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.
One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then there must be no regrets. No tears. No anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs, and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine.
Doctor Who shown on Tuesday, February 3,
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1968: The Web Of Fear: Episode 1The Great Intelligence is able to try again when a Yeti is re-activated
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1973: Carnival Of Monsters: Episode TwoThe TARDIS lands inside a Miniscope where specimens are held in a loop
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1979: The Armageddon Factor: Part ThreeThe Black Guardian attempts to take the Key to Time from the Doctor
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1984: Frontios: Part FourThe Tractators have been creating tunnels with the aim of turning Frontios into a space vehicle
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2009: Tooth And Claw (repeated)Scotland, 1879: The Doctor must protect Queen Victoria from a werewolf
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2010: Fear Her (repeated)A girl breathes in a spore and gains the ability to make people disappear
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2012: School Reunion (repeated)The Doctor is reunited with old friends Sarah Jane Smith and K9
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2012: The Girl In The Fireplace (repeated)A spaceship from the 51st century is stalking a girl from the 18th