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: Why are you calling me madam?
Yaz: Because you're a woman.
Doctor: Am I? Does it suit me?
Yaz: What?
Doctor: Oh, yeah! I remember. Sorry, half an hour ago I was a white-haired Scotsman.
Doctor Who shown on 4th May
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1968: The Wheel In Space: Episode 2The Cybermen use Cybermats to attack a space station as part of an invasion plan
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1974: Planet Of The Spiders: Part OneUsing meditations giant spiders form a bridge from Metebelis 3 to Earth
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2007: Evolution Of The Daleks (repeated)In 1930s New York the Daleks of the Cult of Skaro are experimenting on humans
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2008: The Poison Sky (repeated)The Sontarans plan to invade Earth by making it uninhabitable by humans
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2009: Army Of Ghosts (repeated)Ghosts are appearing starting an invasion
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2012: Journey's End (repeated)The Daleks have the power to destroy the Universe. The Doctor may need a little help
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2013: The Crimson HorrorIn Victorian Yorkshire bodies are turning up in the canal, and they are red