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.
Belinda Chandra and Hassan Chowdry
fromBelinda: What happens in Blink?
Hassan Chowdry: It's this story where you're not allowed to blink.
Belinda: Well that sounds like an absolute epic.
Doctor Who shown on 13th May
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1967: The Faceless Ones: Episode 6People travelling with Chameleon Tours have been disappearing
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1972: The Mutants: Episode SixThe Time Lords send the Doctor and Jo on a mission to deliver a sealed message pod
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2006: Rise Of The CybermenThe Doctor and Rose face the terrifying Cybermen on an alternate Earth
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2009: Daleks In Manhattan (repeated)In 1930s New York the Daleks of the Cult of Skaro are experimenting on humans
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2011: The Curse Of The Black Spot (repeated)The Doctor, Amy and Rory are trapped on a pirate ship that is being attacked
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2017: Knock Knock (repeated)Why do floorboards creak? When a sinister landlord shows Bill and her friends the perfect house-share, they have no idea what lies ahead...
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2017: OxygenTrapped on a space station with no oxygen, the Doctor, Bill and Nardole are horrified to discover the automated spacesuits keeping them alive are also trying to kill them