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.
The Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda Chandra
fromDoctor: And look - the main difference between humans and Missbelindachandrakind... Instead of the kidneys and the liver, all the detox is carried out here in an organ called the pasculum.
Belinda: It's like a second diaphragm.
Doctor: Exactly. The diaphragm kind of protects it like a sheath.
Belinda: Is that better or worse than humans?
Doctor: If you start deciding which body is best, you're going down a very dangerous path.
Doctor Who shown on 25th May
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1968: The Wheel In Space: Episode 5The Cybermen use Cybermats to attack a space station as part of an invasion plan
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1974: Planet Of The Spiders: Part FourUsing meditations giant spiders form a bridge from Metebelis 3 to Earth
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2006: The Girl In The Fireplace (repeated)A spaceship from the 51st century is stalking a girl from the 18th
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2007: 42 (repeated)The TARDIS materialises on a spaceship that is hurtling towards the sun
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2009: The Family Of Blood (repeated)Hiding from alien pursuers the TARDIS arrives on Earth, 1913; and the Doctor becomes human
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2012: Flesh And Stone (repeated)A ship crashes on a planet where the Weeping Angels were waiting
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2012: The Vampires Of Venice (repeated)16th century Venice, sealed due to the plague. But something alien is living inside
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2024: 73 YardsLanding on the Welsh coast the Doctor and Ruby embark on the strangest journey of their lives. In a rain-lashed pub, the locals sit in fear of ancient legends coming to life.