child - 100,000 BC The Tribe of Gum
 * The Daleks - The Dead Planet, Beyond the Sun, The Mutants
 * The Edge of Destruction - Inside the Spaceship
 * Marco Polo - A Journey to Cathay

Season 2

 * Planet of Giants - Death in the Afternoon and The Miniscules
 * The Dalek Invasion of Earth - The Daleks, The Invaders, The Return of the Daleks and The Daleks in Europe
 * The Rescue - Doctor Who and Tanni
 * The Web Planet - The Centre of Terror and The Zarbi
 * The Crusade - The Saracen Hordes
 * The Chase - The Pursuers
 * The Time Meddler - The Monk

Season 3

 * Galaxy 4 - The Chumblies
 * The Myth Makers - The Mythmakers, The Myth-Makers, The Trojans and The Trojan Horse
 * The Daleks' Master Plan - The Daleks (Part IV), Battle of Wits and The Dalek Master Plan
 * The Celestial Toymaker - The Trilogic Game and The Toymaker
 * The Gunfighters - The Gun-Fighters and The Gunslingers
 * The Savages - The White Savages
 * The War Machines - The Computers

Season 4

 * The Power of the Daleks - The Destiny of Doctor Who
 * The Highlanders - Culloden
 * The Underwater Menace - The Fish People, Doctor Who Under the Sea, Under the Sea and Atlanta
 * The Moonbase - The Return of the Cybermen
 * The Macra Terror - The Spidermen, The Spidermen!, The Insect-Men and The Macra
 * The Faceless Ones - The Chameleons

Season 5

 * The Tomb of the Cybermen - The Ice Tombs of Telos and The Cybermen Planet
 * Fury from the Deep - The Colony of Devils
 * The Wheel in Space - The Space Wheel

Season 6

 * The Dominators - The Beautiful People
 * The Mind Robber - Another World, Man Power and The Fact of Fiction
 * The Invasion - Return of the Cybermen
 * The Krotons - The Trap and The Space Trap

Season 7

 * Spearhead from Space - Facsimile
 * Doctor Who and the Silurians - The Monsters
 * The Ambassadors of Death - The Invaders from Mars, Invaders from Mars and The Carriers of Death
 * Inferno - The Mo-Hole Project, Operation: Mole-Bore, The Mole-Bore and Project Inferno

Season 8

 * The Claws of Axos - Doctor Who and the Gift, The Friendly Invasion, The Axons and The Vampire from Space
 * Colony in Space - Colony
 * The Dæmons - The Demons

Season 9

 * Day of the Daleks - The Ghost Hunters, Years of Doom, The Time Warriors and Ghosts
 * The Curse of Peladon - The Curse and Curse Of The Peladons
 * The Sea Devils - The Sea Silurians
 * The Mutants -  Independence and The Emergents

Season 10

 * The Three Doctors - Deathworld and The Black Hole
 * Carnival of Monsters - The Labyrinth and Peepshow
 * Frontier in Space - Frontier
 * Planet of the Daleks - Destination Daleks

Season 11

 * The Time Warrior - The Time Fugitive and The Time Survivor
 * Invasion of the Dinosaurs - Bridgehead from Space and Timescoop
 * Death to the Daleks - The Exilons and The Exxilons

Season 12

 * The Sontaran Experiment - The Destructors
 * Genesis of the Daleks -  Genesis of Terror and Daleks: Genesis of Terror
 * Revenge of the Cybermen - The Revenge of the Cybermen and Return of the Cybermen

Season 13

 * Terror of the Zygons - Loch Ness, The Secret Of The Loch, Secret Of Loch Ness, The Loch Ness Monster and The Zygons.
 * The Android Invasion - The Kraals, The Kraal Invasion, The Enemy Within and Return to Sukannan.

Season 14

 * The Masque of Mandragora - Catacombs Of Death, Doom Of Destiny, Secret Of The Labyrinth and The Curse Of Mandragora
 * The Deadly Assassin - The Dangerous Assassin
 * The Robots of Death - The Storm-Mine Murders and Planet Of The Robots

Season 15

 * Horror of Fang Rock - The Rocks Of Doom, The Monster Of Fang Rock and The Beast Of Rang Rock
 * The Invisible Enemy - The Enemy Within, The Invader Within and The Invisible Invader.

