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 Grace Holloway and the Eighth Doctor
fromGrace: I thought you were a doctor.
The Doctor: I thought you were a doctor.
Doctor Who shown on 24th May
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1969: The War Games: Episode 6People have been kidnapped and set down in recreations of their own time zones to fight
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2006: School Reunion (repeated)The Doctor is reunited with old friends Sarah Jane Smith and K9
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2010: The Hungry Earth (repeated)A drilling project unearths more than the organisers expected
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2013: The Name Of The Doctor (repeated)The Doctor is forced to visit Trenzalore... and his tomb
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2024: Boom (repeated)Caught in the middle of a devastating war on Kastarion 3, the Doctor is trapped in place by a landmine that will go off if he moves.
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2025: Wish WorldTraps are sprung and old enemies unite as the Doctor and Belinda finally arrive home to find a very different world. Can the Doctor see the truth before midnight arrives?