Doctor Who In Detail
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 50th anniversary in 2013, making Doctor Who the longest running
science fiction television programme.
Thirteen actors have portrayed the role of the Doctor in the television series (excluding stand-ins) with Jodie Whittaker taking on role as the Thirteenth Doctor in 2018, the first time the Doctor has been portrayed by a woman.
Grace: I thought you were a doctor.
The Doctor: I thought you were a doctor.
Doctor Grace Holloway and the Eighth Doctor
Doctor Who shown on Thursday, April 15,
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1967: The Faceless Ones: Episode 2
People travelling with Chameleon Tours have been disappearing
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1972: The Mutants: Episode Two
The Time Lords send the Doctor and Jo on a mission to deliver a sealed message pod
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2006: New Earth
The Doctor and Rose stumble upon a "plague farm" in the far future
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2007: Gridlock (repeated)
In the far future, in New Earth, people are trapped in a perpetual roundabout
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2009: School Reunion (repeated)
The Doctor is reunited with old friends Sarah Jane Smith and K9
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2011: The Pandorica Opens (repeated)
The TARDIS exploding causes the end of, and the start of, the Universe
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2017: The Pilot
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.
Doctor Who on TV today Thursday, April 15,
No Doctor Who is scheduled to be shown today.