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 5th June
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1965: The Chase: Flight Through EternityThe Doctor tries to outrun a group of Daleks who are pursuing in their own time machine
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1971: The Dæmons: Episode ThreeThe Master summons a daemon, Azal, in the hope of receiving Azal's powers
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2005: Boom Town (repeated)Margaret plans to leave Earth by destroying the planet
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2009: The Sontaran Stratagem (repeated)The Sontarans plan to invade Earth by making it uninhabitable by humans
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2010: Vincent And The DoctorThe Doctor notices a face in a Van Gogh painting and decides to pay him a visit
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2011: A Good Man Goes To War (repeated)The Doctor raises an army in order to rescue the kidnapped Amy Pond