Season 16

 * The Stones of Blood - The Nine Maidens and The Stones of Time
 * The Androids of Tara - The Androids of Zenda, The Androids of Zend, The Prisoners of Zend and The Seeds of Time
 * The Power of Kroll - Moon of Death, Horror of the Swamp

Season 17

 * City of Death - The Gamble with Time, The Time of the Sephiroth and Curse of the Sephiroth
 * Nightmare of Eden - Nightmare of Evil
 * Shada - Sunburst

Season 18

 * The Leisure Hive - The Argolins
 * Meglos - The Golden Pentangle, The Golden Pentagram, The Golden Star, The Last Sol-Fataran and The Last Zolfa-Thuran
 * Full Circle - The Planet that Slept
 * State of Decay - The Wasting, The Vampire Mutations and The Witch Lords
 * Warriors' Gate - Dream Time

Season 19

 * Castrovalva - The Visitor
 * Four to Doomsday - Day of Wrath
 * The Visitation - The Invasion of the Plague Men and Plague Rats

Season 20

 * Arc of Infinity - The Time Of Neman and The Time Of Omega
 * The Five Doctors - The Six Doctors

Season 21

 * Frontios - The Wanderers
 * Resurrection of the Daleks - Warhead, The Return and The Resurrection
 * Planet of Fire - The Planet of Fear

Season 22

 * Vengeance on Varos - Domain and Planet of Fear
 * The Mark of the Rani - Too Clever By Far and Enter The Rani
 * Revelation of the Daleks - The End of the Road

Season 23

 * Terror of the Vervoids - The Ultimate Foe and The Vervoids

Season 24

 * Time and the Rani - Strange Matter
 * Paradise Towers - Paradise Tower
 * Delta and the Bannermen - Flight of the Chimeron and The Flight of the Chimeron
 * Dragonfire - Absolute Zero, Pyramid In Space and The Pyramid's Treasure

Season 25

 * Remembrance of the Daleks - Nemesis of the Doctor
 * The Happiness Patrol - The Crooked Smile
 * Silver Nemesis - The Harbinger and Nemesis

Season 26

 * Battlefield - Storm Over Avallion
 * Ghost Light - The Bestiary and Life-Cycle
 * The Curse of Fenric - The Wolves of Fenric and Wolf-Time
 * Survival - Cat-Flap, The Survival and Blood Hunt

Season 1

 * An Unearthly Child; episode two, three and four - The Fire-Maker (Ep 2), The Cave of Skulls (Ep 3) and The Dawn of Knowledge (Ep 4)
 * The Daleks; episode six and seven - The Caves of Terror (Ep 6) and The Execution (Ep 7)
 * Marco Polo (TV story); episode three - The Cave of Five Hundred Eyes
 * The Reign of Terror; episode two - Guests of the Guillotine

Season 2

 * The Crusade; episodes two, three and four - Damsel in Distress (Ep 2), Changing Fortunes (Ep 3) and The Knight of Jaffa (Ep 4)
 * The Time Meddler; episode one - The Paradox

Season 3

 * Mission to the Unknown - Dalek Cutaway

Season 4

 * The Power of the Daleks; episodes three and four - Servants of Masters (Ep 3) and The Destiny of Doctor Who (Ep 4)
 * The Evil of the Daleks; episodes one, two, three, four, five, and seven - To Set A Trap... (Ep 1 ), The Net Tightens (Ep 2), A Trail of Strength (Ep 3), A Test of Skill (Ep 4), The Human Factor (Ep 5) and The End of the Daleks (Ep 7)

Season 5

 * The Mind Robber; episode one - Manpower (originally planned to have aired as a stand-alone episode)

Season 10

 * Planet of the Daleks; episode one, two, three, four, five and six - Destinus (Ep 1), Mission Survival (Ep 2), Pursued (Ep 3), Escape or Die (Ep 4), The Day Before Eternity (Ep 5) and Victory (Ep 6)

Season 12

 * Revenge of the Cybermen; episodes one, two, three and four - The Beacon in Space (Ep 1), The Plague Carriers (Ep 2), The Gold Miners (Ep 3) and The Battle for the Nerva (Ep 4)

