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.
The Twelfth Doctor and Clara
fromThe Doctor: Listen, it's lovely talking to you, but I've really got to get on. I'm a caretaker now. Look, I've got a brush.
Clara: Doctor, is there an alien in this school?
The Doctor: Yes, me.
Doctor Who shown on 7th August
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1980: Destiny Of The Daleks: Episode Three (repeated)Davros could be the Daleks' way to break a stalemate in their war with the Movellans
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2005: Aliens Of London (repeated)London, 2005: The Slitheen family plan to make Earth radioactive, and then sell it
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2006: The Unquiet Dead (repeated)Cardiff, 1869: The dead are being reanimated
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2007: The Doctor Dances (repeated)Something is infecting people in London, 1941
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2008: The End of the World (repeated)The Doctor and Rose travel into the far future to watch the end of the world
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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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2010: Planet Of The Dead (repeated)The Doctor is transported to an alien planet in a London bus
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2010: The Waters Of Mars (repeated)Events on Mars are a fixed point in time and must be allowed to take their course