Doctor Who In Detail is a guide to the long running BBC Television programme Doctor Who. The first episode was broadcast in 1963, and the programme celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2023, making Doctor Who the longest running science fiction television programme.
Fourteen actors have portrayed the role of the Doctor in the television series (excluding stand-ins) with David Tennant returning to the role as the Fourteenth Doctor in 2023. Ncuti Gatwa, the Fifteenth Doctor, recently completed his second series with a mysterious regeneration.
Ruby: Everyone just stay inside. Call your friends, your family, and just tell them to stay indoors, all right?
Man: Sorry, love, who put you in charge?
Ruby: Or go and get some fresh air, big man, see what happens.
Doctor Who shown on 22nd July
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2005: Rose (repeated)The latest regeneration of the Doctor meets a new companion in London
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2007: Human Nature (repeated)Hiding from alien pursuers the TARDIS arrives on Earth, 1913; and the Doctor becomes human
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2008: The Doctor's Daughter (repeated)The Doctor's fight becomes a personal matter on Messaline
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2009: World War Three (repeated)London, 2005: The Slitheen family plan to make Earth radioactive, and then sell it
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2011: Vincent And The Doctor (repeated)The Doctor notices a face in a Van Gogh painting and decides to pay him a visit