Series 1

 * Rose - Rose Meets The Doctor 
 * The Unquiet Dead - The Crippingwell Horror, The Angels of Crippingwell
 * Aliens of London - Aliens of London Part One
 * World War Three - Aliens of London Part Two, 10 Downing Street
 * Dalek - Return of the Daleks, Creature of Lies, Absence of the Daleks
 * The Long Game - The Companion Who Couldn't
 * Father's Day - Wounded Time
 * The Empty Child - World War II
 * The Doctor Dances - Captain Jax 
 * Boom Town - Dining with Monsters
 * Bad Wolf - Gameshow World, The Parting of the Ways Part One

Series 2

 * New Earth - The Sunshine Camp
 * Tooth and Claw - Queen Victoria
 * School Reunion - Black Ops
 * The Girl in the Fireplace - Madame de Pompadour, Every Tick of My Heart, Reinette and the Lonely Angel, Loose Connection
 * Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel - Parallel World
 * The Idiot's Lantern - Mr Sandman, Sonic Doom and The One-Eyed Monster.
 * Love & Monsters - I Love the Doctor
 * Fear Her - Chloe Webber Destroys The World, You're a Bad Girl, Chloe Webber
 * Army of Ghosts - Torchwood Rises
 * Doomsday - Torchwood Falls

Series 3

 * Smith and Jones - Martha
 * The Shakespeare Code - Love's Labour's Won, Theatre of Doom
 * Gridlock - Chasing Fumes
 * Daleks in Manhattan - Daleks in New York
 * The Lazarus Experiment - The Madness of Professor Lazarus
 * Blink - Sally Sparrow and the Weeping Angels

Series 4

 * Voyage of the Damned - Starship Titanic
 * Forest of the Dead - River's Run, The Doctor Runs, Forest of the Night, Return of the Dead

2009 Specials

 * The Next Doctor - Return of the Cybermen (from trailer), Court of the CyberKing
 * The Waters of Mars - Red Christmas, Christmas on Mars
 * The End of Time - The Final Days of Planet Earth, The Nightmare Reigns, The Immortality Gate

Series 5

 * The Eleventh Hour - The Doctor Returns
 * Victory of the Daleks - The Dalek Project, The Dalek Tea Party
 * The Hungry Earth - The Ground Beneath Their Feet, Warm Planet
 * Vincent and the Doctor - Lend Me Your Ear
 * The Lodger - Something at the Top of the Stairs, Don't Go Up The Stairs 

Series 6

 * The Impossible Astronaut - The Year of the Moon
 * Day of the Moon - Look Behind You
 * The Curse of the Black Spot - Siren
 * The Doctor's Wife - Bigger on the Inside, The House of Nothing
 * The Almost People - Gangers
 * A Good Man Goes to War - Demons Run, His Darkest Hour
 * Night Terrors - What are Little Boys Made of?, House Call
 * The Girl Who Waited - The Visitors' Room, The Visiting Hour, Kindness. (For the working title The Green Anchor see: The Girl Who Waited myths section)
 * Closing Time - Carry-On Lodging, Everything Must Go, The Last Adventure, Three Cybermen and a Baby, The Lodger 2
 * The Wedding of River Song - The Wedding

Series 7

 * A Town Called Mercy - The Gunslinger, Mercy

Virgin New Adventures

 * Set Piece - Butterfly Wings

Working titles of episodes

 * A Girl's Best Friend - Sarah And K9 and One Girl And Her Dog.

The Sarah Jane Adventures
The series had the working title Sarah Jane Investigates.

Torchwood
Before conceiving of Torchwood as a Doctor Who spin-off, Russell T Davies had envisioned calling the fictional organisation and the series named after it Excalibur. Series 4 had the working title The New World.

Series 1

 * Everything Changes - Flotsam and Jetsam
 * Day One - New Girl
 * Cyberwoman - The Trouble With Lisa
 * They Keep Killing Suzie - They Keep Killing

K9
The series had the working title The K9 Adventures.

Series 1

 * Regeneration - The Feast of the Merons Part One
 * Liberation - The Feast of the Merons Part Two
 * The Last Oak Tree - The Last Oak Tree in England