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.
Ruby: Everyone just stay inside. Call your friends, your family, and just tell them to stay indoors, all right?
Man: Sorry, love, who put you in charge?
Ruby: Or go and get some fresh air, big man, see what happens.
Doctor Who shown on 17th May
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1969: The War Games: Episode 5People have been kidnapped and set down in recreations of their own time zones to fight
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2008: The Unicorn And The WaspThe Doctor and Donna meet Agatha Christie
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2010: Amy's Choice (repeated)Five years after Amy Pond last travelled with the Doctor he re-enters her life
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2013: Nightmare In Silver (repeated)The Doctor and Clara find an old menace in a galactic theme park
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2014: A Town Called Mercy (repeated)A rogue cyborg tracks down the doctor who experimented on him
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2024: Space Babies (repeated)Ruby learns the Doctor’s amazing secrets when he takes her to the far future. There, they find a baby farm run by babies. But can they be saved from the terrifying bogeyman?
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2024: The Devil's Chord (repeated)The Doctor and Ruby meet The Beatles but discover that the all-powerful Maestro is changing history. London becomes a battleground with the future of humanity at stake.
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2025: The Interstellar Song ContestThe Doctor's quest to get Belinda back home to Earth leads to a space station hosting the famous song contest. But a harmless night of fun soon becomes a battle to survive.