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.
Doctor Grace Holloway and the Eighth Doctor
fromGrace: I thought you were a doctor.
The Doctor: I thought you were a doctor.
Doctor Who shown on 25th September
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1965: Galaxy Four: Air LockThe Doctor finds two species have crashed on a planet that soon self-destruct
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1976: Masque Of Mandragora: Part FourThe Mandragora Helix finds a way into the TARDIS and escapes into Italy
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2005: The Parting Of The Ways (repeated)The Dalek race has been manipulating the human race in order to rebuild
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2006: The Impossible Planet (repeated)The Doctor and Rose visit a world that should not be able to exist
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2014: Time Heist (repeated)The Doctor agrees to rob a bank. He just doesn't know why.
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2015: The Magician's Apprentice (repeated)A young boy needs saving. On learning his name the Doctor does nothing. Was that a mistake?