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.
The Twelfth Doctor and Clara
fromThe Doctor: Listen, it's lovely talking to you, but I've really got to get on. I'm a caretaker now. Look, I've got a brush.
Clara: Doctor, is there an alien in this school?
The Doctor: Yes, me.
Doctor Who shown on 29th October
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1966: The Tenth Planet: Episode 4The Cybermen launch the first of many attacks on Earth
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1977: Image Of The Fendahl: Part OneA human skull is discovered and found to be over twelve million years old
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2009: Planet Of The Dead (repeated)The Doctor is transported to an alien planet in a London bus
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2010: The Lazarus Experiment (repeated)Professor Lazarus has created a device that can extend life
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2010: 42 (repeated)The TARDIS materialises on a spaceship that is hurtling towards the sun
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2022: The Power Of The Doctor (repeated)The Doctor must fight for her very existence against her deadliest enemies the Daleks, the Cybermen, and the Master.