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 22 April
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1967: The Faceless Ones: Episode 3People travelling with Chameleon Tours have been disappearing
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1972: The Mutants: Episode ThreeThe Time Lords send the Doctor and Jo on a mission to deliver a sealed message pod
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2006: Tooth And ClawScotland, 1879: The Doctor must protect Queen Victoria from a werewolf
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2007: Daleks In Manhattan (repeated)In 1930s New York the Daleks of the Cult of Skaro are experimenting on humans
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2009: The Age Of Steel (repeated)The Doctor and Rose face the terrifying Cybermen on an alternate Earth
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2017: The Pilot (repeated)Two worlds collide when the Doctor meets Bill. A chance encounter with a girl with a star in her eye leads to a terrifying chase across time and space.
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2017: SmileThe Doctor takes Bill to a spectacular city on a distant planet - but where are the colonists? A band of 'cute' droids hold the deadly answer.