<P> The first series of the 2005 revival of the British science fiction programme Doctor Who began on 26 March 2005 with the episode `` Rose '' . This marked the end of the programme 's 16 - year absence from episodic television following its cancellation in 1989 , and was the first new televised Doctor Who story since the broadcast of the television movie starring Paul McGann in 1996 . The finale episode , `` The Parting of the Ways '' , was broadcast on 18 June 2005 . The show was revived by longtime Doctor Who fan Russell T Davies , who had been lobbying the BBC since the late 1990s to bring the show back . The first series comprised 13 episodes , eight of which Davies wrote . Davies , Julie Gardner and Mal Young served as executive producers , Phil Collinson as producer . </P>
<P> The first series of the 2005 revival of the British science fiction programme Doctor Who began on 26 March 2005 with the episode `` Rose '' . This marked the end of the programme 's 16 - year absence from episodic television following its cancellation in 1989 , and was the first new televised Doctor Who story since the broadcast of the television movie starring Paul McGann in 1996 . The finale episode , `` The Parting of the Ways '' , was broadcast on 18 June 2005 . The show was revived by longtime Doctor Who fan Russell T Davies , who had been lobbying the BBC since the late 1990s to bring the show back . The first series comprised 13 episodes , eight of which Davies wrote . Davies , Julie Gardner and Mal Young served as executive producers , Phil Collinson as producer . </P>
when did doctor who come back in 2005
when did doctor who come back in 2005
26 March
26 March