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 Fifteenth Doctor
fromWe're all dead eventually. There's hardly any time when we're not dead.
Doctor Who shown on 9th August
-
1979: The Androids Of Tara: Part One (repeated)Romana becomes the centre of a plan by Grendel to take the throne of Tara
-
1982: Earthshock: Part One (1 - 2) (repeated)The Cybermen attempt to destroy a meeting on Earth by crashing a freighter into the planet
-
2006: World War Three (repeated)London, 2005: The Slitheen family plan to make Earth radioactive, and then sell it
-
2007: Bad Wolf (repeated)The Dalek race has been manipulating the human race in order to rebuild
-
2013: A Town Called Mercy (repeated)A rogue cyborg tracks down the doctor who experimented on him
-
2014: The Day Of The Doctor (repeated)The Doctor sees what will become of him if he destroys Gallifrey