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.
Thirteen actors have portrayed the role of the Doctor in the television series (excluding stand-ins) with David Tennant returning as the Fourteenth Doctor in 2023. Ncuti Gatwa, will become the Fifteenth Doctor for the next series in 2024.
The Eighth Doctor and Doctor Grace Holloway.
fromThe Doctor: Come with me.
Grace: You come with me.
The Doctor: Me come with you?
Grace: Yes.
The Doctor: Me come with you? ... It's tempting.
Doctor Who shown on Thursday, March 28,
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1964: Marco Polo: Mighty Kublai KhanCentral Asia, 1289: The Doctor gambles, and loses, the TARDIS to the Kublai Kahn
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2014: The Lodger (repeated)After the TARDIS disappears the Doctor becomes a lodger on Earth
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2014: The Pandorica Opens (repeated)The TARDIS exploding causes the end of, and the start of, the Universe
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2015: Death In Heaven (repeated)After Danny's death the Doctor helps Clara to find him