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.
Ruby Sunday and Kate Lethbridge-Stewart
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Doctor Who shown on 12th June
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1965: The Chase: Journey Into TerrorThe Doctor tries to outrun a group of Daleks who are pursuing in their own time machine
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1971: The Dæmons: Episode FourThe Master summons a daemon, Azal, in the hope of receiving Azal's powers
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2005: Bad Wolf (repeated)The Dalek race has been manipulating the human race in order to rebuild
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2010: The LodgerAfter the TARDIS disappears the Doctor becomes a lodger on Earth
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2013: Let's Kill Hitler (repeated)The Doctor's hunt for Amy's baby takes him to a confrontation in 1930's Berlin
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2013: Night Terrors (repeated)The Doctor helps a young boy who fears that monsters are lurking in his bedroom