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.
Didn't anyone ever tell you? There's one thing you never put in a trap. If you're smart, if you value your continued existence, if you have any plans about seeing tomorrow, there's one thing you never, ever, put in a trap. Me!
Doctor Who shown on Sunday, April 12,
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1969: The Space Pirates: Episode 6Space pirates have been destroying navigation beacons on the search for agonite
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1975: Genesis Of The Daleks: Part SixThe Doctor is sent on a mission by the Time Lords to destroy the Daleks
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2006: The Doctor Dances (repeated)Something is infecting people in London, 1941
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2006: Boom Town (repeated)Margaret plans to leave Earth by destroying the planet
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2008: The Fires Of PompeiiIn Pompeii, AD79, the Doctor and Donna face a moral crisis
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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 Beast Below (repeated)Aboard the Starship UK what is the secret that Liz Ten keeps forgetting?
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2013: The Rings Of Akhaten (repeated)An Old God awakens and threatens to devour the souls of the local population
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2025: The Robot RevolutionWhen robots from outer space kidnap Nurse Belinda Chandra, the Doctor embarks on an epic intergalactic quest to get his new friend back home to Earth