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.
Mike Gabbastone and the Fifteenth Doctor
fromMike: Look, that's 100,000 people. Frozen and suspended in space. To reach them, and catch them, and revive every single one of them... You'd need to be some sort of insane genius.
The Doctor. Hello. I'm the Doctor.
Doctor Who shown on 11th November
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1967: The Ice Warriors: OneThe Ice Warriors plan to colonise Earth during the second ice-age
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1978: The Stones Of Blood: Part ThreeFor 4,000 years the Cessair of Diplos has been hiding on Earth
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1981: The Krotons: Episode 3 (repeated)The Krotons, held in suspended animation, need mental energy to reawaken
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2018: Demons Of The PunjabIndia 1947. The Doctor and her friends arrive in the Punjab. As demons haunt the land, can Yaz discover the hidden story of her grandmother's life?