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.
Belinda Chandra and Hassan Chowdry
fromBelinda: What happens in Blink?
Hassan Chowdry: It's this story where you're not allowed to blink.
Belinda: Well that sounds like an absolute epic.
Doctor Who shown on Saturday, April 18,
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1964: The Keys Of Marinus: The Velvet WebThe Doctor and his companions are forced to search for operating keys on Marinus
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1970: The Ambassadors Of Death: Episode FiveU.N.I.T. are called in to investigate the mystery of the Mars Probe 7
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2008: The Fires Of Pompeii (repeated)In Pompeii, AD79, the Doctor and Donna face a moral crisis
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2010: Victory Of The Daleks (repeated)The Doctor is summoned by an old friend, and meets an old enemy
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2014: The Almost People (repeated)At an acid mining facility humans and dopplegangers are close to a civil war
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2025: The Robot Revolution (repeated)When robots from outer space kidnap Nurse Belinda Chandra, the Doctor embarks on an epic intergalactic quest to get his new friend back home to Earth
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2026: The Day Of The Doctor (repeated)The Doctor sees what will become of him if he destroys Gallifrey