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.
Doctor: Why are you calling me madam?
Yaz: Because you're a woman.
Doctor: Am I? Does it suit me?
Yaz: What?
Doctor: Oh, yeah! I remember. Sorry, half an hour ago I was a white-haired Scotsman.
Doctor Who shown on 18th October
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1975: Planet Of Evil: Part FourA scientist plans to use anti-matter from Zeta-Minor, but an anti-matter entity retaliates
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1980: Meglos: Part FourMeglos, afer creating a duplicate of the Doctor, plans to destroy the planet of Tigella
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1986: Mindwarp: Part SevenThe evidence against the Doctor continues with Thoros Beta
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1989: Ghost Light: Part ThreeWhat secrets are hidden in a house Ace later blew up?
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2006: Army Of Ghosts (repeated)Ghosts are appearing starting an invasion
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2006: Doomsday (repeated)Ghosts are appearing starting an invasion
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2009: The Unicorn And The Wasp (repeated)The Doctor and Donna meet Agatha Christie
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2010: Daleks In Manhattan (repeated)In 1930s New York the Daleks of the Cult of Skaro are experimenting on humans
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2014: FlatlineWith the Doctor trapped in the TARDIS Clara has to assume his role
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2025: Amy's Choice (repeated)Five years after Amy Pond last travelled with the Doctor he re-enters her life
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2025: The Hungry Earth (repeated)A drilling project unearths more than the organisers expected