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.
Sarah and Nick
fromSarah: At any point you can just jump in and say something now.
Nick: I'm trying to figure out which one is most unlikely - time loop with robots or three people from the council working on New Years.
Doctor Who shown on 21 April
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1973: Planet Of The Daleks: Episode ThreeThe Daleks are on Spiridon trying to learn the secret of invisibility
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2006: New Earth (repeated)The Doctor and Rose stumble upon a "plague farm" in the far future
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2007: Daleks In ManhattanIn 1930s New York the Daleks of the Cult of Skaro are experimenting on humans
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2009: Rise Of The Cybermen (repeated)The Doctor and Rose face the terrifying Cybermen on an alternate Earth
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2012: Midnight (repeated)The Doctor takes an eventful trip over the planet of Midnight